Did Jesus Come to Bring Peace on Earth?

 It’s popular to say and believe that Christmas was a time that Jesus came to bring peace on earth.  If that was true we could look around and say that he’s certainly doing a poor job.

What Jesus actually said was “Do you think I came to bring peace?  No!  A sword!”  He then goes on to describe how families will be divided by belief in him. 

What Jesus came for was to suffer the wrath of God that is meant for us.  So He came to bring us peace with God.  Without Jesus men will suffer the wrath of God.  Jesus warns us to “fear him!”  Look around you today.  How many people in your vicinity do you suppose actually fear the Lord?  Because they don’t there will be no wisdom and no knowledge given to them.

Nahum 1 posted below gives us a reminder of God’s nature.  Thank you Jesus for protecting us on whom your favor rests.

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The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
    the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
    and vents his wrath against his enemies.
3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
    the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,
    and clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up;
    he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither
    and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
5 The mountains quake before him
    and the hills melt away.
The earth trembles at his presence,
    the world and all who live in it.
6 Who can withstand his indignation?
    Who can endure his fierce anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire;
    the rocks are shattered before him.

7 The Lord is good,
    a refuge in times of trouble.
He cares for those who trust in him,
8     but with an overwhelming flood
he will make an end of Nineveh;
    he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.

⁹ Whatever they plot against the Lord
    he will bring^[a] to an end;
    trouble will not come a second time.
¹⁰ They will be entangled among thorns
    and drunk from their wine;
    they will be consumed like dry stubble.^[b]
11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
    who plots evil against the Lord
    and devises wicked plans.