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WHY DOES GOD
ALLOW WAR
AND
SUFFERING TO
CONTINUE
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Crossroads Full Gospel
International Ministries
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CONTENTS
WHY DOES GOD ALLOW WAR AND SUFFERING TO
CONTINUE...............................................................................1
MAN’S LEASE.....................................................................1
WHEN WILL THE LEASE EXPIRE ?................................5
WHY DOES EVIL CONTINUE TODAY ?.........................5
COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE CURSE....................7
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE BODY OF
CHRIST?.............................................................................10
WHY DOES GOD ALLOW WAR
AND SUFFERING TO CONTINUE
MAN’S LEASE
Genesis 1:28 tells us that when God created man, He gave man
dominion over all the earth and its creatures.
Once God had given
this authority to man, it was meant to be an eternal privilege,
expressed through an eternal Covenant.
There was no condition
required of man to maintain this position of authority other than
refraining from eating of “the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil” (Genesis 2:17).
“. .
.There was no condition required of
man to maintain this position of
authority other than refraining from
eating of “the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil”. .
.”
As we know, however, Adam rebelled.
He ate of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil and so violated this eternal Covenant.
God could have dealt with Adam and Eve by banishing them from
His presence forever, as He had done with the fallen angels.
However because man in his fallen state had not eaten of the Tree of
Life, Adam and Eve and all their descendants were able to obtain
God’s mercy (for they had not become irredeemable).
Through this
mercy, they gained God’s grace in the form of a lease.
The lease gave
man the right to live on the earth and make use of its resources for a
period of time.
The lease itself relates to:
1. Usage - man was given the right to make use of the earth and
its resources.
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2. Time - the lease is dispensational, i.e. it is limited in time.
The Lord will thus return at some point to reclaim His property and
take full control of it.
It is important to note that even though the Lord gave man a
leasehold concerning the earth and its resources, God still owns the
earth and everything on it:
PSALM 24:1 The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness
thereof; the world, and they who dwell therein.
PSALM 115:16 The heaven, even the (highest) heavens
are the Lord’s, but the earth has He given to the
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