Isaiah 9:6 (Amplified) declares that Jesus would be called the Prince of Peace and that He would be our Counselor. If we'd allow Him to be Wonderful Counselor, then we'd be better able to let Him be our Prince of Peace.
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, He was the Son of God. Jesus didn't become the Son of God at His birth, He had always been the Son of God. Before Mary was His mother and He became flesh, we called Jesus the Word of God. The Word of God, Wisdom, was in the beginning before anything else was according to Proverbs 8:1-36 (Amplified). John 1:1-3 (Amplified) says that, "Jesus, the Word, and Wisdom are all One and the same person.
In Proverbs 3:19 (Amplified) we read that, "The Lord by skillful and Godly Wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding He has established the heavens." Proverbs 4:7 (Amplified) says "Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly wisdom)! (For skillful and Godly wisdom is the principal thing). And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension and interpretation)."
When we read the Word of God, Wisdom is always present because His Word is Wisdom. It's not like we, the Church, don't have wisdom. Proverbs 8:1-5 (Amplified) says that, "Wisdom is crying out in the streets, at the gates of the city, on the top of the heights, beside the way and where the paths meet." So, wisdom is here for all who will listen. But, in Proverbs 4:7 (Amplified) we are instructed to, "Get wisdom, and with all your getting, get understanding."
It's not a matter of wisdom being present, but a matter of not understanding that holds back the child of God. When Isaiah 9:6 (Amplified) said that His name would be called Counselor, He meant that Jesus would give us understanding of His Word. God sent the Holy Spirit (Who is also God) to impart understanding to us. John 16:13 (Amplified) says, "But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the truth giving Spirit) He will guide you into all the truth (the whole, full truth) for He will not speak His Own message (on His Own authority) but He will tell whatever He hears (from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him) and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come (that will happen in the future)."
Jesus spoke about the new covenant's being in the future when He said, "The things are to come, that will happen in the future." He was saying that the crucifixion, the resurrection, the new birth and the new covenant was still in the future. Now, it's up to the Wonderful Counselor to give us understanding concerning this Wisdom. If we will turn to Jesus as Counselor, then He will give understanding about this wisdom. 1 Corinthians 1:30 (Amplified) says, "But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus. Whom God made our wisdom from God, (revealed to us a knowledge of the Divine plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as) our Righteousness (thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God) and our Consecration (making us pure and holy) and our Redemption (providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin)."
The wisdom doesn't simply bring peace without understanding. You might read the Word and you're intelligent enough to know what the words mean, but without understanding that the Word is Spirit and truth, it's just words. Without spiritual understanding of what the Bible says, we still walk under condemnation even though we've read the words.
Jesus will set us free from all guilt, condemnation and the burdens of the past, present and future by the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the Counselor Who gives understanding to the simple. We learn from Psalms 19:7 (Amplified) says that when we allow Jesus to teach us, then we receive the liberty bought for us with His Blood on the cross. We read in God's Word of Wisdom that our sins are forgiven and cleared away. This is the Word of Wisdom. But, because we don't have understanding, we still walk under the burden as though the sin was still there. Wisdom says we are free, but lack of understanding says we're still sinners saved by grace. Understanding of the Word tells you that you cannot be a sinner and be the righteousness of God at the same time.
A sinner will call upon the Lord and be saved. One who is void of understanding will live as though he's still a sinner in God's eyes. Was it that when the sinner called out to God, God didn't receive him? No, of course not. But, because he doesn't understand his salvation, he remains in bondage to guilt and condemnation.
This lack of understanding has kept people from living the life of liberty that is theirs through faith. Jesus, the Counselor, is also the Prince of Peace. He will counsel us in peace and understanding that will set the captives free.
Peace is an obtainable gift from God to the believer. Some would say that you should be conscious of sin in order to serve God humbly. That isn't what wisdom says or what understanding instructs us to do. When you put your hand to the plow; don't look back.
If we will listen to the counsel of our Prince of Peace instead of the voices of men, then we can walk in the peace that His Word has promised. Colossians 1:20 (Amplified) says, "And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him (the Son) all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him (the Father), made peace by means of the Blood of His cross."
The Father has made peace by means of the Blood of His cross. Jesus, Who is our Peace, will reveal this peace to us by His understanding and wisdom so that we can truly be reconciled to the Father in all fullness in our own consciences. I am free indeed from all the past by His Blood and resurrection. Now, I live this new life through Him Who is my life, my righteousness, my redemption, my healing, my intercessor, my High Priest and my Lord.
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