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suffering

Why does God allow suffering?

Direct answer

The Bible does not offer a simple formula, but it does offer Jesus Christ — a God who entered suffering, bore it on the cross, and promises to make all things new. In a broken world, God's love has not stayed distant. It has come near.

Suffering is not a puzzle to solve first and grieve later. Christianity holds them together honestly. Genesis explains the entry of suffering through human rebellion. The Gospels show that God Himself entered suffering in Jesus. Revelation promises that suffering will not have the final word. Believers are invited to lament, to trust, and to walk with a God who knows sorrow personally.

Related passages

Romans 8:18–39 · Revelation 21:1–5 · John 11:35