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One of this generation's foremost Old Testament scholars, Dr. Daniel Carroll Rodas, led this Bible study for Anglican leaders, from three different countries in four different time zones, on behalf of the Matthew 25 Initiative. This study aims to provide participants with a deep understanding of a biblical vision for justice and mercy. The question of biblical ethics is unpacked with a specific emphasis on “how are the people of God to engage society? how does theology interact with social structures from a biblical perspective?"

Dr. Carroll reviews the prophetic hope found in the book of Isaiah, focusing on the coming king and the servant of the Lord, and begins to discuss the book of Amos.

• The coming king is a spiritual king who is described as wise, just, and filled with the spirit of God. - This king will bring justice to the needy and poor.
• Justice is intertwined with judgment. True justice requires both, and it cannot be achieved by the current systems which are skewed by social status, politics, and racism.
• The coming king will bring justice on every level and make things right in creation itself. The current state of the world, with issues like climate change and drought, shows the need for such a king.
• Amos critiques politics, ideology, economics, religion, and the social construction of reality.