Well, the obvious answer is because sin entered the world in the garden of eden and things have been spiraling downward ever since. But let's explore it a little deeper. Why did satan tempt Adam and Eve? Why did he cause us to sin? Does he hate us.
The answer is Yes, and No. He doesn't really hate us or even care one way or another about US. Satan hates God! He is adamently against God! And he knows he cannot win in a fight against God. He IS defeated through Jesus! So, like any evil person, he attacks what his enemy loves most. And that is US! Satan is attacking God's family because he knows it hurts God deeply! God Loves us so intimately! We are His family. He gave His only Son to save us! Satan knows all this! And his agenda is to hurt God as much as he can until His time is up!
So, the next question is ....why doesn't God just end it all...Skip to the Book of Revelation...cast satan and his demons into the fiery pit and save us from all this grief and destruction???
Again the answer is God's Great Love for us....yes, His Love!!! He is enduring the pain of watching us suffer (have you ever watched your children in pain....heart wrenching isn't it?) because He is waiting for us to receive Jesus. ALL of us!
King James Bible
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.
The day is coming when Jesus will return for us That Great and Terrible day! Great for those who will receive Him and terrible for those who won't. And it will be most terrible for Jesus Himself to have to deny the Kingdom, to those who have denied Him.
So the bottom line is....God Loves us, that's why!
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