If God bothered to Save Abraham's Son, why did he just let MILLIONS of lives perish during the Holocaust?

Question

Considering that the Jewish people BELIEVED in him????

Bryton, please read the little sentences I write under questions next time. Thanks

Answer 1

He lost a bet.

Answer 2

The world is lying in the power of the wicked ones (1 John 5:19) So whilst Satan is the cause of all this trouble God gets the blame.
Many people think that the answer to that question is yes. ‘If God cared,’ they reason, ‘would not the world be a very different place?’ We look around and see a world full of war, hatred, and misery. And as individuals, we get sick, we suffer, we lose loved ones in death. Thus, many say, ‘If God cared about us and our problems, would he not prevent such things from happening?’

7 Worse yet, religious teachers sometimes lead people to think that God is hardhearted. How so? When tragedy strikes, they say that it is God’s will. In effect, such teachers blame God for the bad things that happen. Is that the truth about God? What does the Bible really teach? James 1:13 answers: “When under trial, let no one say: ‘I am being tried by God.’ For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone.” So God is never the source of the wickedness you see in the world around you. (Job 34:10-12) Granted, he does allow bad things to happen. But there is a big difference between allowing something to happen and causing it.

8 For example, think about a wise and loving father with a grown son who is still living at home with his parents. When the son becomes rebellious and decides to leave home, his father does not stop him. The son pursues a bad way of life and gets into trouble. Is the father the cause of his son’s problems? No. (Luke 15:11-13) Similarly, God has not stopped humans when they have chosen to pursue a bad course, but he is not the cause of the problems that have resulted. Surely, then, it would be unfair to blame God for all the troubles of mankind.

Answer 3

In the time of Abraham there were fewer people, and not many of them believed in the same god as Abraham, so Abraham was more noticeable to his God. By the time of the Holocaust, there were WAY more lives to keep track of. Not everyone's prayers are answered. Also, I don't think any god can control people's free will. He couldn't just make all the Germans change their minds. Mankind's mistakes need mankind's solutions.

Answer 4

In response to Bryton, who said people perish for not knowing God: tell that to my Jewish ancestors, who knew God quite well.

This is one of the many reasons I am an atheist.

Answer 5

Abrahams mere willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac was a direct test from God Himself. God requires all of His followers to put Him before everybody, including themselves. When God spared Isaac's life it was at that point that God knew that Abrahams faithfulness rested only on God. Regarding the Holocaust the Jews who suffered and died were not completed Jews. They did not recognize the Messiah, Jesus, sent by God to save them. I'm not saying that this is a direct reason why they suffered and died but I AM saying it is that comparing the Jews of the Old Testament to today's Jews is a complete contradiction.

Answer 6

I don't think we'll ever really know the answer to that question, until we can ask God face-to-face, so I'm not even going to try to give you a relevant answer...but what I can tell you is that He is in control. So no matter how gruesome the circumstances, I believe that He has a good reason.

Answer 7

There is no possible answer I could give you or anyone else.

We can try to justify why it happened and look for the good that came out of such tragedy, but we will never know if their was a reason or what was it.

Answer 8

There's a difference. God TOLD Abraham to sacrifice his son. Hitler was an egomaniac, and did what he did from his own free will..

Answer 9

same reason god let the egyptian slavery thing happen. they BELIEVED in him too.

"but he got them out of slavery, and people were killed in the holocaust" you may say. but people also died in slavery, and the holocaust also ended. in fact, the holocaust and the egyptian slavery thing were both very similar.

Answer 10

Arbitrary.

Answer 11

Where do you get the idea the Jewish people believed in him? Which ones. By the time of the holocaust the vast majority of Jews had abandoned their religion in favor of vcarious secular ideologies. Haven't you ever read Deuteronomy, "Just as it pleased me to bless you, so will it please me to hate you and to vent my wrath upon you."