Exam II - Slides 215 (Hosea) Flashcards
Hosea dates
745-722 BCE
Outline of Hosea
- Marriage and its Lesson
- Sins of the People, Judgement
- Doom and Judgement coming
- God’s love is affirming
- Disciple is req’d first, blessing will come
Yehoshua is a shortened form of Hosea. It means
God has saved, God saves.
Hosea is the only _____ ______ of the ____ kingdom.
Native Prophet, Northern Kingdom
Unlike Amos, who was Southern sent to North, Hosea was
from the North and he preached to his own peopl
For Hosea his focus was
the Apostasy of BOTH Israel and Judah
For Hosea, all other sins derive from the fundamental sin of ___?
abandoning the covenant relationship with God and going after other gods.
What is the 2-fold accusation that Hosea makes toward Israel?
Israel has neither a knowledge of God or loyalty to him.
Because of Israel’s sin, she deserves to be:
divorced and cast away.
Hosea was 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)
Historical Context of Hosea -
Tilgath-Pileser III (king of Assyria.
What was the threat of the time?
Invasion by Tilgath-Pileser III.
Who formed an alliance to stop the invasion?
Israel, Philistines and the Arameans
What was Hosea’s perspective on Israel’s upcoming destruction?
Israel had no one to blame for her destruction but herself because she has no LOYALTY, LOVE or KNOWLEDGE of God.
Who was Hosea commissioned to marry?
Gomer, Daugher of Diblaim
The condition that exists when one treats God as if he were merely one God among many other gods.
Syncretism
Hosea pleads on God’s behalf for what?
That Israel would address God as “husband”, not as “my Lord or my master”
Canaanite fertility god
Baal
Because Israel failed to recognize the true source of her blessings, what will God do?
divorce her.
Who takes over from Tilgath-Pileser III
Shalmanezer V
Hosea holds 3 leadership groups responsible in Israel -
Kings, Priests and Prophets
God can not deny his people, he offers to:
remarry Israel
No matter how hardly broken the covenant relationship is, God will remain faithful. Term -
remnant theology
Gomer is the daughter of
Dibliam
Dibliam means
2 cows, twin cakes
