The Book of Hosea is about a prophet of God speaking judgment from God toward Israel. The northern kingdom of Israel had become very wicked. The rich could think of almost nothing except of how to get richer. Rulers killed one another. People did not like to worship God.
God’s patience was about to run out. However, before bringing justice upon the people, He was warning them through Hosea. God wanted to give the people a chance to repent.
God used Hosea’s life to make some points with the people. One of the points comes from Hosea’s name and his father’s name. Many times names do not have any more significance than simply being a person’s name. Yet, this is not the case with Hosea. His name means “salvation,” and his father’s name means “fountain” or “well.” So, Hosea, son of Beeri, means “salvation from the fountain or well” or “salvation out of a fountain or well.”
In Revelation 21:6, we read that Christ gives spiritual water from His spiritual well to anyone who is spiritually thirsty. All a person has to do is obey Him. A person must come to Christ to have access to the well water.
Even though Hosea presents God as a God of judgment, he also shows that God is a God of salvation. Even though He was going to punish Israel, He wanted them to understand that He wanted above all things for all Israel to be saved. We learn from the rest of the Old Testament that the majority of those in the northern kingdom did not repent. They did not choose to access God’s salvation.
Study your Bible. Learn what is necessary to drink of the salvation from the fountain of God, and if any of this is hard to understand, ask an adult to help you.
