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It is great and wonderful news! The Kingdom of God will soon be established on Mount Zion and the Prince of Peace, along with His saints whom He makes kings and priests, shall rule all nations with a Rod of Iron! (Rev. 5:10 "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.")Pamphlet 1612 Micah 5
Yes, it SHALL come to pass exactly as "the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it" (Micah 4:4), but first unfortunately our people must go through travail because of their idolatrous sins, because they allow themselves to be spiritually seduced by the false messiah and impregnated with his lies. Make no mistake about it! The Assyrian, who is Satan himself (Isa. 14), the "vile person", as the spurious messiah, in these last days, is coming at the 6th Trump to "lay siege" and take our people spiritually captive BEFORE the true Savior comes at the 7th Trump to deliver His people out the hands of our enemies.
So get ready! Put on the Gospel Armor (Eph. 6) and prepare for the great spiritual battle of these last days.
"Now" means "meanwhile" as in "until that day" when Yeshua returns. "They shall smite the Judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek" was at the first advent when He came in grace to shed His precious blood upon the cross so that ALL, even those who despised Him and smote Him, could be saved.Micah 5:1
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
* Bethlehem Ephratah means "house of bread" and "fruitfulness" respectively and lies just a few miles southwest of Jerusalem.[2] But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah*, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Did you know it was from this verse right here in the Book of Micah that the chief priests and scribes were able to tell wicked king Herod where Jesus Christ would be born? Here is the account written in Matthew 2:
It is also written in Revelation 12:5 that Christ was born to "rule all nations with a rod of iron", but that is not until He returns at the second advent. Right now He sits at the right hand of the Father but soon He SHALL come forth at the sound of the 7th Trump, after the false messiah has reigned for 5 months and caused great spiritual desolation.Matthew 2:4
And when he [Herod] had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.[5] And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
[6] And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
Once again, until that time (i.e. meanwhile) the woman must travail!Rev. 12:5
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
The time Micah is referring to is the time of the end, the time when the "sorrows" (travail, labor pangs) Christ spoke of in Mark 13 and Mat. 24 occur just before the birth of the new nation when that One born in Bethlehem of Judea returns as the King of kings and Lord of lords and establishes the mountain of the house of the LORD on high (Micah 4:1).Micah 5:3
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
Who are the "remnant of his brethren"? They are God's elect whom He shall send forth as His troops to stand against the Assyrian and quite frankly "kick his butt"! They shall be used to bring forth the great teaching to His people and issue His proclamation to the nations in the last days.
"Shall stand" (stand = amad in Hebrew) means to "abide behind" or "appoint", and to "feed" is to "shepherd" as in to teach. Of course the "strength of the LORD" is the Word of God. Did you know that the name EZEK-I-EL, belonging to the prophet who was a type of the "appointed watchmen", means "God is my Strength" in Hebrew? In other words, the Great Shepherd, the Prince of Peace, shall "appoint" shepherds, even His watchmen, and they shall be the instruments in His hand to take back the land and deliver the kingdom out of the hands of the Assyrian. Even now He uses them to bring His people out of Babylon, i.e. religious confusion. "Come out of her my people!" (Rev. 18:4)Micah 5:4
And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
This Man is "This Great Shepherd of Israel", Jesus Christ. He is our strength. He is the only One who can provide true peace of mind during the time of the false-christ's reign, i.e. when the "Assyrian shall come into our land" and tread upon our palaces (high places, i.e. churches). You see, if Satan thinks he is going to have an easy time of things when he arrives he is in for a rude awakening. God shall (and even has) send his elect, those 7,000 who "have not bowed the knee to Baal" (nor will they), to take a stand against the fiery spiritual darts of the Assyrian! That's right, they are true unwavering, strong Christian soldiers, with the full panoply of Gospel Armor (Eph. 6) on and in place. They are highly skilled and trained, and are willing and ready to wield the sword of the Lord at His command and deliver the kingdom from the hands of the enemy.[5] And this Man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
These seven thousand are the same as the seven shepherds and also the same as the seven eyes of the Lord, i.e. His witnesses, of Zech 4 who hold the "plummet" in their hand, that "plumbline" (Amos 7:7) of truth which is His true Word of God, not the words of men.Romans 11:4
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
Let's look at the phrase "seven shepherds and eight principal men" in Micah 5:5. It sounds as if there are two sets of people, i.e. 7 shepherds plus 8 principal men but there are not. The word "eight" in Hebrew is used as an adjective to describe the seven shepherds just the same as "principal men" is used to describe the seven shepherds. Let's look at the definitions of "eight" and "principal" and it will help us understand.Zech. 4:10
For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
Actually if you take your Strong's Concordance and take this word back to the prime you will find it means to "shine" as in "oily". It simply means that the "seven shepherds", who are God's elect of those two "candlesticks" (Zech 4, Rev. 1:16), who are of the two churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia, are filled to the brim with "oil", i.e. plump full with their lamps-a-blazin'! They are His anointed ones, His appointed ones, the watchmen (eyes), the sons and daughters who understand the visions of the prophets and who He sends forth in the last days to teach His Word straight on line by line using the plumbline, i.e. teaching the truth "straight on" pleasing their Father, not men! They are principal men and women indeed!eight = äð†îÊLÔ äð†BîLÔ äðˆîÊLÔ äðˆBîLÔ shemoòneh shemoòneh shemoònaòh shemoònaòh(1,2)shem-o-neh', (3,4) shem-o-naw' Strong's #8083
Apparently from H8082 through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the "perfect" seven); also (as ordinal) eighth:—eight ([-een, -eenth]), eighth.
