Ah! But look, lets us "Tolle Lege, tolle lege!" Let us take it up and read it; that is, the Word. What does the Word say? Well if we read in context, we will discover this truth, that this peace is not a world, temporal peace:
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!" (Luke 2:14)
Ah! Well now that we have the second half, we can observe that, by the fact that the Lord is pleased only with them that are His children (1 Cor. 6:9-10; Isaiah 55:7) that this is peace to His Children. But wait!? Do we not see the opposite in the following passages; Luke 12:51 and Matt 10:34-36. Which is really the point. Christ did not come to bring temporal peace. He came to save our souls from damnation. The peace referred to by the Heavenly host would be that peace of Salvation;
For in him [Christ] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. (Colossians 1:19-20)
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. (Ephesians 2:13-16)
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:1)
So then, it is the peace in our hearts that Christ brought in His first coming so let us praise God and sing glory glory to God in the Highest!
Soli Deo Gloria
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