1. July 31, 2016

8. 7 Since no one knows the future, who can tell someone else
what is to come?
Ecclesiastes 8:7
Only God knows
what the future holds.

10. Micah presents three pictures.
Ch. 1-3 – Lack of Godliness
Ch. 4-5 – The One who is Godlike
Ch. 6-7 – God pleading to the nation

11. Ch. 4-5 – The One Who Is Godlike
Ch. 4 – The Last Days
Ch. 5 – The Incarnate Christ

12. Timeline of Old Testament Prophets

13. 12 Because of you, Mount Zion will be ploughed like an open field;     Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins! A thicket will grow on the heights     where the Temple now stands.

14. 1[But] in the last days…

15. …there will be great distress, unequalled from the beginning of the world until now – and never to be equalled again.
Matthew 24:21

16. NT-44 A Period of Tribulation

17. the Tribulation (all seven years)
The last days embrace:
the Tribulation (all seven years)
the return of Christ to the earth and
the millennial kingdom of Christ
NT-44 A Period of Tribulation

19. the most important place on earth.
1[But] in the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all—
the most important place on earth.

20. the most important place on earth.
1[But] in the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all—
the most important place on earth.
It will be raised above the other hills…

21. LITERALLY
Jerusalem is located on a hill
Christ’s millennial kingdom will be established in Jerusalem
Jerusalem will be the capital of the earth

22. 34While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands.
FIGURATIVELY – Daniel 2
34While you were watching, a rock was
cut out, but not by human hands.
It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them.

23. FIGURATIVELY
35The the iron, clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer.

24. and filled the whole earth.
FIGURATIVELY
The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain
and filled the whole earth.

25. 1[But] in the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all—the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.

26. …2 People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of Jacob’s God. There He will teach us His ways,     and we will walk in His paths.”
For the Lord’s teaching will go out from Zion;     His word will go out from Jerusalem.

27. “The wonderful prophecies in this chapter will be fulfilled during the millennial kingdom when Christ Himself is reigning in Jerusalem.
Then the heads of the capitals of the world – Ottawa, Peking, Berlin, London, Washington – will be going to Jerusalem to be taught by Christ Himself of His ways.”
J.V. McGee

28. strong nations far away.
3 The Lord will mediate between [judge among] peoples and will settle disputes between
strong nations far away.

29. They will hammer their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.

30. This verse is not being fulfilled by the United Nations!
This verse will only be fulfilled
when Christ establishes His
millennial kingdom!
We shall hammer our swords into ploughshares.

32. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies
4 Everyone will live in peace and prosperity,     enjoying their own grapevines and fig trees,     for there will be nothing to fear.
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies
has made this promise!

33. 5 Though the nations around us
follow their idols,
[past]

34. we will follow the Lord our God
forever and ever.
[future]

35. Then I, the Lord, will rule from Jerusalem as their king forever.”
7 Those who are weak will survive as a remnant;     those who were exiles will become
a strong nation.
Then I, the Lord, will rule from Jerusalem     as their king forever.”

36. God always preserved(s) a remnant:
It was a remnant of those who left Egypt that entered the promised land
In Elijah’s day, God had a faithful remnant
There was a remnant of believers at the first coming of Christ

37. God always preserved(s) a remnant:
At Pentecost it was a remnant that turned to Christ
It is a remnant within the church who hold true to His word
There is a remnant of believers among the people of Israel

38. The kingship will be restored to my precious Jerusalem.
8 As for you, Jerusalem, the citadel of God’s people, your royal might and power     will come back to you again.
The kingship will be restored     to my precious Jerusalem.

39. 9 But why are you now screaming in terror?
Have you no king to lead you?
Have your wise people all died?
    Pain has gripped you like a woman in childbirth.

40. 10 Writhe and groan like a woman in labor,     you people of Jerusalem, for now you must leave this city to live in the open country.*

41. When Nebuchadnezzar captured the city [over one hundred years later],
the remaining inhabitants fled and tried
to live in the fields. Eventually they
were taken captive to Babylon.
History

42. You will soon be sent in exile to distant Babylon.

43. Timeline of Old Testament Prophets

44. You will soon be sent in exile to distant Babylon.
But the Lord will rescue you there;
He will redeem you
from the grip of your enemies.

45. 11 Now many nations have gathered against you
11 Now many nations have gathered against you. “Let her be desecrated,” they say. “Let us see the destruction
of Jerusalem.”

46. 12 But they do not know the Lord’s thoughts or understand His plan.
These nations don’t know that He is gathering them together to be beaten and trampled     like sheaves of grain on a threshing floor.

48. 13 “Rise up and crush the nations, O Jerusalem!” says the Lord.
“For I will give you iron horns [power] and bronze hooves [speed], so you can
trample many nations to pieces.
You will present their stolen riches
to the Lord, their wealth to
the Lord of all the earth.”

49. every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and
…at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, in heaven and
on earth and under the earth, and
every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:10-11

50. Who gave Himself for me, And paid the price of all my sin
My hope is in the Lord
Who gave Himself for me, And paid the price of all my sin
at Calvary.

51. For me He lives, And everlasting life and light
For me He died,
For me He lives, And everlasting life and light
He freely gives.

52. His anger to suppress. My only hope is found in Jesus' righteousness.
No merit of my own
His anger to suppress. My only hope is found
in Jesus' righteousness.

53. Before the Father's throne. He shows His wounded hands
And now for me He stands
Before the Father's throne. He shows His wounded hands
and names me as His own.

54. His grace has planned it all,
'Tis mine but to believe, And recognize His work of love
and Christ receive.

55. For me He died, For me He lives, And everlasting life and light
He freely gives.