World Peace
Could you imagine what went through the minds of the scientists who developed the initial atomic bomb once they saw the damage it inflicted? According to the numbers cited by Richard Rhodes in The Making of the Atomic Bomb, 100,000 were killed in Hiroshima and 70,000 were killed in Nagasaki.
One scientist, Edward Teller, believed strongly that world government would be needed to bring world peace, in light of the "Super." He said, "World government is our only hope for survival. ...I believe that we should cease to be infatuated with the menace of this fabulous monster, Russia. Our present necessary task of opposing Russia should not cause us to forget that in the long run we cannot win by working against something. We must work for something. We must work for World Government" (cited by Rhodes, 766). He made that statement back in 1948.
Well, we've not had another world war but the United Nations has certainly not kept peace in the world. Author Gil Elliot, in Twentieth Century Book of the Dead, did some research and estimated that man-made deaths in the twentieth century came to about 100 million. Yet, his book was written in 1972! The Vietnam war was not quite finished and several wars, genocides, and other atrocities have been committed since then. The United Nations has not brought world peace.
There is no - I repeat "NO" - political solution that will bring about world peace. There is also no military solution to world peace. The world's problem is not politics nor is it who has the most toys. The world's problem is spiritual. There is only one Man and one group who can bring about world peace.
Jesus is the Man and you and I are the group - the Church.
Isaiah prophesied the coming of Christ: "It shall come to pass in the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem" (2:1-3).
Jesus came - He came and established His kingdom. The angels announced that peace was now available on earth: "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!" (Luke 2:10-14).
When every man submits to Christ, then peace will rule in his heart and then there will be peace among men. Isaiah goes on to say about the rule of Christ in man's heart: "He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore" (2:4).
If we would have world peace, the Ambassadors of Christ need to preach reconciliation through Christ. That's the only way we'll have world peace. Support your missionaries! They are saving souls and, thereby, bringing peace into the world.
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