"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 5 December 2012, from Cindi, a Daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."
Today's Blog Title: "Israel Restored At last"
Today's Blog Scripture Reading: Hosea 14:1-9
Today's Blog Key Verse: Hosea 14:9 " Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right; The righteous walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them."
The words "calves of our lips" (KJV) is best understood metaphorically, referring to the words that the lips produce, in this context, "praise" to the Lord. The nation had used its lips to praise the idolatrous calves; now the nation will use its lips in Praise to Almighty God.
In this final chapter of Hosea's prophecy, he begins with a call to repentance that includes a model Prayer. The people of Israel were to Pray for God's gracious forgiveness and renew their allegiance to Him by renouncing foreign alliances, their own military strength and false gods.
When God heals and receives sinners, He chooses to love us "freely." The thought is "unconditionally." God doesn't hold our past against us. He simply showers love on us. God's love has a vital, transforming impact on us, His people. The Old Testament often uses figures of speech that involve trees and flowers when indicating divine blessing.
Up until this time, Ephraim, has been a stench in the nostrils of the Lord. Now, because its sins had been dealt with, it will pleasing to the Lord; and the fruit will satisfy Him. Much of Palestine is semiarid, and verdant growth suggests abundant rains and prosperity. Thus spiritual as well as material prosperity are represented by the blossoming of a lily, the young shoots of a cedar, and the fragrance of a cedar.
Hosea closes his prophecy on a high note. God's never-changing love for Israel will one day will bring about her repentance and restoration to His full favor. This prophecy of God's bountiful blessing looks to the great millennial periods of Christ's righteous and beneficent rule. God's "ways," His demands and principles, are completely true. The wise person will choose to obey them, but the foolish person will ignore them and consequently "stumble" into judgment.
This concludes the book of Hosea. The next Minor Prophet that we will study will be Joel.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness, Love God More Today. Always remember that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life, and you yell out, "I CAN'T," GOD Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN."
Click on the link www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for a Bible Verse from Exodus 20:8.
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
Today's Blog Title: "Israel Restored At last"
Today's Blog Scripture Reading: Hosea 14:1-9
Today's Blog Key Verse: Hosea 14:9 " Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right; The righteous walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them."
The words "calves of our lips" (KJV) is best understood metaphorically, referring to the words that the lips produce, in this context, "praise" to the Lord. The nation had used its lips to praise the idolatrous calves; now the nation will use its lips in Praise to Almighty God.
In this final chapter of Hosea's prophecy, he begins with a call to repentance that includes a model Prayer. The people of Israel were to Pray for God's gracious forgiveness and renew their allegiance to Him by renouncing foreign alliances, their own military strength and false gods.
When God heals and receives sinners, He chooses to love us "freely." The thought is "unconditionally." God doesn't hold our past against us. He simply showers love on us. God's love has a vital, transforming impact on us, His people. The Old Testament often uses figures of speech that involve trees and flowers when indicating divine blessing.
Up until this time, Ephraim, has been a stench in the nostrils of the Lord. Now, because its sins had been dealt with, it will pleasing to the Lord; and the fruit will satisfy Him. Much of Palestine is semiarid, and verdant growth suggests abundant rains and prosperity. Thus spiritual as well as material prosperity are represented by the blossoming of a lily, the young shoots of a cedar, and the fragrance of a cedar.
Hosea closes his prophecy on a high note. God's never-changing love for Israel will one day will bring about her repentance and restoration to His full favor. This prophecy of God's bountiful blessing looks to the great millennial periods of Christ's righteous and beneficent rule. God's "ways," His demands and principles, are completely true. The wise person will choose to obey them, but the foolish person will ignore them and consequently "stumble" into judgment.
This concludes the book of Hosea. The next Minor Prophet that we will study will be Joel.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness, Love God More Today. Always remember that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life, and you yell out, "I CAN'T," GOD Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN."
Click on the link www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for a Bible Verse from Exodus 20:8.
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
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