HOWEVER, IN THE END IT IS YHWH'S PURPOSE TO ESTABLISH HIS TEMPLE MIRACULOUSLY IN A PLACE WHERE ALL MEN CAN FLOW TO IT SO AS TO LEARN HIS WAYS AND THE WHOLE EARTH WILL EVENTUALLY ENJOY PEACE (MICAH 4:1). But Micah wants it to be recognised that he is not despising the Temple and immediately points ou... [ Continue Reading ]
MEANWHILE ISRAEL ARE TO ENSURE THAT JUST AS EACH NATION WALKS IN THE WAY OF ITS GOD, SO THEY WALK IN THE NAME OF YHWH THEIR GOD UNCEASINGLY (MICAH 4:5). Micah recognises that if the glorious future just described is to come about it is vital that God's people continue faithful to YHWH. And so he fi... [ Continue Reading ]
HE AGAIN TURNS HIS THOUGHTS TOWARDS ‘THAT DAY', THAT DAY WHEN GOD WILL ACTS TO RESTORE HIS PEOPLE (MICAH 4:6). In mind here now is not the final day spoken of in Micah 4:3, but the days of restoration which will precede it. Before final blessing there must be restoration. Micah 4:6 “In that day,”... [ Continue Reading ]
MICAH DESCRIBES THE COMING TRIBULATIONS OF JUDAH BUT GIVES THE FINAL ASSURANCE THAT IN THE END YHWH WILL TRIUMPH (MICAH 4:9). The near future is seen as bleak. Judah and Jerusalem are seen as in despair, without any hope of assistance from their king or counsellors. Indeed they will endure birth pa... [ Continue Reading ]