The Books of MICAH and NAHUM (Episode #92)
The two main messages for most of the Minor Prophets were SIN and IDOLATRY in the Culture! So what was the SIN that upset God so much? It was the treatment of people— especially the poor, disenfranchised, alienated and weak. We see this same message echoed by Jesus in the New Testament. Who did Jesus DEFEND? The sick… like the Leper and the Woman with the issue of blood. The poor...like the widow and her offering. The accused… like the woman who was about to be stoned for her sin. The ‘despised’… like the lowly Samaritan who was the rescue hero of Jesus’ story of the Good Samaritan. And then there were the children that Jesus loved and protected.. The MIS-TREATMENT of our fellow human begins is what caused the anger of Jesus to rise. He even went so far as to EQUATE the way we treat OTHER PEOPLE as the WAY WE TREAT GOD. ‘Loving your neighbor’ was equal to ‘loving God’ according to Matthew 22:37-40. In this podcast, we see the sad necessity of God's Judgement... and His REDEMPTION-- as Micah tells us about One to be born in BETHLEHEM. The Coming Messiah!
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