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Thursday, May 31, 2007
Telling the truth
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ogy we could say that peo
ple don’t want honest
judges or witnesses (com
pare Proverbs 24:23-25;
Isaiah 29:21).
Apparently it was now
time to stop being gentle
with the people and give
the God's warning in more
outspoken ways.
2. What was so important
about the city gates, and
what was happening to
there in Israel at that time?
The city gates were the
place where many business
and legal proceedings took
place. Judges met to arbi
trate for the people at the
city gates. Examples are
recorded in Deuteronomy
21:18-21; Ruth 4:1-11. Un
fortunately, the city gates
were the place where the
most injustices in Israel
had become most common,
for the judges had become
corrupt. No one dared to
stand up for what is right
since the fabric of justice
was so thoroughly de
stroyed. Those who dared
to stand up for righteous
ness were hated and were
even put in dangerous situ
ations. This indicates the
depth of evil in Israel.
"They hate him that re-
buketh in the gate, and
they abhor him that
speaketh uprightly" (Amos
5:10). Amos was not a very
popular person in Israel.
3. What was one of the
most common serious in
justices being committed
then? (v. 11)
The Lord commands all
to take care of the poor
(Deut 15:7-8). The people
were not following this
commandment. The rights
of the poor were exploited
by the rich. The rights of
the poor were being tram
pled on, especially through
the levying of excessive
taxes. Some of which were
the grain taxes, which re
duced their already meager
food supply. It is likely that
the poor leased land from
those who were rich, and
the percentage that the
poor had to give were exor
bitant. Thus, the poor were
denied the opportunities to
better themselves, and
their role was reduced to
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increasing the wealth of
those who were already
wealthy.
All this allowed the rich to
build homes of hewn
stones instead of the usual
sun-dried bricks. But God
said they were not going to
live in and enjoy their
fancy homes and pleasant
vineyards. Justice de
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The ancient curse of
Deuteronomy 28:30 is
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4. What were the leaders
doing about the situation?
(V. 12-13)
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ing injustice in Israel. The
judges were accepting
bribes from the rich. The
rich were allowed to have
their way and increase their
wealth at the expense of
the poor. Thus, the judges
were denying justice to
poor people. The leaders
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The leaders had no concern
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CHICAGO-Nation of
Islam leader Louis Far
rakhan on Friday told a pre
dominantly black Catholic
church on the city’s South
Side that people who be
lieve in God need not be di
vided, delivering a message
of religious unity that has
marked his recent ad
dresses.
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voice and gesturing firmly
from the pulpit as he ad
dressed a crowd of about
1,100 at St. Sabina Catholic
Church, Farrakhan looked
and sounded little like a
man recovering from ill
ness.
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stand in this place,” he
said. “I feel very honored
by the media being struck
by my being in a Catholic
church with a white pas
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said Pfleger, who called Far
rakhan “a gift from God to a
sick, sick world.”
Farrakhan, who ceded
leadership of the Nation of
Islam last year to an execu
tive board while recovering
from complications of
prostate cancer, slowly has
been making his way back
into the public eye.
The 74-year-old made
what he called his final
public address Feb. 25,
when he delivered a two-
hour speech to tens of
thousands in Detroit in ob
servance of the Nation of
Islam’s annual Saviour’s
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nantly black congregation
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at the church is “only
strange to people who
don't know Minister Louis
Farrakhan.”
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