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Introduction
Our next name or title of God for our consideration is Jehovah Shalom.
The word “shalom” is the Hebrew word for “peace.”
“Shalom” is found 236 times in the Old Testament.
In English, it is most often translates as peace.
However, at times, the English translators also used the words “well,” peaceable/peaceably,” “welfare,” “prosperity/prosperous,” “salute/saluted,” safe/safely,” and “in perfect peace” as well.
As you can see, the basic underlying idea is “a state of being safe or free from danger.”
Just recently, I mentioned the fact that the world is always seeking peace.
There is deep desire that arises from every persons heart to feel safe.
Understanding the Word “Shalom”
The first use of the word “shalom” is found in Genesis 15:15
The context of this verse is God reaffirming His covenant with Abraham.
If you recall, God promised to make Abraham the father of a great nation.
There was only one problem.
Abram and Sarai were without child and unable to have children.
In this chapter, Abraham questions God’s promise asking how in the world is this going to happen!
God assures Abraham it will happen.
God goes on to speak of Abraham’s descendants becoming in number as the stars in the sky.
Later, He prophesies how the nation of Israel will be servants in the land of Egypt.
Yet Abraham would not see any of this due to the fact that he will already be with his “fathers in peace.”
In other words, he will have eternal “peace.”
Later, this word is used again as a greeting which became common among the Jews even today.
Shalom or peace is the most common form of greeting even in Israel today.
We often greet people with “Good morning (afternoon, evening)!”
so it is custom among Jews to say “Peace be to thy house” when entering someone’s home.
There is interesting correlation between Jehovah M’Kaddesh and Jehovah-Shalom.
Jehovah M’Kaddesh means Jehovah who sanctifies.
Here is what is interesting!
The name Jehovah M’Kaddesh was used of God 200 years before Jehovah-Shalom.
As we are going to see in a few moments, Jehovah-Shalom was used by Gideon.
Israel already knew God as the One who sanctifies.
However, after the death of Joshua, they forgot about Him as the One who sanctifies.
In doing so, they turned to many heathen false gods and fell into deep sin.
Along with their sin came God’s judgment which brought constant turmoil, governmental upheaval, constant oppression, and civil strife.
It was during this time they longed for nothing but peace.
Speaking of the Book of Judges, you know that Israel was caught in vicious cycle.
They would abandon God and commit great acts of sin against Him.
Eventually, they would repent seeking His forgiveness and intervention.
It was during one of these cycles that young Gideon comes upon the scene.
Israel was under great oppression from the Midianites.
For seven long years, the Midianites dominated the Jews causing pain and despair.
If you know the story, you will remember that Gideon is in the fields working at threshing wheat.
While he is working, an angel of the LORD appears to him.
God then reveals how He has chosen Gideon to be the next judge of Israel delivering them from the Midianites.
Gideon pleads with God saying that he is unfit for such a task as he is not a military man.
God reassures him the He would be him and lead him to victory.
God then performs a miracle by creating fire out of some rocks which consumed some meat and unleavened cakes.
Upon seeing this miracle, Gideon is fully convinced that God is there in his presecne and completely surrenders to God’s will.
It is then that we read Judges 6:24
The name giving here is “Jehovah-shalom” or literally translated “Jehovah (YHWH) is peace.”
The implication being that Jehovah would bring peace to all who will return to Him.
You see God alone is the Author and Giver of peace for He is peace.
From that moment on, we see Gideon start leading with great confidence knowing that the God of peace was with him.
When we come to the New Testament, we find the same application of peace to the Lord Jesus.
You see peace is not a virtue of God, but an attribute.
In other words, He is peace.
Thus, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is God, is the personification of peace itself.
Note these phrase applied to Christ.
Christ is the God of Peace!
Christ is the VERY God of Peace!
The word “very” means “he himself and no other.”
He is peace and there is no other.
You cannot find peace outside of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Christ is OUR Peace!
It is amazing to realize that Christ not only preached peace, but He himself made peace possible by shedding His blood upon the cross.
Yet, on top of all that, He Himself is peace.
Thus, peace is not a feeling or an emotion.
It is not an experience or a possession.
No, peace is God, God is Christ, and they are the embodiment of peace.
Remember when Christ said the following.
His statement “my peace I give unto you” was not a reference to some feeling or emotion.
No, it was statement that He was literally giving Himself to us.
What He is and what He bestows on those who believe is definitely something the world cannot provide.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, who abandoned God’s word, said “Nothing can bring peace but yourself.”
Christ said “My peace I give unto you.”
Here is the point!
True peace can only be found in the God of peace.
He is Jehovah-Shalom.
William Cowper who is famous for writing the great words of the hymn There Is A Fountain also wrote these words.
“They may assault, they may distress;
But cannot quench Thy love to me,
Nor rob me of the Lord my Peace!”
Indeed, the such peace, peace, wonderful peace is seen in all the of the Divine Trinity.
The book of Isaiah shows us a comprehensive understanding of Jehovah-Shalom.
He is the Procurer of Peace
He is the Personification of Peace
He is the Publisher of Peace
He is the Perfection of Peace
He is the Power of Peace
He is the Promise of Peace
He is the Perpetuation of Peace
You see it was God Himself, the Lord Jesus Christ, you life the wonderful ivory palaces to be born in a lowly manger in a small insignificant town.
He took upon Himself the likeness of a man so that He might hang up a cruel cross for our sins.
The night He was born, we know the angels proclaimed, “Peace on earth, and goodwill toward men!”
That night Peace came into a world ravaged by war and ruled by nations filled with jealousy towards one another.
Even today they have no desire for Jehovah-Shalom.
They cry for peace, but they really have no desire for it.
There is no good will toward men.
Take for example the United Nations.
Here is an organization conceived by men to outlaw war and establish peace among nations.
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