King James Bible Study – [And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. – Mark 8:34]
Date: Monday, July 14, 2025
Chapters: The Book of Micah
Message: Micah: The Coming of The King
Hello My Friend,
As we read through the chapters today we learn that it does not matter if a nation ignores or even has no idea who God is, it will be judged just like those who know Him only it will be to their own destruction. We also learn that regardless of our faith in Christ, the same rule applies, ignorance saves no one, [Acts 17:28-31 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.]
The second we take our last breath on earth is the day that we will either be in heaven with Jesus or in hell with everyone else who has not accepted Him as their Saviour. And here is the thing, those in hell will not see anyone with them, but they will hear the cries as they burn while they suffer dearly burning themselves, [Luke 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.]
The Book of Micah contains seven chapters, the author of the book is Micah and it was written to Israel and all nations. The timeline for these events took place approximately between 758BC and 710BC. The purpose of the book is a call to repentance for all to avoid judgment. What we are to learn from the book is that God judges all and pardons all who turn away from their own righteousness and trust in Him for their salvation, [Micah 7:18-19 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.]
While God sent Isaiah to prophesy in Judah about the coming judgment to them in hopes that some repentance would take place, he sent Micah to Samaria to remind them of their sin and why their judgment stood. This was actually a wake up call for all the world to see that not only does judgment begin at the house of God, it will come to all, even if they do not know who He is.
[Micah 1:1-5 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. 3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. 4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. 5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?]
Why would God send judgment upon the earth for Israel’s transgressions? First of all, Israel was to lead by example, they were the ones who were to introduce the one and only living God to the world in a way that no one else had seen Him. It was bad enough that they separated into two groups, Samaria, forsook God all together and instead of showing the world the merciful and gracious side of God they showed the just and jealous side with the making of their false gods. Then Samaria brought idol worship over into Jerusalem, the city of God, whenever they joined up with them.
[Micah 1:6-9 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. 7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. 9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.]
Learning of the destruction that would take place in their homes affected Micah so much that he stripped himself down to nothing but his undergarments and shoes in hopes that his disheveled appearance might open their eyes at just how serious this was. Micah, was deeply ashamed of what has become of his people.
[Micah 2:1-4 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. 4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.]
While we have a little bit of wicked in us, these people were down right wicked, envious, and jealous of what the people had, and dreamed of ways they could take their land and what they possessed, often by force. This sounds a lot like the socialist politicians of today and those who follow them, instead of working for what they want they take it from those who do. Do they actually think that God is okay with the Robin Hood approach? Only they are not going after the rich, they are going after the poor? And God is not okay with it.
[Micah 2:7-10 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the Spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? 8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. 9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.]
God is the one who gave Israel their land so for them to not be grateful for what they were given was quite selfish of them, not to mention they turned on God so they left it to its own ruin. Then they go and take from someone else hoping that would satisfy them, but they did not get it. Lust and greed never satisfy, once you get what you wanted it means nothing and eventually will lead to an untimely death, [James 1:14-15 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.]
God, was about to use Israel’s allies to judge His people in order to actually get the glory for getting justice for His faithful. Through Micah, God stresses the importance of understanding that while He does chasten His faithful, He never forsakes them, but He will reject those who rebel against Him and will even send false prophets to confuse them since they refuse to accept them.
[Micah 2:11-13 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. 12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. 13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.]
This is exactly why God allows all this false religion, they rather believe the lies over the truth. If they are going to accept the religion or the false god over the truth, then He will give them up to their own confusion, and their king is none other than Satan himself, [Revelation 2:9-10 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.]
Many people believe in God and want His blessings, protections, and of course, to go to heaven when they die, but where they falter lies within their own understanding of God’s Word. They rely on man to teach them, and there are always false prophets willing to appeal to their thinking. Therefore, God, will not hear their pleas no matter how much they pray. Micah, upbraids Israel for this.
[Micah 3:1-4 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
This mouthful was to give the allusion of wolves, bears, or lions, devouring the flesh, and breaking the bones of the defenseless lambs. While this is to be metaphoric of how the false prophets know the Scriptures were leading the people astray it was also literal. These people were literally cannibals and dying under horrible deaths and these false prophets brought to delusion themselves when they are not only judged, but will lose their vision.
[Micah 3:5-7 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.]
