he did this to show that He was being merciful to a straying land (Israel) and that despite her unfaithfulness, He was going to legitimize and restore Israel..like Gomer. I love this lesson. there's one in Genesis " I will take your wives and give them to other men, who will have them in front of you.("Par)As a Christian myself this verse of the Bible puzzles me? As it contradicts the general theme of not having sex outside of marriage: Can any find any fault against Hosea 1:2??? It states:
Hosea’s Wife and Children
2 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.” 3 So he married Gomer ******* of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a *******.
God doesn't have any problem with sex, After all He allowed slaves and concubines, multiple wives eta MOST of His favorite guys had them and some were incestuous or adulterous. Even David's crime wasn't having Bathsheba, it was plotting the death of her hubby. Abraham traded sarah at LEAST twice that we know of, and it wasn't until God wanted to start a nation that He stopped that cold. ******* was compenasable in the old testament as long as the guy got some payment..which isn't far from *******,..But even Abe got his wife's maid preggers to her behest., which became the nation of Islam..so no, don't think God is a repressionist God, but He hates deceit, lying, and the umbrella it is under.