Miqueias 3.1-12
A Corrupção dos Lideres
Lobos em roupas de pastor
Jaco e Israel
Cabeças e Chefes
Conhecer a Justiça
Know designates not merely intellectual appreciation of the law or of legal exigencies, but also personal knowledge of it so that out of sympathy for the afflicted one punishes the wrongdoer and re-establishes the outcast of fortune in his right.
Odiar X Amar
Micah looks straight into their evil hearts and sees the source of the wrong which is wrecking the climate of justice and fraternity that should mark the covenant community.
Silencio
As the judges turn a deaf ear to the poor, so too God will not listen to their pleas when they are helpless.
Teste: verdadeiro ou falso
O que caracteriza um falso profeta, segundo Miqueias?
Conduzem o povo diretamente ao contrario da sã doutrina.
Faltam convicções morais e força.
Qual o juízo para o falso profeta?
Deus remove seus dons espirituais.
Serão publicamente desonrados por sua impureza.
O que caracteriza um verdadeiro profeta, segundo Miqueias?
Seu ministério é baseado no Espírito, não na sensualidade;
Ele proclama pecado e julgamento, não paz;
Ele estabelece a justiça e não fomenta a injustiça.
A doença da presunção espiritual
Convite
Acusação
Vocês que detestam a justiça e pervertem tudo que é correto
Instead of being a theocracy under God’s law, Israel has become an oligarchy under tyrants.
Edificam Sião com sangue e Jerusalém, com iniquidade.
Under the protective umbrella of the temple, Jerusalem’s ‘skyline’ reached upwards and its building projects flourished.1 Micah, however, was not caught up in the élan of the capital, praising its businessmen for their bravery in adventuring capital and its architects for their brilliant engineering and sophisticated tastes; rather he saw beneath it to its economic basis vis-à-vis the exploitation of the ‘poor’ (cf. v. 10 with 2:2, 9 and 3:2–3).
Sangue = Assassinato, crime com sangue.
Cabeças, Sacerdotes e Profetas
God mediated his word to the theocracy of Israel through three instruments: the sages (usually members of the ruling class), with their counsel; the priests, with the law (cf. Deut. 17:10; 33:10; 2 Kgs 12:2; Hos. 4:6; Mal. 2:7); and the prophets, with messages from God.
Nenhum mal nos sobrevirá
Sentença
Um montão de ruínas
Tempo
Jesus likewise announced the fall of the temple (Matt. 24) after denouncing the religious leaders for misusing the service of God for their own glory and profit (Matt. 23). These warnings need to be taken to heart by each generation of religious leaders.