Well, after searching through those threads, taking everyones input and doing some research, I still don’t have a clear answer. So this one may take a while, or may have an answer that God has not provided yet.
When I read the book of Job I see this person Job in severe pain physically and emotionally. Struck with painful sores and his entire family and flock destroyed. To put it in modern day context it would maybe be like a Tornado victim losing their family, house, job and in the hospital being treated for painful wounds. The person does not lose their faith in God through all this but just asks why . God comes back with a series of questions…which all prove that man has no where near the knowledge or nature of God. Job then places his hand over his mouth realizing how limited his own understanding is.
I think the best we can do on this subject is speculate…with our limited understanding.
And I do believe that for us limited humans experiencing sin does accentuate all that is good and loving and merciful, and at least in my experience the greatest experiences I have had (such as love or forgiveness) were only known after the opposite was experienced.
The question still comes, when in glorified bodies in the new earth in the next age, we will probably be overwhelmed with joy and love but will sin still be possible? My theology seems to indicate No. But if no Sin, then we are basically back to what we were in the Garden of Eden pre-sin, but with knowledge of Good and Evil. So what keeps us from sin? Is it that we have full faith and love in the presence of God? That is hard to imagine, but is that because the only world I know of is one of Sin?
