THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
HOSEA
CHAPTER
3
1. The LORD said to me again, "Go, love a woman who has a lover and is an adulteress, just as the LORD loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes."
(Hosea Chapter 3 verse 1)
Oh God in order to set an example for the people in order to reflect the fact that they had become adulterers in their worship to You, You told Hosea to seek a lady who was in an adulterous relationship with another man and commit adultery by loving her. Even though this was not a legitimate act, You permitted its use, in order to bring us to our senses so, that we may realize the absurdity of our sinful acts and turn back from them and seek Your forgiveness.
2. So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.
(Hosea Chapter 3 verse 2)
Oh God what a price for the redemption of my soul! It cost more than fifteen shekels, but every drop of blood in Your body, by means of a bloody passion by which You gave us Your total self as a living sacrifice on the cross. This is the greatest act of love that money can never buy or match.
3. And I said to her, "You must remain as mine for many days; you shall not play the whore, you shall not have intercourse with a man, nor I with you."
(Hosea Chapter 3 verse 3)
Oh God You love us so much that You require us to remain faithful for ever. Moreover God wants us to remain faithful to Him and not to be attracted by the ways of the world that persuade us not to walk in Your ways.
4. For the Israelites shall remain many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or teraphim.
(Hosea Chapter 3 verse 4)
Oh God I cannot imagine how my life would be if You decided to deny us of new vocations, which would lead to a non replacement of Your Priests who consecrate the bread and wine that turns into Your body and blood which is my physical and most important spiritual nourishment. I would die without Your presence oh God.
5. Afterward the Israelites shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; they shall come in awe to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.
(Hosea Chapter 3 verse 5)
I would like to end this brief chapter with the following prayer:
Oh God thank You for having mercy on my soul. Thanks for giving me a chance to repent from my ways and seek Your forgiveness. I can never stop loving You my Father. Even though I am prone to sin, You still keep on loving me. Thank You Father.
Oh God in order to set an example for the people in order to reflect the fact that they had become adulterers in their worship to You, You told Hosea to seek a lady who was in an adulterous relationship with another man and commit adultery by loving her. Even though this was not a legitimate act, You permitted its use, in order to bring us to our senses so, that we may realize the absurdity of our sinful acts and turn back from them and seek Your forgiveness.
2. So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.
(Hosea Chapter 3 verse 2)
Oh God what a price for the redemption of my soul! It cost more than fifteen shekels, but every drop of blood in Your body, by means of a bloody passion by which You gave us Your total self as a living sacrifice on the cross. This is the greatest act of love that money can never buy or match.
3. And I said to her, "You must remain as mine for many days; you shall not play the whore, you shall not have intercourse with a man, nor I with you."
(Hosea Chapter 3 verse 3)
Oh God You love us so much that You require us to remain faithful for ever. Moreover God wants us to remain faithful to Him and not to be attracted by the ways of the world that persuade us not to walk in Your ways.
4. For the Israelites shall remain many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or teraphim.
(Hosea Chapter 3 verse 4)
Oh God I cannot imagine how my life would be if You decided to deny us of new vocations, which would lead to a non replacement of Your Priests who consecrate the bread and wine that turns into Your body and blood which is my physical and most important spiritual nourishment. I would die without Your presence oh God.
5. Afterward the Israelites shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; they shall come in awe to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.
(Hosea Chapter 3 verse 5)
I would like to end this brief chapter with the following prayer:
Oh God thank You for having mercy on my soul. Thanks for giving me a chance to repent from my ways and seek Your forgiveness. I can never stop loving You my Father. Even though I am prone to sin, You still keep on loving me. Thank You Father.
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