Jerusalem was the capital of the kingdom of God in the past but the judges and people practised great wickedness Micah 3:8-12Waiting for response for Micah 3:8-12 so that God overturned the kingdom and Jerusalem was destroyed, with even the site of God’s house being ploughed as a field by the Romans. Micah 3:12Waiting for response for Micah 3:12 Nevertheless, in the future, there will be a reversal of this, with the LORD’s house being rebuilt and Jerusalem becoming the metropolis of the world.v.1Waiting for response for Micah 4:1 The people of many nations will then willingly go up to Jerusalem to worship the God of Israel because his law, administered by Jesus, will go forth to all corners of the earth.v.2Waiting for response for Micah 4:2
Jesus will judge the nations of the earth, abolish weapons of war, and establish worldwide peace.vs.3-5Waiting for response for Micah 4:3-5 It is at this time that the remnant of Israel, scattered throughout the world, will return to the promised land and become a strong nation under their King, Jesus.vs.6-7Waiting for response for Micah 4:6-7 The kingdom of God will come to Israel, the daughter of Zion, which will be the first dominion of Jesus’ realm. The “first dominion” is the kingdom, which will be in the land of Israel, but Jesus will also have other dominions for he will reign over all the nations of the earth. This prophecy was, no doubt, a great encouragement to the faithful in Israel at the time Micah gave it when the ten tribes were carried away captive to Assyria, but God declared that the two tribes would pass through similar tribulation when carried to Babylon, which occurred a hundred years later.
Many think that the scattering of the Jews, first to Babylon and later worldwide by the Romans, means that God has cast off his people, enabling other nations to claim the land and Jerusalem for themselves. This is seen throughout history and also in present-day disputes.v.11Waiting for response for Micah 4:11 “But they know not the thoughts of the LORD” v.12Waiting for response for Micah 4:12 for he will empower his people of Israel, the daughter of Zion, to defeat her enemies as evidence that he is the God of Israel and Lord of the whole earth.v.13Waiting for response for Micah 4:13
Micah was a prophet contemporary with Isaiah and in this chapter he speaks of the future in the same terms as Isaiah chapter 2 - when Jesus will return to Jerusalem in power and reign over Israel and the world.