Si Jesus ang Prinsipe ng kapayapaan at Siya ay naparito sa lupa upang magdala ng kapayapaan. Ngunit anong uri ng kapayapaan ang dinala ni Jesus sa lupa? Maraming tao ang, na lumikha ng imahe ni Hesus bilang isang uri, mapagmahal, tahimik, and peaceful Man, who spoke with a calm voice to the people. Saan man pumupunta si Jesus, He brought peace and harmony and everything went well. But if you study the Bible and the life of Jesus than this image of Jesus, which is often created by watching television and movies, by reading books and hearing sermons from the opinions of carnal people, doesn’t correspond with the truth of God’s Word. Because Jesus His life on earth was anything but peaceful. Jesus didn’t keep the peace and didn’t bring peace among the people as the world defines peace
The definition of peace
Because the definition of peace according to Wikipedia is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (i.e. digmaan) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or heterogeneous groups.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines peace as a state of tranquility or quiet (such as freedom from civil disturbance or a state of security or order within a community provided for by law or custom), freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions, harmony in personal relationships, a state or period of mutual concord between governments or a pact or agreement to end hostilities between those, who have been at war or in a state of enmity.
If we look at these definitions of peace, we can conclude that Jesus didn’t bring peace on earth as the world defines peace. Because where Jesus came, pag-aalburoto, mga salungatan, alitan, galit na galit, and hate arose, that eventually led to His death. Dinala ni Hesus ang lahat, maliban sa isang nakapagpapalusog na estado ng kapayapaan; isang estado ng katahimikan, pagkakasundo, at mag-order.
Nagpalayas si Jesus ng mga demonyo at nagdulot ng kaguluhan
At sa sinagoga ay may isang lalaki, na may espiritu ng maruming diyablo, at sumigaw ng malakas na boses, sinasabi, Hayaan mo na tayo; ano ang kinalaman namin sa iyo, ikaw Hesus ng Nazareth? Art naparito ka upang sirain kami? Kilala kita kung sino ka; ang Banal ng Diyos. At sinaway siya ni Jesus, sabi nga, Manahimik ka, at lumabas sa kanya. At nang itapon siya ng diyablo sa gitna, lumabas siya ng kanya, at huwag mo siyang saktan. (Lucas 4:33-36, Mar 1:21-28)
Nang turuan ni Jesus ang mga tao sa sinagoga sa Capernaum, ang mga tao ay namangha sa Kanyang pagtuturo. Dahil tinuruan sila ni Jesus bilang isa, na nagtataglay ng awtoridad at hindi tulad ng natutuhan ng mga tao sa mga banal na kasulatan. Bagama't ang ilan ay namangha, meron din, who were not so amazed and definitely didn’t appreciate His presence and teaching. Because by teaching the truth of God, He exposed the lies many believed and lived in.
Sa sinagoga, there was someone with an unclean spirit. Maybe this man went to the synagogue every sabbath and listened to the teachings of the scribes or maybe the man was a scribe. Sino ba naman ang nakakaalam…
Ganun pa man, Jesus was in the synagogue and this unclean spirit, who dwelled in this man didn’t appreciate Jesus’ presence and the truth He preached.
The unclean spirit revealed himself in the man by crying out with a loud voice to Jesus.
Isipin, that you are in the church and suddenly someone starts yelling at you. Because that’s what happened to Jesus. This man began to cry out with a loud voice to Jesus, saying “What is there in common between us and you, Si Jesus, Nazarene? You came to destroy us. I know you who you are, ang Banal ng Diyos.”
Hindi sinabi ni Jesus: “Sir, would you be so kind to be quiet and don’t yell otherwise you will be removed from the congregation,” as many people would say today. Ngunit iba ang sinabi ni Jesus.
Since Jesus walked after the Spirit, Alam niya ang, who cried out with a loud voice to Him. Kaya nga, Jesus rebuked this unclean spirit, who dwelled in the man, by commanding the unclean spirit to shut his mouth and to come out of him. The unclean spirit torn the man with convulsions, he screeched with a loud voice and came out of him.
Jesus didn’t see a man, who yelled at him, but Jesus saw an unclean spirit, who revealed himself in the man and Jesus spoke to the unclean spirit and commanded the unclean spirit what He wanted the spirit to do. The unclean spirit obeyed Jesus and left the man.
Maybe the people considered this action of Jesus as a disruption of the service, but Jesus had brought the peace of God and the Kingdom of God to this man, by delivering this man from this unclean spirit (Lu 4:33-36, Mar 1:21-28)
Jesus disturbed the peace on the sabbath day
According to the religious leaders of Israel, Jesus didn’t bring peace on the sabbath day, but He disturbed the peace on the sabbath day and provoked them to anger. Ayon sa kanila, Jesus didn’t keep Mga Utos ng Diyos. Pero sa totoo lang, this was not the case. It may have seen that way in the natural realm, ngunit sa espirituwal na kaharian, Jesus still walked after the will of God.
