Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Micah's warning to Samaria and Jerusalem (Micah 1)

Meanwhile, God raises another prophet, Micah, who has a prophetic ministry concurrent to Isaiah. We do not know much of Micah's backstory like we do with Isaiah. But Micah received a number of visions of the future during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. The visions described in Micah 1 highlight the oncoming sorrow in both Samaria and Jerusalem. God is not happy with the situations in both the northern and southern kingdoms and will use the enemies of Israel to unleash a torrent of sorrows.

Micah tells the people in Jerusalem are told to weep and mourn for their children. Micah does not tell them to repent in chapter 1, just mourn.

But hey, if the king is sacrificing his own children. what does that say about the rest of the nation?

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