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Leon Morris · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Morris - The sense of the Hebrew text here is that "all peoples now walk in the name of their gods, but eventually will walk in the Name of the LORD our God for ever." This is in accord with the revelation in Micah 4:2 that "many nations" will come to the Lord, and that His "law shall go forth… from Jerusalem." As for us, we will walk - Walk is a frequent Biblical metaphor for one's behavior or conduct. To walk means they will hear and heed God's righteous standards, which are "summed up" in His righteous Name. Using the plural first person pronouns us and we signifies that Micah includes himself in this description which appears to refer to the godly, believing Jewish remnant in Israel in Micah's day and at the time of the Millennium. We will walk in the Name of the LORD our God - Again Micah uses the personal possessive pronoun "our God" indicating that he considers that he has a personal relationship (personal possession as it were) with Jehovah (in short he is a genuine believer, in covenant forever with Jehovah). In Jehovah we find our life, our sustenance, our spirituality, our strength, our all in all. The parallel truth in the NT is that believers are now "in Christ," a position that Paul repeatedly emphasizes and for good reason (See study of the great truth - "In Christ"). The nations (the peoples, the Gentiles) were walking in the strength of their god (which is really "no god" at all - 1Cor 8:4-5, Jer 2:11, 16:20), but that this would not last forever, as would walking in the Name of the LORD… forever and ever. (Amen) One day the God will destroy all so-called gods, and those who have rejected Christ will recognize the vanity of their deities to save them in the Last Days (in the Day of the LORD which occurs in the last of the Last Days). Related Resources on the Name of the LORD: God's Name - A Strong Tower - Chart Summary The Name of God - Why Study It?
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Morris summarizes Mic 4:11 - "Here Micah leaps over the coming captivity in Babylon (Micah 4:10) and deliverance there from, to the great ultimate invasion of Israel in the last days (Rev 16:13-16-note)." (Defender's Study Bible) NET Bible Note explains that in "Micah 4:11–13 the prophet jumps from the present crisis (which will result in exile, Mic 4:10) to a time beyond the restoration of the exiles when God will protect his city from invaders. The LORD’s victory over the Assyrian armies in 701 B.C. foreshadowed this." Who (the "goyim," the unbelieving Gentile nations) say, 'Let her be polluted, and let our eyes gloat over Zion - To gloat means to think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction. The unbelieving Gentile nations will gloat as they gather against Israel (Zion), fully confident that they will once and for all crush God's chosen people into oblivion and accomplish the "final solution." Note the next verse with a contrast which overrules their plans to destroy Israel. Micah 4:12 But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, And they do not understand His purpose; for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. they know Isaiah 55:8; Jeremiah 29:11; Romans 11:33,34 for he shall Isaiah 21:10; Joel 3:12,13; Zechariah 14:1-3; Luke 3:17; Revelation 14:14-20 But they (nations) do not know the thoughts of the LORD, and they do not understand His purpose - The unbelieving Gentile nations of the world that have been gathered (in the sovereign plan of God) against Israel most likely think they are going to crush Israel. Micah says "Not so" because they don't understand the sovereign plan of Jehovah for His chosen people. Spiritual truth is spiritually discerned and these nations do not possess the Spirit to illuminate the Scriptures (1Cor 2:14).