A lot of people find it hard to equate a loving, kind and
compassionate God with the cruelty and suffering that is rampant on this
planet. What is seen appears contradictory to what we are told in many
churches of various denominations. God IS all the above and more. He is
also righteous and just, and that is sometimes painful. Read on.....
God has a purpose for all that He has made. He is Holy, perfect in every way. The author of all life. This is something every Christian will eagerly affirm. How then, can Christianity attribute the cruelty of animals to a loving and merciful God? Is it that God only loves Mankind but is oblivious to all else? Does this conform to Holiness?
Of course, the answer is no. He is also a righteous God. We live in a fallen world that is a consequence of sin.
The animal kingdom of the land was created on the sixth day of Creation whereas sea creatures and birds were created on the fifth day. God saw that it was good. He was pleased with it and it was exactly what He wanted. It was perfect. There was no predator/prey relationship. All were called to live according to their kind.
He also created Mankind on the sixth day. The pinnacle of Creation. He made Man in His image. In the image of God, mankind was commanded to rule over* the perfect world that He had called into being and to tend and keep the Garden of Eden.( Genesis 2:15 NKJV.) In naming the animals. Adam would have needed to observe the behaviour and characteristics of each kind of animal in order to give them an appropriate name.
(*That implies ruling with the characteristics of God. In doing this, God is honoured, obeyed and glorified.)
Mankind delighted in what had been given to them. Most of all enjoying His Presence and fellowship. Notice again that God saw that it was good. This contradicts the theory of evolution and the compromise of theistic evolution, for it would not have been good.
God has a purpose for all that He has made. He is Holy, perfect in every way. The author of all life. This is something every Christian will eagerly affirm. How then, can Christianity attribute the cruelty of animals to a loving and merciful God? Is it that God only loves Mankind but is oblivious to all else? Does this conform to Holiness?
Of course, the answer is no. He is also a righteous God. We live in a fallen world that is a consequence of sin.
The animal kingdom of the land was created on the sixth day of Creation whereas sea creatures and birds were created on the fifth day. God saw that it was good. He was pleased with it and it was exactly what He wanted. It was perfect. There was no predator/prey relationship. All were called to live according to their kind.
He also created Mankind on the sixth day. The pinnacle of Creation. He made Man in His image. In the image of God, mankind was commanded to rule over* the perfect world that He had called into being and to tend and keep the Garden of Eden.( Genesis 2:15 NKJV.) In naming the animals. Adam would have needed to observe the behaviour and characteristics of each kind of animal in order to give them an appropriate name.
(*That implies ruling with the characteristics of God. In doing this, God is honoured, obeyed and glorified.)
Mankind delighted in what had been given to them. Most of all enjoying His Presence and fellowship. Notice again that God saw that it was good. This contradicts the theory of evolution and the compromise of theistic evolution, for it would not have been good.
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