Why peace is ELUSIVE

 

John 8:36

King James Version

36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, 

ye shall be free indeed.

Why is there so much trouble in the world?

Why can't there ever be peace?

Why are people not free?

How do we achieve peace?

Can one man do it?

Who can foster peace?

Here are excerpts from articles the HOLY SPIRIT guided me to write.

These, from 2021 to 2026:

"The world may go this way, and that.

But believers in JESUS don't go this way, and that.

We are sure, steady, and saved.

We lean against the ROCK."

-- "PEACE through JESUS" 

(1 August 2021)

"How much control do we have over things happening in the world?

Nothing.

Zilch.

Only GOD has FULL control over EVERYTHING.

The sooner we accept that, the more peaceful we'll be."

-- "WHAT to FOCUS on EACH day"

(17 March 2022)

"If you were to watch the news today, you'd be worried.

But believers in JESUS can't be worried.

A true born again trusts in JESUS.

Completely."

-- "BELIEVERS have PEACE"

(28 February 2023)

"To have peace, we need JESUS.

That He may help us deal with the "mess"."

-- "PARADOX of PEACE" 

(30 Jun 2024)

"How can you promote peace, if you're not peaceful?

How can you know truth, if you don't have GOD's SPIRIT in you?

How can you promote justice, if you don't know GOD's laws?

It's all logical, sequential, and consequential."

-- "The PEACE solution" 

(6 January 2025)

"Oh, when o when, will people wake up?

When will they see that only JESUS can right ANY wrong?

ONLY JESUS can give us the peace we all desire."

-- "PROSPECTS for PEACE" 

(10 February 2026)

Simply put, we all need JESUS.

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: 

He that abideth in me, and I in him, 

the same bringeth forth much fruit: 

for without me ye can do nothing.

Only through JESUS can we have peace.

The lasting peace we all need, and desire so deeply.

The world is contrary to peace.

Simply because it serves CHRIST's enemy.

Thus, this born again workman longs for four particular events --

When the imminent Rapture occurs:

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

King James Version

16 For the Lord himself 

shall descend from heaven 

with a shout, 

with the voice of the archangel, 

and with the trump of God: 

and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain 

shall be caught up together with them 

in the clouds, 

to meet the Lord in the air: 

and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

When believers return with JESUS:

Revelation 19:14

King James Version

14 And the armies which were in heaven 

followed him upon white horses, 

clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

When the New Jerusalem comes down from GOD:

Revelation 21:1-5

King James Version

21 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: 

for the first heaven and the first earth 

were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, 

new Jerusalem, 

coming down from God out of heaven, 

prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, 

Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, 

and he will dwell with them, 

and they shall be his people, 

and God himself shall be with them, 

and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; 

and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, 

nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: 

for the former things are passed away.

5 And he that sat upon the throne said, 

Behold, I make all things new. 

And he said unto me, Write: 

for these words are true and faithful.

When there are no more criminals:

Revelation 21:22-27

King James Version

22 And I saw no temple therein: 

for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb 

are the temple of it.

23 And the city had no need of the sun, 

neither of the moon, to shine in it: 

for the glory of God did lighten it, 

and the Lamb is the light thereof.

24 And the nations of them which are saved 

shall walk in the light of it: 

and the kings of the earth 

do bring their glory and honour into it.

25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: 

for there shall be no night there.

26 And they shall bring the glory 

and honour of the nations into it.

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it 

any thing that defileth, neither 

whatsoever worketh abomination, 

or maketh a lie: 

but they which are written 

in the Lamb's book of life.

Don't you wish for those days, too?

I do so -- with all my heart.

Not just for my self.

But for everyone.

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When JESUS returns

 

Zechariah 14:4

King James Version

4 And his feet shall stand in that day 

upon the mount of Olives, 

which is before Jerusalem on the east, 

and the mount of Olives shall cleave 

in the midst thereof 

toward the east and toward the west, 

and there shall be a very great valley; 

and half of the mountain shall remove 

toward the north, 

and half of it toward the south.

When will JESUS return?

How shall He return?

What happens when He does?

Scripture tells us what we need to know.

Like, when JESUS will come back:

Matthew 24:36

King James Version

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, 

no, not the angels of heaven, 

but my Father only.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-4

King James Version

5 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, 

ye have no need that I write unto you.

