The prophet Isaiah caught sight of a vision of a transformed city which would become a global centre of light and truth, resulting in all nations settling their disputes and destroying their weapons. Of course, when the vision was over nothing had actually changed in the empirical world of the prophet’s time! The actual city in which he lived remained as corrupt and violent as before. And yet, there was a difference, a revolutionary change within the prophet’s own imagination. The vision of God had convinced him, against all the odds, that the present arrangements were not final, so that he
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