Episode 26: Hosea — A Love That Will Not Give Up

Hosea was a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel who ministered roughly between 750 and 720 BC, during a period of great material prosperity but also profound spiritual and moral decay. He is the first book in the group known as the "Minor Prophets" and the only writing prophet originally from the northern kingdom. Tradition identifies him as the direct author of the book that bears his name. A curious fact is that God commanded Hosea to marry a woman named Gomer, who was repeatedly unfaithful to him, as a living parable of the relationship between God and Israel; Hosea even bought her back from the slave market to be reconciled with her, a reflection of God's redeeming love for His people.

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