Post by Lee on Dec 10, 2014 1:16:24 GMT
In ch. 7 there is another prophecy unique to Micah (vs. 15-16)—
"According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I show unto him marvellous things.
"The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might."
It is this passage, in conjunction with several others, and the general fitness of things, that led bro. Thomas to the conclusion that the events of the "last days"—the transition period between the evil night of the Gentiles and the glorious day of the Lord—would consume 40 years, one generation, to purge and purify the earth. Training must begin in early childhood. Today there is little discipline: only increasing wildness and self-will: a proud, wilful, lawless generation. A new generation must come up, taught in the wisdom of God and not the folly of the world, before the earth will be fit for Christ's Kingdom. A generation of the earth must perish in the wilderness.
Finally, the transcendent beauty of Micah's closing words (18-20):
"Who is a God like unto Thee"
This is a play on Micah's own name. The full form is Micaiah, "Who is like Yah?"-
" . . that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?
"He retaineth not His anger forever, because He delighteth in mercy.
"He will turn again; He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities" (A strange expression!).
—He WILL subdue our iniquities, if we will let Him—if we will call upon Him—if we really want our very pleasant iniquities subdued. There is no other way to peace, and we cannot do it ourselves, but we must be mature enough and have enough sense to really desire to get rid of our fleshly and worldly desires—
"And thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
And the final glorious assurance of the Everlasting Covenant—
"THOU WILT PERFORM THE TRUTH TO JACOB AND THE MERCY TO ABRAHAM WHICH THOU HAST SWORN UNTO OUR FATHERS FROM THE DAYS OF OLD!"
-GVG 1972 Berean 21