God has willingly given freedom to humans to do the destructive things they do. The truth remains that this is a world ruled by powers of darkness and oppression at present until Christ comes to rule again. Evil exists because God is not yet fully occupying the throne of human authority. That will change. For now, however, we must remember that all the evil and sin in the world is not God’s fault. The devil has his way in this world. Blame for suffering is on his shoulders, not God’s. The world we now see is a world where Satan has his way. No one can say with a straight face that this world
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