Why Does God Allow Pain And Suffering?

 WHY GOD ALLOWS PAIN AND SUFFERING

 

Why does God allow pain and suffering?

WHY DOES GOD ALLOW PAIN AND SUFFERING?

Welcome to our latest blog post, "Why Does God Allow Pain and Suffering?" This is a question that has been asked by countless individuals throughout history and across cultures. It's a topic that touches the very core of human existence and spirituality. In this post, we will explore various perspectives on why pain and suffering exist in our world, drawing from religious texts, philosophical theories, and personal experiences. 

People often ask:
What does God say about pain and suffering?
What is God's purpose in your pain?
Why does God allow bad things to happen?
Is pain a blessing from God?

We aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of this complex issue, offering comfort and insight to those grappling with these challenging questions. 

So, whether you're seeking answers for personal reasons or intellectual curiosity, stay with us as we delve into this profound topic. Remember to share your thoughts in the comments section and share this post with others who might find it beneficial. Let's embark on this journey of discovery together.

To help us understand the underlying causes of pain and suffering, we will be covering these topics in this post:

• Understanding the place of evil in the training and development of the human race.
• The evil God includes in the batch process for cultivating humans.
• How God develops humans in batches.
• Why periods of training and development are followed by periods of examination and tests.
• The summer and winter periods and the guardianship of the earth
• The summer period of the earth with Christ as ruler.
• The winter period of the earth with Lucifer as ruler.
• How can a loving God allow evil gods and angels?
• How God combines the good and the evil in the batch process of breeding humans.
• The evil among us and the twelve oxen on the sea of glass.
• God honors those who overcome evil on the day of judgment.
• God rewards evil with the seven plagues on the day of judgment.
• Other reasons for the batch process of developing humans.
• Considering forgiveness as a reason why God plants evildoers among us to learn from the righteous.
• The mercy seat of God.
• Suffering! Why is there suffering and pain in the world?

Our previous post on evil is Lucifer, Satan's Rebellion Against God.

DOES GOD ALLOW PAIN AND SUFFERING FOR NOUGHT?

Pain and suffering are universal experiences that no one can escape. Whether it is physical, emotional, or spiritual, we all face challenges and difficulties that cause us to question the meaning and purpose of our lives. 

Why does God allow pain and suffering? How can we reconcile the existence of a loving and powerful God with the reality of evil and injustice in the world? These are some of the most profound and perplexing questions that humans have ever asked.

UNDERSTANDING THE PLACE OF EVIL IN THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN RACE

The grim reality is that God knows our suffering, yet he allows it to exist for various reasons. However, there shall be retributive justice for all evildoers who fail to change their ways. Equally, all injustices shall be rewarded.

In part, some of the reason we are passing through evil is for training purposes. For example, when an offender is offered probation to live among the righteous but goes on to commit more crimes against people. They may choose to forgive him or punish him this time. 

We may then ask, why does God allow Evil, as a means of training his children?

This is the most encompassing reason for the existence of evil in our times. We shall find out how passing through evil makes us develop resistance to evil and corruption. This is the test to everlasting life which our human ancestors Adam and Eve, failed.

For us to understand the place of evil in the training and development of the human race, we shall examine God’s doctrine of human husbandry in Isaiah 28 in relation to the harvest and judgment of the human race in the book of Revelation. That is, we shall examine the circumstances under which God breeds humans from infancy until they become angels as recorded in Revelation 21 and 22.

This examination of our existence from ancient times to the modern, through summer and winter, day and night, Christ and Lucifer, the good and the bad, is important in our total understanding of the nature, benefits, pitfalls, and uses, of evil.

Always remember that the overall purpose of what we are passing through shall at the end of this age, qualify and certify us as the angels of God. Let us hear from Christ.

Luke 20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: 35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Thus, God’s development plan for humans is to become the immortal sons and daughters of God as his angels. Let Jesus bear me witness.

Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

THE EVIL GOD INCLUDES IN THE BATCH PROCESS FOR CULTIVATING HUMANS

Let us examine how God combines the human race through the ages to achieve this objective. To what ratio does he combine the good and the bad, the righteous and the evildoers in any given period and within the same geographical location? This leads us to the batch process of breeding humans.

HOW GOD DEVELOPS HUMANS IN BATCHES 

God creates and develops humans in batches. The many generations of the heavens and of the earth signify that there have been many generations of creatures in the past.

