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b'In this passage, Isaiah lays out God\\u2019s vision for a new Earth. How does it sound to you? And what is\\xa0our role in ushering that I?\\nListen to our \\u201cA New Heaven and a New Earth\\u201d podcast episode on Revelation 21:1-6\\nHelp us out by leaving a review on iTunes at queertheology.com/review\\nIsaiah 65:17-25\\nLook! I\\u2019m creating a new heaven and a new earth:\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0past events won\\u2019t be remembered;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0they won\\u2019t come to mind.\\nBe glad and rejoice forever\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0in what I\\u2019m creating,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0because I\\u2019m creating Jerusalem as a joy\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0and her people as a source of gladness.\\nI will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad about my people.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0No one will ever hear the sound of weeping or crying in it again.\\nNo more will babies live only a few days,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0or the old fail to live out their days.\\nThe one who dies at a hundred will be like a young person,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0and the one falling short of a hundred will seem cursed.\\nThey will build houses and live in them;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.\\nThey won\\u2019t build for others to live in,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0nor plant for others to eat.\\nLike the days of a tree will be the days of my people;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0my chosen will make full use of their handiwork.\\nThey won\\u2019t labor in vain,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0nor bear children to a world of horrors,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0because they will be people blessed by the Lord,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0they along with their descendants.\\nBefore they call, I will answer;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0while they are still speaking, I will hear.\\nWolf and lamb will graze together,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0and the lion will eat straw like the ox,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0but the snake\\u2014its food will be dust.\\nThey won\\u2019t hurt or destroy at any place on my holy mountain,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0says the Lord.\\nThe post God\\u2019s Vision for a New Earth \\u2013 Isaiah 65:17-25 appeared first on Queer Theology.'