Putting an end to war

Dear friend

There has never been a time in my life when there was not some part of the world at war. Although I've not experienced the condition of actual "world war", it sometimes feels like the people of the earth cannot resist fighting or attacking each other.

The horror of war is surely something we wish mankind could progress beyond. However we cannot avoid the inevitability of conflict if we believe prophecy and scripture; especially as it relates to the latter days. We can, though, draw comfort from the inspired visionary, Isaiah, who saw beyond the conflicts of the last days. One of his prophecies on this subject is found in the Old Testament, Isaiah 2:2-5.

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Verse 4 is especially pertinent. Following the reestablishment of the Lord's earthly Kingdom in preparation for His glorious return in judgement, a time will come thereafter when there will be no more war. Weapons will be useless. Armies will be redundant. War will finally be resigned to history. This is certainly a condition to be anticipated with relish; no wars, anywhere.

I hope we can strive to be peace loving and peace making in our actions and attitudes, despite the rest of the world's warlike tendencies. We should pray for peace, at least at the individual level, if not yet globally. I believe we can prepare now to no more "learn war" as we determine to "walk in the light of the Lord".

Samuel.