Hosea... wow
We're going through the book of Hosea at church this semester. A book that I once understood to be kind of controversial and very strange is now coming together in a beautiful representation of the gospel. I used to think it was controversial due to the fact that God was instructing Hosea to marry a harlot, which is against His commandments. Mike has explained it to mean that she was not a woman of harlotry BEFORE they were married, but after. Thinking of it this way puts a whole new perspective on the book. Gomer is first faithful, but after bearing Hosea's child, she conceives two in harlotry. Further, God describes the destruction of Gomer if she continued to live in unfaithfulness.We are Gomer and Hosea is Christ. How painful is it to realize that we are so incredibly unfaithful!? We take God's gifts for granted and assume we deserve them. As strange as it sounds, we forget about God and his presence in everything. A mere friendship would not last long in that type of situation; however, God pursues us all the more!
But we can have hope in the restoration of Israel. God does not let go of His loved ones. We will always be His. He goes after us and wants us to return to Him in all things.
Praise God for allowing us to have this illustration!
posted by Unknown @ 9/11/2005 10:28:00 PM
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