Genesis 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

He then adds other humans he had created from time to time. This may be righteous humans or evil humans. He may also add the ancients, angels, his cherubs as well as humans who are at their initial stages of development. In all these, the first to arrive in the field or environment are usually the gods or tillers of the human race.

PERIODS OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ARE FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF EXAMINATION AND TESTS

After periods of training and development, the humans are tested. Those who have developed to the required standard are harvested and may be replanted for further development as can be seen from this harvest of the Old Testament training. 

Luke 10:1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

In the course of the ages, the different phases of our development throughout our history take us through different sets of workers in the lord’s Vineyard. This is how the Bible puts it.

John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. 36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. 38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

Those who planted the human race and the prophets who taught the human race in the Old Testament have long gone, but these new laborers of God are harvesting the human crops planted by the prophets and angels of old. In time other angels will harvest what the present prophets and angels within the human race are toiling for. This future day of judgment and harvest of the earth is known as the Lord’s Day!

THE GUARDIANSHIP OF THE EARTH DURING SUMMER AND WINTER

We are in a development process from ancient times to the modern, in which we pass through summer and winter conditions.

The summer and winter conditions of the Earth

In effect, we pass through two opposing rulers or gods of the earth, Christ and Lucifer. The Bible calls them husbandmen.

The first husbandman is Jesus Christ, the summer husbandman. He plants and waters the flock, in his season, and out of his season, for God. 

He plants the humans, and the doctrine of God, to till the human population. 

He sustains it, through the many prophets, and resource persons in all areas of life he deploys on the ground. The prophets are usually well known to us, but the sons of God or cherubs allocated to us for the advancement of the civilization of the different groups of the human race, are seldom well known to us. The exceptions are the king of Tyre and Pharaoh Hophra.

The intricacies of the summer and winter conditions

The second husbandman is Lucifer, the winter husbandman. His work is like that of the lions, hyenas, tigers, jaguars, leopard, and other prey animals, that hunts down and weeds off the weak members of different stocks of animals. The leftover animals are the fit and healthy stock. These remnant stocks are the ones that pass on their genes, to father and mother the next generation of offspring, the harvest of that age.

Why God allow Lucifer.

 Thus, God's purpose for allowing Lucifer's and the fallen angels' rulership is to weed off, all those having similar characteristics and tendencies as themselves. This leaves behind a strong honest workforce for God. In this, will you judge God as wise, heartless, or evil?

HOW DOES GOD ACCOMPLISH THIS? 

During Lucifer's period, as it is now, the standard is a corruption of the original or divine principles handed down by God. The weak are those who yield to Lucifer and follow his ways, while the strong are those who resist him even with dreadful consequences on their lives.

The purpose of Satan

In the end, God punishes the wicked and blesses the faithful.

This is how God put it in Genesis 8:22 after Noah built an altar and sacrificed unto him.

Genesis 8: 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

THE SUMMER PERIOD WITH CHRIST AS RULER

The period of Christ as ruler is the summer of the earth.  This is the period of the righteous gods, although those of them in Egypt rebelled against Christ between 1600 BC and 1446 BC as recorded in Exodus1: 8 to Exodus12:12.

Jesus Christ, the king of summer,
Meaning, The Lord our righteousness! 

THE WINTER PERIOD WITH LUCIFER AS RULER

The period of Lucifer is the period of the evil or rebellious gods. This period is called the winter period of the earth. It is the period in which we are living now and began in 740 BC after the period of Christ's rule ended.

These two periods, through Christ and Lucifer, each of which runs into thousands of years give us an overview of the intricacies of the law of the duality of life.

HOW CAN A LOVING GOD ALLOW EVIL gods AND ANGELS?

During the winter period of the earth, God gives amnesty to the rebel angels and gods, giving them rulership. God pardons them to turn a new leaf. 

Isaiah 26:10. Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

Nut, the heavenly cow

A record of an earlier winter period of the earth, similar to the one we are living in now, is recorded in the Egyptian Book of the Heavenly Cow or the Book of the Cow of Heaven. It in part, describes the reasons for the imperfect state of the world in terms of humankind's rebellion against the supreme sun god, Ra. The uses the same narrative techniques of the book of Revelation in that an angel stands in for Christ, the heavenly father and the Holy Spirit unlike in the Egyptian book where the sun god failed to disclose that it and the other gods are standing in for the Trinity. Is this why we have this passage in Isaiah against the sun and the moon gods? 

