Peter Barnes | Hosea 2:14-23
SERMON NOTES
THE DIVINE LOVER
Hosea 2:14-23; Revelation 19:1-10
God re-establishes the marriage with His people.
1. God woos His people.
– 2:14-16; Israel had been referring to Yahweh as ‘Baal’
– 2:14-16 greatly encouraged Helen Roseveare in the Belgian Congo when she was downcast
2. God will renew the marriage covenant with His people.
– 2:16-18; like Jer.31:31-34; the whole creation will be renewed
– 2:19-20; the marriage will last, and God’s will know God (unlike v.13); 2 Cor.11:2
3. God will multiply His people
– 2:21-23; God Himself will achieve all this (2:14-15; 17-21, 23)
– the names of the children in 1:4, 6, 8 will be understood as a blessing (‘Jezreel’ meaning ‘scatter as in sowing’) or reversed.
– Isa.54:5-10
– ‘in that day’ usually refers to the coming of the Messiah (2:16, 18, 21)