"Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives. I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." - ( JOHN 14:27 ) BW

"Peace I leave with you." - What wonderful words, a promise fulfilled! Peace is a great gift from God. For the peace the Lord gives is the only true peace - that we can know. The world has never known true peace, for peace is and will be the essential quality, that stands out - the Kingdom of Godwhich Jesus Christ declared was not of this world.

"Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: for my kingdom is not from hence." - (John 18:36) BW

So many times before the eyes of man the world has fallen into ruin. The history of the world throughout the ages bears witness to every such event in which the world has fallen to its lowest point and mankind has trembled, anticipating its imminent end. The world, speaking of peace, proclaimed only: an armistice, a postponement of judgment, a cessation of hostilities. This is the "peace" that comes from the world: a temporary suspension, the calm before the storm. The world could never offer or build a lasting peace. And neither can it today, because it does not know it, and it does not know it because it has not come to know the Lord enough. For true, lasting peace comes only from the Lord. Jesus Christ is our Peace. And any, other option that would come along and help establish world peace - would be a lie from Satan.

     
"When they say: Peace and safety, then sudden destruction will come upon them, as pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape" - (1 Thessalonians 5:3) BW

What world governments can guarantee is only temporary restraint from further destruction, but mere "restraint" will not cure the world of its effect on the human heart. The essence of self-destruction has been well known to the world since its inception. And it cannot cure itself of it, it can sign and declare a truce, but external wars are turned into internal ones - against its own citizens, when there is no external enemy internal enemies are created. And the war continues, only the way it is waged changes. The loud ones give way to the more quiet, sophisticated ones, that we don't even notice that the fight goes on every day - about ourselves. And we, people, allow ourselves to be destroyed, we allow our souls to be further poisoned. It is enough to eliminate an external threat, so that people who have previously been united by the feeling of that threat, start to jump into each other's eyes again, quarrelling, often over trivial things. The world system creates and fosters situations that become a breeding ground for various conflicts. We can see where this is going. Has the destruction stopped or been stopped? No, it continues, and humanity has only been lulled to sleep by slogans of peace. War will stop when the killing stops. It is possible to proclaim that there are no ongoing armed actions in any part of the world, but every day people around the world die at the hands of their fellow human beings. Therefore, we cannot say that we live in a time of peace, especially as the world seeks to kill people legally. What once would have been called genocide, crime, murder, is now being legislated as the right to abortion, the right to euthanasia, and all this in the name of humanitarian values, which claim to have regard for the "quality of life" of the person. In the name of "quality of life" - it's taken away - Life. Under the law, what was once a crime now becomes a right to kill, without suffering the consequences. You are not born if you are not needed here, or if you have some kind of birth defect, the world says: you are not welcome here - so we can kill you, even before you are born. If you are old, sick or disabled, the world says: you are useless here, so we will help you - we will kill you before you die. Beloved, is this what a world of peace looks like? Every day someone dies, crime and violence increases, children are murdered in trade for organs, they are sacrificed in satanic rituals, but it is not talked about, because if it is not talked about, it is as if it did not exist and did not happen at all. Unfortunately, in this world there are always reasons to kill a person, but it is more difficult to find arguments that they should live. Therefore, crime has become the norm of this world. And we live in a time of constant unrest, which time and again grows stronger. We cannot hope in the world, because it will not establish true peace, because it cannot establish something that does not exist. Peace lies only in God's hands.

"For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace." - (1 Corinthians 14:33) BW

Peace is not about fighting; it is not established by another war, as is being done in the world to create a new order and order. Peace cannot be established on the roots of iniquity. It is not gained by force, by violence; it is a gift of God. Peace is about surrender, about putting our hands up, about extending the white flag, not before the enemy who rules this world, but before God. And it begins with a change of heart. It begins with a cleansing of the heart, because peace cannot be found as long as the heart and thoughts of man are full of wickedness and a desire for murder. The joy that comes from peace of heart is the certainty of salvation. Peace is the fruit of victory, of winning, Which is in Jesus Christ. 

"And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus." - (Phil 4:7) BW 

The world can only create the illusion of : apparent peace and security. It creates a relationship between people's personal peace of mind and their financial security, while at the same time controlling the situation; it promotes the pursuit of comfort and luxury, creating in them a sense of personal comfort that people will at the same time fear to lose, thus forming an attitude of conformity - agreement with the norms in force, even those that violate God's law - in exchange for maintaining the living conditions to which they have become accustomed. Conformism or a sense of personal comfort has nothing to do with true peace; it is a trap in which dormant humanity is held hostage. The system of this world is a satanic system. We can only be freed from it: Jesus Christ alone! 

The world is a world of things. It can offer us: material goods, money, or at least the overwhelming desire to have it. But will making more and more money bring us peace? Will having more and more material goods bring us peace? Will wanting more and more bring peace to our hearts? 

"For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace." - (Romans 8:6) BW

Each of us must choose. Does he want to have peace with the world? Does he want to have peace with God? The choice is in our hands.

The accumulation of treasures on earth is not the way of gain, but the way that leads to perdition, that perishes the soul of man.

