Hosea was believed to have lived in the 8th century B.C. The name “Hosea,” means “salvation,” or “He saves,” or “He helps.”
Here is how the Book of Hosea starts:
1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (Hosea 1:1)
Hosea is shown to have had a difficult time and was told to take harlots as wives. But he also had difficult messages …
Notice the following:
Pope Doubles Down On NATO-Ukraine Comments: Russian Invasion Was “Provoked”
June 15, 2022
Pope Francis has doubled down on prior controversial statements suggesting the Russia-Ukraine conflict is largely NATO’s fault, asserting also that “war cannot be reduced …
CERN scientists have found what has been called an “unearthly” structure of some pentaquarks:
Large Hadron Collider project discovers three new exotic particles
July 5, 2022
The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) collaboration has announced the discovery of three new exotic particles.
Exotic particles, such as these, had only been theorised but not observed until recently. These exotic particles are built out of quarks. …
A reader tipped me off to the following from the Times of Israel:
Jordan’s king says Ukraine war exposes need for ‘Middle East NATO’
June 25, 2022
Jordan’s King Abdullah has raised the possibility of forming a military alliance in the Middle East similar to NATO, while pointing to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict …
Gallup reports that belief in God by Americans keeps dropping:
Belief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The vast majority of U.S. adults believe in God, but the 81% who do so is down six percentage points from 2017 and is the lowest in Gallup’s trend. Between 1944 and 2011, more than 90% of Americans believed in God.
Gallup’s May 2-22 Values and Beliefs poll finds 17% of Americans saying …
Scientists have concluded that the universe will continue to expand forever:
A “galactic lens” has revealed that the Universe will probably expand forever. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11030889) …
The Eastern Orthodox considers today to be a memorial day for the Hebrew Prophet Amos (the Church of Rome uses March 31st). …
Many are fascinated by astrology, but it is not the source of truth or real knowledge of the future. There was a book written in 1647 by William Lilly titled “Christian Astrology.” The book was not related to Christianity and it is commonly believed that the author added the term “Christian” to reduce potential criticism that he was advocating a form of witchcraft. …