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The most sublime rhetoric in the Bible is found in the Prophets. And the most exalted of the Prophets is Isaiah. And Isaiah\u2019s most memorable line is found in Chapter 11: \u201cThey will neither harm nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters fill the sea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This powerful vision has inspired across the ages. Maimonides selected it as his culminating verse in his description of the Messianic era (Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Melachim 12:5) and it resonates with us today as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Isaiah understands that there are several ways that our time, an age of alienation from nature and each other, an era of violence and fear and destruction, a time of uncertainty and argument, has to be fundamentally fixed in a time of redemption. That future <\/span>ge\u2019ulah <\/span><\/i>will be marked, as it must, by three fundamental shifts:<\/span><\/p>\n

Redemption cannot be limited just to the Jews, just to humanity, just to life. The entire cosmos has to participate in this upwelling of wellbeing, an age of universal harmony and abundant thriving. In such a time, our home is seen as a holy mountain: stable, noble, calm.<\/span><\/p>\n

In that day, the contentiousness, violence, and rage that pervade our world will have no place. Instead, harm and destruction will be a distant memory, like our childhood tantrums. We will, each and all, honor ourselves and each other, cherish our deepest needs and those of our fellows, and will seek to participate in a harmony that will allow each individual to shine in their own uniqueness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, this harmonious living won\u2019t be superficial, an outer coating that hides a deeper fear and uncertainty. No, this harmony will be the blossom reflecting rootedness in first hand knowledge of all that unites us and inspires us with purpose. That \u201cknowledge of God\u201d is not simply factual information, although it involves that too. Knowledge of God is about devotion, existential engagement, emotional honesty, and an orientation toward service and gratitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When we ascend to the summit of integrated awareness, we are transformed \u2013 and our world with us. 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