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The Book of HoseaThe prophet Hosea was instructed by God to do some strange and unconventional things. First he was told to marry a prostitute. Next, their children were given bizarre symbolic names. Finally, after Hosea's wife left him to return to her former life, he was told to take her back. All of these events were to be used by Hosea as object lessons for the nation of Israel. Specifically, his marriage to an undeserving and unfaithful wife point to God's unconditional love to an undeserving and unfaithful people - both then and now. Hosea is sometimes called a minor prophet. This does not mean he wasn't important, but merely that the book named after him is shorter! (Compare this to the major prophets, whose books are much longer.) Read blog entries about Hosea. (See our Internet resources page for sites with more information on this topic.) |
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