We don't even recognize the "hard bondage" we are serving. We are so acclimated to this time and setting, it prevents us from seeing just how remarkably bad the circumstances are in which we find ourselves. We are an aggressive, acquisitive, competitive people. Even the best of us is deeply flawed by the cultures in which we live. In our capitalist societies we think some of our best characteristics are how acquisitive and hoarding we are. Remarkably, we envy those who are the most acquisitive and who hoard the most. We sit in front of TV sets, or pay to see movies about the opulence of those we envy, or the decadence of those we observe as we voyeur. If we settled into any Millennial community and put ourselves on display in all our current cultural glory, we would probably provoke new zoning laws. We would have to move into the "decadent-oriented district" which would likely be near the industrial plants, because we would be unfit to live in the neighborhoods. There would be internet postings, searchable by zip code, to identify us as "dangerous and unstable." Until we changed our hearts dramatically, we would not fit in.
This future time will see an end of this commotion. Peace will abide, and the intolerant and oppressive "politically correct" thought will be gone. The "golden city" as we are ironically called in these verses, will be gone. In its place will be something of real value. There will be no poor, the Lord will be present and angels will minister publicly. Hoarding will end. Charity will be widespread, and sharing will replace competition. In short, the people living in this future Millennial time would be considered quite mad in our time, just as, when they look back upon us, we will be considered mad. They will be astonished by our intolerant societies with the great numbers of socially and educationally disadvantaged among us, where violence is rampant because of these injustices. We don't even notice that, or dismiss such things as political demagoguery. Instead, we allocate large public budgets to find, prosecute and then house the criminals which our social structure produces. Our economies produce enough excess resources that we are able to afford that luxury.