TO END ALL WARS

 

Thursday, November 11, 2021

 

TO END ALL WARS

Matt 24:6-8

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

 

          Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918. But, according to Thomas R. Gowenlock, an intelligence officer with the U.S. First Division, shelling from both sides continued for the rest of the day, ending only at nightfall. The armistice initially expired after a period of 36 days and had to be extended several times. [Wikipedia]

 

          Mankind seems relentless in his hatred for his fellow men. The first battle began when Cain rose up in his field and slew his brother Able. Since that time the rock, as a weapon, has been refined and irradiated.

 

          My father had a physical impairment the kept him from the second global conflict – almost. He worked at Oak Ridge, Tennessee in research and development. He was also, for a short time, a guard manning a .50 caliber machine gun. One day they shut down the “line” and told the workers to take a seat. On that day they were told of a new bomb – one bomb – that had destroyed Hiroshima. Daddy cried! I don’t think he ever quite forgave himself.

 

 Isa 9:6

6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

 

Dear Lord, let your mercy and peace be upon us today. AMEN