Creation's Expectation
Rom 8:19-21 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
God intentionally created the present universe to be subject to decay, disease, and death. There are creatures which have intentionally been created to kill and live on the flesh of other creatures, and all are subject to death. But this will end.
"The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare." 2Peter 3:10b Likewise John foreseeing the future said, "I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away" Rev 21:1a So "in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness." 2Peter 3:13
With regards to nature: "The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea." Is 11:6-9
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Rom 8:19-21 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
God intentionally created the present universe to be subject to decay, disease, and death. There are creatures which have intentionally been created to kill and live on the flesh of other creatures, and all are subject to death. But this will end.
"The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare." 2Peter 3:10b Likewise John foreseeing the future said, "I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away" Rev 21:1a So "in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness." 2Peter 3:13
With regards to nature: "The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea." Is 11:6-9
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