Scripture index: Hosea Hos 1–3 God the bridegroom › God the bridegroom Jesus is God › Bridegroom/husband Marriage › Metaphor for Christ and Church Hos 1:1–11 Joseph › Rejection of Joseph/Ephraim/Northern Kingdom of Israel Hos 1:2 God the bridegroom › Unfaithfulness to God called “whoredom” or “adultery” Hos 1:7 Trinity › Plurality of persons implicit in OT Hos 1:10 God the Father › Of Israel God the Father › Of believers, the elect (the true Israel) Sons of God in Genesis 6 › “Son(s) of God” elsewhere, including in Moses’ writings, refers to God’s elect Hos 2:14–23 Marriage › Metaphor for Christ and Church Hos 2:18 Covenant theology › Noahic covenant Hos 2:19 God is love › God’s “steadfast love” for Israel, the fathers Hos 2:23 Abrahamic covenant › NT church represented as a nation Covenant theology › “They will be my people and I will be their God” Creator-creature distinction › He is our God and we are his people Hos 3:1 God the bridegroom › Unfaithfulness to God called “whoredom” or “adultery” Hos 4:12–13 God the bridegroom › Unfaithfulness to God called “whoredom” or “adultery” Hos 5:3–4 God the bridegroom › Unfaithfulness to God called “whoredom” or “adultery” Hos 6:7 Covenant theology › Covenant of Works Hos 8:4 Free will › Most explicit affirmations of Hos 8:7 Attributes of God › Wrath Free will › God has true knowledge of counterfactuals of creaturely freedom Hos 9:1 God the bridegroom › Unfaithfulness to God called “whoredom” or “adultery” Hos 9:15 God is love › God hates specific people Joseph › Rejection of Joseph/Ephraim/Northern Kingdom of Israel Hos 11:1 Father is God › The Father is Yahweh God is love › God loved Israel, the fathers God the Father › Of Israel Sons of God in Genesis 6 › “Son(s) of God” elsewhere, including in Moses’ writings, refers to God’s elect Hos 11:4 God is love › God loved Israel, the fathers Hos 11:8–9 God is love › God loved Israel, the fathers Hos 11:9 Attributes of God › Impassibility (“without passions”, not given to mood swings nor able to suffer) Creator-creature distinction › God is not a man Incorporeality › God is not a man Hos 11:10–11 God the Father › Of Israel Hos 13:2 Monotheism › Other so-called gods are no gods at all Hos 13:4 Creator-creature distinction › No one else like God Monotheism › There is no one else like God Simplicity › Nature-supposit composition Trinity › There is no one else like God Hos 13:4–5 Unconditional election › Israel (or remnant Israel) elected Hos 13:14 Hell › Sheol (OT intermediate state?, both righteous and unrighteous) Hos 14:4 God is love › God loved Israel, the fathers