Don't Make Me Come Down There

Micah 1:2 Hear, you peoples, all of you;
    pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,
and let the Lord God be a witness against you,
    the Lord from his holy temple.
3 For behold, the Lord is coming out of his place,
    and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 And the mountains will melt under him,
    and the valleys will split open,
like wax before the fire,
    like waters poured down a steep place.

Many of us can remember hearing those words of warning from parents, teachers, bus drivers, and other kinds of authority when we have misbehaved.  Don't make me come back there/up there/down there - wherever that may be.  God was in His Holy Temple of Heaven watching His people, of Israel and Judah, behaving badly, yelling and acting immorally, worshiping their idols.  It was like an infectious disease, spreading from North to South, Isreal to Judah, and God was coming down in judgment.  Just His very presence would make the mountains melt where they had burnt offerings to these fake gods. That's the way His judgment works: swift, total, thorough.  Does He need to come down here again? He will.