Peace, peace when there is no peace

 Peace, peace when there is no peace

D.P Weary – May 2023

 

Is a day of a false sense of peace and safety approaching, especially for Israel; a day that will suddenly end with war in Israel?

What does the scripture say about this day when the people of Israel will be saying "Peace, peace when there is no peace"?

[Eze 13:5 NKJV] "You have not gone up into the gaps to build a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle on the day of the LORD.

[Eze 13:10 NKJV] "Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, 'Peace!' when [there is] no peace--and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with untempered [mortar]--

[Eze 13:16 NKJV] '[that is], the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when [there is] no peace,' " says the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel tells us that the day when the people of Israel are saying "peace", this is no real peace. The time is associated with the day of the LORD.

 

[Jer 6:1 NKJV] "O you children of Benjamin, Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem; For disaster appears out of the north, And great destruction.

[Jer 6:4 NKJV] "Prepare war against her; Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day goes away, For the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

[Jer 6:14 NKJV] They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' When [there is] no peace.

[Jer 6:17 NKJV] Also, I set watchmen over you, [saying], 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen.'

[Jer 6:22 NKJV] Thus says the LORD: "Behold, a people comes from the north country, And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.

[Jer 6:23 NKJV] They will lay hold on bow and spear; They [are] cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea; And they ride on horses, As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion."

[Jer 6:24 NKJV] We have heard the report of it; Our hands grow feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, Pain as of a woman in labor.

[Jer 6:25 NKJV] Do not go out into the field, Nor walk by the way. Because of the sword of the enemy, Fear [is] on every side.

[Jer 8:11 NKJV] For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' When [there is] no peace.

[Jer 8:19 NKJV] Listen! The voice, The cry of the daughter of my people From a far country: "[Is] not the LORD in Zion? [Is] not her King in her?" "Why have they provoked Me to anger With their carved images--With foreign idols?"

[Jer 8:20 NKJV] "The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved!"

Jeremiah tells us the day when people are saying "peace, peace", there is no real peace. This time is a time of blowing of the trumpet, and disaster in the form of war appears out of the farthest parts of the north. The attackers are cruel with no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses. The time is described as like a woman in labor. The "hurt of the daughter of My people" has been healed slightly, but there is no real peace. It is a time of the Lord's anger. The harvest is past, summer is ended, and Israel is not saved.

 

[1Th 5:1 NKJV] But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.

[1Th 5:2 NKJV] For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

[1Th 5:3 NKJV] For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.

Paul tells us in 1 Thessalonians when the people of Israel are saying, "Peace and safety!", then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. This is associated with "the times and the seasons".

[Rev 6:1 NKJV] Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, "Come and see."

[Rev 6:2 NKJV] And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

[Rev 6:3 NKJV] When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come and see."

[Rev 6:4 NKJV] 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.

 

[Dan 9:26 NKJV] "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it [shall be] with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.

[Dan 9:27 NKJV] Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week, He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate."

 

The commonality of all these scriptures is that they are all associated with "the day of the LORD"; the last days. There is a false sense or time of a false peace and a time of war that is soon to follow. It is a day of blowing of the trumpet; days associated with the end times. The attackers come from the farthest parts of the north, This is a phrase associated with not only countries north of Israel, but also the place where the angels gather (Isa 14:13); implying a supernatural component to the war. The attackers are cruel and merciless, phrases associated with a demonic component to the war in both Joel and Revelation. These days are called the days of the birth pains of a woman in labor. These days are the days of the LORD's anger or wrath. These days are at the end of the harvest and summer.

In the New Testament, we learn that these days are called the days of the birth pains when sudden destruction comes upon Israel. These days are also associated with "the times and the seasons"; the feasts of Israel.

What we can surmise from all of this is that just before the days of Israel's great trials of the last days there will be a time of a sense of peace; a false peace. Then war will come with a supernatural or demonic component to the war. In Revelation, the possible times of a false peace might be after the wars of Revelation chapter 6 when the Antichrist arranges a seven-year cease-fire or peace treaty that begins the seven years of tribulation for Israel. This false sense of peace possibly could last until the middle of the seven years of tribulation when the Antichrist breaks the covenant of peace and the 'times of Jacobs's trouble" begin.

But, Paul's teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5 about these times is associated with the rapture of the Church before the day of the Lord and the wrath of God is poured out. This would indicate to us that the time of the false peace and safety occurs before the wars of Revelation chapter 6 or possibly just before the Antichrist negotiates the seven-year peace treaty. The wars of chapter 6 could be the sudden destruction from the north that initiates the times of trouble or testing of the last days that come upon Israel (Rev 2:10). Or perhaps the sense of false peace lasts until the Antichrist breaks the covenant after 3 ½ years of the 7 years of tribulation. This seems unlikely because who would say there is peace and safety during the great natural disasters of the first 3 ½ years of the tribulation?

For us today we see the precursor events occurring that could lead to the war of Ezekiel 38 and Revelation 6. What we could see before this war is a time of a false sense of peace and safety, especially in Israel. This implies that events take place where the current turmoil, wars, and just plain evil in our world today, especially in Israel seem to be controlled to an extent that people will be crying, "Peace, peace, and safety" when in reality there is no peace!

Many current-day 'prophets' are prophesying such a day. They could be right! But this day will be quickly followed by sudden destruction in Israel; war in Israel and the events of the last days just before the Lord's return.