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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: Peace on Earth
Description: “They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”Micah 4:3Micah is describing total disarmament—something that’s never been seen in world history—all bombs exploded, all weapons eliminated, all training camps closed, all prisons emptied, and all national defence budgets reallocated.
Now, of course, we find this almost impossible to imagine, because the only world we have ever known is one in which there is hostility, fear, and danger. But Micah speaks of a day w...