Peace
It is not enough for evil to encroach upon you, but it will provide a false sense of peace as a substitute for peace.[1] But he "who has an evil eye" must sear your conscience through a wantonness for the dainties of rulers and the reward of unrighteousness so that you are willing to encroach upon the rights others and become accustomed to it.
This is the process by which man is brought back into the bondage of Egypt and Mystery Babylon, becoming merchandise until you curse children.
"The masses continue with an appetite for benefits and the habit of receiving them by way of a rule of force and violence. The people, having grown accustomed to feed at the expense of others and to depend for their livelihood on the property of others... institute the rule of violence; and now uniting their forces massacre, banish, and plunder, until they degenerate again into perfect savages and find once more a master and monarch." Polybius
The only way back to freedom is a return to the perfect law of liberty, which is to repent of our "covetous practices" and seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
Means of Peace
The nature of true peace is predetermined by the means and method by which that peace obtained. There are two sources of peace in the world.
One source is imposed from the outside and the other is from a spirit that abideth within a man. One is imposed by the exercising authority of rulers of the world men create for themselves and the other is a gift from above by the way of the Holy Spirit of God abiding in him.
When the armies of the Pharaoh of Egypt poured down upon the Israelites, the sea parted and devoured the battle, and the people kept their peace.
The battle was not won by the swords of men but by the power of God. When the sophist changes the meaning of words and thereby unmooring the metaphor of sacred text cruelty may become leaven, righteous friends of service may become dead altars of stone, turning away the wicked who desire to covet and force their will on others may become put to death, etc.
Peace of Christ
What was the Peace of Christ?
Was it found in the Charity of His daily ministration through the faith and hope of his Eucharist which demanded forgiveness, patience, and love?
The early Christians were doing things much different than the Modern Christians today. Even under persecution, they were prospering as Rome fell. At first there was a Christian conflict with Rome, but they were doing so well, Constantine tried to imitate them with his own brand of Christianity.
What was the ancient Peace offering of Israel along with all the other offerings about?
True peace is a byproduct of true virtue.
Virtue is the byproduct of the spirit that abides[2] in him.
What abides in you will result from the means and method that draws it.
Pax Romana
The term "Pax Romana", which literally means "Roman peace," refers to the time period from 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E. in the Roman Empire.
The Pax Romana began when Octavian became the leader of the Roman Empire. The main importance of his peace was that all of the land surrounding the Mediterranean was not at war because everyone was under Roman Law but also under a Roman tribute and sometimes Roman corruption and abuse.
Romans had been a Republic but had degenerated under the influence of the sloth and avarice of legal charity. The maxims of law had morphed from the original Libera res publica and a Republican Form of government into something quite different. What was the means and method that could be used to alter that nation?
This whole nation could only change by Natural Law through consent and contract.
What price
Bit what of the prohibition on making covenants and leagues?[4]
When asked who ruined Rome, Plutarch's answer was clear and concise:
"That the man who first ruined the Roman people twas he who first gave them treats and gratuities. But this mischief crept secretly and gradually in, and did not openly make it's appearance in Rome for a considerable time." Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus (c. 100 AD.)[5] “The real destroyers of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations, and benefits.” Plutarch
The Roman Senate of old men, once respected, became the "Conscripti Patri" of a nation and just as the Elder Fathers of the Paterfamilias waived their rights to the Senate and its free bread, so would the Senators waived their responsibilities to to the Patronus of Rome and all his subsequent offices of power.[6]
When the Roman people judged their neighbors rights were not as valuable as their person comfort or gain their own rights were forfeited according to the maxim by what judgement you judge so shall ye be judged.
A Secret lost
"And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend; legend became myth."[7]
They had thrown out the throne of Tarquinian kings to form their Republic of individual responsibility which was dependent upon the people's courts, the Great Domestic Union of Husband and Wife, and the social virtues of a noble people, but were drawn back to an imposed peace through men who exercise authority one over the other. The Romans would make a record of that rejection of the liberty of choice by consent to justify their acts of tyranny of man over man, burning incense to their chosen Son of God.
The legal maxim Pacta servanda sunt became the proclamation of justification that strangled their declaration of independence so that what should have been for their welfare became a snare and a trap.
In order to get to that point of power centered in the hands of the Caesars. Julius Caesar built a military empire, amassed an extreme fortune, and political influence while gaining popular support by creating the vision of a dangerous enemy to the north and the conspiring to annihilate their neighbors. Over a million celts were attacked, robbed, or enslaved. The Roman people turned a blind eye to his war crimes and abuse because showered with dainties and benefits through their public temples.
Navigating around the responsibilities that are required in a republic there was a degeneration of the character and values of the masses. These systems of free bread obtained through covetous schemes weakened the people.
The same process through the offer of dainties , benefits, and welfare of rulers who exercise authority has been repeated through out history from Nimrod and his Babylon, to Pharaoh and his bondage in Egypt, to our modern rulers like FDR and LBJ and their promise of New Deals and Great Societies.
If the masses are willing to repent[8] will seek the Kingdom of God and His way of righteousness they may find His Peace.
- ↑ Keep Peace
- Psalms 83:1 «A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph.» Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace<charash 02790>, and be not still, O God.
- Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace<shalowm07965>, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.
- Isaiah 62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which ] shall never hold their peace<chashah 02814> day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
- Nahum 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace<shalowm 07965>! O : Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
- Luke 11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace<1515 eirene>:
- Acts 16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
- Ephesians 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
- ↑ Abide in the light
- John 12:45-46 “45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”
- John 14:15-16 “15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;”
- John 15:4-11 “4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 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. {without me: or, severed from me} 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. “8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”
- ↑ Table as a snare
- Psalms 69:22-23 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."”
- Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”
- Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat."
- Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."
- Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:"
- Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."
- Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league [covenant] with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"
- Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."
- Proverbs 6:2 “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.” Swear not
- Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."
- 1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
- "Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" Isaiah 40:21 is about the message of John the Baptist who was "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God" Isaiah 40:3 to avoid the "snare" of the legal charity of the welfare state which which makes the word of God to none effect bringing man back into captivity as human resources.
- ↑ Make no covenant
- Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee..."
- Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: 13 But ye shall destroy(TavTavTzadikVavNun tittōṣūn, תִּתֹּצ֔וּן) their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: 14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God: 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and [one] call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;"
- Deuteronomy 7:2 "And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:"
- Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."
- Deuteronomy 7:24 "And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them."
- Numbers 25:2 "And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods."
- Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"
- 1 Kings 9:22 "But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they [were] men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen." see 1 Samuel 8
- Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."
- Obadiah 1:7 "All the men of thy confederacy<01285> have brought thee [even] to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, [and] prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread have laid a wound under thee: [there is] none understanding in him."
- 2 Corinthians 6:15 "And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"
- ↑ Alternate translation. "For it has been well said that he first breaks down the power of the people who first feasts and bribes them. But at Rome the mischief seems to have crept in stealthily and gradually, and not to have been noticed at once." Life of Coriolanus, Sec. 14
- ↑ Patronus, Emperator, Apotheos, [[Principas Civitas, Son of God, etc.
- ↑ Galadriel, Lord of the Rings
- ↑ No repentance
- Revelation 9:20 "And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:"
- Revelation 16:9 "And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory... 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds."
- Hebrews 12:16-17 "16 Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he (Esau) would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears." (Genesis 27:38)
- Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
- Matthew 25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
- Matthew 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
- Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
- Proverbs 1:23 "Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices."