This is the truth, but there is more that it might be helpful to mention. Everyone has the "How can a good God allow such evil" question at some point in their lives. But the reason for apparent divine restraint lies in the fact that humans have a kind of sovereignty on the earth. We could not have free will if God micromanaged our choices to thwart the evil we do, and that means we are responsible for our choices. We cannot be free if we are not free to choose, and that freedom to choose means we have rulership. The only reason there is so much evil is because so many humans have been deceived into given away their sovereignty for temporary rewards or because of the fear of death, and most don't even know they have done it. (The ones who have done it on purpose, giving away their God-given sovereignty to devils, are in their own category, and they're not going to escape their punishment.)

We are not responsible to the air. We were given dominion over the earth by the specific command of God at the beginning, and He never revokes His gifts. We are responsible to Him for our lives and for everything we do and say because in a real sense we are under God's authority for the management this place, and each of us must give an account to Him in the end.

The good news is that our sovereignty on the earth also entitles us to invite God's intervention. God is intervening now because people in past generations prayed and asked Him to do it. The more I live the more I am convinced that communication with God affects things far more than we can know. He comes into a situation to change it when we invite Him to come. He will not violate a person's free will, but He is very good at helping people make better choices. (Some will never make the right choices, but that is on them, not God.) People who scoff at prayer have no idea how much it changes things on the earth. It is real spiritual work that brings God's power and goodness here, and the big secret is that He is more willing to say yes than people realize.

I don't blame God, but the stakes have been made ever higher in a single instant in history. I'm stupefied, because the veil has been lifted, and things appear so much more worse than they were. It's like we're living in through the book of Revelations, and I admit it's quite the challenge. This has just gotten all too real.