The last chapter of Micah contains so many gems. As in the days of Israel and Judah (divided kingdoms) being judged and conquered for there sin, there is lawlessness and evil flourishing and there is no one found upright, all of which is very relatable today. We then move to the promise of Israel (united kingdom) being restored and regathered for the second coming of Christ and His Millennial Kingdom on earth with this great promise from God, “I will show them marvelous things.” But this wonderful section tells us about the character of our almighty Father in Heaven. And even as a Christian, Abraham was also our father in that he trusted God through faith and it was credited to him as righteousness. How these scriptures come alive as the end of this age rapidly approaches ushering in the tribulation and looming Millennial Kingdom of Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nMicah 7:18\u201320<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
God\u2019s Steadfast Love and Compassion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[18] Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity\n and passing over transgression\n for the remnant of his inheritance?\nHe does not retain his anger forever,\n because he delights in steadfast love.\n[19] He will again have compassion on us;\n he will tread our iniquities underfoot.\nYou will cast all our sins\n into the depths of the sea.\n[20] You will show faithfulness to Jacob\n and steadfast love to Abraham,\nas you have sworn to our fathers\n from the days of old. (ESV)<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\nMicah 7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wait for the God of Salvation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[1] Woe is me! For I have become\n as when the summer fruit has been gathered,\n as when the grapes have been gleaned:\nthere is no cluster to eat,\n no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.\n[2] The godly has perished from the earth,\n and there is no one upright among mankind;\nthey all lie in wait for blood,\n and each hunts the other with a net.\n[3] Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;\n the prince and the judge ask for a bribe,\nand the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;\n thus they weave it together.\n[4] The best of them is like a brier,\n the most upright of them a thorn hedge.\nThe day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;\n now their confusion is at hand.\n[5] Put no trust in a neighbor;\n have no confidence in a friend;\nguard the doors of your mouth\n from her who lies in your arms;\n[6] for the son treats the father with contempt,\n the daughter rises up against her mother,\nthe daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;\n a man\u2019s enemies are the men of his own house.\n[7] But as for me, I will look to the LORD;\n I will wait for the God of my salvation;\n my God will hear me.\n\n\n[8] Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;\n when I fall, I shall rise;\nwhen I sit in darkness,\n the LORD will be a light to me.\n[9] I will bear the indignation of the LORD\n because I have sinned against him,\nuntil he pleads my cause\n and executes judgment for me.\nHe will bring me out to the light;\n I shall look upon his vindication.\n[10] Then my enemy will see,\n and shame will cover her who said to me,\n \u201cWhere is the LORD your God?\u201d\nMy eyes will look upon her;\n now she will be trampled down\n like the mire of the streets.\n\n\n[11] A day for the building of your walls!\n In that day the boundary shall be far extended.\n[12] In that day they will come to you,\n from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,\nand from Egypt to the River,\n from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.\n[13] But the earth will be desolate\n because of its inhabitants,\n for the fruit of their deeds.\n\n\n[14] Shepherd your people with your staff,\n the flock of your inheritance,\nwho dwell alone in a forest\n in the midst of a garden land;\nlet them graze in Bashan and Gilead\n as in the days of old.\n[15] As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,\n I will show them marvelous things.\n[16] The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;\nthey shall lay their hands on their mouths;\n their ears shall be deaf;\n[17] they shall lick the dust like a serpent,\n like the crawling things of the earth;\nthey shall come trembling out of their strongholds;\n they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God,\n and they shall be in fear of you.\n\n\nGod\u2019s Steadfast Love and Compassion\n\n[18] Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity\n and passing over transgression\n for the remnant of his inheritance?\nHe does not retain his anger forever,\n because he delights in steadfast love.\n[19] He will again have compassion on us;\n he will tread our iniquities underfoot.\nYou will cast all our sins\n into the depths of the sea.\n[20] You will show faithfulness to Jacob\n and steadfast love to Abraham,\nas you have sworn to our fathers\n from the days of old. 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