God has asked His prophets to do some really strange things in order to get the people’s attention. Hosea is no exception. The people of Hosea’s day had sinned against God as an adulterous woman sins against her husband. How many husbands or wives would be consistently willing to forgive their spouse's unfaithfulness?  Any yet, our ever faithful God does that for each of us!

Hosea’s experience is a great object lesson illustrating God’s covenant relationship with His people. Once we become a Believer we enter into the betrothal commitment with Him. Temptations of the world can be very seductive. When we compromise our faith by being lured into the seductive temptations of the world, we are unfaithful to God. 

The book of Hosea portrays God's constant and persistent love to His people, then and now.

The first child born to Gomer was Hosea's son.  For the other two children, it is uncertain, since Scripture says Gomer conceived and gave birth, with no mention of Hosea.

Quite frequently in our Chronological Bible are penciled in questions in the margin. Sometimes there is a date and sometimes not. While reading the book of Hosea, we asked the question in 2004, “Why does Hosea have to buy Gomer back?”
Could it be to illustrate what Jesus did on the cross?

1 Cor 6:19-20
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

Read Hosea chapter 2 and substitute the word, "believer" or the word, "church" when there is reference to wife and make it personal.

Throughout the first three chapters of Hosea is kind of a bleak commentary, but yet there is this hope in the last verse.
“They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessing in the last days.”Why wait? Why not come trembling to the Lord now? Why not claim His blessings today???