What part of the Bible explains Jesus as a peacekeeper?

Answer 1

NONE - JESUS wasn't a peacekeeper - he was a PeaceMaker.

There a big difference.

Peacekeepers are passive and submissive to evil - and never get to the core, foundation or root of the problem - but only covers it up - for a short term of peace - that will blow up later.

PeaceMakers address the problem when they see the problem and fixes the problems - they are not passive or submissive to evil.

Matthew 5:9:
"Blessed are the Peacemakers: for they shall be called the sons of God."

Another answer:

The difficulty with "peacekeeping" is in the understanding that you can't KEEP something you don't HAVE.

For peace to be KEPT... it first has to be OBTAINED. You can't KEEP water HOT, until it is first MADE hot. Then, you can work toward KEEPING it that way.

This world is upside down in backward in much of its concepts and thinking... and most people don't give it much thought. The governments of the world send "armies" into warzones and call them "peace-KEEPERS" when there is no peace there to be kept.

As this world perceives the term "peacekeeper"... it's a misnomer.

Where Jesus is concerned... as mentioned above... He talks about the Children of God being "peace-MAKERS."

"God blesses those who WORK FOR PEACE, for they will be [future tense] called the Children of God." (Matt.5:9 NLT New Living Translation)

It another part of The Bible... Jesus tells His servants [His 'friends'] HIS PEACE is a GIFT that Lives within them -- and it's not the sort of peace that this world is able to give:

"I AM leaving you with a Gift - PEACE OF MIND and HEART. And the Peace I give isn't like the peace the world gives. So don't be troubled or afraid." (John 14:27 NLT)

In another part of the Bible... it's revealed that WORLD PEACE is coming... but mankind won't be the one to MAKE it. Jesus actually tells His servants in His Word quite the opposite -- that mankind is going to bring the world to the brink of utter annihilation, unless He personally returns in time to save the world.

"For that will be a time of greater horror than anything the world has ever seen or will ever see again. In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE WILL BE DESTROYED. But it will be shortened for the sake of God's chosen ones." (Matt.24:21-22 NLT)

Of course, Jesus is talking about the establishment of WORLD PEACE via the Kingdom of God on earth -- the message of which He, and Moses, and the prophets of the Bible, and the Psalms, and the entire New Testament speak.

In the early development of the computer... it was once posed the question: "How can world peace be achieved?" Hard facts and data were fed into the computer regarding the parameters of world conditions... things relating to the nature of society and the way things are run on earth. And the computer spit out a "one-word answer" to the question. World peace can ONLY be achieved through "POWER!"

Coincidentally, in another part of the Bible, it tells us:

"And then at last, the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. And they will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds of heaven WITH POWER and Great Glory." (Matt.24:30 NLT)

Meek lambs don't wield POWER -- POWERFUL GOVERNMENTS DO! And that's what the Bible's message is in another part of the Bible:

"In that Day OF PEACE, battle gear will no longer be issued. Never again will uniforms be bloodstained by war. All such equipment will be burned. For a Child is born to us, a Son is given to us. And THE GOVERNMENT WILL REST ON HIS SHOULDERS [contrary to this world's popular false religious dogma; this is NOT A RELIGIOUS STATEMENT! It's a statement of GOVERNMENTAL, WORLD-RULING POWER!]. These will be His Royal Titles: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, PRINCE OF PEACE. His ever-expanding, PEACEFUL GOVERNMENT will NEVER END. He will Rule forever with Fairness and Justice from the throne of His ancestor David. The Passionate Commitment of the LORD Almighty will GUARANTEE THIS!" (Isa.9:5-7 NLT)

In another part of the Bible, it says of Jesus:

"In the Last Days, the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem will become the Most Important Place on Earth. People from all over the world will go there to worship. Many nations will come and say, 'Come, let us go up to the Mountain of the LORD, to the Temple of the God of Israel! There He will teach us His ways, so that we may Obey Him. For in those Days the LORD's teaching and His Word will go out from Jerusalem. The LORD will settle international disputes. All the nations will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. ALL WARS WILL STOP [because His POWER will forbid war], and military training will COME TO AN END." (Isa.2:2-4 NLT)

