Jezreel

Hosea 1:11 - The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together; they will appoint one leader and will come up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.


Jeremiah 23:5-6 - “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteous Savior.

Jeremiah 30:9 - Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

Ezekiel 37:18-19,24,26 - “When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you tell us what you mean by this?’ say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim’s hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’…“‘My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees…I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever.

Hosea 2:23 - I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.’ I will say to those called ‘Not my people,’ ‘You are my people’; and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

Application:

· Jesus embodies insightful decision making, fairness and correct dispensing of justice.
· Has my sin subjected me to danger? God rescues me from it and provides conditions for a flourishing, fruitful life.
· Do I respond to God's deliverance by serving Him?
· Do I have doubts about the plausibility of being reunited with Christ?
· Have I been divinely enabled to live rightly? Am I morally vigilant?
· Am I established with God?
· Do I respond to God's graciousness?


All Scripture verses taken from NIV