Who will gain control of the creation that is delivered from the bondage of corruption?
Control over the delivered creation belongs to the children of God. When a person becomes a believer, they become a child of God. All creation waits for the day Christ rules as King of Kings, when believers will rule and reign with Him and exercise dominion over the restored new creation.
Les explains that the creation itself shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption and restored as it was before Adam fell. In that restoration, wildlife will no longer fear other species or man; nothing will eat meat or kill another species for its livelihood, but everything will eat what grows naturally—grass, herbs, nuts, and berries. Les points again to verse 21: the creation is delivered, and the children of God gain control of it. He reminds us that when you become a believer, you become a child of God. Creation groans and travails in pain until now, waiting for the day Christ will rule as King of Kings, when believers will rule and reign with Him and be in dominion over this glorious new creation brought out from underneath the curse.
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
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What will happen to creation when it is delivered from the bondage of corruption?
The creation itself will be delivered from the bondage of corruption and restored to the condition it was in before Adam fell.