The problem of evil has to do with how there can be both (1) an all-powerful, all-loving God and (2) real evil. This lecture begins to explore the nature of evil and why God might allow it to continue.
Speaker: Brent Cunningham. Â
Source: Timberline Church. Â
2 Comments on “The Problem of Evil: Part 1”
Hello Brent,
In referece to part of your teaching, I wanted to make a short comment. In the garden, male and female were naked and felt no shame. They had no knowledge of good and evil. It was not until the “fall” that they became awakened to good and evil. With the fall came a chain reaction that has gone on and will continue until the conclusion… basically, this:
(Compare the first 3 chapters of Genesis with the last 3 chapters of Revelation)
1) heavens and earth – a new heaven and new earth
2) darkness called night – no night there
3) sun and moon created – no need for sun or moon
4) eat and die – no more death
5) Satan appears – Satan disappears forever
6) a defiled garden – no defilement shall be there
7) man’s walk interrupted – man’s walk restored (in Jesus)
8) pain multiplied – no more pain
9) cursed ground – no more curse
10) paradise lost – new paradise (in Jesus)
11) tree of life lost in Adam – restored in Christ
12) driven from His presence -we shall see His face
The curse had an effect on creation, but will be made anew.
It’s kinda like we are going back to the Garden, which was God’s plan in the first place.
Blessings
Armando,
Yes, this is why Christians have used the language of “creation lost” and “creation restored” to speak of the two bookends of the Bible (Gen/Rev). However, it appears that rather than going back to a garden we are moving forward to a city. And after all, that was what God had in mind in the garden. His commission in the garden was for humanity to cultivate (build culture). So, I believe that God’s original intent to go from a garden to a city. However, after the fall or great rebellion (Gen 3), we were no longer able to accomplish that task on our own steam. So, we now receive it from God’s own hand.