Micah Chapters 4-5
4:1 “And it will come about in the last days”: The previous announcement of Jerusalem’s destruction (3:12), is followed by a glorious Messianic promise. The time period is the last days, which can also be rendered, “In the latter days”, “in the issue of the days”, “at the end of the days” and “in the days to come”. Peter in Acts 2:16-17, pointed that the Pentecost was the beginning of the “last days”. The Hebrew writer used the same expression for the period that we would call the New Testament (Hebrews 1:2). It was called the “last days” because it happened at the end of the Jewish age or Old Testament era. Isaiah spoke of the same event in Isaiah 2:2-4. “That the mountain of the house of the Lord will be established as the chief of the mountains”: The temple in the Old Testament period sat on Mount Zion. In the messianic era God’s temple or house (the church-1 Timothy 3:15), would be exalted over all other world powers. Mountains here probably refer to world empires or governments. The church is at the head of all the kingdoms of the world in the sense that the church is the bride of Christ, the people of God, a spiritual nation (1 Peter 2:5-10), and is to set the example in morality, ethics, truth and how to treat others. 4:1 “And the peoples will stream to it”: Including all the Gentile nations (Matthew 28:19-20; Luke 24:47; Acts 1:8). While the powerful kingdoms in the ancient world would collapse (Daniel 2:31-44), God’s kingdom cannot be shaken (Matthew 16:18; Hebrews 12:28). The church has become the new center for spirituality among mankind. 4:2 “Come let us go up”: This indicates that there will be a restless spirit among the Gentiles, who are longing for something better than their idolatry and immorality. When the apostles preached, they found many Gentiles who were hungry for the truth (Acts 10:1ff; 13:48; 18:9-10).
1