This is your wake-up call

Here we see Hosea, God's prophet, sending out a warning to Israel in the story of a marriage. Hosea marries an adultrous wife Gomer, who symbolizes Israel. Israel was guilty of the "vilest adultry" - departing from the Lord. Gomer conceives two children (out of wedlock) and the name the Lord picks out for them should have been a shock to Israel (and us). This first one means “Israel is no longer loved” and “Israel is no longer my people.” Wow! This is not the end of the story, but this should be a wake-up call to us as well. Have we departed from the Lord and put other things ahead of our relationship with God? What are the consequences of that? How long will God accept a one-sided relationship where we are unfaithful?

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