Micah has been likened to a horse, thinking of the warhorses of Assyria pounding towards Judah. However, I see Micah more associated with the cow, because this prophet talked about banging swords into plows. Horses and mules were pretty scarce in Judah, but there were plenty of bulls and cows, so the farmer usually had … Continue reading Minor Prophets: Micah Delivers
Minor Prophets: The Book of Micah
Micah is the next prophet after Jonah, historically speaking. He spoke the words of God toward the end of the eighth century, 740-687 B.C. in the southern kingdom of Judah during the reigns of good king Jotham, evil king Ahaz, and good king Hezekiah.
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Minor Prophets: The Last Word On Jonah
Anger was eating Jonah up just like the worm had eaten up the vine. You and I might start out being angry at the big things, but unresolved anger just sits there waiting to be triggered until it comes screaming out over every little thing.
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Minor Prophets: Jonah 4, A Scholarly Approach
Through the dark of night, unseen and unheard, as Jonah slept peacefully, the balance shifted, and the plant began to die. By morning, there was nothing left but the shriveled remains of what once was.
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Minor Prophets: Jonah, Megaphone of Pain
I have been in the desert when the temperature is 115 degrees and climbing, with a fierce hot wind. It takes about half an hour for these convection oven-like conditions to literally bake the skin and lungs so that a person can hardly breathe, eyes ache and a person can get dangerously dizzy and dehydrated.
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Minor Prophets: Jonah is Disappointed
Without being mindful, it is easy to think about spiritual things through the lens of our cultureโs mindset and worldview. In Jonahโs day, it was culturally and societally supported to hate certain people groups, such as the Assyrians, and to assume God hated them too.
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Minor Prophets: Jonah, ื ึธืึทื nรขcham
When the Hebrew language speaks of God โrepenting,โ the word most often is โnacham,โ referring to inner suffering that needs to be consoled.
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Minor Prophets: Jonah or Dagon?
During Jonah's time, the people of Nineveh believed in a divinity who sent messages to them by a person who rose out of the sea, as part fish and part man.
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Minor Prophets: Jonah’s Psalm
The fundamental movement of the Lord was to move Godโs people from bondage to freedom, from objectification as enslaved persons to beloved people in relationship with the Almighty Sovereign and God of the Cosmos.
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Minor Prophets: Jonah in the Storm
The truth is, it seemed Jonah would rather have died than turn back and sail for Joppa to begin his journey to Nineveh. But, God was not asking Jonah to give his life to the sea in death. God was asking him to give his compassion to the enemies of his people.
