Why do bad things happen. Why doesn't God stop them. Really bad things. Evil things. Like bombings, starvation, abuse, sex-slavery, lies...they happen. Daily.
If God truly exists why doesn't He just eradicate evil once and for all?
He did.
The Story has already been told. 'Then I saw a new heaven and new earth...There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away' (Revelation 21:1,4).
Time doesn't bind God. He's outside of linear time. He is the beginning and the end and everywhere in between. The 'eschatological' end has not simply been written but completed. Evil already has been destroyed. Johns vision was not simply a dream but a taste of what has been done, in the future. (Watch 'Back to the Future' for Doc's fantastic explanation of bending).
The very appearance of the incarnate Jesus was a prelude to the final act of the story of reconciliation. Jesus put an end to the eternal hold that death had on man since our lustful fall in the garden. We chose death - He's chosen life. And that life comes through Christ.
Why doesn't God end evil already. The real question is, when do we (the hurting, abused, disenfranchised, lied to, abandoned, hungry...) finally get to holistically experience the victory Jesus has already secured?
Begin the journey now by trusting in the salvation Christ offers.
Read Romans 1:1-3 & 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
If God truly exists why doesn't He just eradicate evil once and for all?
He did.
The Story has already been told. 'Then I saw a new heaven and new earth...There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away' (Revelation 21:1,4).
Time doesn't bind God. He's outside of linear time. He is the beginning and the end and everywhere in between. The 'eschatological' end has not simply been written but completed. Evil already has been destroyed. Johns vision was not simply a dream but a taste of what has been done, in the future. (Watch 'Back to the Future' for Doc's fantastic explanation of bending).
The very appearance of the incarnate Jesus was a prelude to the final act of the story of reconciliation. Jesus put an end to the eternal hold that death had on man since our lustful fall in the garden. We chose death - He's chosen life. And that life comes through Christ.
Why doesn't God end evil already. The real question is, when do we (the hurting, abused, disenfranchised, lied to, abandoned, hungry...) finally get to holistically experience the victory Jesus has already secured?
Begin the journey now by trusting in the salvation Christ offers.
Read Romans 1:1-3 & 2 Corinthians 5:16-21