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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
