...and I weep for the here and now while there is still sorrow and death. Man just can't get it right. It's like Sherwin Williams but in this case it's sin that covers the earth, not paint.
I can see the metaphor even applying to the Blood of the Lamb, slain for all men...
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Romans 8:22