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Why Does God Permit Wickedness and Suffering? (Part 2)
Title: WHY DOES GOD PERMIT WICKEDNESS & SUFFERING ? (Part 2)
Author: Arthur Zulu Contact Author: mailto:
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WHY DOES GOD PERMIT WICKEDNESS & SUFFERING ? (Part 2)
By Arthur Zulu
Wickedness has a long history. As old as the history of man on
this planet -- 6,000 years.
So, in a sense there is nothing happening now that has not
happened before. Long before the Twin Towers collapsed, long
before the war on terrorists, and long before the Israelis and
the Palestinians began to send each other to untimely graves,
the history of man right from Bible times has been a tale of
misery and woes.
Consider our first parents, Adam and Eve. Their suffering knew
no bounds. Adam was to till and plough the ground before he
could eat. (0nly God knows how he made his farm implements). And
Eve was to suffer terrible pains during child birth. That was
not enough. They would have to die!
Murder also was present in the beginning. Cain killed his
brother Abel. His offence? God accepted his sacrifice. David,
the King murdered Uriah and took his only beautiful wife,
Bathsheba. And this, despite all the many wives of David! Add to
this the killing of Christian martyrs like Stephen, and Gods
prophets to make the homicide scenes complete.
Also violence is not new. Nimrod the great hunter was a violent
man who opposed God. He even initiated the construction of a
mighty tower in Babel. And then came the Nephilims. These were
violent giant offsprings resulting from the marriage between
angels from heaven and beautiful women on earth. In fact
wickedness was so rife in those days that God regretted making
man in the first place.
What of rape? When you hear about a serial rapist, that one may
be borrowing a leaf from Lots daughters. These beautiful girls
had their father, Lot, drunk with wine, raped him and had
children for him (what a shame!) And beautiful easy-going Dinah,
A Path To PeaceThe root of discord and violence between people and nations comes from our ..... too, was raped by Schechem. And her brothers went on a killing
spree!
Even oppression and injustice are not new. The Egyptians made
the Israelites slaves in the land of Egypt. They were makers of
bricks and builders of cities. And in order to suppress the
Israeli population, their male children were killed at child
birth! Naboth, a property owner in Israel also experienced
oppression and injustice when King Ahab and his wicked wife,
Jezebel had him killed, and seized his vineyard.
What about hatred? Is it a new phenomenon? No. Two fleshly
brothers, Esau and Jacob hated each other to death. And do you
know the origin of the hatred? Jacob buying Esaus first born
birthright with a pot of porridge. Ridiculous? Maybe.
Further down in this list, Josephs brothers hated him, sold him
into slavery, and was taken to Egypt because of jealousy. King
Saul hated David to death because he got more praises for war
victories. And Haman plotted the extermination of the Jewish
race in Persia during the reign of Ahaseurus. Why? Because
Mordecai, the Jew refused to bow down to him.
Even war as one historian said, has been a constant in history
. God himself destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha. The Israelites
fought many wars against the inhabitants of Canaan and occupied
their lands under Gods direction. Even God allowed the nation
of Israel to be later destroyed by Babylon, and Babylon itself
was later destroyed by the Persians. Again, when the church Holy
Fathers abuse children, newsmen go to town. But do you know that
the sons of high priest Eli -- Holpni and Phinehas, who also
were officiating priests, were having sexual intercourse with
women right before the temple? The Israeli men abused,
maltreated and divorced their wives on flimsy excuses in Bible
times. Even some burnt their children in sacrifice to idols,
while others killed and ate theirs!
What is more? Of course the list is endless: Delilah betrayed
Samson, her husband to the Philistines; Achan stole dedicated
spoils of war in Jericho; the sons of Korah rebelled against the
leadership of Moses; the Gibeonites tricked the Israelites, and
Ananias the thief and Peter the Apostle, lied.
Now God has permitted and is still allowing these bad things to
happen in our time. Why does he permit it? But before we answer
that question, let us first find out if God exists. (To be
continued)
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