This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.”
The 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 peoples. 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 anymore.
Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord. - Isaiah 2:1-5
One of the problems of being human is limited perspective. We are called on to judge a situation based on limited knowledge and limited insight. Claims are made based on these limitations. Setting aside selfishness and ill-will, even in the most perfect world these claims may be wrong.
What Isaiah saw in this vision were three things: first, that people desired to hear what God had to say and live accordingly, second, that they would not use using force to make their claims and third, that God's insight would be the basis of deciding between these competing claims. The result would be a flourishing because the thought and effort that was required for war would be better used productively. Some competition is based on ignorance rather than ill will, and still need God's good insight.
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