Paul misquotes Hosea and distorts the words of the prophet. Hosea is speaking to the northern kingdom of Israel -- which was destroyed about 700 years before Jesus supposedly lived. Hosea tells them that Jews who desert G-d and follow false gods are risking eternal death. "they continue to sin, and they have made for themselves a molten image from their silver according to their pattern, deities, all of it the work of craftsmen. . ." Hosea 13:2. This has nothing to do with Jesus -- who died and didn't even defeat his own death. G-d clearly says, through Hosea, that there is no savior but Him (including Jesus). "And I am the L-rd your G-d from the land of Egypt, and gods besides Me you should not know, and there is no savior but Me." Hosea 13:4. The sins of the northern kingdom of Israel during Hosea's lifetime were terrible -- idolatry and deserting G-d for Ba'al. G-d said if they did not repent then G-d would punish them with troubles as sharp as labor pains. They could repent -- and G-d would forgive. But if they remain in their sins G-d will not save them from death. G-d desires the repentance of the sinner who rejects Him for idolatry. "From the clutches of the grave I would ransom them, from death I would redeem them." Hosea 13:14. Hosea 13:14 actually refutes Christianity. You don't need Jesus to "die for your sins." G-d will accept sincere repentance. Continue reading: "Return, O Israel, to the L-rd your G-d, for you have stumbled in your iniquity. Take words with yourselves and return to the L-rd. Say, "You shall forgive all iniquity and teach us [the] good [way], and let us render [for] bulls [the offering of] our lips." Hosea 4:2 - 3. Prayer. Sincere repentance. Not sacrifice. Yet again we have the Christian bible misusing a biblical passage out of context to make it seem to fit Jesus.
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