In verse 21 and 22, it states “I will hear, saith the Lord...hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth,” and “earth shall hear the corn,” which shows that God will listen to everyone including the heavens and the earth (KJV). In verse 23, it states “I will have mercy upon her...they shall say, Thou art my God,” which shows that God would not judge a sinner, He would only show mercy and that He will provide for us, so much that we would remember that He is the only God that can do anything (KJV).
The main exegetical and theological themes are love and forgiveness because all throughout the scriptures, God is showing that He wants to have intimate relationship with this prostitute even though she hurts Him when she goes to other lovers.
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Verse 18, Ferreiro thinks the verse means making a new Covenant which i agreed with thing because deepening a relationship is similar to a Covenant (Ferreiro 11). Verse 20, Ferreiro thinks the verse means mercy and love which is similar to my analysis of God showing love and forgiveness to her (Ferreiro 12). Verse 19, Smith thinks the verse means God paying the bride price where it was different from my understanding because I felt that it meant love and mercy in a relationship (Smith 63). Verse 22, Smith thinks the verse means God planting seeds into her heart but my understanding is different because I think it means God listening to the corn, oil and Jezreel (Smith 64). Verse 23, Smith thinks the verse means God is making a Covenant which is similar to my understand of God is making a intimate relationship with us (Smith …show more content…
Also it shows that God has a good plan for everyone including sinners. And this is the whole message of Hosea is God forgives, He has a plan for your life, He has the power to transform you, and He wants to have a deeper relationship with you. Some of the questions that was raised by reading the passage was How could Israel confused God with Baal?, Why would God make a covenant with beasts?, What did God meant when He said “I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth”? and Why is the book of Hosea not talked about or even preach in churches?. I was trying to find answers to these questions in the commentaries that were read and mentioned above but I received no answers. The text can be used in preaching to witnesses to the unfaithful people we have in church that their is hope and forgiveness in the Lord. It can be used for preaching towards the unloved to let them know that they are loved by God. We can use Hosea to preach about the new Covenant that God wants to establish with each person. We can use Hosea, to show God 's character; love, forgiving, righteous, mercy etc… We can talk’ about Hosea’s wife and Yahweh’s wife to show that they are identical and that we should be more of a faithful wife by getting betroth to God eternally and keeping the marriage
Throughout both texts "The Count of Monte Cristo", and " Blessings", there were different themes. I think the theme of the story "Blessings" is how both girls express themselves at least once. Jesse explains how she likes to write poems and likes to cook. She says that she also makes amazing mirrors from redwood, she says," she doesn’t know how good they are", but I can imagine they are pretty good from how she described them as. So I would say the theme is that everyone is different and everyone has their own talents.
Metanarrative Essay The Biblical metanarrative can be explained by a Christian as the true and triumphant story from the beginning in Genesis until the future is prophesied in Revelation. Others who may not be a Christian do not understand the true power and love God has over us and for us and may just simply see it as a story or a rule book that they don’t want to follow. They see the Bible and all the things and plans God has for us and our lives and just think they don’t want any part of it and instead they live in sin. It is important that these people not only learn the true story but understand it as well.
This passage also creates a parallel between the white people and their role as the “God” of Southern society. Smith states, “We were told we should love Him for He gives us everything good that we have, and then we were told that...
God is sinless, loving, forgiving and full of wisdom. God’s love is shown throughout the Old and New Testaments. Many times throughout the Old
Many people are straying from the path of God and falling prey to temptation. This passage from the Book of Judges reminds us of the seriousness of our sins, despite the fact that God is very merciful and forgiving. In addition, the passage also reminds us that even though God often works through humans, He is the one who deserves the praise from us. In conclusion, The Canticle of Deborah preaches a message of the magnitude of God’s forgiveness, while also reminding us of the seriousness of our sins and rebellions against
The theme is supported in the whole story and Jesus help to support the theme. The direction of this story follows good and evil with a criminal situation that most be destine to happen. I think the Misfits will be punished, but I would have loved to read about it in this story. The grandmother's hope in God seemed to be coming to the end. Flannery O'Connor brings her reader through a tuff time to let them understand the theme of our society and how it’s constantly changing.
