last I heard God was the one who decided when every single one of us die, might as well use deaths for an example to help along others. consider that God decides things from a total point of view and he saw what was best to do in all situations, counting every sparrow that dies, numbering every hair on a persons head. it is human fallen nature that thinks dying is a huge deal. from eternitys point of view our entire life is like a vapor and as if one day has passed. what if God in his great mercy saw that if he did not kill those 2, that they would have effected something very horrible on many people or themselves? God is not evil for killing people, in fact sometimes it is better that they die, as harsh as that might sound. but it is never for another human to decide when someone dies, only God, only God can judge perfectly what needs to happen. remember he always orders all things for the greatest good of all.
has anyone ever been afflicted with something they would rather not, but in the end found how much it served them for good? well God cares so much for us that sometimes he will do seeming irrational things to save us, a chief example is Jesus dying on the cross. it is called "the foolishness of God", and it is much wiser than humans can ever discern on their own.
I don't know if God literally killed those 2 either, it is a possibility and could have happened. those who are perfect will not stumble over anything, those who are weak will stumble over anything.
some very horrible events sometimes happen to people who do not deserve, and God never approves of evil occurring. but God turns such horrible things as little children getting their tongues cut out and being roasted on a iron pan into something amazing, even though we can't see it clearly. from the eternal perspective such events occurring, if God allows, creates an eternal memory of love that forever is a sweet reminder of the Love God has for you and all and the love which overcame you so much in a world of insanity for you to even bare such cruelties in compassion or innocence or true courage. there is a reason why the greatest human being ever to walk this earth, Jesus Christ, died a very horrible death. he was willing because of the power of divine love, it will all make sense once you wake up from this dream world, this illusion of fear and death and torture. in that great day when all know who they are and see clearly all things. the contrast of suffering and hell compared to the divine mercy and love is a wound so deep, so powerful, that it will never be healed. and it does not need to be, for we have God who is our everything. some are willing to suffer for the love of God, love is hard to understand. why do moths fly into the fire and die?
Song 8:6-7
Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings are burnings of fire, a flame of Yah! Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down--they tread upon it.
Heb 12:26-29 (YLT)
whose voice the earth shook then, and now hath he promised, saying, `Yet once--I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven;' and this--`Yet once' --doth make evident the removal of the things shaken, as of things having been made, that the things not shaken may remain; wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear; for also our God is a consuming fire.
2Tim 3:1-9 (YLT)
And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind, without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good, traitors, heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away, for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold, always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come, and, even as Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, so also these do stand against the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith; but they shall not advance any further, for their folly shall be manifest to all, as theirs also did become.
