Micah 4:2 KJV
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
The passage before us is written to Israel concerning the Kingdom of Christ, still future for us all. The Kingdom will be wonderful in several respects, both for the Jews and for those Gentiles who enter into it
• Christ will be physically present
• The world will live in peace (until the last days of that Kingdom)
• Animals will not be violent to themselves or to mankind
But there is an underlying tone in the Kingdom that is not so pleasant.
• Christ will rule with a rod of iron (suggesting that it takes a "heavy hand" to restrain the sin nature that still exists in man.)
• The Kingdom ends with the release of Satan who gathers an army against Christ (suggesting that even the presence of the Lord and the heavy hand of restraining sin does not curb the nature of man.)
• Christ will destroy those who follow Satan (suggesting tears even in the Millennial Kingdom of Christ.)
I want to consider this passage under a secondary application today. Should not the Christian, in whose heart Christ already rules, be busy about asking the same questions that the Bible says the Jews, under the leadership of Christ will ask?
• Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord
• And to the house of the God of Jacob
• He will teach us of His ways
• We will walk in His paths
God grant that it be so.
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
The passage before us is written to Israel concerning the Kingdom of Christ, still future for us all. The Kingdom will be wonderful in several respects, both for the Jews and for those Gentiles who enter into it
• Christ will be physically present
• The world will live in peace (until the last days of that Kingdom)
• Animals will not be violent to themselves or to mankind
But there is an underlying tone in the Kingdom that is not so pleasant.
• Christ will rule with a rod of iron (suggesting that it takes a "heavy hand" to restrain the sin nature that still exists in man.)
• The Kingdom ends with the release of Satan who gathers an army against Christ (suggesting that even the presence of the Lord and the heavy hand of restraining sin does not curb the nature of man.)
• Christ will destroy those who follow Satan (suggesting tears even in the Millennial Kingdom of Christ.)
I want to consider this passage under a secondary application today. Should not the Christian, in whose heart Christ already rules, be busy about asking the same questions that the Bible says the Jews, under the leadership of Christ will ask?
• Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord
• And to the house of the God of Jacob
• He will teach us of His ways
• We will walk in His paths
God grant that it be so.
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