PEACEMAKERS VS. WAR-MAKERS

Because we live in physical shells, which our bodies are, we have the responsibility to keep them in peace. Wars are always over territory, space and resources. During the time of Abraham the resource was water for the flocks. Abraham dug wells, which belonged to Isaac, but other shepherds fought over those wells. One by one the peacemaker Isaac let them have those wells, although they had no legal rights to them.

[Genesis 26:18-22] Then Isaac dug again the wells of water, which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names, which his father had given them. But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water, the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him. Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Sitnah. He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it Rehoboth, for he said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.” [Matthew 5:40-41] If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also. Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two. – Jesus.
  

A peacemaker is in the Spirit and does not struggle with space or territory. His or her consciousness has almost nothing to do with the insecurities of the flesh. Time and space; and anything physical create feelings of insecurity. Hence, we are actually ruled by timidity and ignorance because we have not made any provision for the heavenly peace that wants to reside on the inside of us. We worry about future and we watch our land’s economy, politics and vote for any candidate that in this regard might be a better candidate than an incumbent. Whoever paints a better picture and as someone who would create stability—prosperity and thus alleviate any pains of fear and insecurity—wins.

[1 Corinthians 3:16-17] Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. 

God’s Holy Spirit is boundless, and territory-less; in Him there is no fear but only tranquility, peace and confidence. In Him we have no worry and no concern of any kind. The consciousness of being His temple is the most wonderful state of being. My wife and I are practicing it since we have received the revelation of peace. There is nothing better than this in this life.

[Isaiah 2:4] And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war.

Instead of passively waiting for the Messianic Age, we begin to create it in us already now. It must first start within each of us, for inevitably we will project this wonderful inner reality out to others. We are Peace Makers not only Peace Receivers. We make it, we create it and in this sort of ministry we are being perfected. 



Would you love God without the "beloved" devil? Or perhaps you must have the devil consciousness in order to love God, who by then is no longer the ALL Mighty God, but a warrior who must protect His territory, which in this case would be heaven; yet heaven is territory-less and boundless. So the question remains, "What kind of a god, or the God, do you love? Or perhaps, love plays here no role whatsoever, but rather your own perception and belief? How do you want to view the Almighty as an earthling that fights over the natural resources and territory, or the God who is boundless and beyond human comprehension abiding in a realm of perfect peace? The perfect love that casts out all fear is God the Father; so is the Perfect Peace. Think about it.

[Isaiah 26:3] The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You.

But how about a god who cannot keep in his heaven the perfect peace because Lucifer is just like humans, coveting, jealous, pompous and proud? Think about it for a while.

Must you have an enemy to love God? How can you love your enemy (Matthew 5:43) if you can't let go of hate for 'the enemy of your soul' the misunderstood and misconstrued devil; then how can you pray for those who persecute you?  How can you heal anyone? You cannot ever be a true peacemaker and then be called a son or daughter of God. 

[Matthew 5:48] You are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. – Jesus.
 

How about if I’d open your eyes a bit more and point out few things that would revolutionize your Christian life? How about becoming God's child in whatever religious frame you might be?

Have you ever thought of the fact that it was the Holy Spirit that led Jesus into wilderness where He was going to be (both) tempted and tested by (both) the devil and Satan? According to today's mindset the Holy Spirit has nothing to do with the devil; and most certainly not with the horned, hoofed and tailed Satan who should remain in hell. Yet, the Holy Spirit was leading Jesus to a place where He was to meet Satan.

Satan tested Jesus in Scriptures, but the devil tempted Jesus in material things like wealth and political power. The Greek word "PEIRADZO" can mean both, test and temptation, but it leans toward a test, rather than temptation, which would have something to do with luring and seducing. But, God tempts no one the Scripture clearly states (James 1:13).

God had tested His Son through the angel called Satan. Then a man who knew those secret passages to the pinnacle of the temple (devil or a Kenite a descendant of Cain) did the actual work of temptation. That’s quite clear, simple, straight and logical. Why it got so complicated we don't know; unless the spiritual IQ of our predecessors was much lower than ours. And out of respect no one would ever dare to undermine their definitive conclusions, which became tennets of an official faith. The last is the problem for a modern man and any intelligent being.

The first devil was Cain, the first murderer and liar (John 8:44), so that is also plain and simple, for how can one not read John’s mind?

[1 John 3:8] The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
 

 [1 John 3:11-12] For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; not as Cain, who was evil and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

So that’s quite obvious. Why would anyone not part with vindictive, malicious and evil feelings against the devil knowing that these things hasten our demise. Yes, hate and vindictiveness are the main causes of death? Peace and rest, on the other hand, promote health and longevity. 

Right here we see the absolute necessity for reformation.

