THE END OF HOSTILITIES

 

Monday, November 11, 2024

 

THE END OF HOSTILITIES

 

Eph 2:13-17

13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; [both Jews and Gentiles of every stripe]

15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

 

          The word “enmity,” in verse 15 is the Greek echthra which means hostility. Paul was telling both Jews and non-Jews that Jesus, Messiah, had abolished the hostilities that existed between them and God. God had satisfied His wrath upon his Son instead of them. Reconciliation was now possible because, in verse 16, the enmity or hostilities had been slain.

 

          Today is veterans’ day. The armistice was signed on this day in 1919 which signaled the end of WWI and not, as some think, WWII. Hostilities and all enmity would cease at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Today we remember those who removed the hostilities by paying the ultimate sacrifice. All gave some. Some gave all.

 

          Today is a good day to remember what Christ has done for us. Let the bells ring loud. The end of hostilities has come.

 

Thank you, Lord, for your sacrifice. AMEN