Tue, Jan 24 - Hosea

>Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Memory Quiz 7a: Hosea 6:1, 3, & 6 (NIV, 1984)
- Students have until Friday, Jan 27 to make up Memory Quiz 6b

Handouts: Unit 7 Handout

Reminders:
- Service Hours: There are three things to turn in for this on April 16: Essay, Record Form, Comm. Service Evaluation Form

Instructional Time: Unit 7: 2 Kings 1-10 and...
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, & Zephaniah
Journal 7-2:
- Read: Hosea 1:1-9 (pg 636)
- - What is the name of Hosea’s wife? Gomer!
- - What type of wife was she? An adulterous wife,
- - What were the names of Hosea’s three children? what do they mean? (Look at the notes e & f on the bottom of the page)
- - - Jezreel: God Plants (Because God would bring justice against Jehu's house due to the bloodshed he caused at Jezreel)
- - - Lo-Ruhamah: Not Loved (Because Israel was 'not loved' by God due to their consistent sins, following after other gods)
- - - Lo-Ammi: Not My People (Because Israel was 'disowned' by God, no longer considered His people)
- - Why were they named these?
- - - To consistently communicate God’s messages to His people
- - - Think of it...
- - - - They were visibly shown through a long period of time what God said to them at one time
- - - - When the town gossiped about these weird names, they would be reminded about what God said
- - - - Every time someone saw this child, it would remind them of God's message
- If done early, finish reading Hosea 1

Gomer’s Problems, Hosea’s Love:
- Read Hosea 3:1-5
- - Gomer did the role of a prostitute, leaving her husband Hosea & sleeping with other men
- - Things got bad enough that in order to get her back Hosea would have to pay money (like bail, perhaps?)
- - God tells Hosea to go & use his hard earned money to buy Gomer back (even though she doesn't deserve it!)
- Answer:
- - What did Gomer’s actions represent? Israel! Her unfaithfulness toward God, leaving him over and over again to follow other gods
- - - We do the same thing today, but instead of it being obvious 'false gods' that we follow, we make the following types of things our gods: ourselves (power, greediness, selfishness), our phones, our friends, our games, our books, our clothes, our money
- - What did Hosea’s actions represent? God & His continued love to Israel

Hosea in the New Testament:
- Yesterday we talked about Jesus’ use of Hosea 6:6, but more than that...
- See Handout, pg 36
- - Two ways Hosea relate to Jesus:
- - - A Prophesy of Jesus: Coming out of Egypt
- - - A Picture of what Jesus did for us, buying us back for His own
- - Read the summaries for Chapters 1-3 & Chapters 4-14