UNDESERVED REWARDS

HOSEA; BAD NEWS, GOOD NEWS God told Hosea to marry a whore, which must have made the Jews wonder what kind of prophet this was.  He married one who lived the carnal whoredom that represented God’s view of the spiritual whoredom of Israel.  He named their children Jezreel: God will scatter, Lo-ruhamah: not an object

EARLIER WARNINGS

HOSEA; LONG BEFORE DANIEL Daniel laid out 400 years of coming events because Israel would not get any more news until Yeshua was born in Bethlehem.  But Israel had a lot of warnings before Daniel.  The “minor” prophets were not less important, they just made their point with fewer words.  Hosea lived during the reign

ALREADY HERE?

THE ROAD AHEAD The road behind is easy as we see events and people who match the prophesies given to Daniel.  But the road ahead is not as clear.  The commentaries on the previous chapter begin to wonder about Daniel 12 as they try to guess that events of the Greek empires may actually be

HEAVY LESSON

THE ROAD AHEAD Every bible commentator lives in a time when their world framed their understanding.  Events or our world have revealed many empires, wars, and horrors.  We know about the ancient kings and kingdoms of history, but we have also seen modern wars and horrible crimes against Israel and the people of the world.