Rescue Me
One Year Bible: Dec. 7
Hosea 6:1-9:17
Rescue Me
“You are not hidden. There’s never been a moment you were forgotten. You are not hopeless. Though you have been broken. Your innocence stolen. I hear you whisper underneath your breath. I hear your SOS, your SOS… I will send out an army to find you. In the middle of the darkest night. It’s true; I will rescue you.”
(Rescue, Theme Song for Redeeming Love By Lauren Daigle)
What kind of prostitute was Gomer, and why would she leave her husband and three children to return to her audacious life of prostitution? There are different kinds of prostitutes. So, let’s look at the kind being discussed in the book of Hosea.
“Longing after idols has made them foolish. They have played the prostitute, serving other gods and deserting their God. They offer sacrifices to idols on the mountaintops. They go into the hills to burn incense in the pleasant shade of oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees. That is WHY your daughters turn to prostitution.” (Hosea 4:12-13)
The context here tells us repeatedly the purpose of the prostitutes. Both men and women served at the idol sacrifices to commit sexual orgies with the idol worshippers. Sexual degradation and worship of the Satanic walk hand-in-hand… and now you know “The Pull with Idol Poles.”
From the context given in this book, I highly doubt that Gomer’s adultery and idolatry was a “private affair.”
Most likely, “The Preacher’s Wife” served up adultery and Idolatry publicly at one of the many locations of Idol Worship, and it did not go without notice. It tainted her husband’s work just as the unfaithful people of God had tainted their spiritual husband. That was the point of this spiritual object lesson.
Hosea carried “The Shame,” and the people of God would see for themselves “The Blame.” The priests of God had defied God’s temple, and so God called Hosea to the place of degradation (where idols were worshipped and orgies reigned supreme) to find his wayward wife. She was part of them!
The prophet was to buy back the undeserving who had returned to her sin and bring her home to be sanctified and redeemed, not by her works or righteousness, but because of his decision. He was to “bear her shame” and “redeem her name.”
The setting of this story is so important because Hoea was a priest whose wife betrayed his love to choose idolatry and adultery. She was a living representation of Israel and Judah.
I doubt you would want to buy a movie ticket to watch her public display of disregard for her husband, the temple, or her God. It must have been sickening for her husband to behold and for God to permit.
But He did permit it. Didn’t HE? He allows the wayward to head their own way and their choice to be unfaithful repeatedly.
Hosea is His reminder that He is willing to pay for our sins and bear our shame and take our guilt and punishment upon himself to give us LIFE.
In essence, He came to Rescue Us!
“There is no distance that cannot be covered over and over You’re not defenseless. I’ll be your shelter. I’ll be your armor. I will rescue you.”
(“Rescue” by Lauren Daigle)
