Todd
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Not unless you understand the purpose of this temporal realm we are now occupying. God's desire is that all follow his perfect guidance and instruction. If all did that there would be no conflict, suffering, or evil at all. But God also created both man and angels with the ability to chose whether to follow his guidance and instruction. That gave creation the ability to doubt that God knows best. That was the original conflict in heaven when 1/3 of the angels rebelled against God. God's plan to deal with the situation without violating the freedom of choice to his creation was to create this temporal realm so we could see what happens when we allow God to have control and what happens when we choose to take control and remove ourselves from the protection and grace of God.Surely, (Jewish) god had an good opportunity to prove his goodness by intervening or preventing evil to happen or doing something real.
I don't agree with the notion that god is personal. Hard to believe to accept a personal deity that doesn't intervene.
Does God intervene? Of course he does, but during this temporal age he has chosen to intervene when creation submits to his guidance and instruction. When we thumb our noses at God and think we know better he steps aside and lets us take the controls. We can't blame or accuse God when we have no interest in following his guidance and instruction. There will come a day when God will intervene whether we ask him to or not. In that day all of creation will come to the knowledge that God alone is worthy to have all dominion authority and power. When that day comes all of creation will be reconciled to God and the memory of this lifetime will remain as a constant reminder to never doubt God again.