visions of peace

On this mountain He will destroy
the veil that veils all peoples,
The web that is woven over all nations;
He will destroy death forever.

Isaiah 25: 7

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Isaiah had many wonderful visions of peace.  Swords beaten into plowshares, lions and lambs lying down together, and veils destroyed.  

 

What is the veil that is woven over all nations?   I believe it is our sense of separateness, our forgetting that we are One, that we are all interconnected and interdependent.  It is the veil of ignorance, that leads to fear and hatred of one's neighbors instead of love. 

 

It is much more obvious now than in Isaiah's day that all nations must cooperate; to stop nuclear pollution, global warming, species extinction and all the other catastrophes that are accelerating around us.  War became obsolete in 1945, with the atom bombs that hit Japan.  Yet still the veil shrouds our vision, still the US spreads radioactive material around the globe and refuses to join Kyoto.  And the wars go on.

 

Who is He who will destroy the veil, and destroy death forever?  He is the spirit of love, of justice, of understanding and enlightenment.  May He come soon!

 

In the name of the Prince of Peace,   Carol Wolman