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Anonymous /his/17834544#17835910
7/12/2025, 7:56:26 PM
>>17835598
The conclusion we get from the Bible is that God created all things for a purpose, and God's attributes include goodness, mercy and justice. Any rebellion against God can be utilized to accomplish things according to God's will, because the Lord's purpose is greater than any created being's purpose can be. In fact in Psalm 9, it says the Lord is known by the judgement he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

So even though evil, wickedness and rebellion against God exists, the presence of rebellion can still be used to accomplish the purpose of glorifying God. As fallible created beings, it is not in our interest to rebel against God. But even if someone is allowed to rebel, it can still be utilized in a way that, in the end, glorifies God.

Destruction, pain, suffering, depravity and degeneration of form are all evidence of departure from God's will by fallible creatures. These things are objectively bad because they contrast with the beauty and perfection of the Lord and what He can create and do. God's creation was perfect in the beginning. Evil entered only because rebellion occurred. He allowed His creation to have their own will, which made it possible for them to choose something outside of God's will, and we see what happened.

Now I see OP asking why that was necessary. Ultimately God knows the full answer. I think it makes sense for a number of reasons. Firstly, no one will be forced to become God's servants who worship Him for eternity. Since choosing anything outside of God's will results in evil, that's why it exists in this world. However, the Bible also reveals that, in the world to come, that evil will be separated from God's kingdom. There will be a great wall separating the City of God from outer darkness, and everyone who is locked out of that city will have no excuse left, because the Judgement will show it was their own decision to reject God. At that point, they won't be able to affect us any more.
Anonymous /his/17811322#17812692
7/4/2025, 1:10:23 AM
>>17811322
Going by the book of Revelation they are clothed in white and nakedness is still seen as a bad thing.

"And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
- Revelation 7:13-14

"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean."
- Revelation 19:11-14

"Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
- Revelation 3:4-6

"Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see."
- Revelation 3:17-18