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of God. There will be no need for us to say any thing. We shall be designated by our glorifica tion. The entire creation is waiting for this with watching eyes, for the creation eagerly expects the revelation of the sons of God.
Verse 20 continues, "For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but be cause of Him Who subjected it." The entire cre ation is under vanity. Everything under the sun is vanity. The wise king Solomon said, "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity" (Eccl. 1:2).
Then verse 21 says, "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." In the entire universe there is nothing except vanity and corruption. This corruption is a kind of bondage, a slavery, that binds the whole creation. Creation has been made subject to vanity in the hope that it will be freed from the slavery of corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. One day the children of God will be glorified, brought into glory. With that glory there will be freedom, and that freedom will be a kingdom, sphere, or realm. When we are brought into that freedom or kingdom of glory, creation will be delivered from vanity, corruption, and slavery.