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Former President Trump bounded onto the stage at Iowa GOP’s Lincoln Dinner
Friday evening, but in an awkward moment, the background music featured a lyric
about going to prison.

Trump — who is famous for his eclectic taste in background music at his own
rallies — took the stage to the song “Only In America” by Brooks & Dunn.

As Trump took in cheers from the crowd, the lyrics blared “one could end up
going to prison, one just might be president.”

The moment passed mostly unnoticed, however, and Trump delivered a rousing
address to the gathered activists. The annual dinner is a must-attend stop on
the Republican presidential circuit and was attended by 13 declared candidates,
The local Des Moines Register noted.

“Iowa has never had a better friend in the White House,” Trump said, promising
to “obliterate the deep state.”



Trump took the stage to the song 

Only In America by Brooks & Dunn. AFP via Getty Images

Trump was one of 13 GOP presidential candidates to address the gathering.Ron
Haviv/VII/Redux

Trump is facing years in prison stemming from multiple state and federal
indictments. Ron Haviv/VII/Redux

While most other candidates steered clear of the former president’s legal
troubles, Trump dove right into them — telling dinner guests it was all just
politics.

“By the way, if I weren’t running, I would have nobody coming after me. Or if I
was losing by a lot, I would have nobody coming after me,” he said.

Though Trump faces state and federal indictments which carry potentially
years-long prison terms, it has not dented his political fortunes. He remains
the far and away frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. A
Harvard-Harris poll from last week showed Trump dominating his nearest rival,
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, by 40 points and besting President Biden in a
potential rematch.






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We come across the word "amen" throughout the Old and New Testaments. Using
Hebrew letters, אמן, or ἀμήν in ancient Greek, it's a word that's actually more
than 2,500 years old! In Hebrew, it shares remarkable similarities to the word
for "believe" (amam), meaning faithful. 

But what is amen's meaning, exactly? This is the linguistic skeleton of what has
become a profoundly meaningful word for people of faith, although its religious
impact has found its way into secular expressions as well. So, what do we really
mean when we say "amen"? Keep reading to find out more.




WHAT IS THE REAL MEANING OF 'AMEN'?

"Amen" is defined as "so be it" or "certainly." It's a phrase used in
Christianity, Judaism and Muslim religions. For Muslims, it's translated
"ameen," and said at the end of daily prayers, even repeated after particular
phrases in those prayers. It is not a required ending, but is a common one.

The word "amen" has long been considered part of Jewish liturgy, and carries a
good deal of weight, similar to the idea of taking an oath. Jewish people might
even draw the word out a bit, giving it greater emphasis.

In Christianity, "amen" has been part of the liturgical makeup of worship
services for centuries. It ends formal and spontaneous prayers. Christians use
it in corporate and individual prayers. Here is an early prayer from a worship
service found in the Didache (or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles), a Greek text
compiled in the first or second century: "May grace come and may this world pass
away. Hosanna [Hebrew hosha–na, “Save Thou us”] to the God of David! If any man
is holy, let him come; if any is not, let him repent. Maranatha. Amen."


HOW TO PRONOUNCE 'AMEN'

Depending on who's saying it, we might phonetically hear "ah-men," or in the
Ashkenazi dialect, "uh-main." Perhaps you learned it as "a-men." There can also
be slight spelling variations in other languages: "amin" and "ameen."




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WHAT IS THE BIBLICAL MEANING OF 'AMEN'?

The first time we read the word "amen" in scripture isn't necessarily a verse
we're all that familiar with: "And this water that causeth the curse shall go
into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman
shall say, Amen, amen" (Number 5:22, KJV). It's used in plenty of other places,
though, including a number of psalms, found in a collection of songs that forms
the first prayer book of God's people. "And blessed be his glorious name for
ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen" (Psalm
72:19).

Turning to the New Testament, Jesus often began statements with the word,
"amen," translated as "verily, verily." This placement ties in with his claim to
be a divine being. Fully God, fully man. In a way he was saying, "I know this to
be true firsthand." In the words of Jesus: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life" (John
5:24). In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus's sample prayer for his followers, he ends
with, you guessed it, "amen."



"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen" (Matthew 6:13).

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The epistles include a number of creedal statements and prayers of God's people,
which end with "amen." Here's an example from Romans: "For from Him and through
Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen" (Romans
11:36). In the last book of the Christian Bible, Revelation records Jesus
himself identifying as "Amen": "And unto the angel of the church of the
Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness,
the beginning of the creation of God..." (Revelation 3:14).   


WHY DO PEOPLE SAY 'AMEN'? 

The primary reason people say "amen" is to voice agreement with what has been
said. It's an expression that signifies you found the words you read or heard to
be true. It's the ending to a solemn statement. It's a habitual ending to our
prayers.

From the nineteenth-century American evangelist and publisher, Dwight L. Moody,
here's a quote that shows a powerful tie to the word "amen" with people of
faith: "Faith takes God without any ifs. If God says anything, faith says, 'I
believe it,' faith says 'Amen' to it."


IS AMEN THE SAME IN EVERY LANGUAGE?

Some have called "amen" the best-known word in the world. From its origins in
Hebrew, it's been translated into Greek, Latin, English and a number of other
languages. Truly, it's a word with an almost universal meaning. 

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