Jesus, Micah, and the Mountain of the House of the Lord
It has really been a while since the last time I posted something in this blog. Way too long! But, lately I have been meditating upon Micah 4:1-5 on the establishment of the mountain of the house of the Lord, and I thought it be well to post something on just that. Micah 4:1-5 anticipates a time when all that was wrong with the world as far as the Old Testament prophet saw it would ultimately be set to right by Yahweh. Micah was a prophet from Moresheth, a town southwest of Jerusalem, who ministered during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah (Micah 1:1a), rulers of the southern kingdom of Judah. Their reigns spanned from around the mid-eighth to early seventh centuries BC. The prophet ministered in both Jerusalem — the capital of the southern kingdom of Judah — and Samaria — the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel (Micah 1:1b). The prophet saw much corruption in the lands of Samaria and Judah. He lamented: Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on thei...