Whorehouse

[April_Rose]

So I just have a couple of questions here.


1. When God told somebody (I forget who) to marry a whore was it because He wanted to see them evangelize?



2. I do believe that He was speaking figuratively when He told them to give them all those unusual names and not literally right?

 

[Amazed@grace]

Where is your #1 written in the bible?

 

[April_Rose]

Sorry, my bad. Hosea 1:2. Some versions of the Bible have it listed as a prostitute apparently.

 

[April_Rose]

It was also talking about the whole country was starting to become a whorehouse. Hosea 1.

 

[Hidden In Him]

So I just have a couple of questions here.

1. When God told somebody (I forget who) to marry a whore was it because He wanted to see them evangelize?

LoL!!

1 The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. 2 The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord. 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. 4 And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel. 6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. 8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. 9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. (Hosea 1:1-11)

It served as a prophetic warning of what was coming, as did the names God told Hosea to give his children. It was not to evangelize, but to notify Israel that judgment was now set because of their sins.

 

[TLHKAJ]

Hosea's marriage to a harlot was representative of God's marriage to His people who had gone a whoring after other gods.

Hosea 1:1-11 (KJV)
1Thee word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
3So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
4And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
6And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
8Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
9Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
11Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

 

[JohnDB]

The Church, God's chosen people, are often described as the "Bride of Christ" in metaphoric language.
Consequently it is often referred to as an unfaithful bride or a harlot/prostitute when they do not behave appropriately.

In other words a Christian struggles to remove sin from their lives...where a heathen gives into it and doesn't worry about it.

 

[TLHKAJ]

Here's a song about the story of Hosea and his "wife of whoredoms."

 

[April_Rose]

.... So in other words,... People weren't constantly making a live and getting rich by sleeping with their nextdoor neighbor is what you guys are trying to tell me.

 

[TLHKAJ]

.... So in other words,... People weren't constantly making a live and getting rich by sleeping with their nextdoor neighbor is what you guys are trying to tell me.

I'm not sure what you're asking....can you clarify?

 

[April_Rose]

I'm not sure what you're asking....can you clarify?

Sure. These aren't actual whores but people idolizing different gods other than God Himself.

 

[TLHKAJ]

Sure. These aren't actual whores but people idolizing different gods other than God Himself.

The woman Hosea married was a whore in the literal sense. God's people going after other gods very likely involved whoredom in all it's forms including sexual immorality, false god worship, occult practices, etc.

 

[Robert Gwin]

So I just have a couple of questions here.


1. When God told somebody (I forget who) to marry a whore was it because He wanted to see them evangelize?



2. I do believe that He was speaking figuratively when He told them to give them all those unusual names and not literally right?

In response to question 1 maam. there was a reason why, here is our take on it perhaps you will agree that was the reason:
His wife, Gomer, became “a wife of fornication” and then ‘chased after her passionate lovers.’ Later she was forsaken, becoming impoverished and enslaved. Hosea took Gomer back at a cost, and he was urged to love her. Why? To depict graphically what was taking place between Jehovah and Israel. Jehovah was a “husbandly owner,” and his people were joined to him as a wife.—Hosea 1:2-9; 2:5-7; 3:1-5; Jeremiah 3:14; Isaiah 62:4, 5.

9 From early times, the Israelites hurt Jehovah’s feelings by following after other gods. (Exodus 32:7-10; Judges 8:33; 10:6; Psalm 78:40, 41; Isaiah 63:10) The northern ten-tribe kingdom was especially reprehensible for calf worship. (1 Kings 12:28-30) In addition, the Israelites did not rely on their Husbandly Owner, Jehovah, but, rather, looked to political lovers. At one time, like an obstinate zebra in heat, they went after Assyria. (Hosea 8:9) How would you feel if your mate acted that way?

10 By Hosea’s time, over 700 years had passed since the Israelites had come into a covenant relationship with Jehovah. Nevertheless, God was willing to forgive them, provided that they returned to him. Hosea is thought to have started prophesying before 803 B.C.E., so Jehovah’s forbearance continued for some 60 more years for Israel and almost 200 years for Judah! Using Hosea’s family situation as an illustration, Jehovah was still inviting his covenant people to repent. He had legitimate reasons to terminate his marriage with Israel, yet he kept sending prophets to help his figurative wife come back, even at a cost to himself.—Hosea 14:1, 2; Amos 2:11.