Genocide

So tonight i watched this PBS Special on Genocide called Worse Then War.

The Special was based on a book by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen of the same title.
http://goldhagen.com/books/worse-than-war

Goldhagen travels around the world to look at Genocide's in Rwanda (early 1990's), Former Yugoslavia (mid 1990's), Sudan (2003), Cambodia (1970's) and Guatemala (1980's)

A good overview found here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide


What struck me most about this is that genocide is started by a one or a small group that piggy back on the prejudice and hatred of the larger group.
And the thought that hit me was what hatred do I have not that I could do such a thing as Genocide. But maybe I could be prejudice.

Hate can start to look like truth over time, if its all you know.

Matt. 22:37-40 37And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets."

LOVE everything is depend on LOVE. LOVE is the kind of word you can't say without it bringing a Smile to your face. Joy is a sign of LOVE. Joy and LOVE are the cure for Hate.

We can change something in ourselves Hate can changed into LOVE.

Isaiah 2:4
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.

Oh how beautiful a world like this will be. Heaven is like this and I cant wait.

Revelation 21:4
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."