Themes are subjects, topics of discourse or of artistic representation. Crowns shows us many feminist themes; I think the most important and interesting theme that the characters portray is image. Women have been giving the image of being dainty and in the church women should be fully covered head to toe. The ladies discuss the essential quote in this play, “When one presents oneself before God… that you should be at your best, you should present excellence before the Almighty.” The theme image is related to the female pr...
According to Dictionary.com, theme is defined as a “main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work which may be stated directly or indirectly.” My idea of the meaning behind theme lies closely within this definition. To me, theme is the main memorandum or moral the reader will gained through reading and analyzing a story. The theme usually has a message or lesson behind it to provoke to the reader to question life. The theme could be very obvious or obscure, it just depends on how the author wants to communicate with his audience. After reading several pieces of literature in this class, the theme of “Gender Roles” really stood out to me. I especially found this theme pungent in The Yellow Wallpaper, A Doll’s House, and The Great Gatsby.
Chapter two is mainly about the roles of men and the roles of women in the bible. He focuses most of his time in the Old Testament. He talks about how God meant in the garden for it to function like a marriage. He says that the idea of marriage is ancient and that Israel ruined it because they participated in polygamy, divorce, and homosexuality. He mentions that God in start of genesis talks about the roots and the institution of marriage; which is doing the will of the creator and the consequences being the fall of humanity on the married couple. He mentions song of Solomon which is about the ...
There are many themes that occur and can be interpreted differently throughout the novel. The three main themes that stand out most are healing, communication, and relationships.
This is better explained when one understands God’s character. God has an insatiable desire to know His creation, the human being. Much like a parent yearns to interact with their developing child, so God enjoys continual interaction with humankind. The child images the parent in a way like humankind images God. To image God, is to be like but not the same. But, much like there is an emotional and spiritual disparity between the child and parent, there is also a disparity between God and humankind. Much like a parent provides protection and direction to their children, so does God to His creation. However, one understands that a ...
In Judaism, God is seen as having a contractual relationship with the Jewish people where they must obey his holy laws in return for their status of the chosen people. God rewards or punishes Jewish people based on whether they obey or disobey his will. In parts of the Old Testament, however, God does show mercy or forgiveness, and in later interpretations God’s laws such as the Ten Commandments are followed
...ed a part to him. First we see God as omnipotent then we see God asking where Adam and Eve are hiding (Not being omnipotent). With the creation of mankind God loses some part of his Godliness and he gains some humanity. God has a little human in himself and we have a little God in us. But the main point still is the same, God is the authority over man and will remain this way. I also feel that the God in the bible is truly no different than the Gods of Greece for example. The God of ancient Greece acted just like humans, the only difference was that they were immortal. The God of the bible seems to act just like humans, shows love, anger, regret, learns from mistakes and so forth. So in the end God shows flaws and learns from mistakes. God is like humans, maybe this is why we don?t understand God sometimes because we can?t understand other people and their actions.
In conclusion, the metaphor of marriage used throughout the Bible to illustrate the relationship between God and His people and the institution of human marriage. Marriage is a covenant and you must not break it because it is like breaking God’s covenant. One should love each other like Christ love us. God joined the two people together as one flesh therefore divorce is unacceptable.
...ting the advancement of others. Racism, caste systems, and patriarchy are additional examples of structural sins that West proposes in his article. Furthermore, West reveals the presence of structural sin in the Bible, specifically seen through Marks gospel. West claims how Jesus addressed a lone scribe, who was “an active part of the temple system” – a system that “oppresses” and “exploits.” It is not until Jesus reminds the lone scribe that there is no distinction between loving of a neighbor and God that he suddenly realizes “the structural dimensions of the temple” “of burnt offerings and sacrifices” (New International Version, Mark 12:32-33). West interpreted this as a realization of “mechanisms of religious control and economic exploitation” in the Temple. Even then did such systems influence and even blind society from seeing what was/is morally acceptable.