Tag: Covenant Loyalty
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Hosea’s Message
In Hosea 1:2 the prophet was instructed to take a wife of harlotry, and this was a vivid reflection of the relationship between God and His unfaithful people. They had committed harlotry with the false gods of the land and so Gomer would be a wife of harlotry for Hosea. Each of their three children…
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The Chronicler’s Message Post-Exile
For generations, the Israelites had been taught that they were the special covenant people of God. They had been uniquely chosen among the nations and God had made a treaty with them. As they considered their history pre-exile that would be easy to argue. They had an established monarchy through the great King David and…
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