Daily Lesson for December 5, 2018

Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Isaiah chapter 2 verses 2 through 4:

2 In days to come

   the mountain of the Lord’s house

shall be established as the highest of the mountains,

   and shall be raised above the hills;

all the nations shall stream to it. 

3   Many peoples shall come and say,

‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,

   to the house of the God of Jacob;

that he may teach us his ways

   and that we may walk in his paths.’

For out of Zion shall go forth instruction,

   and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 

4 He shall judge between the nations,

   and shall arbitrate for many peoples;

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 any more.

Here is a vision from the Prophet Isaiah of the world as it ought to be. It is a vision of the rule of law governing the world and its global citizens.  It is an alternative vision to the chaos of anarchy, the destruction of war, and the enmity of nations.

It is not a vision without conflict, but a vision in which conflicts are settled through means of just peace. It is conflict well-arbitrated by means of sound jurisprudence and equal justice. It is conflict transformed into justice.

The institution of justice and the rule of law are vital to the stability of the nation and the world. Every generation must affirm them and strive to uphold their foundations so that the nations might still come to the mountain and learn.