JUNE 24 Reading 175 ISRAEL’S PUNISHMENT Hosea 7–10 “My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; they will be wanderers among the nations” (Hosea 9:17).Punishment must fit the crime. Here the various crimes that led to Israel’s exile are described, along with predictions of that fast-approaching judgment. Background Exile. When Moses gaveContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”
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The 365 Day Devotional Commentary
JUNE 23 Reading 174 ISRAEL INDICTED Hosea 4–6 “The Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land” (Hosea 4:1).The Old Testament mirrors the heart of God. In the charges brought by Hosea, we can see those issues of justice and righteousness which we must deal with in our society today.Continue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”
The 365 Day Devotional Commentary
Hosea JUNE 22 Reading 173 AN ADULTEROUS PEOPLE Hosea 1–3 “Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the Lord” (Hosea 1:2).Christians today are to mimic at least one aspect of Hosea’s life. We are to model the way weContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”
The 365 Day Devotional Commentary
Hosea INTRODUCTION Hosea began his ministry near the end of the reign of Jeroboam II of Israel (793-753 B.C.). At that time Israel prospered economically, but was marked by injustice and spiritual decline. Hosea’s message constitutes God’s final warning to apostate Israel, and the prophet lived to see his predictions of judgment fulfilled when theContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”
No eye has seen
Rather, as it is written: “ No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit… But as it is written – This passage is quoted from Isaiah 64:4. It is not quoted literally;Continue reading “No eye has seen”
