Micah 4:1-13
Obs and Th:
The Mountain of the LORD-utopia scenes-the LORD will rule the earth-the Heaven on earth one day.
In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills vs 1, and the people will stream to it….let us go to the mountain of the LORD..He will teach us his ways so that we may walk in his paths… will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide vs 3…beat their swords into ploughshares…spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation….we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever-vs 1-5.
The LORD’s Plan vs 6-13, NIV
The will rule over then in Mount Zion…vs 7…kingship will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem…they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan,…
Revelation18:1-10, NIV
The Fall of Babylon
..saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his great splendour…She has become a home for demons…adulteries…grew rich from her excessive luxuries…you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven..double portions pay back…Give her as much torture and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself…boast I sit as queen; I am not a widow, and I will never mourn. Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her; death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire for mighty is the Lord God who judges her vs 6-8.
Luke 8:1-10, NIV
The Parable of the Sower
Obs and Hgs:
1. Fell on the path..no moisture..die.
2. Fell among thorns..choked abd die
3. Fell on good soil..yield a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.
The secrets of God reveals in parables…
..though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand vs 10.
Let your hearts be good soil.