Well, truth be known, God also created a peaceful and blissful earth in the beginning; Paradise. No suffering, no pain, no hostility. Man had perfect knowledge and righteousness. He served and worshiped God blissfully, and completely, and enjoyed unhindered communion with God.
The suffering which is the common experience of mankind today came about when sin entered the world. Sin is the intruder, the interloper, universal and ruinous to man’s relationship both with God and with his fellow man. It is so deeply rooted in our nature ever since it first made its appearance that the Bible says “there is no one who does not sin,” and “there is none righteous, no, not one.” Only through the divinely powerful work of Christ can sin be overcome, because he himself has overcome it. And only in the end will God remove the last vestiges of sin in the new heaven and new earth.
The suffering which is the common experience of mankind today came about when sin entered the world. Sin is the intruder, the interloper, universal and ruinous to man’s relationship both with God and with his fellow man. It is so deeply rooted in our nature ever since it first made its appearance that the Bible says “there is no one who does not sin,” and “there is none righteous, no, not one.” Only through the divinely powerful work of Christ can sin be overcome, because he himself has overcome it. And only in the end will God remove the last vestiges of sin in the new heaven and new earth.
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