MICAH
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Updated 01/2024
CHAPTER 1
- Micah prophesied in the days
of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, (before the captivity of
Judah and Israel).
- Jerusalem and Samaria gained
wealth (they believed) from worshiping their idols.
CHAPTER 2
- Disaster from God will come
upon those who plot out evil.
- The people considered the
prophets to just be 'prattling' (talking long about foolishness) and would
not hear them.
- The people listened to false
prophets who told them things they wanted to hear, who told them of days
of wine and drink to come.
- a. This refers to the
deliverance of Israel (possibly by the Messiah). b. The Lord God will go
before the people.
CHAPTER 3
- God will turn His face away
from us and will not help us when trouble comes.
- The light of the word of God
will not be available to the prophets. As they kept the people in darkness
they will be in the dark
- a. The Spirit of the Lord
gives power us power and might and leads us into justice. b. By this power
we are to uphold justice and declare transgression when necessary.
- The leaders took bribes and
the priests and prophets worked for wealth.
CHAPTER 4
- a. The mountain of the Lord
is coming in the latter days. b. The mountain is the Kingdom of God that
will reign over all the nations. It will rule from Jerusalem. (Daniel
2:44)
- a. Jesus will be the tower
looking over the flock. b. He will have dominion over the kingdom.
- The Daughter of Jerusalem
will become the kingdom of all believers in Jesus.
CHAPTER 5
- a. Jesus comes out of
Bethlehem. b. He has existed since the beginning with God. c. Jesus will
give up the house of Jacob until the time for Him to appear. d. Jesus will
shepherd His flock and bring peace. e. Jesus worked by the Spirit and
strength of God.
- The remnant of Jacob will be
among the Gentiles like a lion. All his enemies will be cutoff. There will
be no need for the horse and the chariot. God will cutoff all sorcery and
idolatry and destroy the cities of these pollutions (This will be fully
fulfilled in the Kingdom of the Millennium).
CHAPTER 6
- God wanted them to remember
how He helped them in all their adversities from the Exodus to Balak and
Balaam.
- God wants us to be just and
merciful to all people and to know our place with Him. He wants our hearts
to be righteous, merciful, and for us to be obedient to Him.
CHAPTER 7
- Individually, His Spirit
speaks to our hearts to show us our sin and to see the way of
righteousness. Collectively, His son's death on the cross has executed
justice for all believers.
- God will pardon Israel’s iniquities
and overlook their transgressions. He will have mercy and compassion on
them again.