Sa kabila ng katotohanan, that Jesus cast out unclean spirits, healed the sick and when His disciples were hungry, allowed them to pick off the grains, when they walked into a field of grains, Jesus still walked in pagsunod sa Diyos after His will and therefore He natupad ang batas (Mat 5:17, Mar 2:23-28)
Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? (Lucas 6:9)
If Jesus hadn’t done anything and ignored the situation of the people, who were in need and needed help, which Jesus was able to provide, then Jesus would have done evil in the sight of God. Instead of making a life whole and saving a life, He would have destroyed a life.
But Jesus was a Taong may habag, who did good and saved lives, by preaching the truth of God and His Kingdom, calling the people to repentance and the removal of sins. Jesus gave and provided what the people needed, according to the Kingdom and brought peace in chaos. He restored the bodies of the people and made them whole, by healing them. Jesus delivered the people, who lived in the bondage of the kingdom of darkness.
The house of prayer had turned into a den of thieves
At dumating sila sa Jerusalem: at pumasok si Jesus sa templo, at nagsimulang itaboy ang mga nagtitinda at namimili sa templo, at ibinagsak ang mga mesa ng mga nagpapalit ng salapi, at ang mga upuan ng nagtitinda ng mga kalapati; At hindi niya pinahintulutan na ang sinuman ay magdala ng anumang sisidlan sa templo. At nagturo Siya, sinasabi sa kanila, Hindi ba nakasulat, Ang aking bahay ay tatawaging bahay ng panalangin ng lahat ng mga bansa? but you have made it a den of thieves. And the scribes and chief priests heard ito, at hinanap kung paano nila Siya malipol: for they feared Him, because all the people ay astonished at His doctrine. At nang dumating ang gabi, Lumabas siya ng lungsod (Mar 11:15-19, Mat 21:12-13, Lucas 19:45-48, Jn 2:)
When the Jew’s Passover was at hand and Jesus entered the temple of God and saw that the people traded goods, Jesus cast them out that sold and bought in the temple and He overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of them that sold doves. He did not permit anyone to carry household gear through the temple. This action of Jesus came forth from the Scriptures in which God said that His house would be a house of prayer (Isa 56:7)
But when Jesus entered the temple, He didn’t enter a house of prayer but a den of thieves, where the people were out for gain.
They piously sold doves, tupa, and oxen, which the people could sacrifice to God, while in the meantime they made a profit. But that was not God’s will and therefore Jesus cast them out of the temple and overthrew the tables and the seats.
This act of Jesus didn’t seem like an act of peace and also had consequences for Him.
Because the chief priests and the scribes, who heard it went to seek how they could destroy Him. For they were fearing Him, because the entire multitude was struck with astonishment at His teaching (Mar 11:18)
What would happen in this age, when someone would enter the church and go into the bookstore and cast out the people and throw all the merchandise on the ground? Or in case of a restaurant in the congregation, cast the people out and overthrow the tables and the seats? What would happen to the person? Most likely the person would be considered a rebel and a disruptor of the order in the church and therefore would be expelled from the church.
Jesus spoke hard words and confronted the people
Jesus didn’t keep silent about the truth. The only moments, that Jesus kept silent were at the moments He was tempted and challenged to prove Himself. Jesus spoke the truth and therefore He often spoke hard words and was very confrontational. Jesus didn’t keep His mouth in order to keep and maintain mutual relationships in harmony and tranquility.
Hindi, Jesus often spoke hard words and was confrontational, even to the pious (relihiyoso) mga pinuno ng Israel. Jesus called them a.o hypocrites, mga bulag na pinuno ng mga bulag, blind guides, fools, whited sepulchres, mga libingan na hindi nakikita, henerasyon ng mga ulupong, mga anak ng diyablo (Mat 15:7-9, 14; 23:24, 27, 33, Lucas 11:37-54; 12:56, Jn 8:44).
Jesus called Peter Satan (kalaban ng Diyos), when he was an offense to Jesus because he did not have a mind for the things of God, but for the things of men and spoke from his emotions (laman) (Mat 16:23).
When Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus confronted her with her sins.
Who would dare to say all these things today?
There are many more other examples, in which Jesus brought the peace of God, but were not considered as acts of peace by the henerasyon ng matandang lalaki at ang mundo, but rather as a disruption of the peace, pagkakasundo, at mag-order.
Jesus didn’t come to bring peace with the world
Pagkatapos ay ibinuka ni Pedro ang kanyang bibig, at sinabi, Of a katotohanan, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, ay tinatanggap sa Kanya. Ang salita na ipinadala ng Diyos sa mga anak ni Israel, nangangaral ng kapayapaan sa pamamagitan ni Hesukristo: (Siya ang Panginoon ng lahat:) (Yugto 10:34-36)
Although Jesus was and is the Mesiyas, many didn’t consider Jesus as the Messiah. This was namely because the people of God were carnal and walked after the flesh. Since they were carnal and sense ruled, they expected a Messiah, who would deliver them from the power of the Romans and establish an earthly kingdom on earth.
But Jesus didn’t come to establish an earthly kingdom on earth, but He came to bring and establish the heavenly Kingdom of God and His peace on earth.
Jesus didn’t come to bring peace with the world, because otherwise He wouldn’t be crucified.
