As Micah continued his
prophesy, He wrote the LORD's words who declared He would “assemble
her that halts, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her
that I have afflicted;”. It was to be the LORD, Jehovah God,
who would assemble and gather those who were lame, driven out and
afflicted by Him. In chapter four and verse seven of his prophesy,
Micah continued to record the LORD's words as He shared concerning
reigning over them. We read:
And I will make her
that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation:
and the LORD shall
reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
The
verse begins, “And I will make her that halted a remnant,
and her that was cast far off a strong nation:” After
assembling the “halt”,
the LORD said, “And I will make” which
means “to put, place, set, appoint, establish, determine,
constitute and fashion” “her that halted” or “limps or
is lame” “a remnant” which means “rest, residue,
remainder and what is left”. The LORD added, “and her that was
cast far off” which refers to “those removed far away” “a
strong” or “mighty, vast, numerous and countless” “nation”
which means “people”. If we use our imaginations we can picture
the LORD assembling and gathering people from all over the world who
were made lame by their exile and were removed from their home land
by force. This was to be a small group of people from whom the LORD
again would build a strong nation.
The verse goes on to say, “and
the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even
for ever.” Once this “remnant”
was gathered back into Israel
and Jerusalem, the LORD declared, “and the LORD shall
reign” which means “be
or become king” “over them in mount” or “hill,
mountain or hill country” “Zion” or “parched place”
which is another name for Jerusalem“from henceforth” or
“even to, until, unto, till and during” “even for ever”
which means “long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever,
everlasting, evermore, perpetual, always, continuous existence,
indefinite, unending future and eternity”. In other words, when the
LORD gathers this remnant of people who are lame and “cast off”,
He will rule and reign over them forever.
As we ponder the LORD's
words through Micah the prophet, perhaps it will help us to keep in
mind that the LORD does not see as we see. The LORD God lives outside
of our time continuum, and when He speaks of the future, He sees it
as already taking place. So, when we read of His words concerning
assembling the “halted” and “cast off”, it is
as though it is happening before Him now. It would be like watching a
sporting event or movie we have already seen. We could report to
others when this event happens or that outcome occurs, and the movie
would play out just as we declared. The LORD sees His gathering of
this small group of damaged people, and when He assembles them, He
will become their King and have rule over them for all of eternity.
Let us wonder, if the LORD sees this future event taking place as
though it already is, what does He have in mind for us? May we know
His Son Jesus Christ more and more every day through His Holy Spirit,
and let us continue in His word that we may grow and trust that He
sees and has everything within His site and control. Reign, Jesus,
Reign.
Next
time Micah shares how the kingdom shall come to “the
daughter of Jerusalem”,
so read ahead, and
we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow…there is more…
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Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be
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