The MAJOR & MINOR Prophets - The 16 Writing Prophets Of The Hebrew Canon

-HUXVDOHP 7LPH SDVVHG DQG -HUHPLDK·V WXUQ ZLWK WKH SURSKHWLF EDW FDPH XS +H VDLG ZKDW Micah had previously said. Some wanted Jeremiah killed, but certain elders rose up and confirmed what Jeremiah was saying had previously been predicted by Micah, thereby saving -HUHPLDK·V OLIH 0LFDK·V ZRUG followed by the statement given by Jeremiah was: ´7KHUHIRUH because of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, And the mountain of the temple [house] lik H WKH EDUH KLOOV RI WKH IRUHVWµ (Micah 3:12). ´ Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ¶7KXV VD\V WKH /25' RI KRVWV ¶=LRQ VKDOO EH SORZHG OLNH D ILHOG -HUXVDOHP VKDOO become KHDSV RI UXLQV DQG WKH PRXQWDLQ RI WKH WHPSOH OLNH WKH EDUH KLOOV RI WKH IRUHVWµ (Jeremiah 26:18). 2. Although we know very little about Micah apart from his book and the above brief reference in Jeremiah 26:18-19, two additional portions of this book have propelled Micah into the status of one of the most quoted Old Testament prophets. Under the amazing unction of the Holy Spirit ² ´WUXO\ , DP IXOO RI SRZHU E\ WKH 6SLULW RI WKH /25'µ ² Micah prophesied 700 years before the birth of the Messiah that He would be born in Bethlehem of Judea. Every Christmas millions extoll this ´ Little T RZQ RI %HWKOHKHPµ L n Scripture and song. This passage was well- NQRZQ E\ WKH UHOLJLRXV OHDGHUV RI -HVXV· WLPH . Matthew 2:1-6 tells how ´ZLVH PHQµ IURP WKH (DVW DUULYHG LQ -HUXVDOHP ´VD\LQJ ¶:KHUH LV +H ZKR KDV EHHQ ERUQ .LQJ RI WKH -HZV" )RU ZH KDYH VHHQ +LV VWDU LQ WKH (DVW DQG KDYH FRPH WR ZRUVKLS +LP«·µ 1HUYRXVO\ .LQJ +HURG DVNHG KLV FKLHI SULHVWV DQG VFULEHV ´ZKHUH WKH &KULVW ZDV WR EH ERUQ µ ´ 6R WKH\ VDLG WR KLP ¶,Q %HWKOHK em of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet [Micah]: ¶ But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, Are not the least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you shall FRPH D 5XOHU ZKR ZLOO VKHSKHUG 0\ SHRSOH ,VUDHO ·µ Also, note John 7:42. To Isaiah and Micah belong the two most unmistakable prophecies of the Messiah: Isaiah foretold His birth of a virgin, and Micah described the place He would be born. 3. One of the key verses of Micah is 6:8 (and his third famous prophecy), a statement ´XQLYHUVDOO\ UHFRJQL]HG DV RQH RI WKH JUHDWHVW SDVVDJHV RI WKH 2OG 7HVWDPHQW VWUHVVLQJ WKDW ZRUVKLS DQG PRUDOLW\ FDQQRW EH GLYRUFHG IURP HDFK RWKHU µ 7 6 Attempts have been made to minimize the potent meaning of the last two lines of the prophecy which indicate the entrance into history of God the Son, who had been eternally with the Father. This speaks to us of the Incarnation, for only God Himself is from HWHUQLW\ ³*RLQJV IRUWK´ VKRXOG QRW EH WUDQVODWHG ³RULJLQ´ DV LQ 569 VLQFH WKH +HEUHZ ZRUG LV ³QHYHU IRXQG DW DQ\ RWKHU SRLQW LQ 6FULSWXUH WR VLJQLI\ µRULJLQ ¶´ 6HH 3D\QH¶V GLVFXVVLRQ S 7 Lewis, p. 36. ´ But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, )URP HYHUODVWLQJ µ 6

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