When Saint Paul speaks of present troubles and pain, one can rest assured he is speaking from personal experience. He knew about verbal abuse, physical abuse, and the feeling of being left abandoned.
When the earth and all it's inhabitants...humans...plant life...and animals received "the Curse", everyone lost course of the original purpose God had intended. Nature really had no choice in the matter...God had put man in charge of everything. As a result, both plant life and animals were now subject to sickness and death. It would be like someone coming along and cutting an entire forest down...the inhabitants within the forest...could no longer live there.
Yet there was One...One who loved man...loved animals...and loved the entire earth, and had made the decision long ago...I will go and restore this...because I love them dearly...even if it cost me...my very life.
And it did...the saddest part of all...we made sure of it....
A Gleaning from Romans 8:18-21
" For you see, I just do not think it is a good idea to compare...weighing out the trials and sufferings you presently face...vs....the glory of what is to come; the day He returns for us and our "real lives" begins...the lives God had originally in mind. Don't let yourselves get caught up with the thought: "Is following Him really worth it?"
For let me offer this into your thoughts: all of creation has a kind of waiting and eager expectation...the time when God's true people will enjoy the benefits of following Him. In the meantime, let this be known...we are not alone. Creation has also been "held back" from His True Glory...all waiting for Christ Jesus to come and make things right...for one...and for all!
For creation itself...and all of nature as well, has been in a state of confusion, a state of frailty, sensing condemnation and frustration from what the Enemy has done to this place we call earth.
Yet, God's creation still has a hope beating within them, a day where Freedom will make its grand entrance...and all the corruption and decay resulting from "the Curse"...will be gone! Creation will rejoice in the New Freedom...once and for all...provided entirely by God's own Son...who came and became one of us...took the Curse...and freed all those scared to death...of Death...all resulting from one motive...because He loves us!"
When the earth and all it's inhabitants...humans...plant life...and animals received "the Curse", everyone lost course of the original purpose God had intended. Nature really had no choice in the matter...God had put man in charge of everything. As a result, both plant life and animals were now subject to sickness and death. It would be like someone coming along and cutting an entire forest down...the inhabitants within the forest...could no longer live there.
Yet there was One...One who loved man...loved animals...and loved the entire earth, and had made the decision long ago...I will go and restore this...because I love them dearly...even if it cost me...my very life.
And it did...the saddest part of all...we made sure of it....
A Gleaning from Romans 8:18-21
" For you see, I just do not think it is a good idea to compare...weighing out the trials and sufferings you presently face...vs....the glory of what is to come; the day He returns for us and our "real lives" begins...the lives God had originally in mind. Don't let yourselves get caught up with the thought: "Is following Him really worth it?"
For let me offer this into your thoughts: all of creation has a kind of waiting and eager expectation...the time when God's true people will enjoy the benefits of following Him. In the meantime, let this be known...we are not alone. Creation has also been "held back" from His True Glory...all waiting for Christ Jesus to come and make things right...for one...and for all!
For creation itself...and all of nature as well, has been in a state of confusion, a state of frailty, sensing condemnation and frustration from what the Enemy has done to this place we call earth.
Yet, God's creation still has a hope beating within them, a day where Freedom will make its grand entrance...and all the corruption and decay resulting from "the Curse"...will be gone! Creation will rejoice in the New Freedom...once and for all...provided entirely by God's own Son...who came and became one of us...took the Curse...and freed all those scared to death...of Death...all resulting from one motive...because He loves us!"
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