Ok, but still. Punishing several generations of Adam and Eve's family would have been sufficient, don't you think? Why allow the evil to destroy everything for thousands and thousands of years?
It's not making sense to me.
Indeed. In this sinful world we cannot fully grasp what it means to be 100% holy and separated from sin. It's hard for us to comprehend that sin is a BIG DEAL. We sympathize with sinners going to hell because we could be one of them and we resemble them more than we resemble God. When Christians are conformed into the image of Christ in the end we will see nothing of ourselves in those hell-bound sinners anymore. We will be freed from sin.
Why is Satan being allowed to reign for any period of time? I never understood the reason. Is God busy elsewhere? Explain it if you don't mind.
Because Man capitulated his allegiance to Satan in the Garden.
Woman. Let's be specific here. (I know you meant mankind)
lol...well, Adam was with Eve when she took the forbidden fruit. And he was responsible for her actions. So he is just as guilty as Eve was....
How's that for specificity??
;P
Ok, but still. Punishing several generations of Adam and Eve's family would have been sufficient, don't you think? Why allow the evil to destroy everything for thousands and thousands of years? It's not making sense to me.
"Punishing several generations of Adam and Eve's family would have been sufficient"
Not for a Holy God.
Indeed. In this sinful world we cannot fully grasp what it means to be 100% holy and separated from sin. It's hard for us to comprehend that sin is a BIG DEAL. We sympathize with sinners going to hell because we could be one of them and we resemble them more than we resemble God. When Christians are conformed into the image of Christ in the end we will see nothing of ourselves in those hell-bound sinners anymore. We will be freed from sin.