AVID S INGDOM OF STATES DIVIDED INTO

ORTHERN STATES SRAEL OUTHERN STATES UDAH

ONAH NAME MEANS OVE SYMBOLIC OF OD S LOVE

MOS NAME MEANS HE ORD OMES SYMBOLIC OF OD S

JUDGEMENT

OSEA NAME MEANS ALVATION

ICAH NAME MEANS HO IS LIKE OD

OVERVIEW OF MICAH:

WHO IS LIKE JEHOVAH?

Micah 7:18

RETRIBUTION

Micah 1:1-2:13

KINGDOM

Micah 3:1-5:15

WORSHIP

Micah 6:1-7:20

First Message:

Judgment

Will Come

Second Message:

Blessing

will follow Judgment

Third Message:

An Indictment of Sin &

A Promise of Blessing

Judgment

Micah 1:1-2:11

Promise

Micah 2:12-13

Judgment

Micah 3:1-12

Promise

Micah 4:1-5:15

Judgment

Micah 6:1-7:10

Promise

Micah 7:11-20

Sin

and Judgment

Hope

and Comfort

Controversy

and Pardon

Sin & It's Outcome

Incurable

The King & His Kingdom

Inevitable

First Coming -Mic 5:2-3

Second Coming -Mic 5:4-15

The Lord & His Justice

Inescapable

Message of Destruction for Samaria & Judah Message of Doom

& Deliverance

Message of

Denunciation

God Gathers to

Judge and Deliver

God Judges Rulers and

Comes to Deliver

God Brings Indictments and

Ultimate Deliverance

3 Cycles Alternating Between God’s Justice and Mercy

•

C

HAPTER

1 H

E

JUDGES

T

HE

L

ORD

H

IMSELF

WILL

JUDGE

S

AMARIA

(722

BC

)

AND

J

ERUSALEM

(586

BC

)

T

HE

L

ORD

GRIEVES

… (

VV

8-16)

•

C

HAPTER

2 H

E

D

ELIVERS

•

V

12 & 13 “I

WILL

SURELY

GATHER

ALL

OF

YOU

, J

ACOB

; I

WILL

SURELY

BRING

TOGETHER

THE

REMNANT

OF

I

SRAEL

. I

WILL

BRING

THEM

TOGETHER

LIKE

SHEEP

IN

A

PEN

,

LIKE

A

FLOCK

IN

ITS

PASTURE

;

THE

O

NE

W

HO

BREAKS

OPEN

THE

WAY

WILL

GO

UP

BEFORE

THEM

; T

HEIR

KING

WILL

PASS

THROUGH

BEFORE

THEM

,

THE

L

ORD

AT

THEIR

HEAD

.”

•

R

ABBINIC

N

OTE

: “T

HE

O

NE

”, “T

HEIR

K

ING

”,

AND

“T

HE

L

ORD

” = T

HE

M

ESSIAH

•

C

YCLE

#2 C

HAPTERS

3

TO

5:15

•

3:1-4, I

SRAEL

WAS

LIKE

“

SOCIAL

CANNIBALS

” –

THEY

HATED

GOOD

AND

LOVED

EVIL

T

HEIR

SINS

SEPARATED

THEM

SO

FAR

FROM

G

OD

,

WHEN

THEY

CRIED

– G

OD

WOULD

NOT

HEAR

THEM

…

•

V

5-8, F

ALSE

PROPHETS

WILL

DECLARE

PEACE

(“

ALL

IS

WELL

”) –

THEY

WILL

BE

SHAMED

; “

BUT

AS

FOR

ME

(M

ICAH

), I

AM

FILLED

WITH

POWER

,

WITH

THE

S

PIRIT

OF

THE

L

ORD

,

AND

WITH

JUSTICE

AND

MIGHT

,

TO

DECLARE

TO

J

ACOB

HIS

TRANSGRESSIONS

(

CHOICES

TO

SIN

),

TO

I

SRAEL

HIS

SIN

.”

C

YCLE

#2

CONTINUED

•

C

HAPTER

4

•

V

1-5, “I

N

THE

LAST

DAYS

”… N

EW

T

EMPLE

WILL

BE

ESTABLISHED

GRANDER

THAN

EVER

–

BECOME

THE

WORSHIP

LEARNING

CENTER

FOR

ALL

NATIONS

.

