The Christ in Prophecy Journal

Though God’s message in Hosea is totally applicable to you and me, the Church and the nations, the primary audience is Israel. Again, Yahweh God sees Israel as

What then does the book of Hosea teach us is the cure to healing both our broken heart and our tattered faith? This is the cure—by restoring the relationship

How exactly then do we remain faithful—our loved ones, our Heavenly Father, our values, our principles, and to your own self be true—when our hearts are

Pained. The heart of God can be pained. Why would so massive a God concern Himself over being betrayed by so small a people? It’s because God also has the most

Loving. The heart of God is loving. It’s easy to think that the God of the universe who called existence into being by merely the power of His spoken word would

So what about those vital questions posed earlier about God’s character? Is God heartless when it comes to His people, deliciously plotting our eventual fall

Hosea compared their stubborn hearts to an oven that burned for every kind of iniquity and great enmity. They were evildoers who rejected all good, plowing

The parallels of Gomer to Israel in personality and behavior are remarkably uncanny, as in truth they were meant to be, for Gomer was a living symbol of Israel

If God loved Hosea so much, why ask such impossibly mean things from him? Does He enjoy seeing his children suffer? Does He wish to see your heart shattered?