peaceful overseers, righteous taskmasters...

We've been talking in church some about the Kingdom of God, and seeing how it has everything to do with the Redemption and Reign of God (cf. Dwight Pryor); the context is virtually always with regard to the captivity or affliction or bondage of God's people and creation.

Here's a clear and beautiful connection, from Isaiah 60, with regard to the Kingdom of God being about redemption from bondage unto the reign of a gracious Savior King:

Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 And nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising...

16 and you shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
and your taskmasters righteousness.
18 Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
devastation or destruction within your borders;
you shall call your walls Salvation,
and your gates Praise.