Just as Hosea redeemed his estranged wife and sought to continue his relationship with her, God promised to redeem Israel and renew their relationship with Him. They had turned away from Him. Sin took them to a place where God said repent or face my wrath. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast. One of these minor prophets to Israel, most likely near Samaria in the north, was Hosea, whose ministry was before the exile to Babylon. Hosea buys his wife back and tells her she can live with him.
I came across yours and read what you said about yourself seeking to present wisdom in a gentle manner I think that is awesome and wish you luck in your endeavoring to live out that calling, it is also a reminder to me that all of us believers have that same call. I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. I am not trying to present this Hosea model as the only or primary one, but as one to be given similar weight to all the others. God desires an intimate relationship with us. Twelve Prophets Volume 1: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and.
Skipping to chapter 3, we are shown that Gomer continued her promiscuous ways, to the point that some suggest the 2nd and 3rd children were not fathered by Hosea. Ahab first offered to give Naboth another plot of land where he could have a new vineyard, swapping the land one for the other, but Naboth refused. So, typologically, the pimp who received the redemption price corresponds to Satan. The NIV Study Bible suggests that what Hosea paid for her was equivalent to the regular price of a slave, 30 shekels. God was using this marriage to prove a point. They slash themselves but turn away from Me. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
We have compiled these articles to help you study those whom God chose to set before us as examples in His Word. They have all become prostitutes of whatever desires light their candle for the moment. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me. The bible presents different metaphors for the atonement and they ought not be played off against each other. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. She will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will look for them but not find them.
This question has often crossed my mind. Footnotes: 1 a Hebrew Joash , a variant of Jehoash 4 b Jezreel means God sows ; also in verse 11. And I think he is largely correct in this, although I am not entirely convinced by his system. He married Gomer knowing she would be an adulteress, suffered the humiliation of her having multiple affairs, and gave his children sad names because of this marriage. . Robert Robert, I think you would learn a lot from debating Calvinism with Jeremy Pierce. I will save them.
Her children bore names that should have brought worry to the people of Israel. We begin with his wife, as mentioned, a woman named Gomer. I hope I am not taking your comment away from the intended context or meaning. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died. For they have stopped obeying the LORD. Where do you personally stand on these issues Peter? Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them! It made a lot of sense when I got round to reading it.
The name also refers to the famous Valley of Jezreel. Others think she was a woman whose life was driven by her sexual desires. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain. So a people without understanding will come to ruin. And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city. This was the basis not the justification the basis for the ethnic hatred the Jews held toward the Samaritans. Currently, she is a contributing author for Journey Christian magazine.
I do a lot of bible preaching and teaching and I could probably easily do an entire message on your Hosea model of the atonement. And she gave birth to another son. They will choose one leader for themselves. They would come to Him and then turn away. So why would she keep leaving? Retrieved 6 August 2020. That is where the Assyrians came to gain entrance to the capital in Samaria.
Both are stories of covenant relationships which get violated and then restored. And as Peter says the analogy can be applied to the Cavinist and Arminian debate. There are plots and acts of murder within the kingdom. God desperately wanted a relationship with His people. I say instead of squabbling about one facet being superior to another facet, why not admire the whole diamond and speak about and appreciate all of its varied facets??? He went home and threw a fit. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Hosea lived in the northern kingdom, and God chose Him to live a life which illustrated the relationship between Israel and Himself. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes.