Hosea was an “unusual” prophet of the living God. His demonstrable prophecies would leave your mouth ajar. Think of the fact that God asked him to marry a harlot and name his children according to the sinful deeds of Israel. It was all to show His people how far away they were separated from Him.
Today, I want us to consider one of his prophecies concerning the birth of the Messiah. In Hosea 11:1 (NKJV) he stated, “When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.”
No matter how severe the wrath of God was towards His people, He still showed them mercy. In the text above, we learn one important lesson:
This prophecy was played out in Matthew 1 when Herod threatened to kill baby Jesus but God directed the parents to take cover in Egypt until the king died. It wasn’t that God could not have faced Herod but divine wisdom is another strategy to defeat your enemies.
It was the same Egypt, a type of the world, that God delivered His chosen people from in the book of Exodus. The sovereign God, who made everything, is able to use any place for the safety of His people. He called His Son from Egypt. Just like we are in the world but not of the world, the Lord can use any geographical location to keep His people from any devices of the devil. Those who perpetually dwell in Egypt do not have any guarantee of the Lord’s safety. You can only be safe, like the people in Noah’s Ark, if you put your trust in the Son of God.
Esteem Bible devotional commentator, Matthew Henry wrote in his commentary on Hosea 11 that, “The calling of Christ out of Egypt was a figure of the calling of all that are His, through Him, out of spiritual slavery.” The believer is in safety when he or she hides in the secret place of the Most High God. Hosea was a true prophet who spoke and it came to pass.
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