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This text is so different from the one in Habakkuk where the Lord does not seem to be answering. In this text it sounds like the Lord answers even before we ask! He has created a whole new heaven and earth and even a new Jerusalem where we will never cry again! By heaven, he seems to be talking about the "heavens" that we see around us as when we view the stars at night. He does not mean the heaven where we hope to spend eternity. Isaiah is talking to the people in exile telling them that the Lord is preparing the land for their return.
God may be telling us that there is a glorious future waiting for us who are faithful.
The main point of this text is that we will be filled with joy and delight because things will get better and better with less death and longer lives. It sounds like we will reap the fruits of our labors and not lose our house to the bank.
When God says that we will live as long as a tree, which can live for centuries, he says, this is for (all) his "people" (not you as an individual) and will continue for generations "and for our descendants."
I like that passage about the lamb lying down with the lion indicating a time of peace. Don't we all wish for that day? God's word says that it is coming for those whom he has chosen. This implies that it may not come for all people, so don't just check the news!
There is a messianic message here that one day God will open up a great future for us through one whom he will send. So that has been accomplished for us even before we asked! It has been accomplished for us today, and it happened 2,000 years ago on a cross.
God may be telling us that there is a glorious future waiting for us who are faithful.
The main point of this text is that we will be filled with joy and delight because things will get better and better with less death and longer lives. It sounds like we will reap the fruits of our labors and not lose our house to the bank.
When God says that we will live as long as a tree, which can live for centuries, he says, this is for (all) his "people" (not you as an individual) and will continue for generations "and for our descendants."
I like that passage about the lamb lying down with the lion indicating a time of peace. Don't we all wish for that day? God's word says that it is coming for those whom he has chosen. This implies that it may not come for all people, so don't just check the news!
There is a messianic message here that one day God will open up a great future for us through one whom he will send. So that has been accomplished for us even before we asked! It has been accomplished for us today, and it happened 2,000 years ago on a cross.
