Posted by rayww on July 23, 2004, at 11:45:50
To discover peace one first must understand the (origin of) war.
Some would say the war has always been between good and evil.
Next step would be to define evil, although evil is quite good at defining (and destroying) itself.
Third step would be to personally (as Jai has said) overcome evil within self.
True peace cannot be achieved on a world wide level until the Master of Peace returns and leads His battle in his own way. And what is His way?
He gives full warning of what is to come. He outlines it step by step, doing all He can to ensure we understand, even dies for us so that we might live again. He gives us chance after chance to be obedient to his eternal law. He has warned every generation since time began that there will come a time when it is too late. It behooves each generation to prepare for that day when he will return, and He will some day. At that day there will be world peace because there will be no more evil. Evil cannot abide His presence, and will die. Christ will reign personally upon the earth (which He created) for 1000 years, in perfect just government. The end of the world, is simply that--the end of the "world" of wickedness. The trees might burn, but the earth is gonna stay around for awhile. Those who live through to see that day will be those who have discovered the secret to peace is obedience to the commandments of God.
Life will go on, mingling between new life and the old (at death we will be changed and continue to live here in a changed state until the end of the 1000 years) Then, for reasons we do not fully understand, Satan will be loosed for a season to try those who had not been given the opportunity to prove themselves, and then after that, this earth will also die, and go on to receive it's own paradisicial glory.
This is only the tip of the iceburg. There is so much more to this story of world peace that has not even been told. Jai is right when he says it begins within ourselves. Peace is definately a state of mind, but it can also be a state of being for the whole earth if we help it along.
May we each do our little part today to help usher in world peace. God is maybe waiting for us to do our part first.
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