out of their graves. The new creation is here, the world as God intended it to be. The kingly rule of God is here. There is a more subtle point that Jesus also is making in his reply to the Baptist. He is quoting from several passages in Isaiah, and all these passages have something to say about salvation and the new creation, but they also contain some serious words about God’s judgment. When God comes to bring salvation, he is also going to punish the evildoers. But Jesus is not quoting any of