Questions and Answers

Was Christ's mission peace or not?

Luke 2:14 could very well mean peace exists among those with whom God is pleased (fellowship of believers). Yet such believers are like a light among the darkness, and men prefer the darkness.

Thus, the fellowship of believers, while full of peace, incurs the wrath of the nonbelievers. One only need consider that in some nations Christians peacefully gather, yet are persecuted, to see how easy this "contradiction" is resolved.

Christ's mission was not peace

Matthew 10:34 - I did not come to bring peace, but a sword

Christ's mission was peace

Luke 2:13-14 - On earth peace to men on whom his favor rests