The Book Of Hosea

Ezekiel was a young priest when he was growing up, he was always around the temple in Jerusalem. The exiles in Babylon received hope from Ezekiel. Quickly after the first exiles arrived in Babylon, he began preaching. When Ezekiel received the messages from God, they mostly came from visions. Once he kept receiving these messages, he then realized that God would still take care of his people. The people of Babylon will receive a new life and return back home to their land from God’s spirit. God was with the people in Babylon the same amount of time he was in the Temple. In God’s exile, he would bring everyone closer to him. It was everybody’s responsibility to share group individuality.

If you do not repent, you will be judged/punished. If you do not repent, and if you are judged, I will nevertheless be faithful to my covenant, and I will bring restoration. For Genre Report Four, you are to read the entire book of Hosea in one sitting.

Israel’s idolatry got so terrible that is it drove God to leave the temple. God hasn’t abandon them however, instead he goes into exile with them. He promises that a remnant will return with new, transformed hearts. The next section focus on Gods judgment. He acts like a lawyer and talks about how Israel’s judgment was deserved and how the Israelites have reached a point of no return.

The group of Prophetic Books are divided into the minor prophets and major prophets. The major prophets are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel are listed first, but not because their messages are more important but that they are longer. The twelve minor prophets are from Hosea through Malachi are writings shorter in length written in shorter in length and follow one by one. The main role for the prophets is to “speak for God” on the issues of the

Jeremiah was born around 650 B.C. The son of Hilkiah, a priest from the town of Anathoth, in a small village located North of Jerusalem in the territory of Benjamin.The meaning of his name is “Yahweh Exalts” and “Yahweh Throws”. His career is believed to have started when he was around twenty or twenty three years of age. The book begins with an account of Jeremiah was called to be a prophet even before Jeremiah was born Yahweh had a plan or purpose for him to fulfill. There is much information known about Jeremiah’s personal life as a prophet than any other in the Old Testament because he has give glimpses into his thinking, concerns, and frustrations.

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Hosea began his preaching ministry by marrying Gomer. Gomer, the prostitute of Samaria and daughter of Diblaim, was representative of all that was wrong with Israel (Tenney Vol. 2). Many of the Israeli people did not solely follow Yahweh. Instead, many practiced polytheism and worshiped Yahweh when it was most convenient. Some scholars believe that Gomer was actually a temple prostitute that was a sex slave for the worship or Baal (Tenney Vol. 3). What scholars do agree on is that Hosea’s marriage to Gomer is symbolic of God’s relationship with His people. Despite the sin, specifically idolatry, in the lives of the people of Israel, God still loved them. In the same way that Hosea took back his wife, so God has taken back his people.

God does strange things at times, things we don't always understand, things we can't categorize, things that don't fit into what we think we know of him. And this is one of those strange things. Perhaps Hosea then began to understand a little bit of what God was doing. He knew it was customary in Israel to teach by symbols -- God often used this method of instructing his people -- and that names were very important. God often used the meanings of names to teach Israel certain truths just as we shall see in the case of Isaiah later on. Now God was planning to use this prophet and his family as an example for his people.

The Prophet Hosea is believed to the successor of the Prophet Amos. Hosea was the only writing prophet of Israel to Israel. The name Hosea (Heb., Hoshea) means “salvation.” It is interesting to observe that the names Joshua (Num 13:16) and Jesus (Matt 1:21) are derived from the same Hebrew root as Hosea. (Jensen, 6739) His father name Beeri, a middle-class merchant, a farmer or cattleman. It is uncertain about the born place of Hosea; it could have been in a town of Ephraim or Manasseh. Due to his style of writing, the Prophet Hosea as a young man lived near soil.

From there, Ezekiel’s theme is focused on the condemnation of Israel for their sin. Ezekiel is also a prophecy that the fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity are necessary measures for the God of grace to employ if He is to correct his disobedient people and

The book of Romans was written by Paul to present a basic system of salvation to a church that had not receive the teaching of an apostle before. In this book, the basis of a biblical worldview can be illustrated by Paul when it comes to explaining the natural world, our human identity, human relationships, and culture.

1. Using the book, notes, and biblical text itself, choose two of the Gospels and compare and contrast their presentation of the life of Christ. Be sure to include how things like the authors’ background and audience affect their message.

In the Old Testament, the Israelites were seen as people who failed to listen to God’s commandments. Despite knowing beforehand that they would be punished for their disobedience, they still continued to commit sin. God tried to deter their misbehavior by promising them many blessings, but it worked to no avail. Due to the insubordination of the Israelites, He made sure that the promises He made to them would be withheld and that they would face consequences.

Hosea provided for his wife the best way he could, and treated her the best way he could, and received nothing but betrayal on her part. God, the same way, did nothing but provide for His people, His wife. He cared for them in every way He could, and they still betrayed Him at every turn. Hosea is a book telling of the judgment that is to come against them as a nation, and what is required of them to come back to God.

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