THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 07, Chapters 3 and 4 As we continue with Hosea chapter 3 today, perhaps this is an appropriate moment to remind you that, much like a Parable, we have to be careful not to read into this prophetic narrative more than was intended. We are dealing with an actual account […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 06, Chapters 2 and 3 To this point in Hosea, we have seen God, through The Word that is speaking to Hosea, outline how He is going to deal with Israel… meaning the Northern Kingdom… as a result of their long-term idolatry and an unfaithfulness to Him that is now […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 05, Chapter 2 Continued The first 3 verses of Hosea chapter 2 sought to make something very clear about the words that came before it, and those that would follow. It is that the goal (and the outcome) of God’s harsh discipline of Israel (symbolized by Gomer) was restoration of […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 04, Chapters 1 and 2 Symbolism is at the heart of this Book of Hosea. At times trying to reconcile the biblical concepts of symbolic versus literal can be daunting; and all too often in the academic world (and even at the personal Bible study level) one concept is regularly […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 03, Chapter 1 Continued We’ll review last week’s lesson a little more extensively than I’ll typically do throughout our study of Hosea. This is because I introduced you to some Hebraic concepts that are crucial for a proper and revealing understanding of the Prophet’s words. And, appropriately, the review I […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 02, Chapter 1 We’ll open Hosea chapter 1 today, but before we do I’ll advise you ahead of time that we’re going to crawl through the first several verses at a snail’s pace because much has to be explained for us to operate from the correct basis in understanding God’s […]

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THE BOOK OF HOSEA Lesson 01, Introduction It is not possible to properly teach the fascinating and important Book of Hosea without establishing a historical and theological background as context. That is what we shall begin with today in our Introduction to the Book of Hosea. If you haven’t studied the Torah with me (or […]

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GENESIS Lesson 45 – Chapters 49 and 50 (End of Book) Last week we were close to finishing up Genesis 49. This week we will complete Genesis 49 and 50, and conclude our study of Genesis. Joseph was the 11 th son of Jacob, and last time we looked carefully at the prophetic blessing given […]

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GENESIS Lesson 44 – Chapter 49 Continued As we continue on our study of Genesis 49……which is essentially a series of prophetic blessings that predestines the character and attributes of the 12 tribes of Israel……we ended last time with the 4th –born son of Jacob, Judah. And, we saw that Judah seemingly received the Firstborn […]

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GENESIS Lesson 43 – Chapter 49 Last week we finished examining the Cross-Handed Blessing of Jacob, as told in Genesis 48; this was a prophetic blessing made upon Ephraim and Manasseh, but the primary target of this blessing was Ephraim. We discovered that Ephraim would in some way, not yet fully clear, be a blessing […]

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