"And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve."
Isaiah 14:3
We hear a lot about rest in the scriptures, that the Lord will eventually give us rest, and I like that this verse explains it a little bit. This is talking about the Millennium, and God tells us a little bit about what rest means, and gives some examples: no sorrow, fear, or slavery. That seems like a good start, and really already a giganitic change from our current world.
A couple of verses after this he mentions "The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing." Quietness is a new example, but obviously not pure physical silence, since people (and possibly things) are breaking forth into singing. Clearly a happy silence, even for the trees, which it mentions in verse 8 are rejoicing. :) Perhaps mental and emotional quietness where we aren't stirred up to anger about whatever offense or political situation? That seems super promising as well. :)
Today, let's look forward to the rest of God--a future without sorrow and fear, where slavery is gone, and we're so happy (and so are the trees) that we spontaneously break into song. :)
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