If you know why God allows children and innocents to suffer from EXTREME evils then tell us.
It's a big question. I'll try to answer as briefly as I can.
1. There is no love without sacrifice, and there is no sacrifice without pain.
"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13)
"The LORD said to me, "Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes."" (Hosea 3:1)
2. God is love.
"God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him." (1John 4:16)
"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever." (Ps 136:1)
3. Love is the motivation for redemption.
"Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love." (Psalm 44:26)
Therefore, the purpose of everything since the beginning is for the God (who
is love) to exercise His love through
redemption.
"For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God." (Romans 8:20-21)
"David then said to Abishai and all his officials, “My son, who is of my own flesh, is trying to take my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to. It may be that the Lord will see my distress and repay me with good for the cursing I am receiving today.” (2 Sam 16:11-12)
"But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today." (Genesis 50:19-20)
Or in other words, unless we are lost, we cannot be found. Unless we are stolen, we cannot be redeemed. Unless we are hurt, we cannot be healed.
"Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent."(Luke 15)
God values the
process of redemption as much as the end result. Which is why He put both trees in the garden. It's why He created a world in which a Savior would be necessary.
"He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake." (1 Pet 1:20)
"Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek." (Hebrews 5:8-10)
God bless
