TSK · Hosea 6:3

My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.

They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile. God’s streams are full of water; you provide grain for them, for you have prepared the earth in this way.

Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,

I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.

For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the LORD. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.’

I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the LORD.”

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.

Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the LORD your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains– both the early and the late rains as formerly.

A King Will Come and a Remnant Will Prosper(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.

The Restoration of the True People Ask the LORD for rain in the season of the late spring rains– the LORD who causes thunderstorms– and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.

He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.

For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star!”