Murray: I mean, there are threats in the New Testament as well. Murray: What people dont realize how much Hosea is referred to in the New Testament, you know, obviously, youve got Pauls description of the church as Christs bride in Ephesians 5, and then also Revelation 19. Well, thats fascinating. Youve got Jezreel, 1:4, God scatters. She continually ran from Hosea and forgot about his loving care for her. And I said to her, you must dwell as mine for many days, and you shall not play the whore or belong to another man and so also will I be to you. Wow. And it did shift me in that thought of Oh, boy, I dont think Id want to teach all this judgment. Because I could see in your list of 30 I wills, the joy of getting to stand up in front of a group of people and say, This is what God is promising to do. But anyway, Im counting on you to help me. Hosea tells a heartbreakingand for many, a perplexingstory about a prophet told to marry a prostitute. And He will betroth Himself to them "forever.". Hosea specifically, but even broader than that, because of the way Jesus and these other biblical writers use the book of Hosea. Hosea 1-3 The Lord commands Hosea to marry, and Hosea selects a woman named Gomer. And though God told them as much through the birth of Hoseas third child, Lo-ammi, He also reminded them that He would ultimately He called on Israel to repent its sins of apostasy and warned of the judgment to come from God. Edinburgh: T & T. Clark, 1905. He wants you to look in the mirror and see things that you have excused as little dalliances, as maybe little guilty pleasures of things that dont really matter much but that God himself looks at and says, No, thats spiritual adultery. And that thats chasing after another god. The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics helps Christians show unbelievers the truth, goodness, and beauty of the gospel as the only hope that fulfills our deepest longings. How can I hand you, o Israel? Myers, Jacob M. Hosea. In The Laymans Bible Commentary, 14:7-71. And you know, so just in even this chapter 1 through chapter 2, youve got just incredible gospel-rich verses that point us towards Christ. But not clear, this is this and that is that and then this is the next thing. Learn more at crossway.org. Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. So Dr. Murray is a professor of Old Testament and practical theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids. (12) God tells Israel to break up the hard ground of their heart. Additionally, the book references the Lord's role as the Redeemer from death and the grave (see Hosea 13:14). Thank you. Happy Easter! She doesnt deserve it. His writings form the first of the Old Testament books of the Minor Prophets. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. If you have struggled over the direction that your childs life is taking and then you read Hosea, and you hear God as a nurturing parent, both threatening judgment because he cant ignore the wrong, and yet he is twisted up inside because he loves the child. These are very kind words, I dont deserve them, but I do admit we shared a mutual love for teaching the Bible and we do get a lot of excitement and joy from it. But exactly what you said, we come to them say, Okay, teach me how to have a biblical hermeneutic. I mean, we read in the New Testament about being washed with the water of the word and being set apart to him. Asan adulterous woman, Gomer repeatedly spurns the love of her youth, while her betrayed husband, Hosea, offers forgiveness and seeks to win her back. For example, the apostle Paul . Charles had a lifestyle that included drug and alcohol addiction. In 2020 Charles established his publishing company, Raising The Standard International Publishing LLC (RSIP). But Im telling you this because in two days, Im gonna leave and Im gonna go and take a class on Puritan theology taught by your fellow Scott Sinclair Ferguson. And way of approaching it a bit more thematic. Guthrie: Okay. God's Unfailing Love Chooses Commitment. . This outline and bibliography are offered with the prayer that they will enhance the study of the book of Hosea for the busy pastor who must take time from an already busy schedule to make preparation for a weeks study in his church. And that was just how I read this if I ever got to Hosea, in my reading, and then I eventually went into ministry, I went to seminary, to prepare for ministry and started hearing all these different theories that this was just a vision that Hosea was given or it wasnt real harlotry, it was spiritual harlotry, or she wasnt a harlot at the time he married but later. Guthrie: Thats beautiful, David. Hosea (active 750-722 B.C.) And its not actually a homiletics book, a preaching book, its not even a Christian book. Murray: To be with him, to dwell with him for many days. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. When God had a message for the people, He gave his message through the prophets. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. How does this speak to us and the culture in which we live? But as I read through it, I just thought theres a genius in this method that I think could be adapted and applied to preaching. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/help-me-teach-the-bible/david-murray-on-teaching-hosea/, Ecclesiastes: Wisdom for Living Well An In-depth Bible Study. 