Romans
8:20-25
"For
the creature (creation) was made subject to vanity,
(the curse) not willingly*, but by reason of him
who hath subjected the same (all of creation) in hope,
Because the creature (creation) itself also shall be
delivered from the bondage of corruption (which is the curse)
into the glorious liberty of the children of God.** For
we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain
together until now. And not only they, (the objects of
creation) but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, to wit, (that is to say) the redemption of
our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not
hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope
for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."
*in
other words creation did not do anything to bring in the curse, but
rather Adam did. So creation fell not willingly. **during the Kingdom
age, remember the Lord's Supper when understood makes us
God's-children, new Adams, son's of God with the potential of Genesis 2:7. Where God's Salvation begins it's perfect work of restoration to the Genesis 2:7 status and in hope waiting for the Genesis 1:27-28 status. Where or when we escape the worlds wrath of judgment and the fiery indignation to come upon it.
Let’s
go all the way back to Genesis chapter 3, to see what Paul is talking
about when he said, "all of creation was submerged under the
curse." As soon as the curse fell, God also gave creation, what?
Hope!
Genesis
3:14-15
"And
the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou
art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon
thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy
life*: And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head,
and thou shalt bruise his heel."
*here
is God dealing with the creature that Satan used, as well as Satan
himself, the serpent. This is the serpent referenced to by both John
the Baptist and Jesus. When speaking of the Religious leadership of the Hebrews as a metaphor of their true character and nature, that of having in their mouth the poison of a serpent under their tongue and Jesus even called them white washed sepulchers full of the bones. The bones of the prophets which their forerunners had slain. The use of the term whited or white washed means that they had the appearance of being virgins but were dead on the inside, unfruitful because of their practices of yoking those who flowed their style of life, teachings could not bear the yoke of that teaching or doctrine.
This
is the reference to the work of the Cross. And those to whom the
illumination of revelation comes by the Holy Spirit within them. For
there is more which is hidden here, it is all spiritually discerned.
So just as soon as the curse fell, as a result of Adam’s sin, God
subjected that same creation to hope. And what was the hope? The work
of the Cross, the coming of the Seed of the woman. Then the curse is
passed on in verse 16 and 17 so far as Adam was concerned that he
would now live under the curse, and so forth. But what we want you
see, is that when Romans 8 says, "That all of creation is
looking for the day, when the hope will be realized, that they have
been lifted out from under the curse." The curse is the yoke of bondage which the Hebrew Preist's worked through the addition to the righteous intent of God's Law when they added to it pure form. It must be noted; that Moses was the first to do this because of his up bringing under Pharaohs daughter and teachers of philosophy, a hidden weakness of mans fallen nature. It is the cross that
took the curse from mankind, it is the cross that separated the past
from the present NOW of the kingdom age, the Church and Body of
Christ. The called out from among them, just as Noah, Abraham and yes
even Israel were called out, Israel form Egypt, a figure of the sin
filled world of lost mankind in Religions darkness and death. All of this is revealed within Genesis with the carry over from the exodus from Egypt hidden with the next five books.
Oh
goodness, a verse just comes to mind, and we did not intend to do,
but stop in Isaiah chapter 11, as we make our way back to Ephesians.
To us this is such a beautiful illustration of the curse being
lifted, this is something that all of creation including us as
believers are looking for. We have a hard time comprehending this,
but the scripture says it and we are to accept it and then believe
it. Even the wild animals that are subjected to the curse, and they
are under constant fear from their predators, whatever it may be, yet
one day that fear will be no more. This is what all of creation is
looking for. The curse will be lifted, and creation can revert back
to the way God first created it. But we must understand that this earth is but a copy of the true, just as the Hebrew Temple which Moses made was a copy of the true unseen, invisible to mere human eyes. And look how beautiful this is.
Isaiah
11:6a
"The
wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,..."
If
it was not for his carnivorous character, a wolf would be a beautiful
animal. We just love that big massive head, and those upright ears,
we mean they are beautiful. But we have a feeling of detestation,
because they are such enemies of so many other creatures. But oh the
day is coming when they are going to lay down with the lamb! Will this happen on the earth as we know it, I do not think so. But after it has been reconstructed it just maybe because on that earth there will be no evil or sin, no crime, which causes fear.
Isaiah
11:6b-7
"...and
the leopard shall lie down with the kid (or baby goat); and
the calf and the young lion and the fatling together*; and
a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed;
(together) their young ones shall lie down together:
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox."
*in
the same pasture. The same pasture that Psalm chapter 23 talks about.
Oh the still waters, no turmoil, no death, and then in the midst of
all this. These are all figurative of the new creation spoken of by
Peter when the invisible world which this earth is a copy of will be
seen or known by all new spiritual creatures.
What
is this? This is the curse removed, and this is the hope that lies in
everything of God’s creation.
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