The God of the Old Testament was a punishing God, but Jesus in the New Testament is a loving God. How is an innocent child dying in a horrible way a loving thing? How is a woman being violated a loving act? How is an act of terrorism which kills many many people a loving act? I understand that death is a part of the cycle of life and that for Christians, death is not the end, but I still question the timeliness of death in certain situations.
From what I understood while reading, the New Testament does not really speak on tragedies that we experience today. Rather it speaks on the acts of Jesus and His teachings. I have a friend who was violated and unfortunatley because the Bible does not discuss these tragedies very much, she now thinks she will go to hell no matter how she lives her life because she is no longer pure. I try to explain that it is different when it is taken from you rather than when you give it away, but with no scripture to support that, she does not believe it. In time, the question will go from "why did this happen to me", to "is there even a God".
This is another thing besides non-resistance which I struggle with. As the question goes... "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Is it punishment for something a person might have done or is it because of something else?
P.S. I do plan to continue my posts about the 10 Commandments, I have to gather my thoughts on the next few first :)
Blessings in Christ,
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