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HOSEA (Part 2 Major Lessons from the Minor Prophets)
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Hosea 1:1
The Lord gave this message to Hosea son of Beeri during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoashwas king of Israel.
The Lord gave this message to Hosea son of Beeri during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoashwas king of Israel.
BIG IDEA OF THIS HOSEA :
GOD'S LOVE FOR US IS SO STRONG THAT HE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO RECAPTURE HIS PEOPLE.
GOD'S LOVE FOR US IS SO STRONG THAT HE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO RECAPTURE HIS PEOPLE.
CHAPTER 1: Hosea’s Family as a Prophetic Message from God
Hosea 1:2
When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods.” So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she became pregnant and gave Hosea a son.
1. Jezreel = God will sow
Hosea 1:3-5
So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she became pregnant and gave Hosea a son. And the Lord said, “Name the child Jezreel, for I am about to punish King Jehu’s dynasty to avenge the murders he committed at Jezreel. In fact, I will bring an end to Israel’s independence. I will break its military power in the Jezreel Valley.”
2. Lo-ruhamah = Not Loved
Hosea 1:6-7
Soon Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to Hosea, “Name your daughter Lo-ruhamah—‘Not loved’—for I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them. But I will show love to the people of Judah. I will free them from their enemies—not with weapons and armies or horses and charioteers, but by my power as the Lord their God.”
Hosea 1:8-9
After Gomer had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she again became pregnant and gave birth to a second son. And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi—‘Not my people’—for Israel is not my people, and I am not their God.
3. Lo-ammi—‘Not my people’
Exodus 6:6-8
“Therefore, say to the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord. I will free you from your oppression and will rescue you from your slavery in Egypt. I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment. I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God who has freed you from your oppression in Egypt. I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your very own possession. I am the Lord!’”
Hosea 1:10-11
10 “Yet the time will come when Israel’s people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.’ 11 Then the people of Judah and Israel will unite together. They will choose one leader for themselves, and they will return from exile together. What a day that will be—the day of Jezreel—when God will again plant his people in his land.
Hosea 1:2
When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods.” So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she became pregnant and gave Hosea a son.
1. Jezreel = God will sow
Hosea 1:3-5
So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she became pregnant and gave Hosea a son. And the Lord said, “Name the child Jezreel, for I am about to punish King Jehu’s dynasty to avenge the murders he committed at Jezreel. In fact, I will bring an end to Israel’s independence. I will break its military power in the Jezreel Valley.”
2. Lo-ruhamah = Not Loved
Hosea 1:6-7
Soon Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to Hosea, “Name your daughter Lo-ruhamah—‘Not loved’—for I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them. But I will show love to the people of Judah. I will free them from their enemies—not with weapons and armies or horses and charioteers, but by my power as the Lord their God.”
Hosea 1:8-9
After Gomer had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she again became pregnant and gave birth to a second son. And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi—‘Not my people’—for Israel is not my people, and I am not their God.
3. Lo-ammi—‘Not my people’
Exodus 6:6-8
“Therefore, say to the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord. I will free you from your oppression and will rescue you from your slavery in Egypt. I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment. I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God who has freed you from your oppression in Egypt. I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your very own possession. I am the Lord!’”
Hosea 1:10-11
10 “Yet the time will come when Israel’s people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.’ 11 Then the people of Judah and Israel will unite together. They will choose one leader for themselves, and they will return from exile together. What a day that will be—the day of Jezreel—when God will again plant his people in his land.
CHAPTER 2: REJECTION, PURIFICATION & RESTORATION
1. God's bringing rejection down
Hosea 2:2a
“But now bring charges against Israel—your mother—for she is no longer my wife, and I am no longer her husband.
Hosea 2:5b
She said, ‘I’ll run after other lovers sell myself to them for food and water, for clothing of wool and linen, and for olive oil and drinks.’
2. Purification of the People
Hosea 2:12-13
I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees, things she claims her lovers gave her. I will let them grow into tangled thickets, where only wild animals will eat the fruit.
I will punish her for all those times when she burned incense to her images of Baal, when she put on her earrings and jewels and went out to look for her lovers but forgot all about me,” says the Lord.
3. Restoration of Israel
Hosea 2:14-23
“But then I will win her back once again. I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her there.
I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope. She will give herself to me there, as she did long ago when she was young, when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.
