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Peace and Stability
By Joel Joseph
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Conclusion by Pastor Boyd
December 1st 2020


Introduction:

Shaking causes a reach for stability. Stability endures.
Stability is needed when things are shaking. The shaking has begun! “I will shake all nations and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory.” (Haggai 2:7)
Isaiah 33:6 “Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times and strength of salvation. The fear of the Lord is His treasure.”
Revelation 6:4 “Another horse, fiery red went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth and that people should kill one another, and there was given to him a great sword.”
The real intense shaking will occur in the tribulation period, through which we will not go. But it won’t all begin on day one. We are now in the forerunner period.
In these troubled times the heart of man is being shaken. People are coming apart at the seams like never before and that includes many Christians.
Here’s the staggering contrast in these two verses below.
Isaiah 2:19 “They shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, from the terror of the Lord and the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth mightily.”
Daniel 2:44 “In the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed...it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms and it shall stand forever.”
We are heading for 2021. Interestingly the number 21 has biblical meaning “great wickedness!” The number 20 representing this year 2020 has a biblical meaning of “Completed waiting period.” The number 19 for 2019 and Covid-19 means “Judgement.”
Are these things coincidence? I think not. But don’t go overboard on them.
What is interesting to me is that there are so many of the solid Bible teachers today speaking of great dramas about to fall upon this world. I concur!
The prophetic ducks are all lining up in a row fast. The world has been consumed with the pandemic and the US elections, but the next of the forerunners to the tribulation is about to break out and that is war. It is already simmering. It will create a massive shaking.
Covid-19 is increasing fast, but bear in mind that it is just the vehicle that is being used to bring in world control on a massive basis. It is the forerunner in some way of the mark of the beast.
Stability:
James 1:5-8 “If any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea tossed about by the wind. Let that not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord. He is a double minded man unstable in all his ways.”
Isaiah 7:9 “...If you will not believe, surely you will not be established. (Stabilised).
For stability in the Christian life, you need to have a revelation of God Himself, of heaven, of hell, and the eternal reward state.

Stability comes from knowing where you come from, and where you are going. We come from “before the foundation of the earth”, we are “seated in heaven” and we are going to “rule and reign” with God in a kingdom of eternal glory.
When the believer retreats into his soul for sustenance, he finds a well of godly, stability and peace amongst all the turmoil.
When an unbeliever retreats into his soul for sustenance, he finds the instability of the uncrucified self, the world and a host of demons.
It is the self-life that is unstable, being linked in many ways to the god of confusion and instability – Satan.
Here is a most important key:
When you look into a mirror do you see your goodly self looking back? Or you may see the Lord looking back. If so you are a victim of deceived teachers. If you see Barabbas looking back, you have been taught right!
You see, Barabbas was a liar, a thief and a murderer, just like you and me. He side-stepped execution, and like a scapegoat, fled into the world.
When you see Barabbas looking back you can execute him on the cross and then arise to newness of life.
No cross, and Barabbas rules your life, believe it or not. We are at peace with God, with self on the cross.
The world is the home of Barabbas. We are to die to self and the world and to come out and be separate. We are to cleanse ourselves and not touch what is unclean, and then the Lord will be a special Father to us. (2 Corinthians 6:1)
Proverbs 4:23 (Amp) “Keep your heart with all vigilance and guard it for out of it flow the springs of life.”
Peace:
Peace: Strong’s H7965, “Shalom.” Meanings: Safety, prosperity, quiet, tranquillity, contentment, lack of war. Covenant relationship with God.
Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace towards men (that are His)”
Here now is the amazing thing about this often misunderstood verse above. People believe that Yeshua has come to bring peace to the world system. Have a look at the amazing meaning of the word “peace” used in this verse:
Peace: Strong’s G1515, “Eirene.” Meanings: Messiah’s peace, the peace of Christianity, peace through salvation, state of tranquility, exemption from war, havoc and rage and harmony between individuals. The blessed state of devout and upright men of God after death.
Yeshua did not come to bring peace to the world, but peace with God through the cross. If you could have world-peace now your world would be in a cross-less world full of sin, just as it is.
“In Me you will have peace.” (John 16:33)
The work of the cross produces eternal glorious life, peace, holiness, strength, reality of the supernatural, stability, security, freedom and victory – forever.
Be careful of love, peace and unity at any cost. Based on that, you may end in hell! All of the fruits of the Spirit must be attached to the tree of truth otherwise they may be rotten!
Without the cross all of these things are a cheap, deceptive counterfeit. Tragically, many Christians are enemies of the cross too. Enmity towards the cross often grows.
Enemies of the cross are friends of sin by default.
Philippians 3:18 “Many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping; they are enemies of the cross of Messiah.”
Galatians 6:14 “God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, by whom the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.”
Peace without the cross is the antichrist’s “peace.” It is the “peace” of hell. True peace only comes by the new birth as does the entrance to the kingdom of God.
Peace is a person who now lives in your heart, the fruits flow outwardly. “He is our peace.”
Let’s have a look at some glorious verses on peace:
Psalm 85:10-11 “Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven.”
Psalm 37:37 “Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; for the future of that man is peace.”
Romans 8:6 “To be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
2 Peter 1:2 “Grace and peace be multiplied to you, in the knowledge of God and Yeshua the Messiah.”
The kingdom of God is in righteousness and peace.
Counterfeit peace:
God’s programme is to bring in a new world through the Prince of peace. Satan’s program is to try to bring peace to this old world through the antichrist.
Liberalism is not just another socio-political way to peace. It is a spirit of error as can be seen in its consistent, never ending attacks on the virtues of biblical morality. It is a curse, supposedly bringing unity and peace, which it does not! It produces enslaved control.
Socialism makes the state a god. In so doing; and of necessity it must get rid of the true God of peace.
Socialism is the big force creating togetherness, equality and oneness, with sin intact. Biblical Christianity is the great separator.
The meaning of the word “holy” is “apart!”
2 Peter 2:12-14 (False teachers) “Like natural brute beasts, they speak evil of things they do not understand...they cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls...they are accursed children.”
1 John 5:4 “Whatever is born of God overcomes the world.”
The spirit of heaviness today:
With all the stresses and strains of today, and an extremely bleak outlook for the world, many are suffering from numerous psychological disorders.
Psalm 42:5 “Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God!” (Verse 11 – repeats this, as does Psalm 43:5)
The Bible talks of the “spirit of heaviness.”
The heaviness could be well-described as stress, strain, anxiety, torment and the like.
But note that it is caused primarily by a spirit! This is the key to victory – not the local shrink! Psychology does not recognise or deal with spirits! There is no pill you can take to get rid of spirits. Often when you are under a cloud of psychological problems they rub off on others.
Malachi 2:8 “You have departed from the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law (word)...”
You need to be equipped in spiritual warfare to identify spirits and then cast them out.
People under severe stress tend to be inward looking. “Woe is me” is their chant. As you look inward you look to self and Barabbas sitting on your throne. Guess what the answer is? Kill Barabbas! Execute him.
When you apply the cross to self, you die to all these stresses and strains and are on the way to victory.
John 16:1 “These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.”
The wisdom of God in your heart, mind, soul, and in your very veins sets you on fire, glowing with the things of God. It makes you passionate, zealous, strong, stable and hotly holy! It also makes you a fierce opponent of sin, evil and wickedness.
Job 33:33 “Hold your peace (shut up) and I will teach you wisdom.”
Job 15:8 “Have you heard the (secret/hidden) counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?”

