Advent Day 14: Plowshares
As I continue to wonder at the Prince of Peace, I’m struck by an image from Isaiah.
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He says that the nations will surrender their weapons of war and turn them into tools for cultivating the land.
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“They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” -Isaiah 2:4
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Can you imagine the social implications of such a kingdom as this?
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But over and over again, The Prince of Peace models the way of vulnerability.
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The infant king.
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The suffering servant.
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The weapon-less warrior who defeats and overcomes death by first submitting to it.
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We’re faced with a choice. We can fight to make this kingdom a present reality. Or we can offer vague sentimentalities like “thoughts and prayers.”
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Not that prayer isn’t worthwhile, but my prayer is this, “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
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Which apparently looks less like swords, and more like plowshares.