Creation's Liberation
God’s plan for mankind has always been to save them all. The revelation of that plan, however, did not come to mankind until it was revealed to the Apostle Paul between 33 and 50 AD. Up until then God had only revealed his dealings with regard to his chosen people Israel as shown to Moses and the other Prophets to Israel. What He had planned for Gentiles was a “mystery”.
“Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you, that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation…which was not made known to people in other generations…This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 3:2-6)
Without the revelation of the salvation of Gentiles as well as Jews, the Gentiles had “no hope” and were “without God in the world” only in the sense that they were unaware of God’s plan for them.
“That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the Common-wealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world” (Ephesians 2:12)
But God chose Paul to give the good news of His intent to save everyone by the resurrection of the dead to immortal life.
“…this grace was given me to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, and to make plain to everyone this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known…As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” (Ephesians 3:8-10; 1 Corinthians 15:22)
The church which Paul was establishing with this good news gospel was to share the good news to everyone. It has failed because it was corrupted by religious men starting before Paul died.
“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all… I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ…the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.” (Galatians 1:6-11; 1 Timothy 1:14-16)
What we see today is a form of legalism, which only saves those who obey a gospel invented by religious men which has nothing to do with grace and ”which is really no gospel at all”.
“Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you, that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation…which was not made known to people in other generations…This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 3:2-6)
Without the revelation of the salvation of Gentiles as well as Jews, the Gentiles had “no hope” and were “without God in the world” only in the sense that they were unaware of God’s plan for them.
“That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the Common-wealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world” (Ephesians 2:12)
But God chose Paul to give the good news of His intent to save everyone by the resurrection of the dead to immortal life.
“…this grace was given me to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, and to make plain to everyone this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known…As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” (Ephesians 3:8-10; 1 Corinthians 15:22)
The church which Paul was establishing with this good news gospel was to share the good news to everyone. It has failed because it was corrupted by religious men starting before Paul died.
“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all… I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ…the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.” (Galatians 1:6-11; 1 Timothy 1:14-16)
What we see today is a form of legalism, which only saves those who obey a gospel invented by religious men which has nothing to do with grace and ”which is really no gospel at all”.
Mankind, through the promise of salvation, are set free from the fear of the harsh penalty of the law (death)- by faith in the glorious “hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.” The whole creation is to be saved by he same God who "subjected it" to frustration.
“For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved.” (Romans 8:20-24)
“For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved.” (Romans 8:20-24)