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Micah 4:4
- But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;
- Vine and fig trees are fruit bearing vegetation.
- Rather than being at war, the converted of the nations would find sustenance from God (Mat 6:31-33; Php 4:19).
- They would find rest in Jesus Christ (Mat 11:28-30; Heb 4:3).
- and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
- They were delivered from fear of man (Mat 10:28).
- They were delivered from fear of death (Heb 2:14-15).
Micah 4:5
- For all people will walk every one in the name of his god,
- The unconverted people of the Gentiles continued to follow their false gods (1Co 10:20-21).
- Many Gentiles that heard the gospel rejected it and continued to walk in their own ways (Act 14:16 c/w Act 17:29-32).
- and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.
- The Israel of God (elect Jews and Gentiles) would walk after the Lord Jesus Christ (Gal 6:15-16; Col 2:6; 1Th 2:12).
- Christians in the church walk in newness of life (Rom 6:4).
- They no longer walk as other Gentiles walk (Eph 4:17).
Micah 4:6
- In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
- The Jews had been estranged from their God prior to the coming of Christ (Mat 4:16).
- Jesus came unto his own afflicted people (Joh 1:11; Mat 15:24).
- Jesus came to comfort them (Isa 40:1-5; Luk 2:25-32).
- Consolation – 1. The action of consoling, cheering, or comforting; the state of being consoled; alleviation of sorrow or mental distress.
- God visited them, redeemed them, and delivered them from their enemies (Luk 1:68-69, 74).
- The Lord called them to repentance (Mar 1:14-15).
- He gathered them into His church (those that would come) (Gen 49:10; Mat 23:37; Joh 11:50-52; 1Co 12:13).
- They were assembled unto Him in His church after they rejected Him (Act 2:37-42).
Micah 4:7
- And I will make her that halted a remnant,
- A remnant of the Jews were converted and became Christians (Rom 9:27; Rom 11:1-5).
- The repentant Jews that were halted were healed by Christ (Mat 13:15).
- The Jews that Jesus was speaking to in Mat 13:15 were not healed.
- But the Jews that did repent and we converted were healed.
- Jesus healed the brokenhearted, preached deliverance to the captives, and set at liberty them that were bruised (Luk 4:18).
- and her that was cast far off a strong nation:
- They, along with the converted Gentiles, were made a holy nation (1Pe 2:5, 9).
- They became part of the nation that God had given His kingdom to (Mat 21:43).
- and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
- Jesus Christ would reign over them in His church (Eph 1:20-23) which is mount Zion (Heb 12:22-23).
- He will reign over them for ever, world without end (Eph 3:21).