Today’s Word
Alien Righteousness
“Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, they are regarded as a strange thing.” Hosea 8:12 NASB Strange thing – Have you tried to explain your commitment to Torah to your friends and neighbors? Do they ask why you don’t eat shrimp, why you don’t go to church on Sunday and…
Forgive and Forget
“My sacrificial gifts they offer in sacrifice and they eat flesh.” YHWH does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sin. They will return to Egypt. Hosea 8:13 (translation J. A. Dearman) Remember – We often think that once God forgives our sins, He forgets all about them. Maybe that…
Meal After the Service
They feed on the sin of My people and direct their desire toward their iniquity. Hosea 4:8 NASB Feed – This one is difficult. It’s difficult because of the Hebrew and it’s difficult because of its implications. It’s one of those verses we might wish to remove. It’s even difficult to comment on this verse…
For Whom the Bell Tolls (2)
My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge I will reject you from priestly service for me. You have forgotten the instruction of your God; so I too will forget your children. Hosea 4:6 (translation J. A. Dearman) Forget – When you think of the Hebrew verb forget, think of…
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1)
My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge I will reject you from priestly service for me. You have forgotten the instruction of your God; so I too will forget your children. Hosea 4:6 (translation J. A. Dearman) Reject you – We feel good about the love story of Hosea. …
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