The Hard Road Home
Micah 7:1–20

I. Micah’s Confession about Israel’s Dullness (v.1-6)
A. Micah laments the spiritual apathy in both Israel and Judah (v.1-2)
a. Apathy brings Judgment in Terms of God’s Wrath
b. Wrath (orgē) is God’s just temporal and eternal response to man’s sin. It has both a present and future aspect which is revealed in two ways:
1. Active Wrath – God enacts his justice with the result that He directly punishes sin. (Gen 19; Revelation 20; Acts 5)
2. Passive Wrath – When God passively uses the choices and consequences of His creatures or other secondary causes, to give them over to what they desire and deserve (Rm 1:24-25, 28-32).
B. Micah laments the loss of love for each other (v.3-6)
a. Selfishness produces all sorts of conflict [cf., James 4:1-3]

II. Micah’s Confidence in Israel’s Deliverance (v.7-20)
A. Israel has fallen but will stand (v.7-10)
B. Israel is favored and will shine (v.11-20)
a. Jesus will establish His Kingdom (v. 11-12)
b. Jesus will judge the nations before His Kingdom starts [cf., Rev 19:11-16; Lk 1:33] (v.13)
C. Israel will be led by the Lord (v.14-20)
a. He promises protection (v. 14)
b. He promises power (v.15-17)
c. He promises pardon (v.18-20)

Point to Ponder:
Christ’s return and rule is imminent because His promises are always kept. Are you ready to meet Him spiritually?


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John A. Martin, “Micah,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 1490.
John Walvoord, Matthew: Thy Kingdom Come, (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1974), 201-04.
Robert B. Chisholm Jr., Handbook on the Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Minor Prophets (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2002), 427.

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