[CS-FSLUG] TD: CS-BibleStudy: Hosea Chapter 1

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Quoting Nigel Ridley <nigel at i-amfaithweb.net>:

> > 1.) Why do you suppose that God wanted Hosea to live out,
> > symbolically,  the problems of Israel by marrying an adulterous wife
> > and having  unfaithful children (other prophets didn't have to do
> > this!)?
>
> To make it plain to Israel that they were an adulterous generation.

Why at that particular point in time though?  People had been sinning
beforehand, and they've been sinning afterwards as well.

David Aikema