Kingdom of God · Messianic Age

Isaiah 2:4

Isaiah · ~740 BC · Status: Future · Confidence: 65% · Payne §Isa 11
“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.”
King James Version

Fulfillment References

Micah 4:3 Revelation 20:4 Isaiah 9:7

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

JewishThe Messianic age — not yet fulfilled; the nations still war.
CatholicThe Church advances this vision; full realization at the end of time.
ProtestantThis is the goal of the Messianic kingdom — not yet fully realized.
DispensationalFulfilled in the Millennial Kingdom when Christ rules with a rod of iron.
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