04/12/2025 – Day 286 – Micah – Chapters 1 – 4 / Chapter 4: “The Lord’s rule from Restored Zion.” 4: 1-8.
our last two cycle posts gave an overview of the book of Micah: 1). 02/27/2021 – bible outlines.com and , 2). 12/10/2022 – Halley’s Bible Handbook.
The commentary is from the “Apologetics Study Bible”:
“4: 1-5. This passage virtually duplicates Isaiah 2: 1-5. Either one prophet borrowed from another – not an unusual practice, if they were associated in their ministries – or the Lord gave the same message separately to each. The passages are not exactly the same. The major difference is that, whereas Isaiah ended the section with ‘House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the LORD’s light (Isaiah 2:5), Micah inserted additional material before ending similarly with ‘we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever’ (Micah 4:5). Isaiah referred to his having disciples (Isaiah 8:16), and perhaps Micah was one of them, amplifying his teacher’s prophecy to encourage devotion to Israel’s ‘walk,’ or its life in covenant with the Lord. The presence of duplicate, or near-duplicate , passages in Scripture only strengthens its impact as the word of God; when He speaks, it does not really matter who hears from Him and passes on His message to others.”
Soli Deo Gloria!
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Questions for fellowship generation, the lifelong sanctification process:
- What does the text reveal about God’s character?
- How has this reading generated prayer for you and/or us?
- What themes stand out to you in this bible study?
- How does our reading fit into the bigger picture (creation, the fall, restoration, etc.)?
- What verse(s) jumped out at you like never before? Is it explainable at this point?
- Do you have any questions you would like to put before the group as to how to interpret any particular verse(s) in our reading. Let scripture testify to scripture: Share with us where you sense contradiction between passages elsewhere.
- What did you find convicting and inspiring at the same time? Share with us how the Spirit of God is working within you as a messenger, both within and outside of our fellowship group.