Blessed are the peacemakers

"Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God." Matt 5:9

This is the only verse in the New Testament that uses the word peacemakers. We always think of peacemakers as those who negotiate between disagreeable parties or one who makes peace with someone who they have offended. But what about someone who is prophecied in Micah 5

^{4 "}And He will arise and shepherd His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God.
And they will remain,
Because at that time He will be great
To the ends of the earth.

^{5 "}This One will be our peace.
When the Assyrian invades our land,
When he tramples on our citadels,
Then we will raise against him
Seven shepherds and eight leaders of men.

^{6 "}They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
The land of Nimrod at its entrances;
And He will deliver us from the Assyrian
When he attacks our land
And when he tramples our territory."

Who is this One who will be our peace? How does He bring about peace when the Assyrian invades and destroys? He shepherds the land of Assyria with the sword.

Our warriors are also our peacemakers. They are our policemen. They go out and protect us against our enemies who hate us, want to kill us, want to destroy our nation.

Our nation. In Micah 5:12 - 15 there is some purification going on.

¹² “I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
And you will have fortune-tellers no more.
¹³ “I will cut off your carved images
And your sacred pillars from among you,
So that you will no longer bow down
To the work of your hands.
¹⁴ “I will root out your Asherim from among you
And destroy your cities.
¹⁵ “And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath
On the nations which have not obeyed.”

Does the United States obey? Are there fortune-tellers in our land? Is the horoscope in every newspaper? [Why isn't there a Bible study in every newspaper, every day?] Do we worship, sacrifice to, the work of our hands? Do we sacrifice our pre-born to the work of our hands? 

The One peacemaker is angry and full of wrath at the shedding of innocent blood. See http://josiahgeneration.blogspot.com/ which explains that these enemies are a consequence of our own evil. The peacemakers are our warriors, but would there be a war on terrorism if we stopped pre-born genocide? Those who will be called sons of God deserve us to have their backs by obeying God.