Today is the 16th day of December. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and it is great to be here with you like every day.

Wonderful to have a place to come around the global campfire and be together. And move forward together.

And moving forward today doesn't lead us into any brand new territory. We will complete the Book of Micah in the Old Testament and continue our journey forward in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament.

And yep, there will be some discussion about what we're reading in Revelation. At the very very end, as I've mentioned, good many times.

Several years ago, we took that path and stuck with Revelation and kind of what I realized was we had to basically skip the minor prophets and that's so much territory.

And so I went back and found those and so I'm kind of posting what we talked about in Revelation at the very end after the prayers.

And so that'll be there, but right now we are here. And so let's dive in and take the next step forward.

We're reading from the English Standard Version this week. Micah, 5, 6 and 7 today.

Now, muster your troops. O daughter of troops, Siege is laid against us. With a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.

But you, O Bethlehem, Afretah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me, one who is to be ruler in Israel, who's coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

Therefore, he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth. And the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel, and he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, and the majesty of the name of the Lord his God, and they shall dwell secure.

For now, he shall be great to the ends of the earth, and he shall be their peace.

When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men.

They shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances, and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border.

Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass which delay not for a man, nor wait for the children of man.

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, when it goes through,

treads down and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.

And in that day declares the Lord, I will cut off your horses from among you, and will destroy your chariots, and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds,

and I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes, and I will cut off your carved images and your pillars from among you, and you shall bow down no more to the work of your hands,

and I will root out your Assyria images from among you and destroy your cities, and in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey.

Hear what the Lord says.

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