MICAH “Who is like Yahweh” : MICAH “Who is like Yahweh” Old Testament Prophets 1
Christian Life College
Terry R. Baughman, M.A.E.T.
Instructor
MICAH - Judgment and Restoration : MICAH - Judgment and Restoration Home - Moresheth Gath, Judah
Prophesies in Jerusalem
Predicts fall of Samaria (1:6)
During the reign of the kings of Judah
Jotham (739-731 B.C.)
Ahaz (731-715 B.C.)
Hezekiah (715-686 B.C.)
MICAH - Judgment and Restoration : MICAH - Judgment and Restoration Witnessed the collapse of Israel and the growing threat to Judah
Pinnacle of Assyrian power
Hezekiah withholds tribute to Assyria
Jerusalem thought to be indestructible
Micah 3:12 Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, And the mountain of the temple Like the bare hills of the forest.
MICAH - Judgment and Restoration : MICAH - Judgment and Restoration God spares Jerusalem from Assyria,
Micah predicts captivity in Babylon
Micah 4:10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, Like a woman in birth pangs. For now you shall go forth from the city, You shall dwell in the field, And to Babylon you shall go. There you shall be delivered; There the LORD will redeem you From the hand of your enemies.
Restoration and Return from Exile
Micah 7:18 ...He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.
Micah 6:8 - Golden Rule of the OT : Micah 6:8 - Golden Rule of the OT Essence of True Religion
There are 613 precepts in the Law
They may be summarized in:
11 principles in Psalm 15
6 commands in Isaiah 33:15
or 3 directives from Micah 6:8
Micah 6:8 - He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 - Golden Rule of the OT : Micah 6:8 - Golden Rule of the OT Do justly
Remain Honest in all you do
Love mercy
Cherish compassionate faithfulness
Walk humbly
Commit yourself to live in submission to your God
(Source - Spirit-filled Life Bible)
Micah 6:8 - Golden Rule of the OT : Micah 6:8 - Golden Rule of the OT Justice (Right Actions)
3:1 ...Is it not for you to know justice?
3:8 ...full of power by the Spirit, And of justice...
3:9 ...rulers, who abhor justice...
7:9 ...Until He pleads my case And executes justice for me... Mercy
hesed -- mercy, lovingkindness
7:18 ...He delights in mercy.
7:20 You will give truth to Jacob And mercy to Abraham, ...
Micah 6:8 - Golden Rule of the OT : Micah 6:8 - Golden Rule of the OT The Walk
negative aspect
2:3 ...Nor shall you walk haughtily,...
2:11 ...If a man should walk in a false spirit And speak a lie,...
6:16 ...And you walk in their counsels, That I may make you a desolation,...
Micah 6:8 - Golden Rule of the OT : Micah 6:8 - Golden Rule of the OT The Walk
positive aspect
4:2 ...He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths."
4:5 For all people walk each in the name of his god, But we will walk in the name of the LORD our God Forever and ever.
Micah 5:2 Place of the Unexpected : Micah 5:2 Place of the Unexpected Micah 5:2
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting."
Quoted in the New Testament
Matthew 2:5-6; John 7:42
Prophecies of the Messiah
Tribe of Judah - Genesis 49:10
House of David - 2 Samuel 7:26
Time announced - Daniel 9:25
Place of Birth - Micah 5:2