18 - Fall 1975. As an adulterous woman, Gomer repeatedly spurns the love of her youth, while her betrayed husband, Hosea, offers forgiveness and seeks to win her back. Guthrie: Okay, well, lets go this way, David. First of all, that God isnt saying just like, Go get that woman, go love a woman. Theres that heart of God on display. Hosea tells a heartbreakingand for many, a perplexingstory about a prophet told to marry a prostitute. I use Pastor Chuck Swindoll's books a lot: Moses, David, Joseph, Esther, Hand Me Another Brick. Do you know the saving power of God, now offered to us through His Son, Jesus? Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. He will betroth Israel to Himself in "righteousness and justice," "love and mercy," and "faithfulness.". Charles carefully and Biblically takes us through the unfolding story of Hosea and his wife, Gomer, while explaining the basic message in vivid detail. As one of the largest of the Minor Prophets, Hosea stands as a monumental text beloved not only by believers today, but clearly by the New Testament authors as well. 2, 3 Hosea gives us more of his personal and intimate experiences than does any other of the prophets. Its incredible. So lets get the two Also blog. Mays, James L. Hosea: A Commentary. Well, Nancy, Im always looking to improve my teaching, my preaching, my communication skills. Please try again. Getting Rid of Your Fear of the Book of Revelation, Putting Passion and Personality into Your Teaching, Putting Together a Christ-Centered Bible Talk, Its Not About You: How Biblical Theology Transforms Bible Study. I mean, hes promising to do this in spite of your rampant unfaithfulness. And yet he says, This is what Im going to do for you and in you and through you. I mean, its really an incredible list. Lets say weve done the work and weve figured out how we were gonna break up Hosea, to teach it and weve done our best to get to that message of the original hearers faithfully before we then go through the person and work of Christ for the application for our viewers. How to Know If Its Time to Leave Pastoral Ministry, A (God-Centered) Path from Anxiety to Peace, What Is a Man? Theyre hopeless. The study of the book of Hosea is timely for the people of God in the last half of the twentieth century. Why would God ask one of His prophets to go to such extremes? Theres gonna be a great slaughter, Israel is gonna be scattered. Guthrie: She belongs to him already, that is the stunning thing. Insight's Old Testament Handbook: A Practical Look at Each Book, Insight's Bible Application Guide: IsaiahMalachiA Life Lesson from Every Chapter, Gods Masterwork, Volume Four: An Invitation to ReturnA Survey of HoseaMalachi. This service to God began a 45-year ministry that has included pastoring, church planter, revivalist, evangelist, house church coordinator, and founder/CEO of Raising the Standard International Ministry. You are beloved, forgiven, cherished? Thats just a moment that I love when I get to teach the book of Hosea. , Raising The Standard International Publishing LLC (May 28, 2021), Language Theyre not as good. Provides a summary of the best literature on Hosea. Help Me Teach the Bible is a production of the gospel coalition sponsored by Crossway, a not for profit publisher of the ESV Bible, Christian books and tracks. A verse by verse commentary, with background material concerning Hosea the man, the times, the sayings, the message; in readable type. Guthrie: Were supposed to be seeing ourselves in the place of Gomer. People often talk about what they feel about God. There was a problem loading your book clubs. So that may be a useful tool and that one of the emphasis I have is really focusing on the original message so that we dont just skip to the fulfillment is very important. The theme of the first becomes the constantly recurring refrain in the second: Israels unfaithfulness to the covenant relation with Yahweh. Within each of these charges, Hosea puts their idolatry, cult . And yet, as youre showing us, even through some of those images, there will be promises of hope. Murray: Yep, yep. Well, you know, theres this debate over was Hoseas marriage real or not? I think were called to do that as preachers, not just rely on the Holy Spirit but also develop in our abilities, fan into flame the good gifts God has given us. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. My guest today on Help Me Teach the Bible is one of my favorite Bible teachers, someone from whom I have learned so much and just enjoy so much getting to talk about the Bible with him. Nancy Guthrie teaches the Bible at her home church, Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee, as well as at conferences around the country and internationally, including her Biblical Theology Workshop for Women. This summary of the book of Hosea provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of Hosea. Its a sort of a peg that points to a larger text, you know, rather than quoting the whole chapter. b. I think most people would say hes like the Pharisees. ASIN In this book, he opens up the rich contents to our hearts and minds. Guthrie: Thats crazy, that doesnt make any sense. After his salvation experience in 1974, he felt the call into ministry and immediately started to preach and teach the gospel. Category: Journal ArticleTags: Hosea, Old Testament Narrative, Prophecy. Copyright 2023 The Gospel Coalition, INC. All Rights Reserved. Forever denotes that all of the ups and down of Israel's spiritual life will be gone. