[Nachum]

Actually, the question is

"Why does God allow/permit the righteous to suffer and the wicked to prosper.

[OneVike]

"Why does God allow/permit the righteous to suffer and the wicked to prosper.

The wicked only think they are prospering, it all comes down to what you consider to be prosperous. Jesus owned nothing, traveled less than 30 miles from his birth place, yet he was richer than the emperor of Rome.

Bill Gates, George Soros, and others like them are not better off than I am, they just have more temptation to sin, and thus a more difficult time lies before them when they need to get through that needle.

To me it is all perspective, what do you treasure and hold onto to? This world is passing and that is the lesson we should grasp from the pain and suffering we endure. Someday the pain for the followers of Christ will be over, but those who think they are well off yet do not accept Him. Well my friend, their suffering has just begun.

[Gamecock]

"Why does God allow/permit the righteous to suffer and the wicked to prosper.

Once there was a man who was truly righteous and we esteemed him not.

[zeebee]

My answer is, what would the world be like if only evil people suffered? Can you imagine? Everyone would always be nice to everyone else.

Unsustainable.