Thursday, August 9, 2012

History

Silver

1.Multiple choice: What was the name of the prostitute whom Hosea married? (a) Tamar; (b) Rahab; or (c) Gomer.

2. What name appears in Hosea as a personal name, a place name, and word of praise for God's bountiful blessings?
(a) Gomer; (b) Lo-Ammi; or (c) Jezreel.

3. Question: What did Hosea purchase for "fifteen shekels of silver and one and one-half homers of barley"?

1. (c) Gomer (Hos. 1:2, 3 ). The Lord instructed Hosea to marry Gomer as an illustration of Israel's unfaithfulness to the Lord and the pain this caused Him.

2. (c) Jezreel. (Hos. 1:4,5; 2:22).

3, The freedom of his adulterous wife ( Hos. 3:1-3).

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