Can True Peace come at the point of the sword?

Here is an excerpt from George Grant’s 1991 book “The Blood Of The Moon”.

From pages 88-90/second section:The Past And Prophecy/Chapter:6 Loose Ends: The Peace to End All Peace/

True Peace

The prophen Isaiah brough a message to those who lived in the Middle East thousands of years ago. Amazingly, that message is as relevant today as when he first uttered it:

Let there be peace–peace to him who is far off and to him who is nearby. I will bring healing to the land of the righteous. But as for the wicked, they are like the tossing sea. It cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up refuse and mud. Therefore, there is no peace for the wicked. (Isaiah 57:19-21)

With remarkable economy and startling clarity, that message traverses both space and time to bring into focus the complex dilemma of bringing peace to our strife-riven world.

Throughout his life, Isaiah had dedicated himself to proclaiming God’s eternal purposes for mankind. He was a diligent bearer of the glad tidings of peace. After all, God had established a covenant of peace with His people (see Isaiah 54:10). It was an irrevocable and everlasting covenant (see Isaiah 61:8). Thus, they had the promise of peace with the nations around them and with God Himself (see Isaiah 26:12; 27:5). They would have “peace like a river” (Isaia 66:12) and “peace like the waves of the sea” (Isaiah 48:18). It would be a perfect peace wrought by the Prince of Peace (see Isaiah 26:3; 9:6).

This remarkabel promise of peace was indeed good news and glad tidings. But Isaiah made it abundantly apparent that the promise could be redeemed only by the righteous. “Peace on earth and good will toward men” is available only to those “on whom God’s favor rests” (Luke 2:14). No peace, much less this promised utopian peace, will ever be attained for use of sheer force or agression. No peace will ever be attained by mere appeasement for compromise. No peace will ever be attained by clever hegotiation or wily manipulation. Nothing could be clearer: “There is no peace for the wicked” (Isaiah 48:22). There never has bee and there never will be.

Here, here! Good words!

Oh, but the question then is: Who in today’s world is “wicked” and who is “righteous”?

At the point of the sword the American Military is forcing so-called democracy (peace, everyone knows, is tied absolutely to democracy). Must be that these are not the righteous ones, based on the above quotes.

God can use Might to free the oppressed. Surely, He is God. But that in NO WAY means the MIGHTY are also the Righteous ones.

God can use Might to rid the world of some Wicked people, does this mean the MIGHTY are automatically the Righteous ones? No, it doesn’t. Wicked can be moved by God to undo the wicked someplace else.

So it comes down to the fact of things today: America is spreading so-called democracy at the point of the sword. They claim God on their side. They are spreading their man-made empire.

This is not Righteousness.

So go ahead, wreak your havoc on the World, America. You are no different than the other wicked countries.

Your technological prowess, hair above your ears, holier-than-thou-ness doesn’t fool God.

I say this, an heir (my heritage is from) of the original 13 colonies. I was born in the 60’s, and have lived through campaign after campaign, political/military, they are one and the same. I believe in Limited Government, and seeking to beat swords into plowshares.