PERFECT PEACE

 



PERFECT PEACE

 

In scripture there is a reason that something is repeated. Authors of the Bible, as well as other ancient literature, utilized words repeated in immediate succession, with no other words in between for intense emotional emphasis, urgency, or dramatic impact.

 

When YHWH calls out a name… TWICE… such as "Abraham, Abraham" in Gen22:11 it is to say, “Wake up! I’m about to say something very important”…

…drawing immediate attention to something urgent…

 

Sometimes a word is even tripled… like, "Holy, holy, holy" in Isa6:3 to highlight extreme importance, certainty, or divine holiness.

 

YHWH even rebukes the priests and prophets of Israel who tried to assure the people “saying, ‘PEACE, PEACE,’ When there is no peace.” (Jer6:14)

 

But then HE states His compassion for the people… even in their rebellion… saying in Isa57:18-19AMP:

“I have seen his [willful] ways, but I will heal him;

I will lead him [also] and will restore comfort to him and to those who mourn for him,

As I create the praise of his lips

‘PEACE, PEACE, to him who is far away…

…and to him who is near!’

Says the LORD;

‘And I will heal him [making his lips blossom anew with thankful praise].’”

 

“PEACE, PEACE” is the Hebrew word, “SHALOM”, doubled, emphasizing the completed, all encompassing fulness of “SHALOM” in the situation, the people, or life of an individual.

 

Shalom (שָׁלוֹם) is almost always translated as Peace.

 

As an ancient Hebrew word picture, it is built from four pictographic letters read from right to left: 

  • Shin (ש): Pictured as teeth; means to press, crush, consume, or destroy.
  • Lamed (ל): Pictured as a shepherd’s staff; means authority, control, or to teach and guide.
  • Vav (ו): Pictured as a tent peg or nail; means to secure, add, or hook together.
  • Mem (מ): Pictured flowing as water; represents massive movement, mighty waves, or chaos. 

 

 

Putting it all together: "Destroy the authority that establishes chaos."

 

 

The word picture reflects a state where nothing is missing and nothing is broken, leaving a person completely secure, sound, in health, prospered, restored, and…

…IN TOTAL WHOLENESS!

 

 

Isa26:3NKJV states,

“You will keep him in PERFECT PEACE,

Whose mind is stayed on You,

Because he trusts in You.”

 

The phrase, “PERFECT PEACE” is: “SHALOM SHALOM”

…bringing an absolute closure and completeness to the assurance of SHALOM

 

When your mind is completely fixed upon YHWH God…

When you adhere to and rely upon Him in every aspect of life…

HE will guard, preserve, and keep you in a continual state of…

…SHALOM SHALOM: 

  • COMPLETE HEALTH
  • ASSURED PROSPERITY
  • ABUNDANT LIFE
  • TOTAL FREEDOM AND LIBERTY
  • ENTIRE WHOLENESS

 

…PERFECT PEACE!


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