A Promise You Can Trust

 Long before Nineveh's fall, while her kings still struck terror into the hearts of their enemies, Isaiah foretold the coming of a very different kind of ruler. He wrote: "There has been a child born to us, there has been a a son given to us; and the princely rule will come to be upon his shoulder. And his name will be called . . . Prince of Peace.  To the abundance of the princely rule and to peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom in order to establish it by means of justice and by means of righteousness, from now on and to time indefinite.  The very zeal of  Jehovah of armies will do this." - ISAIAH 9:6, 7.

The rulership of the "Prince of Peace," Jesus Christ, will embrace the entire earth. Psalm 72:7, 8 says: "In his days the righteous one will sprout, and the abundance of peace until the moon is no more. And he will have subjects from sea to sea and from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth. 

 Through this mighty "Prince of Peace," Jehovah God will fulfill the promise at Psalm 46:8,9: "Come you people, behold the activities of Jehovah, how he has set astonishing events on the earth.  He is making wars to cease to the extremity of the earth. The bow he breaks apart and does cut the spear in pieces; the wagons he burns in the fire."

Next time: A Promise You Can Trust - Conclusion

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