N

O

MORE

WAR

,

AND

ALL

WILL

WALK

IN

THE

N

AME

OF

THE

L

ORD

•

V

6-9 , “I

N

THAT

DAY

”…

THE

LAME

AND

BROKEN

WILL

BE

MY

STRONG

REMNANT

…K

INGSHIP

WILL

COME

TO

J

ERUSALEM

•

V10, B

UT

UNTIL

THEN

… “B

ABYLON

WILL

BE

J

UDAH

’

S

CAPTURES

”… (586

BC

)

C

YCLE

#2

CONTINUED

C

HAPTER

5 R

ESTORATION

•

V2, “B

UT

YOU

, B

ETHLEHEM

E

PHRATHAH

,

THOUGH

YOU

ARE

SMALL

AMONG

YOUR

CLAN

OF

J

UDAH

,

OUT

OF

YOU

WILL

COME

FOR

M

E

O

NE

W

HOSE

ORIGINS

ARE

FROM

OLD

,

FROM

ANCIENT

TIMES

”… (H

EBREW

IDIOM

=

COME

FROM

G

OD

–

FROM

ETERNITY

)

•

V

4-5, H

E

WILL

STAND

AND

SHEPHERD

H

IS

FLOCK

IN

THE

STRENGTH

OF

THE

L

ORD

AND

IN

THE

MAJESTY

OF

THE

NAME

OF

THE

L

ORD

H

IS

G

OD

…

AND

H

E

WILL

BE

OUR

PEACE

•

V

10-15, “I

WILL

UPROOT

YOU

FROM

AMONG

THE

A

SHERAH

POLES

!”

C

YCLE

#3 C

HAPTERS

6-7

•

6:1-16 S

ET

UP

AS

A

C

OURTROOM

SCENE

•

T

HE

L

ORD

’

S

CASE

AGAINST

H

IS

PEOPLE

:

W

HAT

HAVE

I

DONE

TO

YOU

?

W

HAT

HAVE

I

BURDENED

YOU

WITH

?

•

V8, H

E

HAS

SHOWN

ALL

YOU

PEOPLE

WHAT

IS

GOOD

! T

HIS

IS

WHAT

H

E

REQUIRES

OF

YOU

:

•

A

CT

JUSTLY

•

L

OVE

MERCY

•

W

ALK

HUMBLY

BEFORE

YOUR

G

OD

•

C

YCLE

#3

CONTINUES

•

C

HAPTER

7: 1-17

•

V2, T

HE

RIGHTEOUS

HAVE

BEEN

SWEPT

FROM

THE

LAND

;

NOT

ONE

UPRIGHT

PERSON

REMAINS

•

V7, “A

S

FOR

ME

(M

ICHA

), I

WATCH

IN

HOPE

FOR

THE

L

ORD

, I

WAIT

FOR

G

OD

MY

S

AVIOR

,

MY

G

OD

WILL

HEAR

ME

…”

•

V

8-13,

•

A

N

EXPRESSION

OF

TRUST

– “

THE

L

ORD

WILL

BE

MY

LIGHT

”

•

D

ECLARATION

OF

PROMISED

RESTORATION

- “Y

OU

WILL

BUILD

AGAIN

!”

•

A

PRAYER

– “T

HE

L

ORD

ANSWERS

…”

M

ICAH

CONCLUDES

–

VV

18 – 20

•

“W

HO

IS

A

G

OD

LIKE

Y

OU

W

HO

PARDONS

SIN

AND

FORGIVES

THE

TRANSGRESSIONS

OF

THE

REMNANT

OF

H

IS

INHERITANCE

?”

•

“Y

OU

DO

NOT

STAY

ANGRY

FOREVER

,

BUT

DELIGHTS

TO

SHOW

MERCY

”

•

“Y

OU

WILL

AGAIN

HAVE

COMPASSION

ON

US

: Y

OU

WILL

TREAD

OUR

SINS

UNDERFOOT

AND

HURL

ALL

OUR

INIQUITIES

INTO

THE

DEPTHS

OF

THE

SEA

”

•

“Y

OU

WILL

BE

FAITHFUL

TO

J

ACOB

,

AND

SHOW

LOVE

TO

A

BRAHAM

,

AS

Y

OU

PLEDGED

ON

OATH

TO

OUR

ANCESTORS

IN

DAYS

LONG

AGO

”