Listen to "The Happy Kingdom" sung by Cynthia Clawson
Jesus Kingdom of Peace:
The wolf will romp with the lamb,
the leopard sleep with the kid.
Calf and lion will eat from the same trough,
and a little child will tend them.
Cow and bear will graze the same pasture,
their calves and cubs grow up together,
and the lion eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child will crawl over rattlesnake dens,
the toddler stick his hand down the hole of a serpent.
Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill
on my holy mountain.
The whole earth will be brimming with knowing God-Alive,
a living knowledge of God ocean-deep, ocean-wide. (Isaiah 11:6-9, The Message)
Talk about how, in our world today, there are animals that eat meat. They are predators. There are animals that only eat plants. Many times, the plant eaters are the prey (food) to the predators. Wolf, Lion, Bear & Cub, Leopard, Snake are all predators. This is not evil. God allowed this. The Cow & Calf, Lamb, Kid, Ox eat plants and are prey to the predators.
When Jesus comes to set up His forever kingdom, the animals will all be friends and won't be dangerous to each other.
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| a little child will tend them |
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| Wolf |
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| Lamb |
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| Leopard |
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| Kid |
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| Calf |
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| Lion |
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| Cow |
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| Bear |
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| Cub |
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| Lion eating straw/grass |
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| Ox eating straw/grass |
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| Rattlesnake/Serpent |
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