Billy Chia

Here are my thoughts and highlights from Micah as I continue my journey through the Bible:

• Written by Micah, whose name means, “Who is like Yahweh”
• Was a country prophet from Moresheth a small town south west of Jerusalem
• He wrote during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah (750 - 687 BC)
• His contemporaries were Issiah, Amos and Hosea
• Micah preaches against Samaria (the north) and Jerusalem (the south)
• Typical minor prophet message: God’s angry at sin and is going to destroy everything
• Hmmm… apparently they were listening to Joel Osteen Podcasts in the days of Micah:
  • “If someone showed up with a good smile and glib tongue
    and told lies from morning to night—
    ‘I’ll preach sermons that will tell you
    how you can get anything you want from God:
    More money, the best wines…you name it’—
    you’d hire him on the spot as your preacher!”
• “Love God” and “Love others” is written all over this book
• The 2 things that God seems to hate the most are
  • Worshiping other gods
  • Injustice toward other people
• Micah says the trouble isn’t simply God’s punishment for sin but God “refining” his people who are gold
• Micah predicts that the “peacemaker of the world” would come from Bethlehem.
• Wealth isn’t bad explicitly, but wealth gained by the oppression of others is.
• Micah also ends with a hopeful call to God’s promise for redemption