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I do not believe the bible
addresses this but its a
valid question and I do
not know how to
answer it.

Why did God wait 4,000
years to send Jesus
and another 2,000 +
before bringing things
to a close
( the close obviously
having not happened yet )?

Why not have provided
the sacrifice up front
and wipe out the following
6,000 + years of suffering?

Answer to Question

Yes God, why didn't you
make it easier on all of us?

We know you don't do
things arbitrarily
and we know there's
a lesson in here for all of us,
but it sure would have
saved us a lot of
inconvenience.
1/2

What's that, God?
Yes we know you're
the Potter and we're
just the clay
but even so.
2/2

Seriously, aside from
the things we've learned
about the nature of sin,
the futility of works
based religion,
the incomparable
riches of God's grace,
His nature and character,
the unblemished accuracy
of prophecy,
1/2

the fact that even when
man knows the outcome
of his actions in advance,
he still won't obey,
and a host of other things,
it remains that
He's God and we're not.

2/2

Even in the Millennium,
with the Lord personally
ruling Earth, all
unbelievers banished,
and Satan bound,
there's still enough sin
in natural man to rebel
at the first chance he gets.

So I guess we still
haven't learned.

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