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A new creation: reflections from Isaiah 65

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    Photo by Matthew Zylstra-Sawatsky

    So 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 Depp

    But 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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    No 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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    ...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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    They 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 Byler

    They 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 Engle

    For like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be.

    Isaiah 65:22 NRSV

    Boricha, Ethiopia

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    My chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. Isaiah 65:22 NRSV

    La Cuchilla, Bolivia

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    They 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 Atkinson

    Before 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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    They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

    Isaiah 65:25 NRSV

    Arizona, United States

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