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Couples in the Bible: Hosea and Gomer

July 28, 2021 2 comments

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/002-hosea.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" data-attachment-id="6966" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/hosea-was-obedient/002-hosea/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/002-hosea.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-orig-size="300,225" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="002-hosea" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>He married Gomer at God’s command</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/002-hosea.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/002-hosea.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" />

Hosea was a prophet of the Lord who told him to marry Gomer “a wife of whoredom”. {Hosea 1:2} The name Hosea means salvation or he saves. The Lord told Hosea his wife would be unfaithful but their marriage would serve as a correlation to God’s relationship with an “adulterous” Israel. After the couple had children, Gomer was unfaithful. The […]

Names of God: Immanuel

April 27, 2019 Leave a comment

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/004-jesus-appears-disciples.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5734" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/he-lives/004-jesus-appears-disciples/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/004-jesus-appears-disciples.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-orig-size="300,225" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="004-jesus-appears-disciples" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>I Serve a Risen Savior</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/004-jesus-appears-disciples.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/004-jesus-appears-disciples.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" />

The name Immanuel is spelled both Immanuel and Emmanuel, meaning God is with us. The word derives from the Hebrew words עִם which means with and ל (‘el) which means God. The word describes the incarnation and God becoming flesh and dwelling among us. {John 1:14} The birth of Jesus by a virgin fulfilled the prophecy in Isaiah 7:14. “Therefore the […]

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Couples in the Bible: Hosea and Gomer

Names of God: Immanuel