Rebellion

Creation is in labor (Rom. 8:22), and it has been given no epidural.  In Mark 4:35-41 we see Jesus perfectly doing what we were intended to do – exercising dominion over the earth.  We were to rule over creation as stewards of God’s good work and to image the way God sovereignly watches over and protects his handiwork.  Recently we have observed the devastation caused by the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile.  The very creation that we were to have dominion over has rebelled against us as we have rebelled against our Sovereign Lord.  How tragic, and how fitting it is for rebels to be rebelled against.  How fitting for the very earth that we were to tend, to rise up and slaughter us with all its might.  How long O Lord?  How long will you tarry as we are being killed by the curse?  Yet, we know that in Christ’s crucifixion he became the curse for us (Gal.3:13), and that in his resurrection he is the first-born from the dead, the first fruits of the new creation (Col. 1:18). Through King Jesus the Father has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Eph. 3).  His great love for his own glory and for wretched sinners compelled him to crucify his Son(1 John 2:12; John 3:16).  The glorious grace that he extended to us in Christ ensures that, through him, he will not withhold any good thing from his elect (Rom. 8:32).  So, stand in awe at the glory of our great God in the face of Christ Jesus, knowing that the disasters of this cursed world are not worth comparing to the glory to be revealed (8:18).

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