Good is glorification

Connections List
 * Def Good and Evil

The response to the problem of evil I like most is a redefinition of omnibenevolence, or of good. Good is not comfort, it is the glory of God (see connected view).

When evil men are punished (Cannan), God is glorified. When good men hold fast to the truth in the face of persecution and natural disaster, God is glorified. If the evil actions of individuals, groups, cities, and countries speed them to their downfall, God is glorified. All of these examples include what we normally consider evil, but are in fact good. Read Romans 1. Men rejected God so he gave them over to depraved minds and sins.

Will this continue? No. Romans 8 all creation groans in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed - for God to come back. It has a happy ending where the bad guys are beat and everything becomes new and green. But for the moment (more Romans) what if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath, prepared for destruction? What if he did this to make the rich of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance gor glory? (9:22-23).