UNSEEN BATTLE SERIES · BIBLE CARD 28 OF 39
Hosea
Hoshea — “Salvation”
MINOR PROPHETS
- Author / Era
- Hosea · approx. 755–710 BC
- Setting
- The northern kingdom of Israel in its final decades before Assyria.
- Key Figures
- Hosea, Gomer, their three children with prophetic names
- Watch For
- God commands Hosea to marry an unfaithful woman — because that is what God Himself has done with Israel.
- Connects To
- Romans 9:25–26 · 1 Peter 2:10 · Matthew 9:13
Key Verse
“And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.”— Hosea 2:19
Points to Christ: The Faithful Husband
Christ pursues an unfaithful bride and pays the price to bring her home.
For the Fire Pit
God did not just tell Hosea to preach about faithlessness. He told Hosea to marry it. Sometimes a sermon has to be lived before it can be heard.
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