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Lesson 14: Hosea, Joel, Amos & Obadiah

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📖 Course Notes

The full course notes for this lesson are available in the official course textbook, Cover to Cover: Old Testament (Village Schools of the Bible, 2022). Please download or view the PDF below to study the material for this lesson.

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These four Minor Prophets each proclaimed God’s message to His people and the nations, weaving together warnings of judgment with promises of mercy.

📌 Hosea

God commands Hosea to marry an unfaithful wife as a living picture of Israel’s spiritual adultery — and of God’s relentless, redeeming love that pursues His unfaithful people.

📌 Joel

Using a devastating locust plague as a warning, Joel calls the people to repentance and points to the coming “day of the LORD” and the promised outpouring of God’s Spirit on all people.

📌 Amos

A shepherd called to prophesy, Amos confronts the social injustice and empty religion of a prosperous but corrupt Israel, calling for justice to “roll down like waters.”

📌 Obadiah

The shortest Old Testament book pronounces judgment on Edom for its pride and violence against Judah, affirming that God will ultimately establish His kingdom.

🔴 The Scarlet Thread of Redemption — Jesus Revealed in Hosea, Joel, Amos & Obadiah

These prophets point to Jesus as the redeeming Bridegroom and the Lord who pours out His Spirit.

📌 Redeeming Love

Hosea’s redemption of his unfaithful wife foreshadows Christ’s redeeming love for His people. “Out of Egypt I called my son” (Hosea 11:1) is applied to Jesus in Matthew 2:15.

📌 The Outpoured Spirit

Joel’s promise that God will pour out His Spirit on all flesh (Joel 2:28-32) is fulfilled at Pentecost (Acts 2).

📚 Key Scripture

“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” — Amos 5:24

📝 Study Questions

  1. How does Hosea’s marriage illustrate God’s love for His unfaithful people?
  2. How is Joel’s prophecy of the outpoured Spirit fulfilled at Pentecost?
  3. What does Amos teach us about the connection between true worship and justice?
  4. What warning does Obadiah give about pride?

📝 Lesson Quiz

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Lesson 14: Hosea, Joel, Amos & Obadiah — Lesson Quiz

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Even while warning of judgment, these minor prophets also point to God’s promise of eventual what?

2 / 10

These four prophets share a common call for God’s people to pursue what?

3 / 10

Edom was judged partly because of its pride and its mistreatment of which related nation?

4 / 10

Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament and pronounces judgment against which nation?

5 / 10

Amos famously called for justice to roll on like a river and righteousness like a never-failing what?

6 / 10

Amos was a shepherd and farmer who prophesied strongly against what social sin?

7 / 10

Joel prophesied that God would one day pour out His Spirit on whom?

8 / 10

The prophet Joel described a devastating plague of what as a picture of God’s judgment?

9 / 10

The central message of Hosea highlights God’s persistent what toward His unfaithful people?

10 / 10

The prophet Hosea was told by God to marry a woman who would be unfaithful, as a living picture of what?

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