Korea had been one country for over a thousand years.

This lead to civil war – and undemocratic regimes both north and south. Quite apart from the nuclear threat, or economic collapse, perhaps it is time to get at the root of the problem, which is the artificial division of the country.

In the Middle East, and Central Asia, the United States is responding to crises by building up its military forces and waging war. But in East Asia, despite the Axis-of-Evil rhetoric, they have been pulling out their troops! This has lead to some nervousness in South Korea. But perhaps they should take this idea out for a spin. Use it to provide some leverage – obtain concessions from the North, and provide the South with security.

Not a Peace Treaty, nor the provision of another nuclear reactor. But rather re-unification of the peninsula.

Perhaps the idea could be floated of nation-wide elections. Offering the Pyongyang regime the withdrawal of all foreign forces in Korea, in return for them agreeing to nation-wide multi-party elections. My suggestion is that both sides (North and South) agree to submit to fair and free elections, the winner forming a government for the whole country. That is, both governments should step down and submit to elections in order to form one nation again.

However, none of that should deter us from the ultimate goal of ridding the world of all nuclear weapons. For anyone who has ever viewed pictures or video of nuclear detonations or have seen the aftermath of children with the skin coming off of their bones, there is no moral justification for retaining this awful capability. I appreciate the progress that has been made in reducing the stockpiles of nuclear weapons since the height of the cold war. As Christians, we cannot accept anything less that total elimination of these weapons.

We cannot uninvent the wheel. That being said, and knowing the nature of the “world system” as described by John in his letters, we can safely assume that nuclear weapons are here to stay. So we might be better off talking about how we avoid their detonation for hostile purposes, rather than concerning ourselves about somehow 'getting rid of them.' We will not succeed in doing that.

The current method – - avoiding detonation by mutual deterrence – — has worked very well. As a matter of fact, it has worked perfectly. I take no joy in saying that. But it is true. There has not been a hostile nuclear detonation on the planet since more than one country had nuclear weapons. Is it a good way to live? No!! Christ has taught us a better way in His Kingdom. Sadly, the world system is not a part of Christ's Kingdom. It never has been. It never will be. And for these reasons, derived from the Truth of scripture, I would suggest that we need to address the problem differently.