Word title: Peace from God and False Peace from the World
When we learned of Gideon’s encounter with the Lord’s angel, he confessed that he had no choice but to die, and when he did not die but gained peace, he thanked him so much, and called that place as JehovahShalon:
That’s right! Shalom, which means peace, is peace that comes when a person who should die should have lived without death. The reason why one should die is “the wages of sin is death.” according to the scripture But by believing in Jesus Christ, all sin must be removed through His blood purifying the conscience and peace with God can be achieved. But sinners who seek only the lust of the flesh and do not realize that they are in death are not able to see the God who gives peace because their sins are not removed, but they live their lives forever in the deception of the Devil, the ruler of the world. they are to live forever and ever in the eternal darkness that is hell.
Therefore, those who believe in Jesus Christ and receive eternal life and receive peace from God can live in hope, not fearing the death of the flesh, but looking at the eternal life they enjoy when they put off their bodies. In addition, we can rejoice in hope as we move toward faith in this grace and look forward the day when we will rise again in the day of Christ to meet the Lord of glory. This pleasure is not compared with the temporary happiness or comfort that the world gives for a while.
Thus, Apostle Paul wrote to the Saints who lived in trouble in persecution in Rome:
Christians, who receive the Holy Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ and enjoy peace with God through eternal life, cannot but live in the same body as the people of the world, but when they suffer strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit, they may have endurance even though they are weak in flesh. Also, as we endure, we will experience God’s love that works together for good. Through our trials, we are to be strong in faith, and we are able to minister the saints in the weakness in faith.
In addition, through this tribulation, patience, and experience, we realize that the world is no longer the right place to live, so that the hope of heaven is strengthened, so that any difficulty can be overcome and triumphed. No matter how miserable we are, as Apostle Paul testifies, our hope is not to be ashamed with pouring the love of God through the Holy Spirit.
Apostle Paul testified of the situation in which he suffered:
But for the past six thousand years, Satan the Devil has tried to deceive the first man so that he may not receive the peace that God gives, so that the people of the world may find peace in pursuit of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. It is still deceiving people as it is best wayto live.
Satan the Devil has also used the Principalities, the powers and the rulers in darkness, and wicked spirits in high places has still brainwashed people all over the world with the deception to achieve world peace without Jesus Christ to achieve his new world order. Soon or later, antichrist will propagate his world peace to the people of the world, leading them to destruction by not allowing them to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, King of Righteousness and King of Peace.
Long time ago the prophet Daniel had foretold this:
Apostle Paul wrote to the Saints in Thessalonica and testified that the Lord of Judgment will come when people will be deceived by the Antichrist in the end times and call out false peace: