Monday, Insight -- ODB
Insight Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah and Hosea, ministered some sixty-five years to both Israel and Judah (Micah 1:1; Hosea 1:1). Both kingdoms were at this time characterized by idolatry, corruption, injustice, and oppression of the poor (Micah 7:2–3). Even as he speaks of God’s disciplining hand, warning that Israel would be destroyed by the Assyrians ( 1:6 ), of the exile ( v . 16 ), and the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple ( 3:12 ), Micah also speaks unequivocally of God’s benevolence and blessings if they would repent and “act justly . . . love mercy, and walk humbly with [their] God” ( 6:8 ). Micah also prophesied of the blessings of the return of a remnant back to Jerusalem ( 2:12 ) and the birth of the Messiah ( 5:2 ). Micah thus concludes with a proclamation, “Who is a God like you” ( 7:18 ), reminiscent of God’s own self-revelation in Exodus 34:6–7. Interestingly, Micah’s name means “Who is like Jehovah.” Visit christianuniversity.org/OT223...