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>> “Notice that Msgr Pope focused on our personal relationship with Jesus and avoided the kabuki theater of doctrinal debates within Church hierarchy.” <<
The book of Hosea is not about matrimony in any way.
Hosea’s marriage to a harlot simply symbolizes Yehova’s relationship with his chosen people, The House of Israel, and how he divorces them for a time but comes for them in the end.
This is the basis foe the “mystery” of which Paul spoke in Romans 7, regarding how Yehova can re-marry his divorced wife without breaking his own Torah.
The answer lies in Yeshua’s death for his Bride, allowing her to re-marry.
This is one of the most significant prophecies in the entire Bible.
The only thing I would disagree with is your opening assertion: “The book of Hosea is not about matrimony in any way.”
We can observe directly from the skip-letter codes in the Torah, that the Bible contains many levels of meaning, revelation and prophesy. Even in the plain text we have noted multiple fulfillment of prophecies. It is like a hologram that is encoded with many wavelengths and orientations of light.
Remember: He is the potter. We are the clay. Don’t try to tell the potter what He is about.