{"id":5827,"date":"2014-12-30T07:29:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T15:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=5827"},"modified":"2014-12-30T07:29:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T15:29:47","slug":"peace-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/30\/peace-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace on earth and good will toward [all] men. Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke 2:14, Peace on earth. <\/i><\/b>(See William Mounce\u2019s\u00a0 Basics of Biblical Greek<\/i> textbook, p. 43 for further explanation on this.) <\/i><\/b>This often quoted phrase can also be translated as \u201con earth, peace toward men of good will.\u201d<\/p>\n

This phrasing makes more sense, since the biblical concept of peace or shalom<\/i> is a blessing only to men who have good will, make good choices or who are benevolent or of kindly intent, which is the definition of the Greek word eudokia<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The shalom<\/i> or total well-being, which is a gift from YHVH, doesn\u2019t come to men who are of ill-intent or ill-will. For example, when Yeshua was teaching his disciples how to preach the gospel, when going from town to town, he instructed them to lodge in homes that were worthy to hear the message. Upon them, the disciples were to leave their peace. Those homes who didn\u2019t receive the\u00a0 gospel message were to considered unworthy and their peace was not to be left with them (Matt 10:11\u201314).<\/p>\n

This teaches us that peace is something that is befitting of those who are worthy or of good will, and not to those who are unworthy or of ill-will.<\/p>\n

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