After declaring the judgment
which would fall upon Samaria and Jerusalem because of the evil
within the leaders and false prophets located there, Micah the
prophet began a new chapter where he commenced to sharing concerning
“the last days”. We begin this study in chapter four and
verse one where we read:
But in the last days it
shall come to pass, that the mountain of the
house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains,
and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto
it.
The
verse begins, “But in the last days it shall come to
pass,” Once again we encounter
the word “But” to
begin this section. We have learned that the word “But”
is a disassociation conjunction which means “however, or in
contrast to what was just stated” “in the last days”
or “the after part, the end,
latter time or hindermost time” “it shall come to pass”
or “it shall be established”.
The idea is in contrast to the judgment which Samaria and Jerusalem
will endure, there will be a reestablishing of the people which is
noted in the next portion of the verse.
The
verse continues, “that the mountain
of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the
mountains,” Micah wrote, “that
the mountain” which means “the
hill, mount or hill country” “of the house”
or “dwelling place or habitation” “of the LORD”
which refers to “Yehovah or Jehovah” “shall be
established” or “be firm,
stable, fixed and secure” “in the top of the mountains”
which refers to the “head, top, summit, upper part, and chief”
of all the high places.
Finally the verse says, “and
it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.”
Micah added, “and it
shall be exalted” which means
“lifted, borne up, carried, and taken” “above the
hills” or “lower hills which
were usually used for illicit worship”. Micah also wrote, “and
people” or “nations, country-men, compatriots, and kinsmen”
“shall flow into it”
which means “shine, beam, light and be radiant” within it. In
other words, this “house of the LORD”
will be established during the latter days, and all nations of people
will flow into it.
While
we think upon this transition of Micah from his current day to “the
last days”, we may begin to
realize that this latter time is closer than we think. Isaiah the
prophet wrote nearly the same words in his prophesy in chapter two
and verse two where we read:
And
it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of
the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains,
and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto
it.
The
LORD will reestablish the temple, and “all nations”
shall be a part of the worship of the LORD. As we proceed with this
study in the next few lessons, let us allow ourselves to realize that
the LORD has all these things within His control and within His
timing. May we believe everything the LORD has planned shall and will
come to pass, and they will do so because of Jesus Christ God's Son.
Next
time Micah tells more of what will occur during the last days,
so read ahead, and
we shall join together then.
Until
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