In another part of the Bible, it reveals that the "nature of animals will be altered" when Jesus finally wields His POWER on the earth:

"In that Day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard and the goat will be at Peace. Calves and yearlings will be safe among lions, and the child will lead them all. The cattle will graze among bears. Cubs and calves will lie down together. And lions will eat grass as the livestock do. Babies will crawl safely among poisonous snakes. Yes, a little child will put his hand in a nest of deadly snakes and pull it out unharmed. Nothing will hurt or destroy in all My Holy Mountain... In that Day the Heir to David's throne [Jesus Christ; see also Luke 1:32-33] will be a Banner of Salvation to all the world. THE NATIONS WILL RALLY TO HIM, for the land where HE LIVES will be a Glorious Place." (Isa.11:6-10 NLT)

There IS NO PEACE on this earth that lasts for very long... because men falter, grow old, grow weak and die; governments fall and leave gaps in the transient POWER that they wield for short tracts of time in which other nations swoop in to fill with their transient POWER. All in acts of war.

But Jesus Christ is IMMORTAL! EVER-LIVING! ALL-POWERFUL! And when He takes that POWER unto Himself and begins His Glorious Reign on the earth -- He will do it BY MAKING WAR! The way to World Peace is THROUGH WAR!

"...the One sitting on the horse was named Faithful and True. For He Judges Fairly and then GOES TO WAR." (Rev.19:11 NLT)

The Bible explains Jesus as a "Peace-KEEPER" only after He has MADE PEACE on the earth through the defeat and removal of Satan the Devil... and the utter destruction of man's ability to wage war.

"We give thanks to you, LORD God Almighty, the One who IS and who ALWAYS WAS, for now you have assumed your Great POWER and have begun to Reign. The nations were angry with you, but now the time of your Wrath has come. It is time to Judge the dead and reward your servants. You will reward your prophets and your holy people, all who Fear your Name, from the least to the greatest. And YOU WILL DESTROY all who have caused destruction on the earth." (Rev.11:17-18 NLT)

Few people in the world Know this Jesus. Some think He still a "baby lying in a manger." Some think He's a passive "dove" who wouldn't hurt a fly. They don't Know the REAL Jesus whose POWER shall bring Peace to the world... in God's good time. And these have been some of the parts of the Bible that reveal Him as, not just a "Peace-KEEPER" in the hearts and minds of His servants -- but as the One who shall MAKE MANKIND LIVE IN PEACE. And then, once World Peace has been established through the war that He shall make when He returns... then He and His POWERFUL angelic army; and His Immortal Servants who shall co-rule His Kingdom with Him over the nations... will KEEP THE PEACE for a thousand years.

Until THAT DAY, however... there will be NO PEACE on earth for anyone to KEEP.

"Don't imagine that I came to bring Peace to the earth! No, I CAME TO BRING A SWORD. I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. Your enemies will be right in your own household!" (Matt.10:34-36 NLT)

"Do you think I have come to bring Peace on earth? No, I have come to bring strife and division!" (Luke 12:51 NLT)

"...as they came closer to Jerusalem and Jesus saw the city ahead, He began to cry. 'I wish that even today you would find the way of Peace. But now it is too late, and Peace is hidden from you.'" (Luke 19:41-42 NLT)

The world has always cried out for Peace... but doesn't know its source and cannot find it. So, for now... only those who are "in Christ" can know True Peace. And for now, all they can do is Hope for THAT DAY when Jesus will establish Peace, globally, for all the nations.

"I have told you all this so that YOU MAY HAVE PEACE IN ME. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But TAKE HEART, because I have overcome the world." (John 16:33 NLT)

Christ's Peace in one's heart can be KEPT. But first He has to ESTABLISH it there.

"...Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so I send you.' Then He breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven. If you refuse to forgive them, they are unforgiven.'" (John 20:21-23 NLT)