Does God intercede

Historically, I think He's 'reserved the right' to intercede, but as a general rule I think He lets us inmates run the assylum.

 

Howcum it's a "he" and not an "it"?

 

I love this thought.......One can only guess, but I do believe that He does step in, in some way, some how, either through His word, His Holy Spirit or through Jesus. Not all the time, but through His chosing, that is my belief. He answers the prayers of the faithful. It may not be the answer that we want to hear each time either. It may not be at the snap of a finger like we would sometimes wish. Many have questioned "why" or "why not" about many events, great and small, down through time. We may find out the true answer in Heaven, maybe not. It's up to God to decide that. Its all about His will, not ours.

 

I always wonder how preachers and faith healers can say God heals people who are sick with cancer ect,, they put hands on,, healing oils,, prayer circles,,ect,, but you never ever see an amputee healed ,, ever,, why is it God can heal cancer, fix limps and cure anything the eye can't see?,, the healing revivals and churches are full of crutches and canes just like Lourdes(which has hundreds of crutches and canes lined up to show how God healed the crippled) but no where to be found are artificial arms, legs or eyeballs,, ever heard of in history of God healing a terribly burned victum to look normal again?,, but these wacko healers will tell you God even cures headaches but can't or won't grow another limb or eyeball for someone?,,, I agree with most on here God sets up the laws of nature and sits back and sees how we cope with the life given,, if he was going to heal people he would have kept the Nazis from killing 6 million jews,, JMHO,,,,,

 

Probably because of His role more than His being. He is always portrayed as the father figure of mankind. Most religions I've seen that acknowledge a mother figure usually associate her with nature (i.e. Wicca, some forms of ancient paganism, etc.).

 

That's a good question. I wish we could see more of that kind of thing. The Bible talks about it all the time, especially with Jesus. He cured physical disfigurements and horrible diseases that were very visable, like leprosy. Why we don't see that in modern history, I have no idea. But just because we don't see it on CNN or Fox news doesn't mean it's not happening somewhere.

Interesting point. The only thing I would counter that with would be purpose in the pain, because that principle could be applied a lot wider than the Jewish Holocaust.

 

Could you explain this to me please, HB--specifically "purpose in the pain"?

 

I know you didn't ask me, but let's be honest, when did that ever stop me before....

To me, what this means is that the suffering was allowed to happen because it would lead to a bigger benefit for mankind overall. Think of it as radical surgery or amputation. No one willingly signs up for that - but when the other option is death or suffering, then it becomes more palatable.

So, in this case - maybe God felt that the continued suffering that the Jews had been under for the previous 1000 years or so, maybe the fact that He wanted them to have Israel again, or His deisre to to finally let man see how horrible we could be was worth those 6 million Jewish lives (10 million overall).

 

VP summed it up well. Basically, God allows things to happen to people when He can bring a greater good out of it, either for that person, for other people, or both.

In the question of the holocaust, perhaps God knew it would take 6 million Jewish lives to 'buy' enough outrage worldwide to motivate the nations to obliterate Nazism. That's oversimplifying it, but that's the general idea.

 

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I have heard of such healings, but indirectly.