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Hosea 1

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1 Vorto de la Eternulo, kiu aperis al Hosxea, filo de Beeri, en la tempo de Uzija, Jotan, Ahxaz, kaj HXizkija, regxoj de Judujo, kaj en la tempo de Jerobeam, filo de Joasx, regxo de Izrael.

2 Kiam la Eternulo komencis paroli al Hosxea, la Eternulo diris al Hosxea:Iru, prenu al vi edzinon malcxastulinon kaj naskigu infanojn malcxastajn, cxar la lando malcxastigxis for de la Eternulo.

3 Kaj li iris, kaj prenis Gomeron, filinon de Diblaim; kaj sxi gravedigxis kaj naskis al li filon.

4 Kaj la Eternulo diris al li:Donu al li la nomon Jizreel; cxar baldaux Mi punos pro la sango de Jizreel la domon de Jehu, kaj Mi metos finon al la regno de la domo de Izrael.

5 En tiu tempo Mi rompos la pafarkon de Izrael en la valo Jizreel.

6 Kaj sxi denove gravedigxis kaj naskis filinon; kaj Li diris al li:Donu al sxi la nomon Lo-Ruhxama; cxar Mi ne plu kompatos la domon de Izrael, sed postulos de ili pagon.

7 Tamen la domon de Jehuda Mi kompatos, kaj Mi helpos al ili per la Eternulo, ilia Dio; Mi ne helpos al ili per pafarko, glavo, kaj batalo, nek per cxevaloj kaj rajdantoj.

8 Kiam sxi demamigis Lo-Ruhxaman, sxi gravedigxis kaj naskis filon.

9 Kaj Li diris:Donu al li la nomon Lo-Ami; cxar vi ne estas Mia popolo, kaj Mi ne estos por vi.

10 Tamen la nombro de la Izraelidoj estos kiel la sablo cxe la maro, ne mezurebla kaj ne kalkulebla. Kaj sur la sama loko, kie estis dirite al ili:Vi ne estas Mia popolo, oni diros al ili:Infanoj de la vivanta Dio.

11 Kolektigxos kune la idoj de Jehuda kaj la idoj de Izrael, kaj faros al si unu cxefon, kaj iros el la lando; cxar granda estos la tago de Jizreel.

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Sacred Scripture # 16

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16. Lacking a spiritual understanding, no one would know why the prophet Jeremiah was commanded to buy a belt and put it around his waist, not to put it in water, and to hide it in a crevice in the rocks near the Euphrates (Jeremiah 13:1-7). No one would know why the prophet Isaiah was commanded to take the sackcloth off his waist and the sandals off his feet and to go naked and barefoot for three years (Isaiah 20:2-3). No one would know why the prophet Ezekiel was commanded to take a razor to his head and his beard and then to divide the hair, burning a third of it in the middle of the city, striking a third with a sword, and scattering a third to the wind; also, to bind a few hairs in his hems, and eventually to throw a few into the midst of a fire (Ezekiel 5:1-4). The same prophet was commanded to lie on his left side for three hundred ninety days and on his right side for forty days and to make himself a cake out of wheat, barley, millet, and spelt and bake it over cow dung and eat it; and at another time to make a siege wall and a mound against [an image of] Jerusalem and besiege it (Ezekiel 4:1-15). No one would know why the prophet Hosea was twice commanded to take a whore as his wife (Hosea 1:2-9; 3:2-3), and other things of the same sort.

Beyond that, without a spiritual understanding who would know the meaning of all the objects in the tabernacle - the ark, for example, the mercy seat, the angel guardians, the lampstand, the altar of incense, the showbread on the table, its veils and curtains? Without a spiritual understanding, who would know the meaning of Aaron’s sacred garments - his tunic, robe, ephod, the Urim and Thummim, his turban, and so on? Without a spiritual understanding, who would know the meaning of all the commandments about burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and drink offerings, about Sabbaths and festivals? The truth is that every bit of what was commanded meant something about the Lord, heaven, and the church.

You can see clearly in these few examples that there is a spiritual meaning throughout the Word and in its details.

  
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