The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Micah 1:2-7, “Hear, O peoples, all of you; Listen, O earth and all it contains, and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
3 For behold, the LORD is coming forth from His place. He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
4 The mountains will melt under Him and the valleys will be split, like wax before the fire, like water poured down a steep place.
5 All this is for the rebellion of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
6 For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country, planting places for a vineyard. I will pour her stones down into the valley and will lay bare her foundations.
7 All of her idols will be smashed, all of her earnings will be burned with fire and all of her images I will make desolate, for she collected them from a harlot’s earnings, and to the earnings of a harlot they will return.”

All the media needs is a tragedy to make headlines! It doesn’t really matter who it is or where the victim’s from. If it’s a tragedy, it’s a “hit.”

Micah was not looking for headlines. He was seeking to awaken Israel with regard to the judgment that was pending from the LORD! Any ungodly nation might have been divinely selected as the recipient of God’s wrath; but it was Israel who was the focus of the coming tragedy.

When Micah says the LORD will “tread on the high places of the earth,” he means “trample!” The Hebrew word ??????? darak means “stomp,” as when their feet crushed the grapes to make wine. The judgments of the LORD are not playful.

Far too much today exists as if there were no coming judgment. Those who govern in “high places” misbehave as if there were no God unto Whom they are accountable. Bear in mind that Micah’s pronounced judgment focused on the LORD’s own people.

Hear again the prophet’s solemn warning: “…behold, the LORD is coming forth from His Place. He will come down and trample (crush in judgment) the high places of the earth.” Thus, Micah is also sounding a warning to us. A nation is comprised of its people; and we cannot survive and live contrary to the will of Almighty God!

Pray for your nation and her leaders. Divest yourself of all known sins and seek the
LORD’s forgiveness. Almighty God is in charge! He can and will protect, but only those
who are His.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom