{"id":4713,"date":"2024-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/november-4\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T10:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:15:20","slug":"november-4","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/reading-plan\/november-4\/","title":{"rendered":"November 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Insight from Hosea 5\u20136:<\/span><\/p>\n

In Hosea 5, Yahweh continues bringing his charges against Israel. Israel and Judah will be punished. Beyond this, Yahweh declares \u201cI, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.\u201d These are, as we have seen elsewhere in Hosea, terrible words. However, chapter five ends in a hopeful way. Yahweh declares, \u201cI will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.\u201d The word until indicates that all is not lost forever. Yahweh will be waiting for the people to repent. The hopeful words at the end of Hosea 5 prepare the reader for the glorious words found at the beginning of Hosea 6. Tom Kelby, <\/span>The Book of Hosea with Study Notes: A Preacher\u2019s Guide to the Book of Hosea<\/span><\/i> (Webster, WI: Hands to the Plow, 2019), 68.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first three verses of Hosea 6 are a glorious presentation of the gospel! Hosea calls those who hear his prophecy to respond in faith and to return to Yahweh. Hosea, again, is a man of faith. He himself was listening to the words he was preaching and he was responding to them in faith. He wanted Israel and Judah to respond as well. He knew if Israel and Judah repented, God would deliver them and would raise them up very quickly. It is important to notice when Hosea says God would raise his people up: \u201con the third day.\u201d This is a clear reference to the gospel event! Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day and, because he was raised on the third day, it may truly be said that all those who are in him were also raised with him. Christ tasted death for all the people of God, so that all God\u2019s people might be raised with him. Thus, the third day was more than just the resurrection day of the Christ. It was the resurrection day of all those who are in him (see Colossians 3:1\u20134).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4713","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}