In Micah 4:1-4 the kingdom of Christ is referred to as God’s ruling house. “In the last days … the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall … say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the Law shall go forth of Zion, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.”

The ancient nation of Israel to whom this prophecy was first addressed was governed from a mountain: Mount Zion in Jerusalem. So the Lord uses this background in presenting this prophecy of Messiah’s kingdom. “The mountain” of the Lord is the kingdom of the Lord, represented by the symbolic Zion of this prophecy.

Notice that under the rulership of this kingdom the people learn the Lord’s way. The entire period of Christ’s kingdom will be one of learning, of education. In this prophecy one of the results of this education is that the people will learn war no more. Then the angels’ message of peace on earth will be translated into reality. The Prince of Peace will then reign supreme.— Luke 2:13,14