Paul once said, "that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death." So Paul indicated that he wanted to take part in Jesus' sufferings so that he may be called His friend who 'walked beside Jesus to the cross'. Paul even wept when he warned them that they are walking as the enemies of the cross, "I've warned you of them many times; sadly, I'm having to do it again. All they want is easy street. They hate Christ's Cross. But easy street is a dead-end street. Those who live there make their bellies their gods; belches are their praise; all they can think of is their appetites. (Phil 3:18-19 MSG)"
Hosea 'walked with God to the Bedroom (His kingdom)'. Someday we will once again call him, "My Husband!" God wanted to take us back, but He had to show us how He loves us through Hosea and Gomer's action. So "the Lord said to Hosea, 'Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.'" So Hosea went and took Gomer and gave a birth to Jezreel, No Mercy (Lo-ruhama), and Not My People (Lo-amni) to show that God will punish Israel for forsaking Him.
Then God told Hosea, "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." So Hosea bought her wife back! In the same way, God bought us all back through the blood of His Son, Jesus. Hosea's relationship with his wife, Gomer is a foreshadow of God's relationship with us as His bride. He bought us all back to Him through His son. Since Jesus is a diety who dwells in carnal, he is also our son for he is also born of us. But are we willingly to let God to buy us back to Him through Jesus Christ, His son?
Did Gomer ever shown any appreciation for what Hosea did? How may Gomer show her love to him? How may we show ours to our God? Well, Gomer will never be able to pay Homer back for 15 shekels of silver and 330 liters of barley. But she can choose to become a better wife who hang on to the amount of love Homer gave her to stay loyal to him. How do we pay God back for the blood of Jesus Christ? There is no way that we could ever pay Him back, but we can walk with Jesus to the cross by sacrifice ourselves to Him. We may simply sit at His feet and love Him like how Mary sat at Jesus' feet, ignoring the desires of the world. And be like Martha who works hard to prepare the meal for Jesus when he hasn't arrived yet. Go to the cross with Jesus, just to be with Him.
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