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THE WILDERNESS

September 1, 2021Uncategorizedancient, barrenness, chaos, darkness, death, died, dry desert, east, generations, God, God promised, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, grace, grateful, harmony, Heart, holy nation, hot, Israel, jesus, Jesus Christ, journey, light, mercy, negative, new testament, Noah, Noah's ark, Old Testament, order, poewerful, positive, possession, sirocco, slaves, summer, the wilderness, vegetation, wilderness, worshipabarkley8

The wilderness played an important role, affecting life in ancient Israel in several different ways. For instance, every year, at the beginning and end of summer, a hot, dry desert wind blows from the east. This wind, called sirocco, raises the temperature and can be quite destructive to vegetation. The wind was yearly reminder to Israel that the wilderness was within reach.

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WHAT’S THE MEANING OF HOSEA’S REFERENCE TO “HALF-BAKED CAKE”?

September 1, 2021UncategorizedAssyria, bake, baked, Christ, cook, cooked, discarded, Egypt, fire, flat cake, foreign, futile, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, habit, half baked, half-baked cake, Hosea, hot, hot fire, jesus, Jesus Christ, nations, new testament, Old Testament, self-destructive, trouble, uncook, uncookedabarkley8

In times of trouble, Israel had a habit of turning to foreign nations for help and protection. Instead of relying on God, the nation would form alliances with world powers like Assyria or Egypt. The point of a “half-baked cake” was to

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