Micah 4 contains a promise for “the last days.”

In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. (Micah 4.1 – 2, NIV)

Note that the purpose of learning God’s ways is so that we “may walk in his paths.”

And there will be peace:

…They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD Almighty has spoken. (Micah 4.3, 4, NIV)

But the last days haven’t arrived yet. Now, as when Micah was written, there is war.

Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you must leave the city to camp in the open field. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued. There the LORD will redeem you out of the hand of your enemies. (Micah 4.10, NIV)

There will be the Babylonian Captivity, from which Israel will return. But this sounds like today’s headlines:

But now many nations are gathered against you. They say, “Let her be defiled, let our eyes gloat over Zion!” (Micah 4.11, NIV)

But God has a plan. Those enemies will be destroyed…”in the last days.”

But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. “Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion, for I will give you horns of iron; I will give you hooves of bronze, and you will break to pieces many nations.” You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth. (Micah 4.12, 13, NIV)

When? We have no idea. So let’s go back to the beginning:

He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths. (Micah 4.2, ESV)

There’s no other reason to learn about God! All the issues going on today – LGBT…, AI, politics,… – how does God want ME to live? Not how does he want others to live!

Stay tuned for a specific answer from Micah 6.