1. Despite God’s warning, Israel’s idolatry grew more and more. They worshipped Baal and then started making their own idols from silver. Their future was as precarious as smoke escaping through a win(...)
Read1. As Hosea brings up Israel’s sin of deception, he tells the story of their father, Jacob. He was a heal grabber at birth and continued doing anything to gain what he wanted (2). The story of Jacob’s(...)
Read1. God remembered his tender love for Israel when he called them out of Egypt. Israel was like his dear child. He taught him how to walk, nursed them to heal their wounds, bent down to feed them, and(...)
Read1. God established Israel and provided everything for them to prosper. But when their spreading vines started seeing crops, they started building altars—to worship idols like their neighbors. God will(...)
Read1. The times may have been plentiful when Hosea brought this prophecy to Israel, but God tells them not to rejoice. Their source of joy was like that of their pagan neighbors (1). Israel had abandoned(...)
Read1. Hosea was called to announce God'sjudgment, which came like a hovering eagle over Israel (1). God expressed his anger as they cried out to him, saying they acknowledged him (2). In reality, they di(...)
Read1. The Word of God through Hosea reveals the rebellion of Israel precisely in four parts here.2. Firstly, they sinned regardless of God’s Holiness. Ignoring that God is always watching, they did not h(...)
Read1. Hosea starts the prophecy with his invitation to return to the Lord. The affliction they now suffer is only for a short time, and as Christ brought us into a complete restoration through his resurr(...)
Read1. God favored the people of Israel. He raised them with the hope that they would become a Kingdom of Priests. He long endured their shortcomings. But they brought the judgment upon themselves. First,(...)
Read1. Hosea prophesied God’s charges against Israel. They did not follow God’s command to teach their children what the Lord had done for them to bring them out of slavery and guide them into the promise(...)
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