Hosea: Love to the Unlovely – The Divine Lover

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)

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