Hosea 8: Apostasy of Israel – Hypocrisy of Israel. Destruction threatened for the impiety of Israel. (1-4): V. 1.…trumpet… Trumpet will sound when the enemy’s attack is imminent. Eagle… Eagle/vulture is a symbol of aggressor. So the Assyrians arrival will be imminent on the appointed day. …they have transgressed My covenant… Note that he says…
Read MoreWhat benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin…
Read More“All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.” 1 Samuel 17:47. Let this point be settled, that the battle is the Lord’s, and we may be quite sure of…
Read More“I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.” John 12:46. This world is dark as midnight; Jesus has come that by faith we may have light and may no longer sit in the gloom which covers all the rest of mankind. Whosoever is a…
Read MoreAnd if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. John 14:3.
Read More“Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” Jeremiah 29:7. The principle involved in this text would suggest to all of us who are the Lord’s strangers and foreigners that we should…
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