以賽亞書11:1-9

11:1 從耶西的本（原文是丕）必發一條；從他根生的枝子必結果實。
11:2 耶和華的靈必住在他身上，就是使他有智慧和聰明的靈，謀略和能力的靈，知識和敬畏耶和華的靈。
11:3 他必以敬畏耶和華為樂；行審判不憑眼見，斷是非也不憑耳聞；
11:4 卻要以公義審判貧窮人，以正直判斷世上的謙卑人，以口中的杖擊打世界，以嘴裡的氣殺戮惡人。
11:5 公義必當他的腰帶；信實必當他脅下的帶子。
11:6 豺狼必與綿羊羔同居，豹子與山羊羔同臥；少壯獅子與牛犢並肥畜同群；小孩子要牽引牠們。
11:7 牛必與熊同食；牛犢必與小熊同臥；獅子必吃草，與牛一樣。
11:8 吃奶的孩子必玩耍在虺蛇的洞口；斷奶的嬰兒必按手在毒蛇的穴上。
11:9 在我聖山的遍處，這一切都不傷人，不害物；因為認識耶和華的知識要充滿遍地，好像水充滿洋海一般。

A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,

and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

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The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,

the spirit of wisdom and understanding,

the spirit of counsel and might,

the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

3

His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.

 

He shall not judge by what his eyes see,

or decide by what his ears hear;

4

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,

and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;

he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,

and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

5

Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,

and faithfulness the belt around his loins.

6

The wolf shall live with the lamb,

the leopard shall lie down with the kid,

the calf and the lion and the fatling together,

and a little child shall lead them.

7

The cow and the bear shall graze,

their young shall lie down together;

and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8

The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,

and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.

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They will not hurt or destroy

on all my holy mountain;

for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord

as the waters cover the sea.

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    以賽亞先知這段記載，是要讓我們知道，將來上帝國的情景。因為在上帝國完全實現的時候，上帝的平安要真正臨到。而上帝的平安不僅是在上帝與人的關係，也在人與人、人與物、物與物，一切都是和平的！

    在保羅的羅馬書中說到：「受造之物切望等候上帝的眾子顯出來。因為受造之物服在虛空之下，不是自己願意，乃是因那叫他如此的。但受造之物仍然指望脫離敗壞的轄制，得享（享：原文是入）上帝兒女自由的榮耀。我們知道，一切受造之物一同歎息，勞苦，直到如今。不但如此，就是我們這有聖靈初結果子的，也是自己心裡歎息，等候得著兒子的名分，乃是我們的身體得贖。」（8:18-23）

    因此，救贖不只是人的救贖，更是天下萬物，所有受造之物的救贖！而這樣的救贖已經在耶穌基督裡成全了，直到那日就要完完全全實現，上帝不僅讓我們身體得贖，更是萬物得贖，也就是一切都要更新！我們要盼望，那日快快的顯現！