The apostle Paul established Johnson’s notion that for a glorious life to arise, one must be subjected into a life of struggles that evoke both pain and death. Without these horrifying forms of suffering, one cannot achieve the greatest quality of life. Paul provided the theological foundation for the concept of redemption. Redemption was a form of liberation that all creatures awaited within the natural world to break free from the bondage of suffering. Redemption came in the form of acknowledging God’s love for us when it sacrificed its son Jesus Christ to save us all from our sins, and provided us with a sense of hope. According to Johnson, a creature suffers by enduring pain at various levels. Suffering is an affective state of anxiety
