True Justice #2

 Read Micah 2

Background: Having described the coming judgment on Israel and warning Judah to not weep over their fall, Micah now points out the evidence that Judah is now following in the same path.  Their lifestyles are full of covetousness, greed, dishonesty, oppression, and pride.  God will not sit back and watch silently. He was sending His prophets to whom they refused to listen, so He would speak in a louder fashion. They were willing to listen to drunken fools, but not to the Lord.  They were turning His land, the promised land, into an unsafe place where women, children, and the poor felt unsafe.  Therefore, they were going to have to leave that land:

Key Verses: 
12 I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob;
    I will gather the remnant of Israel;
I will set them together
    like sheep in a fold,
like a flock in its pasture,
    a noisy multitude of men.
13 He who opens the breach goes up before them;
    they break through and pass the gate,
    going out by it.
Their king passes on before them,
    the Lord at their head.

Thoughts: Despite all of their sin and rebellion, God still holds out a message of hope and promise.  He would gather a remnant from the whole house of Israel - northern and southern kingdoms, and bring them back as one flock. A special King would be sent to set them free and lead them as their shepherd.  This flock would include a noisy multitude of men - even bigger than the two nations combined.  Despite the stubborn rebellion of God's people, He still had and has a bigger plan in store.