LET us look into the old blacksmith's shop and see what he is doing. How interesting it is to watch him put the iron into the fire, blow it up with his big bellows until he makes the iron red hot, then he puts it on the anvil and hammers it into the shape that he wants it. He can make new things out of old, and change their shape completely.
As we look inside this shop, we see pieces of armor and different kinds of things that he has to repair, and as we look at the armor, which was used in olden times in war-fare, we can only say,
How terrible a thing war is, and rejoice that this world shall yet see a time of peace, but not till the Lord Jesus will come back to reign over this earth, and He will have put Satan into the bottomless pit (Rev. 20:2, 3). At that time
"They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." Isa. 2:4. What a blessed time that will be for this earth!
The Lord Jesus is the Prince of Peace, and He wants us to know Him, and walk in peace while we are in this world.
To those of us who know the Lord as our Saviour, the word is—
"Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace." Rom. 14:19.
"BE AT PEACE AMONG YOUR SELVES." 1 Thess. 5:13.
Messages of God’s Love 12/4/1932