Of this same time we read, “They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” (Isa. 11:9) There will be no more suffering and death as a result of Adam’s transgression. Killing calamities will no longer be permitted. Peaceful and prosperous conditions will then exist.

The Lord “will swallow up death in victory.” What a blessed assurance this is! Paul wrote that Christ would reign until all enemies are put under his feet, and that “the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” (I Cor. 15:25,26) The result of this is described in Revelation 21:4, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away.”