Tue, 29 November, 2005: Today’s Bible readings.
1 It shall come to pass in the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the LORD
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and it shall be lifted up above the hills;
and peoples shall flow to it,
2 and many nations shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3 He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall decide for strong nations afar off;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore;
4 but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree,
and no one shall make them afraid,
for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.
5 For all the peoples walk
each in the name of its god,
but we will walk in the name of the LORD our God
forever and ever.
What a promise we have from Micah. The future isn’t bleak. The future of the church is going to be glorious.
What do we learn from this?
The nations of the earth are going to come into the mountain of the LORD.
We have seen the beginning of this promise, as the church has advanced around the world from its humble beginnings in the Israel. But this promise is much greater than what has yet been fulfilled. We have yet to see the people of the nations flow into the church to the extent that Micah tells us.
We long for this day. We pray for the advance of the gospel throughout the world, and into our own neighborhood.
Where is Christ in this passage?
It is the gospel of Jesus Christ that is advancing throughout the world, and as people are being converted, they are coming into the kingdom of Jesus Christ.
