DAY 181 Read Micah 1 through 4.
Today's reading: During this period of general apostasy God sent Micah as His messenger. Still the Lord pleaded with His people to repent and return to Him.
Memory gem: "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" (Micah 6:8).
Thought for today:
"The prophet Micah, who bore his testimony during those troublous times [the reign of King Ahaz], declared that sinners in Zion, while claiming to 'lean upon the Lord,' and blasphemously boasting, 'Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us,' continued to 'build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity,' Micah 3:11, 10....
"Inspiration declares, 'the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?' Proverbs 21:27....
"....It is not because He is unwilling to forgive, that He turns from the transgressor; it is because the sinner refuses to make use of the abundant provision of grace, that God is unable to deliver from sin....
"This was indeed a time of great peril for the chosen nation. Only a few short years, and the ten tribes of the kingdom of Israel were to be scattered among the nations of heathendom. And in the kingdom of Judah also the outlook was dark. The forces for good were rapidly diminishing, the forces for evil multiplying. The prophet Micah, viewing the situation, was constrained to exclaim: 'The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men.' Micah 7:2."--Prophets and Kings, pp. 322-324.
NOTE: Micah 4:1-3 is almost identical with Isaiah 2:2-4. These two prophecies have often been misunderstood. They probably belong with many other descriptions of God's plan for Israel--provided Israel would be faithful. Israel failed, as we see, therefore, the promise could not be fulfilled. It has also been suggested that the promise not attained by literal Israel may find ultimate fulfillment to spiritual Israel in the final triumph of the gospel.
Today's reading: During this period of general apostasy God sent Micah as His messenger. Still the Lord pleaded with His people to repent and return to Him.
Memory gem: "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" (Micah 6:8).
Thought for today:
"The prophet Micah, who bore his testimony during those troublous times [the reign of King Ahaz], declared that sinners in Zion, while claiming to 'lean upon the Lord,' and blasphemously boasting, 'Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us,' continued to 'build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity,' Micah 3:11, 10....
"Inspiration declares, 'the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?' Proverbs 21:27....
"....It is not because He is unwilling to forgive, that He turns from the transgressor; it is because the sinner refuses to make use of the abundant provision of grace, that God is unable to deliver from sin....
"This was indeed a time of great peril for the chosen nation. Only a few short years, and the ten tribes of the kingdom of Israel were to be scattered among the nations of heathendom. And in the kingdom of Judah also the outlook was dark. The forces for good were rapidly diminishing, the forces for evil multiplying. The prophet Micah, viewing the situation, was constrained to exclaim: 'The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men.' Micah 7:2."--Prophets and Kings, pp. 322-324.
NOTE: Micah 4:1-3 is almost identical with Isaiah 2:2-4. These two prophecies have often been misunderstood. They probably belong with many other descriptions of God's plan for Israel--provided Israel would be faithful. Israel failed, as we see, therefore, the promise could not be fulfilled. It has also been suggested that the promise not attained by literal Israel may find ultimate fulfillment to spiritual Israel in the final triumph of the gospel.
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