Section 15
us. Although we are sons of God, we are under a veil. One day this veil will be removed—that will be our glorification. All the sons of God will come out from under the veil and be revealed. Then the whole universe will behold the sons of God.
The creation is eagerly expecting and anx iously watching to see this revelation of the sons of God, because "the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of Him Who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will also be freed from the slavery of corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God" (vv. 20-21). The entire creation is under vanity, bondage, and the slavery of corruption. Creation's only hope is to be freed from this slavery of corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God when the sons of God are revealed. Although the entire creation is presently held in a condition of vanity and corruption, God will bring in a kingdom to re place this present condition. The present con dition is vanity and slavery of corruption; the coming kingdom will be a kingdom of the glory of God, a kingdom composed primarily of re vealed sons of God. At the time of the revela tion of this kingdom the whole creation will be