Thank you. I hope this information is beneficial to those who have these questions.
In thinking about my response, I realized that I forgot one important point, and that is that God provides a way for us to stop the suffering in the world. To do this, we must passionately follow His commands, which are pretty simple really.
Here's what He said...
[color:"brown"]"I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: ..."[/color]
—Deuteronomy 30:19-20
Just so no one becomes confused, the phrase "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you,..." is not a curse or something like that. It was just a way that they in that day said "this is really, really important", and that heaven and earth are witnesses to (have "recorded") these important words that are about to follow.
Setting before us "blessing and cursing" means simply that God has given us the law. Now it's up to us whether or not we obey. He has, in fact, set before us blessing (the knowledge of the law) and cursing (knowledge of what the consequences will be if we disobey the law).
[color:"brown"]"Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye."[/color]
—Ezekiel 18:31-32
He is saying, "Follow My law. I have no pleasure in seeing you die as a result of you not keeping my law."
So, what are some of these things that God does or does not want us to do in order that we may have an abundant and long life?
Don't practice pharmacological "medicine".I have finally come to realize that the use of pharmaceuticals (unnatural substances) has become (by far) the #1 cause of disease and death in the world. In fact, the global power brokers currently (and have for decades) employed the methodology of creating the problems they are paid (by us) to fix. This is why vaccines are given away for free in school; Because the pharmaceutical companies are simply making an "investment". They know that in 15 to 30 years, most of these who are injected will develop chronic degenerative diseases and will cause the transfer of hundreds of thousands of dollars from medical insurance companies to the pharmaceutical companies. An example:
Autism.
As an aside, current "medical" ingredients include mercury (in vaccines, dental fillings, and a myriad of other medicinal products that either contain it now or used to contain it in the not-too-distant past), aluminum, MSG, propylene glycol (popular in vaccines and many medicines), formaldehyde (also in some vaccines), and a myriad of other dangerous and unnatural substances that cause chronic degenerative disease.
We believe that mercury alone likely causes nearly 20% to 30% of all diseases today (heart disease, high cholesterol, Fibromyalgia, allergies, MS, IBS, autism, countless behavioral disorders, hypothyroid, blood pressure issues, near/far sightedness, endocrine issues, hair loss, joint issues, cancer, etc., etc.). This is why mercury has been the "drug" of choice for use by pharmaceutical companies for decades.
Now, because the many avenues of delivery are beginning to be blocked (52% of dentists no longer place mercury-based fillings in the U.S., most—not all—mercury has been forcibly removed from vaccines, mercury has been removed from many over-the-counter medications), now they are resorting to delivering mercury via the air (chemtrails).
Don't CovetCoveting is not a right source of a passion to make our families and our world a better place. Love for people is.
Coveting is a fear-based activity/emotion. Fear weakens our immune system and degrades and weakens other bodily functions.
Be PurePurity (keeping a clear conscience) is the foundation for inner strength and for confidence and makes for strong, just leadership. For this reason, what politicians do in their private lives
does affect their performance, or rather, is revelatory of their character, and character is everything, especially in politics.
Respect Property OwnershipIn Biblical law, if you own something, no one can take it away from you. For that reason, Biblically immoral taxation (such as income tax) is not enforceable.
History has proved over and over again that when you allow people to keep what they earn and freely spend what they own, their country prospers.
Income tax is a fundamental tenant of communism—a decidedly anti-Christian system of tyranny.
Trade LocallyBiblical principles require that people manufacture products and sell them mostly in the same country. This is the reason for tariffs: "If you want our markets, you'll have to pay for them", and rightfully so.
When you open your border to trade ("free trade"), you export your jobs to other countries and you also diminish the morale of your own workers. Eventually, your market diminishes because without jobs, you cannot purchase. Then, without a market and without manufacturing, there is no economy.
"Free Trade" is a lie that is being used to destroy the manufacturing infrastructure of the United States, and thereby the U.S. economy as a whole to serve the purposes of the globalists to the detriment of the people. Again, people could easily reverse this if only 10% got involved, instead apathy—which is caused by impurity—is replete.
I could go on but I think the point is made: Follow God's law (His simple rules laid out in the Bible) and suffering of all types will diminish.
With this in mind, God has given us the power to decide the state of our world, but He warned us that it begins with self-purity, for without that, you cannot be effective in the lives of others and hence, the world.
So why does God let bad things happen?
Actually, He gave us the collective power (knowledge of the law) to decide whether or not to let bad things happen. We have made the wrong decision (again). He is just being a good Father and allowing us to fall as a device for eduction. Nevertheless, the choice is ours.
In this "falling", two things happen.
(1) Evil is revealed justifying God in the day of judgment.
(2) The righteous are corrected.
Finally, God—being the fair, just, yet merciful Person that He is, gave us the ultimate example in dieing for us at the hands of evil men while we were yet unrighteous. In other words, He would not expect us to do anything He didn't do, and, in keeping with His character, He did it in the ultimate way.
This is the same fate I believe Christians will face en mass just before the return of Christ. Those who are ready will be able to accept physical death at the hands of evil men because they have spent their lives becoming prepared—and this—by faith.
They know—by faith—the reward will be well worth it.