Micah 7:11-20
I have some wonderful news Jesus Christ is coming back to
planet earth and is
going to reward His people. I’m not
referring to the Rapture of the Church but His second coming to planet
earth. This should be a time of serious
thoughts as today we are closer than ever to our LORD’s return. The Revelation is full of information on
Jesus’ return trip and we should find great joy in what is written. There is one small problem, there are many
views about what John saw in his vision and like wise with the other
prophets.
So
let’s keep it simple, I know no other way!
Revelation 1:7 & 8 gives this insight,
“ Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced
Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who [is
to come, the Almighty.” Now
that is not a mystery, in fact in Matthew’s gospel chapter 24:30 gives us the
same account.
And I’m sure you recall the account in Acts 1:10-11,
where Jesus is taken up in the clouds and the two angels ask this question, “Men of Galilee,
why do you stand looking into heaven?
This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same
way as you saw him go into heaven.” Now
this may be a news flash for some, but do you recall those brothers whose heads
were removed by ISIS a few months back, they also will come back with Jesus,
read all about it in Revelation 20:4-5, “Then
I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to
judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded
for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not
worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their
foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a
thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come
to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.”
Yes, I’m
guilty of carrying the ball all over the field before heading for the goal
line, and yet I believe Micah 7:11-20 is telling us about a future date, a date
where the nations will come to Jerusalem to see Jesus. For one thing it speaks of the earth being
desolate because of the actions of it inhabitants, and it seems to me the
Father is telling Jesus to shepherd His people and it will be much like the promise
land the people went to when they came out of Egypt the first time.
As you read
verses 16-20, keep this thought in mind, God is a promise keeper, and He is
faithful to all who come to him with repentant hearts. Verses 16-20,
“The nations shall see
and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;
they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of
the earth; they shall come trembling out of their
strongholds; they
shall turn in dread to the Lord our God, and they shall be in fear
of you. Who is a
God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger
forever, because
he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our
iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to
Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.”
From
the Back Porch,
Bob
Rice
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