"And 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.
(Isaiah 2:4)
"But in the latter days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the
house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains;
and it shall be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it."
(Micah 4:1)
"The calling of the Gentiles, the spread of the gospel, and that far more extensive
preaching of it yet to come, are foretold. Let Christians strengthen one another,
and support one another. It is God who teaches His people, by His Word and Spirit.
Christ promotes peace, as well as holiness. If all men were real Christians,
there would be no war; but nothing answering to these expressions
has yet taken place on the earth.
Whatever others do, let us walk in the light of this peace. Let us remember that
when true religion flourishes, men delight in going up to the house of the Lord,
and in urging others to accompany them.
Those are in danger who please themselves with strangers to God; for we soon
learn to follow the ways of persons whose company we keep. It is not having
silver and gold, horses and chariots, that displeases God, but depending upon
them, as if we could not be safe, and easy, and happy without them,
and could not but be so with them.
Sin is a disgrace to the poorest and the lowest. And though lands called Christian
are not full of idols, in the literal sense, are they not full of idolized riches?
And are not men so busy about their gains and indulgences, that the Lord,
His truths and precepts are forgotten or despised?"
-Matthew Henry's Commentary
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