Isaiah 9: 6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
there will be no end,
In this promise of God given by Isaiah, one of the names the Messiah would be given was Prince of Peace. As Diann Cotton points out in her book 110 Days with Jesus a prince is "a male member of the royal family; a son of the king," while peace is "Freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions; the absence or end of strife; a pact or agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war or in a state of enmity. " The title itself makes it clear that the King's Son will be the one who brings a peace agreement. When He does so, he brings freedom to the ones who have been at war - not in a physical sense, but within. War is devastating; so is sin. Its results are fear, guilt, frustration, bitterness, and depression. Peace lifts us out of that; Christ pulls us out of the ditch in which we have entrenched ourselves and establishes within us an eternal state of peace. What a peace pact He has made for us.
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