Peace On Earth
The Christmas season has just ended, but I'm still thinking about a common theme for Christmas... peace on earth. What does that mean? What type of peace does Jesus bring? What conflicts, what wars does he end?
What war did Jesus talk about? Did he tell the Romans they must stop their conquest of the world? No. Think about it. What things did he specifically condemn the Roman's for doing? (Nothing.)
Roman's 5:10 tells us who was fighting: "For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son."
Philippians 3:18 talks about those who are not saved... "For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ."
The world war that is going on is the war between mankind and God. The peace on earth Jesus Christ brings is peace between us and God. Through Jesus Christ we are no longer enemies of God... we are no longer at war with God. That is the peace on earth the Bible talks about.
"For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him [Jesus], and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross." - Colossians 1:19,20
posted by BrickBalloon -- Love, Christianity, Jesus & Salvation Archive
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I don't know if you will even see this, but I wanted to say amen to what you wrote.
I have put it this way before: You know how in movies when strangers meet in the middle of no where, they often make a proclamation of some sort, like "we mean no harm", or "we come in peace". God's announcement to the world at the arrival of His Son, was "Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men." That is awesome because He says exactly what His intentions are toward us. What you have pointed out is that he went far beyond that and while we were His enemies, he did this and proved his intentions by dying for us, His enemies! Thereby making a way to end the war! What an amazing show of love!
Thank you for your comment Tim,
Jesus came to seek and save the lost, and what he brought was peace on earth. But not the peace non-believers think. He brought conflict between men, even setting father against son, and brother against brother. The peace he brought is a peace between God and men... a peace that is available to all who accept and trust Jesus Christ as their savior, Lord and God.
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