Isaiah 11-13, 2 Corinthians 8: 16-24, Psalm 128
Isaiah 11: 6-9 (ESV)
“The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall
lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf
together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The
nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall
put his hand on the adder's den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy
mountain for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters
cover the sea.”
I like verses 6 through 9 from Isaiah 11 which shows a future world where God reigns supreme on earth and we have peace on earth. The prophet Isaiah saw natural predators and prey together living in harmony with a child leading them. That child is the baby Jesus, who will come later as the Messiah. Everyone in this future world has knowledge of God including all the animals. Isaiah shows us an ideal world where there is no violence, not even the natural violence of a predator animal eating other animals for food. These verses remind me a painting I saw at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC by Edward Hicks called “Peaceable Kingdom”. But I’ve seen other paintings as well depicting these verses. You can find it here - Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks.
Is it possible that we will someday see our world with less polarity and less violence? Can places where there has been historical conflict like the Middle East be at peace? I pray every day that this world of peace manifests in our world.
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