Minor Prophets Hosea Jonah Minor Prophets In Our

Minor Prophets Hosea - Jonah

Minor Prophets In Our Study Obadiah - 845 BC Joel - 835 BC Jonah - 755 BC Amos - 752 BC Hosea - 725 BC

Message of the Prophets Obadiah: The Destruction of Edom Joel: Call to repentance with locusts Jonah: God’s concern for the sinner

Outline of Amos VIII. “Seek Me that you may live” 5: 1 -9 IX. “Seek good and not evil” 5: 10 -17 X. Day of the Lord and detestable worship 5: 18 -27 XI. Israel’s false sense of Security 6: 1 -14

Outline of Amos XII. Visions of Amos 7: 1 -9 XIII. Amos accused and acquitted 7: 10 -17 XIV. Basket of summer fruit 8: 1 -3

Outline of Amos XV. Greed and Judgement 8: 4 -14 XVI. No Hiding from the Judgement 9: 1 -10 XVII. Promise of Restoration 9: 11 -15

Message of the Prophets Obadiah: The Destruction of Edom Joel: Call to repentance with locusts Jonah: God’s concern for the sinner Amos: Destruction-Captivity of Israel

Hosea – The Man • His name means salvation or help • Citizen of the Northern Kingdom • His occupation is unknown • Married to Gomer and had three children Jezreel, Loruhamah and Lo-ammi.

Hosea – The Mission • His call by God was to “marry a woman of whoredom” • Hosea mentions four kings of Judah (Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah) • He only mentions Jeroboam II in the North • His time frame is about 767 -686 BC

Hosea – The Message • Theme is God’s love for a sinful people • Structure of the book • 1 -3 Hosea and his wife • 4 -6: 3 Lack of spiritual knowledge • 6: 4 -11: 11 Lack of brotherly love • 11: 12 -14: 9 Lack of covenant faithfulness • Similarities with Amos • Relationship with God demands responsibility • Assyria will be God tool of punishment • Opposition to hypocritical formalism • New beginning after judgement

Outline of Hosea I. A. B. C. Hosea and his faithless wife 1: 1 -3: 5 1. 2. 3. An unusual marriage 1: 1 -3 Symbolic family 1: 4 -9 Jezreel 1: 4 -5 Lo-ruhamah 1: 6 -7 Lo-ammi 1: 8 -9 Reversal on the names 1: 10 -2: 1

Outline of Hosea I. Hosea and his faithless wife 1: 1 -3: 5 D. Metaphor, the adulterous wife 2: 2 -7 E. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. Her shamelessness 2: 2 Her punishment 2: 3 -4 Her behavior 2: 5 Her future repentance 2: 6 -7 Illustration, perverted prosperity Source of prosperity ignored 2: 8 Removal of prosperity threatened 2: 9 -11 Abuse of prosperity 2: 12 -13

Outline of Hosea I. Hosea and his faithless wife 1: 1 -3: 5 F. Imagery of future restoration 2: 14 -23 1. New courtship 2: 14 -15 a 2. New response 2: 15 b-17 3. New covenant 2: 18 4. New marriage 2: 19 -20 5. New prosperity 2: 21 -22 6. New privilege 2: 23

Outline of Hosea I. Hosea and his faithless wife 1: 1 -3: 5 G. Actions of love 3: 1 -5 1. Love for a fallen woman 3: 1 2. Loving discipline 3: 2 -3 3. Symbolic significance 3: 4 4. Anticipation 3: 5

Outline of Hosea II. God and His faithless people 4: 1 -14: 9