In a similar vein, since God is yet in control of the cosmic scene, believing in God means having faith that all that God stands for—love, truth, justice, peace, etc.—will ultimately triumph. All of our basic moral convictions about how things should be will be answered. If this is not true, our moral aspirations are all ill-founded and result in futility. In this prelude period, evil may come to us from individuals that God does not control. But what God does control is the fact that this evil need not be the last word in our existence.
evil is short term
