Strauss authored nine books, and served as pastor of churches in fort. Gomer, standard hebrew gomer, tiberian hebrew gomer. Marriage between the prophet hosea and gomer religion essay. And the word of the lord transformed loruhamah into ruhamah loved and loammi into ammi my people. Gomer is a prostitute and hosea is a godly man told to marry her. In the first chapter, god speaks to hosea and tells him something very strange. Hoseas wife and children when the lord began to speak through hosea, the lord said to him, go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty.
Shortly after becoming a bornagain christian in 1986, francine wrote redeeming love as her statement of faith. Because of gomer s unfaithfulness, the prophet divorced his wife and lived apart from her. The first part of hosea records the tragic story of the prophets unhappy marital experiences. According to the traditional order of most hebrew bibles, it is the first of the twelve minor prophets. This name refers to a valley in which much blood had been shed in israels history, especially by the kings of the northern kingdom see 1 kings 21 and 2 kings 9. A story of gods amazing love diakonia christian church. The lord used hosea and gomers relationship as an object lesson to show how israel had sinned against him by following other gods and how god remains faithful even when his people dont. Hoseas wife, gomer, leaves him for anotherjust like israel has left god to worship idols.
These video files may not be sent or shared with anyone else, but temporarily, through june 30, 2020, this video made be streamed via video conferencing software, such as zoom or webex by the purchaser to their small group or church class of up to 25 attendees due to the current conditions of the shelter. Adapted from the book of hosea in the bible, we journey with gomer, a harlot lost in her sin until hosea, a prophet of god, offers to marry her and redeem her life from darkness. The word of the lord that came to hosea son of beeri during the reigns of uzziah, jotham, ahaz and hezekiah, kings of judah, and during the reign of jeroboam son of jehoash king of israel. Its their struggle she finds it hard to turn away from the life she has always known and basically born into. This summary of the book of hosea provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of hosea. According to the books narrative, the relationship between hosea and his unfaithful wife gomer is comparable to th. The eponymous gomer, standing for the whole family, as the compilers of the jewish encyclopedia expressed it, is also mentioned. Why every christian woman should read redeeming love. The first part of the book of hosea is an account of hosea\s marriage with gomer biographically which is a metaphor for the relationship with yahweh and israel.
I read redeeming love based on my best friends constant suggestion to do so. Redeeming love, by francine rivers is a historical romance novel set in the 1850s gold rush in california. As per the conventional request of most hebrew bibles, it is the first of the twelve minor prophets. And every pointed precept shot like arrows at hosea s life. Their life is a love story, but not the fairy tale kind. We do well to recall the story, especially given the continue reading the story of hosea and what it teaches about god and holy matrimony.
Hosea and gomers story is the story of god and israel. In chapter 3, it takes center stage, in a first person account. Hosea, an oldtestament prophet, preached his own life message using his marriage as the sermon illustration. Three children were born to her, but they were not hosea s. Introduces the background of the prophet hosea and his book, and provides an overview of the books content and structure. While hoseas marriage to gomer was introduced in the first chapter, there it is essentially the context for the children and their prophetic names, in an account told by a third person narratorthis is what happened to hosea. Laura foster was sold into prostitution as a child, as revealed in the first chapter, but she has bought her way out and now lives a respectable life as a widow in the small. The incredible scandal of gods perfect love found in hosea. The book records that hosea and his wife, gomer, had a son and god commanded that the son be named jezreel. We are currently reading from the book of the prophet hosea at daily mass.
Set around the fall of the northern kingdom of israel, the book of hosea denounces the worship of gods other than yahweh, metaphorically comparing israels abandonment of yahweh to a woman being unfaithful to her husband. Adapted from the book of hosea in the bible, we journey with gomer, a harlot lost in her sin until hosea, a prophet of god, offers to marry her and redeem her life. See how many words students can make from the phrase the prophet hosea e. The story of the prophet hoseas troubled marriage is a powerful testimony to two things. This book is based off the love story from the bible of hosea and gomer.
