Read: Micah 5:1-7:20; Revelation 7:1-17; Psalm 135:1-21; Proverbs 30:5-6
Micah warns them to be ready against the enemy because it is coming. Then he mentions that Bethlehem, which was small and insignificant in comparison to the other great cities of the kingdom would be the birthplace of the Messiah whose origins were from the days of eternity.
Then he gives a list of God’s grievances against them and presents his case and their sentence. He gives them a chance to look at their sins and see if they would judge any differently if they were Him. He does tell them what he requires and that is to act justly and love mercy and to walk humbly with Him. These were three things they were not doing.
They would be dispersed among all the nations until the time when God would call them back to their nation and restore and rebuild them.
In Revelation we see four angels standing at the four corners of the earth holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land, sea or trees. They were not to harm the earth until God had sealed his 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel. These will be the new Jewish converts that will come in to faith in Jesus as their Messiah. Dan and Ephraim are replaced by Joseph and Levi. One commentator I read said that the Anti-christ would come from the tribe of Dan. I’m not sure but it makes sense in the fact that one of Jesus’ disciples was a traitor.
God doesn’t forget anything. When Reoboam became king after Solomon and the kingdom was split, he didn’t want the people to travel to Jerusalem, in Judah lest they decided to defect to Judah so he built two golden calves - one in Bethel (in Ephram) and the other in Dan. I think this is the main reason they were left out of redemption in the end.
The crowd of people from every tribe nation and people and language were the redeemed throughout the great tribulation - These were the martyrs of the fifth seal. Notice that the church has been taken out by this time.
Lord, thank you for your plan.
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