1. 1 Review of Jonah & Amos A small, small picture of the most important event of all time. A small, small picture of the most important event of all time. 3 days & 3 nights entombed and then comes out alive so he can save undeserving sinners! 3 days & 3 nights entombed and then comes out alive so he can save undeserving sinners! A clarification of the message of Ecclesiastes. A clarification of the message of Ecclesiastes. Enjoy God as you carry the good news to the world. Enjoy God as you carry the good news to the world. A reminder of how privilege & responsibility only come in pairs. A reminder of how privilege & responsibility only come in pairs. Because you are my special children you should take my desires more seriously. Because you are my special children you should take my desires more seriously. Why David was a poor camping buddy. Why David was a poor camping buddy. The tent kept falling down! But God will put it back up... promise! The tent kept falling down! But God will put it back up... promise!

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3. 3 Get the theology Don’t miss the heart

4. 4 The Basic message: Bad news then Good news God will break off his relationship with the nation due to their unfaithfulness (ala Deuteronomy 28) God will break off his relationship with the nation due to their unfaithfulness (ala Deuteronomy 28) But will renew it in the future because of his faithfulness (ala Deuteronomy 30) But will renew it in the future because of his faithfulness (ala Deuteronomy 30)

5. 5 5A The Address of Moses 2B A Vision of Ultimate Realization of... 2B A Vision of Ultimate Realization of... Deut 30:1-6 When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come upon you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come upon you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all our soul according to everything I command you today and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all our soul according to everything I command you today Deut 30:1-6 3 then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. 3 then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. 4 Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens... 4 Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens... Deut 30:1-6 6 The Lord will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. 6 The Lord will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

6. 6 Communicated 3 ways: 1. Through the children’s names Jezreel, Lo-Ruhamah, Lo-Ammi Jezreel, Lo-Ruhamah, Lo-Ammi 2. Through the Couple’s marriage Marriage  Divorce  Remarriage Marriage  Divorce  Remarriage 3. Through the Nation’s future Old Covenant  Exile  New Covenant Old Covenant  Exile  New Covenant

7. 7 1A Hosea’s Marital Experience 1-3 1B Hosea’s Marriage & Family: Symbols of Covenant and Judgment, 1:1-9 1B Hosea’s Marriage & Family: Symbols of Covenant and Judgment, 1:1-9 Jezreel Jezreel

8. 8 1A Hosea’s Marital Experience 1-3 1B Hosea’s Marriage & Family: Symbols of Covenant and Judgment, 1:1-9 1B Hosea’s Marriage & Family: Symbols of Covenant and Judgment, 1:1-9 Jezreel Jezreel Jezreel = to scatter or throw in the positive sense of scattering seed, i.e., planting in the negative sense of scattering or throwing away Because of the sin of Israel as exemplified by the murders which happened in the valley of Jezreel, God will “Jezreel” the 10 tribes away into exile

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10. 10 Marriage vows Marriage vows I will be her husband and she will be my wife I will be her husband and she will be my wife Covenant vows Covenant vows I will be their God and they will be my people (Jer 31:33, and many, others) I will be their God and they will be my people (Jer 31:33, and many, others) Thus, “lo-ammi” “they will NOT be my people” is an unmistakable repudiation of the covenant.

11. 11 3B Israel’s Idolatry, 2:2-4 “Rebuke your mother” “Rebuke your mother” “She is not my wife...” “She is not my wife...”She is not my wifeShe is not my wife 4B Indictment & Judgment, 2:5-8 4B Indictment & Judgment, 2:5-8 “I will go after my lovers who give me food and water...” “I will go after my lovers who give me food and water...” 6B Covenant Renewal, 2:14-23 6B Covenant Renewal, 2:14-23 2:14-15 “I will allure her... lead her into the desert... she will sing as in the days of her youth 2:14-15 “I will allure her... lead her into the desert... she will sing as in the days of her youth 2:16 “You’ll call me ‘my husband’ not ‘my master’ (my baal) 2:16 “You’ll call me ‘my husband’ not ‘my master’ (my baal) 2:19 It will be a marriage which lasts! 2:19 It will be a marriage which lasts! Matthew 3:1-2 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness, saying, “Repent”

12. 12 Marriage vows Marriage vows I will be her husband and she will be my wife I will be her husband and she will be my wife Covenant vows Covenant vows I will be their God and they will be my people (Jer 31:33, and many, others) I will be their God and they will be my people (Jer 31:33, and many, others) Thus, “she is not my wife” is an unmistakable repudiation of the marriage covenant between Hosea and Gomer.

13. 13 2:23 The “Good News” I will PLANT her for myself in the land; I will show MY LOVE to the one called “not my loved one” I will say to those called ‘not my people’ “You are MY PEOPLE”

14. 14 The couple re-marries 7B Hosea’s Marital Reconciliation: symbol of Covenant Renewal, 3:1-5 1 The L ORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the L ORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” 2 So I bought her... 3 Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will live with you.”

15. 15 HOSEA Initial Marriage Years together of unfaith- fulness Divorce Years apart Remarriage ISRAELSinaiLaw Suzerain / Vassal Covenant Judges & many periods of the kings 722 for Israel, 586 for Judah 586 to the present time 2 nd Coming 3:1-3 The LORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. 2 So I bought her.... 3 Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man and I will live with you. Hos 3:4 For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or idol. 5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the L ORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the L ORD and to his blessings in the last days.