Bible Question:
I have asked the following question before in my early days of being a christian and studying the Bible. "Why did God kills" i.e. re Amalakites,etc and have accepted the probable reasons explained then. Perhaps they really deserve to be wiped out. I am asking the same question again with the recent events happening in South East Asia i.e. the high number of death in the tsunami tragedy. If God is so full of grace and that He loves us so much that I believe Him to be, why is He allowing such massive deaths to happen? Please teach me how to explain to a non believer that God loves us that he sacrificed His son for our sins but then he still allowed such tragedy to happen. When I saw a news footage of a man on CNN who lost everything, wife, kids, house, I asked myself. Why? |
Bible Answer: Good question. Complex answer. Though God is in ultimate control, he gave man control of the Earth. We chose to obey Satan. Satan has become lord of this world. He rules by fear, greed, terror, pain. What part of this is due to him? Much. God weeps at this corruption of his creation. If God were to reveal himself to the world, all the unsaved would perish. He has a plan. He is patient so more will be saved. In the meantime, the war wages and many are lost. In revelations, 1/3 of the world will die, a much worse tragedy. The question is not how can God allow this, but how long can the world continue to reject the loving God and seek the pleasures and greed of sin and Satan's way. This points to the need to send out many more missionaries. Greentwiga |