THE BOOK OF JOEL Lesson 4, Chapter 2 Who doesn’t want to know the future? Especially in this the 21st century, even totally secular folks have a sense of foreboding that something earthshaking and calamitous is coming upon our entire planet. The latest belief of what this foreboding “something” is, is wrapped up in the […]

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THE BOOK OF JOEL Lesson 3, Chapters 1 and 2 While biblical prophecies such as Joel’s always address a few different topics, in Joel the one that seems to be front and center revolves around The Day of Yehoveh (or the Day of the Lord as it is typically misrepresented in Bibles, for reasons that […]

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THE BOOK OF JOEL Lesson 2, Chapter 1 Continued One of the most interesting, and possibly surprising, things we have found in our study of the Minor Prophets of Hosea, Amos, Jonah and now Joel, is that God will instigate…He will command… disasters to happen not only upon those who do wicked things and who […]

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THE BOOK OF JOEL Lesson 1, Introduction and Chapter 1 Welcome to our introduction to the Book of Joel. In the 2nd chapter of Joel, we read this: CJB Joel 2:13-14 13 Tear your heart, not your garments; and turn to ADONAI your God. For he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger, rich in […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 24, Chapters 14 END Today we conclude our study of the Book of Hosea. Hosea preached and warned Israel about their consistent double-mindedness and unfaithfulness to Yehoveh and this mainly by means of disobedience to the terms of the Covenant of Moses. Using primarily the metaphor of human marital unfaithfulness […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 23, Chapters 13 and 14 We concluded at Hosea 13:9 last time, which begins a 3-verse section that is essentially a divine statement as part of an oracle that involves a controversy and a dispute. The dispute is that God is telling Israel what they have done wrong in their […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 22, Chapters 12 and 13 We left off at Hosea 12:10 last time (or 12:9 depending on your Bible version), when God was calling to remembrance just who He was and what His relationship was with Israel. This was clearly necessary because Ephraim/Israel’s worship had become so confused and perverted […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 21, Chapter 12 A good way to frame Hosea chapter 12 is as Ephraim/Israel being depicted as a people who have forgotten who they are. They were set-apart as God’s covenant people, which not only came with the greatest of privileges but also with serious obligations and responsibilities. This memory […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 20, Chapters 11 and 12 We ended our previous lesson with verses 3 and 4 of Hosea chapter 11. In this most poetic chapter of Hosea, we have God, through the agency of His faithful Prophet Hosea, expressing both His passionate love for His set-apart people Israel, but also His […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 19, Chapters 10 and 11 I ended our previous lesson speaking about a most crucial understanding that is necessary for a proper perspective not only of the source of our salvation, but also of what that means for us in a broader sense. The source is Yeshua: Jesus the Christ. […]

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