Jesus er fredens fyrste og han kom til jorden for å bringe fred. Men hva slags fred bragte Jesus på jorden? Det er mange folk, som har skapt et bilde av Jesus som en slags, kjærlig, stille, and peaceful Man, who spoke with a calm voice to the people. Overalt hvor Jesus kom, He brought peace and harmony and everything went well. But if you study the Bible and the life of Jesus than this image of Jesus, which is often created by watching television and movies, by reading books and hearing sermons from the opinions of carnal people, doesn’t correspond with the truth of God’s Word. Because Jesus His life on earth was anything but peaceful. Jesus didn’t keep the peace and didn’t bring peace among the people as the world defines peace
The definition of peace
Because the definition of peace according to Wikipedia is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (dvs. krig) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or heterogeneous groups.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines peace as a state of tranquility or quiet (such as freedom from civil disturbance or a state of security or order within a community provided for by law or custom), freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions, harmony in personal relationships, a state or period of mutual concord between governments or a pact or agreement to end hostilities between those, who have been at war or in a state of enmity.
If we look at these definitions of peace, we can conclude that Jesus didn’t bring peace on earth as the world defines peace. Because where Jesus came, agitasjon, konflikter, strid, sinne, and hate arose, that eventually led to His death. Jesus brought everything, except a salutary state of peace; a state of tranquility, harmoni, and order.
Jesus cast out demons and caused a commotion
And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, Ordtak, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? ENrt thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, ordtak, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. (Luke 4:33-36, mars 1:21-28)
When Jesus taught the people in the synagogue in Capernaum, the people were amazed at His teaching. Because Jesus taught them as one, who possesses authority and not as the men learned in the sacred scriptures. Although some were amazed, there were also some, who were not so amazed and definitely didn’t appreciate His presence and teaching. Because by teaching the truth of God, He exposed the lies many believed and lived in.
I synagogen, there was someone with an unclean spirit. Maybe this man went to the synagogue every sabbath and listened to the teachings of the scribes or maybe the man was a scribe. Hvem vet…
Likevel, Jesus was in the synagogue and this unclean spirit, who dwelled in this man didn’t appreciate Jesus’ presence and the truth He preached.
The unclean spirit revealed himself in the man by crying out with a loud voice to Jesus.
Tenke, that you are in the church and suddenly someone starts yelling at you. Because that’s what happened to Jesus. This man began to cry out with a loud voice to Jesus, saying “What is there in common between us and you, Jesus, Nazarene? You came to destroy us. I know you who you are, the Holy One of God.”
Jesus sa ikke: "Sir, would you be so kind to be quiet and don’t yell otherwise you will be removed from the congregation,” as many people would say today. Men Jesus sa noe annet.
Since Jesus walked after the Spirit, Han visste, who cried out with a loud voice to Him. Derfor, Jesus rebuked this unclean spirit, who dwelled in the man, by commanding the unclean spirit to shut his mouth and to come out of him. The unclean spirit torn the man with convulsions, he screeched with a loud voice and came out of him.
Jesus didn’t see a man, who yelled at him, but Jesus saw an unclean spirit, who revealed himself in the man and Jesus spoke to the unclean spirit and commanded the unclean spirit what He wanted the spirit to do. The unclean spirit obeyed Jesus and left the man.
Maybe the people considered this action of Jesus as a disruption of the service, but Jesus had brought the peace of God and the Kingdom of God to this man, by delivering this man from this unclean spirit (Lu 4:33-36, mars 1:21-28)
Jesus disturbed the peace on the sabbath day
According to the religious leaders of Israel, Jesus didn’t bring peace on the sabbath day, but He disturbed the peace on the sabbath day and provoked them to anger. Ifølge dem, Jesus didn’t keep Guds bud. Men i virkeligheten, this was not the case. It may have seen that way in the natural realm, men i det åndelige riket, Jesus still walked after the will of God.
Til tross for faktum, that Jesus cast out unclean spirits, healed the sick and when His disciples were hungry, allowed them to pick off the grains, when they walked into a field of grains, Jesus still walked in lydighet mot Gud after His will and therefore He oppfylte loven (Matte 5:17, mars 2:23-28)
sa Jesus til dem, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? (Luke 6:9)
If Jesus hadn’t done anything and ignored the situation of the people, who were in need and needed help, which Jesus was able to provide, then Jesus would have done evil in the sight of God. Instead of making a life whole and saving a life, He would have destroyed a life.
But Jesus was a Mann av medfølelse, who did good and saved lives, by preaching the truth of God and His Kingdom, calling the people to repentance and the removal of sins. Jesus gave and provided what the people needed, according to the Kingdom and brought peace in chaos. He restored the bodies of the people and made them whole, by healing them. Jesus delivered the people, who lived in the bondage of the kingdom of darkness.
The house of prayer had turned into a den of thieves
Og de kom til Jerusalem: og Jesus gikk inn i templet, og begynte å drive ut dem som solgte og kjøpte i templet, og veltet pengevekslernes bord, og setene til dem som solgte duer; Og ville ikke tillate at noen skulle bære noe kar gjennom templet. Og han underviste, sier til dem, Er det ikke skrevet, Mitt hus skal av alle folkeslag kalles bedehuset? but you have made it a den of thieves. And the scribes and chief priests heard den, og søkte hvordan de kunne ødelegge ham: for they feared Him, because all the people var astonished at His doctrine. Og når selve var kommet, Han gikk ut av byen (mars 11:15-19, Matte 21:12-13, Luke 19:45-48, Jn 2:)
When the Jew’s Passover was at hand and Jesus entered the temple of God and saw that the people traded goods, Jesus cast them out that sold and bought in the temple and He overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of them that sold doves. He did not permit anyone to carry household gear through the temple. This action of Jesus came forth from the Scriptures in which God said that His house would be a house of prayer (Isa 56:7)
But when Jesus entered the temple, He didn’t enter a house of prayer but a den of thieves, where the people were out for gain.
