Hosea 1:1-11, NIV
During the reign: Judah-Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah; Israel-Jeroboam.
..strange God’s plan..Go, take to yourself an ahulterous wife…Gomer…the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the LORD…aim: to teach a lesson…..I will save them-not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but by the LORD their God vs 7.
..will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ The pe opp ple of Judah and the people will be reunited, and they will appoint one leader…vs 11
Luke 1:11-23
TThe angel, Gabriel appeared to Zecariah…that his wife will bear a son, to name him the name John..never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth...Obs: from birth.
…he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers…and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous-to make ready a people prepared for the LORD.
Zechariah wanted confirmation of the miracle..vs 18…got punished for not believing the angel’s word…not able to speak.until the day this happens…because you did not believe my words..