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Micah
returns us to the typical lament of the prophets. God is coming in judgment. He plans wrath on the people. The time for reckoning has come. This is not a new message for those of us
familiar with the prophets.
What is it
that causes the mountains to melt like wax before the Lord? The sin of the northern tribe is
Samaria. What was Samaria? Is was the capitol city where the northern
kings lived and where the worship happened.
What is Micah’s point? The
leadership of the northern kingdom is bad.
They people are being led astray as the leaders go.
We know that
God is targeting the worship and leadership in the way that he speaks about His
wrath. He says that the idols will be
broken to pieces, the temple gifts will be burned with fire, and the gifts in
worship will be turned over to prostitutes.
That makes it pretty clear. God
is upset and the religious milieu of the nation.
It gets
worse. God says that the sins of the
northern kingdom are infecting Judah. Samaria
is incurable. I don’t know about anyone
else, but hearing God speak about me as incurable is something I hope to never
hear. God is the God of restoration. It has to be pretty bad for Him to pronounce
it as incurable.
What is the
proper response? We are to mourn. Micah tells the people to shave their heads
in acknowledgment of the coming judgment.
God’s judgment cannot be forestalled.
The best the people can do is acknowledge its coming and embrace what
God is going to do through it.
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