Anticipating the Messiah is a lesson from Micah 4 and 5 focusing on the coming of Jesus. The outline follows the video lesson.
Anticipating the Messiah
Micah 4 and 5
We are forward thinkers….
- Eternity set in our hearts – Ecclesiastes 3:11
- What did Israel anticipate in the days of Micah?
- Assyrian victory over Israel; Judah threatened – II Kings 16 & 17
- Deliverance is always in following God’s instruction…
- “In the last days” 4:1 – always Messianic.
- Spoken of as done – 4:1, 4
- God’s instruction transforms – 4:2-4
- God raises Him from unexpected places – 5:2
- God’s ways are not ours – Isaiah 55:8-9
- He shepherds – 5:3-4
- He brings peace – 5:5-6
- He gives power to His own 5:7-15
- Refreshing as the dew – v. 7; Acts 3:19
- Powerful as a lion – v. 8
- Triumphant – 5:9; I Corinthians 10:3-5 (This is decidedly unwarlike in the New Covenant)
- God brings the victory – 5:10-15