Satan Breeds War

Where Satan encamps is where wars e'er rage;
He foments greed in men to covet rank;
No one is safe from Mars' bloodthirsty wage---
Young men dying to redeem old men's frank*!
What! You doubt that wars are contrived for greed?
Why else does slaughter ravage man's frail race?
Power's in the grasp of those in the lead
Who slaver** profit, the common embrace!
Then Satan has his way; sin calls the tune;
Men march to war, freedom's anthems singing,
Harnessed unseen by their own venal crown,
Their bones but manure for greed's sway bringing!
Look in vain for wars to end in this world,
Where Satan is loosed, his banner unfurled!

*frank = money order; **slaver = drooling

"Law will go out from Zion; the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many people. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war any more." (Isaiah 2:3-4)

The world, that seems to us so large and substantial, is only a vapor in the annals of eternity. It is only a temporary blip in the plan of God; its only purpose is to provide a brief testing-place whereby He can select those few good men who will fit into the world that follows. Revelation Chapter 20 in the Bible tells of a 1000-year reign of Jesus Christ on earth in a world, whether real or symbolic, like the one that men were supposed to manage in the first place, had Satan not poisoned their minds. Isaiah's passage quoted above gives a sample of what that following world will be like: No wars.

Imagine living in a world with no war for a thousand years! Imagine a world in which there are no nuclear bombs or nations with them and nations without. There will be no crime, policemen, or jails. This present world has never been without war or imminent threat of war, and it always will be a dangerous place to live. There will be no fight over which religion---only Christianity will exist. And what is bad about that? Christianity is a faith that is based on love between men and peace between nations.