However, after I came to know many of these dear brothers and sisters, I began to understand. They were enemies of the communist regime but friends with God. They had an intimate walk with the Lord that produced what the Apostle Paul said was a peace that passed all understanding. It doesn't make sense to have peace in the middle of extreme trials and difficulties. But that's what God specializes in.
Peace is a by-product of the victorious Christian life.
It's a fruit of the Holy Spirit that's produced in the believer who is fully yielded to Christ and trusting in Him. The Old Testament speaks of peace in a much overall outward sense than the New Testament. It often had physical meaning. We have peace with God because of what Jesus did on the cross. I ceased the war with God when I placed my faith in Christ.