The question of whether God causes the Japan Quake ultimately reflects on how we see the omnipotence, and ommnipresence of God. We give too much weightage on these theological constructions to give simple and direct answers to "everything", yet by saying that God caused the Tsunami simply because He was the creator of the earthplates, or because He had seemingly allowed it is tantamount to blaimin...more

The question of whether God causes the Japan Quake ultimately reflects on how we see the omnipotence, and ommnipresence of God. We give too much weightage on these theological constructions to give simple and direct answers to "everything", yet by saying that God caused the Tsunami simply because He was the creator of the earthplates, or because He had seemingly allowed it is tantamount to blaiming God and devoiding ourselves of responsibilities.

Was God in the first place engaged intimately and is everywhere and in every situation to be held accountable for not stopping the disaster ? Our theological construction of an "Ommipotent" God is presuming that God can do anything, yet God's power is constrained in order to be consistence with His other attributes such as morality/legal standing, and righteousness. There is also a sovereignty of God, not that He is mysterious but God has a will and character and a purpose in mind. God cannot simply "do anything" simply because He was God. His actions is consistent with his morality, holiness and righteousness.

The Jewish nation had a covenant with God, that they were His people, He will guide and protect them, and that they will keep the laws, perform the worship sacrifices, and be identified with Yahweh and not any other gods. It was a covenant relationship. Hence God was intimately involved and when they failed to follow the laws and committed spiritual adultery, God allowed for calamities or the enemies of Israel to overrun them for a season. But the purpose and heart of God was always to bring the Jewish people back to Him and permitting harm was a last resort.

We commit a grave biblical error if we take Japan for Israel, for God was not in it, nor required to be involved and engaged with the nation of Japan through any covenant relationship. Hence, using biblical pasages referring to Israel where God was highly engaged to that of Japan is simply cherry picking the bible to fit our predetermined theology. There was no legal standing to blame God for permitting the event.

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A nice Evangelical sermon. I like it. On the Anti-Christ, Graham forgotten to mention the 1.1 billion followers under sway by the Catholic Church where Mary and the Pope, the Saints, are honoured beyond the name of Jesus Christ. God bless. Take care. http://www.psa91.com

The focus on FRC is excessively on the gay issue rather than on families, which is sad since GLBT forms such a tiny minority in the community. We must focus on the Gospel and the family rather than a negative platform just to gain attention. http://www.psa91.com/hategroups.htm