Beyond 2000: Utopian Prophecies of the World to Come

A vision of Isaiah:

"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them ... They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain ..." (Isaiah 11:6-9).

A prophecy of Jeremiah:

"At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem ... In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel" (Jeremiah 3:17-18).

The Word of God to Ezekiel:

"Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them ... and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my judgments and do them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God" (Ezekiel 11:19-20).

The message of Micah:

"... They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid ..." (Micah 4:3-4).

A vision of Zephaniah:

"The Lord your God is in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you in His love, He will rejoice over you with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17).

Daniel's millennial vision:

"Then the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High ..." (Daniel 7:27).

God's word to Amos:

" 'Behold, the days are coming,' says the Lord, 'when the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; the mountains shall drip with sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it ... They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; they shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them' " (Amos 9:13-14). GN