Let's Meet the God of Blessing.
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Introduction
Today, with the words of Hosea 5:15-6:3, let's listen to God's words under the title "Let's meet the God of blessing, let's meet". In verse 3 of the text, it says, “Therefore, let us know the Lord, let us do our best to know the Lord.” This word to know the Lord, or to know the word in Korean, is applicable in this case and in other cases, but now those Greeks are talking about a speculative knowledge when they say they know.
So, in other words, philosophical knowledge is very good to those people, and they seek it again. But when the Hebrews [know], it is not such a contemplative concept, or such a concept as [knowing] from someone. Even if they know the same words, yes-that the Hebrews know, the original Hebrew text is [Yada], and this [Yada] goes and confirms it. Go and check it out. That means.
So, it means experiencing, experiencing, meeting and getting to know each other. So, in the Korean language, when you get to know someone, you just learn to write and get to know that person, but you don't know this, and when you meet and get to know each other in person, don't you teach everything?
However, the Hebrews refer to what they know by experience or through direct experience. Therefore, in the text, the phrase to know the Lord is commonly used, so let's meet God once. That's the word. God tells us that believers have nothing to say, and even those who do not believe <<God suffers and grieves, not God's original intention>>.
That is why God is a God who delights in his children to live well, to live right, and to live in abundance, that is, a God who loves to bless. Let's meet God through the text that God has given us today. Then, what the blessing is, I will ponder it according to the teachings of the text.
first. The blessing of suffering (5:15-)
A poet of Israel said it was good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes Your law is to me more than a thousand gold. said. Of course, suffering itself cannot be a blessing, but there is so much to gain from suffering. In other words, it is better than gold. In other words, it is because the sufferings of the saints lead to blessings. The same is true of the teaching of the text. When Israel forsook God, He gave them suffering so that they lost everything. As a result, when they were suffering, they earnestly sought and sought God. Suffering brought them to God. That is, God turned suffering into blessing.
Second, the blessing of restoration (6:1-2)
It is not God's original intention to cause suffering and sorrow in life (Lamentations 3:33). For example, the suffering itself that caused the prophet Jonah to suffer in the belly of a fish to become a super-death cannot be God's original intention. Looking at this text, Israel returned to God. At this time, God tore it, but healed it, struck it, but gave it back. The text explains that this restoration does not take a long time, but occurs within a short time. That is, after two days the Lord will raise us up, and on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him. The sign of Jonah became the sign of the resurrection. Because resurrection is the culmination of recovery.
Second, the blessing of presence (6:3-)
After Solomon ascended to the throne, he went to the high place of Gibeon and offered a thousand burnt offerings in front of the Tent of Meeting. That night, God appeared in a dream, and Solomon prayed even in his dream, and he appeared in his dream because he longed for God earnestly. In any case, God's appearing or presence to Solomon was a blessing that he will never forget for the rest of his life. The text also explains the blessings of God's presence. He said that He would come out as constant as the morning light, and He said He would come as a light that dispels darkness. He said He would come like the latter rain that waters the earth like rain, indicating His presence in the thirsty land as light rain. That is, He is present with great blessings. The presence of God is in itself a blessing and a glory.