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. While most of the Minor Prophets were from the Southern Kingdom, Hosea was from the North and . The authors familiarity with Semitic backgrounds provides a wealth of illustrative and interpretative material. When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, "Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord."So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. What are the lessons we can learn and apply to our lives today from the story of Hosea? And its not, you know, accompanying your sermons with PowerPoint at all. The tragedy which Hosea experienced in his own marriage becomes a paradigm of the national experience, and as paradigm it must not be allowed to overshadow the deeper tragedy of a faithless people forsaking a loving God. Well, lets spend a little bit on Hosea 3, its got to be the shortest chapter in this book. Murray: Wonderful. Though the people have failed to be faithful covenant partners to God, his commitment to them remains. And the first, you know, chapters 4, and 5 are really about the lack of the knowledge of God and a call to repentance, then chapter 6-11, a lack of mercy or a lack of kindness, followed by a call to repent. : A Broken Marriage and a Chastened Wife "Go and marry a prostitute." And were, like, offended on Hoseas part. The Lord commanded Hosea to marry, and Hosea selected a woman named Gomer. And you know, for example, if you go into chapter 4 to 14, its really the first 3 chapters are faithful Hosea, and his faithless wife, and then chapters 4 to 14, faithful God, and his faithless people. Explore Career Opportunites and Apply Here, BibleProject Resources in 55+ languages and counting. I think another thing is just there are so many amazing images and these. Hosea 6:2 may be a symbolic reference to the gathering of Israel and the Millennium. No, they work their way into our day-to-day existence, commenting on issues that No, but heres what Im hoping. And I gotta tell you, when I have taught this, and I have a lot of times, you know, to groups of women, I have to kind of lead into it saying, its uncomfortable for me to tell you this and maybe you dont wanna see this, but maybe God wants you to see yourself more clearly today, just like he wanted the people of Israel to see themselves more clearly. You are bought with a price, Paul writes. His prophetic style is so elevated that it is often difficult to distinguish between his prose and poetry. 5. Why would God ask one of His prophets to go to such extremes? Murray: And please tell Sinclair Ive been asking for him. So when I contacted you a while ago and just said, Id like to do another Help Me Teach the Bible interview with you, and we talked about what books we might talk about, you picked Hosea. was a prophet of the kingdom of Israel. Yeah, Im sure thats not original to me, nothing about it is but. I will redeem them from death. And it really raises that question, I would be interested to know your own thoughts on it, Nancy? , ISBN-13 The author was among the foremost biblical scholars of his generation. But we miss the power of the fulfillment if we do so. Bring your order ID or pickup code (if applicable) to your chosen pickup location to pick up your package. All rights reserved. In Hosea we will see God's Word concerning false religion, spiritual adultery, injustice, judgment, the remnant, the restoration and Gods unconditional love. At the end of the free trial, your membership will automatically upgrade to a monthly membership. Thats when I came to link to quite often. Im hoping that when I come home, and I have to figure out what to write for a paper for the class, that maybe youll slip me some ideas and some good ideas for sources to help me write that paper because I find writing papers, academic papers, incredibly difficult. : Its just not the way we work. To me, its almost like Hosea and God are singing or speaking in unison together about their unfaithful brides, because it seems to kind of be about both or go back and forth somehow. Thats not just a hobby or an interest. And then you get Israel an unfaithful wife, a rapidly disappearing morning mist, chapter 6, a hot oven, chapter 7, a silly dove, chapter 7, a faulty bull, a wild donkey. Murray: Yeah, and I think that thats a beautiful way to present, I think that will preach to men just fine. And in a sense, I think thats what God is calling Hosea to do when he calls him to take a wife of whoredom. He was a prophet to the northern kingdom which is called the kingdom of Israel, distinguished from the southern kingdom known as the kingdom of Judah. Please try again. So well see what comes of that. