Being called by God to be a prophet is no easy calling. Hosea, who prophesied in the 7th century before Christ, was told by Yahweh to marry a woman named Gomer who would commit gross adultery. Her adultery was a picture of the spiritual adultery the nation of Israel was committing against Yahweh by consorting with pagan gods. This rebellion and unfaithfulness merited God's harsh judgment, but his covenant love for his people stimulated his compassion toward them as he sought and restored and cleansed a number of them. So likewise Hosea bought back his wife who had been sold on the open market. In site of her adultery Hosea forgave and restored her to the marriage relationship.
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Jeff Gregory has been pastor of Good Shepherd Community Church in Dallas, TX, since 1995. During most of that time he worked as an ESL instructor at El Centro Community College in downtown Dallas. He attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and graduated with an M.Div....
