True peace

https://odb.org/2024/04/23/the-true-peacemaker

Warring nations have been at it since time immemorial. Most of us, I would think, hope for an end to wars and sufferings, having heard of the pain and sufferings brought about by the two World Wars. Most of us are not old enough to have experienced WW2 in Malaya, the cruelty and the many deaths afflicted by the Japanese during their occupation of the Malay peninsula. But we hear stories passed down through the generations of the near genocide of our forefathers, of the need to live deep inside the jungle and on just tapioca. Many Chinese babies then were passed on to Malay families for a better chance of survival, and that probably explains why there are contemporary Malays who are as fair as porcelain besides mixed marriages.

Even as we look at the present-day wars between Russia and Ukraine, or Israel against Hamas and possibly its proxy, Iran, we also hope for the wars to end. However, if there is genuine peace on earth, it will be a lull before the antichrist emerges, and thereafter, the sequence of events revealed in Revelation would unravel, leading ultimately to the second coming of Christ and the end of the world as we know it.

Seek Him, hold on to Jesus, and never ever let go. He is the Alpha and Omega. He was there at the beginning and will be there at the end. He holds the keys to Hades, and He will open the Book of Life to search for our names. Are we sheep or goats, or wheat or chaff as Jesus separates us with his winnowing fork (Matthew 3:12)? 

Jesus warned that there would be trouble in the world, but He would give us true peace. A peace that transcends all understanding. A peace that will keep us steady despite the turmoil of the world. A peace that others can probably only experience when they are in the realm of the dead. But that is the peace Jesus promises us while we are breathing, a peace that indeed transcends all understanding.

Peace on earth is beyond us. There are superpowers on earth and powerful territorial strongholds in the spiritual realm at work. What’s within our reach are our own hearts of hearts, deep within our soul and spirit. In the end, that is what that will matter in the Bema judgment seat of Christ.