Beautifully interwoven word plays or metaphors were constructed using the names of Hosea’s three children. And verses of yesterday’s reading, are quoted in Romans 9 and 1Peter 2. The last verse ended:
I will show love
to those I called ‘Not loved.’e
And to those I called ‘Not my people,’f
I will say, ‘Now you are my people.’
And they will reply, ‘You are our God!’”
This chapter is much more thematic than chapters 10 through 22. The second half is the words of a father to his son.
Today we start the chapters called the Sermon on the Mount, and these are the crowning jewels of Jesus’ teaching. Note the times when Jesus says, “You have heard it said/taught… but I say to you.” These statements are one reason why the people reacted that “Jesus taught with authority.” Note also the times when the Father sees what happens in secret.
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