Endless love of God

Hosea 3:1-5
Hosea reconciliation with his wife.
The Lord said to Hosea,"Go, show your love o your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn t other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes."
Gomer, now seemingly the slave of another man, is bought back and put on probation. Again, Hoes's action and his continuing love provide an object lesson. For a while Israel too will be deprived of the things they counted on - their king and their religious emblems (標誌)- but in time they will turn back to God.
Raisin cakes: Dried grapes were offered to the fertility gods in the hope of a good harvest.
Sacrifice and ephod belonged to the proper worship of God; pillar and teraphim were part of the pagan admixture(混合物).
Why?
For God's love to Israelite are ceaseless, God wants his people turn back to Him. Israelite are God's chosen one.
The penalty is existing when we are sinned. But God won't give up for his endless love to his people.
How?
Come to the Lord, repent sins and confess our transgression before the Lord. God is love is endless.