• What kind of a god do you love? 
• Do you love the all-powerful sovereign over all of His creation God? 
• Why do we cling to dualism and keep explaining our theology?
• Why do we need to ‘keep around’ the fallen angel called Satan?
• Why do we ‘like’ to fight the devil so much? Are we on some vendetta type of a trip? 
• Do we derive satisfaction from a belief that I beat the devil? 
• How long will you keep on resisting the devil? Isn’t the submission to God itself a form of residence already?
• Why must we have the darkness in order to see light? 
• Why do you need to be scared with hell in order to make it to heaven? 
• Jesus said, “My peace I give to you, not as this world gives…” Where from did He get this perfect peace? Is it perhaps from heaven, where no wars or upheavals are ever possible, where peace that surpasses all understanding resides? 
• The perfect love casts out all fear and He keeps him whose mind is stayed on Him in perfect peace; why would we settle for less than that heavenly perfect peace?
• If heaven is all light, and all peace, no time and no secrets; then why have we imagined plots, subversions and attempts to overthrow the Almighty God? 
• In order to plot, one needs time and darkness to hide that plot in. God knows our thoughts even before we think them; for He is omniscient and omnipresent; how much more He would have known the thoughts of His created beings the angels?
• Why we want to see sin in pure heaven? 
• Why do we plan for a heaven, which our theology made rather unstable? If subversions are possible in heaven, and evil did supposedly come from heaven what guarantee do we have that this would not happen again?
• If we shall be like angels after resurrection, won’t marry and procreate in a fleshly manner; than why do we imagine that angels can sexually reproduce on earth?
• If the earthly fire cannot incinerate angels, (who are winds, flames and ministering spirits); then why do we imagine that earth’s subterranean prisons can hold them? 
• What is your view of God?
• How do you want to see Him? The choice is yours. The Great Judge will eventually judge each one of us respectfully on the last day according to our priorities and attachments.

Each Gospel depicts either the devil or Satan. One is the prosecutor and faultfinder in God's court of law, while the other is the mythological pagan “diabolos” called so by the Greek people. Because people harbor an emotional need for some kind of a retribution and vendetta “diabolos” became the preferable title for the chief enemy. Here is the classical example of how logic and rationality interacts with emotional sentiments of vengeance. But in this case the emotional need for a payback has won. 

Understanding the truth, and then knowing it, never comes from the whims and mood swings of our soul, but rather from RATZON (Hebrew: for mind, king and crown) our mind. 

ALL RIVERS FLOW INTO SEAS & OCEANS

Like all rivers that spill into the seas at their estuaries and deltas so all roads either lead to more instability, upheaval, turmoil, insecurity, doubt and fear; and all roads lead to the completely perfect peace. The difference is the medium. 

[Isaiah 48:18] If only you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your well-being would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

What is Isaiah speaking about, or rather God to us? We must follow the core essence of His sayings through the prophet. What did Isaiah see?

[Isaiah 48:18] For thus says the LORD, “Behold, I extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you will be nursed, you will be carried on the hip and fondled on the knees.”

Like a radio that broadcasts a message; one message can be fearful while the other calm. One can contain elements of restlessness, while the other is restful; one speaks of confidence—through better knowledge—while the other speaks of uncertainty because it lacks better knowledge. The natural man produces and broadcasts insecure messages, while the spiritual man creates peace.

God said to us,

[Deuteronomy 30:19] I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants.

We are like God having the free will and therefore also the power to choose. It is your choice that determines which message you will transmit to yourself and broadcast to others. The medium is you; either the natural man—limited by space and time—or the spiritual person, which sees no limited space. One does not chase time lest he or she might run out of it. Time is a flexible commodity and indeed it is illusion, which we have accepted as something true and unchangeable.

TIME IS RELATIVE

Time relates to the timeless eternal Spirit whom Jesus introduced to us as the Father. We ought to be thankful for that each single day. Believe me, Jesus is so much better than any self-defined religion. I’ve been in one such bondage; and those who still dwell in it are indeed blind and poor, although they believe to be rich just because they are proud of their religion. That pride is the detrimental factor in this case, detrimental because it causes blindness and poverty.

Einstein often spoke of relativity: space, light and mass, but that only relates to matter in space and the visible light. A Spirit-attached and Spirit-filled person hovers above these things. His or her perceptions are indeed heavenly; therefore space-less and timeless.

Peacemakers’ perceptions sharpen with time, but are not limited to time. Practice makes perfect. Making peace for oneself, loved ones, friends and the world turns a vessel of the heavenly peace into a transmitter as well as a receiver. I know what I speak about for I am in this realm and often must shut my mind down in order to not see; and not hear; and not grieve over man’s severe spiritual and intellectual poverty. I see streams of healing and restoration, but it is so hard for people to come in contact with those living streams. Nonetheless, from time to time, here and there, God releases them anyway because He loves His creatures and He is merciful.

