Ray (15 Aug 2021)
"Amos 4:4, again"


 
Hi John and Doves,

Amos 4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:

It is very interesting to see the Jews choose Bethel to offer their daily sacrifice after the battle of Gog/Magog.

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Bethel is mentioned several times in Genesis. It is first mentioned in Genesis 12 and 13,[6] as a place near where Abram stayed and built an altar on his way to Egypt and on his return. It is said to be close to Hai (Ai) and just to the west of it. More famously it is mentioned again in Genesis 28,[7] when Jacob, fleeing from the wrath of his brother Esau, falls asleep on a stone and dreams of a ladder stretching between Heaven and Earth and thronged with angels; God stands at the top of the ladder, and promises Jacob the land of Canaan; when Jacob awakes he anoints the stone (baetylus) with oil and names the place Bethel. Another account, from Genesis 35[8] repeats the covenant with God and the naming of the place (as El-Bethel), and makes this the site of Jacob's own change of name to Israel. Both versions state that the original name of the place was Luz, a Canaanite name.

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"God stands at the top of the ladder, and promises Jacob the land of Canaan"

I think the motive for the Jews to choose Bethel for daily sacrifice is to tell the world that God gave the land to Jacob and his descendants. They "are" the descendants of Jacob.

Concerning why they also pick Gilgal for daily sacrifice, Gilgal is situated near Jericho. Jericho is the first city they conquered under Joshua. May be they pick Gilgal to remember they first entered the promised land 3465 years ago.

Ray