The Bible-Is It Just a Good Book?

The Bible Explains Human Suffering and Conflict

When studying a disease epidemic, investigators try to find the cause-what triggered the outbreak. The same principle applies to understanding  the  "plague" of human suffering and discord. Again, the Bible is of immense help, for it documents our earliest history, the time when our troubles started.  

The book of Genesis reveals that mankind's woes began when the first humans rebelled against God. Among other things, they took it upon themselves to set moral standards-a right that belonged only to our Creator.  (Genesis 3:1-7) Sadly, since then, people in general have adopted the same independent thinking.  The results?  Human history is a chronicle, not of freedom and happiness, but of conflict, oppression, and moral and spiritual discord.  (Ecclesiastes 8:9) The Bible rightly states:  "It does not belong to man . . . to direct his step." (Jeremiah 10:23) The good news of that mankind's disastrous experiment with moral independence is almost over.  

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From the Awake! magazine