SCRIPTURE
COMMENT
Hosea is told to 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. That is not just Israel this speaks of, but all who are called by God to be His children. All have gone astray. Not one does what is good. Yet God loves us, and just as He instructs Hosea to, God pursues his children.
He instructs Hosea to offer the price of a slave for her. Fitting, the price of a slave for a slave to sin. You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so I will be to you. I believe this speaks of the repentant lifestyle that accompanies true conversion. We know belong to God Himself. We have been bought and are now His. Though we live still not seeing Him face to face, we reside as His children. Though we might suffer as one who has nothing, in reality we have everything that matters as a child of God. Seeking God, we will find Him. He will restore us in His time to all good things.
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