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BY THE ADVENT OF THE KING OF KINGS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
Micah 5:1
Psalm 50
"The mighty God, even the LORD,
hath spoken…"
BY THE ADVENT OF THE KING OF KINGS
The prophet saw a national crisis in which the judge of Israel was smitten. Zedekiah the last Jewish king was thus humiliated by the Chaldeans (2 Kings 24). Possibly Micah 5:1 was fulfilled when Aristobulus the Jewish king was defeated by Pompey in 63 BC. In contrast with this vanquished king, a new Jewish Ruler was seen to arise from Bethlehem (ancient name, Ephrathah, of Gen 35:19; Ruth 1:1-2). This new ruler is no ordinary human being for His origin is from everlasting. Who is this other than Jesus the Babe of Bethlehem?
Since this Ruler was to save His own people, God would for the duration give up the Israelites for disciplinary judgments. The seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15 was to be born in travail, from the womb of the Virgin (Mic 5:3). Christ would defend His people against their enemies, Assyria being the representative in Micah’s time. And Christ would defend His people with seven shepherds and eight principal men (the heroes of faith in sacred and Church history).
The end times appeared in the remaining verses of Micah 5. Assyria was symbolic of the area formerly held by the hostile world power. Nimrod was the first founder of Assyria.
The true believers of Israel will be a blessing to all mankind as refreshing showers upon the grass, as they disseminate the Gospel in that Day (Mic 5:7). The victory of Israel over the Gentile powers will not come from the arm of flesh. All their horses and chariots (armoured cars and tanks today) and fortifications will not count in their victory through the power of God (Mic 5:8-11). God’s people will also be cleansed from all idols and heresy. The climax is reached when the wrath of God will be rained down upon a rebellious world, such as the world had never seen before.
THOUGHT: "From heaven he comes, the Son of God, In clouds of heaven to save His own."
PRAYER: Thou art the Sovereign God who controls all events.
Posted in Adult RPG
Micah 5:1
Psalm 50
"The mighty God, even the LORD,
hath spoken…"
BY THE ADVENT OF THE KING OF KINGS
The prophet saw a national crisis in which the judge of Israel was smitten. Zedekiah the last Jewish king was thus humiliated by the Chaldeans (2 Kings 24). Possibly Micah 5:1 was fulfilled when Aristobulus the Jewish king was defeated by Pompey in 63 BC. In contrast with this vanquished king, a new Jewish Ruler was seen to arise from Bethlehem (ancient name, Ephrathah, of Gen 35:19; Ruth 1:1-2). This new ruler is no ordinary human being for His origin is from everlasting. Who is this other than Jesus the Babe of Bethlehem?
Since this Ruler was to save His own people, God would for the duration give up the Israelites for disciplinary judgments. The seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15 was to be born in travail, from the womb of the Virgin (Mic 5:3). Christ would defend His people against their enemies, Assyria being the representative in Micah’s time. And Christ would defend His people with seven shepherds and eight principal men (the heroes of faith in sacred and Church history).
The end times appeared in the remaining verses of Micah 5. Assyria was symbolic of the area formerly held by the hostile world power. Nimrod was the first founder of Assyria.
The true believers of Israel will be a blessing to all mankind as refreshing showers upon the grass, as they disseminate the Gospel in that Day (Mic 5:7). The victory of Israel over the Gentile powers will not come from the arm of flesh. All their horses and chariots (armoured cars and tanks today) and fortifications will not count in their victory through the power of God (Mic 5:8-11). God’s people will also be cleansed from all idols and heresy. The climax is reached when the wrath of God will be rained down upon a rebellious world, such as the world had never seen before.
THOUGHT: "From heaven he comes, the Son of God, In clouds of heaven to save His own."
PRAYER: Thou art the Sovereign God who controls all events.
Posted in Adult RPG