Mega churches, television evangelists, faith healers, these are all examples of false prophets, declaring that God is with them, but He is really no where to be found. When the people of the world do what is right in their own eyes, unknown to God’s ways, they follow their own righteousness because they have no one to guide them in His ways. Again, they were supposed to be the ones who showed the merciful and gracious side of God, but their actions showed anger. Micah, goes on to express his disgust over leaders who were leading them astray.
[Micah 3:9-12 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.]
Those who live by the notion that their being a Jew, Catholic, Mormon, Muslim, or whatever religion they follow is what will save them are going to have a rude awakening when they discover that it will be to their own death. If those having the Lord among them will not keep them from doing evil, then they will suffer evil for doing so. The ruin of Jerusalem was fulfilled by the Romans. If sacred places are polluted by sin, they will be ruined by the judgments of God, [2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;]
God warns, God allows, God chastens, but God also forgives, and forgives, and forgives. There will come a day when Israel will acknowledge Christ for who He is and accept Him, and that is when He will return to reign as King and only His faithful will join Him. Micah, speaks of the day that many nations will come to worship our King.
[Micah 4:1-3 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.]
There is something about knowing that even though God’s faithful suffer affliction quite often, there will come a day when we will suffer no more, and Jesus Himself will reign over us and we will no longer suffer, [Micah 4:6-8,11-12 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; 7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. 8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. 11 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. 12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.]
This is actually the prophecy in which most of Judah was captured and taken to Babylon for seventy years. It really was not for judgment of God’s faithful, it was actually for their protection of what was to come of Jerusalem while they were away, [2 Chronicles 36:20-21 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.]
This is why we are sent out into the world, to show lost souls to Christ. If you think that the Jews did not know this before Christ got here think again, even through Micah we learn another prophecy concerning Jesus. Through Micah, we learn about what happens when Jesus Himself gets judged.
[Micah 5:1-4 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. 4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.]
This is referring to the Jews who had Jesus scourged then crucified. They literally ripped the hair from His beard and hit Him in the face, [Matthew 27:28-30 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.]
This is why every son born of the tribe of Judah had hope that he would be the child that God had promised to them. The sad truth is that they still are waiting on that false hope as they are too blind to see that Jesus was and still is their KING. Nevertheless, there will come a day when they too will recognize Jesus as their KING.
[Micah 5:7-9,14-15 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. 9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. 14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. 15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.]
Israel, in this case means that both Jew and Gentile believers of Christ, this does not include those in the Jewish religion as they are not the same as the tribe of Israel who are descendants of Jacob. There will come a time, and we are very close to that, when the Gospel will not be able preached and it will not be so easy to get saved, and this is another reason why we need to keep preaching the Gospel while we are able. Through Micah, God explains exactly what He wants from His people.
[Micah 6:1-3,7-9 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? 9 The LORD’S voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.]
God’s commands are not grievous. I get it, walking with Jesus can be lonely sometimes, especially when you are trying to live your life through Him and everywhere you turn there are obstacles. We must realize that ungodly people are our biggest influence, and sometimes it is better to be alone than allow ourselves to be corrupted by those who live in the world. In fact, through Micah, God tells us that family is our biggest influence against Him.
[Micah 7:1-3,5-6 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.]
Our biggest deterrents in following Christ really is family, and I will tell you this though, I am with Micah, no matter what I face, I will look to Christ and I will wait for the God of my salvation, [Micah 7:7-10 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. 10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.]
I love this! The just fall seven times, and get back up, and each time they get closer to Christ. Because we carry this wretched flesh, and under certain circumstances, especially those who do not have Christ close by them, any of us can be influenced by those who are of the world. More Christians get hurt by loved ones than anyone else, but Jesus is above all that, He truly is a friend that sticks closer than a brother, [Proverbs 18:10,12,14 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. 24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.]
Today’s Prayer: Jesus, I know I have had my share of messes in life, the amazing thing is that You were there to clean it up for me when I called on You. I know I tried so many times to do things on my own, but time and time again You remind me of how weak I am in my flesh. Thank You for giving me the will to come to You in the first place, and even though I still mess up, I know You are always there to pick me back up again. Lord, I know that it is better to be obedient than sacrifice, keep me faithful to You by staying in Your Word, and being accountable for the things I learn, help me to keep my eyes on You at all times, and not look to sinful man for guidance in Your ways, trusting that You will shine Your Light upon me. I ask these things in Your name Jesus. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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