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Can you believe Bible prophecy? The history of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah is a powerful testimony to the accuracy and precision of Bible prophecy. Consider, for example, God's prophecies of the fate of Israel if the Israelites rebelled against Him.
The story begins with Israel's split into two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, in 928 B.C., soon after Solomon's death. Jeroboam, king of Israel (928-907), instituted idolatry as part of his kingdom's pattern of worship (1 Kings 12:26-33). This angered God because Solomon's idolatry had earlier caused God to choose Jeroboam to lead the northern kingdom (1 Kings 11:30-33).
God warned Jeroboam's wife of the consequences of his, and the kingdom's, idolatry: "For the Lord will strike Israel . . . He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River [the Euphrates], because they have made their wooden images, provoking the Lord to anger" (1 Kings 14:15).
God continued, through His prophets, to warn of the punishment sure to come if the Israelites would not turn from their sinful ways. He waited, patiently and mercifully, for a repentance that never came.
One such prophet was Micah (ca. 749-722), author of the biblical book that bears his name. "The word of the Lord that came to Micah . . . which he saw concerning Samaria [Israel's capital] and Jerusalem. Hear, all you peoples! Listen, O earth, and all that is in it! Let the Lord God be a witness against you . . . I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field, places for planting a vineyard; I will pour down her stones into the valley, and I will uncover her foundations" (Micah 1:1-2,6).
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