Amos portrays the elites’ lifestyle as very privileged, rich, and relaxed because they had a vast amount of wealth and lavished in it. The lifestyle of the elite concerned Amos greatly because of their actions towards others. The elite did not worry, care for, or help the poor, instead, they abused and mistreated the poor because of their power over them. If Amos was proclaiming these words in this age, I do not believe that his words would suggest that all wealthy people will be punished. Punishment occurs because of an individual’s sin and this statement applies to wealthy people as well. The wealthy will not be punished solely because of their wealth, but they will be punished because of their actions. Not all the wealthy people would be punished because only the ones that have sinned would be punished. The wealthy were also judged by their sins in Amos’s time, but most of them were subject to be punished because of their
Amos portrays the elites’ lifestyle as very privileged, rich, and relaxed because they had a vast amount of wealth and lavished in it. The lifestyle of the elite concerned Amos greatly because of their actions towards others. The elite did not worry, care for, or help the poor, instead, they abused and mistreated the poor because of their power over them. If Amos was proclaiming these words in this age, I do not believe that his words would suggest that all wealthy people will be punished. Punishment occurs because of an individual’s sin and this statement applies to wealthy people as well. The wealthy will not be punished solely because of their wealth, but they will be punished because of their actions. Not all the wealthy people would be punished because only the ones that have sinned would be punished. The wealthy were also judged by their sins in Amos’s time, but most of them were subject to be punished because of their