Why Does God Allow Us To Suffer In Natural Disasters? In category: Qudrati Aafat It is a rare thing indeed when, somewhere around the world, someone is not suffering as a result of a natural disaster. In one part of the world a volcano erupts and covers houses and fertile fields with hot mud and ash. Somewhere else there is a landslide which destroys a road. In still another place there is an earthquake which destroys a city. In another place a hurricane or tornado drives people from their homes. In another land, a cloud of locusts destroys the crops just before harvest. Somewhere else the waves rise and pull whole villages into the sea. Still elsewhere, a fire destroys the forest and consumes nearby buildings. The smoke from the flames makes it hard to breath. While one place is being destroyed by drought, another place is being swept away by floods. The question is, “Why?” Why does God allow natural disasters? Why does He, each year, allow millions of people to suffer as a result of them? When a natural disaster strikes, many people wonder if God is using the disaster to punish them. Indeed, this may be one reason why natural disasters occur. The Bible describes the period before Noah’s flood this way: “The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. So the Lord said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth...”” (Genesis 6:5-7 NIV) Similarly, when God gave the land of Canaan to the Israelites, He warned them what would happen if they did not keep His Law. He told them, “The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him. The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess. The Lord will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish. The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron. The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are ruined.” (Deuteronomy 28:20-24 NIV)
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:52:36 +0000
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