The present paper appeals for an ethical recuperation as the most immanent task of Korean Christianity, provided that its current crisis emanates from its pervasive moral lapse. In this context, one attempts to make an analysis of the prophetic ethics, which may be regarded as one of the most pivotal components within the Old Testament ethics. The passage that might utmost represent the ethical aspects of the prophetical books is Micah 6:6-8. The text exhibits a peculiar standpoint, which is regarded as a later redaction on the basis of former Priestly(P) and Deuteronomistic(Dtr) traditions, i.e., this paragraph seems to have been produced during the Persian period. As result of an analysis of Micah 6:6-8, one may conclude that vss. 6-7 exposes the traditional understanding of God, while vs. 8 unveils a shift to a new one. That is, it shows a development from (1) a “distant God” to a “near God,” (2) a “static God” to an “active God” and (3) an “tensional relationship” to an “intimate relationship.” In addition, the present work on Micah 6:6-8 exposes three ethical concepts of the prophetical books. (1) Ethics in the prophetical books is unequivocally a divine ethics. (2) The prophetical ethics recalls “the God's acts of salvation” as the foundation for ethical life. (3) In the ethics of the prophetical books ethics(life) and rite(worship) represent God’s mimesis. A sympathetic solidarity, especially with those who are less privileged within the community; an active and honest approach to fellow colleagues; a stepping forward life with God as one pursues a close conversation with God(prayer) in every circumstances, are what constitutes the ethical life that God demands today from each of us.

The present paper appeals for an ethical recuperation as the most immanent task of Korean Christianity, provided that its current crisis emanates from its pervasive moral lapse. In this context, one attempts to make an analysis of the prophetic ethics, which may be regarded as one of the most pivotal components within the Old Testament ethics. The passage that might utmost represent the ethical aspects of the prophetical books is Micah 6:6-8. The text exhibits a peculiar standpoint, which is regarded as a later redaction on the basis of former Priestly(P) and Deuteronomistic(Dtr) traditions, i.e., this paragraph seems to have been produced during the Persian period. As result of an analysis of Micah 6:6-8, one may conclude that vss. 6-7 exposes the traditional understanding of God, while vs. 8 unveils a shift to a new one. That is, it shows a development from (1) a “distant God” to a “near God,” (2) a “static God” to an “active God” and (3) an “tensional relationship” to an “intimate relationship.” In addition, the present work on Micah 6:6-8 exposes three ethical concepts of the prophetical books. (1) Ethics in the prophetical books is unequivocally a divine ethics. (2) The prophetical ethics recalls “the God's acts of salvation” as the foundation for ethical life. (3) In the ethics of the prophetical books ethics(life) and rite(worship) represent God’s mimesis. A sympathetic solidarity, especially with those who are less privileged within the community; an active and honest approach to fellow colleagues; a stepping forward life with God as one pursues a close conversation with God(prayer) in every circumstances, are what constitutes the ethical life that God demands today from each of us.

Prophetic ethic, Book of Micah, justice, faithfulness, deliberation