Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Speaking about the birth of the Messiah hundreds of years before it happened, Isaiah says, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9: 6). On the night of Jesus’ birth, the angels proclaim the good news to the shepherds, again emphasizing the peace that the Messiah would bring: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14).
But in Matthew 10, the Messiah seems to downplay His role as Prince of Peace, as He warns His disciples of the hardships they will face in their ministry: “Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn ‘A man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household’” (verses 34–36).
Is the Messiah really the Prince of Peace? And if He is, why do so many of God's people don't seem to have any peace?
Speaking about the birth of the Messiah hundreds of years before it happened, Isaiah says, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9: 6). On the night of Jesus’ birth, the angels proclaim the good news to the shepherds, again emphasizing the peace that the Messiah would bring: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14).
But in Matthew 10, the Messiah seems to downplay His role as Prince of Peace, as He warns His disciples of the hardships they will face in their ministry: “Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn ‘A man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household’” (verses 34–36).
Is the Messiah really the Prince of Peace? And if He is, why do so many of God's people don't seem to have any peace?