The example of the disciples:
They really were a mixed bunch of ordinary men of the day. They were unstable initially, until they really encountered the living God through their varied ways. Twelve men produced an “army” that turned the world upside down.
They were greatly loved by the early church and greatly hated by the devil’s crowd. They ended up being stable to the point of terrible martyrdom (except for John). What turned Peter the one who denied the Lord earlier, to save his skin, into a willing martyr?
Martyrdom today is on the rise dramatically. It will become far worse in the tribulation, but even now the numbers are horrific.
A martyr is one who refuses to give up, renounce, or change his beliefs even unto death. That is why Christianity has been so successful through the church age. In fact Christianity thrives and grows in the face of persecution, which also has the effect of creating unity.
The more the devil tries to stamp out pure Christianity, the more it thrives! World history is littered with popes, presidents, kings, tyrants and the like who tried to destroy blood-bought Christianity and failed.
If we could see the end from the beginning, we would be totally secure and stable.
Job 22:21-28 “Acquaint yourself with Him and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. Receive please, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; you will remove iniquity far from your tents...Yes the almighty will be your gold and your precious silver...You will make your prayer to Him and He will hear you...So light will shine on your ways.”
The way of the world:
The world has a way to peace. I’ve watched it all my adult life. It fails all the time, on every front just like the world’s big peace efforts as seen in the Tower of Babel, Rome, Hitler’s planned 1000 years of peace and all new-world order attempts.
Our Lord, Him in us, His word, the cross and Israel are all true peace bringers.
True peace comes on the wings of judgement. Only then do you have human evil rooted out. For the Christian we have already received judgment through the substitution of the cross. For those outside of the cross, their terror-judgement remains ahead.
Bear in mind that the meaning of the word “Noah” is “rest and peace.” The ark came to rest, after judgment on Mt. Ararat. This word means: “The curse is reversed.” Coincidence? – I think not!
World peace does not come through the gun, the tank, the submarine, or the atom bomb. It comes through the violence of the cross of Messiah. World peace through military conquest and control is the way of the world.
Missiles, big guns and atom bombs can’t fix or deal with the sin issue. It can’t make people perfect and holy.
Isaiah 59:8 “The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their ways; they have made themselves crooked paths; whoever takes that path will not know peace.”
Wickedness, evil, sin and violence will suddenly explosively escalate as peace is removed from the earth and the restrainer (holy spirit) is removed in a rapturous flash.

Israel and the true church are the greatest obstacles to one-world “peace,” but soon the church will be gone, leaving Israel to man God’s fort and bring salvation to the tribulation masses (saints).
Having Israel in her correct prophetic place produces rest like the right piece of a jigsaw puzzle falling into place.
Isaiah 26:12 “Lord, you will establish peace for us, for You have done all our works in us.”
It is the truth of God’s word that is the ultimate pillar of strength and stability for us.
1 Timothy 3:15 “...The church of the living God is the pillar and foundation of the truth, which brings us the mystery of godliness.”

Finally
“Don’t be afraid” occurs in the Bible 365 times!
The Bible says there is pleasure in sin for a season. But there is pleasure in righteousness for eternity.
Psalm 121:7-8 “The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in, from this time and forevermore.”
John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither be afraid.” –

Conclusion by Pastor Boyd
The great counselor in heaven tells us to keep working for him until Jesus returns. We are not of the world, but gain our living from it so through peace and stability we must bring with us from God to become prosperous in it. For he will multiply us for his good, he will show us the way to eternal life if we just believe in him. If we just do this he will make us warriors for Christ as we return with him at the great battle of Armeggedon to defeat the Lord’s enemies.
During this time of great awakening the world will see what the miracle of salvation through grace means. Come sweet Jesus come.............

Carol Kelly

Very moving.