Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the LORD

Last time we focused on how the sins of Israel are a warning to the nations about the coming judgment – that God will judge all nations by the principles that he taught Israel.

For the next couple weeks we will focus on the church – because Micah is calling the leaders of the church to listen and pay attention.

Tonight we look particularly at the warning to the church in Micah 3. There are three sections to Micah’s warning – first, addressing the rulers of Jacob as cannibals; second, addressing the prophets as leading the people astray; and third, declaring that this cabal of civil and religious leaders will result in the destruction of Jerusalem.

One commentator urges us:

“Micah’s words...deserve to be taken to heart by each generation of God’s people. They challenge every attempt to misuse the service of God for one’s own glory and profit. They are a dire warning against the complacency that can take God’s love and reject his lordship. They are a passionate plea for constancy between creed and conduct. The Lord is content with nothing else.” (Allen quoted in Waltke, 190).