Micah 4:1-7 commentary

 

 1: But in the last days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of YHWH shall be established in the top of the mountains and it shall be exalted above the hills and people shall flow unto it 2: And many nations shall come and say Come and let us go up to the mountain of YHWH and to the house of ELOHIM OF JACOB and He will teach us of HIS ways, and we will walk in HIS paths for the Law shall go forth from Zion [Israel] and the word of YHWH from Jerusalem 3: And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; 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 Isaiah 2:1-4 4: But they shall sit every man [who otherwise would have been a soldier] under his vine and under his fig tree and none shall make them afraid for the mouth of YHWH of armies has spoken it 5: For all people will walk everyone in the name of their invisible women ELOHIM and we will walk in the name of YHWH our ELOHIM for ever and ever

6: RR In that day  declares YHWH will I assemble the one limping and I will gather her that is driven out and the one that I have afflicted time of Jacob’s trouble 7: And I will make her that limped a remnant   and her that was cast far off a strong nation and YHWH He reigns over them in mount Zion from henceforth even forever [6-7 Godhead speaking in first & third persons]

Comments: Micah 4:1-7 is a prophecy of what happens after Messiah returns and defeats his enemies at the Battle of Armageddon. In verses :1-3, Micah and Isaiah use virtually identical wording to describe the kingdom of The Christ.

In verse six, the one limping, her that is driven out, and the one God has afflicted are all the Nation of Israel. The scattering took place when Titus sacked Israel in A.D. 70. Israel then ceased to be a nation for 2500 years, until, according to the word of prophecy, was miraculously restored. While aliyah flights continue to bring the scattered back home to Israel, the gathering will not be completed until Christ returns and sends his angels to complete it Mark 13:27.

The gathering is not a resurrection/ rapture of the Body of Christ. It is a physical gathering carried out by angels of the remnant of the Children of Israel, also called the Elect in Isaiah 65:22 and Matthew 24:22. These are the Children of Israel—Jacob, who followed Christ during the Time of Jacob’s Trouble and who are left alive after the Battle of Armageddon. 

Biblically, the word remnant never refers to the Out-Called (Christians); it always refers to God’s people Israel, Jacob (those descended from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob). The Body of Christ is never fractured into remnants. It is one single living organism built by Christ, using the living stones of each individual believer, into one single body that he calls the Out-Called Matthew 16:18.

Verse seven tells us that Micah 4:1-7 is 100% about the establishment, conditions, and permanency of Christ’s Kingdom.

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