http://www.bibletoday.com The Website Dedicated to Demonstrating the Bible is Gods Word for Today. en-us http://www.bibletoday.com/archive/if_god_why.htm Why are shooting rampages becoming so common like the one that took the lives of six people in Arizona? Why is there terror, sickness, hunger, death, fear, confusion, prejudice, unemployment, pain, inequality…? IS THERE AN ANSWER? Yes! There is an answer—a rational one. It is the purpose of this writing to offer an answer in an abbreviated form. It is offered as being satisfying, adequate, harmonious, comprehensive, and can be well-documented. It is an answer which, unlike most answers, includes all men as recipients of its ultimate benefits. It is not a selfish answer. http://www.bibletoday.com/booklets/Gods Kingdom.htm No desire has been more eagerly expressed; no wish has been more sincerely wished; no need has been more earnestly felt than for a kingdom of peace, joy, and happiness to replace present conditions on planet earth. Christians center their beliefs, their very lives, around Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus centered his life, and his teachings around this theme of a coming kingdom. http://www.bibletoday.com/revelations/rev_chapter2f.htm Genesis begins with the fall of man. Revelation concludes with the restoration of man. In Genesis the curse falls on man. In Revelation the curse is "no more." In Genesis are the promises that the "seed of the woman" and the seed of Abraham will destroy the enemy and bless all of the families of the earth. In Revelation, that seed (the Lamb and 144,000), destroys the enemy and blesses all of the families of the earth. This is the kernel of the Gospel.