Dare to picture this kind of a world, where the devourer grazes alongside those he used to devour. It is the end of all killing, bleeding, eating one another up, dying. The carnivore munches on grass. The damage and destruction brought by our rebellion is undone. The whole order of things is restored.
Creation is again in balance and harmony.
The Branch renews the ecology of the earth. The children are safe. The infant dawdles near the cobra's den. The toddler puts his hand into the viper's nest. Even the serpent becomes a playmate in the hands of children.