* When the Israelites took the Promised Land God established their boundaries and granted them ownership that would last forever.

* He also created laws that governed the transfer.

* One of those laws was Jubilee - where the land would revert back to God’s plan every 50 years.

* They were also to purchase land within clans and not sell interchangeably.

* In Micah’s time, wealthy investors were buying up the land so certain families no longer owned what God wanted them to own. (vs 9)

* This made God mad. Why?

* Because they were breaking His laws governing land ownership and transfer.

* The Biblical definition of fair market is this:

* The price a buyer is willing to pay, a seller is willing to sell, “with a clear conscience under God.”

* This third component was missing in Micah’s time and it’s still missing today.

* God isn’t happy about it.