The priests and prophets cried peace when there was no peace, offering superficial comfort instead of urging repentance. Nations of the world are never truly at peace, as incessant wars demonstrate. People of the world are not at peace with God, as mounting sins prove. They are not at peace with neighbors, as crime statistics confirm. They are not at peace with themselves, as suicide rates and mental health statistics indicate. Humanity has never known the peace of God that He wants people to live, because iniquities separate them from God and make peace impossible. The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made themselves crooked paths, and whoever takes that way shall not know peace. The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. Only those who have made the New Covenant with God have access to the two types of peace available to believers. These must be sought, maintained, and nurtured. God supplies what He supplies, but much remains for people to do so that this atmosphere of peace can grow. The first type is more of His doing, yet people must still come out of the world with His help. If they seek these two types of peace, struggle to maintain them, and nurture them to growth, then the abundant life that Christ promises will be theirs.