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🗓️ 20 July 2022
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.3 | We've been hovering over the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and we keep dipping |
0:16.9 | in and out of prophecy and narrative to give us the whole lay of the land. |
0:21.8 | Today we started out in Hosea, another minor prophet who prophesied the demise of Israel. |
0:26.4 | His message was probably intended for both kingdoms, Israel and Judah. |
0:31.3 | During this time Israel was financially flourishing, or at least the elite were. |
0:36.7 | And their hearts had grown calloused to God as they drifted further from compassion and |
0:40.6 | generosity and a humble awareness of who was providing for them. |
0:45.2 | Their sacrifices were empty and they were still worshipping other gods. |
0:49.5 | So God sends his prophet to intervene and hears how he wants Hosea to do it. |
0:53.9 | Mary a prostitute. |
0:54.9 | Excuse me. |
0:56.9 | As we've seen before, God often calls the prophets to personally feel and experience the weight |
1:02.3 | of what they're going to be speaking into. |
1:04.4 | We've seen them getting beaten up on purpose, putting on skits, walking around naked, and |
1:09.1 | now marrying an adulteress. |
1:11.7 | So once again, we see that being a prophet is not a fun calling. |
1:16.0 | God says all this is to reveal what things are like in his relationship with Israel. |
1:20.8 | So the language of this adultery image is woven throughout the book to continue to reveal |
1:25.0 | God and his character to both ancient Israel and to us today. |
1:30.0 | Hosea marries a woman named Gomer and she gives birth to three kids. |
1:34.0 | The text only clarifies that the first child is his. |
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