The lord directs hosea to take gomer back as his wife. Last week we began a series on the minor prophets, starting with the book of hosea. Set around the fall of the northern kingdom of israel, the book of hosea denounces the worship of gods other than yahweh, metaphorically comparing israels abandonment of yahweh to a woman being unfaithful to her husband. Hosea chapter 2 kjv king james version hosea chapter 2 teaches me about the love god have for humanity. Redeeming love by francine rivers goodreads share book. Although peace and apparent prosperity reigns, judgement and chaos are just around the corner. See more ideas about bible, bible verses and word of god. The book of hosea may feel complex, but interpretative help is found when we realize that it is intended to be approached as a living parable.
And like the book of amos, the book of hosea somehow made its way south to jerusalem where it was copied, edited, and preserved to serve as gods word for future generations. If you were to make this story into a love song or ballad, heres what you might come up with. Hosea, joel, amos, obadiah, jonah, and micah the amazing collection. We can think of each as having been living people, or we can apply the second analogy where hosea represents god and gomer represents a nation. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Israels rejection of their king their true high priest after the order of melchizedek and the sacrifice which he offered has brought the people into the place. Book of hosea overview insight for living ministries. Gods holiness is contrasted with israels corruption, which. The christian faith is not based on the evidence for the resurrection. Redeeming love, by francine rivers is a historical romance novel set in the 1850s gold rush in california. How is the good news illustrated in hosea s marriage. Gomer is a prostitute and hosea is a godly man told to marry her. The second part of the book contains longish lamentations of hosea. Further, the book offers a graphic picture of four characteristics of god.
Book of hosea, the first of 12 old testament books that bear the names of the minor prophets, considered as one book, the twelve, in the jewish canon. The book of hosea stands first in the division of the bible called the book of the twelve in the apocrypha cf. Redeeming love by francine rivers is by far one of my favorite books of all time and one i feel like every christian woman should take the time to read. According to the book, the apostasy of the people was rampant, having turned away from god in order to serve both the calves of jeroboam and baal, a canaanite god. Francine rivers is best known for her first christian novel, redeeming love. A top level leviticus curse to last 2000 years followed by the year day of jezreel. The marital life of hosea and his wife, gomer, provide the rich metaphor which clarifies the themes of the book. Scholars, pastors, and serious bible students will welcome the. The book of hosea is one of the books of the hebrew bible. The story is based on the book of hosea in the holy bible. The book of hosea stands first in the order of the socalled minor prophets in common english bibles, as well as in the ancient hebrew and septuagint texts. Bestselling novel redeeming love to be turned to movie produced. Gods people were rescued from slavery, given revelations of who he was, and brought into a land of milk and honey.
Hosea 3 niv bible the lord said to me, go, show your. As a result, the english translations of the book sometimes offer very different readings of the same passage. From the book of hosea kindle edition by campbell, geri. Book of hosea definition of book of hosea by the free. In those passages moses prophesied that israel would enter the promised land, break the covenant, and be driven into exile under the curse of the covenant. Like amos, hosea was a prophet who was active in the northern kingdom of israel hosea also refers to israel as ephraim and samaria. And his name is related to the name joshua, which means salvation. Per matthew 17 and malachi 4 i think the event was the death of john the baptist.
Each blessing or curse is based upon a corresponding type in the mosaic law. The book of hosea is the written record of the prophecies that ho sea son of beeri1, gave to the nation of israel in the eighth century b. The book contains a series of blessings and curses announced for israel by god through hosea. Sign up submit an article contact us rss feed advertise with us archives corrections. God commands hosea to marry a woman who is unfaithful to him but to stay married to her. Hosea bible study book lifeway christian resources. Sep 30, 2017 gods word will not return void the entire endtime set of events are seen by the prophet hosea written 2,700 years ago. Hosea marries a prostitute, as the lord said, the people in this land have acted like. It is the story of hosea and his unfaithful wife, gomer, who illustrate gods relationship with faithless israel.
