Micah 4:1-3

The Lord house established in Jerusalem -- Micah 4:1-3: The Lord promised that His kingdom would be established in the last days or latter days. "But in the latter days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains; and it shall be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it." (Micah 4:1) Joel 2:28 and Acts 2:17 both refer to that same time when the church or kingdom of Christ would be established. The last days refer to the last days of the Jewish dispensation spoken of in Daniel 2:44. "And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever." People from many nations will flow into this kingdom. Concerning the birthday of the church Acts 2:5 says, "And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven."

People from many nation gladly receive the word, are baptized and are added to the church. (Acts 2:41; Acts 2:47) Those that make up the kingdom are those that have accepted and obeyed the law of the Lord. This law is elsewhere called the gospel, the faith or the truth. Those that are saved will be those that are willing to obey God. "He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him." (Hebrews 5:9) Micah said that in the kingdom "they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." (Micah 4:3) This is not a prediction that carnal warfare will cease after the kingdom of Christ is established. The Christian dispensation is strictly religious. Christians will not resort to the material sword for any benefit. The sword that they will use is the "sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." (Ephesians 6:17)