A King Is Born ~ the Prince of PeaceSýnishorn

A King is Born ~ The Prince of Peace

Every Christmas we remember the birth of a King. The birth of the King of Kings, and the promised Prince of Peace. The birth of Jesus Christ, the saviour of the world.

In the years following the birth of Christ, the Jewish state (under Roman rule) was in complete chaos. The paranoid and brutal Herod the Great had died, and a bloody battle for power in Israel had broken out. Thousands of Jews would be killed in rebellions, dissents and uprisings as they sought to free themselves from Roman oppression.

Jesus was effectively born into a war zone. The people were pining for a Messiah, a Prince of Peace, to save them. As God so often does, He subverted their expectations. The Messiah would not bring a stable political state and freedom from Roman rule. God’s plan is always so much bigger! God’s Prince of Peace and promised King would not bring freedom from the Romans, but freedom from sin. He would not only be a symbol of peace for His time on earth, but for now, and until the end of eternity.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16

Through this sacrifice, we have peace that no troubling circumstance, no terrible persecution and no corrupt abuse of power can take away from us.

As you go into the Christmas season, take time to be filled with the presence of the Prince of Peace, and thank God for the King that was born all those years ago.