"For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;" (Ephesians 2:14)
Jesus Christ is our peace, and he was prophesied of old as the Prince of Peace:
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9: 6)
When we see Jesus as God, as everything, the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13: 8), great indeed is the peace within us. This peace is communicated to us because of what Jesus Christ has done for us:
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." (2 Corinthians 5:21)
What does this have to do with peace? Paul explains:
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 5: 1)
This faith is a gift that we receive upon hearing the word of faith (Ephesians 2: 8), and this faith grants us the unending favor of God in our lives:
"By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God." (Romans 5: 2)
"Hope of glory" is not a faint wish, but a certainty that good things are coming our way,for Christ is in us now, and He is our "hope of glory" (Colossians 1: 27). David prophesied, and Peter confirmed on the Day of Pentecost, that our flesh can rest, live in hope because Jesus sits at the right hand of the Father, ever justifying us (Romans 3: 26).
This peace is something that we have now through the Holy Spirit:
"For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." (Romans 14: 17)
This peace is based on the everlasting righteousness (Daniel 9: 24), which we are called to keep receiving (Romans 5: 17)
Christ is our peace, and we have this peace in us and around us through the love of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5: 22). This peace rules in our hearts, conducting us in the way to go in this life (Colossians 3: 15)
We do not keep peace, nor do we have to keep the peace, for Christ our peace keeps us.
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