A wise church youth group leader uses the old testament story of hosea to break through to a troubled teen in this christianthemed drama starring sean astin. The story of hosea teenagers steve, carrie, cooper, and gameboy embark on a weekend camping trip led by their church youth group leader stuart sean astin and his wife beth erin bethea. The story of hosea, he story from the old testament has hosea, the prophet, and his disloyal wife gomer in the center. Hosea means salvation and is the same as the original name of joshua num. When stuart astin and his wife beth erin bethea lead a group of teens on a weekend camping trip, selfabsorbed misfit ashley experience. Hoseas wife, gomer, whom he married in good faith, proved to be an adulterous woman. We are currently reading from the book of the prophet hosea at daily mass. And his name is related to the name joshua, which means salvation. Is this powerful story enough to inspire the teens to open their hearts to such an amazing love. The precise details of hosea s troubled marriage are sketchy and we are left to fill in some of the details with our imagination. Hosea with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. I thought the acting was good and the story moves along well.
The book of hosea is a narrative history and prophetic oracle. With sean astin, elijah alexander, kenton duty, sammi hanratty. Watch amazing love 2012 full movie free online streaming. Amazing love the story of hosea dvd christian movies. Watch amazing love 2012 full movie free online streaming tubi. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent amazing love online on moviefone. The incredible scandal of gods perfect love found in hosea. Summary of the minor prophet hosea the prophet hosea. We as a people has gotten away from looking at one another as god sees us. The movie started really good as the group was leaving for a camping trip.
According to the letter of the law of the day, hosea could have had gomer executed for her unfaithfulness, though punishment was rarely carried to that extreme. Hosea s love for gomer is only a picture of gods love for israel, because all the while that israel was unfaithful to god, he was providing for them, and they. This movie has helped me to evaluate how i judge others, and it has also made me reread the book of hosea. Gomer is a prostitute and hosea is a godly man told to marry her. Hosea, an oldtestament prophet, preached his own life message using his marriage as the sermon illustration. Indeed, i have encountered god especially deeply in prophetic books such as hosea. Steve, carrie, cooper, and gameboy are looking forward to their youth group trip. Hosea was a young preacher in the nation of israel, the northern kingdom, and he was a. The first part of hosea records the tragic story of the prophets unhappy marital experiences.
The book of hosea has at least two perplexing problems. Through the story of hosea, god tenderly touches your arm and whispers, come home. It is an incredible story of heartbreak gods over the unfaithfulness of those he loves the book of hosea. Hoseas love for gomer is only a picture of gods love for israel, because all the while that israel was unfaithful to god, he was providing for them, and they took his blessings and used them for their idol worship. Hosea summary we have detailed a brief summary of the book of hosea for bible study or sunday school lessons. The unique thing about god using this relationship as the comparison is that this relationship is messed up. The first concerns the nature of the story told in chs. A summary, synopsis or recap is a shortened version of the original. Throughout the book, the prophet speaks to the people of israel about the critical situation that developed during the. The movie takes the time to explain and clarify which parts of the film are presented as described in the word and which parts are what the writers of the film added as details that arent exactly talked about in the bible. The word of the lord that came to hosea son of beeri during the reigns of uzziah, jotham, ahaz and hezekiah, kings of judah, and during the reign of jeroboam son of jehoash king of israel. Have you ever realized that god used the love story of hosea and gomer to compare to his relationship with us. I learned to deeply enjoy the book of hosea through this movie.
Hosea s life and marriage were used in an analogous way to demonstrate the waywardness of israel. At the same time he shows the future ways of god with his people. When you get tired of striving and wandering, ill be there to draw you to myself again and remind you who you are in christ. Still, this story holds a special message for those who want to see a. The book of hosea illustrates that no one is beyond the offer of our forgiveness because no one sits outside gods offer of forgiveness. Book of hosea, also spelled osee, the first of 12 old testament books that bear the names of the minor prophets, considered as one book, the twelve, in the jewish canon. Probably to avoid unnecessary confusion, the king james authorized version gave joshuas original name as oshea, the kings name as hoshea, and the prophets name as hosea. As an account full of harsh judgment unfolds, we find in its midst a rare and pure gem. The precise details of hoseas troubled marriage are sketchy and we are left to fill in some of the details with our continue reading the story of hosea and a glimpse into the heart of god. It starts off with our main character stuart who is a youth pastor played by sean astin from fantastic movies such as rudy, and lord of the rings in his church office.
Hosea s wife and children 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. Hosea 1 the word of the lord that came to hosea bible gateway. A video series on april 2nd, 2012 preaching through a book of the bible requires a commitment to both the hard work of exegeting a text and the challenging task of bringing its message to life within a given cultural context. So the youth pastor tells them a story around the campfire.
Your partnership will send the gospel into thousands of homes where no one has ever heard about the love, forgiveness, and salvation that god offers through jesus christ. Gomer gomer was the wife of the prophet hosea 8th century bc, mentioned in the hebrew bibles book of hosea. By them hosea expresses his deep woe over israels condition. This however will only be fulfilled in the time of the end. Chapters 1 and 3 are historical narrative of the life and times of hosea, while chapter 2 is poetry. Hoping for a resolution, stuart takes the opportunity to share with the group the touching story of the old testament prophet hosea and his example of true commitment and unconditional love. When tensions mount between members of a teen group, a young pastor attempts reconciliation by sharing the story of the old testament prophet hosea.
