Hosea 6:3

"After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him."

Key Reflection

Hosea 6:3 speaks of a divine promise of renewal and resurrection after a period of distress. The verse suggests that after a brief interval of two days, God will restore His people, and on the third day, He will bring them back to life, both spiritually and ultimately physically. This pattern of two and three days is echoed in the narrative of Jesus' own resurrection, where He was laid in the tomb for three days before rising on the third day, fulfilling this ancient prophecy in a profound way.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord -Rather, “Then shall we know, shall follow on to know the Lord,” i. e., we shall not only know Him, but we shall grow continually in that knowledge. Then, in Israel, God says, “there was no knowledge of Him;” His “people was destroyed for lack of it”Hosea 4:1,Hosea 4:6. In Christ He promises, that they should have that inward knowledge of Him, ever growing, because the grace, through which it is given, ever grows, and “the depth of the riches of His wisdom and knowledge is unsearchable, passing knowledge.” We “follow on,” confessing that it is He who maketh us to follow Him, and draweth us to Him.

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