When that day comes,” says the Lord, “you will call me ‘my husband’ instead of ‘my master.’
O Israel, I will wipe the many names of Baal from your lips, and you will never mention them again.
On that day I will make a covenant with all the wild animals and the birds of the sky and the animals that scurry along the ground so they will not harm you. I will remove all weapons of war from the land, all swords and bows, so you can live unafraid in peace and safety.
I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion.
I will be faithful to you and make you mine, and you will finally know me as the Lord.
“In that day, I will answer,” says the Lord. “I will answer the sky as it pleads for clouds. And the sky will answer the earth with rain.
Then the earth will answer the thirsty cries of the grain, the grapevines, and the olive trees. And they, in turn, will answer, ‘Jezreel’—‘God plants!’
At that time, I will plant a crop of Israelites and raise them for myself. I will show love to those I called ‘Not loved.’And to those I called ‘Not my people,’I will say, ‘Now you are my people.’ And they will reply, ‘You are our God!’”
3 IMAGES OR REDEMPTIVE LOVE
1. Valley of Trouble (Achor) will become a door of hope (vs. 15)
2. Wife Forever (vs. 19)
3. Jezreel = "God Plants" (vs. 22)
1. God's bringing rejection down
Hosea 2:2a
“But now bring charges against Israel—your mother—for she is no longer my wife, and I am no longer her husband.
Hosea 2:5b
She said, ‘I’ll run after other lovers sell myself to them for food and water, for clothing of wool and linen, and for olive oil and drinks.’
2. Purification of the People
Hosea 2:12-13
I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees, things she claims her lovers gave her. I will let them grow into tangled thickets, where only wild animals will eat the fruit.
I will punish her for all those times when she burned incense to her images of Baal, when she put on her earrings and jewels and went out to look for her lovers but forgot all about me,” says the Lord.
3. Restoration of Israel
Hosea 2:14-23
“But then I will win her back once again. I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her there.
I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope. She will give herself to me there, as she did long ago when she was young, when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.
When that day comes,” says the Lord, “you will call me ‘my husband’ instead of ‘my master.’
O Israel, I will wipe the many names of Baal from your lips, and you will never mention them again.
On that day I will make a covenant with all the wild animals and the birds of the sky and the animals that scurry along the ground so they will not harm you. I will remove all weapons of war from the land, all swords and bows, so you can live unafraid in peace and safety.
I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion.
I will be faithful to you and make you mine, and you will finally know me as the Lord.
“In that day, I will answer,” says the Lord. “I will answer the sky as it pleads for clouds. And the sky will answer the earth with rain.
Then the earth will answer the thirsty cries of the grain, the grapevines, and the olive trees. And they, in turn, will answer, ‘Jezreel’—‘God plants!’
At that time, I will plant a crop of Israelites and raise them for myself. I will show love to those I called ‘Not loved.’And to those I called ‘Not my people,’I will say, ‘Now you are my people.’ And they will reply, ‘You are our God!’”
3 IMAGES OR REDEMPTIVE LOVE
1. Valley of Trouble (Achor) will become a door of hope (vs. 15)
2. Wife Forever (vs. 19)
3. Jezreel = "God Plants" (vs. 22)
CHAPTER 3: Restoration for Gomer and Restoration for Israel
Hosea 3:1-3
The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” So I bought her for fifteen shekels[a] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[b] of barley. Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”
Hosea 3:4-5
For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods. Afterward, the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
Major Mentoring Moments from Hosea
1. God's love for is so strong that he will actively pursue us no matter what we have done?
2. We must completely surrender, submit and trust Christ for His leadership and the fulfillment of all our needs.
3. Are there some places in our lives where God is frustrating you, and is it possible that that place is a hidden Grace from God?
4. If it is true that God is relentless in his love toward us, it is imperative that we have an encounter with that love.
Hosea 3:1-3
The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” So I bought her for fifteen shekels[a] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[b] of barley. Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”
Hosea 3:4-5
For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods. Afterward, the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
Major Mentoring Moments from Hosea
1. God's love for is so strong that he will actively pursue us no matter what we have done?
2. We must completely surrender, submit and trust Christ for His leadership and the fulfillment of all our needs.
3. Are there some places in our lives where God is frustrating you, and is it possible that that place is a hidden Grace from God?
4. If it is true that God is relentless in his love toward us, it is imperative that we have an encounter with that love.