Wolf & Lamb Laying Down Chillin' together-What does it mean?

Wolf & Lamb Laying Down Chillin' together-What does it mean?

February 5, 2014 at 1:43pm

Wolf & Lamb Laying Down Chillin' together-What does it mean?
by Tuese Ahkiong


It means that The Gospel and The New Heavens and Earth have come.  This is not to be taken literally but figuratively as the genre of the prophetic literature.

Israel was God’s sheep/ lambs.  The non-covenant world was referred to as wild animals or likened to unclean animals (see Leviticus 11) like wolves, lions, dogs, leopards, snakes, cobra, serpents…

The Gospel brings once former historical enemies to unity and peace.  Those enemies were Judah and Israel (NOT GOD’s PEOPLE, GENTILES, lost sheep).  The Gospel changes one’s nature, mindset and heart to where one can live in fellowship, unity and harmony with his former enemy.  The wolf and the lamb fellowship together under one sheepfolds because of Yeshua's Gospel.  

A BIG THEME IN SCRIPTURE THAT MANY MISS IS THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL BEING RESTORED AND REUNITED AS ONE; 2 sticks become 1!  This happens when The GODPEL Great Commission was fulfilled by 70AD. 

Paul was once a viper and wolf who hunted and killed Christians. 

Galatians 1:23 They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”

 Notice below that Samaria, a once hated people by the Jews are living in peace under The Gospel with Christian Jews.  Samaria was where scattered Israel was.  

Acts 9:31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.

Isaiah 11 is about Yeshua, the shoot from the stump of Jesse bringing The Gospel.  It is NOT about literal wild animals living at peace. lol. 

Isaiah 11:1-11
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.  3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.  He shall not judge by what his eyes see,  or decide disputes by what his ears hear,  4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. 5  Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.  7 The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together;  and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.8  The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.9 They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

10 In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
11 In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

*The lost remnant are brought back into fellowship with YHWH through the Gospel.  Fulfilled by 70AD.  So, who was the lost remnant?  Northern Kingdom Israel

Isaiah 65
17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever inthat which I create; for behold,I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness.
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress.
20 No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days,or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 They shall build houses and inhabit them;they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain or bear children for calamity, for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord, and their descendants with them.
24 Before they call I will answer;while they are yet speaking I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food.  They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.

Noticed how Scripture uses animals to describe people.

Jeremiah 50:6 My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their restingplace.

God's People Israel are called sheep.

Zephaniah 3:3 Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.

Officials are called lions and wolves.

Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

**False prophets are called wovles! 

Matthew 10:16 [ Persecution Will Come ] “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

**Christ sends His disciples aka sheep, out among Pharisees who are called wolves.

Matthew 15:26-27 And he answered, “It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the DOGS.” 27She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the DOGS eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.

Christ is calling a woman and her children dogs.  Gentiles (scattered Israel) or non-Jews were referred to as dogs.

Matthew 23:33  You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?

**Christ speaking to the Pharisees calls them serpents and vipers.

Luke 10:19  Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

**Unbelieving Jews and Israelites were called serpents and scorpions.  They were also adversaries or a satan and called sons of the devil. 

Gentile (scattered Israel) and Jew are one in Christ.

Ephesians 2:

¹¹ Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— ¹² remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility ¹⁵ by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, ¹⁶ and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, there by killing the hostility. ¹⁷ And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. ¹⁸ For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, ²⁰ built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,²¹ in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. ²² In himyou also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.


BIG QUESTION:  WHO ARE THE GENTILES????

A: When the 12 tribes divided, Ephraim or Israel were the 10 tribes in the northern kingdom who were scattered into the pagan nations for their sin of adultery (idolatry) and became like the pagans nations!  Two tribes, Judah and Benjamin made up the southern kingdom where we get Jews. 

It's very important to know that there is a distinction between Israelite and Jew.  Every Jew (from the southern kingdom, Judah) is an Israelite, but not every Israelite from the northern kingdom is a Jew!  It's like every Californian is a U.S. citizen but not every U.S. citizen is a Californian.  This will help resolve many interpretation issues!

So, bottom line: Israel in the north became like the pagan gentile nations or wild animals but through Christ's Gospel, Israelite believers became one people again with their brothers in the south, the Jews!  This is shown to us in many of the parables like the prodigal son.

Ephesians 2 is The Parable of The Prodigal Son

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2022/02/ephesians-2-is-parable-of-prodigal-son.html

Was the Samaritan woman an Israelite or a pagan gentile or gentile halfbreed???

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2023/08/john-4-samaritan-woman-from-sychar-and.html?m=1

Israel prophesied to be scattered in the gentile pagan nations in The Latter Days (30-70AD) worshipping idols like gentiles!

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2023/07/israel-scattered-in-gentile-pagan.html?m=1

The fullness of the gentiles came in and ALL ISRAEL WAS SAVED and all prophecies fulfilled in 70AD, thus the Bible story ended!

The Bible story was then resurrected after 70AD by the Romans and Israel’s redemptive story though completed in 70ad, was hijacked with unfulfilled prophecies again!

How scattered ISRAEL became GENTILES (this confusing word just means NATIONs or PEOPLEs)

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2023/06/how-israel-became-gentiles-this.html?m=1