[CS-FSLUG] TD: CS-BibleStudy: Hosea Chapter 1
Josiah Ritchie
jritchie at bible.edu
Wed Aug 18 08:59:00 CDT 2004
On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 20:13, Ed Hurst wrote:
> > 2.) God says the people aren't His people but then, in verse 10
> > indicates that will change and the people will become known as "Sons of
> > the living God." What do you think this return to a relationship to God
> > will be?
>
> [flame suit on] God declares that the covenant relationship is stretched
> to the breaking point. Very soon, He will disown His people, then
> reconsitute His people on a wholly different basis, with a New Covenant.
> Rather than mere Servants of God, they would be true Children of God by
> the blood of Jesus. The meaning behind the term "God's People" would
> change completely -- no longer a race or nation of people, but a whole
> new kind of humanity. "Jew" will cease to have any meaning in that context.
Ed, are you implying here that God broke the covenant in order to create
a new one later or do you mean to say it morphs into another shape more
encompassing in nature and grace?
JSR/
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