Micah 1 - 7
Thank you for continuing this journey of The Gospel Project®
for Kids. In this unit, preschoolers will be learning about prophets
sent to the Southern Kingdom of Judah. In Sunday’s Bible account, the
prophet Micah—whose name means “Who is like Yahweh?”—poses that very
question: “Who is a God like You, removing iniquity and passing over
rebellion for the remnant of His inheritance?” (Micah 7:18)
Micah
was from Moresheth, a city in the foothills of Judah. He testified to
God’s character. God’s message to Micah came in the days when Jotham was
king of Judah, through the time of King Ahaz, and up to the rule of
King Hezekiah--hundreds of years before Jesus was born. God’s message
was about the current state of affairs in Samaria and Jerusalem. Samaria
was the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and Jerusalem was
the capital of the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Both Israel and Judah were
corrupt. A period of economic prosperity had given way to idolatry,
theft, false prophecies, and a love of evil.
Micah
addressed the sins of the people—specifically the mistreatment of the
poor—and warned of the Lord’s coming judgment. One day, Micah said, God
would send a Messiah, have compassion on Israel, and preserve a remnant
by which He would keep His promise to Abraham. (See Micah 7:20; Genesis
22:15-18.) The prophet Micah gave God’s people a message of hope: a
leader was coming who would free God's people. He would be a shepherd
and a king. That righteous ruler, promised through Micah, is the Lord
Jesus Christ.
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