The best selling book, redeeming love, is based on the first 3 chapters of hosea but most of us have not studied the last 11 chapters of hosea. Shortly after becoming a bornagain christian in 1986, francine wrote redeeming love as her statement of faith. Hosea with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. As we enter this book, which unlike other prophets who are often powerful untouchable voices, or mysterious and enigmatic figures speaking from the shadows, hosea is. Buy redeeming love christian softcover originals by francine rivers from amazons fiction books store. Book of hosea an old testament book telling hosea s prophecies hosea old testament the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of. One of the thousands of articles, sermons, bible translations, in the christian library on line. Love her as the lord loves the israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes. Redeeming love is one of those mustread romances worth reading at least once there are two versions of redeeming love. It is, perhaps, the most unique marriage in history. Its a sermon series through the old testament prophecy of hosea.
Redeeming love, has remained on multiple fiction bestseller lists for over 15 years, sold over 3 million copies, and has been published in more than 30 languages. The hebrew of the book of hosea is challenging to translate, possibly because the text is corrupt or because it is written in a nonstandard dialect of hebrew. The bible, book by book volume 6 by big dream ministries, carrie ott, et al. The message of the prophets is based squarely on earlier scripture, and particularly significant are passages such as leviticus 26, deuteronomy 4. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. The 1997 version is basically the same as the original, but was edited to remove any descriptions of the love scenes and any coarse language to make it suitable for the christian. A parable is simply a word picture designed to illuminate truth. This is a christian based love story about a prostitute finding redemption and.
This material is especially important for understanding chapters 57 of hosea. In this solid midtoupper level commentary on the book of hosea, j. Past scholarship generally argues that the book of hosea articulates a message of judgment against israel in three basic parts, hosea. Steve, carrie, cooper, and gameboy are looking forward to their youth group trip. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the story of gomer. Hosea bible study guide this article contains a bible study guide and free resource for lessons on the subject of bible study books of the bible including this article on hosea bible study. Hoseas sermons against the idolatry and immorality. Why every christian woman should read redeeming love.
The great consummation will be celebrated at the marriage feast of the lamb, in fulfillment of all the prophets, not least hosea. The bestselling allegorical novel redeeming love is being. The book of hosea is a deeply personal and passionate love story, yet its a difficult story. Hosea heard gods call to marry, what israel herself was, a prostitute. Israel is under the rule of jeroboam 11 and later pekah depending on actual date. Hosea delivers a plea to israel and a complaint against her 6. This paper proposes a formcritical rereading of hosea based upon synchronic literary criteria. This page which covers hosea bible study is suitable for those requiring an outline for hosea bible study. The lord said to me, go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Hosea bible study a free christian bible study resource we hope that this hosea bible study article will provide useful facts, information and ideas for those following a bible study plan. How does hoseas marriage to gomer illustrate gods relationship to israel. The book records that hosea and his wife, gomer, had a son and god commanded that the son be named jezreel.
The story is inspired by the book of hosea from the bible. According to the books narrative, the relationship between hosea and his unfaithful wife gomer is comparable to th. Like the book of amos, the book of hosea is addressed to the people of the northern kingdom israel. By them hosea expresses his deep woe over israels condition. The second main portion of the book is often viewed as an unstructured or loosely structured succession of repetitive discourses, with law and gospel alternating. Extra verses are included which teach about what the bible does and who jesus is. Fanmade booktrailer of the bestseller redeeming love written by. Hosea 62 is a part of the day of jezreel prophecy from hosea 1.
The story of the book is about how god, who found israel to be stubbornly faithless and spiritually rebellious, had to allow them to experience the. Many people of israel turned away from god to worship pagan idols. Within the book of hosea, hosea is given a command from god to marry a woman of not so polite standards. According to the traditional order of most hebrew bibles, it is the first of the twelve minor prophets set around the fall of the northern kingdom of israel, the book of hosea denounces the worship of gods other than yahweh, metaphorically comparing israels abandonment of yahweh to a. Based on the book of hosea from the bible, where god told the prophet, hosea. We found that god used hoseas marriage to gomer as an object lesson for the people of israel. This name refers to a valley in which much blood had been shed in israels history, especially by the kings of the northern kingdom see 1 kings 21 and 2 kings 9. God used this story told in hosea chapter as a parable of his own love for israel and their adulterous ways. Six kings ruled during the last tragic 25 years of israel. In the bible book of hosea, the prophets marriage to gomer pictures gods dealings with the nation of israel and provides vital lessons about worship and mercy. All articles together with tools, activities, aids and materials and are designed to be used by an individual or a christian bible study group or adults.
