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Out of the fields came a man named Amos, a farmer and a shepherd. God gave him a message that “The Lord will roar from Zion” causing fields and mountains to mourn. His message begins by looking at the transgressions
Five times, “the day of the LORD” is mentioned in Joel (1:5; 2:1; 2:11; 2:31; 3:14). This “day” is talking about a period of time in which the LORD is intervening in the affairs of men and nations in very
How would you complete the following, “I wish that I had…”? These are words of regret. And all of us have things in our past that we wish we could change. Israel certainly did. As a result of their sin,
Israel had just experienced an unprecedented calamity – total destruction of all crops and green things by locusts (v.4). No one had ever seen or heard of anything as devastating (v.2-3). The instruction of this chapter is for the people
After many chapters of rebuke, Hosea 14 is one of hope. God offers to Israel a chance to be saved and to be healed. God desired to “heal their backsliding” and offered to “love them freely” for ‘[His] anger is
“O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.” Hosea 13:9 Self-destruction is a sad thing to watch and an even sadder thing to endure. But that is what Israel was doing and what so many people
The whole world is reeling with the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak. It has impacted every part of our world, our lives, and our conversations. I was asked how the current global environment has impacted missionaries and how pastors and
Once again, the Lord points out his problem with Israel (“Ephraim”). They are daily increasing lies and desolation, making covenants with other nations (v.1). They deceive and oppress (v.7). They covet (v.8) and disregard God’s prophets (v.10). They worship idols
Much of Hosea denounces the sins of Israel and the judgment that will come. But judgment and chastisement come from hands of love, not hatred. In Hosea 11, we see how much it pained the Lord to chasten His people
Life for the farmer is very dependent on two things: his work and the weather. Israel was a farming nation and so God speaks to them in these terms. Despite their own efforts, they were an “empty vine” (v.1) and
