Micah 4 · The Lantern

The Mountain of the House of the LORD

And it will be, in the latter part of the days, that the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established at the head of the mountains, and it will be lifted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it.

(Chapter IV - Verses 1 onwards) And 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, 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…

The prophet Micah employed the symbol of a high mountain to speak of the gathering of the nations in Christ. He has this to say: "And it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared in the top of the mountains and high above the hills; and people shall flow to it.

The evangelical and divine preaching coursed to the ends of the earth, according to the Lord's prophecy contained in the sacred Gospels: "This good news will be preached to all the nations in witness to them." And he urged the holy apostles in the words, "Go, make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them…

And many nations will go and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, and let him teach us of his ways, and let us walk in his paths” — for out of Zion goes instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

And when the Spirit of prophecy speaks as predicting things that are to come to pass, He speaks in this way: "For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

For Micah announced that the new law would be given in this way: "The law shall go forth out of Zion, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem. And he shall judge among many people, and he shall vanquish and rebuke nations." For that prior law that was given through Moses was given not on Mount Zion but on Mount Horeb.

After the experience of the troubles in which they would find themselves, made captive first by the Assyrians and later by the Babylonians, such a great transformation would occur regarding this place that the mountain on which God was reputed to dwell would become famous and would be shown to be superior to all the mountains and far surpass all mountains and all hills on accou…

And he will judge between many peoples and set right strong nations far off; and they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and they will not learn war any more.

And they will sit, each man under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one making them afraid; for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.

The vine, and that not in a few places, refers to the Lord himself, and the fig tree to the Holy Spirit, as the Lord "makes glad the hearts of men," and the Spirit heals them. Hezekiah is commanded to make plaster with a lump of figs—that is, the fruit of the Spirit—that he may be healed. According to the apostle this healing begins with love.

However, since here in Genesis we read that paradise was planted by God in the East, and there the man whom God formed was placed; we can now find the author of this paradise. For who else could have created paradise but the all-powerful God, who spoke and things came into being, never needing those things which he desired to be generated?

These are the mysteries of Scripture. Who can conceive the charm of the mysteries of Sacred Scriptures of which it is said: "Every one under his vine and under his fig tree."

For all the peoples walk, each in the name of his god; and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.

The Restoration of Zion

In that day — the utterance of the LORD — I will gather the limping and assemble the banished, and the one I have treated badly.

And I will make the limping into a remnant and the far-removed into a strong nation; and the LORD will reign over them on Mount Zion from now and forever.

And you, tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come — the former dominion will come, the kingship of the daughter of Jerusalem.

Now why do you shout a shout? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that writhing has seized you like a woman giving birth?

Writhe and burst forth, daughter of Zion, like a woman giving birth; for now you will go out from the town and dwell in the field, and you will come as far as Babylon. There you will be delivered; there the LORD will redeem you from the palm of your enemies.

And now many nations are gathered against you, saying, “Let her be profaned, and let our eyes gaze on Zion.”

But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD and they do not understand his counsel, that he has assembled them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Rise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron and I will make your hoofs bronze, and you will crush many peoples. And I will devote their gain to the LORD, and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

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The Mountain of the House of the LORD

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