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Isaiah 65
Isaiah 65
“For behold, I create new heavens
and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever
in that which I create;
for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
and her people to be a gladness.
I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and be glad in my people;
no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
and the cry of distress.
No more shall there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not fill out his days,
for the young man shall die a hundred years old,
and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
They shall build houses and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat;
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
They shall not labor in vain
or bear children for calamity,
for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
and their descendants with them.
Before they call I will answer;
while they are yet speaking I will hear.
The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
and dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
The New Heavens and New Earth is something that is not mentioned much in the Bible, as a matter of fact it is only in 3 areas; in this ending of Isaiah, 2 Peter in one verse, and in Revelation 21. Though it is not mentioned much it is of great significance because this is what is to come where Christians will spend eternity. This is meant to be more than a good thing for us where we live in a state that is like the original garden where things were how they were supposed to be.
Here this is not a remodel of our old broken world but it new. It is the almighty God creating once again and his creation is always good. In this place the troubles we are now faced with are all gone and all we are left able to do is behold at what God creates.