Isaiah 24:20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. 22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

We shall talk more on this in a future blog post and video.

Our development through phases of righteous spiritual guidance and later through evil spiritual guidance through the gods gives us a better and more balanced overall view of life.

 

HOW GOD COMBINES THE GOOD AND THE EVIL IN THE BATCH PROCESS OF BREEDING HUMANS

In addition to passing through phases of righteous and evil spiritual rulers, God also combines the good and the bad humans when he sends us here to learn some lessons at any point in time. He does not allow the evil to rot in hell forever but sometimes brings them to the surface, giving them another opportunity to live among the righteous in order to learn their ways. In the process, we too learn the act of forgiveness when these pardoned prisoners hurt us. This is how the batch process works.

Each time God creates new galaxies and solar systems, he puts the souls he has created through an educational program to learn and grow. They have to evolve under his care and tutelage to greater beings.

Does he only put young souls there or the young and the ancient as recorded in the Old Testament? What about the ratio of the good souls to the bad souls there? He puts the good and the bad together so that they can learn from one another.

THE EVIL AMONG US, THE TWELVE OXEN ON THE SEA OF GLASS

The twelve oxen on the molten sea

The bad or evil ones as included in our generation are symbolized by each of the four oxen facing the four corners of the earth as recorded in 1 Kings.

1 Kings 7:23. And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

GOD HONORS THOSE WHO OVERCOME EVIL IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

God added the same proportion of evil people to all the regions of the earth. This is to give them a chance to repent. Instead, many of them try to lure others into evil. 

But those who overcome the evil in whatever form and magnitude it comes get rewarded by the heavenly father as the harpers of God. So, on the Lord’s Day, the overcomers of evil become the harpers and prophets of God. 

This batching or generation method of raising humans enables us to reap the enduring benefits of righteousness in the long run. This is what Noah and Enoch did in their generation.

The harpers of God in Revelation 15
Credit: Revelationscripture.com

Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. 5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:

GOD REWARDS EVIL WITH THE SEVEN PLAGUES IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

This batching method enables us to realize the futility of evil as a method of growth. The evil ones who fail to change face the seven vials of God in the first judgment as punishment. 

Revelation 15:6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

This dual opportunity to witness the comparative rewards of evil and righteousness, safeguards our development further unto perfection as his angels in the day of resurrection. We are then able to re-enter the garden of God to reclaim our lost glory, and his blessings such as immortality which comes with our maturity over good and evil.

Luke 20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: 35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

This is when God allows us into Eden to eat the tree of life and drink from the river of life.

Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

This post was therefore about explaining the nature, scope, and sources of the evil that we may encounter in the course of our development up to the day of resurrection.

OTHER REASONS FOR THE BATCH PROCESS OF DEVELOPING HUMANS

In the course of personal development, People often talk about their course mates in school, such as the universities and training institutions for the military and other establishments. It is the same principle that God applies when selecting the right mixture of people to breed on earth. God includes bad humans among the good humans that he selects to develop on Earth for many other reasons.

FORGIVENESS, IS A REASON WHY GOD PLANTS EVIL-DOERS AMONG US

Although there are other reasons besides the mercy seat of God such as learning to defend others in need, our speed of learning arising from a greater variety of experiences between good and evil also increases. It is like driving an old car that breaks down every now and then. Soon, you become a very good car mechanic, knowing every part of the car because all the car parts have given you a lot of trouble and you are better off studying and mastering them! 

Now, let us consider the mercy seat of God, the one thing God uses to give the evildoers the privilege of a second chance at staying among the living.

THE MERCY SEAT OF GOD

Why does God allow evil? We may as well put it this way; why does God include bad elements among the good people he breeds on earth? The answer is simple, to give them an opportunity to repent of their sins and obtain mercy from the Lord while learning from the righteous.

We also learn from their mistakes and forgive them if we can when they hurt us.

SUFFERING! WHY IS THERE SUFFERING AND PAIN IN THE WORLD?

Although pain and suffering will be considered separately in relation to karma, let us study the various levels of the hellish individuals that are among us and from where they are brought to live among us here on earth. This will enable us to understand the nature of the criminals or the evil among us.

To grasp the nature of the evil people among us and consequently, a better understanding of the level of evil they harbour, let us take a look at the Universe and its structure at the various levels of existence in the next blog post. Don't miss it. 

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