Find the first chapter of the book of hosea and lets read it together as we consider the sermon subject this morning, an unlikely love story. Unfailing love changes everything member book bible study. Hosea chapter 1 kjv king james version 1 the word of the lord that came unto hosea, the son of beeri, in the days of uzziah, jotham, ahaz, and hezekiah, kings of judah, and in the days of jeroboam the son of joash, king of israel. I used this commentary when our bible study group did a 10week study on the book of hosea. He is widely praised for his thoughtful theological discussion, and he does relate the message of hosea to the new testament, which might be worthwhile for christians who are teaching this book, but his main focus might be a distraction for such purposes. The book of hosea its a deeply personal and passionate love story, yet its a difficult story. According to the traditional order of most hebrew bibles, it is the first of the twelve minor prophets. The book may be divided into two parts, the first containing chapters, and symbolically representing the idolatry of israel under imagery borrowed from the matrimonial relation.
Hoseas wife and children when the lord began to speak through hosea, the lord said to him, go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty. Upon reaching sacramento while looking for work she again meets joseph hochschild, who has built his new store, and she stays with him, knowing that. If you really want to understand how much god loves you and about his redeeming love, this is a. Chapter 14 closes with an appeal to true repentance. Its fourteen chapters contain both a warning concerning future events and an interpretation of these events meanings. The book of hosea was written in the northern kingdom of israel in the eighth century bc, during the reign of jeroboam ii 786746 bc.
Andrew dearman considers the prophetic figures historical roots in the covenant traditions of ancient israel, includes his own translation of the biblical text, and masterfully unpacks hosea s poetic, metaphorical message of betrayal, judgment, and reconciliation. Starting your free trial of bible gateway plus is easy. The book is based on the old testament book hosea and like the novel. Francine rivers skillfully retells the biblical love story of gomer and hosea as a tale.
The incredible scandal of gods perfect love found in hosea. Hosea the prophet had the very difficult instruction to marry a prostitute. The word picture runs parallel to the truth the storyteller. Hosea prophesied during a dark and melancholic era of israels history, the period of the northern kingdoms decline and fall in the 8th century bc. Israel in a later time, paid tribute to shalmaneser to postpone the inevitable. Hoseas wife and children when the lord began to speak through hosea, the lord said to him, go. Book of hosea, also spelled osee, the first of 12 old testament books that bear the names of the minor prophets, considered as one book, the twelve, in the jewish canon. A novel lynn austin i love christian historical fiction and lynn austin is. Study hosea using matthew henrys bible commentary concise to better understand scripture with full outline and verse meaning. Hosea malachi there are 66 books in the bible and lots of things to learn. Often, we do not recognize the derivation of these bible names, but this prophets name would be joseph in english. Best hosea commentaries updated for 2020 best bible. The book of hosea is one of the books of the old testament, the first book of the minor prophets. The prophet hosea personally records his messages to gods people and to the world.
In hoseas unfailing love for his wayward wife, he lived out the way god loves his people. You will also find options for commentaries on hosea that help pastors, teachers, and readers with application of the bible, commentaries that approach the scripture versebyverse, classic christian commentaries, and much more. My heart and soul were profoundly shaken as i realized anew the lessons portrayed through the stories of hosea and gomer, michael and angel. Redeeming love by francine rivers is a true love story based on. Book of hosea matthew henrys bible commentary concise. In hosea, we hear gods broken heart, his longing for his covenant people, who were so often unfaithful to him. The book of hosea is one of the minor prophet books of the old testament. The powerful retelling of the story of hosea has sold over a million copies and. As ugly as israels adulterous faithlessness has been, it cannot extinguish gods resilient, redemptive love that defies human calculation or annulment. Unfailing love changes everything member book bible study rothschild, jennifer on. The book of hoseaits a deeply personal and passionate love story, yet its a difficult story. The book of hosea is an account of gods lovehate relationship with israel, particularly the ten northern tribes. In the book of hosea we can see two applications for the symbols hosea and gomer.
