MAN'S DOMINION RESTORED OVER THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH. Ps. viii. 6-9. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy Hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. O Lord our Lord! how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth. Rom viii. 19-23. For the earnest expectation of the creature [the creation] waiteth for the manifestation [Gk. Rev. i. 1," revelation "] of the sons of God. For the creation was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him Who hath subjected the same in hope. Because the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the Children of God. For we know that the whole creation [every creature] groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now [Matt. xxiv. 8. "All these are the beginning of sorrows, pangs:" xix. 28:-John xvi. 22. "And ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you Myself [Dr. C. J. Vaughan's translation], and your heart shall rejoice" (xx. 20, the earnest: xiv. 3; Acts i. 9, 11; Heb. ix. 28; Matt. xxvi. 64, the complete fulfilment]. And not only they, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of The Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the Adoption, to wit, the Redemption of our body. Isa. xi. 6-9. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' [adder's] den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My Holy Mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of The Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Isa. xxxv. 8, 9. And a Highway shall be there, and a Way, and it shall be called "The Way of Holiness; "the unclean shall not pass over it; for He shall be with them: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there. Isa. lxv. 25. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock and dust shall be the serpent's meat [Gen. iii. 14; Mic. vii. 17; Rev. xii. 8, 9; xx. 3, 10; Rom. xvi. 20]. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My Holy Mountain, saith The Lord. Ezek. xxxiv. 25, 28. And I will make with them a Covenant of Peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the Land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the Land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. Hos. ii. 18. And in that Day will I make a Covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. Lev. xxvi. 6. And I will give peace in the Land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will cause to cease evil beasts out of the Land, neither shall the sword go through your Land. THE EARTH'S FERTILITY. [Lev. xxvi. 1-5. Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image [pillar-statue], neither shall ye set up any image of stone [figured stone-stone of picture] in your Land, to bow down unto it: for I am The Lord your God. Ye shall keep My Sabbaths, and reverence My Sanctuary: I am The Lord. If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and de them; then I will give you rain in due season, and the Land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your Land safely.] : Isa. xxxv. 1, 2, 6, 7. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it [Ps. lxxii. 16, "There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains (Isa. ii. 2); the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth"], the excellency of Carmel [the fruitful] and Sharon [“ a fold for flocks,” lxv. 10], they shall see The Glory of The Lord, and The Excellency of our God. For in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be a court for reeds and rushes. Isa. li. 3. For The Lord shall comfort Zion: He will comfort all her waste places; and He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the Garden of The Lord: joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody. Isa. lv. 12, 13. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to The Lord for a Name, for an everlasting Sign that shall not be cut off. Isa. xli. 17-19. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I, The Lord, will hear them, I, The God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, [acacia ?], and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together. Isa. xliii. 19-21. Behold! I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. The beast of the field shall [ostriches? daughters of the honour Me, the dragons and the owls owl?] because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen. This people have I formed for Myself: they shall show forth My praise. Jer. xxxi. 11-14. The Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. Therefore they shall come and sing in the Height of Zion [Zech. xiv. 10, &c.], and shall flow together to the Goodness of The Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. And I will satiate the soul of the Priests with fatness, and My people shall be satisfied with My Goodness, saith The Lord. Ezek. xxxiv. 26, 27. And I will make them, and the places round about My Hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing. And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its A A increase, and they shall be safe in their Land, and shall know that I am The Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. Ezek. xxxvi. 29, 30, 33-36. I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. In the Day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. And the desolate Land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. And they shall say, "This Land that was desolate is become like the Garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited." Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I The Lord build the ruined, and plant that which was desolate I The Lord have spoken, and I will do it. : Joel iii. 18. And it shall come to pass in that Day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a Fountain shall come forth of the House of The Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim. Amos ix. 13, 14. Behold! the days come, saith The Lord, that the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet [new] wine, and all the hills shall melt. And.. My people shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. Zech. viii. 12, 13. For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. And it shall come to pass that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah! and house of Israel! so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not! but let your hands be strong. [" All that see them shall acknowledge |