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Major Lessons from the Minor Prophets

Major Lessons from the Minor Prophets. Amos  Hosea  Zephaniah  Zechariah. Five Visions of Israel’s Judgment (Amos 7:1‑‑9:10). The door posts of the sanctuary (9:1‑10) The doorposts of God’s house are to be so shaken that it will be felt to the ground (9:1-4).

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Major Lessons from the Minor Prophets

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  1. Major Lessonsfrom the Minor Prophets Amos  Hosea  Zephaniah  Zechariah

  2. Five Visions of Israel’s Judgment (Amos 7:1‑‑9:10) The door posts of the sanctuary (9:1‑10) • The doorposts of God’s house are to be so shaken that it will be felt to the ground (9:1-4). • None who deserve punishment shall get away, even if they flee to Sheol, heaven, Carmel or the depths of the sea. • God has power over the natural world (9:5-6). • His power over the nations to bring up and break down is equally evident. • Although the Lord typically destroys the sinful nation, He will not utterly destroy Israel. • They will be sifted through the nations as grain through a sieve; the good will be preserved, but all the heedless will die by the sword.

  3. "For surely I will command and will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground.” (Amos 9:9)

  4. Promises of a Bright Future for Spiritual Israel(Amos (9:11‑15) The fulfillment of Amos 9:11-15 is clearly revealed in Acts 15:12-21. • The tabernacle of David represents the spiritual Kingly house of David. • Christ was raised to sit on David’s throne. • Gentiles are included in His dominion! • Amos describes the abundant spiritual blessing and fruitfulness of the Messiah’s kingdom in figurative language. • The Kingdom is rebuilt! • Plowing and reaping occur simultaneously. (i.e. Sowing the seed of the kingdom and receiving its fruit). • Captives return to inhabit everlasting abodes and drink sweet blessings.  

  5. Introduction to Hosea • The name “Hosea” means “salvation” • But neither Hosea nor his passionate message saved Israel from her dismal fate as a nation guilty of spiritual adultery. • Hosea appears to be from Israel • He does not chastise Israel in the matter-of-fact tone of an outsider like Amos, but he pleads with the Israelites as fellow countrymen – “let us return to the Lord” (6:1). • Hosea's message is especially meaningful because of his own experience with a “wife of harlotry and children of harlotry” (1:2). • He understood both intellectually and emotionally what God meant when He said that Israel had “committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord” (1:2b). • Hosea has been called “the prophet of the broken heart.”

  6. Theme of Hosea God’s relentless love for Israel is unrequited by the faithless and adulterous nation. •   When the LORD began to speak by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea: "Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry, For the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the LORD.“ • Hosea 1:2

  7. God Loves the Unlovable “Hosea’s marriage to a prostitute would have been as scandalous in his day as it would be in ours—and that was the point. Israel was to see in this scandalous marriage a picture of herself, not as the one stooping down to marry an unworthy woman, but as the unworthy woman being pursued and relentlessly loved by her faithful, covenant-keeping husband. Here is a picture of God’s scandalous grace.” (Daniel Ragusa, The Scandal of Grace)

  8. Outline of Hosea I. God’s love and Israel's adultery, illustrated by Hosea's experience with a wife of harlotry (1-3) A. Hosea's adulterous wife Gomer (chapter 1). B. God's adulterous wife Israel (chapter 2). C. Hosea's "tough love" restores his wife, as God's love would restore Israel (chapter 3). II. Prophetic discourses on adulterous Israel and her faithful God (4-13) A. Israel's sins detailed (chapters 4-8). B. Israel's punishment determined (chapters 9-11). C. Israel's continuing sin provokes a jealous and loving God (chapters 12-13). III. Israel's restoration decreed (14)

  9. Hosea’s Adulterous Wifeand Prophetic Progeny Hosea’s marriage and children (1:2—2:1) • Hosea marries Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. • Their firstborn is named “Jezreel” • The name means “God will scatter.” • It is also the name of the place to which Jehu came to slay Joram, Ahaziah, and Jezebel (2 Kings 9:14-37) God would avenge the blood shed by Jehu and bring an end to Israel.

  10. Hosea’s Adulterous Wifeand Prophetic Progeny Hosea’s marriage and children (1:2—2:1) • The second-born is a daughter named Lo-Ruhamah (no-mercy) • The Lord said, “For I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will utterly take them away.” • But Judah would be saved. • The third-born is a son named Lo-Ammi (not my people) • The Lord said, “For you are not My people, and I will not be your God.” • Yet the true children of Israel would be “the sons of the living God” (Romans 9:22-26; 1 Peter 2:10; Galatians 3:26-29)

  11. God’s Adulterous Wife Israel Israel’s idolatry estranged her from God (2:2-13) • Israel had broken her marriage covenant and deserved to be dealt with harshly (Ex. 34:13-17) • She had credited false gods for her provisions and used her blessings in the service of idols. • The Lord would take back her blessings, leaving her with nothing with which to pursue other suitors, compelling her to turn back to Him. “ ‘I will punish her for the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She…went after her lovers; but Me she forgot,’ says the LORD.” (Hosea 2:13)

  12. God’s Adulterous Wife Israel God would lure Israel back to Himself (2:14-23) • He will bless her as in the beginning – the valley of Achor would become a door of hope • She would call the Lord “My Husband” and no longer call Him “My Master” (lit. “My Baal) • Israel would forget the Baals, and the Lord would provide for her and keep her safe. • The Lord would betroth her in righteousness, justice, lovingkindness, mercy, and faithfulness. “And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’” (Hosea 2:23, ESV) 

  13. Hosea buys Gomer back The analogy is continued (3:1-5) • Hosea is commanded to buy Gomer back • He pays fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley – roughly the price of a slave (3:2) • Both husband and wife would live many days without a conjugal relationship – she would not “have a man”* (3:3) • Even so, the children of Israel would go many days without enjoying the privileges of a covenant relationship with God. (3:4) • Afterward, Israel would seek the Lord and David their king. They would fear the Lord and his goodness in the “latter days.” (3:5) • These are clear references to the time of Christ.

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