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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.
To have one's iniquity "discovered" means to be denuded as in "laid bare" before Him. Ephraim of course was the largest of the 10 Tribes of Israel, even as America is the largest of those same tribes today, and is used in a figurative sense (a Synecdoche - of the part) to represent of the whole house.Samaria was the capital of the northern 10 tribes, the House of Israel, where the leaders assembled, the so-called guardians of the people.

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).
And so our people are "stripped" bare by both their politicians and their preachers, the latter stripping them of their spiritual clothing (and in too many cases as much money as possible).
[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.
They think the phrase "One Nation Under God" in our Pledge of Allegiance is just words, not a reality! Woe unto them! If they think they are going to get away with their iniquity they are in for a rude awakening because as we just read from the great Book of Hosea, their "own doings (works)" are right there in front of our Father's 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)


To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you accomplish both.
1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them {the ancient Israelites} for ensamples, and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.


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