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and suffer injury to his soul?" - (Matthew 16:26) BW

Beloved, God has so much more to offer us than what the world gives. God saves, sets free, gives joy and lasting peace that the world has no idea about. Whenever I try to express what it is to enter the Peace of the Lord, it turns out that words are not enough, you just have to experience it, to be filled to the brim, that you no longer seek anything, demand anything, feel no lack or fear, you are free, free from all your burdens. And even if the world collapses, even if "A thousand fell at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand." Your heart will not be troubled, your heart will not be afraid! For the Lord of Peace will be with you.

"For I know the thoughts that I have of you," says the Lord, "thoughts of peace and not of distress, to prepare a future for you and to inspire you with hope." - (Jer 29:11) BW

God has not changed; He wants us to live in peace, so that man's heart may know happiness and his conscience may be at peace, through faith that through the death of the Lord Jesus all the demands of God's justice have been satisfied.

"Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." - (Romans 5:1) BW

How can one achieve peace with God - lasting and complete peace? One must sincerely confess one's sins to God and believe that the Lord Jesus took upon Himself the punishment for them, and that redemption by the blood of the Lamb of God is completely accomplished. On this basis we are pardoned and preserved from God's judgment.

However, many believers remain uncertain about their acceptance by God. One reason for this is that so many different things have been added to Jesus Christ's work on the cross throughout Christian history that they cannot understand that a complete and perfect atoning sacrifice has been offered for the forgiveness of their sins. But God's Word dispels all such doubts:

"By the power of this will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest performs his service daily and offers many times the same sacrifices, which cannot at all take away sins. But when He had offered one sacrifice for sins once for all, He sat down at the right hand of God. Waiting now for his enemies to be laid as a footstool for his feet. For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are sanctified." - (Heb 10:10-14) BW

Beloved, harden your doubting heart and rejoice in the peace of God right now. May the knowledge that God has accepted the perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ give you peace. It has been once and for allmade. "It's done!" - as our Lord said. And that is not up for debate. You need not worry any longer, and your heart can be at peace now. 

Peace is the conviction of salvation. It is the first blessing that happened to the assembled disciples in the midst of whom the risen Christ appeared. He said to them: "Peace be with you!"  This shows the special importance of the peace that our Savior communicates. He is the Lord of Peace and He gives it to His chosen believers.

"For He is our peace; He has made unity out of two, and has broken down in His flesh the standing barrier of the wall of enmity." - (Eph 2:14) BW

"And having come, he proclaimed peace to you who are far off, and peace to those who are near." - (Eph 2:17) BW

The Lord has preached peace to us in order to fill our hearts and thoughts with a peace that makes us aware of His power and goodness, constantly assures us of His love, and gives us encouragement. The man who relies on the world and not on God is not able to attain it. He may sink into complacency and self-fulfillment, but he will not find peace. 

"But the ungodly are like a troubled sea that cannot be calmed, and whose waters cast up silt and mud. The ungodly have no peace, says my God" - (Is 57:20-21) BW

Peace is the consequence of union with God. Having unity with Him, we can rejoice in the peace He gives us and in our participation in His Kingdom. A kingdom in which there will be "peace without end."

"For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." - (Romans 14)"

The world rejected the Messiah, His own people, did not accept Him, the consequence was that peace could not prevail on earth. And there will not be until Jesus Christ returns again to earth in all His glory and power to crush His enemies and establish The Millennial Kingdom of Peace. 

"And the wolf shall be the guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down beside the kid. The calf and the lioness and the fattened cattle will be together, and the little boy will lead them. The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie together, and the lion will feed on straw like an ox. The baby will play over the viper's den, and to the snake's burrow the child will stretch out his hand. They will not harm or hurt in all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD like waters that fill the sea."-(Isaiah 11:6-9) BW 

Can we imagine a more perfect order and peace to be established by Jesus Christ, called Prince of Peace?  It is a peace that surpasses all human imagination. No political solution or agreement of the world's governments will accomplish this; they can only sell the delusion that Satan will tell them, in the form of the rule of the antichrist, who will deceive the world with a semblance of peace and security to lead it to total destruction. May God protect everyone from this deception. Let us trust in the promises of the Lord. We are living in the end times, the times of a reversed decalogue, in which deviation and demoralization are spreading all the more strongly. let us strive for peaceWe ask for peace with the Lord, so that none of the troubling news that comes from the world will make our hearts troubled. Thanks to Jesus Christ we can keep peace in the world of anxiety. Belonging to Him we stop being citizens of the world and become citizens of heaven, we can experience peace in Him.

"This I have told you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but trust, I have overcome the world." - ( JOHN 16:33) BW

Let us side with the Victor, having unity with Him we will find peace. The Lord of Peace will be with us. The Lord who brings balance between high and low, between breadth and depth, between water and fire , between heaven and earth. Peace is the restoration of the presence of God. "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." It is a request for a reality that comes down from on high, that is full of order and peace because God reigns in it.

The Lord calls us: all His elect who have believed in Him, to make peace with Him.

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God" - (Matthew 5:9) BW

By sharing in the peace that God gives us, we become his sons, like Jesus Christ, and by following in his footsteps we carry within us that peace, that spiritual reality that restores God's presence where it does not exist.

Beloved, this spiritual reality can be yours today. Put all weapons aside. Surrender to God. Give your heart into the hands of the Prince of Peace. The Lord will give it rest. The Lord will soothe it, heal it, set it free. The Lord will give you the peace that does not cease, that is Eternal peace in His eternal presence.

May the Grace and Peace of Jesus Christ be with you whoever you are!