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1972. Guthrie: Yeah, awesome. I think we have that mutual love for the Old Testament and its great to have a fellow laborer whos mining away these tough books to produce gold for Gods people. God bless Chuck, God bless Insight For Living. Murray:Yeah, I agree with you, Nancy. The prophets personal tragedy/Israels apostasy and punishment, 1:2-9The present character and future punishment of Israel are symbolized by the unfaithfulness of Gomer and the names of her children. direction for their lives, shines through clearly against the darkness of their idolatry and injustice (Hosea 14:4). Wolff, Hans Walter. The study of the book of Hosea is timely for the people of God in the last half of the twentieth century. CHARLES MORRIS, an author of over 45 paperback books, was raised in a non-Christian home, and a native of Craigsville, a small town in Augusta County, Virginia. In 2020 Charles established his publishing company, Raising The Standard International Publishing LLC (RSIP). , Dimensions Ward, James M. Hosea: A Theological Commentary. O death, I will be your plagues. And its especially the chapters 4 to 14 that are, yeah, very cyclical, very repetitive. No other messenger gives so complete an outline of the ways of God with His earthly people as does Hosea: 1)God suffers when His people are unfaithful to Him; 2)God cannot condone sin; 3)God will never cease to love His own; and, consequently. The northern kingdom of Israel enjoyed moderate success from conquering neighboring kingdoms, but they were spiritually bankrupt. Not necessarily into terrible sin, but just wandered. All right, so you have written a number of books. I think one that might be of interest to a lot of people listening to this podcast is one you wrote called How Sermons Work. Set around the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel . And it can sound in many ways, like thats the dominant note. , ISBN-10 After his salvation experience in 1974, he felt the call into ministry and immediately started to preach and teach the gospel. You know, if you were to ask people outside of the church, what is God like? I found myself thinking, Wow, Im not sure Id want to teach the book if I was really giving proper attention to chapters 4 through 14. Part of my fear would be that I would be saying the same thing over and over again. O grave, where is your victory? Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. In fact, I love what you did on your website, where you listed 30 I wills. Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God - We have reached the last chapter in Hosea. Charles had a lifestyle that included drug and alcohol addiction. O grave, I will be your destruction. And youve also got Jesus, you know, refers to it in Matthew 9:15. And like many of the prophets, yeah, actually, if you were to count the verses of judgment compared to mercy, the verses of judgment are predominant, but I think thats what makes the messages of mercy even more welcome even, more refreshing, even more surprising and amazing to us. Youve got Hosea paints three pictures of the coming Messiah, as the second Moses in 1:11, the second David, Hosea 3:5, and the second Israel in Hosea 11:1. Catch up on the latest tech innovations that are changing the world, including IoT, 5G, the latest about phones, security, smart cities, AI, robotics, and more. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. Crossway is a not for profit publisher of the ESV Bible Christian books and tracks, including several new books coming out by our guest today, Dr. David Murray. THE PARABLE OF THE FOUR SOILS: The Key to the Mystery of the Kingdom of God, BORN AGAIN: Having A Personal Relationship With God. Murray: And make this simple, complicated. But the thing is, when we look at the story, were not supposed to be putting ourselves in the place of Hosea. My compassion grows warm and tender. And you know, some of the other versions have that even more graphically, if I can remember the old King James version that says, My heart is turned within me. And its almost, you know, God just bent double with the agony of his peoples sins and yet I cannot give you up. And yeah, well, it does humble as it lifts up God as high as you possibly can, and its just so predictive, isnt it, of Jesus himself for all of these. And thats just, I dont know if theres another book in the Bible thats just so suited to the Christian who has wandered. Murray:You know, thats actually one of the reasons, again, why I love this book so much. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! David P. Murray is professor of Old Testament and practical theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And therefore, I will bring you back.. These are the first words God spoke to his prophet Hosea. Had a wonderfu, Its FridayThe Romans beat my JesusThey ro, SPRING SALE52 WEEKS IN THE WORD is available n, God does not say that we wont experience hardsh, Have you been stuck for years? Hosea revealed little about his background, though his book of prophecy offers a few glimpses into his life. And so I would say the best way to teach it if I was teaching this on a Sunday school or doing a series on it in church, its not so much a consecutive exposure to do. Teach me how to execute those. And that Matthew quotation of Hosea is probably the most problematic quotation of the Old Testament and the New, but its not insoluble if, as you said there, if you look in general how the New Testament views the fulfillment of prophecy, its not always the case that its, you know, the exact same details. So we were gonna record earlier. Guthrie: When I read the subtitle Exceptional Presentation Design, it makes me think that its gonna have something to do with visual presentation. To see God's long-suffering nature. It presents such a grim picture of our sinfulness. But if you study just even okay, what are the quotations of Hosea that are used in the New Testament, and spent some time on that. The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. Thats a prophetic parallel that predicts Gods goodness to his only begotten Son, Jesus, Israel, in protecting and providing for them through an Egyptian soldier and supervised by a divinely saint Joseph. These messages came in visions, oracles, dreams, parables, and the like. Theological and critical. Hosea was a man, but he was a man God used to speak through. 