to us. A mitigating factor in all this is that we really don’t need to have answers to these questions. Nor is Paul’s main purpose here to give us a detailed description of creation’s “attitude” during its career in a sin-stained world. The apostle’s emphasis becomes clear in verse 23, where the believer’s anticipation of glory becomes the real focus of attention for this section. Paul tells us that creation is waiting “for the sons of God to be revealed.” In the everyday world, it is impossible