Although the devil is very much alive and well today, t hat final victory is assured because the Son of God dealt his death-blow in His own death on the cross (Hebrews 2:14). True peace will only be experienced when he is finally ‘crushed’, something predicted by God just after Satan had deceived the first woman (Genesis 3:15). Here H e is described as ‘the God of peace’ – the source of true peace w ho will ultimately deal with the u nderlying cause of all unrest, the devil.Įver since the devil’s fall, which happened as a result of an attempt to usurp God’s position of authority, he has been the opponent of God indeed, the name Satan means the adversary. The Bible gives many titles to God, revealing different as p ects of His character. I n a world where turmoil, confusion and warfare reign, p eace is such an elusive commodity no matter how hard our leaders try, and how close they may come to it, peace just seems to slip through their fingers. It’s a lovely story, enhanced by wonderful pictures, but I see it as an allegory. He gets into bed, say ing to himself, “Peace at last,” but the words have hardly been formed when the alarm clock sounds and his peace is shattered yet again. He tries every possible place, but can find no tranquillity until he eventually returns to his bedroom and discovers that Mrs. One of my favourite children’s books is Jill Murphy’s Peace at last.
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