Amazing love the story of hosea christian books india. When a confrontation occurs amongst the youth group, stuart takes the opportunity to share with the group the touching story of the old testament prophet hosea. I know what youre thinking and yes, gomer is a girls name. The story of the prophet hoseas troubled marriage is a powerful testimony to two things. It follows much in the vein of the movies that kirk cameron has been doing. Its their struggle she finds it hard to turn away from the life she has always known and basically born into. According to the superscription, hosea began his prophetic activity during the reign of jeroboam ii c. This was our college drama presentation for easter, 20. But of course the real story of this book isnt the story of hosea and gomer, its the story of god and israel. Hosea wanted to see gomer restored to his side as his faithful wife. When a confrontation occurs amongst the youth group, stuart takes the opportunity to share with the group the touching story of. Joining them is teen outsider ashely, who is materialistic and selfinvolved, and whose bad attitude separates her from the rest of the group. But when a confrontation occurs between carrie and ashleya newcomer with a bad attitudethe spirit of fellowship is broken.
She had sold herself into slavery and had hit bottom. Jamie and kriss story is a beautiful story of love, forgiveness and redemption. That story is the story of hosea, which we see historically dramatized. Chapter 14 closes with an appeal to true repentance.
The story of hosea may not be as familiar to most people like some of the other bible stories in the old testament. Jeroboam ii was on the throne of the northern kingdom of israel, and his military exploits had extended israels borders farther than they had been since the days of solomons glorious kingdom. The second part of the book contains longish lamentations of hosea. The story of the prophet hosea s troubled marriage is a powerful testimony to two things. Like the book of amos, the book of hosea is addressed to the people of the northern kingdom israel. Six kings ruled during the last tragic 25 years of israel.
Seeking a resolution, their leader stuart sean astin shares the story of the prophet hosea. Often, we do not recognize the derivation of these bible names, but this prophets name would be joseph in english. Jan 15, 2016 my real life hosea story even when my wife was unfaithful, i continued to experience the faithful love of god. It follows the bible book hosea and his story to parallel gods love for his people. Though spoken a lifetime ago, hosea s words have finally found their mark.
According to the book, the apostasy of the people was rampant, having turned away from god in order to serve both the calves of jeroboam and baal, a canaanite god. And he believed that god was great enough to do it. Israel is under the rule of jeroboam 11 and later pekah depending on actual date. We do well to recall the story, especially given the continue reading the story of hosea and what it teaches about god and holy matrimony. The story is told by sean astin to a group of campers he is with to show them what unconditional love really looks like and how that love can be attributed to gods love for his children. Hosea was instructed by god to marry a certain woman and experience with her a domestic life which was a dramatization of the sin and unfaithfulness of israel. Pastor david cowan, hosea and gomer, and the story of crissy moran my son will tell you i am a movie buff. Not only does the book of hosea provide an example of gods love to a people who have left god behind, but it also shows us what forgiveness and restoration look like in a close relationship.
A group of church youth go on a camping trip and there are some interpersonal issues. Hosea is the first book in the sections of minor prophets. Mar 22, 2020 a hidden life is sacred art at its most glorious, a cinematic masterpiece by a renowned and brilliant filmmaker that takes us on a journey through the details of an ordinary christian life and beyond. Three children were born to her, but they were not hoseas. This book is based off the love story from the bible of hosea and gomer. The greatest definition that i can understand of the concept of grace. Because of gomers unfaithfulness, the prophet divorced his wife and lived apart from her. Once they arrive at the campsite the movie continues to be moving along well. Book of hosea overview insight for living ministries. Hoseas wife and children 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. A summary of hoseas story first, hosea was directed by god to marry a promiscuous woman of illrepute, and he did so. Going along for the trip is ashley, a troubled teen whose snobbish and materialistic attitude creates a gap between her and the group of teenagers.
Marriage here is symbolic of the covenantal relationship between god and israel. The book of hosea is a deeply personal and passionate love story, yet its a difficult story. Chapter 3 sees hosea instructed to love a woman who is also an adulteress probably gomer again but not to be intimate with her for a number of days to symbolise the time that israel would be without a king before they repented of their ways and returned to the lord who had been loyal and faithful. The book is a mixture of prose and poetry mostly poetry. Chanchez was born in montgomery, alabama, and spent the majority of his childhood in atlanta. Love her as the lord loves the israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer cakes of raisin. Your gift will underwrite production costs for six movie shorts of the hosea story and the expense of broadcasting the stories over secular television stations.
They are called minor prophets not because their material is less important or insignificant, but because of the size of the book they wrote was shorter in length. Stuart sean astin shares the story of old testament prophet hosea. While some interpreters have thought the story to be merely an allegory of the relation between god and israel, others claim, more plausibly, that the story is to be taken literally. We will be going through this book unlocking one of the greatest mysteries in the bible hosea. Hoseas wife and children 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. Mar 26, 2017 hosea, one of the most misunderstood books of the bible. Its fourteen chapters contain both a warning concerning future events and an interpretation of these events meanings. The marital life of hosea and his wife, gomer, provide the rich metaphor which clarifies the themes of the book.
This movie does a great job at telling the story of hosea and how he obeys god by staying with his wife, gomer, even though she commits infidelity against him. I believe everyone could relate to this movie, and gain some lessons on love. A beautiful story, this movie had the potential to be fantastic. Amazing love 2012 stream and watch online moviefone. Especially the story from hosea himself, and not the story of the teenagers. One day word came by way of the grapevine gossips that gomer had been deserted by her lover.
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