desert itself is changed into something other than what it formerly was, so will the people themselves be changed. Old things will have passed away indeed, and all things will have become new. One evidence of the remarkable change is that the eyes of the blind will be opened.12 Likewise will the ears of the deaf be unclosed.13 The reference is not specifically to the miracles of healing that our Lord performed, although these miracles are themselves a part of the means by which the change is accomplished.