Post by ResLight on Apr 9, 2014 19:57:16 GMT -5
Micah 1:3 For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Micah 1:4 And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
Micah 1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
Micah 1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, [and] as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.
Micah 1:7 And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a harlot shall they return.
Some point to Micah 1:3 and claim that this is a prophecy concerning Jesus' coming the flesh. In Micah 1:3, however, it is Jehovah who is said to come forth out of his place, thus, according the assumption, Jesus is Jehovah of Micah 1:3.
Micah 1:3 is not a prophecy concerning Jesus' coming the flesh, but rather it refers to Jehovah "his God", that is, the God and Father of Jesus. (Micah 5:4; Ephesians 1:3) Jehovah trods down the high places and mountains melt before him, while valleys split apart. (Micah 1:4) This is pertaining to the disobedience of Israel (Samaria), and also of Judah (Jerusalem). (Micah 1:5,6) Their high places of idol woship was to be burned with fire. -- Micah 1:7.
This prophecy is pertaining to the time when Jehovah caused the Assyrians to come against the ten tribes of the kingdom of Israel, and also of the later destruction of Jerusalem. The fulfillment regarding Samaria is appoximately 136 years before the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian armies. Jehovah figuratively trod down the high places of Samaria, and caused the mountains (ruling elements) of Samaria to melt. As regards Samaria, the instrument that he used was the Assyrian army; as regards Jerusalem, the instrument he used was the Babylonian army.
There is nothing in Micah 1 that says that Jehovah God was to come down out of heaven as a human being and die for our sins.
This prophecy, however, is thought by some to be have a secondary fulfillment at the end of the age. Secondary fulfillments are actually a use of what happened in the original fulfillment as a type, or a shadow, of some greater event.
Nevcrtheless, Jehovah comes to judge the world (Psalm 96:13; 98:9) by means of the one whom he has ordained. (Acts 17:31) Regardless, however, there is nothing in the prophecy that gives anyone any reason to think that Jesus is Jehovah, and, in the case of trinitarians, to add to this that Jesus is a person of Jehovah.
Micah 1:4 And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
Micah 1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
Micah 1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, [and] as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.
Micah 1:7 And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a harlot shall they return.
Some point to Micah 1:3 and claim that this is a prophecy concerning Jesus' coming the flesh. In Micah 1:3, however, it is Jehovah who is said to come forth out of his place, thus, according the assumption, Jesus is Jehovah of Micah 1:3.
Micah 1:3 is not a prophecy concerning Jesus' coming the flesh, but rather it refers to Jehovah "his God", that is, the God and Father of Jesus. (Micah 5:4; Ephesians 1:3) Jehovah trods down the high places and mountains melt before him, while valleys split apart. (Micah 1:4) This is pertaining to the disobedience of Israel (Samaria), and also of Judah (Jerusalem). (Micah 1:5,6) Their high places of idol woship was to be burned with fire. -- Micah 1:7.
This prophecy is pertaining to the time when Jehovah caused the Assyrians to come against the ten tribes of the kingdom of Israel, and also of the later destruction of Jerusalem. The fulfillment regarding Samaria is appoximately 136 years before the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian armies. Jehovah figuratively trod down the high places of Samaria, and caused the mountains (ruling elements) of Samaria to melt. As regards Samaria, the instrument that he used was the Assyrian army; as regards Jerusalem, the instrument he used was the Babylonian army.
There is nothing in Micah 1 that says that Jehovah God was to come down out of heaven as a human being and die for our sins.
This prophecy, however, is thought by some to be have a secondary fulfillment at the end of the age. Secondary fulfillments are actually a use of what happened in the original fulfillment as a type, or a shadow, of some greater event.
Nevcrtheless, Jehovah comes to judge the world (Psalm 96:13; 98:9) by means of the one whom he has ordained. (Acts 17:31) Regardless, however, there is nothing in the prophecy that gives anyone any reason to think that Jesus is Jehovah, and, in the case of trinitarians, to add to this that Jesus is a person of Jehovah.
