Read Hosea 1
Background: This book is a tough read, but a necessary one. The people of Israel had been repeatedly and increasingly unfaithful to the Lord while He had continued to show His faithfulness over and over again. While God seemingly asks Hosea to do the impossible, His love and mercy shines through making all things possible.
Key Verses:
2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.”
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”
Thoughts: Hosea obeyed command and they had three children, whose names announced punishment, no mercy, and "not My people." It would in fact appear that God was totally turning His back on His people, when, in fact, He was taking them through the process of living discipline they needed for their own good. To be sure, our great loving God still does the same today.
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