Our planet and the whole universe is in total chaos.Is this the same God that flooded the whole planet and told Noah to build an ark?Did God arrange the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs?Why did God allow the world wars to happen?
What was the name of that meeting in Constantinople where the Emperor decided what should be in the bible and what should be excluded.
Why does each religion thing they are right and all the other religions are wrong?
Where is God hiding?All this technology we find nothing.
There’s a flip side to that. People are always so eager to fault God. To be fair, we have to look at both sides and get the facts, before we can get a clear understanding. How ‘bout us?
We accuse a just, perfect, sinless God of violence, but we would do well to look at our own lives, before accusing Him. We spit upon Him, beat Him to a pulp, denied Him, rejected Him, mocked Him, and even today, cause wars, rape, murder, steal, commit adultery and fornication, lie, lust, cheat, betray, the list goes on. We are not holier than Almighty God, nor smarter or wiser. If we say we are, we are liars.
God is fair. Sin, is not! Christians of that day, stood up to their enemies, because they didn’t want to watch their children and wives ravaged and killed. Most of them perished by the sword. There is no scripture stating that it’s a sin to fight back in a violent way against an attacker.
God was keeping His promise to protect His children against their enemies in time of war.
Several times in the Gospels, Jesus’s enemies attempted to take His life, but instead of striking them down as He well could have, each time He eluded them. Sometimes His apostles vigorously defended themselves, yet many died as martyrs, while offering no resistance. They walked and talked with Jesus, and were willing to die for their faith in Him...all in their personal, written testimonies.
As far as God killing children, the Massacre of the Innocents describes infanticide by Herod the Great, the Roman-appointed King of the Jews. According to the Gospel of Matthew, Herod ordered the execution of all young male children, two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem, so as to avoid the loss of his throne to a newborn King of the Jews, Jesus, whose birth had been announced to him by the Magi. It is fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy.
Though God sometimes used warfare to bring justice upon entire societies and political structures, this does not mean he judged every specific person who was part of that group. The societal values that produced these detestable acts were the target of God’s actions. Unfortunately, some “innocent” people faced the consequences, but such, regrettably, are the ramifications of living in a world entirely corrupted by human evil, and nature of justice.
A modern example is World War II. Most would agree that the nations of Germany and Japan needed to be resisted, defeated, and held responsible for their aggressive and destructive acts, even if it meant that some civilians of those societies suffered consequences they did not explicitly deserve. Such are the consequences of war.
God did indeed often use warfare as an instrument of justice. In the Old Testament era, the people that God commanded Israel to fight against, had often committed extremely wicked acts. They had been warned for YEARS to clean up their act, but refused. They could not be allowed to continue in their sin and bring corruption to future generations.
Do we really hate evil? Or do we tolerate it as long as it doesn’t bother us? And what do we do with things we hate? Overlook them? No! This has been the pattern of society. And we fault God. Who are we to question a perfect God? Are we smarter and wiser than He?
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