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In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
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In the last days

Micah looks ahead to the future fulfillment of God’s kingdom purposes in the Messianic age.

Act 2:17 In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit…
Heb 1:2 But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son…
2Ti 3:1 But understand this: In the last days…

the mountain of the house of the LORD

Mount Zion, the site of the temple in Jerusalem, will stand as the center of God’s revealed presence and rule.

Psa 48:1-2 A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD…
Ezk 43:12 This is the law of the temple: Its surrounding territory…
Isa 56:7 I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful…

will be established as the chief of the mountains;

Jerusalem will be preeminent over every rival power, kingdom, and object of worship.

Isa 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD…
Psa 68:16 Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks?…
Dan 2:35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered…

it will be raised above the hills,

God will openly exalt His rule above all human authorities.

Zec 14:10 All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem…
Isa 40:4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill…
Psa 125:1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion.…

and the peoples will stream to it.

Nations will come willingly to Jerusalem to seek the Lord, receive His instruction, and worship Him.

Isa 2:3 And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up…
Zec 8:22 And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek…
Isa 60:3 Nations will come to your light, and kings…

Persons / Places / Events
1. The Mountain of the House of the LORD
This refers to the temple mount in Jerusalem, symbolizing God's presence and authority.

2. The Last Days
A prophetic term indicating a future time of fulfillment and divine intervention.

3. Peoples
Represents the nations or Gentiles who will come to acknowledge the God of Israel.

4. Hills
Symbolic of other nations or powers that will be subordinate to God's kingdom.

5. Micah
A prophet in the 8th century BC, delivering God's message to Judah and Israel.
Teaching Points
God's Sovereignty
The elevation of the mountain signifies God's ultimate authority over all creation. Believers are called to recognize and submit to His rule in their lives.

Universal Worship
The prophecy points to a time when all nations will seek the Lord. Christians are encouraged to participate in the Great Commission, sharing the gospel with all peoples.

Hope in Prophecy
The "last days" offer hope for a future where God's justice and peace prevail. Believers can find encouragement in God's promises, trusting in His perfect timing.

Spiritual Elevation
Just as the mountain is raised, Christians are called to elevate their spiritual lives, prioritizing God's kingdom above worldly concerns.

Unity in Diversity
The gathering of diverse peoples to worship God highlights the unity found in Christ. The church should reflect this unity, embracing diversity within the body of Christ.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does the imagery of the mountain being "established as the chief of the mountains" influence your understanding of God's authority in your life?

2. In what ways can you actively participate in the fulfillment of this prophecy by engaging with people from different nations or cultures?

3. Reflect on a time when you experienced God's sovereignty in a personal situation. How did it impact your faith journey?

4. How can the church today embody the vision of unity and diversity as described in Micah 4:1?

5. What practical steps can you take to prioritize God's kingdom in your daily life, ensuring it is "raised above the hills" of other commitments and distractions?
Connections to Other Scriptures
Isaiah 2:2-4
This passage parallels Micah 4:1-3, emphasizing the universal recognition of God's sovereignty and the peace that will follow.

Zechariah 8:3
Speaks of Jerusalem as the city of truth, where God will dwell, reinforcing the idea of divine presence and authority.

Revelation 21:10
Describes the New Jerusalem, drawing a connection to the ultimate fulfillment of God's kingdom being established above all.
Sermons
A New Mount ZionE.S. Prout Micah 4:1, 2
The Gospel AgeD. Thomas Micah 4:1-4
A Missionary DiscourseSketches of Four Hundred SermonsMicah 4:1-5
A Vision of the Latter-Day GloriesMicah 4:1-5
An Emblem of PeaceMicah 4:1-5
Christianity -- its Nature, Diffusion, and EffectsBishop H. B. Bascom, D. D.Micah 4:1-5
Gaining Knowledge of GodE. B. Pusey, D. D.Micah 4:1-5
International ChristianityJ. Llewelyn Davies, M. A.Micah 4:1-5
Mountain Top ReligionA. Maclaren, D. D.Micah 4:1-5
The Established ChurchJohn Cumming, A. M.Micah 4:1-5
The Golden AgeJ. H. Jowett, M. A.Micah 4:1-5
The Gospel AgeHomilistMicah 4:1-5
The Law of the SpiritWilliam R. Clark, M. A.Micah 4:1-5
The Moral Grandeur of the Christian ChurchJ. L. Adamson.Micah 4:1-5
The Promise of God Regarding. His ChurchJoseph Parker, D. D.Micah 4:1-5
The Saviour's KingdomMonday Club SermonsMicah 4:1-5
People
Eder, Jacob, Micah
Places
Babylon, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, Zion
Topics
Chief, Established, Exalted, Flow, Flowed, Flowing, Highest, Hills, Latter, Lifted, Lord's, Mount, Mountain, Mountains, Mounts, Pass, Peoples, Placed, Raised, Stream, Temple
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Micah 4:1

