Isaiah 2 has really got me thinking…
3He
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.
4 He
will judge between the nations
and
will settle disputes for many peoples.
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.
5 Come,
descendants of Jacob,
let
us walk in the light of the Lord.
According
to www.nationalpriorities.org
the total cost of the conflicts in Iraq & Afghanistan will be $92 Billion this year, total cost to
date is $1.5 Trillion.
What if a world that longs for peace took our military directives from the Prince of Peace?What if that same money was spent on plowshares and pruning hooks (agriculture)?
According
to projections from multiple online source it might take only $30 Billion per
year to end world poverty. If we had spent
that since 9.11.01 we would have roughly $1.1 Trillion left to spend on other
insecurities that lead peoples into war.
Again from Micah 4
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.
2 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.
3 He
will judge between many peoples
and
will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.
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.
4 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.
'nuff said?
