“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.”
Isaiah 11:6-9 KJV
Isaiah’s prophecy of Christ subduing all things and filling the earth with the intimate knowledge of YHWH just as the water swells the sea. The wolf nature of the flesh in humans is subdued by the Christ nature of the Lamb; the leopard which is a difficult animal to tame will lie down with the Lamb; the calf and the ferocious lion will be together led by a little child; the cow and the bear will graze together as friends as the lion and the ox eat straw peacefully together. All hostility is removed and subdued as in an innocent , weaned child which is Christ’s nature being produced in us, so that like a child we have power over the serpent and bring light into into its hiding place. God’s holy mountain of Zion is our permanent home where nothing evil or harmful is found. Let’s allow Christ’s nature in us, through the Holy Spirit, to subdue all things and glory be given to our Father! Glory to God!
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