For example, World Vision in the Philippines, a Catholic country with a strong renewal movement emphasizing personal renewal and lay Bible reading, found that poor communities gravitated toward the biblical metaphor of Isaiah 65 as a way of visualizing the future that they believe God intends for them: • A place of joy; there is no weeping. • Children do not die. People live full lives. • People build homes and live in them. • People enjoy the product of their own labor. • The community is restored and harmonious. • The irreconcilable live in peace. • God is in their midst, answering
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