Apparently, these ‘imaginary, yet allegedly scientific-minded people’ have conceived the idea that bad things should not happen to good people. I believe they believe in earthquakes. Scientifically, it is the movement of the tectonic plates below the surface of the earth. Perhaps, they ask: “Why do earthquakes affect the good, and the bad, and the ugly?” They must ask science! And if science can not give them the answer, they should also say that science is ‘imaginary.’
But God, — my God, in his magnificence — has a convincing answer to an understanding mind.
(Proverbs 8:8-9) “All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.”
In the days of Noah, we are told by the infallible word of God that —
(Genesis 7:11) “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”
No human being in the time of Noah, and even later, when this account was written by Moses more than 3000 years ago, had any knowledge of the broken tectonic plates of the earth. But the Bible has it: proving that the information comes not from a mortal being, but from God.
Until now, no available scientific instrument can predict the exact time of an earthquake; and the Bible tells us the reason why.
(Hebrews 12:26-27) “Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.”
The shaking of the earth, or an earthquake, denotes that the earth will pass away! This is believed by science, especially now that science has proven the demise of heavenly bodies like stars, after they have detected the ‘presence’ of black holes in the universe. The Bible has this to say—
(Psalms 102:25-26) “Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed…”
The spread of flu virus in the air, scientifically, is not caused by something evil. Where the direction of the movement of the air is, there the viruses will be carried. The pressure of the air in the sneeze of an infected person may bring about virus and the infection of the person nearest him or within five meters from him.
[Reference on sneezing]
Sneezing is unpredictable, sometimes, even to the person who is going to sneeze. Catching the flu is bad, but should we blame the air? If the air will not move, then the temperature of the earth will not be comfortable for humans. And in blaming the air, should you conclude that the air is ‘imaginary’? Idiots!
Should you device an unfavorable conclusion if the sun, which is good and intended by God for the welfare of good people, to shine even upon idiots? I believe even idiots will not blame God for having His sun shine even upon those who curse Him.
(Matthew 5:45) “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”
If good things happen even to the bad and the ugly (like you), and you do not complain, why should you blame God if a good person gets infected by the flu virus? The Bible tells us that at random, this is reality.
(Ecclesiastes 9:2) “All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.”
Something good may happen to someone who is bad, and something perceived by the ignorant as bad, may happen to good people! But understanding in the word of God will teach us that these are not bad things at all.
(Romans 8:28) “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
If a good person gets cheated (which maybe regarded as something bad), he is given by God the chance to pardon and to forgive those who cheated him, thus, making him a better person.
(1 Corinthians 6:7) “Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?”
The person whom you have forgiven, realizing his fault and your kindness can also be turned to a better person! This is one of God’s equitable dealings with people.
(2 Peter 3:9) “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
Good things happen to bad people to make them good! Bad things happen to good people to make them cautious, and to teach them to forgive and to have longsuffering; thus, making them not only good, but excellent!
When there is an epidemic of flu, stay away from people that sneeze. Have a little understanding of how the flu virus spreads; cover your nose when somebody sneezes; and avoid crowded places so that you will not catch the flu, and later, because of your utter ignorance, blame it on somebody.
Here is a brotherly and a friendly advice: When the sun shines, it carries goodness intended for the good of people. Bathe yourself in the sun’s rays early, until nine o' clock or, at most, ten o' clock in the morning. Human skin stimulated by sunlight will produce vitamin D, which is good for your body! But do not expose yourself to the sun at the peak of its heat, until after 2 p.m. (mid-afternoon), as you might destroy yourself then blame the sun because of your ignorance, and forget the good things that it has done for you. [Source: http://ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ctl/now]
(Ecclesiastes 9:12-13) “For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me…”
God bless,
EFS