Micaiah, a true prophet of the Lord, was called on to prophecy in the name of the Lord in the presence of two kings (Ahab, King of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, King of Judah) as they prepare to go to war against Aram. But, Micaiah is going to be the lone voice of truth predicting disaster in the midst of a court filled with the false prophets of Baal.

When Micaiah finished his negative message which predicted Ahab’s death in battle verse Ben Hadad and the Arameans, he is rebuked and struck in the face by the false prophet of Baal, Zedekiah.

Micaiah then predicts the death of Zedekiah will occur while Zedekiah is hiding in an inner room presumably from the invading Arameans troops. Micaiah says that on that day Zedekiah will meet the demonic spirit that has been prophesying through him for the powers of the kingdom of darkness. It will be a fateful day for Zedekiah both physically and spiritually.

“What is the use of their unceasing mutations if they do not change? In sum, the mutations of bacteria and viruses are merely hereditary fluctuations around a median position; a swing to the right, a swing to the left, but no final evolutionary effect.”
– Pierre Paul Grasse

Justification – To justify someone in a court case means to look at the evidence and honestly declare the person accused as innocent and not guilty. Justification is not forgiveness because a forgiven person is still a guilty person who has been forgiven. A justified person is someone who is rightfully declared innocent in an honest court of law.
Justification in theology is the divine pronouncement that one who is in Christ Jesus is fully innocent and wholly acceptable to God’s holiness. This occurs when God sees the believer as sinless and righteous in Christ.