One day

He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore. – Isaiah 2v4

World peace has always been man’s goal. So much so, in fact, that we can joke about beauty contest participants saying the one thing they would really like to see is ‘world peace.’

It’s not for a lack of trying. In the last two hundred years alone we have had the Congress of Vienna, the League of Nations, and the United Nations all of which have held out a glimmer of hope for world peace. In 1959 the then Soviet Union sent a statue by Evgeniy Vuchetich to the UN. The statue was called ‘Let us beat our swords into ploughshares.’ It was a sign of hope that man could fulfil the words of Isaiah the prophet.

And yet there is no sign of it.

Wars war on, conflicts are in conflict, and fighters still fight. The cause of wars and fights, man’s lust, is still here and will be here until Jesus comes back to sort things out. Folks cry ‘Peace, peace!’ but there is no peace, and there won’t be as long as it is up to man.

One day that will change, because one day Jesus will be in control.  One day He shall reign as the perfect Ruler. One day there will be war no more. One day the weapons of war will be converted to tools for good a progress. One day the science of warcraft will no longer be taught.

One day. Even so, come Lord Jesus.