It must be terrible to be sliced by a sword! You know how sharp a sword is and how easy it is to be cut by one. Do you know how many people have lost their lives because of swords in battle? No doubt millions have been slain by the sword in battle. This deadly weapon is mentioned many times in the Bible, for it was used from the earliest days. Today, swords are not used too often, for men have invented other weapons of warfare.
An instrument like a sword used to harvest sugarcane is called a machete. It is very sharp and long and is also used to cut tree branches, brush and grass.
Soon the Lord Jesus will judge the nations and will then bring peace to the world. Wars will cease and people will change “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” (Isaiah 2:44And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. (Isaiah 2:4)).
1. What did the Lord Jesus tell Peter about all those that take the sword?
Matthew 26:___
2. The sword of Goliath was kept wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. What did David say about that sword? 1 Samuel 21:___
3. Because King David had despised the commandment of the Lord, what did Nathan say would never depart from his house? 2 Samuel 12:___
4. What did the Lord of hosts say would smite the shepherd?
Zechariah 13:___
5. When the Lord Jesus was born, the angels said, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace.” When men rejected Him, what did He send instead of peace on earth? Matthew 10:___