Paul assumes, of course, that this will be the revelation of God, and of Jesus. But what counts here, because this is how God made the world from the beginning, is that creation is longing for us – us humans, us Jesus-followers, us spirit-temples – to be unveiled as the glorified, in other words the empowered, stewards of creation, called to restore creation to its proper purpose. Creation is, of course, waiting for its creator. But what it mostly wants is its proper steward, the wise human family in whom the creator’s own spirit is at work. One day we, Jesus’ followers, shall be revealed as
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