The phrase “NOT MY PEOPLE” is used 5x in Scripture.
by Tuese Ahkiong
Hosea 1:9 Then God said: “Call his name Lo-Ammi, For you are NOT MY PEOPLE,And I will NOT BE YOUR GOD. 10“YET THE NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL BE AS THE SAND OF THE SEA, Which cannot be measured or numbered. And it shall come to pass In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are NOT MY PEOPLE,’ There it shall be said to them, ‘YOU ARE SONS OF THE LIVING GOD.’ 11THEN THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL BE GATHERED TOGETHER,
And appoint for themselves one head; And they shall come up out of the land, For great will be the day of Jezreel!
And appoint for themselves one head; And they shall come up out of the land, For great will be the day of Jezreel!
**If a group of people were once called by YHWH, “MY PEOPLE” and who said “I will be your God,” then called those same people, “NOT MY PEOPLE” and “I WILL NOT BE YOUR GOD” by YHWH, what does that mean?
It could mean that because of transgressing YHWH’s LAW and playing the Harlot with other gods, Israel (the Northern Kingdom) was cut off as a covenant people and no longer had YHWH as their God. They were like GENTILE country.
Hosea 1:10 prophesies YHWH bringing back into covenant people status, the group of people that was CUT OFF and called NOT MY PEOPLE. They are brought back into fellowship with the living God and given the title: “YOU ARE SONS OF THE LIVING GOD!”
**v11 Notice how YHWH’S WORD prophesies that the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be GATEHRED TOGETHER. Since Romans was written at the end of the old covenant age around 57-58 AD and states that those things which God prophesied in Hosea were happening in the 1stcentury, then the SONS OF GOD or CHILDREN OF GOD were present in the first century. The fulfillment of THE REVEALING OF THE SONS OF GOD by 70AD. Romans 8:12-25
Hosea 2:23 Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were NOT MY PEOPLE, ‘You are My people!’ And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
Romans 9:25 As He says also in Hosea: “I WILL CALL THEM MY PEOPLE, who WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, And HER BELOVED,who was not beloved.”
Romans 9:26 “And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are NOT MY PEOPLE,’ There THEY SHALL BE CALLED SONS OF THE LIVING GOD.”
**NOTICE HOW ROMANS 9:26 DEFINES WHO “NOT MY PEOPLE” ARE. THEY ARE THOSE WERE CALLED “NOT MY PEOPLE” IN WHICH THE SAME PLACE, THEY WILL BE CALLED “MY PEOPLE.””
ROMANS 9 27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: “THOUGH THE NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BE AS THE SAND OF THE SEA,THE REMNANT WILL BE SAVED. 28 For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
**NOTICE how Romans 9:27 parallels Hosea 1:10 speaking of the children of Israel.
Notice how Paul speaks of the remnant of the children of Israel would be saved.
Peter uses a similar phrase, "NOT A PEOPLE," "NOT RECEIVED MERCY."
1 Peter 2:9-10
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, A PEOPLE FOR HIS OWN POSSESSION, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 ONCE YOU WERE NOT A PEOPLE,but NOW YOU ARE GOD'S PEOPLE; once you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but NOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED MERCY.
The following passages are on the phrase CHILDREN of GOD and SONS of GOD.
Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called SONS OF GOD.
nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are SONS OF GOD, being sons of the resurrection.
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become CHILDREN OF GOD, to those who believe in His name:
and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the CHILDREN OF GOD who were scattered abroad.
Romans 8:12-25
12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are SONS OF GOD. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are CHILDREN OF GOD, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
18 FOR I CONSIDER THAT THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME ARE NOT WORTH COMPARING WITH THE GLORY THAT IS TO BE REVEALED TO US. 19 FOR THE CREATION WAITS WITH EAGER LONGING FOR THE REVEALING OFthe SONS OF GOD. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the CHILDREN OF GOD. 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the CHILDREN OF GOD; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
[ Sons and Heirs ] For you are all SONS OF GOD through faith in Christ Jesus.
that you may become blameless and harmless, CHILDREN OF GOD without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
[ The Command to Love ] Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called CHILDREN OF GOD! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are CHILDREN OF GOD; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
[ The Imperative of Love ] In this the CHILDREN OF GOD and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
By this we know that we love the CHILDREN OF GOD, when we love God and keep His commandments.
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