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And that the Son is the beginning ¹ or head, Hosea teaches clearly: "And it shall be, that in the place in which it was said to them, Ye are not my people, they shall be called the children of the living God: and the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered to the same place, and they shall place over them one head, ² and they shall come up out of the land; for great is the day of Jezreel." ³ For whom one believes, him He chooses. But one believes the Son, who is the head; wherefore also he said in addition: "But I will have mercy on the sons of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God." ⁴ Now the Saviour who saves is the Son of God. He is then the head. ⁵