     4921   day

Micah 4:1-2

     7021   church, OT anticipations

Micah 4:1-3

     2042   Christ, justice of
     2376   kingdom of God, coming
     2565   Christ, second coming
     5006   human race, destiny
     7031   unity, God's goal
     7271   Zion, as symbol
     7949   mission, of Israel
     9140   last days
     9155   millennium
     9220   day of the LORD

Micah 4:1-4

     2378   kingdom of God, characteristics
     9145   Messianic age

Micah 4:1-5

     4440   fig-tree

Library
As God, So Worshipper
'... All the peoples will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.'--MICAH iv. 5 (R.V.). This is a statement of a general truth which holds good of all sorts of religion. 'To walk' is equivalent to carrying on a course of practical activity. 'The name' of a god is his manifested character. So the expression 'Walk in the name' means, to live and act according to, and with reference to, and in reliance on, the character of the worshipper's …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

"And we Will --"
The prophet Micah was struck with the energy and devotion of the heathen to their gods. He saw the grip these idols had of their votaries, how no expense was spared, no sacrifice withheld, for the sake of a filthy lie embodied in a stone or golden image. While he listened to the songs of the heathen, his heart warmed as he thought of the greatness of Jehovah, and so he cried out--"All people will walk every one in the name of his God, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and …
Thomas Champness—Broken Bread

The Battle of Armageddon.
The Battle of Armageddon! What extravagant speculations have been indulged concerning it! What unscriptural theories have been entertained respecting it! To begin with; this appears from the term employed. Nowhere in the Bible do we read of "The Battle of Armageddon." The Scriptural expression is "The Battle of that great day of God Almighty" (Rev. 16:14). This Battle of the great day of God Almighty will bring the Tribulation period to a close and will witness the return of Christ to the earth to …
Arthur W. Pink—The Redeemer's Return

"Is the Spirit of the Lord Straitened?"
THERE MAY BE SOME who think they can convert the world by philosophy; that they can renew the heart by eloquence; or that, by some witchcraft of ceremonies, they can regenerate the soul; but we depend wholly and simply and alone on the Spirit of God. He alone worketh all our works in us; and in going forth to our holy service we take with us no strength, and we rely upon no power, except that of the Spirit of the Most High. When Asher's foot was dipped in oil, no wonder he left a foot-mark wherever …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891

A vision of the Latter-Day Glories
We shall not, to-day, look through all the dim vista of Zion's tribulations. We will leave the avenue of troubles and of trials through which the church has passed and is to pass, and we will come, by faith, to the last days; and may God help us while we indulge in a glorious vision of that which is to be ere long, when "the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it." The prophet saw two …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859

Place of Jesus in the History of the World.
The great event of the History of the world is the revolution by which the noblest portions of humanity have passed from the ancient religions, comprised under the vague name of Paganism, to a religion founded on the Divine Unity, the Trinity, and the Incarnation of the Son of God. It has taken nearly a thousand years to accomplish this conversion. The new religion had itself taken at least three hundred years in its formation. But the origin of the revolution in question with which we have to do …
Ernest Renan—The Life of Jesus

The Redeemer's Return is Necessitated by the Declarations of Old Testament Prophecy.
It is very apparent to any one who has read thoughtfully through the Old Testament that the First Advent of our Lord did not exhaust the burden and scope of the numerous predictions which had been made concerning Him. Many of the things foretold of Israel's Messiah were not accomplished during the days when He tabernacled among men. Many of the promises found in God's Word connected with the Person of Christ, still await their ratification. While it is true that the First Advent of the Lord Jesus …
Arthur W. Pink—The Redeemer's Return

In the Fifteenth Year of Tiberius Cæsar and under the Pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas - a Voice in the Wilderness
THERE is something grand, even awful, in the almost absolute silence which lies upon the thirty years between the Birth and the first Messianic Manifestation of Jesus. In a narrative like that of the Gospels, this must have been designed; and, if so, affords presumptive evidence of the authenticity of what follows, and is intended to teach, that what had preceded concerned only the inner History of Jesus, and the preparation of the Christ. At last that solemn silence was broken by an appearance, …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

