"And the world will be as it was in the days of....

How does this affect crawfish prices?

Well without God and family 1st, there is no country to worry about, just saying!

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And the world will be as it was in the days of....

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Obama.

Is everywhere you look. Division and cost of living. They need us to hate each other.

Hey Jet.

Believer here, but assurance of salvation is really tough.

Can’t get beyond some questions.

I understand why the world suffers and groans. I’m well versed in that.

I also understand why God created us. To glorify Him.

However, He didn’t need us and why DID he create this science project that looks like it went awry?

The question goes further, in history, there will have been, for arguments sake, 100 billion ppl.
It’s hard to justify the majority in fiery torment for the glorification of One thing.

This sounds like an unbeliever but I’m just curious. There are some questions that cannot be answered.

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Hey Jet.

Believer here, but assurance of salvation is really tough.

Can’t get beyond some questions.

I understand why the world suffers and groans. I’m well versed in that.

I also understand why God created us. To glorify Him.

However, He didn’t need us and why DID he create this science project that looks like it went awry?

The question goes further, in history, there will have been, for arguments sake, 100 billion ppl.
It’s hard to justify the majority in fiery torment for the glorification of One thing.

This sounds like an unbeliever but I’m just curious. There are some questions that cannot be answered.

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dstone12....God created man for His own good pleasure and glory. Because He created man in His image it is reasonable to say that, as image-bearers of God, man was created to magnify God throughout all creation, and in all time, by reflecting God’s attributes. Man was created to live and love like God.

It's true that God didn't need us....but again, He did so for His own good pleasure and glory.

As you say, something went "awry" after God created the universe, the angels, the birds and animals, everything that grows upon the earth, and........man. Out of man, He created woman.

But, something went awry. It's called, S-I-N. The very word, "sin", means to "miss the mark". The mark is God's absolute standard of holy perfection in every which way.

When Adam sinned, God could have killed him immediately for his disobedience. Instead, God manifested His amazing and abundant mercy by not killing Adam. Therein lies the answer to our question. Without sin, there would have been no need for mercy.

Sin is disobedience to God. That's what happened in the Garden of Eden. The nature of man became irrevocably fallen and it is responsible for the way the earth and society has gone awry. "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." -- Romans 3:23

However, as man has the inability to correct this sin problem on his own, God, in the Person of Jesus Christ, became the Incarnate God-man, in the Holy Spirit's divine birth of the our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus was born of a Virgin, lived a sinless life, went to the Cross of Calvary to atone for the sins of all those whom the Father has given to Him as an inheritance, He died and was buried and rose again in three days for our justification and.......He's coming back!

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." -- Romans 6:23

So, God created man knowing that he would sin and knowing that He could, and would, pour out His mercy for all creation to behold. By forgiving Adam and clothing his nakedness God’s mercy was demonstrated — a mercy that had never been seen before (remember Satan’s rebellion was judged and condemned, not forgiven). Additionally, God poured out His grace as never before by promising a Rescuer who would redeem man from his sin and restore him to right relationship with his God.

What you're seeing and witnessing in all the horrible tragedies going on in this world is the outpouring and manifestations of man's.......sin!