Week 7 - A Strong Nation - Micah 4:6-5:1

Micah, declares that it is God's plan to build a strong nation (Micah 4:3) from those who have been scattered far off (hālā'). 

Micah 4:6-7 

In that day, declares the Lord,
    I will assemble the lame
and gather those who have been driven away
    and those whom I have afflicted;
and the lame I will make the remnant,
    and those who were cast off, a strong nation;
and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion
    from this time forth and forevermore.

That word (in scripture only used here) describes those who, even at a distance, will obey the Word of God.

He goes on to specifically predict how this nation will start.

Micah 4:8 

And you, O tower of the flock,
    hill of the daughter of Zion,
to you shall it come,
    the former dominion shall come,
    kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.

Micah predicts that the former dynasty, that is the line of David, will once again be established.  This verse speaks both of Jerusalem itself as the "daughter Zion", but also of a specific daughter of Jerusalem. 

Luke 1:30-33

And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” 

The British say “The proof is in the pudding” or the earlier version “The proof of the pudding is in the eating”.  Traditional British pudding is essential a sausage of various meats and cereals.  The infamous haggis, which is the national dish of Scotland, is a pudding.  And it is hard to tell from its looks or its smell, if it is going to be any good.  One must eat it.

The proof of the prophet is in the fulfillment.

Jeremiah 28:9

. . . when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet.”

What the prophet Micah boldly spoke 3,500 years ago came true in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ.  What Micah spoke about our destiny on the Day of our Lord, will also come to pass.  A mighty prophet spoke it.  A mighty Christian believes it.

It is that proof, we carry into the battle that is at hand.  That battle might scatter us, kill us, but we know that we all will once again muster.