The Prophet Micah.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS. Micah signifies: "Who is like Jehovah;" and by this name, the prophet is consecrated to the incomparable God, just as Hosea was to the helping God, and Nahum to the comforting God. He prophesied, according to the inscription, under Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. We are not, however, entitled, on this account, to dissever his prophecies, and to assign particular discourses to the reign of each of these kings. On the contrary, the entire collection forms only one whole. At …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament

John Bunyan on the Terms of Communion and Fellowship of Christians at the Table of the Lord;
COMPRISING I. HIS CONFESSION OF FAITH, AND REASON OF HIS PRACTICE; II. DIFFERENCES ABOUT WATER BAPTISM NO BAR TO COMMUNION; AND III. PEACEABLE PRINCIPLES AND TRUE[1] ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. Reader, these are extraordinary productions that will well repay an attentive perusal. It is the confession of faith of a Christian who had suffered nearly twelve years' imprisonment, under persecution for conscience sake. Shut up with his Bible, you have here the result of a prayerful study of those holy …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

A Clearing-Up Storm in the Realm
(Revelation, Chapters vi.-viii.) "God Almighty! King of nations! earth Thy footstool, heaven Thy throne! Thine the greatness, power, and glory, Thine the kingdom, Lord, alone! Life and death are in Thy keeping, and Thy will ordaineth all: From the armies of Thy heavens to an unseen insect's fall. "Reigning, guiding, all-commanding, ruling myriad worlds of light; Now exalting, now abasing, none can stay Thy hand of might! Working all things by Thy power, by the counsel of Thy will. Thou art God! …
by S. D. Gordon—Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation

Conclusion
"Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth" (Rev. 19:6). In our Foreword to the Second Edition we acknowledge the need for preserving the balance of Truth. Two things are beyond dispute: God is Sovereign, man is responsible. In this book we have sought to expound the former; in our other works we have frequently pressed the latter. That there is real danger of over-emphasising the one and ignoring the other, we readily admit; yea, history furnishes numerous examples of cases of each. To emphasise …
Arthur W. Pink—The Sovereignty of God

The Plan for the Coming of Jesus.
God's Darling, Psalms 8:5-8.--the plan for the new man--the Hebrew picture by itself--difference between God's plan and actual events--one purpose through breaking plans--the original plan--a starting point--getting inside. Fastening a Tether inside: the longest way around--the pedigree--the start. First Touches on the Canvas: the first touch, Genesis 3:15.--three groups of prediction--first group: to Abraham, Genesis 12:1-3; to Isaac, Genesis 26:1-5; to Jacob, Genesis 28:10-15; through Jacob, …
S. D. Gordon—Quiet Talks about Jesus

The Quotation in Matt. Ii. 6.
Several interpreters, Paulus especially, have asserted that the interpretation of Micah which is here given, was that of the Sanhedrim only, and not of the Evangelist, who merely recorded what happened and was said. But this assertion is at once refuted when we consider the object which Matthew has in view in his entire representation of the early life of Jesus. His object in recording the early life of Jesus is not like that of Luke, viz., to communicate historical information to his readers. …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament

Interpretation of Prophecy.
1. The scriptural idea of prophecy is widely removed from that of human foresight and presentiment. It is that of a revelation made by the Holy Spirit respecting the future, always in the interest of God's kingdom. It is no part of the plan of prophecy to gratify vain curiosity respecting "the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power." Acts 1:7. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God"--this is its key-note. In its form it is carefully adapted to this great end. …
E. P. Barrows—Companion to the Bible

Annunciation of the Birth of Jesus.
(at Nazareth, b.c. 5.) ^C Luke I. 26-38. ^c 26 Now in the sixth month [this is the passage from which we learn that John was six months older than Jesus] the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth [Luke alone tells us where Mary lived before the birth of Jesus. That Nazareth was an unimportant town is shown by the fact that it is mentioned nowhere in the Old Testament, nor in the Talmud, nor in Josephus, who mentions two hundred four towns and cities of Galilee. The …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

Micah
Micah must have been a very striking personality. Like Amos, he was a native of the country--somewhere in the neighbourhood of Gath; and he denounces with fiery earnestness the sins of the capital cities, Samaria in the northern kingdom, and Jerusalem in the southern. To him these cities seem to incarnate the sins of their respective kingdoms, i. 5; and for both ruin and desolation are predicted, i. 6, iii. 12. Micah expresses with peculiar distinctness the sense of his inspiration and the object …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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