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The Unfaithful Love of Israel: Insights from the Prophet Hosea

Hosea, the prophet, reveals how Israel has forsaken YHWH to worship other gods. Using his own experience of a failed marriage, Hosea illustrates the betrayal of God's love. The prophet's ministry becomes a symbol of YHWH-Israel relationship, emphasizing faithful love, reconciliation, and knowledge of God. Discover the profound teachings and messages in the Book of Hosea.

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The Unfaithful Love of Israel: Insights from the Prophet Hosea

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  1. 歐瑟亞先知 "Deliverance."

  2. 歐瑟亞先知 • Israel has forsaken YHWH to take up the cult of other gods. • The love of God has been betrayed.

  3. 歐瑟亞先知 • Hosea has married a woman whom he loves but who deserts him; in the same way, Israel had forsaken its true lover to give herself to the Baals

  4. 歐瑟亞先知 Hos 3:1-5

  5. 歐瑟亞先知 • His own experience of the marriage union, characterized by a tender, understanding love and an unshakeable fidelity provides the insight to understand the love of YHWH

  6. 歐瑟亞先知 • For Hosea, his own painful experience becomes a symbol and a condition for his ministry as a prophet. • He is the first to use the symbol of marriage to express YHWH-Israel relationship.

  7. 歐瑟亞先知 • Faithful love: • Friendship, union, loyalty.. • Faithfulness to his covenant and kindness to his people (2:22; 6:6; 10:12; • Knowledge of God • Not intellectual but through the experience love and covenant (2:22; 4:6; 6:3;

  8. 歐瑟亞先知 • Reconciliation: • “I am going to seduce her and lead her into the desert and speak to her heart” (Hos 2:16)

  9. 歐瑟亞先知 • Our response • Hos 6:6…For faithful love is what pleases me, not sacrifice; knowledge of God, not burn offerings.

  10. 歐瑟亞先知 • Hos. 14:2-9 • I shall fall like dew on Israel, he will bloom like the lily…

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