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God requires that honor be bestowed on the one whom He lifts up from among family [Amos 2:11-12] to serve as His spokesperson. Only thereafter will honor be rewarded to the family as a whole. However, before a city can claim a reward, there must first be collective belief in God's principles, purpose, and process. When such a belief is present, the prophet is welcomed as a prophet without begrudgedness. That implies acceptance of the messenger as God's worker: "The worker deserves their wages": food, water, shelter, and clothing. Though this is done to the glory and honor of God, no claim can be levied against the worker's wages, and cheating the worker out of their wages is an injustice that cancels the reward and brings a...