Timothy J. Keller Quote
The word frustration here—mataiotes—is the same word as the one translated as vanity in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Old Testament. It means nature is alienated, both from us (who were meant to live in harmony with nature, as its directors, or rulers—see Genesis 1:29), and from itself.
Timothy J. Keller
The word frustration here—mataiotes—is the same word as the one translated as vanity in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Old Testament. It means nature is alienated, both from us (who were meant to live in harmony with nature, as its directors, or rulers—see Genesis 1:29), and from itself.