Nothing on earth is like him,
One made without fear.
He looks on everything that is high;
He is king over all the sons of pride. (vv. 33-34)

They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it? (Revelation 13:4)

We live on this earth as if we were going to live forever, but our life is limited.

Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not remain with man forever, because he is also flesh; nevertheless his days shall be 120 years. (Genesis 6:3)

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is only trouble and tragedy;
For it quickly passes, and we disappear. (Psalm 90:10)

When Covid struck the world in 2020, I often heard ministers say, “Don’t be afraid. God is in full control.” Others claimed that God was testing their faith. Some churches even defied their local and central governments by gathering to worship on Sundays. If they had understood that God was angry at churches for preaching lies and enslaving people, they would not have done so. Instead, they rebelled against God, refused to repent, and resisted the civil government to which God had given authority.

God is indeed in full control of everything—even the devil. The devil acts only within the bounds of God’s plan. And the end of that plan is the Kingdom of God. The Book of Job addresses many of these deep questions.

Has God created evil? If not, is the devil self-made? And if self-made, does that make the devil another god equal to God? This chapter answers clearly: God created both light and darkness.

Can God be deceived by the devil? No. Everything unfolds exactly as God has planned.

The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these. (Isaiah 45:7)

How can God, who is only light and goodness, create evil? This is a philosophical question, and many have spent endless time discussing it in vain. Like children, we simply understand that God created all things for His purpose. We do not argue about it. God will fulfill what He has promised, and we patiently endure by the power of the Spirit.

When we live in darkness, we do not understand light. But when light comes, we then recognize what darkness truly is.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was a formless and desolate emptiness, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. (Genesis 1:1-2)

However, there are people who choose to remain in darkness because they do not love the light. This is not something we can persuade them out of. God has appointed some to be saved, while others are not. This is according to His plan. We do not yet know the reason, and it is meaningless to question it. If you love the light, you follow the light. If you hate it, you reject it. The light, as every Christian knows, is Jesus Christ. To know and believe in Him is eternal life and the Kingdom of God.

The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them. (Isaiah 9:2)

In Him was life, and the life was the Light of mankind. And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it. (John 1:4-5)