THE GLORY OF PEACE (3. Excerpt)

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braham met the king of Peace, Melchizedek, who had established Salem, today’s Jerusalem, the city of Peace, which the Jebusites occupied. Later on, David took the city back for God. Melchizedek, most likely was one of the students of Enoch who came to earth in order to initiate God’s residence in Jerusalem. Based on this, the Kingdom of God is not in killing of animals and continual sacrifices, or peace offerings, which serve as an appeasement of God’s wrath, but choosing and becoming peacemakers. God’s Kingdom is the actual heavenly peace and a work of righteousness.

THE GLORIOUS ATTAINMENT (2. Excerpt)

There is a start and finish to everything. We seek peace because we are tired of warlike ways, but we use warlike ways to satisfy our selfish ambitions. This duality is destructive. Bringing things to the fore, and by articulating those still hidden things helps us realize why death had to enter this world, although the Living God did not create the inevitable finality. As we continue in the exploration of peace, and its healing properties, we will also discover immortality.  

[Ephesians 4:11–12] And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.

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These verses refer to five different anointings or ministries not just to pastors, but also apostles, prophets, evangelists, and teachers. “Building and equipping of the saints.” Who are these saints? Let’s consider the definition of holiness: a holy person is someone who is set apart and dedicated to things higher than just self. Such one serves by building up others. A saint serves, but that servant must be able to endow others. If that saint has no heavenly wisdom; then he or she has nothing except the ability to stir up, and fire up others in faith. But, which faith, our faith, or God’s gift, which needs no encouragement?

As I look around, I see an endless encouragement in faith, but hardly any life-changing knowledge. An amateur and lame psychology is prevalent. As an example: If I see a duck and I am hungry then I will do anything in my power to shoot the duck and eat? Or this: If my cat has four legs and my dog has four legs, then my dog must be a cat? If someone pins wings to my cow then my cow is a bird. I hear this sort of unintelligent rationale. An audience sits there with open mouths agreeing with that silly logic for after all it comes from a leader, pastor or even a founder. We confuse authority with logic. Faith is not the only thing that needs an endless pounding on. We have already beaten it to death. The dead horse won’t get up. We encourage ourselves in faith because of the enemy’s plans. And he is so sneaky. Someone said that he “wanted to be on the devil’s hit list,” … as if he has one. I said similar things in the past when I was still in this kind of a mindset.

THREE KINDS OF FAITH

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he Bible speaks of three kinds of people, the field, the tares and the seed (Matthew 13:38). It is something that can be compared to three dice thrown on the table each turning up a different number. We associate numbers with wealth; the more numbers appear in your bank account the richer you are. Six zeros added to any other number represent a million or millions.

THE ALTERED DNA SEQUENCE (1. Excerpt)

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ince time immemorial, wars have impressed certain data into our genes, which we will carry for an indefinite time. Our scarred DNA carries properties that fight rather than contribute to our triumphant development. The moment people hear the word “triumphant,” they think of war, oppositions and struggles. Can this DNA data be changed? Can it carry different information? And if so, what would influence it to the point of a permanent change?

Hidden influences upon genes appear to affect every aspect of our lives. At the heart of this new field is a simple yet to some extent contentious idea that genes act as memory banks. However, these memory banks do not remain inflexibly locked. Our genes undergo modifications in accordance with our experiences.

A family gene pool contains memories of its predecessors as well as whatever they have been exposed to, whatever they have done themselves, or had been done to them. Tragic, painful events leave scars, we say, but these scars are not external. Through my observations I have noticed that those who have lived in peace for centuries have a completely different disposition than those who have experienced many wars. I watched the Swiss and the Polish; the latter are more complex people. I prefer the relaxed Swiss than a sour-faced person, be it a Russian, Ukrainian or Polish. Although Americans were not directly exposed to the ravages of war they carry the patriotic pride element because of the necessary won, or unresolved wars, although the ‘necessary’ sometimes stands in question. The Vietnam War still haunts us. The compulsory draught of our boys ‘scarred and twisted’ even more their DNA strands.