Yeah, can anyone answer this question
I know that was important for me......answers to the difficult questions. Did God leave us in the dark to suffer? Why is life so hard?
Why exactly would God decide to create a angel who would turn evil and have billions of us/Jesus suffer and die?
I wondered about this too, but so did the Bible writers who in times past did not have the knowledge that we do now in this “time of the end”.
What is the purpose of all this suffering? I wanted to know why too....and the Bible itself provided the answers.....finding out why altered my whole perspective and increased my admiration for God’s wisdom in allowing us to experience what life is like without him.
God created all his intelligent ‘children’ with free will, but in order to control the negative effects of abusing this gift, he made sure that there were rules in place to deal with such an outcome should it arise.
When a magnificent spirit creature began to desire what was not rightfully his, he saw an opportunity to gain worship for himself by stealing the worship of lesser beings who were assigned to be permanent caretakers of this carefully and lovingly prepared planet we call Earth. Only by alienating them from their Creator could he gain control of their worship which is what he desired.
God had two choices.....he could eliminate the rebels and start again, or he could use the defection as an object lesson to teach all of his ’children’ (in both realms) the vaue of obedience to him as their Sovereign ruler....the one who knew what was best for them.
What is so important about this angel that he must be kept around and we have to be constantly hit over the head with the idea that we are all filthy depraved sinners who deserve death because two people are from a tree
What was unleashed by the eating of that fruit? It wasn’t poisonous, but represented God’s Sovereignty....his right to set the limits and standards for the life he had given to them.
By deciding to take what belonged to God, he allowed them all to run with it, and to experience first hand what independence from God means in reality......it would then create a record for all time to come so that whatever God has planned for the future could go ahead without impediment. The complete mess that humans, under the influence of the devil, on the planet and each other, will not be an experience anyone would want repeated. Who enjoys living in this world? Only those who can exploit others....who have no idea what is good and what is bad...only what is good for themselves.
God has allowed this so that this situation will never happen again, and free will can remain as the gift it was meant to be, rather than the curse it became when it was abused.
Deciding what is good and what is bad for yourself, without God's guidance, only leads to disaster.
So the lesson is......listen to God and obey him, not because he is a tyrant, and you should fear his punishment, (BTW, there is no such place as hell) but because he loves you, and wants the best for you. Pulling away from him is what caused this mess, but it is soon to be remedied and life will return to the way it was meant to be for those who understand the value of faith and obedience to the Creator. (Rev 21:2-4)