2 For yourselves know perfectly 

that the day of the Lord so cometh 

as a thief in the night.

3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; 

then sudden destruction cometh upon them, 

as travail upon a woman with child; 

and they shall not escape.

4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, 

that that day should overtake you as a thief.

We know that JESUS was taken up to heaven this way:

Mark 16:19

King James Version

19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, 

he was received up into heaven, 

and sat on the right hand of God.

We also know JESUS will return this way:

Acts 1:11

King James Version

11 Which also said, 

Ye men of Galilee, 

why stand ye gazing up into heaven? 

this same Jesus, 

which is taken up from you into heaven, 

shall so come in like manner 

as ye have seen him go into heaven.

And when the LORD returns, expect this:

Zechariah 14:1

King James Version

14 Behold, 

the day of the Lord cometh, 

nd thy spoil shall be divided

 in the midst of thee.

Zechariah 14:2

King James Version

2 For I will gather all nations 

against Jerusalem to battle; 

and the city shall be taken, 

and the houses rifled, 

and the women ravished; 

and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, 

and the residue of the people 

shall not be cut off from the city.

Zechariah 14:3

King James Version

3 Then shall the Lord go forth, 

and fight against those nations, 

as when he fought in the day of battle.

Zechariah 14:4

King James Version

4 And his feet shall stand in that day 

upon the mount of Olives, 

which is before Jerusalem on the east, 

and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof 

toward the east and toward the west, 

and there shall be a very great valley; 

and half of the mountain shall remove 

toward the north, 

and half of it toward the south.

Zechariah 14:5

King James Version

5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; 

for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: 

yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled 

from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah 

king of Judah: 

and the Lord my God shall come, 

and all the saints with thee.

Zechariah 14:6-7

King James Version

6 And it shall come to pass in that day, 

that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, 

not day, nor night: 

but it shall come to pass, 

that at evening time it shall be light.

Zechariah 14:8

King James Version

8 And it shall be in that day,

 that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; 

half of them toward the former sea, 

and half of them toward the hinder sea: 

in summer and in winter shall it be.

Zechariah 14:9

King James Version

9 And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: 

in that day shall there be one Lord, 

and his name one.

Zechariah 14:10

King James Version

10 All the land shall be turned as a plain 

from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: 

and it shall be lifted up, 

and inhabited in her place, 

from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, 

unto the corner gate, 

and from the tower of Hananeel 

unto the king's winepresses.

Zechariah 14:11

King James Version

11 And men shall dwell in it, 

and there shall be no more utter destruction; 

but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

Zechariah 14:12

King James Version

12 And this shall be the plague 

wherewith the Lord will smite all the people 

that have fought against Jerusalem; 

Their flesh shall consume away 

while they stand upon their feet, 

and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, 

and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

Zechariah 14:13

King James Version

13 And it shall come to pass in that day, 

that a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them; 

and they shall lay hold every one 

on the hand of his neighbour, 

and his hand shall rise up 

against the hand of his neighbour.

Zechariah 14:14

King James Version

14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; 

and the wealth of all the heathen round about 

shall be gathered together, 

gold, and silver, and apparel, 

in great abundance.

Zechariah 14:15

King James Version

15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, 

of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, 

and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, 

as this plague.

Zechariah 14:16

King James Version

16 And it shall come to pass, 

that every one that is left of all the nations 

which came against Jerusalem 

shall even go up from year to year 

to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, 

and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:17

King James Version

17 And it shall be, 

that whoso will not come up 

of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem 

to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, 

even upon them shall be no rain.

Zechariah 14:18-19

King James Version

18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, 

and come not, that have no rain; 

there shall be the plague, 

wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen 

that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, 

and the punishment of all nations that come not up 

to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:20

King James Version

20 In that day shall there be 

upon the bells of the horses, 

Holiness Unto The Lord; 

and the pots in the Lord's house 

shall be like the bowls before the altar.

Zechariah 14:21

King James Version

21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah 

shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: 

and all they that sacrifice 

shall come and take of them, 

and seethe therein: 

and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite* 

in the house of the Lord of hosts.

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*Canaanite religion

Image: Generation Word

Caption: "The third summit (southern most summit) of the Mount of Olives looking east from Jerusalem over the Kidron Valley."