9 Then the LORD said, “Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God. 7 Yet I will show love to Judah and I will save them-not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the LORD their God, will save them.” 8 After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, Gomer had another son. Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them. Hos 1: 6 Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter.5 In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.” 4 Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. Marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the LORD.” 3 So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. Through Hosea, the LORD said to him, “Go, God told him what to do and what would happen…Following an overview book:.His love and mercy to her used as a picture of God’s love for Israel & us.She ran away-he went after her and bought her from the slave market.Told to marry a woman who would be unfaithful to him.Hosea prophesied in Israel until captivity.Started a little later than Amos, but lived in Israel and continued to preach until 3 years before the nation fell.At approximately the same time, God gives his people a similar message, but in a very different way.God sent Amos to preach to condemn sins of Israel.Many of us have problems believing God really loves us, but with the prophet Hosea, that we are studying today we will see an incredible example of God’s love Hosea and the meaning of true love Yvon Prehn, teacherĭo you have trouble believing that God love you? That he forgives you no matter what your sins?
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