Creation restored

The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. Romans 8:19

Paul tells us that creation itself eagerly waits the time when the glorious future of the sons of God is realized. Phillips’s translation states, “The whole creation is on tiptoe to see the wonderful sight of the sons of God coming into their own.” Throughout scripture we see the personification of nature; examples include reference to the rivers “clap their hands” and the mountains “sing together for joy” (Ps 98:8; Isa 55:12). Adam and Eve’s disobedience in the garden not only caused the fall of man, but also the earth as well (Gen 3:17–18; 5:29). When God’s redemptive work is completed, not only man will be restored, but creation will become all that God intended it to be.