. It was generally based on a give and take principle. The followers of the older rules were only liable to love the ones who love them and to hate the ones with all their might, who hate them. It contained messages on war and a ‘hand for hand’ and ‘eye for eye’ policy. The Mount Sermon of Jesus Christ is a renovation of these laws transforming the world into a state of peace and tranquility. He wants his followers to behave in such a way that the world follows them in love. The Sermon further contains the way one must and must not reflect him or her in society. In totality, the Mount Sermon is a guideline for humanity to lead a life of peace. It teaches that mankind has to have a lead in the world, not through might but through peace and forgiveness. The sermon explains the way life must be changed for being in the grace of God. Interestingly, this piece of advice is well contained throughout the sermon. The historic context of the sermon involves the desire of Jesus to set forth a new kingdom. Though this kingdom is of a spiritual context, it is to be achieved through the deeds and ways of the worldly human. Thus the rules and the preaching as made by Jesus in the Mount Sermon are quite relevant in the concurrent context of global peace and tranquility. The context of the message is thus not confined to the people of Israel, but to the whole world and its people.

Thruston (350-52) has opined that the mount sermon does not merely relate with the ethics of religion, but it acts as a catalyst in the shaping of the audience auditors in the direction of covenant faithfulness. This must be read together with the fact faithfulness to the teachings of Jesus would mean to adhere to a policy of forgiveness directly leading to peace and tranquility. It must also be considered that it the shaping of individual charters that leads to the shaping of a good society and thus a good world.&nbsp