Why The Innocent Suffer

Part 3

By

The Man Who Saw God Face To Face

Raphael Okechukwu Nweze

The Frequently Asked Question

One question that people have asked in their hearts and mind is, why does the innocent suffer?

Many are surprised, embarrassed or disappointed when one form of misfortune or the other befalls a person, whom they consider to be a righteous man. Many people ask, “Why?”

And so many others ask, “God, where are you?”

The Truth

The real fact is that many of the people who are considered innocent are not innocent indeed. Many people cause their own problems in life, while so many are paying for the sins and mistakes they made in their previous lifetimes.

That is the simple truth. It does not matter whether you believe it or not. Truth is what it is, whether you believe it or not, just as the sun is shining above on the sky, whether the blind man believes it or not.

Here are few case that proves to the world that the above explanations are true.

The Case Of Job

Job was a righteous man in his lifetime. He was so righteous that he was often offering sacrifice for the unknown sins of his children. That is what a wise parent should do often, by presenting his children in the presence of God, but many neglect this very simple and important duty. Everybody is busy pursuing money and wealth to the neglect of very important spiritual matters and rites.

Job suffered one type of affliction after another. He lost his children. His wife abandoned him. He lost all his wealth and recognition, to the extents that people who used to respect and honour Job ignored his generosity and mocked him at the city gates.

During his lifetime, majority considered Job a righteous man. But the hidden fact was that Job was paying for his sins, wickedness and evil plots. Job was a wicked adviser to Pharaoh of Egypt, when the Israelites were being oppressed in Egypt. He was giving Pharaoh all kinds of evil plans and wicked treatments against the Israelites. From denying them rest, to overlabouring them. From denying them materials for work, to punishing the Israelites for uncompleted tasks. From killing of the new born babies to all kinds of false allegations. And so many other types of wicked plans and evil intentions.

Eventually, God put Job in the midst of the Israelites, through birth and reincarnation, for him to pay for all his sins, mistakes and wickedness.

About The Cripples Sitting On Moving Slates

Inside the towns and cities, especially wherever there is ‘go slow’ or traffic jam, you see several young men who are lame or crippled. They are busy everyday, sitting on mobile slates, begging for tokens, crumps and assistance.

A spiritually blind and ignorant man would see the handicapped in such conditions and wonder why God allows such terrible sufferings. It never occurs to the hearts and mind of people that these handicapped ones were the army generals in their past lifetimes, who were committing all kinds of evils, rape and abominations, because they had the power then. They murdered innocent people, who dared to correct or advise them. They took away people’s belongings without listening to the cries for mercy. They were the rich and wealthy people, who were always disturbing the environments with their noisy siren and convoys. Their frightening speed scared other road users away, because their convoys disobeyed every track law, just to satisfy them. Many of them were armed robbers, who went about stealing and killing people any time and any how.

What People Easily Forget

These evil men, by the judgment of God, supposed to be inside the hell fire, burning inside ceaseless fire and bound with unbreakable chains. But, God, out of his infinite mercy, brought them back to the earth, for them to pay for their misdeeds or correct what wrongs they have committed in their previous lifetimes. As the Israelites would gladly say, “Give thanks to God, for His mercy endures forever.”

Parable Of An Unexpected Slap

Consider the case of a mad man who suddenly slapped a new born baby. People were quick to complain, to rebuke and to flog the mad man. After a while of crying and weeping, the mad man said, “You men are blind and foolish. That was how the child was slapping people before.”

You Again

Let us take one more example, the case of a woman who was rejected by her husband family and relations. Even his father’s family rejected her. She goes about begging for food and accommodation. For many times, she slept inside the bush and the bush was her home, even in cold and heat. For many days, she goes without eating food. And she treks a lot, with the cars and buses by-passing her, because she has no money to pay for transport.

Upon spiritual examination, a pastor discovered that the woman was the aged man who was a wicked native doctor, dishing out all kinds of man’s inhumanity to man, when the pastor was a little boy. Then, pastor jolted from the visions being shown to him, shouting, “You again.”

People say that God is a just God, without knowing the meaning and depth of what they are saying. The man reincarnated as a woman, to suffer the same hardship and wickedness he was afflicting on people, by means of charms and invocations, when he was a native doctor. The Guardian Angels have to change his sex, from man to woman, to prevent him from serving and worshipping idols again.

The Right Thing

Do not go about laughing at people who are suffering. Do not say that they are suffering because of their past sins, because you do not know what evils and abominations that yourself committed in your previous lifetimes.

The best thing to do is to help those who need help, to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to heal the sick, and to be good to all humanity. By so doing, mankind shall be able to wipe out all forms of hardships and sufferings in the world.

If you refuse to help those who are in need, it means the circle of suffering shall continue endlessly. That means that everybody shall able affected in one way or the other. The best way to remove sufferings from the midst of humanity is to be good to all. That is the meaning of brotherhood of mankind. This is the solution to all problems in life that people do encounter and experience.

Attacks

The Devil and evil spirits and demons attack a true believer, to frustrate him. The attack comes in various ways, such as family crisis, business failure, false allegations, mockery, backbiting, etc. But, whoever that remains steadfast is eventually blessed by God.

Conclusions

Man has developed all things, but failed to develop himself. He boasts of Computer Science, Physical Science, Chemical Science, Social Science, Political Science, etc, but has neglected the most important one, which is Spiritual Science.