God does not promise heaven on earth.
In Genesis, He tried that, establishing a garden with two people in it and one
rule. Even in the simplest of terms, man failed to do good.
Man corrupted God’s good plan because
God gave man freewill, the ability to choose to obey God or not. Man used his
freewill to disobey God and evil found a foothold in this world.
Despite this setback, freewill is still
a good thing. We have the freedom to
love God. We also have the freedom to
turn away from Him.
Now God had two options. One, wipe all of humanity out and start over,
with probably the same consequences or, two, save the world from its
destruction.
God chose the second. He put into place a sacrificial system that
would temporarily pay for the sin. It started with livestock and produce
(fruits/veggies) leading all the way to Jesus Christ on the cross.
God is working to restore good into an
evil world. That’s a good plan. However,
evil continues to disobey and choose anything but God.
So God is good because He has a good
plan to save good people. God would be
bad if he invaded or cheated someone’s freewill and made them do good against
their will. Would that be real love?
God is good because he desires sinners
to repent and gives them multiple opportunities to accept him.
God would be bad if he killed someone
the minute they did bad in order to preserve good in this world. If that’s the
case, who would be left on the earth?
Man is bad because he takes the
privilege of freewill and uses it fulfill his own selfish desires.
God is good because he loves us despite
our sinfulness.