I’ve had the most wonderful privilege of visiting the Holy Land four times, and in each of my visits there I have learned more and more about the Hebrew Language. Hebrew is the language that the Old Testament of the Bible was originally written. Something you notice quickly is that the common greeting in Israel is, “Shalom!” We would take it as “Hello” and/or “Goodbye”, but there is a much deeper meaning which reaches all the way back literally multiple thousands of years. Shalom is usually translated simply “peace” in our English Bibles, but listen to what that word actually means in Hebrew:
completeness, soundness, welfare (health, prosperity), peace (friendship), peace (from war),peace, quiet, tranquility, contentment
Strong’s H7965
Multiple times in the Old Testament Yehovah God is called the “God of Peace” or “Yehovah Shalom.” There are prophecies about Yeshua (Jesus) written long, long before He was ever born that He is the Prince of Peace! In the New Testament, in Yeshua’s own words:
John 14:27AMP Peace I leave with you; My [perfect] peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. Let My perfect peace calm you in every.
John 14:27TLV “Shalom I leave you, My shalom I give to you; but not as the world gives! Do not let your heart be troubled or afraid.