When the Messiah comes, the world will be entirely different. "They shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation will not lift sword against nation and they will no longer study warfare (Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3)." The obsession with war and violence will remit, and nations shall find no use for their weapons. Instead, the implements of war will be transformed into instruments of growth. This prophetic vision is echoed by Assaf: "There He broke the flying bows, shield, sword, and battle, Selah (Psalm 76:4)." We too await the day when our weapons of mass destruction shall become obsolete.

 

Copyright, 2008 Rachel Lerner