Read Isaiah 2:1-5

Tuesday

Read Isaiah 2:1-5

This is the message which God gave to Isaiah son of Amoz about Judah and Jerusalem:

²In days to come

the mountain where the Temple stands

will be the highest one of all,

towering above all the hills.

Many nations will come streaming to it,

³and their people will say,

“Let us go up the hill of the Lord,^d

to the Temple of Israel’s God.

He will teach us what he wants us to do;

we will walk in the paths he has chosen.

For the Lord’s teaching comes from Jerusalem;

from Zion he speaks to his people.”

⁴He will settle disputes among great nations.

They will hammer their swords into ploughs

and their spears into pruning knives.

Nations will never again go to war,

never prepare for battle again.

5 Now, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light which the Lord gives us!

Think

This is the hope of the prophets - the day when Jerusalem will be the highest of all mountains - the bringer of peace.  Jesus shows us the extent of his justice - and we long for the day on which it will be revealed.

Pray

Lord I long for the day when we will beat our swords into ploughs and spears into pruning knives.