Get to Know Hosea Hosea the son of Beeri is the first of the Minor Prophets. Setting the Stage Hosea 4:1-2 God’s Story in Hosea -God tells Hosea to take an unfaithful woman as a wife. Hosea 1:2-3 -God Names Hosea’s kids after Israel’s Unfaithfulness. • Jezreel “God sows/Judgement” (2 Kings 10) • Lo-ruhamah “One who never knew a father’s love” (Deut. 6) • Lo-ammi “one not belonging to me” -Hosea buys back his bride. Hosea 3:1-4 Hosea Still Speaks Today God: A Betrayed Lover, A Rejected Father. (Hos. 4:1-2, 2 Tim 3:1-5) God: Our Redeemer from Sin and Shame. (Hos 2:19-23, 1 Tim 1:15, 1 John 3:16, 1 Peter 1:15-19, 1 Cor 6:19,20)