At the beginning of Pacem in terris, the Pope says "Peace on Earthwhich man throughout the ages has so longed for and sought aftercan never be established, never guaranteed, except by the diligent observance of the divinely established order."
I'm interested to hear everyones interpretation of this.
It has been the the participation in a world system which promises on one side "peace and safety", while with the other hand, it works to decrease peace by way of seizing what does not belong to it. There is really no difference between today and Caesar's invasions of Britain.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
The Essenes consider air and the water and the animal and plant kingdoms as brethren, too.
Let nature teach that how they are treated is returned back to men, women and children.
Whatever is done is returned; whatever is sown is gathered: the laws of sowing and reaping.
The thief comes to kill and destroy
'This' the world system does employ
Chaos, disease, anarchy is now "joy"
And what G~d has created are toys?
The American Founding Fathers regarded government as a 'necessary' evil emphasizing that it could only work as long as they were a self--governing, moral and vigilent people. In these things, the Republic had at least a chance to last.
But then, as it is, the very government that was formed to regulate as a 'necessary' evil upon evil has filled the earth with the influence of its corruption.
Man and woman are now so much acquainted with sin, of which they seem to find enjoyable on one hand and miserable on the other.
Drug abuse, alcoholism, broken homes, depression and suicide are some of its net results.
Just one generation ago, there were things, of which if a person participated in, they would find themselves shunned.
Not that the more recent generations lived correct in every way, because if that had been the case, the sins of the fathers would not have been passed down to the present generation, nor would the world be in the present state of corruption it is in.
Some say the WWII generation fought fascism only to find it back on their doorstep by way of red communism disguised as being a Republic guarded by the U.S. Constitution.
Khrushchev said to Western diplomats, "We wil bury you." Well, surely a cesspool of filth and corruption has invaded it. But as long as this fills someone's coffer$.
And the candidates elected to the highest offices of the United States have brought no prosperity or peace; the world is in a state of anarchy.
The "bought and paid for" politicians don't pay attention to the U.S. Constitution; essentially the Bill of Rights is dead.
The earth is turned on its head
As man is only brought dread
What's desired is what he gets
In my view, this is at least a partial meaning of what is meant in Genesis 2:16-17 where by taking of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil...
Just the mere touching of it brought about a carnal mind at emnity with G~d's promises. Doubt entered in of which has become the "inheritance."
One little bit of doubt brought in leaven which leavened the whole lump.
It only takes one (1) . ion to leaven the whole of it.
Now multiply that by the participants engaged in just one ion (1), and the net result is a bowl of vials poured out on all, as it rains on the just and unjust.
One war ion
Creates pions
Of more sins
A lion's den
Love the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all of thy might
Love also thy neighbor as thyself so that thou will be treated likewise
The political system calls good evil and evil good
So what of the Most High God, what is his mood
When allowances to evil are done instead of good
Man is given what he allows to be done in his name
When evil is considered good, it is given a free reign
G~d says in essence, "I withhold good for no reason"
Jesus the Christ: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE: One's brethren is the wind, too
And so be sure to realize that what bread is cast is returned; now who
Thinks they can escape one judgment upon anything they will to do
One by one the participation inside of the things rendered to Caesar must become lessened to the point of no more.
Where the kingdom(s) of this world become the Kingdom of G~d where no good thing is withheld from a civilized people who follow the law written on their hearts.
The present world system impedes the Gospel of Peace. Because of filthy lucre. The love of money is the root of every evil. And that is what motivates the world system: the love of money to be gotten and gained at the cost of everything else.
Inside G~d's kingdom there is no need for money
The City of the Sun is the land of milk and honey