Scott
Puritan Board Graduate
Isa. 11:6-8 reads: "6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast together, and a little child shall lead them. 7And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper's den."
[1] Is any part of this taken literally? Calvin says that this refers in part
a restoration of Eden-like circumstances in which literal animals do not prey on one another. He does not say when this would happen. He also explains that the primary thing represented here is peace among men.
[2] If this is a non-literal symbol of peace among men, how would you argue this? What other passages would you point to to show that animal symbolize men?
Scott
[1] Is any part of this taken literally? Calvin says that this refers in part
a restoration of Eden-like circumstances in which literal animals do not prey on one another. He does not say when this would happen. He also explains that the primary thing represented here is peace among men.
[2] If this is a non-literal symbol of peace among men, how would you argue this? What other passages would you point to to show that animal symbolize men?
Scott