Swords into Plowshares: Part 6 of 6

The following is Part 6 of 6 from a booklet by Rev. Blake Purcell titled Swords into Plowshares, Three Dimensions of Bringing Peace on Earth (and Ukraine)Isaiah 2:1-4, 11

Part I

Part II
Part III

Part IV
Part V

A Final Word

The Communist party fell because they trusted in the arm of flesh. They invited me, a representative of their archenemy to speak to them in 1991, because they knew that was a vain trust, and they sensed they were cursed. Russia and the United States can either continue to be cursed by God for trusting in their flesh, or they can do what God tells them, and us, to do, in Isaiah 1, which reads,

Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

And yes, when you trust in the Lord, you too can do things like move 6,000 miles away into the midst of your enemies for 25 years, just to share the love of Christ, and tell them, “Yes, I came here for that [the gospel] because only that brings true peace on earth and good will toward men.”

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!