Post by ResLight on Jun 27, 2014 18:43:22 GMT -5
Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed as one; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And dust is the food of the snake. They shall not do evil nor destroy in all My holy mountain, says Jehovah. -- Green's Literal.
The restoration of mankind to that exalted position which was lost by sin implies naturally, therefore, a restoration of the brute creation to primeval conditions, such as is suggested in Isaiah 65:25. The same thought is conveyed in the statement that "a little child shall lead" (Isaiah 11:6) or control, the wild beasts, when these are brought into their proper relationship with mankind. In Isaiah 65:25, it is stated of the Kingdom conditions that "the wolf and the lamb shall feed as one." The reference may be to men who were formerly of wolflike and of lamblike dispositions, or character; or it may refer to animals, or to both. The expression in either case signifies a blessed Reign of Peace. The Prophet continues, "and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And dust is the food of the snake." If this refers to literal lions, it would imply that they will lose their carnivorous dispositions, and that they will undergo some change which will make them herbivorous, as animals were originally created. (Genesis 1:30.) It would seem to imply that animals will not then prey upon one another.
The expression, "Dust is the food of the snake" is similar to the statement in Psalm 72:9, regarding Messiah's coming dominion: "His enemies will lick the dust," signifying the defeat of the serpent, or rather, of the great Adversary, Satan, whom the serpent symbolizes. "They shall not do evil nor destroy in all My holy mountain [signifying God's Kingdom that is to fill the whole earth -- Daniel 2:35,44], says Jehovah.."
The reign of Jesus and the Church of Christ will be the cause of rejoicing among all who truly love righteousness; for, though it will at first dash in pieces all the long-cherished hopes of mankind, it will be the dawn of a real hope for all the world. It will humble their pride and despoil them of all their cherished possessions and of what they have come to consider their rights. It will break down their boasted institutions, civil, social and religious, and completely wreck the present social order that has Satan as its god. (2 Corinthians 4:4) Yet it will be the necessary prelude to the establishment of the grand new order under Christ, which will come to be "a great joy, which will be to all people" (Luke 2:10), as soon as they shall see its vast superiority to the old order.
Based on:
www.mostholyfaith.com/bible/reprints/Z1914NOV.asp#R5574:7
The restoration of mankind to that exalted position which was lost by sin implies naturally, therefore, a restoration of the brute creation to primeval conditions, such as is suggested in Isaiah 65:25. The same thought is conveyed in the statement that "a little child shall lead" (Isaiah 11:6) or control, the wild beasts, when these are brought into their proper relationship with mankind. In Isaiah 65:25, it is stated of the Kingdom conditions that "the wolf and the lamb shall feed as one." The reference may be to men who were formerly of wolflike and of lamblike dispositions, or character; or it may refer to animals, or to both. The expression in either case signifies a blessed Reign of Peace. The Prophet continues, "and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And dust is the food of the snake." If this refers to literal lions, it would imply that they will lose their carnivorous dispositions, and that they will undergo some change which will make them herbivorous, as animals were originally created. (Genesis 1:30.) It would seem to imply that animals will not then prey upon one another.
The expression, "Dust is the food of the snake" is similar to the statement in Psalm 72:9, regarding Messiah's coming dominion: "His enemies will lick the dust," signifying the defeat of the serpent, or rather, of the great Adversary, Satan, whom the serpent symbolizes. "They shall not do evil nor destroy in all My holy mountain [signifying God's Kingdom that is to fill the whole earth -- Daniel 2:35,44], says Jehovah.."
The reign of Jesus and the Church of Christ will be the cause of rejoicing among all who truly love righteousness; for, though it will at first dash in pieces all the long-cherished hopes of mankind, it will be the dawn of a real hope for all the world. It will humble their pride and despoil them of all their cherished possessions and of what they have come to consider their rights. It will break down their boasted institutions, civil, social and religious, and completely wreck the present social order that has Satan as its god. (2 Corinthians 4:4) Yet it will be the necessary prelude to the establishment of the grand new order under Christ, which will come to be "a great joy, which will be to all people" (Luke 2:10), as soon as they shall see its vast superiority to the old order.
Based on:
www.mostholyfaith.com/bible/reprints/Z1914NOV.asp#R5574:7
