The American Wisdom Series

Presents
Pamphlet 1446 Hos kc 11-2

And so our people are "stripped" bare by both their politicians and their preachers

We now begin our study of Hosea chapter 7, which opens with another heartfelt acknowledgment from our Father in which He expresses that He wants so much to heal His people Israel, but their adulterous (idolatrous) sins and their wickedness stand in the way. You see, you cannot reward wicked and disobedient children, for then you send the wrong message whereby they believe their evil ways can produce good fruit and bring them the same rewards as those bestowed upon good and obedient children.

Hosea 7:1
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

Isn't it interesting that "Samaria" means "watch mountain", which is "an appropriate designation for a city on a hill" (see "Davis Dictionary", Baker Publishers).

Guess what we call the place where our leaders meet in Washington, D.C.? Capitol Hill, "Samaria" indeed!

Are there any falsehoods (lies) committed on Capitol Hill or do any "thieves" enter therein? Well, if there is such a thing as a dumb question, that's it! And while the leaders, the insiders, plunder "on the hill", the "troop of robbers", which if you recall from the last chapter (vs. 9) are the preachers and priests, "spoileth" without.

The definition of the Hebrew word for "spoileth" says it all:

spoileth = pashat*, paw-shat', Hebrew 6584; a primitive root; to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array); by analogy to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.) :- fall upon, flay, invade, make an invasion, pull off, put off, make a road, run upon, rush, set, spoil, spread selves (abroad), strip (off, self).

[2] And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

You see, our Father's data collection and storage systems operate in the spiritual dimension, which means they not only include a precise record of their actions, they do so even in the first person, which then includes a record of their motives and inner thoughts. Yes, just like parents compile "Baby Books" and "Picture Albums" and record videos of their children as they grow up, our Father likewise keeps complete records on His children, which records are called "books". And He has one with your name on it which is your complete testimony from birth (even from before the foundation of the world) unto death, both the first and the second if need be! Rev. 20:12 "... and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. Yes, at the end of the Millennium those of us who were not part of the first resurrection to eternal life will be judged by our works.

The good news for God's children who love Him is that if they repent now, during this present earth age period of grace, and ask for His forgiveness, He erases their sin from their book, as if it was never written there! But, that is only true for this flesh life period prior to His return and the start of the Millennium, which will be a second period of spiritual existence for us all just like we existed before we were born innocent in the flesh meaning without remembrance of our prior existence in the first earth age i.e. Peter's world that then was.
(2 Peter 3:6)