It is the work of Satan. However, God has permitted Satan to do these things. God looks down in sorrow to the suffereing. Satan will have his share of the punishment once prophecy is finished fulfilling.
But this does not mean that God does not allow the wicked to suffer as a result of Satan's evil work. God's judgments upon the earth are judgments inflicted by Satan.
There may be infants, women, and children involved. But none of this is God's fault. It is Adam and Eve's fault from the start for adhering to Satan. Their dissobedience caused all of this, not God. Now God is doing what he can to get us out of this mess and save as many as He can who are willing to be saved. If these infants, women, and children will be saved in the life to come, then what loss was it to lose their short lives in this world? Of the ones who died from the Tsunami, for the wicked, they will die the eternal death anyway. For the saved, they have lossed little and gained everything.
The only real reason for the opening of this thread was in Abshalom's attempt to justify himself in not worshipping God. That is the only real reason.
Just remember, the more natural disasters, catastrophes, and evil occurrences we see, it is only
more evidence that for the existence God, not less.
This message has been edited by Lysimachus, 01-13-2005 14:27 AM
~Lysimachus
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