Bible Question: God but man on the earth and satin was already here. Why did he put us into this situation? Is it not like putting a kid into a candy store? I know we have free will to fellowship with God but why not in a place without satin? |
Bible Answer: God put us on earth with Satin because it was always a part of His plan to do so. Since God works all things after the counsel of His will, this must be so. Just as he had always planed that Jesus would be put to death by the hands of godless men (Acts 2:23), He had planned for Man to fall. And God did this in order to glorify his power, love and mercy through Christ. This is beautifully expressed in Rev. 8:13 where Jesus is identified as "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." (KJV) So, the redemption of man has always been God's plan. God didn't think of a plan after man had fallen. He's always known what he wanted to happen and how he wanted it to happen. God knows that he wants to glorify himself and he knows how he wants to glorify himself. God is going to glorify himself the way he wants to glorify himself, and everything happens according to his plan. |