Invitation into Union

My personal consensus is that the Romans 8 declaration that “creation is waiting with eager expectation for the revealing of the sons of God” is not principally about people having an intellectual understanding of their status as sons of God, but rather more specifically it is about people awakening to their invitation into a measure of union that manifests likeness. The earth is not just waiting for you to know that you are a son, no, creation needs you to look like a son, a son predestined to be conformed into the image of the Son.