Friday, November 27, 2009

Micah 1-3

In 2:6 Micah parrots the words that the other "prophets" had been saying to him; "Do not preach of our disgrace." Their theology wouldn't allow them to see God as a destroyer. They seemed to have limited their definition of God as the keeper of his promises; that Israel would inherit the land. But as they reject God's ways they also forgot about the conditions of his promises. The condition that Israel must remain faithful to God's law in order to live in the land. They didn't like that part of the covenant so they chose to ignore it and developed a false hope based on their own selfish desires. Micah was reminding them of the painful truths of God's law.
It took me about 8 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart

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