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Earth Subject to Futility: Romans 8:20-21

When pain and suffering entered human experience, the peace and productivity of the rest of creation was also disrupted. The ground was cursed, so that it began to produce thorns and thistles, and the entire creation was troubled with chaos and corruption. In Romans 8:20-22, Paul described this curse by saying that the creation was subjected to frustration, that it’s in bondage to decay, and that it’s groaning as in the pains of childbirth. In other words, creation no longer produces the good things it was intended to produce, and it’s no longer even capable of becoming the perfect world that God intended.

A casual glance at the world around us confirms how true this is. Hurricanes ravage our coastlines. Earthquakes destroy cities and villages. Floods sometimes wash away whole villages. Insects, animals and disease destroy crops. Sickness and injury cause suffering and death for millions. The effects of the Fall are everywhere. And the only way for the world to be made right is for God to redeem creation from this curse.