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Micah 7

From: Notes and Comments 4: Volume 4

By: John Nelson Darby

Micah 7 • 1 min. read • grade level: 12

1, 2. Compare these verses, on to verse 6, with the words of the Lord Jesus in the Gospels—Mark 11:13¹³And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. (Mark 11:13), and Matt. 21:19¹⁹And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. (Matthew 21:19). "The time of figs was not yet."

6. Note that just as, the citation of this verse in the Gospels is the proof of the terrible way in which the presence of the Lord brings out evil, as a test of human nature; so the circumstance of 1 Kings 19:20²⁰And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? (1 Kings 19:20) shows that His calling requires more absolute devotedness (not more absolute, but absolute) than the very especial and solemn time of Elijah's receiving the message in Horeb. This is a solemn word.

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Notes and Comments 4: Volume 4

• Micah 6 and 7

• Micah 7

• Zephaniah 3

• Zechariah 2

• Zechariah 3

• Zechariah 4

• Zechariah 5

• Zechariah 6

• Zechariah 7

• Zechariah 9

• Zechariah 11

• Zechariah 12

• Zechariah 13

• Zechariah 14

• Malachi. Chapter 3

• Gethsemane and the Cross

• Love and Light

• Gospels, The

• Fragments: Being Born of God

• Fragments: Mysticism Set Aside

• Fragments: Pre-Existence Notion

• Fragments: Building Up and Progress

• Fragments: Similarities Between the Zoroastrian and Roman Systems

• Fragments: The Rapture