Meditations with Hosea

Yesterday's morning meditations with Hosea
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

This morning we woke up to a covering of snow, about four or five inches. All is white. The LORD gave me a sweet reminder of what He’s done for us, despite all our sins, he has covered us and made us white as snow (Is. 1:18). He has covered all of our moral imperfections with the shed blood of Messiah, who willingly gave His life for us.



Hosea 1:7 7 "But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the LORD their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen."

Hosea 1:11 11 And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be gathered together, And they will appoint for themselves one leader, And they will go up from the land, For great will be the day of Jezreel.

Hosea 2:14-16 14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Bring her into the wilderness And speak kindly to her. 15 "Then I will give her her vineyards from there, And the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt. 16 "It will come about in that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali.

· Looking at these verses in light of the end times is incredible! In 1:7 God promises that He will have compassion on Judah, and will deliver them by His own power/intervention. In 1:11, He promises that the Israelites will be regathered, all of them, and that they will appoint for themselves one leader. Today in Israel, with divided parties, and Olmert fixing to parcel out Jerusalem to the Palestinians (Philistines), the people of Israel are looking for a leader they can all unite behind who will look out for the good of the people, and will not divide the inheritance they were given by God. Ch. 2:14-16, speaks of God bringing her into the nations (Rev. 17:15). But God says that he will prosper her while she is among the nations. His loving hand would tenderly care for her while there. It says the valley of Achor (disturbance) will be as a door of hope to her. All this is for the glorious deliverance of His chosen people, as in the days when Israel was delivered in the land of Egypt.

Hosea 2:23 23 "I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people!' And they will say, 'You are my God!'"



Hosea 2:19 - 23 19 "I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion, 20 And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the LORD. 21 "It will come about in that day that I will respond," declares the LORD. "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth, 22 And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil, And they will respond to Jezreel. 23 "I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people!' And they will say, 'You are my God!'"

* The above verses from Hosea 2 show the beauty of God's love to His people Israel. In these verses we see the promise of restoration, and the description of Yahweh's shema ~ wholeness, stability, prosperity. The more I study and discover God's word, the more in awe I am, and the more I see how it is not about us, but REALLY about God, and His story to redeem mankind and creation. We are just players in this drama saved by grace (Eph 2:8,9)!