Evil Will Not Have the Last Word—God Will

Evilwill not last forever. Sin and suffering will one day be over. Disease, disaster, and death will soon be gone forever. The universe will finally and fully see God’s way is best. Love is life giving. Selfishness destroys. Love and greed, selflessness and pride, giving and grasping cannot coexist forever. God’s love will eventually triumph over hate. God’s power will triumph over suffering. God’s grace will triumph over death. Hope fills our hearts because we have read the last chapter in the Book. We are optimistic about the future because we know that one day righteousness will reign forever and all wrongs will be righted. We are confident in a God who has the future in His hands. All of life’s unfairness and injustice will be over.

There is a wonderful tomorrow on the horizon. The Bible’s last book, Revelation, declares,

“And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things are passed away.” Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold I make all things new” (REVELATION 21:4, 5, NKJV).

The Christ who comes to reign eternally will set all things right.

One day, Jesus will rule in righteousness. All the injustices we have ever experienced will be wiped away from our minds forever. Life’s unfairness will be gone like a dust particle blown away by hurricane-force winds. The hurtful memories of the past will be replaced by the glorious good news of a new world. The deep emotional scars from real or perceived injustices and unfairness will be healed by His amazing grace. Jesus’ promise to His disciples will become a reality.

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (JOHN 14:1–3, NKJV).

The coming of Christ is the bright hope of the ages. It is not pie-in-the-sky, by and by; it is a positive hope for joy-filled living today. It buoys us up in sorrow. It encourages us in suffering. It soothes us in discouragement. It lifts our eyes from what is to what will be. What a hope in a world where injustice seems at times to triumph. One day in the not too distant future, righteousness will reign. As one author so aptly put it:

The great controversy is ended. Sin and sinners are no more. The entire universe is clean. One pulse of harmony and gladness beats through the vast creation. From Him who created all, flow life and light and gladness, throughout the realms of illimitable space. From the minutest atom to the greatest world, all things, animate and inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare that God is love (THE GREAT CONTROVERSY, P. 678).

The apostle Peter encourages us to consider by faith this new world that is coming, “Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells” (2 PETER 3:13). Everything the human race lost by sin will be restored in much greater measure. Once again the joys of Eden will return. Love will reign. The earth will be made new. Eventually, we shall live in a fantastic new world, filled with happiness beyond our ability to comprehend, enjoy the closeness of relationships unimaginable, and experience eternal security in the fellowship of our loving Creator.

We are not cosmic orphans left alone on a doomed planet catapulting sixty-seven thousand miles per hour through space. Life takes on new meaning today because we have hope for tomorrow. Our hearts are at peace even in life’s greatest sorrows because by faith we have caught a glimpse of a better world. We do not argue that life is fair. We openly acknowledge it is not.

But we cling to the promises of our Lord that He is with us in every difficulty, will comfort us in all our suffering, will strengthen us in every trial, and one day will come to take us home where there will be joy forever. Now that is incredibly good news.

Let’s live life to the fullest today, tomorrow, and forever.

1 Unless otherwise noted, all scriptures quoted are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

2. Scriptures marked KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.

3. Scriptures quoted from NKJV are from The New King James Version, copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.