The Peace of God and Peace in Creation Are Linked

Not only are divisions in human community overcome in God, but also in the whole created order. The knowledge of God and the healing of creation are parallel realities (Is. 11:3-9) "but ask the beasts...and the birds...or the plants, and they will teach you" of the ways of the Lord. (Job 12:7-10) The Psalmist in Psalms 104 speaks of a present and "life giving God who sent forth your spirit, and they are created." "You renew the face of the ground." "You look at the earth and it trembles." "You touch the mountains, and they smoke." "We hear the echoes and see the signs of a creative God who refuses to withdraw from the created world."