1. Inclination Or Declination Of A Nation
Early America
Early Great Britain
Soviet Union
Nazi Germany
Ancient Israel

2. KINGS OF JUDAH
KINGS OF ISRAEL

3. Review Hosea Chapters 1 and 2 – Hosea marriage
Chapter 3 – Lord’s Long Love
Chapter 4 – Nation forgets God
Chapter 5 – Hearing But Not Hearing
Chapter 6 – Trivializing Sin
Chapter 7 – Wounds That Do Not Heal
Chapter 8 – Sowing Wind, Reaping Whirlwind
Chapter 9, 10 – Darkness With One Light
Chapter 11 – Tenses of God’s Love

4. ‘Two Hands With Fingers Intertwined’
Hosea
‘Two Hands With Fingers Intertwined’
The Left Hand Is …
The Right Hand Is …

5. I. Israel’s Actions Leading To Decline
Feeding on wind 12:1
Behaving like Canaanites 12:7
Worshipping Baal 13:1
Multiplying sin, making idols 13:2
Forgetting God 13:6
Storing up sin 13:12
Facing the east wind 13:15
Dying 13:16

6. II. The Lord’s Actions Leading To Incline
Reminding 12:2-6
Sending Prophets 12:10,13
Being Savior and Helper 13:4,9
Warning 13:7, 8
Promising hope even in death 13:14
Explaining, pleading 14:1-3
Promising a future 14:4-8
Teaching, answering 14:9

7. 722 BC

8. III. The Declination of the U.S. and You
Pray for the U.S.. Vote for godly leaders.
Identify if there is any idolatry in your life.
Be careful of always equating material prosperity with the blessing of God.
Spiritual death precedes physical death. Spiritual death fostered by forgetting God. Remember God.
Respond to the Lord’s actions inclining you in the right direction.
Be wise and prudent. Know and walk in the ways of the Lord. This is right.