1 As a rule of thumb such an estimate is largely helpful, but it . This propensity for idolatry meant that the Israelites lived as if they were not Gods people. God says, I want you to think of me like this. Like my stomach is churning as it were, with the agony of this and just how hard it is for me to see you like this. The Lord chose the name of Hosea's children - From this, we are reminded that our children belong to God. There are two unequal sections in the book of Hosea, composed of chapters 1-3 and 4-14. I think that as a way of identifying general emphases. It was a place of trouble, where Achan's sin was discovered and judged ( Joshua 7:26 ). The exegesis provides insights into passages that, although brief, are unsurpassed in more recent studies. Bryce Sandlin Murray: Oh, thank you, Nancy. : But if we can show people the God of the Hosea, the God of Gomer actually, then I think we begin to break down barriers and begin to give people hope that this Lord could be my God. Except for the name of his father Beeri ( Hosea 1:1) we do not know anything about the background of this prophet. Hosea. All rights reserved. Its beautiful, you know, and sometimes when Ive taught this, I dont know if this would have worked for men, but it does for women, just because I set up this scenario of imagining Hoseas sister at this point in the story. and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. Please note, our website requires JavaScript to be supported. Hosea was a master literary craftsman. She chased other lovers but Hosea went after her and brought her home. And that is a sense of whats happening here when he says, You must dwell as mine. Watch Now. Dont you think? Its really, and you know, asking what is the problem that this text identifies, what is the solution the text identifies or the action, whos not supported by insights from the text, how are these insights supported by the data of the text. Something went wrong. Marriage of Hosea and Gomer, the harlot, Chapter 1. v. 1 See TIME, first page. And only God can reverse this and he only can reverse it through Christ. First published in 1884, this volume remains a helpful tool in the study of Hosea. Guthrie: Because, you know, shes been staying over with Hosea helping take care of these kids, while Gomer is off running around with all of these other lovers and that shes there, she hears Hosea crying during the night because hes run off into Gomer with one of her latest lovers and while hes home changing diapers and putting food on the table, and so then Hosea hears God tell him, Go again, love a woman even though shes loved by another man, and he says to his sister, Ive got 15 shekels and Im going to gather up some homer and a lethech of barley and Im gonna go down there to the slave market, and Im gonna go buy her back. And I just imagined his sister just looking at him and going, You have got to be kidding.. Hosea opens with an interesting command. Select the Pickup option on the product page or during checkout. The Book of Hosea is certainly emotional and relational. Its actually written by Tim Pollard, who does mainly corporate and institutional presentations. So look in the spring of 2020 for the Family Worship Guide, and also Meeting With Jesus, a Bible reading plan for kids. She is the author of numerous books and the host of the Help Me Teach the Bible podcast at The Gospel Coalition. With this bold and uncomfortable imagery, Hosea tells the story of God and his people. Guthrie: And so you now have your doctorate in what? Im thinking 2:3, Lest I strip her naked. Well, he was stripped naked. Hosea son of Beeri prophesied about the middle of the eighth century b.c., his ministry beginning during or shortly after that of Amos. Charles published his first book, "The Four Positions of the Holy Spirit," in 2014. But God does not forget Israel even in their self-destruction. And I think it really, you know, when a person comes to faith in Christ, they go through this cycle, dont they? You know, then youve got that relationship between Hosea and Gomer, you know, where she has been so unfaithful. He resigned from his full-time pastorate in October 2018 to enter his career as a full-time author. Chapter#2: The Unfaithful Wife. Growing cold and distant, they had forgotten about Gods unending love for them, ushering in tragic consequences. It would be a lesson in itself in terms of how to interpret the Old Testament. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. impact all our actions and relationships. Because I do think that is a huge challenge, because the typical Bible teacher, youre reading all of these judgments. Israel is invited to return to God. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. I think once you get that key of the I wills, thats just the sovereign grace of God. I mean, the basically the names are no prints with God, no mercy and no people. Following their . 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