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He Is Treading on the High Places of the Earth – Micah 1:2-7
Many of the righteous kings of Judah were content to allow the local shrines on high places remain. Some removed them. The people were presumably worshiping Yahweh at these places, but Yahweh had forbid
Continue reading...The Word of Yahweh Came to Micah – Micah 1:1
Micah mentions a number of kings during whose tenure he prophesied. Kings come and go. Presidents come and go. What remains firm is Yahweh’s word through His prophets, a word that supersedes
Continue reading...Take With You Words and Return to Yahweh – Hosea 14
What words must you, as an Evangelical Christian, bring to God for your repentance. Just like the person who offends you, it is not enough to hear them say, “I’m sorry if I’ve offended
Continue reading...Besides Me There Is No Savior – Hosea 13
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died. And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully
Continue reading...Ephraim Feeds on the Wind – Hosea 12
Evangelicalism faces the same choices as Israel. She can return to her first love, Christ and the gospel, or continue to sell her soul for cheap to the east wind of politics and Christian Nationalism. Ephraim
Continue reading...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
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