The Third Day

Hosea 6:1-2 shows us Jehovah's discipline with the intention to bring Israel back to Himself (Hosea 5:15). As verse 2 states: "He will enliven us after two days; On the third day He will raise us up, And we will live in His presence". Praise the Lord, there is a third day. While this corresponds to Israel, in the principle of a day like a thousand years (2 Peter 3:8), with the Jews scattered, without a king, a sacrifice and a temple for 2,000 years,  having been left by God in a "dead condition" (see footnote), yet the third year of restoration --the millenium--will come! Hallelujah! In the reality of Christ's resurrection, Israel will be raised up and restored.
However, for us believers today there is also a significant aspect to this prophecy. Christ was resurrected on the third day to be the Life-Giving Spirit (1 Cor.15:45b). He is the reality of the third day. So, as footnote 1 continues: "Whenever we contact such a Christ we are brought from the desolation of the two days to the resurrection of the third day". Praise the Lord, there is a third day in which we can experience Him as our restoration through our contact with Him!