Who is the child in Isaiah's prophecy? Will people continue to give birth forever?translated

Reader question:

Question about the next age: It says that the bear and the cow will graze together, and the baby will stretch out his hand over the asp's nest. What baby are we talking about? Will people be able to continue their race in the next century?

Irina

Priest's answer:

Priest Victor NIKISHOV

God bless you!

Isaiah's prophecy about the child and the adder: “Then the wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the kid; and the calf, and the young lion, and the ox will be together, and a little child will lead them. And the cow will feed with the she-bear, and their cubs will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. And the child will play over the asp's hole, and the child will stretch out his hand into the snake's nest. They will not do evil or harm in all My holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea” (Isa. 11: 6-9), which you indicated, does not speak about a specific child. This is a picture of the security and peace that will come in the Kingdom of the Messiah.

The Holy Fathers interpreted this image differently, but agreed on the main thing: this is an image, and not a literal reference to a child. John Chrysostom saw here the idea that the weak among the evil will not suffer harm. Ephraim the Syrian understood symbolically:...