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

[Nigel Ridley]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:39:27 -0500
listmail at rotundus.com wrote:

> 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.

This just goes to show that God is very patient. The whole symbolism is
of a husband with an unfaithful wife -- God is the husband and Israel
the wife. Even though the unfaithful wife broke the marriage covenant
(the Law) many times and the husband had righteously sent her away, he
was told to buy her back again -- something unheard of.

Read chapter 2 and 3 to see the happy ending!

> 
> David Aikema
> 
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Blessings,

Nigel

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