The Religion of God—for Peace on Earth

A practical approach to world peace must now be adopted for the sake of our future generations. The political, economic and social unrest in the world is indeed the most critical issue of our time. The disturbances in the Middle East, tensions between North and South Korea, so-called Islamic militancy worldwide, sectarian strife, the conflict in Ukraine, ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan, gun crime in the U. Ever since the world has become a global village, the unrest in one part of the world also seeps into other countries and causes reasons for concern worldwide.

These are all pressing issues which cannot be ignored and the need for real peace on earth is more important than ever before. Instead of successfully being able to establish peace, their efforts seem to bring more widespread disorder and chaos. The world is fast spiraling into an abyss of violence and warfare and we seem to be at the brink of another potentially catastrophic world war.

With the development of weapons of mass destruction, the need for real peace on earth has become ever more important and an issue concerning everyone. Can we save ourselves from the premonition of imminent disaster? Can real peace on earth be established without the need for complete destruction? The map highlights countries in which Islamist terrorist attacks have occurred between September 11, , and May This shocking illustration shows the impact militant groups have had with many violent attacks being carried out causing increased tensions across the world.

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Well, surprisingly, when true Muslims see the current state of world affairs, it actually increases their faith. And the reason for this is that there are countless prophecies regarding this day and age, all of which are being fulfilled verbatim. These times were prophesied to come.

The peace of the earth was to be disturbed due to the selfish motives and desires of certain parties. This was a day and age that many prophets had warned of; a day and age when spirituality would be lost and men would be heading to their own destruction. However, all hope was not to be lost. With warnings, God Almighty always gives a glimmer of hope. God Almighty had foretold this time to be the time when He would, once again, send His spiritual rain to revive the dead earth.

He had given the glad tidings of a savior, a Messiah, a Mahdi, a Krishna, who would come in the form of one man and would once again unite people and establish real peace on the earth. He would call to the Creator and re-establish the kingdom of God. In accordance with these prophecies, this man made his appearance over years ago bearing the torch of peace, love and harmony.

He came to unite mankind under one banner.

Real Peace on Earth

He came to teach true moral values and end conflict and war. This man of God laid the foundation of real peace on earth. Likewise, in accordance with the prophecies, this man was followed by a system of spiritual leadership, which was to become the spearhead for establishing peace in the world.

That system is the system of Khilafat. The current Khalifah of the Promised Messiah as , Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad aba , is at the forefront of bringing true peace on the earth. He has written letters to world leaders from Putin to Obama, Pope Benedict to Ayatollah Khamenei, Netanyahu to Ahmadinejad and David Cameron to Angela Merkel, explaining their responsibilities for the establishment of world peace and the requirements of true justice which are essential to bring about this end.

The Khalifah of the Promised Messiah as , being the spiritual head of the largest fully organised Muslim group in the world, has boldly condemned any acts of extremism and violence in the name of Islam, or any religion for that matter. The United Nations and other peace keeping organisations have not been successful in resolving conflicts across the world and their actions have done more harm than good.

Therefore, alternative methods must be used to ensure safety, security and peace between nations. Nowadays, the religion of Islam is blamed for the lack of peace in the world.

Peace at all costs?

The Holy Prophet sa forewarned that a time would come when the Muslims themselves would forget the true teachings of their religion and would not pay due heed to the Supreme Being and would only pay lip service to their belief. Similarly, the people of other religions would also fail to truly recognise the Supreme Being, whilst those who did not believe in religion would fail to even acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.

This, as the true source of all peace, God desires an existence of peace and harmony for all of mankind. Just as parents do not like for their children to fight or argue with each other and to cause disturbance in the home, in the same way Allah the Almighty does not like disorder or conflict among His Creation.

He is also the Gracious and Merciful. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. Most of us are people pleasers to one extent or another. We prefer to go along in order to get along. Our culture, as a whole, tends to value peace at all costs, even at the expense of the truth.

He warns His disciples that the Gospel message is divisive. Only as the Holy Spirit opens a heart will it respond positively to the Truth. Otherwise, no matter how gentle or kind the messenger, there will be cold indifference or open hostility. Even in tolerant, pluralistic North America, many believers can testify to losing friends or being disowned by family for becoming a Christian.

Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace. After the Last Supper and before His betrayal, Jesus summed up the nature and extent of true peace in this present world:. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation.

But take heart; I have overcome the world. Moreover, far from envisioning peace in the world, Jesus promises trouble and turmoil.

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And yet even this will pale in comparison to the peace believers enjoy with Him. But the Scriptural concept of peace encompasses far more than that. The Hebrew shalom and its Greek equivalent, eirene denotes not only peace, but also harmony, wholeness, completeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquility. It has an active sense of thriving and flourishing, of being successful and living well. In short, it embraces all of creation, reconciled to God through Christ, being remade and renewed exactly as He intended it to be:.

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He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Peace on earth – how and when?

And He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent. For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross. But in fact it has already come, entering the world with angelic fanfare at the birth of Christ.



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