Based on the book of hosea from the bible, where god told the prophet, hosea to marry the prostitute, gomer. Adapted from the book of hosea in the bible, we journey with gomer, a harlot lost in her sin until hosea, a prophet of god, offers to. He was to use his marriage as a pageant or an object lesson for israel because they were deep into sin and far, far away from god. Gomer does not want to be married to hosea and turns away from him multiple times and leaves hosea, even. Within the book of hosea, hosea is given a command from god to marry a woman of not so polite standards. However, hosea went and bought her back full price, maybe more, he said you are now twice mine. This was one of francines first christian books i knew her personally when i. The book of hosea stands first in the order of the socalled minor prophets in common english bibles, as well as in the ancient hebrew and septuagint texts. The lord used hosea and gomers relationship as an object lesson to show how israel had sinned against him by following other gods. Gomer in the bible was the unfaithful wife of hosea the prophet. Hosea prophesied during a very dark time of israel\s history.
A retelling of the biblical love story of gomer and hosea, set against the romantic backdrop of the california gold rush. May 11, 2020 hosea used to say, its hard to be a seer, and prophet bard. At the centre of the hebrew bible in the book of hosea chapters one and three, lays a controversy about the marriage between the prophet hosea and gomer the harlot. Book of hosea, the first of 12 old testament books that bear the names of the minor prophets, considered as one book, the twelve, in the jewish canon.
So hosea took back the wife he couldnt stop loving. Hosea continues to love his wife, despite her unfaithfulness to him and so his marriage is a picture of gods covenantal love for his people and israels continual. The price is high when he must sing a song of ruin over everything in lyrics written with his life and lose his children and his wife. According to the book, the apostasy of the people was rampant, having turned away from god in order to serve both the calves of jeroboam and baal, a canaanite god. The story is based on the book of hosea in the holy bible.
Hosea and gomera sermon about the love of god steven hovater. Hosea prophesied during a dark and melancholic era of israels history, the period of the northern kingdoms decline and fall in the 8th century bc. Hosea was called to the ministry of a prophet early in his life, and the book of the bible devoted to his name spans almost the duration of his lifetime. Hoseas wife, gomer, whom he married in good faith, proved to be an adulterous woman.
Heart of stone by jill marie landis is a hoseagomer redemption story with a slight twist. Demonstrate how god stays in one place and we either walk with him or walk on our own. Because of gomers unfaithfulness, the prophet divorced his wife and lived apart from her. And every pointed precept shot like arrows at hoseas life. Heart of stone by jill marie landis is a hosea gomer redemption story with a slight twist. The book of hosea is a story of the amazing love of god for us. Gomer gomer was the wife of the prophet hosea 8th century bc, mentioned in the hebrew bibles book of hosea. But the real message here is how hosea learned that gods greatest desire is to love, purify, and restore. Jun 19, 2011 while hoseas marriage to gomer was introduced in the first chapter, there it is essentially the context for the children and their prophetic names, in an account told by a third person narratorthis is what happened to hosea. Hosea was a prophet to israel, the northern kingdom, from 753 715 bc. The story is inspired by the book of hosea from the bible. Set around the fall of the northern kingdom of israel, the book of hosea condemns the love of divine beings other than yahweh, figuratively contrasting israels deserting of yahweh. The book of hosea is one of the books of the hebrew bible.
The story of gomer has been performed across the nation, reaching thousands of people with the message of gods faithfulness and love. Recently, i was working through hosea again for a future gospel project session for adults, and once again i discovered how this book wrecks my soul. Nov 01, 20 hoseas marriage is symbolic of gods covenant relationship with israel. The first part of the book of hosea is an account of hosea \s marriage with gomer biographically which is a metaphor for the relationship with yahweh and israel. Through hosea, the lord tells the story of israels disobedience, his discipline, and his steadfast, faithful love. This gifted preacher was commanded by god to marry a prostitute named gomer, and to return to her again and again after she betrayed him in the most public ways. As an account full of harsh judgment unfolds, we find in its midst a rare and pure gem. We can think of each as having been living people, or we can apply the second analogy where hosea represents god and gomer represents a nation.