Again, God works through and uses His election to deliver His people from the captivity and oppression of the Assyrian.principal = Céñ"ð€ nesŒòyk nes-eek' Strong's #5257
From H5258; properly something poured out, that is, a libation; also a molten image; by implication a prince (as anointed):—drink offering, duke, prince (- ipal).
The "land of Nimrod" is none other than Babylon (Gen. 10:8-10)! "Babel" means "confusion" and "lon" is "land". Baby-lon, Babel-land, therefore means "Land of Confusion" or as some like to call it, the "State of Confusion", which is the exact spiritual location Satan is leading this nation into, or haven't you looked around lately? Hmm, we could actually think of the final generation which began on May 15, 1948, when the fig tree was set out in the land of Judea, as "Babel Boomers" instead of "Baby Boomers". It is just another way of saying "confused rock-n-rollers"![6] And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Again, the remnant are God's elect used by Him in the final generation to do His Marvelous Work, to bring forth the Sword of the Lord, which is His truth. It is written that they already have the victory and would you believe even the very song they will singing at the victory celebration has been selected? Oh yes it has! They will be singing the Song of Moses which is the 32nd chapter of Deuteronomy at the victory celebration over the beast as documented in Rev. 15:2-3:Micah 5:7
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Here are the first three verses (stanzas if you will) of the Song of Moses:Rev. 15:2
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.[3] And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Deut. 32:1
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Notice how this compares to Micah 5:7 which we read earlier: "And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men." His words drop gentle as the rain upon those who love Him but as a sharp sword it cuts off His enemies (Micah 5:9).[2] My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
To publish means to "herald" or to "proclaim"!Deut. 32:3
Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Notice this is exactly what they are singing in Rev. 15:3 documenting this is the song they sing: Rev. 15:3 "Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints."[4] He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Who can stand against the power and strength of the Living God? Answer: No one! And He gives that power to His servants, even power over all the enemy! Luke 10:19 "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you."Micah 5:8
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
The Sword of the Lord, i.e. the truth of His Word carried forth by His election, shall be used to cut asunder the enemies.[9] Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
Have you picked it up and practiced with it lately? Why not? It's lying there on your coffee table, gathering dust!
Earlier we learned that the Lord will use His elect in bringing forth the "victory" against the Assyrian when he "shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces" (Micah 5:5). God's elect are those 7 shepherds (Micah 5:5) He raises up to take a stand against the Assyrian. They are those 7,000 (Rom. 11) "election of His grace" called the "remnant" who have not bowed a knee to Baal. We also learned that the Lord has given unto His servants "Power" over ALL the "power of the enemy"! That "Power" is His strength which is His twoedged Sword (Rev. 1:16), which is the Word of God! And who is it that can stand against the power of His might?
Answer: No one!
The reason they shall not be spiritually harmed is because they have on the Gospel Armor (Eph. 6), which means they study His Word and they do it! And they shall take a stand against Satan and they shall take the Sword of the Lord, the truth of His Word, His Power, and they shall be the instruments in His hand to cut asunder the evil enemies of our people.Luke 10:19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Are you one of those who shall take that stand against the Assyrian when he comes upon the land? Or are you planning to fly away into "Never, Never Land" with all the other "Lost Boys"? Thank God for the fearless, unwavering Christian soldiers He has sent us to cut off spiritual wickedness and the enemies of our people. And those enemies SHALL be "cut off", which is where we left off earlier.Ephes. 6:10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.[11] Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Next we shall see the end result of that great spiritual battle when our Father shall cut off the Evil one and his troops and remove the gross idolatry, and that "image" that the son of perdition is Jesus Christ, from the house of Israel once and for all. Therefore, what follows in the last five verses of Micah 5 is extremely good news in that it defines the very "victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name" (Rev. 15:2).Micah 5:9
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
Dr. Bullinger in the Companion Bible, pg. 1258, correctly titles these verses (Micah 5:5-14) as EVIL REMOVED! We can even call it the cleansing of America and Great Britain, etc., for it is the purification of the House of Israel, i.e. the Christian nations of western Europe, the isles of Britain, and the Americas. Dr. Bullinger also notes that this verse (vs. 10) speaks of "Evil people", even "Military", which is precisely what it is talking about. They are the military "host", AKA the "locust army" of the Assyrian, Apollyon, i.e. Satan and his angels who are kicked out of heaven in Rev. 12:7-9.Micah 5:10
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
"Their faces were as the faces of men" because they are men, not horses! By the way, angels look just like men even as do all the angels who appear in scripture, like those who appeared unto Abraham and Lot, etc.Rev. 9:7
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
To have "hair as the hair of women" is a figure of speech meaning they appear "gentle" as women, but they will spiritually rip you to shreds as a lion tears apart its prey![8] And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
"Breastplates" were items worn by the "priesthood" which again lets us know that this battle is spiritual, not of flesh and blood. Of course we knew that from Paul's words in Ephes. 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."[9] And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Also, when we get to the next book in these Minor Prophets we shall find these horses and chariots described as "pransing horses" and "jumping chariots".
