Episode 445 Longing for Redemption (Acts 2:1-4 and Romans 8:14-39)

This week BibleWorm concludes the regular Narrative Lectionary season with the Pentecost texts: Acts 2:1-4 and Romans 8:14-39. We talk about God’s desire for the redemption of all creation, which has suffered under human neglect since the time of Adam. Paul envisions the day we humans wake up and realize that we were created not to serve sin but to tend creation in order to restore the world around us. Until then creation, and we ourselves, groan with labor pains, Paul says, as we await redemption the redemption of our bodies. We can see the new life that is possible, but the pain and danger we are experiencing in the meantime is all too real. And so we live with hope for a world that we know is possible but one that we cannot yet see.