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Your Questions Answered Q. In the Millennium, will everybody be living with Christ or will they be spread out all over the earth? This shows that there will be those living in other places too. In fact, as the world population multiplies fruitfully during that 1,000 year period, this will be a necessity. In all likelihood, nations will just send contingents of people to worship the Lord, as all the worlds population could not fit in one city. But still, everyone in the Millennium will be touched by the Lords presence, as communication devices bring news of His activities into every home on an ongoing basis. Q. Why did God allow Satan to operate after his rebellion, knowing that through him, sin would enter the world and the majority of the world would be unsaved and end up in hell? Further, Satan quite often is used by God to accomplish His ultimate will. Josephs brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt, but Joseph ended up as Pharaohs right-hand man during a severe famine. As a result, Joseph was able to save his family, the children of Israel. When he was reunited with them, he said: But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive (Genesis 50:20). It should be of some comfort, however, to remember that Satan cannot operate outside of the confines of the permissive will of God. Satan came before the throne of God to accuse Job, and God gave Satan permission to test Job, but only within certain parameters (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-6). As we know, Job passed the test by maintaining his faith in God. God responded by restoring to Job twice what he had originally lost (Job 42:10-17). The most notable biblical example of Gods use of Satans evil for a greater good, of course, is Satans motivation of the Jewish and Roman leader of Jesus day to condemn Him to death. But by Jesus death, burial, and resurrection, mankinds sin debt was paid. The fault does not lie with God for allowing Satan to perpetrate evil. The fault lies with those who do not take advantage of Gods greatest gift to mankind, salvation through Jesus Christ. All of our praise goes to God for offering that sacrifice on our behalf.
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