Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
Can we be sure that another devastating world war will not come?
No, but we can be thankful that there has been no nuclear war since the first atomic bombs of 1945. The repentance and faithfulness of God's people are the key to world stability until the close of history. The cruel world empires of Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Rome would never have trampled the earth if ancient Israel had been true to her divine calling.
God needs the cooperation of His people, and history demonstrates that God's people do have a profound influence. Revelation discloses the behind-the-scenes efforts of "four angels ... holding the four winds of the earth [global holocaust?] ... till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads" (Rev. 7:1-3). It is clear, therefore, that the key to world peace is the progress of that sealing work!
Meanwhile, all whose hearts respond to God's love remain "strangers and pilgrims" in a hostile world. Crime and hated may flourish all around them, yet they dwell in the world as Jesus did. He was the rightful heir of all things, yet as an alien He had to bide His time. His presence through the Holy Spirit is promised to His people.
Talk of a human-instigated doomsday should not terrify us. God's promises are abundant if we will only believe Him. "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; he shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty" (Isa. 33:14-17).
The Lord promises us bread and water, not cake and ice cream. The Son of man had no where to lay His head, and we cannot demand more. But we can have what He had--an abiding peace "under the shadow of the Almighty" (Psalm 91:1).
Hope and confidence leap out from almost every page of the Bible. "Fear not: for I have redeemed thee. ... When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee" (Isa. 43:1, 2).
Those who cherish and believe these promises thus join themselves to the Lord and stand with Him on His side in the final struggle. This faith is "the victory that overcometh the world" (1 John 5:4).
--Robert J. Wieland
From: Signs of the Times, "World Peace: Is the Outlook Hopeless?" April 1986.
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