Showing posts with label war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war. Show all posts

Saturday, May 21, 2011

When God's Will is Done on Earth




* There will be genuine peace, not just the absence of war.

Psalm 46:8,9
"Come, you people, behold the activities of Jehovah,
How he has set astonishing events on the earth.
He is making wars to cease to the extremity of the earth.
The bow he breaks apart and does cut the spear in pieces;
The wagons he burns in the fire."


Psalm 37:11
"But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth,
And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace."



 All will have an abundance of food.

Psalm 72:16
"There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth;  on the top of the mountains there will be an overflow."

 Perfect health will prevail.

Isaiah 33:24
"No resident will say, 'I am sick.'"


 Everyone will have a comfortable home.

Isaiah 65:21,22
"They will certainly build houses and have occupancy; and they will certainly plant vineyards and eat [their] fruitage. 22 They will not build and someone else have occupancy; they will not plant and someone else do the eating."

*  All forms of suffering will end.

Revelation 21:3,4
"With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples. And God himself will be with them.  And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”









(Source: Awake, May 2011, page 18)



Sunday, September 12, 2010

What Is Your Life Worth?

“Since man is made in the image of God, then the taking of a man’s life is the destruction of the most precious and the most holy thing in the world.”—The Plain Man’s Guide to Ethics, by William Barclay.

Sadly, many people don't realize how precious life is, which is one reason why some snuff out life without compunction at all while others just waste their lives in harmful activities.

Millions of people also feel totally worthless and desperate - that no one really cares whether they live or die. Because of wars, injustices, the ravages of draught, famine, disease, bereavement and countless other things that plague mankind, they wonder if life is worth living at all.



The wise King Solomon also observed concerning life in this world:

"All things are wearisome; no one is able to speak of it. The eye is not satisfied at seeing, neither is the ear filled from hearing....I saw all the works that were done under the sun, and, look! everything was vanity and a striving after wind." (Ecclesiastes 1:8,14)

In view of the aforementioned situations, it is vital to ask the question

How precious is our life?

The link below will give us enlightenment that fosters our sense of self-worth, leaving us with renewed hope and zest for life.