We think ahead to
peace in the valleys at this time, and know
the lion will rest beside the small child, and
a small child would put his hand on the
cockatrice' den without any harm. These are
said to be deadly serpents but no harm will
come to the child who will play around these
formerly wild beasts. The animals will
be tamed at this time and it has been
said will be changed to eat only vegetation.
We see the different stages or ages of
children mentioned in Isaiah 12, which also
shows us children will be there and will also
be born in the Millennium.
The wolf shall dwell
with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down
with the kid; (these are mentioned to inhabit
Engedi), and the calf and the young lion and
the fatling together; and a little child shall
lead them. These animals will be
tamed by the power of the Messiah, and nothing
shall in any wise hurt or destroy in all
his holy mountain, for the earth shall be full
of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters
cover the sea.
We believe this
interesting place, the oasis of Engedi, will
be in this haven of rest and
peace. This area is called 'the valley
of the kid' from Bible times. The
wild goat and leopard will be at peace with
each other during this time, and the flowing
waters that are said to be there now will be
even greater as we see a description given of
waters issuing from the throne room and
sanctuary of God and flowing down to the
desert and valley to heal everything in it's
path.
As we read God's Word
and think upon the time of the future and of a
Day of Peace, we can see eternal bliss for
those who belong to the Lord and keep
following Him until the end. Isaiah 12:
3 tells us, "And shall make him of quick
understanding in the fear of the Lord;
and he shall not judge after the sight of his
eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his
ears; but with righteousness shall he
judge the poor, and reprove with equity for
the meek of the earth; and he shall smite
the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with
the breath of his lips shall he slay the
wicked. All things will be made holy and
righteous by the Lord in that day. There
will be peace in the valley, in every part of
God's Holy land, including En Gedi, from which
we get a picture of the flowing waters in
spite of the heat in the wilderness around
this place.
As the words to a song
say, "God is an "Oasis" in dry
places, he makes living waters flow." He
is as living water that gives life also to
everything he touches that will receive Him
and believe on Him. He will make all
things new and the saved of the Lord shall
enter into their rest for all eternity. Peace and eternal rest is promised for the
Child of God. There are so many wonderful
promises and the description of how it shall
be in the time when our Lord comes to rule and
reign on earth, it is too awesome for us to
fully envision. From descriptions in God's
word and his promises, we have an eternal hope
in Him and know that the best is yet to come.
No matter where one may be on earth in that
day, it shall be peace when the government is
restored to a theocracy, (Divine government), as the Lord intended in
the beginning. He alone will be the King
forever.
There will be
universal peace and religion as the result of
the preaching of the gospel to the ends of the
earth. The glory of God will be
continually manifest. A new eternal
covenant will be carried out forever.
Satan will be bound and there will be no
tempter at this time. There will be a
rebuilding of the waste places of the
Earth and also great highways. All will
be fruitful and prosperous during this time of
the seventh dispensation of the ages
which will be the days of Heaven on
earth.
A garden paradise shall
be as in the beginning, and nothing shall in
no wise harm one in all of God's holy
mountain.
We shall serve our God and be with him
forevermore. As salt of this earth, we must
keep our savor so we might be of value to
the Lord now and eternally. There is a
great day coming in the future. As the
song says, "What a day, a wonderful day
that shall be." Even so, "come
quickly, Lord Jesus!"
Footnotes:
**There is also a city called the City of
Salt, mentioned only in Joshua 15, which is
somewhere by the Dead Sea.
**Zechariah 14: When Christ sets his feet on
the Mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalem, there will be a great
earthquake. Many think the whole country
will be changed from what the Scriptures
reveal and that the Dead Sea will be raised
and have an outlet to purify the waters which
are now stagnant and have been shut up for all
these centuries. There will be the marshes
left to provide salt. There shall be a
very great valley; and half of the mountain
shall remove toward the north, and half of it
toward the south. The valley of the mountains
shall reach unto Azal.
***The
'leaves of the trees for the healing of the
Nations' has a spiritual application
first of all, and refers to
those who are rooted and grounded in the
Word of the Lord. The
Psalm One type Christians are referred to
as like "a tree" planted by
the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Jesus
is the Vine and we are the branches
symbolically. If we
bear fruit of the Lord as Christians, it can
reach forward as
healing to the Nations as God's love is shed
abroad through the branches of
the Lord on earth. Our leaf
will be 'evergreen' and not fade, if we are
planted or grounded in
the Lord. Jesus is the Living
Water that we must have our roots in as
Christians, and be
planted by these Living Waters for the roots
to be strong and draw from the source
of power, God's Holy Spirit given by the
Lord. Healing comes from the Lord
as the source of power and flows
only by His Living Waters from above, which
shall never cease.
(Psalm 1) .....(John 15: 5)
All opinions not necessarily endorsed which
have been stated unless supported with a
definitive Scripture.
References...Bible commentary (KJV) and
various history accounts.
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