Did creation choose to be subjected to vanity?
No. Romans 8:20 states the creature was made subject to vanity "not willingly," but "by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope." Creation did not choose subjection to the curse; God subjected it, with a promised remedy through the Redeemer.
Les explains that as soon as the curse fell, the present ecology was set up, with one species feeding on another—the leopard stalking the deer or zebra, birds robbing other birds' nests. That is not how God created it; it is the result of the curse. Yet all creation is aware it was subjected to the curse, and also that the day is coming when the curse will be lifted. Paul writes by inspiration in Romans 8:20 that the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who subjected the same in hope. As soon as the curse fell, God said He had a remedy through the Redeemer, through the Son, and through the seed of the woman.
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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What does it mean that creation was subjected to vanity in hope?
Creation was made subject to vanity 'in hope,' because just as soon as the curse fell God came back and declared that He had a remedy.