Micah’s sentence-name means, “Who is like Yah?” and reveals the tenacity of his parent’s faith at a time when Israel was threatened by invincible foreign powers from without and with moral corruption and economic exploitation ravaging the poor from within. Micah’s times were not dissimilar from our own, which makes his message crucial for us to understand how God restores his dominion on earth, not by matching strength with strength, but through a purged remnant who walk in faithfulness and truth. No matter how stained and tattered the world becomes, God’s purpose to triumph over Satan and his minions through his elect people will prevail (Romans 16:20).
