Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. The Bible tells one big story of

redemption and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to finish, and exploring how all of it

points to Jesus. Hey everybody. Welcome back to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. My name is

Jenny and today we are talking about Micah one through three. Before we get

into the book of Micah I want to give you a little background about this book.

The Prophet Micah lived around the same time as the Prophet Isaiah when the people of Israel were split into the northern and southern kingdoms.

At that time the people of Judah had turned away from God.

Thus this book consists of three sermons the Lord gave Micah to preach. The purpose of

these sermons was to open the eyes of the Israelites and to plead with them to

return to the Lord.

Now that you have a little background, let's jump into today's reading.

Micah chapter 1 opens with a plea for people to hear the words of God,

and Micah laments over the people of Judah's unwillingness

to repent. In chapter 1, Micah also mentions how part of Judah's sin is the high places. This language may be a little confusing. You may even

be wondering what is so wrong with the high places. But what this is referring to is places where other gods were worshipped. Some of these gods like Molok, even

required child sacrifice. And this is part of what God is angry about and is requiring that

Judah repent of and turn away from. In chapter 2, Micah shifts from talking about the general sins of the people to talking about those

who oppress and take from others.

Micah explains that these people would have no place in the assembly of the Lord. However, the people reject

Micah's prophecy, saying that shame will not overtake them. This simply shows how hard-hearted the people a Judah were.

Finally, in chapter 3, Micah addresses unjust leaders and false prophets who told God's

people that they would experience blessing despite their wickedness.

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