The Covenant of Betrothal

[Mr. M]

The Lord Makes a Covenant of Faithfulness With His Betrothed
Hosea 2:
19 I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me
In righteousness and justice, In loving kindness and mercy;
20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness,
And you shall know the Lord.

By Law, the betrothed must cry out in faithfulness to the beloved
Deuteronomy 22:
23 If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man
finds her in the city and lies with her,
24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall
stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry
out in the city, and the man because he humbled his neighbor’s wife; so you
shall put away the evil from among you.
25 But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and the man
forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.
26 But you shall do nothing to the young woman; there is in the young woman no sin deserving of death,
for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter.
27 For he found her in the countryside, and the betrothed young woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.

The Lord Sows Mercy in the Earth in Response to the Cry of His Betrothed.
Hosea 2:
21 It shall come to pass in that day I will answer, says the Lord;
I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth.
22 The earth shall answer with grain, with new wine, and with oil;
They shall answer "God Will Sow" (Jezreel)
23 Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her
who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people,
You are My people! And they shall say, You are my God!

The Spread of the Gospel is
The Cry for Mercy and Justice From the Betrothed
Romans 9:
22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much
longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy,
which He had prepared beforehand for glory,
24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 As He says also in Hosea: I will call them My people, who were not My people,
and her beloved, who was not beloved.
26 And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them,
You are not My people, There they shall be called sons of the living God.

The Lord’s Covenant of Betrothal: The Door of Hope
Micah 2:
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, will bring her into the wilderness,
and speak comfort to her.
15 I will give her her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope.
She shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, as in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
16 And it shall be, on that day, says the Lord, you will call Me My Husband, and no longer call Me Lord.

 

[Grip Docility]

The Lord Makes a Covenant of Faithfulness With His Betrothed
Hosea 2:
19 I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me
In righteousness and justice, In loving kindness and mercy;
20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness,
And you shall know the Lord.

By Law, the betrothed must cry out in faithfulness to the beloved
Deuteronomy 22:
23 If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man
finds her in the city and lies with her,
24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall
stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry
out in the city, and the man because he humbled his neighbor’s wife; so you
shall put away the evil from among you.
25 But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and the man
forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.
26 But you shall do nothing to the young woman; there is in the young woman no sin deserving of death,
for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter.
27 For he found her in the countryside, and the betrothed young woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.

The Lord Sows Mercy in the Earth in Response to the Cry of His Betrothed.
Hosea 2:
21 It shall come to pass in that day I will answer, says the Lord;
I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth.
22 The earth shall answer with grain, with new wine, and with oil;
They shall answer "God Will Sow" (Jezreel)
23 Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her
who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people,
You are My people! And they shall say, You are my God!

The Spread of the Gospel is
The Cry for Mercy and Justice From the Betrothed
Romans 9:
22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much
longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy,
which He had prepared beforehand for glory,
24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 As He says also in Hosea: I will call them My people, who were not My people,
and her beloved, who was not beloved.
26 And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them,
You are not My people, There they shall be called sons of the living God.

The Lord’s Covenant of Betrothal: The Door of Hope
Micah 2:
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, will bring her into the wilderness,
and speak comfort to her.
15 I will give her her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope.
She shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, as in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
16 And it shall be, on that day, says the Lord, you will call Me My Husband, and no longer call Me Lord.

Song of Solomon 5:2 ... I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is knocking.
“Open to me, my sister, my love,
my dove, my perfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
my locks with the drops of the night.”
3 I had put off my garment;
how could I put it on?
I had bathed my feet;
how could I soil them?
4 My beloved put his hand to the latch,
and my heart was thrilled within me.
5 I arose to open to my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with liquid myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
6 I opened to my beloved,
but my beloved had turned and gone.
My soul failed me when he spoke.
I sought him, but found him not;
I called him, but he gave no answer.
7 The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city;
they beat me, they bruised me,
they took away my veil,
those watchmen of the walls.
8 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
I am sick with love.