What Does the Bible Say About…Creation Groaning?
I am not sure exactly what Paul meant by that phrase in Romans 8:22. There are a couple of possibilities, either taking the verse at face value or in context. Most commentators I have read say this relates to the death and decay that came through mankinds sin. Even all nature is subject to that decay, and therefore suffers pain (sighing/groaning and birth pangs) until such time as Christ comes again and mankind (and therefore all remaining nature, if any) no longer suffers death and decay. Whether this indicates that plants and animals as we know them will continue in an undying body is open to debate. All living things suffer pain, so they groan or sigh in their own way. Some may take the related thought that the whole of creation, all nature including the various animals and plants, share in the groaning (or sighing) and birth pangs which result from our existence here on earth. That is, as long as mankind continues to reject God and follow its own whims, nature will suffer. We see t