They piously sold doves, sau, and oxen, which the people could sacrifice to God, while in the meantime they made a profit. But that was not God’s will and therefore Jesus cast them out of the temple and overthrew the tables and the seats.
This act of Jesus didn’t seem like an act of peace and also had consequences for Him.
Because the chief priests and the scribes, who heard it went to seek how they could destroy Him. For they were fearing Him, because the entire multitude was struck with astonishment at His teaching (mars 11:18)
What would happen in this age, when someone would enter the church and go into the bookstore and cast out the people and throw all the merchandise on the ground? Or in case of a restaurant in the congregation, cast the people out and overthrow the tables and the seats? What would happen to the person? Most likely the person would be considered a rebel and a disruptor of the order in the church and therefore would be expelled from the church.
Jesus spoke hard words and confronted the people
Jesus didn’t keep silent about the truth. The only moments, that Jesus kept silent were at the moments He was tempted and challenged to prove Himself. Jesus spoke the truth and therefore He often spoke hard words and was very confrontational. Jesus didn’t keep His mouth in order to keep and maintain mutual relationships in harmony and tranquility.
Nei, Jesus often spoke hard words and was confrontational, even to the pious (religiøs) ledere av Israel. Jesus called them a.o hypocrites, blinde ledere av blinde, blind guides, fools, whited sepulchres, graver som ikke vises, generasjon av hoggormer, djevelens sønner (Matte 15:7-9, 14; 23:24, 27, 33, Luke 11:37-54; 12:56, Jn 8:44).
Jesus called Peter Satan (Guds motstander), when he was an offense to Jesus because he did not have a mind for the things of God, but for the things of men and spoke from his emotions (kjøtt) (Matte 16:23).
When Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus confronted her with her sins.
Who would dare to say all these things today?
There are many more other examples, in which Jesus brought the peace of God, but were not considered as acts of peace by the generasjon av den gamle mannen og verden, but rather as a disruption of the peace, harmoni, and order.
Jesus didn’t come to bring peace with the world
Så åpnet Peter munnen, og sa, Of a sannhet, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, er akseptert med Ham. Ordet som Gud sendte til Israels barn, forkynner fred ved Jesus Kristus: (Han er Herre over alt:) (handle 10:34-36)
Although Jesus was and is the Messias, many didn’t consider Jesus as the Messiah. This was namely because the people of God were carnal and walked after the flesh. Since they were carnal and sense ruled, they expected a Messiah, who would deliver them from the power of the Romans and establish an earthly kingdom on earth.
But Jesus didn’t come to establish an earthly kingdom on earth, but He came to bring and establish the heavenly Kingdom of God and His peace on earth.
Jesus didn’t come to bring peace with the world, because otherwise He wouldn’t be crucified.
The way to establish peace with the world is to compromise with the world and accept and tolerate the opinions, findings and things of the world. Because there is no way that the world would compromise with God and His Word, since the ruler of this world is the devil.
Therefore the world shall never submit to God’s will and tolerate and respect God’s will, but instead shall resist against every Guds bud and destroy every institution and covenant of God.
But Jesus didn’t compromise with the world, as many churches today do and therefore have become worldly.
Nowhere in the Bible do we read, that Jesus approved and accepted sins, as so many believers, inkludert pastorer, say and preach. Because peace with the world means enmity with God. Jesus didn’t live in enmity with God. Jesus lived in peace with God, therefore He lived in enmity with the world.
Jesus represented the Kingdom of God and was sent in Hans navn; the authority of the Father and the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus brought the peace of God to the people by a.o. calling them to repentance and the removal of sins, so that the people of God would walk again in the will of God on Hans måte. Jesus healed all that were oppressed of the devil and eventually Jesus restored the relationship between God and man and the position of man through His Forløsende arbeid ved korset.
Peace with God means enmity with the world
Disse tingene har jeg talt til dere, at dere kan ha fred i Meg. I verden skal du ha trengsel: men vær ved godt mot; Jeg har overvunnet verden (Jn 16:33)
Everyone wants peace with God. But peace with God means enmity with the world. We saw this in the lives of the prophets during the Old Covenant and the lives of Jesus and His followers in the New Covenant (Les også: "Hvorfor verden hater kristne’)
Hvem som helst derfor shall confess Me before men, ham vil jeg tilstå også for min far som er i himmelen. Men den som skal nekte meg for menn, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven. Tro ikke at jeg er kommet for å sende fred på jorden: Jeg kom ikke for å sende fred, Men et sverd. For jeg er kommet for å sette en mann i varians mot faren, og datteren mot moren, og svigerdatteren mot svigermor. Og en manns fiender skal være de av hans eget husholdning. Den som elsker far eller mor mer enn meg, er meg ikke verdig: og den som elsker sønn eller datter mer enn meg, er meg ikke verdig. Og den som ikke tar hans kors, and followeth after Me, er ikke verdig Meg. Den som finner sitt liv, skal miste det: og den som mister livet for min skyld, skal finne det (Matte 10:34, Luke 12:51)
sa Jesus, that He didn’t come to bring peace on this earth, som verden definerer fred, men å bringe sverdet.
Jesus was and is the Sword; the Living Word of God and He came to the earth with the truth of God and separate asunder soul (synlig) og ånd (usynlig). He brought the works and lies of the darkness into the light and destroyed the works av mørkets rike. Jesus defeated the enmity between God and man at the cross and reconciled man back to God, so that the peace between God and man was restored.
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