Lesson 11 Prince Of Peace

     Isaiah 9:6 (Amplified) tells us, "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 (of eternity), Prince of Peace."
     Notice in this scripture that this Child is born unto us.  It didn't say that unto the Father is born a Child, nor did it say that unto the Father a Son is given, but unto us. This Child, Jesus, was born to us and for us.  He is the gift of life and grace and truth for us and to us.
     This peace that God spoke of by Isaiah was Jesus Himself.  Just as surely as Jesus was born, died, and resurrected, this between God and man was assured!  We, in our own mind (carnal minds) have a hard time understanding just what our Father had in mind.  I posted and titled one blog, "The Law of the Kinsman Redeemer."  This is based on Leviticus 25 concerning Jubilee.  Also, Jesus Himself spoke of it in Luke 4:19 (Amplified) where He said He cane, "To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord, (the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound)."
     When Jubilee came, a Kinsman who was able, would restore back to the one in debt, everything that had been lost because of his debt.  As our Kinsman, Jesus paid the debt all the way back to before the fall of Adam.  This peace that Isaiah spoke of was a pre-Adam peace, before anything was out of place between the Father and His family.  The Prince of Peace, by God's Own decree, has fulfilled every debt that mankind owed.
     God has declared a perfect peace by a perfect sacrifice.  When He declared by the angels in Luke 2:14 (Amplified) that now, because of His gift (this Son that was born to us), this perfect payment for all our debts was born to us.  Everyone who would expect this Kinsman Redeemer would be wholly restored to perfection: no debt, no penalty, perfect redemption.  We would be justified, just as if sin had never happened, by His sacrifice, His blood, His death and resurrection.
     For those who would refuse this Child that was given, they have no Kinsman Redeemer to pay their debt.  Only Jesus was perfect enough to pay it all.  When this debt was paid (for all those who received), John 3:16 (Amplified) says that they, "Should not perish, but have everlasting life."
     When Jesus said in John 14:27(Amplified) , "Peace I leave with you; My Own peace I now give and bequeath you," He made a statement that we need to pay close attention to.  In John 10:30 (Amplified) Jesus said that "He and the Father are One."  Together, these two scriptures tell us that this peace Jesus spoke of was "His Own peace" and it was God's peace that He left to us.  That's why this Son was born to us.
     By refusing to accept this peace, we are rejecting the purpose of the forgiveness of debt and are still trying to pay it with our own works.  Only Jesus can, as our Kinsman Redeemer, deliver us back to perfection in the sight of a Just and Holy God.
     When I blogged the "Return to Eden," I was speaking both of the Kinsman Redeemer and this peace of perfect reconciliation to God.  Before anything went awry and Adam fell and sin was introduced, he and God walked in perfect fellowship just like God and Jesus did.  Now, if we'll receive it, we can also walk in perfect union and fellowship with our Father.
     When Isaiah 9:6 said that "unto us this Son was given," He was given to the family of God.  This Child was born unto the family in order to be our Kinsman Redeemer.  He would restore everything back that the family that had been lost at the fall of Adam.  This included total peace with our Father (to those who are in the family).
     In our carnal thinking, we still hold ourselves in bondage of our mistakes and under the penalty of our trespasses.  But, the Word tells us in Colossians 3:15 (Amplified) , Let the (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts (deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state) to which as (members of Christ's) One body you were also called (to live) and be thankful (appreciative) (giving thanks to God always)."
     We are to receive this peace and let the Word rule our hearts and be thankful to God for this peace.