Time relates to God and His laws. The orbiting planets around the sun are the temporary illusion, just as sun is; and we do not know if sun also orbits or stands still. But here comes the logic: just as Einstein equated E=mc² we also equate movement with life EM=L. Based on Acts 17:28 In Him we live and move and exist. If sun exists then it must move and therefore it lives, it pulsates. If you stop this pulsating movement then you are a lifeless corpse. Therefore time relates to a movement, which equals life. Enoch walked with God. Philip moved fast being translated from one place to another by the Holy Spirit. Jesus walked from Galilee to Jerusalem, back and forth; and walked on water, but only for one purpose—to show to His disciples how illusive matter is and the substances, which we take for real are not real at all. Only the heavenly truth is real. 

MORE ABOUT MOVEMENT

Movement is usually a vibration. A light bulb emanates light, but that light vibrates and pulsates. Sea waves pulsate etc, these are God's give-away natural tokens so that we might grasp Him and the pulsing waves of the Spirit. 

Old Testament. 1. Example: Leviticus 23:4 These are the appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them. 

New Testament. 2. Example: Luke 5:17 One day He was teaching; and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing.

It's like (Hebr.) Dabar (Gr.) Logos and (Hebr.) Peh (Gr.) Rhema. Logos is written; hence recorded in time. Rhema is living and moving. 

For hours Jesus was not responding to cries of two blind man that followed Him from Jericho. Only on the Mt of Olives, Bethany of Jerusalem, Jesus reacted. Why. The Father moved. 

For hours the Canaanite woman kept begging Jesus to heal her demonized daughter; until His annoyed disciples asked Jesus to send her away; that's when the Father moved and the Son did likewise. 

John 5:19, 30 (Paraphrased) "On My own initiative I can do nothing. As the Father moves the Son moves likewise.) 

The Son depended on the Father, for of Himself Jesus could do nothing, He Himself had declared. For many it is very hard to accept it, because the natural man - having a contour, being located in time and space, which matter measures - is too much attached to self. Regarding spiritual things self-identity creates blindness. 

SHRUNKEN TIME

When the disciples of Jesus saw Him walking on water they thought that they saw a ghost not the chief peacemaker Jesus.

[John 6:20-21] But He said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

Time shrunk the moment Jesus sat down in the boat. He is teaching you now. He wants to enter your boat too. Will you let Him in?

Twice in my life I saw time being shrunk, just as it was during the time of Joshua and king Hezekiah. Here are the two events:

Emma and I were about to travel to East Germany, the driving distance were about 5 hours; besides the highways we also had to drive through small roads in mountainous regions. Our car broke down. It took a couple of hours to fix it and besides this there was sleet on the roads and no one was driving. I knew that God’s laws supersede all other laws, which He Himself created. I smiled and calmed Emma.

We have arrived a healthy hour before the time of the meeting. To our surprise and the pastor’s, our story sounded completely unbelievable. Yet, two witnesses, Emma and I, verify the truth and also God is our witness. God shrunk the time from five hours to less then two and in freezing rain. We could not go fast. We did not slip. It seemed as if our car hovered over the icy roads. The whole trip was a testament to God’s absolute sovereignty over all elements and time.

The second event took place in Germany and Holland. In Erlangen we had one revival center and in Rotterdam another. In Erlangen we have finished the meeting beyond 10 PM. But because of counseling and praying for many people and then packing of the equipment and then dining with Emma; it took us almost past midnight. Our meeting in Rotterdam was to start at 10 AM, Sunday the next day.

We were in Cologne around 9 AM. Unlike Germany Holland have speed limits restrictions. There was no way we could ever make it on time. I said to Baruch the driver. “Whatever you do just drive, I will take a nap to be fresh for church.” In one second I closed my eyes in the next I opened my eyes as we were just pulling into the driveway at our church “Beth Eylim” in Rotterdam. Neither Baruch nor did I know what really happened.

The time was shrunk by hours. But when we share these things with people they have no clue, nor do they believe us. Their minds seem to interpret these things as something strange and inexplicable and not worth of paying attention to. Many people exaggerate just to impress, but in this case it is the complete truth, just as it had happened.

THE NATURAL MAN HAS NO PEACE

The natural man cannot preach peace, nor can he understand it, for this peace is not of this earth. This peace surpasses all human understanding, but the spiritual man does understand it and knows it quite well. 

The warlike people inadvertently are war-makers, for they carry the war elements of unrest in their souls and they project them outwardly. Usually this kind of a behavior manifests itself in competition and comparison. “Who do you think you are” is usually the standard warlike expression. 'Who is better? Who is greater and who is more important?' Which is silly when you look from a peacemaker’s point of view.

Anything filtered through the natural passes through the realm of war and unrest. Anything coming from the realm of no time, and no space, already resides within you the spiritual man; and you don’t need to filter anything out; it is true and real; therefore unfiltered or un-interpreted. You can’t make theology out of it, but the natural has many gods; and one of them is called "theology."

The time to go beyond man's theology has arrived.

May He take you on this wonderful path of peace.

[Romans 3:17]  And the path of peace they have not known.    

THE TIME TO KNOW THE PATH OF PEACE HAS COME.