Post by Lee on May 22, 2014 2:49:03 GMT
The popular view of this prophecy finds expression in a well-known and beautiful picture of a little child leading some of the beasts spoken of; and in that vision the matter is for most people exhausted. But let the questions be asked: How does the knowledge of the Lord bear upon the taming of the wild beasts? And what special reference has the matter to God’s holy mountain? A greater and more interesting development then comes into view, and one which is the subject of description in other Scriptures.
There are human wolves and lions, the subduing of whom is a greater work than taming the wild beasts of the forest. What profit would it be if wolves and lions were tamed and men left wild? It will not be so. Beginning with the Lord’s land, the knowledge of the Lord will, after judgment, transform mankind; and Satan being bound, and the “old serpent” cast into the abyss, earth will rejoice in the peace and blessedness of Christ’s kingdom for a thousand years..
The Ministry of the Prophets: Isaiah
There are human wolves and lions, the subduing of whom is a greater work than taming the wild beasts of the forest. What profit would it be if wolves and lions were tamed and men left wild? It will not be so. Beginning with the Lord’s land, the knowledge of the Lord will, after judgment, transform mankind; and Satan being bound, and the “old serpent” cast into the abyss, earth will rejoice in the peace and blessedness of Christ’s kingdom for a thousand years..
The Ministry of the Prophets: Isaiah
