Hosea starts today with City Bible Reading! #HarborCBR Without this book, you cannot know the depths¦ https://t.co/mIvU6Pxhad
HOS1-God calls those who preach His judgment to suffer the judgment they preach. In marriage Hosea bears the sins he confronts. #HarborCBR
HOS1,2-Child 1 is Hosea's, 2 and 3 aren't. Betrayal and public humiliation: a window into how much God suffers from our unfaithfulness. #HarborCBR
HOS1,3-v10 In the face of Israel's adultery God's promise to Abraham-flourishing people who will bless the nations-will come true.#HarborCBR
HOS1,4-https://t.co/TDPOUqVm0U: A fantastic soundtrack that brings this book to life. Music version of the earlier painting. #HarborCBR
HOS2-Adoration/Creation: You created us to be faithfully devoted to You, in communion with the giver of every good gift! #HarborCBR
HOS2,2-Confession/Fall: We're not faithful, but pursue happiness w/o You. Then we get angry w/You because our lives aren't happy. #HarborCBR
HOS2,3-Thanksgiving/Redemption: TY Jesus for living in perfect communion w/God. You were forsaken(cross) so I'd have a way back. #HarborCBR
HOS2,4-Supplication/Renewal: Spirit, let me display Your forgiving love to others. Let my life show the power of devotion to You. #HarborCBR
HOS3-The only thing more incredible than Hosea's love is the love of God that it pictures. #HarborCBR
HOS3,2-Have you been disappointed? Wounded? Betrayed? Cheated on? Neglected? God says, "I know exactly how you feel." #HarborCBR
HOS3,3-After she is unfaithful, Hosea pays the price to buy his wife out of slavery. That's what Jesus did for us on the cross! #HarborCBR
HOS4-God brings judgment on unfaithful Israel. Who does he blame? The spiritual leaders! They don't teach the people about God. #HarborCBR
HOS5-What you do can keep you from returning to God? v4-What we do affects what we want, and can make us not want to return to God. #HarborCBR
HOS6-In the midst of threatened judgment God offers a chance to be restored and forgiven. He'll heal, but He demands faithfulness. #HarborCBR
HOS6,2-v7 is a cryptic window into God's relationship with Adam before the fall. It was a covenant. #HarborCBR
HOS7-ADORATION: You pursue us as our Heavenly Father. You expose our evil to heal us. You call us back, giving 2nd chances. #HarborCBR
HOS7.2-CONFESSION: We want your fatherly gifts, but not You. We we want other things more, so we rebel and run away from You. #HarborCBR
HOS7,3-THANKSGIVING: Thank You, Jesus for being God's perfect Son. TY for offering Yourself, forsaken by God, so we'd be adopted. #HarborCBR
HOS7,4-SUPPLICATION: Spirit, strengthen us to live as grateful children of God. Help us to want You more than all else. #HarborCBR
HOS8-God wants leaders who display Him. We have bad leaders because we've rebelled against God's ways. Jesus' leadership rescues! #HarborCBR
HOS9-God punishes those who destroy themselves and others by sinning. Ignoring God promises freedom, but peace eludes. #HarborCBR
HOS10-God's judgment comes at the end of 100s OF YEARS of rebellion and societal evil. God's judgment is more patient than ours. #HarborCBR
HOS11-v1,8-9 Even when judgment is deserved, God can't do it! Most don't know that God's judgment is executed through tears. #HarborCBR
HOS11,2-God's anger is aimed at restoring the relationship. Ours rarely is. Jesus took God's anger so we'd be restored. #HarborCBR
HOS11,3-v1 w/Mt 2:15: Jesus fulfilled Israel's exodus, but He leads people out of slavery to sin. #HarborCBR
HOS12-God confronts His (oblivious) people's sin thru prophets. Jesus is our greater prophet, who dies for the sins He confronts. #HarborCBR
HOS12,2-v4 Jacob wrestled w/God weeping and seeking His favor. Jesus is our greater Jacob, whose tears were heard from the grave. #HarborCBR
HOS13-#JesusOnEveryPage: He saves by suffering. In resurrection He doesn't evaporate. He sends a Helper. He leads a new Exodus. #HarborCBR
HOS13,2-v3 Life w/o Jesus will not last. Won't satisfy today, will burn up tomorrow. But Jesus' resurrected life lasts forever. #HarborCBR
HOS14-Hosea ends w/1 message echoing in our ears: Judgment is coming, but NOT for those who return to God. They will flourish. #HarborCBR
HOS13,3-v14 INCREDIBLE REVERSAL! Here God wants death to sting His people.1Cor15:59 says that thru Jesus death has no more sting! #HarborCBR
