Current Events In The Life Of Hosea

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Current Events In The Life Of Hosea

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• Hos 11
• The Word of the LORD which came to Hosea the son
  of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz
  and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days
  of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

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Hoseas Message Love/Hate

• Gods messages of intolerance mixed with
  compassion 15-10, 211-15, 61-2.
• Hoseas wife 12-9, 31-5.

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Hoseas Time

• Israels time is up Hosea is the last prophet
  to them, and God is done, 16.
• Connection with the other prophets to Israel
• Elijah (874)
• Elijah (848)
• Jonah (760)
• Amos (755)
• Hosea (753)

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Hoseas Time

• Amos 11 The words of Amos, who was among the
  sheepherders from Tekoa, which he envisioned in
  visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah
  king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of
  Joash, king of Israel, two years before the
  earthquake.
• Hosea 11 The Word of the LORD which came to
  Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of
  Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of
  Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of
  Joash, king of Israel.

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Differing Styles Of Each Prophet

• Jonah Hope and compassion of God.
• Amos Judgment and righteousness of God.
• Hosea Gods love / intolerance

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Political Climate of Hosea

• Prosperous during Jereboam, but downhill from
  there. Murderous schemes among the kings of
  Israel until their end.

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Religious Climate During Hoseas Day

• Continued the calf worship they made up, Hosea
  84-7, 105.
• Looked for help from other places beside God,
  Hosea 411-13, 131-2.

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Moral Climate During Hoseas Day

• Lives were a mess
• Hosea 41-6

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Lessons From The Events During The Life Of Hosea

• We must always have mixed feelings toward those
  who are not following God, Isaiah 423-4.
• God is not afraid to demand from us a difficult
  life, Hosea 12, 31
• Our response? So he went . . . and So I
  bought . . .
• God does have a breaking point. However, if we
  are still alive, we still have a chance to change.