The books purpose is to illustrate spiritual adultery as well as faithfulness, forgiveness and. It s based on the book of hosea in the bible and so awsome. This prophetic book sobers us and fills us with renewed hope. Adultery and prostitution are the ugly pictures hosea used to describe israels spiritual condition. So you dont want to miss this gods word is alive and active and i know we are going to grow together. Tgc resource library free online resources from the gospel coalition explore the riches of our extensive library, including the best audio, video and text resources from the gospel coalition and select partners. Hoseas message to israel contained both bad news and good news. According to the superscription, hosea began his prophetic activity during the reign of jeroboam ii c.
Its all in theremultiple raptures, the abomination, the rise of the. This book is based off the love story from the bible of hosea and gomer. Youre already logged in with your bible gateway account. He thinks much of the book was added to hoseas original prophecies by other people. Based on the revealed time of hoseas activity hosea 1. Throughout the book, the prophet speaks to the people of israel about the critical situation that developed during the. Sadly, israel chose to forget what god had done for them. A video series on april 2nd, 2012 preaching through a book of the bible requires a commitment to both the hard work of exegeting a text and the challenging task of bringing its message to life within a given cultural context.
The unfaithful wife and the faithful husband hosea. Now concerning hoseas message, the events recorded in the book happened in the years just before the northern kingdom of israel was carried off into captivity in 722 b. Bestselling novel redeeming love to be turned to movie. We know practically nothing about the life or social status of hosea. This retelling of the biblical story of gomer and hosea set during the time of the california gold rush is now considered by many to be a classic work of christian fiction. Hosea was instructed by god to marry a certain woman and experience with her a domestic life which was a dramatization of the sin and unfaithfulness of israel. But when a confrontation occurs between carrie and ashleya newcomer with a bad attitudethe spirit of fellowship is broken. The last twelve books of the old testament are known as the minor prophets. A powerful retelling of the story of gomer and hosea, redeeming love is. At the same time he shows the future ways of god with his people.
Your credit card wont be charged until the trial period is over. The first part of the book of hosea is an account of hosea\s marriage with gomer biographically which is a metaphor for the relationship with yahweh and israel. During hoseas lifetime kings priests and all their aristocratic supporters had. Eliza, a widow, struggles to feed her three children and run the family orchard. In fact it seems the entire book of hosea is just a part of that prophecy. Hosea revealed little about his background, though his book of prophecy offers a few glimpses into his life. The prophets name means salvation, likely a reference to hoseas position in israel as a beacon of hope to those who would repent and turn to god because of his message. Hosea prophesied during a very dark time of israel\s history. Book of hosea synonyms, book of hosea pronunciation, book of hosea translation, english dictionary definition of book of hosea. Hosea walked with god for more than 50 years when that bucked the trend around him. It is a record of the prophecies of the prophet hosea to the northern kingdom of israel also called ephraim after its largest tribe in the 8th century bc. Hosea, an oldtestament prophet, preached his own life message using his marriage as the sermon illustration. Have faith in god study guide becoming a first century church study guide following christ and fishing for men study guide door of hope study guide the parables of jesus volume i study guide strengthen thy brethren volume i study guide keys to living the christian life the life of david volume i study guide we have passed from. An interpolated list of kings made hosea into a contemporary of isaiah.
They begin with hosea and go all the way to malachi. The book reveals the personality of the prophet, an emotional man who in a moment could swing from violent anger to the deepest tenderness. Hosea books of the bible growing christians ministries. For hosea this is the young lion in the house of judah. Hosea, prophet young and bold, asked for a girl to marry. Jerome specified that one of the divisions of the jews sacred books was the book of the twelve prophets, which evidently included the book of hosea to fill out the number 12. His prophetic style is so elevated that it is often difficult to distinguish between his prose and poetry. The word of the lord that came to hosea son of beeri during the reigns of uzziah, jotham, ahaz and hezekiah, kings of judah, and during the reign of jeroboam son of jehoash king of israel. The next step is to enter your payment information. As an account full of harsh judgment unfolds, we find in its midst a rare and pure gem. Hoseas prophecies, making key connections with the book of i kings. And they actually turned against him, the very one who helped them hos. The book is based on the old testament book hosea and like the novel, the film is set in the romantic backdrop of the california gold rush of 1850.