Bible 101: Lesson 26

Hosea

Hosea was the last prophet God raised up in Israel to try to get the people to repent. He warned them of the disastrous consequences of their sins, and lived to see the fulfillment of his warnings in the exile to Assyria.

God used Hosea’s life as a parable to show Israel that he was like a loving husband who longed to have a faithful wife. He directed Hosea to marry a prostitute and have children with her. Gomer proved to be an unfaithful wife, and out of three children born in their marriage, only one was Hosea’s. After she had left Hosea and gotten into trouble, he purchased her back again a second time. All of this was an object lesson to Israel, who had been just as faithless to God, but who longed to show them His love and compassion despite their treatment of Him.

Messianic prophecies in Hosea

Israel restored
OT References: Hos 3:5
NT Fulfillment: Rom 11:25-27

Flight into Egypt
OT References: Hos 11:1
NT Fulfillment: Matt 2:15