Greetings, from your fellow death row occupant.

In my previous letter I talked about the ‘Soul-Making’ theological explanation for why God allows natural evil to happen to innocent folks. Meh, I’m not really convinced by that argument but I think we can learn from it.

In this letter I want to discuss the Eschatological (end-times) Hope explanation. I like this one. It makes a lot of sense and is fairly easy to understand. It goes something like this:
all suffering and evil will be redeemed by God in the future, so trust in the ultimate purpose and plan of God to make things right.

But what about the people who suffer and die in earthquakes and from diseases and such through no fault of their own?

Good question, in fact that is THE question.

The Eschatological (end-times) Hope argument is based on the total trust and confidence in a just and righteous Creator, who even in the midst of the evil and darkness of this present age intends to bring about the redemption of the entire creation and put an everlasting rightness to things.

As Paul said in his letter to the Romans, “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” – Romans 8:18

Or another way to put it, as I once heard someone say, is this – everything will be alright in the end, and if it’s not alright it’s not the end.

Okay, in the next letter let’s get into the ‘Mystery of Divine Providence’ explanation for why evils exists.

Until then,
Your death-row-sitting compatriot