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June 2012

A new heavens and a new earth

Isaiah 66 Isaiah could be called “a tale of two cities”.  Yet both cities are Jerusalem. There’s an old Jerusalem – the one in which Isaiah’s listeners live.  They face a terrifying judgement: threatened by Assyria but effected by Babylon.  The city is sacked, God’s house (the temple) is destroyed, the people are carried away [...]