Week 31 Micah 4
In the last days, the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem will become the most important place on earth. I stop when I read this.
Most of the time I’m trying to attach some meaning to what I’m reading and it looks like in the last days (some time future to Micah) a Temple (a real building made of stone concrete steel wood glass) that’s geographically located in the city of Jerusalem (currently the “capital” of modern-day Israel) will become the most important place on earth. That’s what Micah says. Still…I move cautiously. How a prophetic projection pans out in literal-and-actual fact can be a bit tricky.
For one thing Micah was a guy writing >2500 years ago in a >2500 year-old language in a way his >2500 year-ago audience could understand. But Micah didn’t know anything about artificial-intelligence or trans-oceanic flight. So miscommunication is a real possibility.
For another thing I remember that OT content is full of Pre-liminary Material. By contrast NT readings will be moving me into a bunch of Post-liminary Material. Similarities? For sure. But with developmental-complexities that I have to finesse.
Anyway today I’m left to decide between:
Q#1: in the last days will a literal Temple located geographically in Jerusalem be the most important place on earth?
And Q#2: in the last days will a non-literal Temple not located geographically in Jerusalem be the most important place on earth?
For the time-being I’m sticking with Micah’s literal forecast.
Note: quote from Micah 4:1 (NLT)