Our Daily Scripture – 1/25/25 (Saturday)

SCRIPTURE; MICAH 4

THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD (vs. 1-5)

  1. It will be established as chief among the mountains. (v. 1a)
  2. It will be raised above the hills and peoples will stream to it. (v. 1b)
  3. Many nations will come to the mountain to hear the teachings of God’s ways. (v. 2)
  4. God will judge many peoples and settle disputes of strong nations. (v. 3)
  5. Nations will not take up swords against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. (v. 3b)
  6. Every man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree. (v. 4)
  7. All the nations may walk in the name of their gods, but Israel will walk in the name of the Lord their God. (v. 5)

THE LORD’S PLAN (vs. 6-13)

  1.  He will gather the lame and assemble the exiles. (v. 6)
  2.  He will make the lame a remnant and the Lord will over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever. (v. 7)
  3.  Former dominion will be restored and kingship will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem. (v. 8)

THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION:

  1. They suffer pain like that of a woman in labor. (v. 9)
  2. They must leave the city to camp in the open field. (v. 10a)
  3. They will go to Babylon and the Lord will rescue and redeem them out of the hand of their enemies. (v. 10b)
  4. Many nations will gather against them. (v. 11)
  5. The Lord will give them horns of iron and hoofs of bronze to break many nations into pieces. (v. 13a)
  6. They will devote their ill-gotten gains and wealth to the Lord of earth. (v. 13b)

THOUGHTS:

This chapter portrayed 4 visions:

  1. Jerusalem would be destroyed by Babylon but it would become the capital of the kingdom.
  2. The Lord will gather His flock and be their shepherd and king.  He will reign in righteousness.
  3. There would be a time of pain for Jerusalem like a woman delivering a son but God promised to deliver and restore them.
  4. One day, God’s people will defeat their enemies;  they will have blessings of harvest to be given to the Lord.

Micah predicted the end of the kings.  He told Judah that Babylon would destroy their land and carry away its king.  But later, God would return his people to their land.  Those events had already happened.

God may reveal to us the future with the purpose of changing our behavior.  At present, we should grasp the opportunity to serve Him faithfully while there is time to do it.