The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Micah 4:1-2,
"In the last days the mountain of the Lord's temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. Many nations will come and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.' The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."
"In the last days the mountain of the Lord's temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. Many nations will come and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.' The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."
In this passage Micah's prophetic attention turns to the coming age. From the context it is clear that Micah is looking ahead to a time following the return of the Lord to planet earth. We are told the Lord himself will "judge between many peoples..." It is clear from what Micah says here that the Lord will rule all the nations of the earth from Jerusalem. It is fascinating to read what Micah has to say about these coming days. The Lord himself will settle disputes for "strong nations far and wide." Verse 3. During this age nations will no longer fight among themselves, verse 3. It will be a time when fear of others cease, without the threat of others taking what belongs to a person, verse 4.
What captures my eye this morning is that many will go to Jerusalem to learn of the Lord directly from him, that they may learn his ways and walk in his paths. I suspect many have a view that the new age will find people somehow complete, fully mature, without any need of learning anything. I'm not sure where we get all the ideas we do about the next age, but obviously a lot of what we think needs to be validated by what the Lord tells us through his prophets. Here we read of a desire to learn of the things of the Lord during the new age.
What kinds of thoughts do you have about life following this age? How much of that can you validate through what is revealed to us in the Scriptures? We just may find we need to adjust some of our thinking. I know I do from time to time.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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