If God’s good kingdom is to be established upon the earth, a kingdom characterized by holiness, justice, and love; and if evil is a divisive, aggressive parasite that seeks to do violence to God’s benevolent purposes for his world; then something must be done about evil, for it will not be content to coexist in the New Jerusalem as a disgruntled but quiet roommate. If God is to redeem, evil must be expelled and a boundary placed to protect God’s holy city from evil’s imperial intentions.