This again is describing spiritual warfare which the next verse documents!horses = c*uwc*, soos, Hebrew 5483; or c*uc*, soos; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight) :- crane, horse ([-back, -hoof]).Compare Hebrew 6571 (parash).Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;[2] The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
[3] The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
We will discuss "witchcrafts" when we get to Micah 5:12.[4] Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
Cities back then were built with "walls" around them for protection (defence), which is what this verse is talking about, i.e. defenced cities. Isaiah also discusses the purging of Jacob (Israel) and refers to the "defenced cities" becoming desolate:Micah 5:11
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
The LORD God shall purge all idolatry and wickedness out of the land. Of course if the cities were truly defended by the Word of God then they would not need to be destroyed. The problem is that the false shepherds have built up a "false defence" of "Peace and Safety" by telling Christians they are safe from the Assyrian and will be "Raptured" into the clouds when he gets here. Hey, who needs Gospel Armour on if you are not going to be here to take a stand? Ezekiel describes the "whitewashed" walls that the false prophets have erected:Isaiah 27:9
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.[10] Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
Yes, just as we read in Micah, the defenced (walled) cities (places of habitation) shall be cut off and "thrown down"!Ezekiel 13:9
And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.Ezekiel 13:10
Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:[11] Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
The "visions" the prophets of Israel in these last days are to see are the "visions" of the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Micah, Amos, Ezekiel, etc., who WARN and WARN about the coming of the Assyrian upon the land! Hello, come in! But nooo... they see visions of peace and safety out of their own heart (not out of the Word of God) and also the "visions" of an idolatrous woman!Ezekiel 13:14
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.[15] Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
[16] To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
That too shall be cut off and there will be no more "soothsayers", fancy preachers teaching treacherous "Rapture" theories. It is called a "theory" for a reason, just like Evolution is called a "theory"! They are BOTH false teachings!
There will no longer be lying preachers saying Peace, peace! Nor will there be lying politicians telling you everything is safe and secure under the protection of the New World Order.Micah 5:12
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
By the way, what are "witchcrafts"? They are the castings of stupors (spells if you will) over our people causing them to believe lies. Have you ever read about "Jezebel"?
Her witchcrafts are the "teachings", doctrines, traditions of men, she uses to seduce God's children into committing fornication, which is to jump in bed with the false messiah. That's right! We are right back to the "Sin of Samaria", false Christianity!2 Kings 9:22
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
Again, the fornication they commit is with another "man" and the "fruit they eat" is from the same old tree which was in the midst of the garden.Rev. 2:20
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
Though our people do idolize "things made", Micah is not talking about mere materialism is this verse when he speaks of the "work of thine hands". The subject is "graven images" and "standing images" which is idolatry and what "works" you do! You see, what you "do", i.e. your works, the work of your hands, is the result of what you believe in, i.e. worship. If you believe in a Jesus who is not really Jesus but the false messiah (though you would not know that if you were deceived, would you?), then the service you render is unto him!Micah 5:13
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
By the way, that is what it means to "have the mark (of the beast) in your right hand", i.e. to be deceived and serving the falsechrist, which is to participate in and promote idolatry... you know... the sin of Samaria!
You had better have the Word of God in your right hand and in your forehead and be found doing His work!Rev. 13:16
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:mark = ÷Üñáãìácharagmakhar'-ag-mah Strong's #5480
From the same as G5482; a scratch or etching, that is, stamp (as a badge of servitude), or sculptured figure (statue):—graven, mark.
Rev. 5:1
And I saw in the right hand of Him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
The "groves" were the high places where erect "asherahs" were set up and sexually lewd idolatrous worship took place to the goddess Astarte, also called Ishtar or Easter! If you don't know what an "asherah" is then look it up in a Bible dictionary or see appendix 42 in the Companion Bible! The fact is that the majority of our people carry Ishtar's symbols of sexual fertility (eggs and quick-like-a-bunny rabbits) right into their churches in the name of Christianity.Micah 5:14
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
Get ready! Christianity is a happening reality! And when our Father pours out that last 7th vial, the victory shall be ours and this flesh age shall end![15] And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
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