Charles Spurgeon Commentary Micah 4
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Micah 4
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Micah 4
"But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah`s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it." — Micah 4:1 (ASV)
God's cause and kingdom shall not be hidden away in a corner: the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, an Alp upon other Alps, higher than all the other hills. The day is coming when the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ shall be the most conspicuous thing in the whole world, and people shall flow unto it. The heathen, the people who knew nothing about it, shall flow to it like a great river.
"And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;" — Micah 4:2 (ASV)
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:
That is the way the grace of God works in us; he teaches, and then we not only learn, but we obey.
"And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem; and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning 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 any more." — Micah 4:2-3 (ASV)
For the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off;
The kingdom of Christ, the Son of David, shall attract people and nations that were far off from the holy city where he lived and died.
"and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning 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 any more." — Micah 4:3 (ASV)
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
They will give up the study of the art of war. Their spirit will be softened, in many cases renewed by grace and then they will take to the useful arts; they will not throw away their swords but will beat them into plowshares; they will not hurl their spears into the earth but will bend them into scythes or pruning hooks.
Oh, that the day had come when the wealth and ingenuity and power of nations were used in the pursuits of peace instead of in the arts of war! This is the tendency of the kingdom of Christ, for wherever he comes, he makes peace. Nothing is more opposed to the spirit of Christianity than war; and when men are Christians, not in name only, but in deed and in truth, wars must cease.
"But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken it." — Micah 4:4 (ASV)
The best evidence that this will be the case is that the Lord of hosts, who has all power at his disposal, has said that it shall be so.
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