War & Peace

Is it true, that in the First World War, the opposing sides got out of their trenches and sang Christmas Carols together?

Is it true, that comrade Soldiers were ordered to execute their brothers, who stopped warring?






Luke 2:14 (NIV)

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favour rests."

Weapons

In 1978, I was privileged to hear a man speaking about the correlation between industrialisation and military arms. All that he said on that occasion, which related to directions in history, and the years in the future, have been fulfilled as described. There are still aspects that are not yet fulfilled, as he described.

Throughout history mankind has not learnt to live with his neighbour in peace.



2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NIV)
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.