What is creation looking forward to according to Romans 8?
Creation is looking forward to the lifting of the curse, when Christ rules and reigns and the restoration of the animal kingdom occurs. The context connects this hope to Romans 8 and Isaiah 11: the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and predators will no longer kill, eating grass and berries instead.
Les explains that nature today is laboring under the curse. He illustrates this with a documentary about prairie chickens and a hawk: the hawk circles, the prairie chicken tries to hide, and if it blinks, the hawk catches it. Les says this is the ecology everything is laboring under, the curse. He then points to Isaiah chapter 11, when Christ, the branch, will rule and reign in righteousness and faithfulness. After the curse is lifted, the animal kingdom will change: the wolf will dwell with the lamb, the lamb will not have to worry, and the wolf will eat grass and berries like other creatures. Les identifies this as what creation is looking forward to in Romans chapter 8.
In this explanation, what is the creation in Romans 8 looking forward to?
The creation in Romans 8 looks forward to the curse being lifted, when Christ rules and reigns in righteousness and faithfulness. Then the animal kingdom is restored to peace: the wolf dwells with the lamb, and predators eat grass and berries rather than killing, as Isaiah chapter 11 describes.
What is Isaiah 11's peaceful animal scene connected to in Romans 8?
The peaceful animal scene in Isaiah 11, where the wolf dwells with the lamb and eats grass, depicts the animal kingdom after the curse is lifted. This is the same restoration that creation is looking forward to in Romans chapter 8.