The way to establish peace with the world is to compromise with the world and accept and tolerate the opinions, findings and things of the world. Because there is no way that the world would compromise with God and His Word, since the ruler of this world is the devil.
Samakatuwid ang mundo ay hindi kailanman magpapasakop sa kalooban ng Diyos at magparaya at gumagalang sa kalooban ng Diyos, ngunit sa halip ay lalaban laban sa bawat isa utos ng Diyos at sirain ang bawat institusyon at tipan ng Diyos.
Ngunit hindi nakipagkompromiso si Jesus sa mundo, gaya ng ginagawa ng maraming simbahan ngayon at samakatuwid ay naging makamundo.
Wala saanman sa Bibliya ang nababasa natin, na sinang-ayunan at tinanggap ni Jesus ang mga kasalanan, gaya ng napakaraming mananampalataya, kabilang ang mga pastor, sabihin at ipangaral. Dahil ang kapayapaan sa mundo ay nangangahulugan ng pakikipag-away sa Diyos. Si Jesus ay hindi namuhay sa pakikipag-away sa Diyos. Namuhay si Jesus sa kapayapaan kasama ng Diyos, samakatuwid Siya ay nabuhay sa pakikipag-away sa mundo.
Kinatawan ni Jesus ang Kaharian ng Diyos at ipinadala Ang Kanyang Pangalan; ang awtoridad ng Ama at ang kapangyarihan ng Banal na Espiritu. Dinala ni Hesus ang kapayapaan ng Diyos sa mga tao sa pamamagitan ng a.o. pagtawag sa kanila sa pagsisisi at pag-alis ng mga kasalanan, upang ang mga tao ng Diyos ay muling lumakad sa kalooban ng Diyos Ang kanyang paraan. Pinagaling ni Hesus ang lahat ng inapi ng diyablo at kalaunan ay ibinalik ni Hesus ang relasyon sa pagitan ng Diyos at tao at ang posisyon ng tao sa pamamagitan ng Kanyang gawaing pantubos sa krus.
Ang kapayapaan sa Diyos ay nangangahulugan ng pakikipag-away sa mundo
Ang mga bagay na ito ay sinasalita ko sa iyo, upang sa Akin ay magkaroon kayo ng kapayapaan. Sa mundo magkakaroon ka ng kapighatian: Ngunit maging masarap ka; Napagtagumpayan ko ang mundo (Jn 16:33)
Nais ng bawat isa ang kapayapaan sa Diyos. Ngunit ang kapayapaan sa Diyos ay nangangahulugan ng pakikipag-away sa mundo. Nakita natin ito sa buhay ng mga propeta noong Lumang Tipan at sa buhay ni Jesus at ng Kanyang mga tagasunod sa Bagong Tipan. (Basahin mo rin: “Bakit kinamumuhian ng mundo ang mga Kristiyano’)
kung sino man kaya nga ipahahayag Ako sa harap ng mga tao, siya ay Aking itatapat din sa Aking Ama na nasa langit. Ngunit sinuman ang magtatatwa sa Akin sa harap ng mga tao, kanya itatanggi ko rin ba sa harapan ng Aking Ama na nasa langit. Huwag ninyong isipin na ako ay naparito upang magpadala ng kapayapaan sa lupa: Hindi ako naparito upang magpadala ng kapayapaan, kundi isang tabak. Sapagkat ako ay naparito upang maglagay ng isang tao sa pagkakaiba laban sa kanyang ama, at ang anak na babae laban sa kanyang ina, at ang anak na babae sa batas laban sa kanyang ina sa batas. At ang mga kaaway ng isang tao ay sila sa kanyang sariling sambahayan. Ang umiibig sa ama o ina ng higit sa Akin ay hindi karapatdapat sa Akin: at ang umiibig sa anak na lalake o babae ng higit sa Akin ay hindi karapatdapat sa Akin. At ang hindi nagdadala ng kaniyang krus, at sumunod pagkatapos Me, ay hindi karapat-dapat sa Akin. Ang nakakahanap ng kanyang buhay ay mawawalan nito: at ang mawalan ng kanyang buhay alang-alang sa Akin ay makakasumpong nito (Mat 10:34, Lucas 12:51)
Sinabi ni Jesus, na hindi Siya naparito upang magdala ng kapayapaan sa mundong ito, habang tinutukoy ng mundo ang kapayapaan, ngunit upang dalhin ang espada.
Si Jesus ay ang Tabak; ang Buhay na Salita ng Diyos at Siya ay naparito sa lupa kasama ang katotohanan ng Diyos at naghiwalay na kaluluwa (nakikita) at espiritu (hindi nakikita). Dinala niya ang mga gawa at kasinungalingan ng kadiliman sa liwanag at sinira ang mga gawa ng kaharian ng kadiliman. Tinalo ni Jesus ang alitan sa pagitan ng Diyos at ng tao sa krus at pinagkasundo ang tao pabalik sa Diyos, upang ang kapayapaan sa pagitan ng Diyos at ng tao ay naibalik.
'Maging asin ng lupa’
