Succession to a throne is wrought with conflict. Stability is compromised and the people become anxious. A smooth transition seems impossible where there are differing points of view. Pray for the peace of those in charge, believers or unbelievers, for in their peace we find ours. we need to be as wise as a serpent but as gentle as a dove…in truth and love.
Only in Christ can we have spiritual peace no matter what life brings!
2 John 3 (NKJV)
3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
1 Kings 12:20 (NKJV)
20 Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
2 Kings 15:14 (NKJV)
14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him; and he reigned in his place.
The most prevalent nuance to the concept of peace in the New Testament is the messianic peace accomplished by Christ and experienced by the Church. In the Old Testament, the concept of messianic peace referred to both the absence of hostilities and a reconciled relationship with God and others in the context of the new creation. This messianic peace comes to fruition in the New Testament in Jesus’ ministry, death, and resurrection (Constantineanu, Social Significance, 76–77).
Paul teaches that if an unbelieving spouse desires a divorce from a believer, the believing spouse is not bound to chase after the unbeliever, because “God has called you in peace” (1 Cor 7:15). This suggests that God has called believers to live toward unbelievers without conflict and strife (compare Rom 12:18). The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
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