FOR THE SON OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST, WHOM WE PROCLAIMED AMONG YOU, SILVANUS AND TIMOTHY AND I, NOT "YES AND NO"; BUT IN HIM IT IS ALWAYS "YES" FOR IN HIM EVERY ONE OF GOD'S PROMISES IS A "YES." FOR THIS REASON IT IS THROUGH HIM THAT WE SAY THE "AMEN," TO THE GLORY OF GOD. [2 COR 1:19-2O].
THEN AFTERWARD I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH; YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS...THE SUN SHALL TURN TO DARKNESS. AND THE MOON TO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD COMES. JOEL [2;28,31].
NO, THIS IS WHAT WAS SPOKEN THROUGH THE PROPHET JOEL: IN THE LAST DAYS IT WILL BE, GOD DECLARES, THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH, AND YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN HALL DREAM DREAMS. [ACTS 2: 16-7].
OH THAT YOU COULD TEAR OPEN THE HEAVENS AND COME DOWN, SO THAT THE MOUNTAINS WOULD QUAKE AT YOUR PRESENCE {IS.64:1].
AND JUST AS JESUS WAS COMING UP OUT OF THE WATER, HE SAW THE HEAVENS TORN APART AND THE SPIRIT DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE ON HIM. AS A VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN, " YOU ARE MY SON, THE BELOVED; WITH YOU I AM WELL PLEASED."
[ MK.1:1O-11].
"I HAVE SET MY KING ON ZION, MY HOLY HILL." I WILL TELL OF THE DECREE OF THE LORD: HE SAID TO ME, " YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU. [PS: 6-7].
THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT "LIGHT;" THOSE WHO LIVED IN A LAND OF DEEP DARKNESS--ON THEM "LIGHT" HAS SHINED...FOR A CHILD HAS BEEN BORN FOR US, A SON GIVEN TO US; AUTHORITY RESTS ON HIS SHOULDERS; AND HE IS NAMED WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER," PRINCE OF PEACE." HIS AUTHORITY SHALL GROW CONTINUALLY, AND THERE SHALL BE ENDLESS PEACE FOR THE THRONE OF DAVID AND HIS KINGDOM. HE WILL ESTABLISH AND UPHOLD IT WITH JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM THIS TIME ONWARD AND FOREVERMORE. THE ZEAL OF THE LORD OF HOSTS WILL DO THIS.[IS 9:2, 6-7].
"GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST HEAVEN, AND ON EARTH PEACE AMONG THOSE WHOM HE FAVORS! -[LK 2:14].
"MASTER, NOW, YOU ARE DISMISSING YOUR SERVANT IN PEACE,ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD; FOR MY EYES HAVE SEEN YOUR SALVATION., WHICH YOU HAVE PREPARED IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL PEOPLES, A LIGHT FOR REVELATION TO THE GENTILES AND FOR GLORY TO YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL" [LK2:29-32].
SAYING, "BLESSED IS THE KING WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.! PEACE IN HEAVEN, AND GLORY IN THE HIGEST HEAVEN!" [ LK 19:38].
PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU: MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU. I DO NOT GIVE TO YOU AS THE WORLD GIVES. DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED, AND DO NOT LET THEM BE AFRAID. [JN 14:27].
I HAVE SAID THIS TO YOU, SO THAT IN ME YOU MAY HAVE PEACE. IN THE WORLD YOU FACE PERSECUTION. BUT TAKE COURAGE: I HAVE CONQUERED THE WORLD!
[JN 16:33].
GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
[ GAL 1:1: EPH1:1 etc ].
WHEN IT WAS EVENING ON THAT DAY, THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK... JESUS CAME AND STOOD AMONG THEM AND SAID, "PEACE BE WITH YOU... JESUS SAID TO THEM AGAIN, ' PEACE BE WITH YOU." AS THE FATHER HAS SENT ME, SO I SEND YOU.." [JN 19: 20-21]
MEANWHILE THE CHURCH THROUGHOUT JUDEA, GALILEE, AND SAMARIA HAD PEACE AND WAS BUILT UP. [ACTS 9:31].
YOU KNOW THE MESSAGE HE SENT TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, PREACHING PEACE BY JESUS CHRIST. [ACTS 10:36].
THEREFORE SINCE WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD. THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. [ROM 5:1]
TO SET THE MIND ON THE FLESH IS DEATH, BUT TO SET THE MIND ON THE SPIRIT IS LIFE AND PEACE. [ROM 8:6]
AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS [PHIL 4:7].
BY CONTRAST, THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GENEROSITY, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, AND SELF-CONTROL. [GAL 5:22-23]
BUT NOW IN CHRIST JESUS YOU WHO ONCE WERE FAR OFF HAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. FOR HE IS OUR PEACE; IN HIS FLESH HE HAS MADE BOTH GROUPS INTO ONE AND HAS BROKEN DOWN THE DIVIDING WALL, THAT IS, THE HOSTILITY BETWEEN US.
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