All coaching programs are sponsored by a non-profit, tax-exempt educational organization called "Vine & Fig Tree." More info here. The name comes from the Old Testament Prophet Micah.
| Micah's
Prophecy (Micah 4:1-7) click for audio |
Archetypes | Controversy | Comfort | |
| 1 | And it will come about
in the last days [For the LORD of hosts has spoken.] That the mountain of the House of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains And it will be raised above the hills |
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Days"
V&FT "impossible even for God." |
Predestinated tribulation? No. Vine & Fig Tree |
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| 2 | And the peoples will
stream to it. And many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD And to the House of the God of Jacob, |
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Conversion
of the Gentiles
One religion is superior to the others One has caught our attention: jihadism blow-up vs. convert |
Peace is possible Peace is inevitable |
| 3 | That He may teach us
about His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For from Zion will go forth the Law Even the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And He will judge between many peoples And render decisions for mighty, distant nations. |
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• The God who gave you
life deserves your respect • Every Word this God speaks deserves your attention/obedience • Bible is not just for "private" religion, "down in your heart" • Also for public policy • Textbook for every area |
When Americans learned
the Bible in public schools, America most prosperous, admired nation on earth Now U.S. exports weapons/pornography Laws of Nature and of Nature's God. "judgmental" vs. Hitler |
| 4 | [And each of them will
sit under his Vine and under his fig tree,] |
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Male
+ Female Father + mother Family = "undemocratic" |
When families are
functional, the State is unnecessary; Archism is suppressed Adams: mothers: |
| 5 | Then they will hammer
their swords into plowshares And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation will not lift up sword against nation And never again will they train for war.
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Myth:
Fact:
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| 6 | And each of them will
sit under his Vine and under his Fig Tree, With no one to make them afraid. For the LORD of hosts has spoken. |
Agrarianism vs. technology | Garden of Eden / City of
God
Wilderness vs. Garden |
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| 7 | Though all the peoples
walk Each in the name of his god, As for us, we will walk In the Name of the LORD our God forever and ever. In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. |
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social darwinism
immigration vs. "enumerated powers." |
works of mercy vs. focus on "winners," celebrities, power-brokers |
| "Iron Sharpens Iron" |
Bereans, search scriptures "I'll have to think about this" "This is what I've always been looking for" |
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