Hosea's family as prophetic type; Ezekiel as the strongest Christ-type prophet who bears Israel's iniquity bodily

Mike affirms this typological reading. Hosea's marriage to an unfaithful woman and his children's symbolic names picture God's relationship with unfaithful Israel -- and by extension, Christ bearing the suffering caused by humanity's unfaithfulness. However, Mike identifies Ezekiel as a stronger Christ-type because: (1) Ezekiel is explicitly said to 'bear the iniquity of Israel'; (2) He is the only prophet who is also a priest (Jesus is prophet, priest, and king); (3) Ezekiel enacts Israel's judgment on his own body (lying on his side for days, eating unclean food -- Ezekiel 4). Mike also notes that Hosea's wife leaving him pictures what God experiences with Israel.