God is so fatherly. Scary at times when we do wrong but so consistently loving. Amazing that Father God and Lord Jesus are still preaching today the same things they preached thousands of years ago. Israel in ancient times got to know God's fatherly consistent love and sterner side as we see in this passage from Hosea but God gives grace that lets even Gentiles too now know His same true self today: from Hosea chapter 6
"Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him, and he will respond to us as surely as the coming of dawn or the rain of early spring.’”
"O Ephraim and Judah, what shall I do with you? For your love vanishes like morning clouds, and disappears like dew. I sent my prophets to warn you of your doom; I have slain you with the words of my mouth, threatening you with death. Suddenly, without warning, my judgment will strike you as surely as day follows night."
"I don’t want your sacrifices—I want your love; I don’t want your offerings—I want you to know me."
"Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him, and he will respond to us as surely as the coming of dawn or the rain of early spring.’”
"O Ephraim and Judah, what shall I do with you? For your love vanishes like morning clouds, and disappears like dew. I sent my prophets to warn you of your doom; I have slain you with the words of my mouth, threatening you with death. Suddenly, without warning, my judgment will strike you as surely as day follows night."
"I don’t want your sacrifices—I want your love; I don’t want your offerings—I want you to know me."
