I will make peace your governor
and well-being your ruler.
(”I’ll install Peace to run your country, make Righteousness your boss.” The Message).
These words remind me, that although we will not know total peace until the Kingdom of God finally and fully comes, there is even now a very real foretaste for those who are in Christ. So Paul writes to the Colossians:
” Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” Col.3:15
This refers to the peace Jesus ‘…embodies and brings (cf. Jn.14:27) and is equivalent to salvation…the verb means to rule; Christ himself, who is Lord of peace (cf. Eph.2:14; 2 Thess.3:16) is to be present and ruling in their midst. He is to control every area of their lives as they relate to one another. Since the Colossians are said to have been called into this peace (through the gospel) then it must describe the realm or sphere in which they, as members of Christ’s body, now live.’ Peter T. O’Brian: ‘New Bible Commentary’, p.1274.
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