Temporada 1
There were things that Israel did, and they thought that nobody saw them, but God sees everything. "Be sure your sins will find you out" says the scriptures. King Jeroboam not only setup the false worship system at Dan and Bethel, but celebrated the wicked use of it. God had something to say about that as Hosea records.
The people of Israel had this idea that if things went wrong, they could "just say sorry" and everything would be find - after all God is so kind and gracious. In this chapter of Hosea, we find out that God isn't a meal ticket and knows the intent of the heart.
Hosea says "Listen you priests", but these are not hte priests of the temple in Jerusalem, these are the priests of the golden calves at Dan and Bethel. Another entire religious system is happening in Israel and in the mind of God, this is a type of prostitution.
Hosea lived in a day with many gods - a polytheistic culture. People were free to worship whatever they felt like. They had choice. Today's culture is relativistic and you can believe whatever you want. There is a remarkable similarity between polytheism and relativism. What does Hosea have to say about that?
Hosea's wife Gomer (a prostitute) gets to the bottom of the barrel and ends up on the slave auction block. The Lord commands Hosea to go take his wife back, so she is redeemed. This is a picture of the Lord's redemption of His Church.
Hosea married a prostitute (chapter 1) and has three children, some of which are not his children. The story of Israel's (and our) unfaithfulness continues, while the Lord's faithfulness also continues. In this chapter Hosea declares the Lord's displeasure with his wife, and Hosea must care for children that are not his.
Nobody wants to swap places with Hosea - the prophet that was told by the Lord to take for himself a "wife of unfaithfulness." His prostitute bride ended up having three children and it seems at least two of them were not his kids. This chapter introduces us to a living illustration of the Lord's faithfulness and his wife's unfaithfulness.
Daniel 12 is the last of three chapters describing his angelic appearnce and what the angel had to say. The angels words described a lengthy history of at least a few hundreds years of striving between the king of the north, the asian kings of Greece, and the king of the south, the ptolemies. Many people throw this chapter right into the end of the world and see antichrists and other things in it, rather than seeing it as about the time leading up to the arrival of Jesus the first time he appeared.
Daniel had remarkable visions about the future, and this chapter is no less remarkable. An angel reveals to Daniel political and spiritual details about the future for hundreds of years, which quite specifically came to pass. God knew what the future held and information like this was able to assist the HIgh Priest of Jerusalem in future years to not resist Alexander the Great, but to cooperate with him. But after Alexander came Antiochus IV - of who the books of Maccabees mention. He was a nasty Tyrant who tried to force the Jews into being Greeks rather than following the Lord. Daniel was shown it in advance of when it happened.
Daniel is in prayer and the Lord sends an angel with an answer, but the angel is held up by a demon and they battle in the spirit realm for three weeks. And so Daniel continues his fasting and prayer oblivious of what is transpiring. Finally the angel arrives with the vision, and a story of his experience. This chapter opens the door to the spirit realm, something we don't see very much of in overt terms in the Bible. We learn that sometimes 'princes' are people but sometimes they are spirits. There are implications for this. In this chapter we learn about prayer, spiritual warfare, and something about the spiritual realm.