Leviticus 26:6
I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down with no one making you tremble. I shall also eliminate harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.
As Moses draws the book of Leviticus to a close he communicates to the nation God's blessing and curse for obeying or failing to obey this covenant of laws. God has laid out what it takes to be holy ... to be like Him. He demands holiness (in every age). In these laws and regulations the nation was to obey. The won't of course, which is why God will later in this same chapter tell them what WILL happen when they don't. An important point to note in the above passage, however, is that God decides who has peace and who doesn't. The truth in the above passage is that it is God who eliminates harmful beasts (no matter what they look like or how they are described). God can give us harmony in our lives, or remove that harmony and give us turmoil and difficulty. Note later in this chapter what God tells us from Moses' writings:
Leviticus 26:14-16
‘But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments, if, instead, you reject My statutes, and if your soul abhors My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up.
Christ stated that He came to give us peace (John 10:27). We need to recognize that it is God who establishes a peaceful existence and not we ourselves. God gives us the ability to enjoy peace and tranquility in our lives. When we fail to recognize that and believe our peace is based upon on our work we fail to worship God for who He is and what He does in our lives. Reverence for God is based upon His work in our lives that produces a fruitful and peaceful life.
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