“For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the greatness of his government and peace
there will be no end.
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Of the greatness of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness from that time on and
forever.
The zeal of the LORD Almighty
will accomplish this." Isaiah 9:6-7 (NIV2011)
and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness from that time on and
forever.
The zeal of the LORD Almighty
will accomplish this." Isaiah 9:6-7 (NIV2011)
Today
is Veteran’s Day. We
also commemorate this year the 100th anniversary of the
beginning of the Great War, the war that was said to be so horrific that
it would be the “war to end all wars”.
On this date, on the 11th month on the 11th
day at the 11th hour the armistice that ended World War One
was signed.
The
photo above is of the tower of London where 888,246 ceramic poppies are
planted, one for each of the British and Colonial soldiers who died in
the “War to end all wars”.
It has been said that the Poppy is the first flower to bloom
after the earth has been desecrated by war and death.
An estimated 70 million people will visit this memorial this
fall.
Do
you see the how the poppies create a picture of blood pouring from the
walls and flooding the earth below?
The longer I live the more difficulty I have reconciling
the picture of death by war with the picture of the blood of Jesus
“poured out for many”, with the picture of Jesus having come as the
Prince of Peace, with the picture of Jesus/God having the capacity to
use power to simply wipe out evil and all those who practice it through
death and destruction, yet instead of doing so he allows evil to destroy
Him, only then to use His
power not for destruction but for resurrection.
It
was the brilliant author, thinker, believer, one of best writers and
thinkers of the 20th century who penned this, one of the most
soul searching thoughts that a Christian can have,
“The
Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found
difficult and left untried,”
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more:
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