Scriptures Referenced
Hosea 1:2
Hosea 1:6-7
Hosea 1:10-11
Hosea 3:1
2 Peter 3:9
Overview
- Israel’s unfaithfulness to God (Chapters 1-3)
- Israel’s national sins (Chapters 4-13)
- Israel’s hope for Redemption (Chapter 14)
Steps to Destruction
- First Step in the Northern Kingdoms fall was Israel’s Lack of Knowledge of God.
- Second step in Israel’s fall was arrogance.
- Third step in Israel’s fall was instability.
- Fourth step in Israel’s fall was Worldliness.
- Fifth step was reaping the consequences of mixing themselves with the world.
- Sixth step was backsliding.
- Seventh and final step was that of idolatry.