[CS-FSLUG] TD: CS-BibleStudy: Hosea Chapter 1

[Josiah Ritchie]

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/