And
know, then, that these blessings will bring eternal happiness in the
earth. Men and women will not only grow strong, but they will reach that
state in which they will not even fear, think, or expect, to be sick.
[604]With the establishment of the new order under the Messiah wars and
revolutions shall cease, because he has promised that then "they shall
beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruninghooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn
war any more"; and thus there shall be no more restless humanity,
symbolically called _sea_.--Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3; Revelation 21:1.
[605]The profiteers will no longer be permitted to prey upon the people,
because God's promise is that under the righteous reign none shall be
permitted to injure another nor defraud his neighbor.--Isaiah 11:9;
65:25.
[606]Then shall famines vanish away and no more shall be hungering for
food nor vainly striving for sustenance of life, because then the earth
shall yield her increase and there shall be plenty for all.--Psalm 67:6.
[607]Then shall disease and sickness be destroyed, because God has
promised under this new order to bring in health and strength and to
bless the people with all favors incident thereto. "The inhabitant shall
not say, I am sick."--Isaiah 33:24; Revelation 21:4.
[608]Funerals now are the order of the day, and the family and loved
ones left behind assemble in sorrow to pay the last tribute to their
beloved dead.
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