Hosea 3:1 And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
As we saw yesterday, the God of hope had determined to woo Israel back to Himself. He then instructed Hosea to do the same, to buy his estranged wife back. The price he paid was the price of the offering for one who had committed adultery to be redeemed. He took her out of her shame and sense of worthlessness to show he still loved her. In similar manner, Christ has paid the price to buy us back from our sin and shame, despite our past. His price was the ultimate price - His life for ours.
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