Julius The Problem of Suffering & Evil Why do bad things happen to good people?
The Problem of Suffering & Evil
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Jewish thinkers
have always been bothered by the existence of suffering and evil, but in modern
times, as a result of the Holocaust, it has taken on a central role in the
thought of almost all contemporary Jewish theologians.
For Jews, the problem of suffering
is twofold: there is a universal problem and a particular problem. The
universal problem is a philosophical one; it is not just a problem for Jews,
but for anyone who conceives of G-d in a certain way. If G-d knows everything,
then G-d knows about all evil. If G-d is all-powerful, then G-d can prevent all
evil. If G-d is perfectly good, then G-d should prevent all
evil. And yet, evil exists. How can this be true?
Historically, Jewish thinkers did
not articulate the problem of evil in this way until the Middle Ages. Earlier
Jewish literature conceives of G-d as powerful, good, and knowledgeable, but
not necessarily perfectly so. It was the particular problem of
suffering and evil–a problem resulting from the unique relationship between G-d
and the Jews–that occupied early Jewish literature.
According to the Torah, the covenant at Sinai,
in which the Israelites agreed to abide by the commandments, established that
the Jews would be rewarded if they followed G-d’s ways. And yet, suffering
often seems to be meted out randomly. Righteous people suffer and wicked people
prosper. How can this be reconciled with the covenantal relationship between
G-d and the Jews? The problem of justifying G-d, despite the existence of evil
is known as theodicy.
There are several types of
solutions to the problem of suffering and evil. The biblical book of Job suggests
that it is fruitless for humans to try and figure out why G-d causes some
righteous people to suffer. While this approach may subvert the concept of
reward and punishment, many rabbinic figures,
as well as medieval philosophers and mystics, retained
this concept by turning to eschatology; that is, they believed that reward and
punishment is meted out in the afterlife, or–for those medieval mystics who
believed in reincarnation–in a future lifetime.
“The universe
doesn't always make sense. There is no guarantee of good fortune for good
behavior; Crazy injustice is part of the enigma of the world and of our brief
lives. My friends this is the thought I want to leave with you. Who is it in
history that suffers ordeal after ordeal? Plundering after plundering? Massacre
after massacre? Century after century? Yet looks up at the sky, sometimes with
dying eyes and cries, The Lord our G-d, the Lord is one!! Who until then will
leave the fearful mystery of undeserved suffering to G-d and praise his name
saying the Lord has given and the lord taken away. Blessed be the name of the
Lord! Amen;”
My personal thoughts on the suffering
of mankind is that G-d is preparing us for the coming of the Mashiach.
Yirmiyahu -
Jeremiah - Chapter 33
5. They come to war with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of the
men whom I have smitten with My anger and with My wrath, and that which I have
hidden My face from this city because of all their evil.
Now Chaldeans is Assyria and Babylon, there are historical connections of Syria
to ancient Assyria, and Babylon is now in Iraq. Look at what's happening today.
The signs are there.
6. Behold, I will bring it healing
and cure, and I will cure them, and I will reveal to them a greeting of peace
and truth.
God's mercy unto
his people and to Israel. The Jews are G-d's people, and G-d will shed his
mercy upon them, so it is written many times in the Tanakh! And there is more.
7. And I will
return the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel, and build them up
like at first.
Verse 7 speaks of a time when the House of Israel is reunited
with the House of Judah, and build them up like at first.
However, the House of
Israel, which was made up of the Ten Lost Tribes, have been lost and scattered
around the world since the fall of the Northern Kingdom around 721 B.C.E.. The
House of Israel, the Ten Lost Tribes, cannot be re-united with the House of
Jacob, because the House of Israel has not been around for thousands of years,
that is why they are called the Ten LOST Tribes. This passage in Jeremiah is
describing a Jewish People where all of the descendants of every tribe thrives,
and has made their way to the Promised Land. Because it speaks of both the
House of Israel and the House of Judah together, with G-d, in a single new
covenant, and since the House of Israel cannot be unified with the House of
Judah, this entire passage has not happened yet.
10. So said the
Lord: There shall again be heard in this place, concerning which you say,
"It is desolate without man and without beast," in the cities of
Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate without a man and
without an inhabitant and without a beast,
And so it was, desolate without man and without beast. Read Mark Twain tour of
palestine 1867. And now Israel is blooming with fruit and flowers. G-d's
promise to his people, but yet more is to come, for who knows the workings of
G-d?
Before the time of
the mashiach, there shall be war and suffering
Yechezkel - Ezekiel - Chapter 38
2."Son of man, set your face toward Gog, [toward] the land of Magog, the
prince, the head of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy concerning him.
3.And you shall say; So said the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Gog, the
prince, the head of Meshech and Tubal
4.And I shall unbridle you, and I shall put hooks into your jaws and bring you
forth and all your army, horses and riders, all of them clothed in finery, a
great assembly, with encompassing shield and buckler, all of them grasping
swords.
5.Persia, Cush, and Put are with them; all of them with buckler and helmet.
6.Gomer and all its wings, the house of Togarmah, the utmost parts of the north
and all its wings, many peoples with you.
Iran from the North and Russia from the utmost north!!!!! Now, for those who
have been keeping up on world events, Russia, form utmost North has joined with
Iran from the north and are in Syria, which was Assyria. Looks to me to be
prophesy coming true right before our eyes!!!
I believe we are
now living in the time where we will see all these prophecies come true, I
believe it started in 1948 with the modern state of Israel.
And for the return
of the Jews to their homeland, this may come as a shock to you, I believe that
is the reason for anti-Semitism in Europe, it is to get the Jews to go home.
“Jewish emigration from western Europe is at
historically unprecedented levels in the wake of growing disquiet about
antisemitism “
You may be asking
yourself, why would G-d cause his people to be hated? And I say who knows the
ways of G-d?
G-d created time
and space, according to Genesis the
sun was created on day 4, so how long was a day to G-d? That’s another couple
of pages, so I won’t get into that. I just wanted to point out that the how’s
and why’s of G-d is beyond our understanding.
So why did G-d cause
the Jews to suffer for generation to generation? Why did G-d cause the
Israelites to wonder for 40 years, when the trip should have taken 40 days?
Regardless of all
this, I believe that what we’re seeing in France with the Jews, and many other
places in the world, will be seen here in the USA, and I also believe that is
G-d’s way to get the Jews to go home to Israel, and then we will see the
Temple, built, and then G-d’s anointment of the new king of Israel, and the
Messiah that we are all looking for. (HaOlam HaBa)
The way my health
is failing, I may not be alive to see that day. I can only hope and pray that
Hashem will allow my Neshamah to live in that day.
By Julius
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