SCRIPTURE: HOSEA 3
HOSEA’S RECONDILIATION WITH HIS WIFE (vs. 1-5)
God commanded Hosea to show love to Gomer. So he bought her back from 15 shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley. He told his wife not to have any intimate relationship with any man and he will live with her. In the same way, the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or idol. Then, they will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king.
THOUGHT:
This short chapter pictures Israel’s exile and return. Israel was in foreign land but God is willing to accept them back. God commanded Hosea to show the same forgiving spirit to Gomer by bringing her back and loving her.