A new creation: reflections from Isaiah 65
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Photo by Matthew Zylstra-SawatskySo if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 2 Corinthians 5:17 NRSV
For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. Isaiah 65:17 NRSV
Macha Church, Zambia
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Photo by Ben DeppBut be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating. Isaiah 65:18 NRSV
Plenn Lasous, Lagonav, Haiti
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Photo by Melissa Engle...no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, or the cry of distress.
Isaiah 65:19 NRSV
Tansen, Nepal
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Photo by Melissa EngleNo more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days...
Isaiah 65:20 NRSV
Carakovo Village, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Photo by Matthew Lester...or an old person who does not live out a lifetime; for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth. Isaiah 65:20 NRSV
Sitio Campos, Brazil
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Photo by Melissa EngleThey shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. Isaiah 65:21 NRSV
Takeo, Cambodia
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Photo by Daryl BylerThey shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat;
Isaiah 65:22 NRSV
Gaza Strip
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Photo by Melissa EngleFor like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be.
Isaiah 65:22 NRSV
Boricha, Ethiopia
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Photo by Melissa EngleMy chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. Isaiah 65:22 NRSV
La Cuchilla, Bolivia
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Photo by Melissa EngleThey shall not labor in vain, or bear children for calamity; for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord, and their descendants as well.
Isaiah 65:23 NRSV
Makhmur, Iraq
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Photo by Brian AtkinsonBefore they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear.
Isaiah 65:24 NRSV
Hyongjesan District, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Photo by Tim HooverThey shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
Isaiah 65:25 NRSV
Arizona, United States