The promise of the second coming tells us that God is Victor over Sin and Death. It tells us that evil is vanquished now, in suffering love, and will be vanquished forever in the triumph of God. I cannot tell you why God delays that day, and neither can anyone else. I can only tell you that when we see the resistance of Christians, we see living witness to the hope that is in our Lord Jesus Christ. Those who believe in God hold to the biblical promise that some day we will know the answers in the kingdom of God—and at that point it will no longer make any difference, because there will no
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