Interesting that you mention Hitler since I have just purchased Valkyrie, the new Cruise movie about the plot on Hitler’s life. I got through most of it yesterday and intend to finish it tonight.
The plot does not suceed. I certainly had to sit there and wonder why, but I am very deterministic about life and death. No one is born or dies without God’s involvement, in my opinion.
Hitler was permitted a few more months. Tiller was taken today. A very dear brother, who was a Boy Scout regional director, educator, and a solid Christian, was called home this past week after suffering for a while with pancreatic cancer.
I’d far rather have the brother still with us than Tiller. Certainly, than Hitler.
But, life and death is in God’s hands, and the death of ANYONE, to include Tiller, had to pass muster with God in my view of the cosmos.
Tiller’s life is similar to the adage: “If you play with fire, you’re gonna get burnt.” He did, and he did. Yet, the foreknowledge of God saw this plan and approved it.
None of this makes Tiller’s murderer less a murderer, but it does mean that God is in control.
I would agree that no harm can come to me unless God’s allows it, but I do not think that also means that God intends for all evil to occur. It it were so, man could not reasonably be held responsible for his actions; and I do not believe for a second that position can be supported by the Bible.
agree