I love this photo of a young man contemplating my painting of Isaiah 60:1-2 which is a reflection of Revelation and the 5th Trumpet.
In the painting you have evil and the world rebelling against God as the “stinging locusts are released to torment man” – on one of those 3 fists of rebellion is “Drugs” & “Homosexuality” (this painting was shown in the heart of Oaklawn and prayers were lifted that no one would try to destroy it despite the message). Jesus Christ is in the center representing the “Door” to Salvation with the narrow path leading to Him – the Word.  The wide path leads to Hell on the left with the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse stretching throughout the earth.  Also in the midst of this scene is the Holy Spirit, the prayer of the Saints, and the Glory of God. Notice that the young man seems to be staring right at the “YOU” in yellow.  There is also the hand of God reaching down seeding the earth with “Faith”…for it is by “Grace, through faith that we are saved, it is a free Gift so that no one can boast.”  You are given this choice!
Seek God with all your heart and you will find Him. Â Jesus said, Â “I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one comes to Father except through me”. Â This painting shows that God allows choice for a reason: Because he loves us. Â Yet, many chose to refuse His Love and a relationship with him.
So each of us must ask,  “If God loves the world and is all powerful, why would He allow this evil?†Simply put, the answer is this: God is love; God loves mankind; love requires that a choice be made; choice allows for the possible rejection of God’s unilateral love. God, therefore, created humanity with the ability to positively respond to His love—or to consciously reject His offer of love. Unfortunately as Jesus himself said the majority will reject his Love – after all they killed the “Author of Life” and gloated over it!
The simple truth of the Scriptures is inescapable. Â God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. ().
God allows for the possibility of evil so that human love may exist. Â We are not cosmic robots. Â No, God created us with not only DNA as program language, but also with a brain that can process information, a conscience that knows that He and His Law exists, an incredible physical system that cannot be duplicated even with modern science, and a Spirit that can connect with Him in an intimate way!