In Hosea, God uses the metaphor of spousal human relationship to illustrate His human relationship alongside mankind (Hosea 1:2-3).(1)
When Hosea’s married adult woman Gomer becomes a prostitute, Hosea learns firsthand how God feels when nosotros run later other gods.(2)
The Lord punishes the unfaithful, only His desire, starting fourth dimension in addition to foremost, is to win us dorsum (Hosea 2:13-15). Hosea’s life illustrates this truth when he asks unfaithful Gomer to furnish (Hosea 3:1).
Hosea is a foreshadowing of Christ’s redemption: We’re all similar unfaithful "prostitutes," in addition to Christ is our forgiving married adult man (Romans 3:23; Ephesians 5:23).
If nosotros repent, nosotros tin rejoice inwards this exquisite hope from the Lord: “my dear volition know no bounds, for my anger volition move gone forever.” Hosea 14:1-4
If nosotros read Hosea in addition to intend it doesn’t affair what nosotros create because God forgives us, we’ve sadly missed the point.(3)
Hosea's even out should give us a deep wish to delight our Lord whose dear for us "knows no bounds."(4)
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(1) God uses this metaphor several places inwards Scripture, only nowhere equally clearly equally inwards the majority of Hosea (e.g. Isaiah 54:5).
(2) Scripture isn’t perfectly clear nearly this point. Some Bible scholars believe she was a prostitute or a unloosen adult woman when he married her. Others believe she was a adult woman of misfortunate grapheme in addition to became unfaithful later the nascence of their sons.
(3) Hosea is non exclusively an explanation of God's forgiving love, it's equally good a clear telephone outcry upwardly to repentance (Hosea 14:2; Hosea 6:1-3).
(4) Believers are commanded to notice out what pleases the Lord (Ephesians 5:10), in addition to we're told nosotros tin never fully know the wonderful dear of God (Ephesians 3:17-19).
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