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: Sunday, July 14, 2025
Chapters: Micah Chapters 1-7
Message: Catastrophic Events Lead to Christ
Hello My Friend,
I am sure that you heard what happened to Donald Trump yesterday and the attempt on his life. Depending on what news outlet gave their side of the story, it was either downplayed or over the top with useless comments. Do people realize that lives were lost and had Trump not had his head turned the way it was turned there would have been different headlines? This is why the Bible tells us, [James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.]
Catastrophic events like these bring all kinds of references about God, you have people praising God that He intervened and people blaming Him that He had not intervened soon enough. You have people asking why some were spared and others were not. You have people asking if He exists when there so much evil in the world and people who reject Him because they think He created the evil. Of course, His faithful know that this is only the beginning of sorrows and things are going to get worse before Jesus returns. Nevertheless, now is the times that Christ’s faithful are to come together and help the world understand.
[2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.]
There are two things that can help His faithful understand this as well, one; God, cannot create wicked evil, [1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.] Wicked evil is something man does all by themselves, even though Satan is there to encourage them, [Romans 3:10-11 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.]
And two; God, sends the rain on the just and unjust, but does this to give all the opportunity to repent, [Matthew 5:44-45 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.]
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 1:1-3,5 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. 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?]
[Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth…let the Lord GOD be witness against you,] God, does not know those of the world because they are not His people, but He is not oblivious to what they have done to His Son, His faithful, and the multitudes that been led to hell through their false teachings, [Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.]
[For the transgression of Jacob is all this,] It is sometimes hard to understand why innocent people suffer because of the sins of someone else, especially in something that make no sense. The only thing that we can do in times like these is remember that we are all sinners, but by the grace of God we can be saved through the sinless death of Christ who gave His life for us.
[Romans 5:12-15 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.]
If the world is going to ignore the truth, and if the religious are going to teach the lies, and if those who follow them are going to believe them then God will not and actually cannot help them because He does not know them. However, if they God and ignore the truth or flat out deny or do not want to hear the truth, then God has no other choice, but to let them suffer in their sin. God, goes on to describe how He allows this as His people have become as wounds that are incurable.
[Micah 1:9-10,13-15 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. 13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. 14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. 15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.]
[Yet will I bring an heir unto thee…he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.] The houses of Achzib, signifies a lie, and so it shall prove to those that trust in it that the heir that could not, or would not, help Israel, shall be made a prey and the glory of Israel shall come to be as the cave Adullam, a place for the poor and disgruntled to hide. This would be when the king of Syria (Assyria), Israel’s pride and joy, would come in and take Israel captive, laying the country to its waste, [2 Kings 18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.]
Samaria, caused Israel to sin when they walked away from Him after Solomon died. They were the ones who accepted Jeroboam’s false gods over the Almighty, then later on Ahab’s god. Then Judah, followed suit when they allowed Baal worship into Jerusalem after Jehoshaphat died and his son married Athaliah. This is the judgment that He places on those who know who He is, and reject or rebel against Him.
[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.]
[neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.] While we are all sinners and have some kind of sin to deal with God’s faithful are repentant and when they confess their sins that is what cleanses them from their unrighteousness. However, God, is addressing the unfaithful who turn their backs on Him and yet expect His provisions and security. A saved person cannot live a wicked life because they will suffer so much more than an unsaved person, [Hebrews 6:6-8 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.]
God, was about to use Israel’s allies to judge His people in order to actually get the glory for getting justice for His people. Through Micah, God stresses the importance of understanding that while God does chasten His faithful, He never forsakes them, but He will reject those who rebel against Him and even send false prophets to confuse them since they refuse to accept them.
[Micah 2:6-9,11 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. 7 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. 11 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.]
[from their children have ye taken away my glory] This is how a person goes from being born with the knowledge of God in them at birth to having no knowledge and even hatred toward God. It is one generation upon another losing the fear of God until He becomes out of the picture forever.
[Romans 1:28-32 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.]
You see, many, 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. Through Micah, He 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.]
[Who also eat the flesh of my people…and as flesh within the caldron.] 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 3:5-8,12 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. 8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 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.]
[Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field,] 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. When God’s people have His Word with them, and yet still live in sin, they teach their lies to the world. However, sometimes the best way to reach people is through catastrophic events.
[Micah 4:1-2,5-7 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. 5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. 6 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.]
[we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever] God warns, God allows, God chastens, but God also forgives, and forgives, and forgives. However, 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 4:10-13 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. 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. 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.]
[neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves] 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. 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.]
What a sight it will be to see Jesus walking the earth again as He gathers the last remnant of all believers, both Jew and Gentile. 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 5:1,3-4,8 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. 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. 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.]
[they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.] 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.]
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. The world needs to understand that a life with Jesus is not about religious rituals, it has always been about loving Him and giving Him our all. Through Micah, God explains exactly what He wants from His people.
[Micah 6:2-3,7-9,13 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. 13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.]
[Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,] When we truly walk with Jesus we think about every step we take, and are more prone to refrain from anything that will be displeasing to God. 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. 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 7:2,5-6,7-9 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. 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.7 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.]
[Rejoice not against me….when I fall, I shall arise;] 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.]
Jesus Christ Revealed/Magnified: [Micah 4:7 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. Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem 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.]
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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