The Word Which Micah Saw

Martin Luther once commented that the prophets “have a queer way of talking, like people who, instead of proceeding in an orderly manner, ramble off from one thing to the next, so that you cannot make head or tail of them or see what they are getting at.”

Micah is such a prophet! As with most of the prophets, the book of Micah is probably a collection of Micah’s sermons – perhaps material delivered at different times throughout his life – but then edited together into a coherent whole.

In the first two chapers, Micah speaks of the coming judgment upon Samaria and Jerusalem. But rather than content himself with vague generalities, Micah takes to meddling – he can be uncomfortably specific – and so I will try to do the same! But like any good Christ-centered preacher, he concludes by proclaiming the gospel – the good news!