70 Weeks Part 5

In fact, in the passage we really see God's primary purpose for allowing, or more rightly, ordaining human suffering... the so called, problem of pain.

Why does life hurt so much?

Why is there so much human agony out there in the world... in here, in our lives?

People ask, "If God is good, why does He allow so much misery to seemingly go unabated?

Rightly understood, this is a difficult concept but this is clearly Biblical truth because, the question is not why God is... if God is good why does He allow so much misery? We really ought to phrase it as a statement, "Because God is good, He allows so much misery.

Now, bear with me...