Desiring Advent - Peace | Jeremiah Lepasana | “The Opposite of Trauma": 2 Thessalonians 3.16

This past Sunday, we considered our second Advent theme of Peace. We saw that there is no good translation of peace as it is described in Scripture. It is neither inner serenity, nor lack of conflict. Peace, as described in Scripture, is something so much greater. And, we ventured to put forward that if it can be described as anything, it would best be described by what it solves—the presence of all trauma that multiplies chaos and dysfunction in our world. Therefore, to properly understand biblical peace, we must see that it is equivalent to “The Opposite of Trauma.” In the First Advent we saw that Jesus is the Source of this “peace.” And, this “peace” spreads as those who worship Jesus gather together and draw from the Source. Sundays are healing spaces. Join us this Sunday for more!