PEACE PEACE WHAN THERE IS NO PEACE
D.P Weary – May 2023
Updated - February 2025
Update: This was written in May of 2023. It is
now February 2025 and current events around the world, especially in the USA
and Israel are making the article even more relevant. With the coming of
President Trump, the talk of ending wars, and of resolving the Israeli wars, there
is in general just the perception that an era of peace is coming, especially
for the USA and Israel.
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.
[Eze 38:8
NLT] 8 A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant
future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war
and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel.
(NKJV - all of them dwell safely.)
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 an era of
false peace and then the war of Ezekiel 38 and Revelation 6. What we will 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.
Update: From the conditions in the USA, Israel,
and indeed the world in 2023 to today, just look at what has happened and is
happening. Some are calling it a “miracle.” I call it the hand of God! His
great plan is unfolding right before our eyes. If this time of a false peace in
coming upon us, then the time of the rapture of the true church, the beginning
of the times of God’s wrath, and the Lord’s second coming is just around the corner.
Look
up saints of the Lord Yeshua, your full redemption draws very close!
[Luk 21:28
NKJV] 28 "Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your
heads, because your redemption draws near."
[Rom 8:23
NKJV] 23 Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,
even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the
redemption of our body.
[Eph
1:13-14 NKJV] 13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth,
the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed
with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance
until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
