THE WHOLE CREATION GROANS

19 THE CREATION WAITS IN EAGER EXPECTATION

FOR THE SONS OF GOD TO BE REVEALED.

20 For Creation was Subjected to Frustration,

Not by its own choice,

But by the Will of the One who Subjected it,

21 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.

22 WE KNOW

THAT THE WHOLE CREATION HAS BEEN GROANING

AS IN THE PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH

RIGHT UP TO THE PRESENT TIME.

23 NOT ONLY SO, BUT WE OURSELVES,

WHO HAVE THE FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT,

GROAN INWARDLY AS WE WAIT EAGERLY

FOR OUR ADOPTION AS SONS,

THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES.

(Romans 8:19-23)

From the time of the Fall of Adam and Eve

The Whole Creation has been Groaning

Because it was Subjected to Decay,

Caused by the Sin of mankind.

It now Eagerly awaits the Revealing of the Sons of God,

When Decay will Cease, as Sin will Cease.