The Universe, Too, Waits For Its Redemptiom

"I consider, that the suffering of our present life cannot be compared with the glory that will be revealed, and given to us.  All creation is eagerly expecting the birth, in glory, of the children of GOD.  For, if now, the created world was unable to attain its purpose, this did not come from itself, but from the one who subjected it.  But it is not without hope; for even the created world, will be freed from this fate of death, and share the freedom and glory of the children of GOD." - Romans 8:18-21 

(The description of "living in the Spirit" continues.  The believer who looks around notices that not only his community, but also the whole world is being transformed.

It is impossible to consider the human being apart from this world in which we live.  Are there elsewhere in the Universe other intellectual beings?  Scripture does not speak of it: it merely tells us that all creation is guided by the same mystery of death and resurrection which marks our destiny and which the Son of GOD has taken on HIMSELF.)

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