← A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace
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Welcome to A Year in the Bible with daily grace. This year, we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study, Christ in All of Scripture. Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the new, seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.
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Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present throughout the entire biblical story, but the center of it. Hey, everyone.
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Welcome back to A Year in the Bible. I'm Beth and I'm here with my co host, Alexa.
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Hi friends. We are excited to go a bit deeper into Micah5.2, which we annotated yesterday. Beth, can you tell us a bit more about this passage, particularly where it fits in the overall story of the Bible?
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Yes, for sure. So Micah is another one of the prophetic books. And before we get into the context of this passage specifically, I thought I would share just a fun fact about the prophets. So the book of Micah is considered a minor prophet. And throughout the study, we've also looked at other minor prophets like Judah, Amos, Hosea, and these are also called minor prophets, along with several other Old Testament books. Now, they're only called minor because they are short books, not because their message is insignificant. In fact, a good amount of prophecies about Jesus actually come from the minor prophets in the Old Testament, including this one. And so we're actually going to be reading passages from, from the rest of the minor prophets for the rest of this study throughout the year. And so I just thought that would be a fun thing to talk about this morning.
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Yeah, that's helpful, Beth. Thanks for speaking to that. So with that in mind, what do we need to know about Micah?
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Yes, so back to Micah 5:2. So, like all of the other passages from the prophets that we've been reading, Micah is a book of judgment on Israel and Judah's idolatry that also contains messages of hope for future restoration. So one thing that is somewhat unique about Micah, however, is that the judgment announced at the beginning of the book is not only coming to Israel and Judah, but to every corner of the earth. So Micah describes it as cosmic in nature, meaning that it concerns all of creation and all of the nations. So the first four chapters speak to this judgment. But when we get to chapter five, the passage that we annotated yesterday, we see that there is still hope. A Messiah or a ruler is coming.
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I love that there's a glimmer of hope amidst this judgment and that this hope is found in the coming Messiah. So we mentioned yesterday about the phrase his origin is from antiquity, from ancient times. Do you want to say more about this?
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So when the people hear this, especially after hearing about the ruler's connection to Bethlehem, they would make the connection to King David for the people living during Micah's time. David was an ancient king. He was the first good and God honoring king of Israel. And God made a coven covenant with David that specifically said that a ruler would come from his line. So when God spoke this prophecy through Micah, he was assuring the people that he had not forgotten the promise that he had made long ago, that there would be a Messiah who would come from David's line and that that Messiah was still coming. So this phrase origin from antiquity and from ancient times is actually pointing back to the promise that was made long, long ago to the ancient King David.
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It's kind of mind blowing how much of the prophetic books point back to God's promises to David. That shows that God is going to be faithful to what he said. And he's reiterated this promise over and over again through these prophecies about a coming Messiah. I guess that gets to my next question, which is what do we learn in this verse about God's character?
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Yeah, so I think we really see God's faithfulness here. As you were saying, he is assuring the people that he has not forgotten his promises as we were just talking about. And I also think that we seek God's compassion when we remember where we are in the story. So this prophecy is spoken before the people have actually experienced the coming judgment of exile. And they're still fully living in their sin and idolatry. And so God comes and reminds them of his faithfulness and assures them that he's going to redeem them even before they've experienced their judgment. And that just shows that he is a compassionate God for sure. Yeah.
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That's amazing to see God's faithfulness to his people here even before the coming exile. That just shows his dedication to his people and his. His compassion toward them, even in their condition of. Of sinfulness, that he's going to be faithful to them now. He's going to be faithful to them even after they experience this exile. Well, that is all for today, but we hope that you join us tomorrow as we turn to the New Testament and look at Matthew 2, 4, 6. Thank you for listening to today's episode of A Year in the Bible with daily grace. Be sure to check out our show notes for some helpful links on and resources related to today's episode. And make sure you're following a daily Grace Podcast and hedaily Grace Co on Instagram for more Bible study resources and encouragement. We're looking forward to studying God's Word with you again tomorrow. Bye friends.
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