Romans Chapter 8 Vs. 19

 

Future Glory

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. Rom 8:19

the earnest expectation... Greek: apokaradokia, anxious looking with outstretched body (Phlp. 3:20).

of the creature... Greek: ktisis. Creation (Mark 10:6; 13:19; Rom. 1:20; 8:22; 2Pet. 3:4; Rev. 3:14), creature (Mark 16:15; Rom. 1:25; 8:19-21, 8:39; 2Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15; Col. 1:15, 1:23; Heb. 4:13); building (Heb. 9:11); and ordinance (1Pet. 2:13). Here it refers to the whole creation waiting for the removal of the curse.

waiteth for the... Greek: apekdechomai, wait for (Rom. 8:19, 8:23, 8:25; 1Cor. 1:7; Gal. 5:5) and look for (Phlp. 3:20; Heb. 9:28; 1Pet. 3:20).

The creature or creation eagerly looks forward to the revelation of the sons of God in the Millennium (the 1000 year earthly reign), because that is the time when the curse will be lifted and creation will be restored to Edenic conditions.

Everyone who believes in Jesus the Christ is also earnestly awaiting the coming of Christ and our eternal life as a son of God. While we are in a fleshly body, it is our most blessed hope. When we leave this body, and are in heaven with Jesus, it will be a reality.

The interrelationship of man with the physical creation of which he is a part and in which he lives was established in God’s sentence of judgment on Adam after the Fall (Gen. 3:17-19). In Rom. 8:19-21 Paul demonstrated that this relationship has a future aspect in connection with God’s program of salvation for people. He declared, The Creation waits in eager expectation (lit., “for the strained expectation [apokaradokia is used only one other time in the NT, in Phlp. 1:20] of the Creation keeps on eagerly awaiting”) for the sons of God to be revealed. The verb for “eagerly waits” (apekdechomai) is used seven times in the New Testament, each time to refer to Christ’s return (Rom. 8:19, 8:23, 8:25; 1Cor. 1:7; Gal. 5:5; Phlp. 3:20; Heb. 9:28). The revealing of the sons of God will occur when Christ returns for His own. They will share His glory (Rom. 8:18; Col. 1:27; 3:4; Heb. 2:10), and will be transformed (Rom. 8:23). All of nature (inanimate and animate) is personified as waiting eagerly for that time.