The Real Meaning of Life

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Once again, because we are studying in chronological order, we are jumping forward in the Bible to the Book of Micah, a prophet at the same time as Isaiah, during the kingdoms of Jotham and Ahaz. Isn’t it a shame that the children of Israel wouldn’t listen to one prophet of God, and that God had to send multiple prophets at the same time, trying to get His point across?

Scripture says that you can judge whether a prophet is true or false if their words match God’s word, and as we can see here, Micah isn’t saying anything much more different than Isaiah. He’s giving warnings to the children of Israel about their behavior, warnings about their impending consequences, and finally the hope that if they repent and turn back to the Lord, He will always be merciful to forgive.

Most importantly, Micah echoes Isaiah’s prophecy about thee birth of Jesus and, if not not reading too much into it, about the New Jerusalem that will come down from Heaven and rest on the mountains after the earth has been cleansed from sin. I hesitate to make that reference however because if you’re reading the Bible for the first time, you’ll not have that knowledge to put two and two together. That is another important reason why it is necessary to read, and re-read the Bible, and not just read, but to study it in-depth. How many times have you watched a really good movie a second time, and can point out all of the things you missed the first time you watched it. It is the same for books as well, and especially the Holy Bible. There is so much information packed into it, there is no way you can catch all of the impressions the first time.

And that is why the testimonies of Ezekial, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Micah, and the other prophets are included in the Bible, so you can compare and be convinced that what they say is true.

It’s like reading about the life of Jesus. We know it is true because Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all told the story of Jesus and the similarities, while subtly different, are uncannily the same.

The Bible is the best book to read. If you like history, action, adventure, drama, joy, romance, it’s all wrapped up into one book, and just like any novel, it’s worth reading over and over again.

Amen!