Make a Covenant

Hosea 2:12,17-18 - I will ruin her vines and her fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers; I will make them a thicket, and wild animals will devour them…I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked. In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.


Psalm 46:9 - He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

Zechariah 9:10 - I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the warhorses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Jeremiah 23:6 - 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.

Ezekiel 34:24-26 - I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the LORD have spoken. “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.

Hosea 1:2 - When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the LORD.”

Hosea 4:1 - Hear the word of the LORD, you Israelites, because the LORD has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land.

Application:

· God rules! He will make wars cease!
· Jesus will rule the whole earth, from sea to sea. And there shall be peace.
· Has God rescued me from danger? Even danger my sin has caused? Has he given me a flourishing, faithful life?
· I will some day experience fullness of life enjoyed in complete security!
· Do I attribute all things to the Lord?
· Have I been unfaithful to the Lord?
· Do I deal rightly with men?
· The Lord is my God and King!!!
· Have I been showered with abundant blessings?

All Scripture verses taken from NIV