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Out of Egypt I Called My Son – Hosea 11
The first part of this passage is quoted as a fulfilled prophecy concerning Jesus’ return from Egypt to Israel (Matthew 2:13-15). GotQuestions.org does not quite get it right in explaining how
Continue reading...Break Up Your Fallow Ground – Hosea 10:11-15
With every judgment that God sends He also sends an invitation to repent and find His blessing. When we let land lie fallow, we refuse to use it to grow anything, usually in order to give it a rest and
Continue reading...Israel’s Glory Has Departed From Them – Hosea 10:1-10
It is ironic that Israel’s idolaters were rejecting a king, and evangelicalism’s idolaters are begging for a king. Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the
Continue reading...Like Grapes in the Wilderness – Hosea 9:10-17
The judgment of Yahweh’s words sounds harsh for Israel. Would He do similar harsh things to His church if they persist in foolishness and idolatry? Evangelicalism had glorious days until it began
Continue reading...Hatred in the House of His God – Hosea 9:1-9
“By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another,” John 13:35. Hatred is the hallmark of heathenism, love the hallmark of Jesus Christ and his followers.
Continue reading...Set the Trumpet to Your Lips – Hosea 8
Is there anyone setting a trumpet to their lips to warn the Evangelical church? Many Evangelicals have embraced Christian Nationalism, a movement that identifies America as a Christian nation, a mostly
Continue reading...The Pride of Israel Testifies to His Face – Hosea 7
Where have we seen pride in the Evangelical church? We see it in our willingness to represent God as hating those we believe are sinners. We see it in our inability to see how angry we have become
Continue reading...Let Us Return to Yahweh – Hosea 6
The mention of Adam in this passage, as having violated his covenant with God, is unusual and there have been alternative translations offered. What was Adam’s covenant? To not eat of the tree
Continue reading...The Judgment Is for You – Hosea 5
Several place names appear in this passage. Mizpah was the home of Jephthah the judge (Judges 10:17; 11:8, 11, 29, 34) and Tabor was the site of the judge Deborah’s general Barak’s victory
Continue reading...Ephraim Is Joined to Idols – Hosea 4:7-19
Worldliness is living like the majority of the world, those who do not follow Christ. Living like the world is justified by the fact that so many live this way. It must be okay, if everyone is doing
Continue reading...Yahweh Has a Controversy – Hosea 4:1-6
Could Yahweh bring a controversy, a legal case, against the church in America, more specifically, the evangelical church? I believe so. We have forsaken His law with our anger and hatred against those
Continue reading...Go Again, Love a Woman – Hosea 3
Yahweh ties up the loose strings in Hosea’s marriage, using this, again, as an illustration of how He will deal with Israel. Hosea has experienced a lot of pain with his wife, as has Yahweh.
Continue reading...I Will Allure Her – Hosea 2:14-23
In a sense we may say God is not prudish. He is not obscene, but He does not hesitate to speak in intimate terms about His beloved. “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and
Continue reading...I Will Hedge Up Her Way With Thorns – Hosea 2:1-13
When God disciplines His people He often creates “hedges of thorns” that will prevent us from getting what it is we think we need. But we need discipline more than anything else. It is
Continue reading...Take to Yourself a Wife of Whoredom – Hosea 1:2-11
Paul understands this passage as giving Gentiles access to salvation (Romans 9:23-26). If Israel can become “not God’s people” (as the Gentiles), then once again become God’s
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