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Hosea

Hosea (c.784 - c.725 BC)

After the death of King Solomon, the united tribes of Israel split into 2 kingdoms - the southern kingdom of "Judah," with the capital remaining at Jerusalem, and the northern kingdom of "Israel," with the capital at Samaria. The northern kingdom lasted just over 200 years before they were conquered and taken away into exile by the Assyrians. They never returned, and have become known to history as the "Lost Ten Tribes of Israel."

The southern kingdom lasted slightly over 300 years before they were conquered and taken into exile by the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar. Unlike the northern kingdom however, a remnant of the southern kingdom was allowed to return and resettle Jerusalem in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah after the Babylonians were themselves conquered by the Persians under Cyrus the Great. Their descendants are known as the Jews of today.

During the course of Jewish history, four prophets prophesied at approximately that time. They were Hosea, Isaiah, Amos, and Micah. Hosea was a prophet in the northern kingdom of Israel, at a time when many people worshiped pagan gods. A time just before the fall of the northern kingdom. Hosea regarded such worship as unfaithfulnes to God. He called on Israel to repent its sins of apostasy and warned of the judgement to come from God. His prophecy is remarkable for its descriptions of God as a loving father.

Hosea was the first of the "minor" prophets. Often, we do not recognize the derivation of these Bible names, but this prophet's name would be "Joseph" in English, and is related to the name Joshua, which means "salvation."

The sroty of Hosea goes thus. God told Hosea to marry and that she would be a harlot, a common street prostitut...

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...ill ascend from the earth, for great will be the day of Jezreel." (Hos 1:10-11) The nation of Israel will be reunited with that of Judah. Their population will grow by a great amount (a sign of prosperity). They will obtain a new name, "the sons of the living God", which will reflect their fantastic relationship with Him, and his activities on their behalf. We see this also in Romans where he says "And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'" {Rom 9:26 KJV}

They will have one leader in Jesus Christ, the greatest political and religious leader of all time. His coming is fulfilled, the story of his life is told in the new testament books from Matthew all the way to Luke, and the fulfillment of the prophecy of this one leader's life is evident to all Christians all over the world today.

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