Christ is creating a world without hurt, without destruction. When the earth is full of the
knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea, the scars of our ugly utopias will
disappear forever under the overflowing healing of Christ. The very environment will
breathe with the peace of God, and we will never hurt one another again. Jesus Christ, he
will lead us into everything safe and pleasant, with no dark side, no forced laughter, no
guilty conscience, no unhealed wounds.

This is what Isaiah wants us all to see. The triumph of Jesus will not put us up in
the clouds, playing harps and singing in massed choirs forever. The victory of Jesus will
be the awakening and purifying and restoring and gladdening of all things human.
--Ray Ortlund