(Reading schedule is altered slightly as Job 41,42 were missed but given yesterday to compensate for the error...today the reading will be the first 4 chapters of Hosea.)
Names are important in the Bible. We read of symbolism in most names. Hosea begins with names of insult for Israel's disobedience. Like "No-Mercy" and "Nobody"! How would you like those names? Who would call their child Nobody? There will be some hope in this harsh message. Interestingly, Romans 9 picks up on this part of Hosea as well. Here is the passage from the Message...
I'll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I'll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where they yelled out, "You're nobody!" they're calling you "God's living children."
Is this not the truth for all people? In God, we are all somebody!
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