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<h2><a onclick="return mV('Hsa',3,'1-');">Hsa 3</a> - The Restoration of an Adulterous Wife</h2>
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<p>A. The restoration of Gomer.</p>
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<p class="c1">1. (<a onclick="return mV('Hsa',3,1);">1</a>) God commands Hosea to love Gomer again.</p>
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<p class="c2"><span>Then the <span class="c6">Lord</span> said to me, "Go again, love a woman <i>who is </i>loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just like the love of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love <i>the </i>raisin cakes <i>of the pagans</i>."</span></p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery</span></b>: God directs Hosea to go back to his wife, even though she is <b><span class="c3">committing adultery</span></b>. It isn't in the past; it is in the present; yet he is commanded to go back to her and to <b><span class="c3">love</span></b> her.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. This shows us that though <a onclick="return mV('Deu',24,1);">Deu 24:1</a> and <a onclick="return mV('Mat',19,'7-8');">Mat 19:7-8</a> <i>permit</i> divorce when adultery breaks the marriage union, it by no means <i>commands</i> divorce. If God <i>commanded</i> divorce in the case of adultery, the He would go against His own command here.</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. This also shows us an important principle about love: Hosea is <i>directed to love, even when it must have been hard to love</i>. We are filled with many romantic illusions about love, and one of these illusions is that love has very little to do with our <i>will</i> - we are just "captured" by love and follow whatever course it leads. But in principle, the Scriptures show us another way: That love is largely a matter of the <i>will</i>, and when we direct ourselves to love someone God tells us we must love, it can and will happen. This is why "We're not in love anymore" isn't valid grounds for a bad relationship or divorce. It assumes that love is something beyond or outside of our will.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">Just like the love of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> for the children of Israel</span></b>: Why did God command Hosea to go back to his still-unfaithful wife? Not only for the sake of Hosea and his wife Gomer, but also so that they would become a living lesson of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>'s relationship with His people. They were still steeped in spiritual adultery, yet the <span class="c6">Lord</span> still loved them.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. When we think of the greatness of God's love and compassion towards us, it should make us much more loving, compassionate, and forgiving towards others.</p>
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<p class="c1">2. (<a onclick="return mV('Hsa',3,'2-3');">2-3</a>) Hosea demonstrates his love to Gomer and restores her through purchase.</p>
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<p class="c2"><span>So I bought her for myself for fifteen <i>shekels </i>of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley. And I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man; so, too, <i>will </i>I <i>be </i>toward you."</span></p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">So I bought her for myself</span></b>: Hosea didn't really need to "buy" His own wife, to hire her as a prostitute. She was his wife! But as a display of love and commitment, he goes the "extra mile," beyond what is expected or even reasonable.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. In providing this way for his own wife, Hosea also showed her: "I can give you what the others can. You don't need them. Let me show you how I can provide for your needs."</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. Boice takes <b><span class="c3">bought her for myself</span></b> to mean that Gomer was sold as a slave and Hosea bought her out of her slavery. This is possible, but not necessary. It seems more natural to regard the payment as "buying her out of prostitution."</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">You shall stay with me many days</span></b>: The point of paying Gomer wasn't just to get her to give up her trade as a prostitute. It was to bring her into relationship with Hosea, her husband. Relationship and living together was the goal.</p>
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<p>B. The restoration of Israel.</p>
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<p class="c1">1. (<a onclick="return mV('Hsa',3,4);">4</a>) The fallen state of Israel.</p>
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<p class="c2"><span>For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.</span></p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">Without king or prince</span></b>: In her fallen state, Israel will not have the national or political leadership she needs.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">Without sacrifice or sacred pillar</span></b>: In her fallen state, Israel will not have the spiritual service she needs.</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">Without ephod or teraphim</span></b>: In her fallen state, Israel will not have the supernatural guidance and direction she needs.</p>
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<p class="c1">2. (<a onclick="return mV('Hsa',3,5);">5</a>) The restored state of Israel.</p>
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<p class="c2"><span>Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the <span class="c6">Lord</span> their God and David their king. They shall fear the <span class="c6">Lord</span> and His goodness in the latter days.</span></p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">The children of Israel shall return and seek the <span class="c6">Lord</span> their God</span></b>: In this time of political and spiritual ruin, Israel will <b><span class="c3">return and seek the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b> again. This will mark their restoration - and there will be no restoration until they turn back to the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">And David their king...in the latter days</span></b>: This shows that this prophecy will be <i>ultimately</i> fulfilled in the millennial kingdom, where David will reign over Israel (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',55,'3-5');">Isa 55:3-5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',30,9);">Jer 30:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',34,'23-25');">Eze 34:23-25</a>). But any individual <i>right now</i> can enjoy this blessing of restored relationship if they will turn back to the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</p>
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