Hele anei kā mākou ʻīlio i ka lani?

E noho pu ka iliohae me ke keikihipa,
a e moe ka leopadi me ke keiki kao.
a me ka bipi keiki, ka liona, a me ke keiki bipi i kupaluia;
a na ke keiki e alakai.

——Isaia 11:6

In Kinohi 1:25, Ua hana ke Akua i na holoholona a olelo mai he maikai lakou. Ma nā māhele mua ʻē aʻe o Genesis, ʻōlelo ʻia nā kānaka a me nā holoholona ka "hanu o ke ola". Ua hāʻawi ʻia ke kanaka i ka mana ma luna o nā mea ola a pau ma ka honua a me ke kai, ʻaʻole he kuleana ʻuʻuku. Ua maopopo iā mākou ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ke kanaka a me nā holoholona, ​​​​ua hana ʻia nā kānaka ma ke ʻano o ke Akua, e like me ka Genesis 1:26. He ʻuhane a he ʻuhane ko kākou e mau ana ma hope o ka make ʻana o ko kākou kino. He mea paʻakikī ke hōʻike maopopo e kali ana kā mākou mau holoholona iā mākou i ka lani, no ka hāmau ʻana o nā palapala hemolele e pili ana i ke kumuhana.

Ua ike nae kakou, mai na pauku elua o Isaia, 11:6 a me 65:25, aia no na holoholona e noho kuikahi loa i ka nohoalii ana o Kristo i ka milenio. A no ka mea he nui na mea ma ka honua nei he aka ia o ka mea kupanaha maoli o ka lani a kakou e ike nei ma ka Hoikeana, pono ia'u e olelo aku, o ko kakou mau pilina me na holoholona i ko kakou ola ana i keia manawa, e hoomakaukau ia kakou no kekahi mea like a maikai e hiki mai ana.

ʻO ka mea e kali nei iā mākou i ke ola mau ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou e ʻike, e ʻike mākou i ka wā e hiki mai ai ka manawa, akā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoulu i ka manaʻolana o ka loaʻa ʻana o kā mākou mau hoa aloha wāwae ʻehā ma laila pū me mākou e hauʻoli ai i ka maluhia a me ke aloha, o ke kani. o na anela a me ka ahaaina a ke Akua i hoomakaukau ai e hookipa ia kakou.