April 7 Daily Discovery
April 7 Daily Discovery - Read Micah Chapter 2
This passage below is from the King James Version (ekjv.org).
Remarks from the Berean Fellowship follow the passage below.
[1] 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.
[5] Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.
[6] 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.
[10] Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
[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.
[12] I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
[13] The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
Woe upon Wicked Planning
One may cause the death of a human being and not be a murderer. One may accidentally kill a person. The person is still dead regardless of whether or not it was an accident but if it wasn't a premeditated act it's not murder. Likewise a soldier or a warrior may take the live of an enemy combatant, someone that they don't even know, and that is not murder either.
We can sin without planning on sinning. We can be taken off guard or we can be tempted and sin as a result. On the other hand, we can plan out our sin in advance, and this is particularly troubling. We can be overtaken in sin but we certainly don't want to be pursuing it to overtake it ourselves.
This is what Micah is preaching to the people about and pronouncing this woe upon people that are making plans for wickedness and to do evil even before they get out of bed, and when they get up they proceed with their wicked plans. Woe upon them!
Israel's Unfaithfulness to Her Husband
By far the number one reason that God would judge the nation of Israel was for their transgression in seeking false gods. This was spiritual adultery as God was married to them. God referred to this as harlotry or prostitution, and He was the Husband that had been forsaken. But that is not the focus that Micah takes here in his prophecy.
Israel's Abuse of Her Own People
Micah raises a charge against wealthy people that work, taking advantage of poor people and taking advantage of land holders that were women.
He says, "You have become the enemy of your own people!"
Breaking the Golden Rule
When Jesus was asked, "What is the great commandment of the law?", He answered and then said and the second commandment is like the first, "Love your neighbor as yourself". What has become known as the golden rule is to treat others the way that you want to be treated.
[34] But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
[35] Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
[36] Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
[37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
[38] This is the first and great commandment.
[39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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