YAHWEH'S COUNSEL OF PEACE
The Counsel of Peace is not a political organization. It is not a lobbying group. It is not affiliated with any party, government, or foreign interest.
The Counsel of Peace is a covenant-based governance organization — founded on the eternal principles of Yahweh as revealed in the Hebrew Tanakh — dedicated to calling nations, governments, and leaders back to the standard of justice, truth, and peace that Yahweh alone defines.
“And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.” — Isaiah 32:17
THE FOUNDATION:
The Counsel of Peace was founded by Asayah Y. Hawkins — a covenant leader whose vision for Yahweh’s (God’s) standard of governance is the foundation of the Counsel of Peace. Kepha Arcemont's signature is on the founding documents and has shared this belief in a Counsel of Peace with Asayah since the 1990s. This is not a recent movement. It is a decades-long covenant commitment to the truth of Yahweh’s Word applied to the real world.
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WHAT WE BELIEVE:
True and lasting peace among nations cannot be manufactured by diplomacy alone. It cannot be imposed by military force. It cannot be purchased by economic pressure.
True peace flows from one source — covenant alignment with Yahweh and His Word.
Every government, every nation, every leader will ultimately be measured not by their military strength or economic power — but by whether they walked in the covenant of peace that Yahweh established from the beginning.
We believe that covenant. We stand on that covenant. We speak from that covenant.
WHAT WE DO:
Miqdash Bethel produces formal covenant documents addressed to world leaders and heads of state, engages directly with national and international governance frameworks, calls governments to constitutional and covenant accountability, supports the pursuit of peace in active conflict zones through the authority of Yahweh’s Word, and works alongside Miqdash Bethel to bring the prophetic voice of scripture into the public square.
Miqdash Bethel has produced and delivered formal covenant peace documents to figures including President Donald J. Trump and his Board of Peace, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Senior Advisor Jared Kushner, Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, Mojtaba Khamenei of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Reza Pahlavi of the Iranian opposition.
Every document is grounded exclusively in the Hebrew Tanakh as the revealed and authoritative Word of Yahweh (God).
OUR STANDARD:
“Seek peace and pursue it.” — Psalm 34:14
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace.” — Isaiah 52:7
You may notice that in our studies and teachings, we frequently use the word covenant where others might use the word Torah. And many of our studies have the word covenant throughout. This is intentional, and we want to explain why.
The word Torah is a Hebrew word (Torah — תּוֹרָה — H8451). Its root is the verb yarah (יָרָה — H3384), meaning to direct, to instruct, to point the way — as an archer aims an arrow toward its target. Torah literally means instruction or direction. It is not, in its original Hebrew meaning, the exclusive property of any one religious tradition. It is Yahweh's instruction to humanity.
SO WHY DO WE SAY COVENANT INSTEAD?
Because over centuries, the word Torah has become so closely associated with rabbinic Judaism and its specific legal traditions that many people — particularly those coming from Christian or Islamic backgrounds, or from no religious background at all — hear the word and immediately assume it does not apply to them. They hear a religious label. They do not hear what it actually is: the foundational agreement between the Creator and His creation — the terms by which Yahweh governs relationship with every human being on earth.
The word covenant (brit — בְּרִית — H1285) is the word the Tanakh itself uses most often to describe what Yahweh established with humanity. He made a brit with Noach (Noah) after the flood — and Noach (Noah) was not Jewish, not Christian, not Muslim. He made a brit with Avraham (Abraham) before any of those traditions existed. He made a brit at Sinai with an entire nation of people He had just brought out of bondage. In every case, the covenant is Yahweh's direct agreement with human beings — not a religious denomination, not a cultural tradition, not a sectarian document.
Yahweh Himself says in Bereishit (Genesis) 26:5 that Avraham (Abraham) obeyed His voice and kept His charge, His commandments, His statutes, and His laws. This was before Sinai. Before the Levitical priesthood. Before the Temple. Before any of the traditions that grew up around the covenant texts. The covenant is older than all of them — and larger than all of them.
When we say "the Covenant of Yahweh," we are saying: this is not a Jewish document. This is not a Christian document. This is not an Islamic document. This is the living agreement between the living Elohim and the human beings He made in His image — every one of them, regardless of what religious label they carry. Yahweh's instruction belongs to anyone willing to receive it.
We use Torah when we need to refer to the specific Hebrew texts by their historical name, or when we are doing word-level Hebrew textual work that requires precision. In all other contexts, we say covenant — because that is what it is.
The Law of Yahweh was not given to one people to keep private. It was given through one people to reach the whole world. Yeshayahu (Isaiah) said it plainly:
"My covenant I will not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips." — Tehillim (Psalms) 89:34
"For out of Tzion shall go forth the instruction [Torah], and the word of Yahweh from Yerushalayim." — Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 2:3
It goes out from one city. It is addressed to every nation.
That is why we say covenant.
Truth in the Gates. The Word Against the Narrative.
The ancient prophets of Yahweh did not sit silent while kings made war and nations suffered. They stood in the gates. They spoke to power. They measured every earthly event against the eternal standard of Yahweh’s Word — and they called what they saw by its true name.
Miqdash Bethel carries that same prophetic responsibility today.
Elder Kepha Arcemont researches, analyzes, and speaks to current events — war, government, economics, justice, and peace — through the uncompromising lens of the Hebrew Tanakh. Not through the lens of Republican or Democrat. Not through the lens of mainstream media narrative. Not through the lens of any foreign government’s agenda.
Through the lens of Yahweh (God) alone.
“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression.” — Isaiah 58:1
CURRENT FOCUS — THE IRAN WAR & THE COVENANT OF PEACE:
Miqdash Bethel has been actively researching and speaking truth to the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict — a war launched without Congressional authorization, without the consent of the American people, and at enormous cost to American families in blood and treasure.
Our position is grounded, not in politics, but in covenant. Yahweh (God) commands His people to seek peace and pursue it. When governments choose war over available peace, the prophetic voice must speak.
Key findings from our research include the war was launched without a Congressional vote in violation of the U.S. Constitution, peace negotiations through Oman were actively underway when the bombing began, the conflict is costing American taxpayers nearly one billion dollars per day, American families are absorbing a 14% spike in gas prices in a single week, and over seven American soldiers have already given their lives.
Miqdash Bethel has produced formal covenant peace letters to world leaders involved in this conflict — grounded exclusively in the Hebrew Tanakh — calling all parties back to the covenant responsibilities of peace before Yahweh (God).
OUR RESEARCH PRINCIPLES:
We follow the facts wherever they lead. We name what we see without fear of political consequence. We measure every claim against the Word of Yahweh (God). We speak for the people — not for governments, not for media, not for foreign agendas. We pursue peace as a commandment, not a compromise.
“Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.” — Proverbs 31:9
AREAS OF ONGOING RESEARCH:
The Israel-Iran-USA conflict and its covenant implications. The constitutional crisis of undeclared war. Economic justice for the American people. The Hebrew Tanakh as the foundation of true governance. Music as prophetic ministry. Covenant-based peace frameworks for national and international governance.
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