The trail of Romans 8:22-25 is set in the
context of the bondage to decay and the victory over it in Christ Jesus.
The phrase “bondage to
decay” in Romans 8:21 needs to be looked at
closely.
Genesis 2:17
immediately comes to mind. In that
verse, God told Adam that “The day he eats from the forbidden tree, he will
certainly die“. The moment Adam
blatantly disobeyed God and ate from the forbidden tree, the process of death
kicked in. It started with the human
spirit being separated from God and then the physical body beginning to decay,
leading to death. This is covered in
detail under the section “The Origin of Sin” in Volume 1
of this series.
When we accepted Jesus
as our personal Lord and Saviour, our dead spirit was regenerated; it came back
to life again in that it is reunited with God.
However, the natural body is still dead. We are waiting for Christ Jesus to redeem our
physical body from decay and death. The
scriptural proof is found in Romans 8:10-11.
Romans 8:22-25
speaks of the redemption and transformation of this naturally dead body to one
that will be immortal. The apostle Paul
spoke of this mystery in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 where
he revealed that we will all be completely and wondrously transformed. All who
believe in Christ will have their physical bodies raised imperishable. As
recorded in 1 Corinthians 15:26, the last enemy to be
abolished and put to an end is death and we are awaiting that day to
come. 1 Corinthians 15:53 says that this
perishable part of us must put on the imperishable nature, and this mortal part
of us that is capable of dying must put on immortality which is freedom from
death.
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