2.  Ephesians 2:17-18

17 So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; 18 for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father.

                Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the One who came into the world and proclaimed peace to the Gentiles (the ones who were far off) and peace to those who were near (the Jews).

                Through Jesus Christ, Jews and Gentiles can live together in peace.  (Jesus also brought peace between the Samaritan Woman at the well and her neighbors, because He led her to faith in Him and she told her neighbors that He was the Messiah.  Her neighbors no longer needed to fear that she would steal their husbands from them.)

                Only through faith in Jesus Christ will we have peace in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. 

                The Holy Spirit gives all of us who believe access to the Father. 

                See also Romans 8: 26, 27 - "Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27 And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God."  

                Notice the Spirit intercedes or "prays for" believers.  He is a person who knows the will of God and prays for us according to the will of God.  The Holy Spirit is not just an "active force" as the some teach, but the Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity who prays to God our Heavenly Father for us.

                We have access to the Father through Jesus Christ in one Spirit.  Without Jesus Christ, we would not have access to God or peace with God and one another.

                Therefore, right now we have a pledge of eternal life with God in the future (because we are sealed with the Holy Spirit), and we have access to God the Father right now in the Spirit.