Micah 4-5

“In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains ... and peoples will stream to it” (4:1). Micah prophesied far beyond Israel’s coming conflict and exile; he saw that one day, the Lord would do something remarkable for the whole earth through a special “ruler” from Bethlehem (5:2). Unlike the failed human kings and corrupt priests, this good Shepherd would bring true righteousness and security (5:4).

Micah’s good news was that this Shepherd would open God’s kingdom not to the winners of the worldly race for success and power, but to the humble, the least, and the lost: “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the exiles” (4:6).