Rom
8:18-21 (NIV) I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing
with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 The creation waits in eager
expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was
subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who
subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its
bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
NOTE: Why are there
natural disasters? God never intend life
to be this way, but we rebelled from his way.
In the garden, weeds were decreed such that work would be frustrating,
rather than what was intended. Likewise,
creation itself was subject to frustration, not just weeds, but bondage to
decay. The planet is decaying and
falling apart because of the rebellion which started in the garden, but also
continues in every human being who sins by obeying his sinful nature rather
than what he knows in his heart is the right thing. But God has given hope even to creation. Someday, when the sons of God are revealed,
that is all those whose lives have been reborn by the Spirit of God, creation
itself will be freed. The planet will no
longer experience natural disasters, but once again will flourish and be
protected from sin. And so, while we
suffer now due to the rebellion, someday everything will change, and we won't
even compare one day to the other. Every
injustice of life will seem as naught because we will see what God really
intended to give us.
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