Six and Counting - The Leviathan

 On that day a swift and terrible sword will cut out the core of wickedness in the world, 

The beast that is Leviathan.

Again the vineyard will be fruitful, protected by its creator.

Anger will become obsolete.

Peace will be restored.

The people of Israel will make peace with me.

What is pure and noble will be raised; all that is wicked and meaningless brought low.

What stupidity to turn away from your creator, your life source.

In that day a trumpet will sound.

Like handpicked grains of wheat, people will come from across the world to my mountain.

To the holy mountain of Zion.

Isaiah 27

The paradox is that 'the terrible sword' will cut out the core of wickedness.  This is the desire to hurt and harm.  Not only the self, but others around.  The greater the power, the greater the potential to misuse power.

Another paradox is that our saviour comes a lamb.  But this lamb has a lion within it.  Is violence always evil?  We think of the 'righteous war', but war always involves destruction, and destruction invariably harms the innocent.

For we live in this messed up, crooked world, and so we should not expect simple pure answers.  

But they do exist - not in this world, so we look to the next. 

To quote Emmanuel Kant,

“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.”