Wolf, actually, with the lamb 👍
Isaiah 11:6
21st Century King James Version
6 “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Nice pic.
“…the paradox of all the prophets was fulfilled, and, in the soul of St. Louis, the lion lay down with the lamb. But remember that this text is too lightly interpreted. It is constantly assured, especially in our Tolstoyan tendencies, that when the lion lies down with the lamb the lion becomes lamb-like. But that is brutal annexation and imperialism on the part of the lamb. That is simply the lamb absorbing the lion instead of the lion eating the lamb. The real problem is—Can the lion lie down with the lamb and still retain his royal ferocity? THAT is the problem the Church attempted; THAT is the miracle she achieved.”
GK Chesterton
It is a lovely thought, as your posted picture is also lovely. Seems to come down to "knowledge of the Lord," such that in this seemingly secular age, such knowledge remains crucial.
Best wishes.
Before or after dinner?
And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
Human sacrifice!
Dogs and cats living together!
Mass hysteria!
I heard a good joke from an Orthodox Jew, my mentor at ASU:
“The Jerusalem Zoo opened a new exhibit, ‘The Lion Lays Down with the Lamb.’ It was immensely popular. The first day, a curtain rolled back on a cage and sure enough, a lion was there just curled up with a lamb. The audience cheered.
Next day, same thing.
A journalist asked the head of the zoo, ‘Moishe, how do you do it? How do you get the lion to lay down with the lamb.’
He replied, ‘Oh it’s easy. Every day we get a new lamb.’”