What is the highway of holiness? CQ Kids
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What is the Highway of Holiness?
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The Bible teaches us about a highway in God’s future kingdom.
The prophet Isaiah says, “A highway will be there, a roadway, and it will be called the Highway of Holiness…” (Isaiah 35:8, NASB) This is not a literal highway - Isaiah is using picture language. We can imagine the highway as a path of learning. Everyone who will be awakened on earth from the grave will be able to travel on this symbolic highway, learning to live righteously by following God’s ways.
Isaiah continues, “The unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those.” (Isaiah 35:8, NASB) Mankind inherited Adam’s sin, so when they are first raised from the grave, they START OUT being unclean - meaning, sinful. The purpose of the highway is to gradually remove all traces of sin through the learning process. Eventually, those who successfully reach the end of this symbolic highway will no longer be unclean - they will be righteous and reconciled to God. To be “reconciled” means living in harmony with God’s ways. Therefore, they will have the opportunity to live forever on a beautiful, perfect earth!
Isaiah (35:9) also says, “No lion will be there, nor will any vicious animal go up on it; they will not be found there.” More picture language! These lions and vicious animals represent Satan’s temptations, false teachings, and other negative, harmful things that can lead us away from God.
We know from 2 Corinthians (see 4:4) that right now, Satan is the “god of this world,” influencing mankind to do bad things. But while those raised from the dead travel this highway, once having chosen to follow God's righteous principles, Satan and all of his evil influences will be bound or completely
