Bible Questions Answered:
“Romans says creation is groaning in
pain. Does the earth feel pain?”
Bonnie/ Hampton, New Hampshire U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Romans 8:20-22 NLT
20 Against its will, all creation
was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope,
21 the creation looks forward to
the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from
death and decay.
22 For we know that all creation
has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the
present time.
Does the earth feel pain? Holy Scripture states the earth groans in
pain. Anything living feels pain, we must then of necessity ask the
question, is the earth alive, and the answer to that question is an
absolute yes, it is.
The earth is alive with all forms of life. The earth is “not,”
all rock, but water, plants and trees, etc. Trees cycle from giving
out oxygen, to taking in carbon dioxide, cycles based upon day and
night, sun and darkness. As the earth breaths, so too does man.
Seasons show life and change, lunar tides, giving a heart beat.
Volcanoes, earthquakes and constantly changing weather, all show the
earth to be alive and vibrant. Someone has said, “God never created
a dead body!” And how true that is.
All of creation came under the curse of God, when Adam choose to join
his wife in sin.
Genesis 3:17-19
KJV
17 And unto
Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife,
and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou
shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow
shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also
and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the
herb of the field;
19 In the sweat
of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground;
for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt
thou return.
Since that day, all of creation has been groaning. “Thorns also
and thistles (Gen. 3:18), were not apart of God's original
creation plan.
And the earth is in pain today, because of the harmful things man
does, that hurt the earth!
And God has promised to punish them!
Revelation 11:18
KJV
And the nations
were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that
they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy
servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy
name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy
the earth.
Our God keeps some very accurate records.
Daniel 7:10 KJV
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him: thousand
thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten
thousand stood before Him: the judgment was set, and the books were
opened.
Revelation 20:12
KJV
And I saw the
dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened:
and another book was opened, which is The Book Of Life: and the dead
were judged out of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works.
Judgment awaits
those who give the earth pain:
Psalm 92:7 NLT
Though the
wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be
destroyed forever.
Proverbs 5:21,22
KJV
21 For the ways
of man are before the eyes of The Lord, and He pondereth all his
goings.
22 His own
iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with
the cords of his sins.
II Thessalonians
1:7-9 KJV
7 "...The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His
mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and
that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the
presence of The Lord, and from the glory of His power;
Victory Ahead!
One day coming, the curse of sin will be done away with, and all
things will be made new!
Isaiah 25:9 KJV
And it shall be
said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He
will save us: this is The Lord; we have waited for Him, we will be
glad and rejoice in His salvation.
Isaiah 65:17 KJV
For, behold, I
create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be
remembered, nor come into mind.
II Peter 3:10-13
KJV (Day of purification.)
10 But the day
of The Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein
shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then
that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons
ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for
and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens
being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless
we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth,
wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Edenic
Restoration:
Romans 8:21 KJV
the creation looks forward to
the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from
death and decay.
Isaiah 11:6-9
KJV
6 The wolf also
shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the
kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a
little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow
and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together:
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the
sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child
shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
9 They shall
not hurt nor destroy in all My Holy Mountain: for the earth shall be
full of the knowledge of The Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
Revelation
21:1-27 KJV
1 And I saw a
new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John
saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her Husband.
3 And I heard a
great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is
with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people,
and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And He that
sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And
He said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And He said
unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, The Beginning And The End.
I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of
life freely.
7 He that over
cometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall
be My son.
8 But the
fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and
whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death.
9 And there
came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full
of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I
will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10 And he
carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and
shewed me that great city, The Holy Jerusalem, descending out of
heaven from God,
11 Having the
glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even
like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a
wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve
angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve
tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east
three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and
on the west three gates.
14 And the wall
of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the
twelve apostles of The Lamb.
15 And he that
talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates
thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city
lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he
measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length
and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And he
measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits,
according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the
building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold,
like unto clear glass.
19 And the
foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of
precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second,
sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth,
sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth,
beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a
jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the
twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl:
and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent
glass.
22 And I saw no
temple therein: for The Lord God Almighty and The Lamb are the temple
of it.
23 And the city
had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the
glory of God did lighten it, and The Lamb is the light thereof.
24 And the
nations of them which are saved shall walk in The Light of it: and
the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.
25 And the
gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no
night there.
26 And they
shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
27 And there
shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither
whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are
written in The Lamb's Book Of Life.
Revelation
22:1-21 KJV
1 And he shewed
me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of
The Throne Of God and of The Lamb.
2 In the midst
of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the
tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her
fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of
the nations.
3 And there
shall be no more curse: but The Throne Of God and of The Lamb
shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they
shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there
shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of
the sun; for The Lord God giveth them Light: and they shall reign for
ever and ever.
6 And he said
unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the
holy prophets sent His angel to shew unto His servants the things
which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I
come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy
of this book.
8 And I John
saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I
fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me
these things.
9 Then saith he
unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow servant, and
of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of
this book: worship God.
10 And he saith
unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the
time is at hand.
11 He that is
unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be
filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still:
and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold,
I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according
as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha
and Omega, The Beginning And The End, The First And The Last.
14 Blessed are
they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree
of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without
are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore mongers, and murderers, and
idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have
sent Mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.
I am The Root
And The Offspring Of David, and The Bright And Morning Star.
17 And The
Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come.
And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take
the water of Life freely.
18 For I
testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this
book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him
the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any
man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy
city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which
testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so,
come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Not only may
nature be free from judgment, but all those who call on The Lord, may be as well!
John 8:32-36 KJV
32 And ye shall
know The Truth, and The Truth shall make you free.
33 They
answered Him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any
man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus
answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth
sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the
servant abideth not in the house for ever: but The Son abideth ever.
36 If The Son
therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Acts 2:21 KJV
And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall
be saved.
