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Wicked rulers

11/10/2014

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Micah 3 click here for the reading
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The Kings of Judah and the Kings of Israel were supposed to be God's representatives of God's kingdom; a kingdom of justice, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, abundance and life.  instead these kings worked for often worked for themselves.  This kind of leadership found its mouthpiece in prophets who would remind people that everything is okay, even as they worked to ruin the prosperity of life for all people.  Another time when the rich got rich and the poor got poorer.  An injustice in the sight of God.  When kings and prophets work for their own good they move away from God's voice and fill it with their own.

Micah accuses these kings and prophets of evil and injustice.

In recognition of these accusations that come against them from the Lord, Micah is able to announce the difficulty (Micah 1:8-16) of these accusations because he mourns for God's people.  In the book "Gilead," Marilynne Robinson stated quite clearly; "The prophets love the people they chastise."

It is out of Love that Micah presents a case against these false prophets because they stopped speaking words from the Lord and used God's presence as a safety net for trouble and judgement; saying "no harm can come to us, for the Lord is here among us."

Micah stands in a long line of prophets that remind us that grace, mercy, and forgiveness are offered in response to the law that convicts us of our sin, wrongdoing, and offenses.

Micah has not yet revealed his hand on God's new plan but it is coming.  Right now we hear God's judgement.

How uncomfortable are you in hearing words that may confront your way of life? the direction you are headed? the choices you make?


Yeah, me neither. Yet this is God's pronouncement of correction, so that we might repent and believe in something greater.
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