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Dec '24
When Will There Be Peace on Earth?
19
Dec '24
Introduction: Hear the angel proclaim: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. ”Don’t forget: Peace comes with a price tag!
1. Presently, There Is No Peace on Earth! (Matthew 10:34) – “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.”
(Matthew 24:6-8) – “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.”
Obviously, this is where we are heading, according to Jesus Christ, who is the Prince of Peace. But we can have peace right now through a personal relationship with Jesus (John 14:6, 27; Romans 5:1, 9).
2. Futuristically, There Will Be No Peace on Earth! (Revelation 6:4) – “And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.”
Although this will be during the tribulation period on earth, we can certainly witness a lack of peace between people as well as countries today.
3. Prophetically, There Is Going to Be Peace on Earth! (Isaiah 9:6-7; Isaiah 11; Revelation 20) – “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.”
Finally, at last, there will be true peace on earth, but only when the Christ of Christmas sets up His Kingdom. Is He ruling in your heart today?
Conclusion: While there is not everlasting peace on the earth right now, you can have peace in your heart through a relationship with Jesus Christ. Paul, inspired by God the Holy Spirit, writes in Colossians 1:20: “And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.”
By turning from sin’s curse and trusting in Jesus’ redeeming blood, you can be “born again”; subsequently, you can have your sins forgiven and ultimately a home in heaven.
Love y’all,
Pastor Randy Reese