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If God created everything, why did he create AIDS, influenza, ebola, ecoli and other diseases?

News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.  Matthew 4:24

When God created the earth, it was perfect.  When man decided to disobey God and make his own choices, he chose to remove himself from God's love and protection.  Mankind made choices that created unhealthy and harmful conditions.

From that disobedience, diseases began to spread across the earth.  Whether it was from hurtful choices (sexually transmitted) or a lifting of God's protection, diseases began to spread.

So God did not "create" diseases, but he created an environment that had the potential for diseases that could be avoided if the people followed his laws carefully.

But God does not like disease.  When he organized a nation around the Israelites as they fled Egypt, he set up laws in Leviticus to stop the spreading of diseases.  Leviticus 13 and 14 are very unpleasant chapters to read, but filled with smart and healthy regulations to treat diseases from spreading among the people.

When Jesus arrived in the New Testament, he healed people from diseases when he came in contact with them.  Likewise the apostles spread the news about Christ around the known world by healing people along the way.

In Revelation, the final chapter of the Bible that is looking forward into eternity, it speaks of healing and no more suffering and pain for those who choose to follow God into heaven.

God is all about healing us from the destructive diseases that inflict our bodies and the sinful disease that ravages our souls.