Hosea

The Minor prophet Hosea had carried out the role of a covenant enforcer by preaching sermons to the people of Israel about the nature of engaging a loyal commitment to God. He had greatly encouraged the Israelites to “trust the Lord and walk in his ways” (Arnold and Beyer, pp. 434). Hosea had also challenged God’s people to repent and understand their sinful ways. God would provide many consequences for those who did not follow the prophets good word of following and for not returning back to…

the book of Hosea in context we need to consider various events that took place before the book of Hosea was written. Analysing various contributing events and factors that led to the book of Hosea being written can lead to the gaining of insight and understanding in terms of an educated outlook on the book of Hosea. When reading the book of Hosea, one could feel confused as to what the meaning of the text is but in order to fully grasp and understand the message of the book of Hosea, we need to…

themes and issues that of the selected verses are conveyed. The importance of giving the correct authority level and application to a selection verses, the failure to do this properly could change the meaning of scripture. The Study of James and Hosea; through the process of exegesis, the themes, issues, the levels of authority and the application in todays lives of Christians. Proper and dutiful work needs to be done to correctly understand biblical text. James 2:8-11, talks about the royal…

(Deut 24:1-4). The moving question is that how could God ask Hosea to do what is prohibited in the divine law? However, Peter C. Craigie contends that the question is phrased wrongly! Love always precedes law. If law took pre-eminence, there would be no gospel in either Old or New Testament. And as Hosea is asked to go beyond law in the pursuit of love, so too does he demonstrate God’s purpose of love that transcends law. Therefore, Hosea 3, in a nutshell presents us with the gospel of love in…

relationship. The Bible tells of many love and marriage stories with many varied beginnings and endings. How many of these relationships did God orchestrate? I am sure that most if not all can boast that intercession. One of my favorites is the story of Hosea and Gomer. This story begins in Israel. Israel a place of serious chaos. They were in a time of what Smith (2016) refers to as “spiritual adultery”. Israel is busy, at this time, in the act of idol worship, unfair and awful…

Context In his own personal testimony, the prophet Hosea recounts his vocation to renew his efforts in loving a woman. The said woman is, by her previous foolishness, trapped in an adulterous relationship. Hosea’s actions in chapter 3 are supremely the aspirations of chapter 2. It therefore presupposes that Gomer’s infidelity to Hosea and his rejection of her are described in chapter 2; and in this chapter under study, out of Divine command, Hosea relates his subsequent display of redemptive…

God commands Hosea to marry a prostitute to me is very vital. My reflection of this story illustrates that God has the power to utilize anyone so. Therefore, we do not have the ability to judge because we are unaware of the source or the reasoning behind someone else turmoil. It teaches me that although we all may encounter some adversity here on this side of the Earth our faith is everlasting and it should be geared towards God so he can lead and guide all in the right direction. Hosea was…

The physical journey back to the land from exile and their spiritual journey back to God corresponds to Gomer’s own journey as chronicled in Hosea 2:7 {She shall pursue her lovers, but not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them. Then she shall say, ‘I will go and return (HebShuv) to my first husband, for it was better with me then than now’} wherethe wife seeks lovers…

it “the Major Prophets”. And the Minor Prophets are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. The differentiation between the Major and Minor is about the length…

that the book of Joel is clearly written by the prophet, Joel, himself (2008). However, there is no clear indication to tell us exactly when this book of Joel was actually written by the prophet. For example, in a book titled “The Book of Twelve: Hosea- Jonah” by James Nogalski, he states “In the past, suggestions have ranged from the tenth to the second centuries BCE.,” while “ the last thirty years, scholars have reached a broad consensus that Joel is a postexilic writing” (201). Because of…