THE BIBLE'S VIEWPOINT/TOLERANCE

Will God forever tolerate badness?

WHAT MANY BELIEVE Because of human nature, badness will  always be with us. 

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS The prophet Habakkuk prayed to Jehovah God:  "Why do you tolerate oppression? Why are destruction and violence before me? And why do quarreling and conflict abound?" (Habakkuk 1:3) Leaving  his  troubled prophet in no doubt, God assured him that He would call the wicked to account. About that promise God said:  "It will without fail come true.  It will not be late!" - Habakkuk 2:3.

In the meantime, wrongdoers have opportunity  to turn away from their bad  course.  " 'Do I take any pleasure at all in the death of a wicked person?' declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah. 'Do I not prefer that he turn away from his ways and keep living?' " (Ezekiel 18:23) Those who seek Jehovah by abandoning their bad ways can look to the future with confidence . "The one listening to me will dwell in security and be undisturbed by the dread of calamity, says Proverbs 1:33.

Next time: She Stuck to Her Beliefs

From the AWAKE! magazine, 2015