Micah 4:1,2 - Many nations shall come

4:1

What has Micah just said at the end of the last chapter? He has talked about the destruction of Jerusalem, but that is not the end of the story. In the last days things will be very different. The corruption and lawlessness that existed in Israel and Judah will be no more. Instead of people at best wavering about the Lord, the Lord’s temple will be established as “highest of the mountains”. It will be exalted above all others, and people will stream to it. To put this in modern terms, at present we see the church generally despised in the West, and this is for the most part thoroughly deserved. And with it God is despised. People do not want to know about God, but a time will come when all this changes. Notice here that the emphasis is on the Lord.

4:2

Nations will come and say “Let us go up to the mountain of the Lord”. People will want to know about God. Foretastes of this have been encountered in revivals with people queuing to here the word of God. They will want to learn from God, to learn His ways. The Law will go out from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. This is yet more reason why the church is so foolish when it adopts the ways of the world. When it does this it does not have a promise to stand on! It is the word of God that stands forever. When revival comes it will be people turning to the Lord, wanting to know what He has to say, not what the latest fads are in man’s society.