Hosea s wife, gomer, whom he married in good faith, proved to be an adulterous woman. Hosea used to say, its hard to be a seer, and prophet bard. This retelling of the biblical story of gomer and hosea set during the time of the. Three children were born to her, but they were not hoseas.
Hosea and gomera sermon about the love of god steven. Oct 04, 2012 jamie and kriss story is a beautiful story of love, forgiveness and redemption. As an account full of harsh judgment unfolds, we find in its midst a rare gem. Christian husbands are commanded to love their wives as christ loved the church eph. So he began his search, driven by that indestructible divine love, love that bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, love that never ends. The book of hosea is a deeply personal and passionate love story, yet its a difficult story. Jerome specified that one of the divisions of the jews sacred books was the book of the twelve prophets, which evidently included the book of hosea to fill out the number 12. Gods like that what my kids got from studying hosea. Redeeming love continues to be one of the christian booksellers associations topselling titles, and it has held a spot on the christian bestsellers list for nearly a decade. Hosea was called to the ministry of a prophet early in his life, and the book of the bible devoted.
Jan 17, 2018 introduces the background of the prophet hosea and his book, and provides an overview of the books content and structure. Hosea, gomer and the bibles strange love story i just finished reading the book of hosea recently and found an interesting love story of sorts. Dec 08, 2012 a wise church youth group leader uses the old testament story of hosea to break through to a troubled teen in this christian themed drama starring sean astin. Hosea was asked by god to marry a woman who would prove to be unfaithful to him later on.
According to the superscription, hosea began his prophetic activity during the reign of jeroboam ii c. Hosea son of beeri prophesied about the middle of the eighth century b. This is a christian based love story about a prostitute finding redemption and. Many people of israel turned away from god to worship pagan idols. Jan 29, 20 as hoseas wife gomer cheated on him, israel cheated on god. Hosea 3 is read earlier in service by a teenager as i read and studied this passage of scripture, i felt like it needed to be. As hoseas wife gomer cheated on him, israel cheated on god. Gomer, learning to accept unconditional love video download. May 31, 2019 hosea was a prophet to israel, the northern kingdom, from 753 715 bc. A sermon on the rocky love story of hosea and gomer modern day setting of the story provided by allan r. In the book of hosea we can see two applications for the symbols hosea and gomer. Most commentators today understand the unnamed woman in hosea 3 to be gomer of hosea 1. The story of gomer and hosea portrays gods jealousy for his people.
After some time, hosea marries gomer and embarks on a struggle of a lifetime. And i think jesus felt sad on the cross the way that hosea felt about what gomer was doing to him. Love divine is a clear, honest, panoramic treatment of the book of hosea, poignantly showing how hosea and gomer s treatment of each other reflected god and israels treatment of each other. For the first time, a prophet dared to speak of god as husband and israel as his bride. The purchase of this digital video is for the sole use of the individual who downloads it. Book of hosea bible study the story of hosea and gomer. A wise church youth group leader uses the old testament story of hosea to break through to a troubled teen in this christianthemed drama starring sean astin. Hosea continues to pursueat times gomer would return to the safety and comfort of hosea but would leave him again. The story of hosea and gomer their life is a love story, but not the fairy tale kind.
Hoseas wife, gomer, a harlot, who god told him to marry, wanted to go back her to own ways she tried and realized her wrongs. The standard opinion that gomer was a prostitute is based on misleading translations of eshet zenunim in 1. Gunther in the book, believers church bible commentary. Taking these passages as historically true may defeat the nature of the righteousness of god. What we see as 14 pages of the bible are snippets of a life devoted to the work of god. God s divine obsession with you by pastor jud wilhite of central christian church in henderson,nv. His life becomes a visual aid for the northern kingdom. See more ideas about book of hosea, old testament and bible. The first three chapters use hoseas life to illustrate his prophetic message, as he marries gomer, who is repeatedly unfaithful to him. The 1997 version is basically the same as the original, but was edited to remove any descriptions of the love scenes and any coarse language to make it suitable for the christian market.
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