Week 1: Hosea

Week 5:1: Nehemiah facing strugglesHosea

Week 4: Nehemiah 5-8

Objective: 

• NehemiahHosea’s DealsUnfaithful with OppressionWife

• TheHosea's Generosity of Nehemiahfamily

• ConspiracyGod’s AgainstContinuing NehemiahLove for Israel

• The Wall Completed

• The Captives Who Returned to Jerusalem

• Ezra Reads and Explains the Law

• The FeastFruits of Tabernaclesrepentance

Resources:

• Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary
• Catena Bible Commentary
• Fr Dawoud Lamie Bible study (Arabic)
• Metropolitan Youssef - Hosea

Reading:

• NehemiahHosea 5: 1-19
  1
• NehemiahHosea 6: 1-1911
• NehemiahHosea 7: 1-6
• Nehemiah 8: 1-1814

Key verse(s):

“WeWhen will restoreIsrael it,was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.” Hosea 11:1

NOTE TO SERVANT:

• Please plan to ask and willreview requirethese nothingquestions fromevery them;week:

  • Who are the minor prophets? Can you recite them?
    
  • The theme for last week's minor prophet
  • Highlight Messianic prophecy

Minor Prophets introduction:

• The Major and Minor Prophet division of the Holy Bible does not denote the importance or rank of the writing prophets, but the length of the Holy Books which bear their prophecies.

  • Ex: Jonah 4 chapters - Isaiah 66 chapters
• There are 12 minor prophets and 4 major prophets (5 books including Lamentations)
• In the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), all these books were listed under "prophets". In the Septuagint and Vulgate translations, this classification of major and minor was mentioned.
• The prophet in the OT was someone who passed God's message to the people. A prophet in the NT is also someone who passes God's message or news (God's love and salvation for all mankind).
• In the OT, there were many prophets (Moses, David, Elijah, Elisha, etc.), but when we willrefer doto asthe you"Prophets", say.”we refer to the ones who recorded their prophecy. 
• NehemiahAll 5:12prophecies had one goal: Repentance!
• Recorded prophecies were split into three groups: Before, during, and after the exile.
  • Before: Repent so God doesn't bring the exile
  • During: Repent so God can end the exile and take us back to our land
  • After: Repent because the Messiah is coming
• The books of the prophets are rich with Messianic prophecies. All were fulfilled by Our Lord.
• All books have different themes. All books have the same message (repentance).
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Comments:

• Nehemiah

  Theme startedof Hosea: God's salvation
  Messianic Prophecy: The Lord's entry to dealEgypt with(11:1)

  problems
  • Hosea withis one of the minor prophets.

  • The book of Hosea was written for the Northern Kingdom of Israel

  • Outwardly, the nation was enjoying a time of prosperity and growth; but inwardly, moral corruption and spiritual adultery permeated the lives of the people.

    Many
  • The prophet Hosea was instructed by God to marry an unfaithful woman, and he found in his own life a vivid illustration of these problems were caused by usury.
  • Usury is when a person lends money to another person and asks to return the moneyunfaithfulness withof extremely high-interest rates.
  • Nehemiah met with theGod’s people and theythe allfaithfulness agreedof God.
  • Hosea repeatedly echoes his threefold message: God abhors the sins of His people; judgment is certain; but God’s love stands firm.
  • Hosea, whose name means “Salvation.”
  • The book of Hosea is a story of one-sided love and faithfulness that represents the relationship between Israel and God.
  • As Gomer is married to stopHosea, itso Israel is betrothed to God. Both relationships gradually disintegrate—Gomer runs after other men, and toIsrael helpruns theirafter brethren.other We see Nehemiah's leadership in the society.gods.
  • Nehemiah'Israel’s generosityspiritual idolatry is seenillustrated whenby he is appointed governor and invites many people to sit with him at the same table. A lot of food was prepared daily.
  • Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab tried to stop Nehemiah from completing the wall. Nehemiah dealt with them wisely without losing hope in God'Gomer’s support.physical Nehmiah'sadultery. faithThe and dedication led to the rebuildingdevelopment of the wallsbook can be traced in onlytwo 52parts: days.
    the adulterous wife and faithful husband (ch. 1–3), and the adulterous Israel and faithful Lord (ch. 4–14).
  • Again,Hosea’s theremessage reflects the terrible fascination of Israel with Baal worship.
  • Baal means “husband” or “lord,” and his worship involved fertility rites that included ritual prostitution. Baal was the other lover to whom the unfaithful Israel often turned.
  • Hosea provides one of the Old Testament’s most eloquent expressions of God’s mercy.
  • Chapter 1:
    • God asked Hosea to marry Gomer. She gave birth to three children. Each child's name was a message from God.
    • First Child: Boy: Jezreel - God sows/scatters. What God sows from hardships/punishments are namesthe seeds of thoseour whoactions.
    returned
    • Second Child: Girl: Lo-Ruhamah - No mercy. When man doesn't stop sinning and takes advantage of God's patience, he doesn't receive mercy, but judgment.
    • Third Child: Boy: Lo-Ammi - Not my people. If many can't separate from sin, how can they belong to JerusalemGod? mentionedTherefore, sin leads to separation from God and not being from his people.
  • Chapter 11: 
    
    • Verse 1 Talks about how God saved his people a long time ago with Moses from Egypt. The number was small (child) and now they are a big nation (adult).
    • Verse 1: Prophecy that God will flee to Egypt
      • St. Matthew linked this verse to Christ's entry to Egypt (Matt. 2:15)
      • Egypt was a symbol of idolatry and sin. This is a prophecy that God will accept the gentiles and Egypt will become sanctified (Isaiah 19.)
  • Chapter 14:
    • Fruits of the repentance
    • V.1-3: Human's role in chapterrepentance
    seven.
    • V.4-9: ChurchGod's Fathers look at thisrole in asanctification way
    where
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Review/recap questions:
**Servant may add more questions

1. What position did Nehemiah occupy inare the landmeanings of Judah?these names: Hosea, Jezreel, Lo-Ruhamah, Lo-Ammi?
2. Why did NehemiahGod notask demandHosea the governor’s provisions?
3. How many days did itto take tofor rebuildhimself thea wall?
wife
4. Howof many times did Sanballat send messages to Nehemiah?harlotry?
5. Why did NehemiahGod refusesay to meetthe withHouse Sanballatof Israel “You are not My people and hisI allies?will not by your God"?
6. HowWhat did NehemiahGod figure out that Shemaiah was a traitor?
7. Who read from the Book of the Law?
8. When was the last timepromise the people madeof boothsIsrael?
before
9. Find thata time?prophecy is in this book and when it was fulfilled. Give verses.

Homework:
**Servant may add more questions

1. WhatHosea’s positionwife didwas Nehemiahcalled occupy_________.
in
2. The number of the landchildren of Judah?Israel shall be as:
   a) athe prieststars b) athe governorsand of the sea c) athe scribewaves d)of athe singerocean
3. Who was invited to Nehemiah’s table?
   a) Jews b) rulers c) people from other nations d) all of these
4. How many times did Sanballat send messages to Nehemiah?
   a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 10
5. How many days did it take to rebuild the wall?
   a) 15 b) 35 c) 42 d) 52