Many of the sounds of nature are in a minor key and have a melancholy note to them, like the sighing of the wind as it blows through the trees. "The whole creation," Paul says, "groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. … Even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body" (Romans 8:22-23).
But the coming thousand-year reign of Christ will be heaven on earth, like the Garden of Eden, only better. There will be worldwide peace, Satan and his forces will be bound, the Curse will be removed, and we'll have Paradise regained. There will be no more of man's cruelty toward man, no more of man's inhumanity to man allowed. At last God will redeem the earth (Revelation 20:1-4).
The earth will blossom like a rose, and all of God's creation will be in perfect peace and beautiful harmony. "You shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing before you, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands" (Isaiah 55:12). Can you imagine such a thing? So beautiful!
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