Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; Hosea 2:2
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. Jer 3:8
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD Hosea 2:14-20
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled Col 1:21
"And in that day", AS WELL AS, THE PHRASE, "AFTER THESE THINGS", or "in that Day" indicates our present time, "the last days".
We are in the Last Days of The Kingdom of The Son, in the Age of Churches.
The fallen booth or tent of David are God's Organized Faithful He is Re-Building.
On this Rock of Ages, I BUILD/ Edify/ Teach/ Mature to Serve My churches which Jesus Founded and Organized out of the 'material' provided by John The Baptist, which was...?...Baptised Believers. They were the first members of Jesus' church He Built.
( The Protestant notion of "all are in the church" is not to be found in The Bible; every instance of a 'church' mentioned has always meant a local congregation that assembles; sometimes in the generic sence which makes 'the church' equal to 'churches' with the article dropped, just like other generic usages, i.e., the husband of one wife = the husbands of one wife).
Those that were divorced were The Chosen Nation of Israel, as God's Witness.
Those that were Saved (Spiritual Israel) remained Saved.
The New Testament Witness of David's tent, tabernacle, i.e., The Lord's Churches, INCLUDES FAITHFUL JEWS TO JESUS' CHURCHES, in Worship and Service.
Hosea is speaking of marrying, in the final stage of The Kingdom of God, after Jesus Returns and Offers Up The Kingdom to The Father, the Faithful Jewish Remnant that Worships in and through a Scripturally Organized church of Jesus, along with The Gentiles of His Faithful in His churches, which, together, make up His Bride.
"And I will betroth thee unto me forever" takes place at The Marriage Supper of The Lamb.
There will be a 'general assembly' of Saved outside The Old Testament and New Testament modes of being Faithful Witnesses and God' will betroth Jesus Bride: 'The Church of The First Born' ARE The Old Testament and New Testament FAITHFUL Saints to God's Commands on His Worship modes who have been Faithful Witnesses.
'Divorce' is not sin.
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The Prophecies of The Kingdom of The Son are a VAST body of Teaching.
Picture all the portions of The Bible that 'mill'-enthusiasts are told to and tell others, "ignore these Passages", because they don't pertain to us, now".
Three-Fourths of The Bible? Most of The Old Testament and Gospels and New Testament Books and Revelation. Satan pretty much says, "leave it alone", and so, 'mill-aficionados do(?).
However, as I said, "in the last times" or "in that day" refer to Old Testament Prophecies BEING FULFILLED in Jesus Christ and in The Churches "Like" (as) He Built.
His "Kind" of church organization. What "Kind" of House Will You Build? Isaiah 66:1-2
Old Testament Prophecies CAN be followed, without adopting the Model of a 'church' being local only, however, that is not the full depth of their Teachings/
...and being told to 'stay out of them' and miss-'interpreting' them as something in the distant future or unattainable past are both giving up on God's Message that Jesus is Returning again AND that God is to Be Brought Glory IN HIS CHURCHES.
Those Old Testament Prophecies with "And in that day", AS WELL AS, THE PHRASE, "AFTER THESE THINGS", or "in that Day" indicates our present time, "the last days", THIS PRESENT AGE, The Kingdom of The Son, (Isaiah 61:2a "
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD),
Now is The Day of Salvation;
"Behold the Days are Coming" Jeremiah 31.
and, then, AFTER JESUS' RETURN: The Day of The Lord, The Age to Come, The Kingdom of The Father, manifest, full-grown, an Eternal Season of reward and retribution, an Endless Day of rest and Glory ( Isaiah 61:2b "and the day of vengeance of our God") THE CONSUMMATION of The Age (2 Peter 3:1-13), The End of The World the eschaton, the Final State, the Eternal World to Come, in the Afterlife (Isaiah 65:18;19).
