Temporada 1
God has a complaint and takes Israel and Judah to court. In the process the question is asked... what does God actually want from his people. And the answer is to "Act Justly, Love Mercy and to Walk Humbly with your God." A famous passage.
This chapter of Micah continues with the Messianic and gospel prophecies and here the location of the birthplace of the Saviour is identified. This was quoted by Matthew in his gospel and was the reason why Herod the Great sent soldiers to try to kill infant Jesus at Bethlehem.
In this chapter, which is very similar to Isaiah 2, Micah prophecies a time coming which seems idyllic. It is gospel times - in the days after the Messiah has come. In this video David explains how in fact these days are here right now and tells a story from the Solomon Islands to illustrate.
In this Chapter Micah Prophecies that Zion will be a plowed field. That reference makes an appearance in the book of Jeremiah about 100 years later. It is there that we discover that Micah was listened too, and appears to have played a part in sparking a revival in Jerusalem, because this word was heard. But later generations failed to heed, and Micah's prophecy ultimately came true. How did this all happen?
Micah prophesies that the Lord is preparing a disaster for Judah. There was extortion and a lack of justice in the land, and God was not happy. He planned on teaching a lesson. More precisely the Lord decided he was going to take the land back from the people He had originally promised it to. And the reality is that from that point until today, the inheritance system of land ownership that was setup in the Mosaic law has not functioned.
Micah of Moresheth is an otherwise unknown prophet from a small town near the border of the land of the Philistines. But his message is not a small message. The Lord bears witness against Israel and Judah. In a regular Bible, the Lord had just spoken of his mercy to the ruthless foreigners at Ninevah in Jonah chapter 4, and now just words later in Micah 1, the Lord is tough on his own people. But why?
Jonah was a prophet and a gospel preacher, but why did he want those he preached to, to end up in Hell. This chapter delves into the very bad attitudes and values of Jonah the prophet.
After Jonah's miraculous deliverance he does in fact go to preach at Nineveh, and the weirdest thing happens. The people of Nineveh repent and receive the word of the Lord - there is a great old testament revival.
Jonah was swallowed by a big fish and in that place prays a desperate prayer. In his prayer he "prays from hell." Is he in fact dead? Is Jonah a death and resurrection miracle.
God wants Jonah to preach at Nineveh - the biggest city in the world at the time. Jonah struggles with prejudice against Ninevites and doesn't want to go, so he flees the opposite direction, by boarding a ship for Spain. But you can't really run away from God, can you?