Hate Will Be Eradicated!

'But,' you may say, 'that's all well and good for the individuals involved. However, this will not make hatred disappear from our earth altogether.' True, even if you do not have hatred in your heart, you can still be its victim. So we to look to God for the real solution to this global problem. 

God purposes that all vestiges of hatred will soon be removed from the earth. This will take place under the rule of the heavenly government for which Jesus taught us to pray:  "Our Father who art in the heavens, Hallowed by thy name. Let your kingdom come. Let your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. -Matthew 6:9,10.

When that prayer is fully answered, conditions that foster hatred will exist no more. Situations that exploit it will have been eliminated. Propaganda, ignorance, and prejudice will have been replaced  by enlightenment, truth, and righteousness.  Then, indeed God 'will have wiped out every tear, death will be no more, and neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.' -Revelation 21:1-4. 

Now even better news! There is irrefutable evidence that we are living in  "the last days." Thus, we can be confident that very soon we will see ungodly hatred vanish from this earth.  (2 Timothy 3:1-5; Matthew 24:3-14)  In God's promised new world,  a genuine spirit of brotherhood will exist because humankind will  have been restored to perfection. -Luke 23:43; 2 Peter 3:13. 

But you do not have to wait until  then to enjoy a genuine brotherhood. In fact, as illustrated in the accompanying accounts, Christian love has already found a place in millions of hearts, that could otherwise be filled with hatred. You too are invited to become part of that loving brotherhood!

Next time: SACRIFICES THAT PLEASED GOD 

From the Watchtower magazine, 2000