TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD | ISAIAH 11-16
The Knowledge of Jehovah Will Fill the Earth
How this prophecy applied to the Israelites
-
Neither on the way home from their exile in Babylon nor in their restored land did the Israelites need to fear wild beasts or beastlike men.
—Ezr 8:21, 22
How this prophecy applies to our day
-
Knowledge of Jehovah has changed personalities. Formerly violent people have become peaceable. Knowledge of God has created a global spiritual paradise
How this prophecy will be fulfilled in the future
-
The whole earth will be transformed into a secure, peaceful paradise, according to God’s original purpose. No creature, whether human or animal, will pose any threat
Paul was changed by the knowledge of God
-
As a Pharisee, he displayed beastlike traits.
—1Ti 1:13 -
Accurate knowledge transformed his personality.
—Col 3:8-10
