Micah 1 – 7

As I was reading Micah I was wondering if the prophecies were for today and not back around 780 BC. Verses 2:1 & 2 reminds me of the “banksters” today:

Beware, for disaster is coming to those who plan wickedness,
    who lie on their beds plotting evil.
When morning shines on them, they carry out their plans
    simply because they have the power to do so.
² They see fields they want and take them.
    They see houses, and they grab them up.
They persecute each landowner, taking all that belongs to him—
    including his freedom and his children’s inheritance.

I saw the economic system unravel in 2007/8 and first hand experienced issues in my own life. Leading up to this the banks were reckless with loans and only packaged them to make money and transfer the extreme risk to other investors. They gave loans to anyone with a pulse, I know because I was one of them. I was able to purchase 4 homes without a job or verifiable income. No in the end this has turned to be a blessing and not a curse, but it was for oh so many as we saw in the aftermath starting in 2007.

I can’t help but wonder if we are on the verge of another collapse, since the difference between now and back in the late 80’s early 90’s during the S&L crisis, no one is being punished.

Verse 2:11 makes me think of how the church has turned a blind eye on this profiteering:

If someone going on about nothing of worth wanders by and says,
        “I’ve come to preach to you of whiskey and wine,”
    Then these selfish people would hire him
        as their official speaker just because they like his message.

I think of prosperity preachers who condone this orgy of wealth and actually promote it in a way. They promote the advancement of money and often make it the idol of worship. I am not saying they may not have a God inspired message, but when you hear things like “what you donate today will come back 10 fold tomorrow” run for the hills.

Verse 3:11 makes me wonder again if this is a Babushka Doll Prophecy or targeted for a future time like today:

Her leaders exchange justice for a bribe; her priests teach, but for a price;
    her prophets divine for money,
Yet they have the gall to say as they lean on the Eternal,
    “He is on our side! Nothing bad will happen to us!”

The next verse has the resulting end “All of this is why Zion will be plowed flat as a field.” Again is this us today? Or has this been the way things have been since time began. Evil takes over and eventually gets crushed. I wonder if this is the case today.