Peace on Earth

The Reconciliation: Part 14

Jesus’ ministry was the ministry of reconciliation. God was pleased to dwell in Jesus as He reconciled Himself to humanity with Jesus’ body. God was in Christ and reconciled himself to us now we can enter Christ and enjoy the Father. Jesus has become the new Tent of Meeting. He is the place that God came into and the place we are invited to come in as well.

Jesus dealt with sin once and for all, and God is no longer imputing sin against humanity during this age of grace. There is only reconciliation. God was at war with sin through the bodies of men, but at Jesus birth He declared “Peace on Earth.” God was not stating that Jesus came to bring peace among men.

Mathew 10:34
“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”

Even in Isaiah the Father was declaring this peace on earth:

Isaiah 40:2-3
“Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”

And who was to declare this? John the Baptist.

Mathew 3:3
“ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”

God was declaring peace toward men from Himself. The war of sin between God and man was over. Now there is place where we can simply enjoy fellowship with our Father. Just like in the Garden of Eden there is a place where the Father dwells and He wants to enjoy us there. It is literally inside of Christ.

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