A short chapter but one filled with redemption. Hosea is commanded to love His adulterous wife again. Such is the love of God for His children Israel and such is His love for us in spite of our many sins. Hosea buys his wife back and God was going to purchase Israel for Himself though they were without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.
Romans 5:8 says God demonstrates His own love for us through Christ’s death while we were still sinners. Gomer was a prostitute. We too have prostituted ourselves to sin in every sense of the word. But God loves us and takes us back to Himself to shower love on us. If we can see that we will gladly seek Him as God and King over us, fear Him and see His goodness and install Him on the throne over our lives.
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