βFor 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, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of PeaceβΒ (Isaiah 9:6).
Ironically, Godβs wisdom ordained the birthplace of the Prince of Peace to be the contentious Middle Eastβ¦.
Almost from the very beginning of time, the Middle East has been a battleground, the chief war zone of good and evil. Originally the peaceful home of Adam and Eve, today it is the most contentious region on the globe. Because of Adamβs sin, what was a paradise is now known as the area where man joined Satan in his rebellion against God. Adam and Eve utterly failed to reign over the earth for Godβs glory (Genesis 1:26-28). Instead they united with the opposition, and were banished from Godβs presence and the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:23,24).
βWherefore, as by one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sinβΒ (Romans 5:12). Verse 14 says that AdamΒ βis the figure of him that was to come.βΒ God would send another Man, Jesus Christ, and He would accomplish what Adam failed to do: glorify God on the earth by dispossessing it from Satan, and reigning in righteousness. This is theΒ βgovernmentβΒ spoken of in todayβs Scripture.
βFor if by one manβs [Adamβs] offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus ChristβΒ (verse 17). Adam plunged the human race into sin and made it Godβs enemy; Jesus Christ offers mankind eternal life, forgiveness of sins and a reconciled relationship with God! This was Godβs goal in sending Jesus Christ.
As our world desperately continues to seek peace, let us remember there will be no peace on earth until the Prince of Peace returns to His nation, Israel, and rids our planet of Satan and his policy of evil (the root of the Middle Eastern turmoil). At Christβs Second Coming, there will be peace on earth (Luke 2:14),Β and especially in the Middle East. source
