The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ alone holds out the hope for the human family to be restored to the relationship that Adam and Eve had when he created them in Eden. But this restoration has to wait for a future action on God’s part. What this is we learn in the apostle’s words: “The eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the revealing of the sons of God.” (Rom. 8:19) The apostle Paul, who penned those words in Romans 8:15-17, classified himself among those “sons of God.”

21. Who is the principal one of those “sons of God,” and how was his “heel” wound healed, with what purpose in view according to Hebrews 2:14, 15?

²¹ Those special “sons of God” are the seed of God’s “woman,” as spoken of in God’s Edenic prophecy, at Genesis 3:15.

22. Who are the secondary members of the “seed” of God’s “woman”?

²² The secondary members of the “seed” of God’s composite “woman” are the disciples of Jesus Christ, the ones who receive a begettal by God’s spirit to become spiritual “sons of God” and joint heirs with their elder brother, Jesus Christ, in heaven.

24. The revealing of such “sons of God” is eagerly expected by whom, and after what event does this revelation take place?

²⁴ The “revealing” of these “sons of God” along with the principal Son of God, Jesus Christ, in the near future, is what the “eager expectation of the [human] creation” is earnestly awaiting. But we expect soon before that event the “great tribulation” that the heavenly Father, Jehovah God, will let loose upon the opposers and persecutors who make tribulation for his spiritual sons and their loyal companions.​—Rev. 7:14, 15; 2 Thess. 1:6-10.