Micah 4:1-5--The Mountain of the LORD

Micah 4:1-5
English Standard Version

The Mountain of the LORD
4 It shall come to pass in the latter days
    that the mountain of the house of the LORD
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
    and it shall be lifted up above the hills;
and peoples shall flow to it,
2     and many nations shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
    to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
    and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
    and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3 He shall judge between many peoples,
    and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away;
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 anymore;
4 but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree,
    and no one shall make them afraid,
    for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.
5 For all the peoples walk
    each in the name of its god,
but we will walk in the name of the LORD our God
    forever and ever.

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Either the LORD is going to change the geography of the Earth to make Mount Zion the highest mountain in the world or this is speaking to its place of honor and everyone will "look up to" the mountain of the LORD where the LORD's Temple is located.  The nations of the world will desire to go to the mountain of the LORD and to learn everything that He has to teach them.  Did you notice that?  The LORD Himself will be their teacher.  We see this in the book of Ezekiel and other places where the LORD will be in His Holy Temple in the end times and people of all nations will come to bring Him tribute and learn from Him.  They also desire to walk in His paths (according to His Law).

​The Law of the LORD will go forth from Mount Zion and the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem.  These are two ways of saying the same thing.    The Jewish people will be the salt and light that the LORD called them to be.  The people will be at such perfect peace that there will be no more need for swords or spears and these weapons of war will be turned into tools for cultivation and harvesting of crops.  No one will go to war with one another.

The vine and the fig tree are symbols of the nation of Israel.  Everyone will sit under the Kingdom of God here on earth with the Messiah as the King of Israel (and the whole earth).  Though the Gentiles will not live in the Land of Canaan, they will live in the greater Promised Land under the authority and jurisdiction of the Lord Jesus Christ.

They will all be safe and secure because the LORD will be their Shield and Defender and Word of the LORD has commanded it.  Those who put their trust and devotion in other gods will perish because their gods will not be able to save them, but those who put their faith, hope and trust in the LORD will not be put to shame and they will dwell in peace, safety and security in the Kingdom of God forever and ever.