Mckernan Baptist Church Podcast

On the fourth Sunday of Advent, we focus on the peace of Christmas (Lk. 2:14). When the angels spoke of Jesus coming to bring peace, they did so within a context that was anything but peaceful. The peace He offers need to be understood in the broader frame of the Jewish concept of "Shalom", which is "a gift of God" marked by a "comprehensive kind of fulfilment in life" that "transcends anything, which mankind alone, even under the best circumstances, is able to attain." In simpler terms, it has been described as "everything the way God intended it to be."