I was thinking about this when I seen this painting what excuse does Jesus give people in heaven when they died young?
What was there purpose in life to be rapped and murdered at say 23 years old, or die from cancer at 8 years old?
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Life comes with a pre-existing condition, a sentence of death. All things physical have an expiration date, unlike the spirit which is eternal. Its simple, God has no respect of person. No one.......to include the most devout Christian is guaranteed any thing extra in this realm called physical reality. Everyone faces the same life circumstances, the just and the unjust. Christians of every age die every day from various conditions ranging from disease, to accidents, to acts of murder, manslaughter.....etc.
Good? Why do bad things happen to the GOOD? Technically; only God is good (Luke 18:19).
In God there is not even a shadow of darkness (1 John 1:15). To contrast that reality with man, all men sin at some point in their lives, either through omission or commission. (1 John 1:8). As far as children go.........all children are innocent until they reach the age of accountability (an age where they can comprehend the difference between right and wrong).
You are implying that man has no responsibility for his/her own actions and free will decisions.........they are not required to take responsibility because they are GOOD PEOPLE and God should protect them. For instance. You mentioned Rape and or Murder...etc. Someone had to make a free will decision to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. God does not control the free will actions of men to include both good and evil men.
Another example........why AM I homeless on the streets, I am a good person, etc. It could be the poor choices you have made in your life in not being capable of managing your own life's circumstances, it could be that you were never instructed how to correctly manage your life.......you were spoiled by other people always providing you with everything that is required to live, or worse yet YOU DEPENDED UPON THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.
Why AM I SICK WITH CANCER, I am a good person? Perhaps its because you have smoked all your life, taken chemicals or been exposed to cancer causing pathogens because of the free will choices you have made....etc. Its called living and being accountable for your own actions or lack thereof.
We are in a race all through life........a race to gain the final reward at the end of that life, should it come today, tomorrow or years in the future, that reward is called Salvation. No one can be rewarded with salvation before the race is over (1 Cor. 9:23-27), one must endure to the end and its struggle all throughout life. But we have an advocate to help when we grow weary, and perhaps slip, Christ Jesus, Pray.......God always answers........sometimes that answer is simply NO. God is not concerned with our desires but our needs.
If you become ill, pray to God........to help you seek out the most capable help that mankind can offer, find the best Physician, Pray to God to guide him/her with the skills they have worked their entire lives to obtain........this is reality, we are addressing, not Fables and Fairy Tales.
It like the old Joke and the devout Christian. An elderly gentlemen in the south had spent his entire life serving God and his community, always helping others when they asked, providing advise about living to the young etc. He lived in an area that was prone to foul weather such as hurricanes and high waters and winds that come with such a threat.
The weather services were predicting a violent hurricane that was expected within a week. Everyone around the elderly man was preparing. The old man simply sit on his porch unconcerned.......when asked if he was going to evacuate the area as advised he simply stated, " I am not concerned.........God will take care of me his faithful servant." The storm was finally upon him, the streets begin to flood..........EMS sent a truck to help move him to safety. "Never mind.....God will take care of me.".
The waters begin to rise to come up to the first floor of the house. The emergency services sent a boat, "Nope.......God will take care of me."........the waters only became higher, he moves to the roof. EMS sent a chopper........."No.......I said, GOD WILL SAVE ME." Finally the waters drowned him. At the pearly gates the man asked the angel at the front, "Why did God forsake me when I needed him most?"
The angel replied, "God God Man!, He sent you a truck, a boat and a Chopper.................." We can expect of God, a miracle..... every day, that Miracle is called LIFE. God first created......then He commanded nature to enforce His laws of physical reality.
