The "signs of the times" scriptures (Jeremiah 6:10-15; I Thessalonians 5:1-3—Judah's Day of the Lord and the coming Day of the Lord) illustrate the concerted effort on behalf of Israel's leaders to minimize how bad things are when the world will be plunged from world peace to war in the blink of the eye. In the New Testament, the word for "peace" goes far beyond the usual understanding of lack of armed conflict. The meaning of "shalom" (well-being) implies bodily health, satisfaction, and contentment expanding into the idea of prosperity. Another facet of shalom is stability in a relationship as in a marriage relationship. In Ezekiel 37, shalom is associated with the covenant, in which in the second resurrection (Ezekiel 37:24-48) David will be king, instituting the New Covenant, in which the boundaries are spelled out living in an everlasting covenant of peace living in God's laws and statutes forever. When people are not in a right relationship with God, peace is impossible. Sin (the breaking of the law or covenant) automatically breaks the peace (Isaiah 59:1-9). When we sin, we declare war on Almighty God. When we follow human nature, we show how much we hate God, separating ourselves from God and others. Our national sins have brought about distrust of institutions, mobs, disease, war, and death—metaphorically hatching vipers eggs or poisonous spider webs, or time bombs-which will eventually explode. Each sin is an act of treason. God's people have been called to be peace makers (Matthew 5:9 ). The sons of God can make peace if they make the effort, using God's Holy Spirit to allow Christ to radically transform them from zombies to living beings (or from worms to children of God (Job 25:6). If we do not pursue peace, we cannot expect to see God (Matthew 5:43-48; Hebrew 12:14).