Summary: <p>Does God act in history? If you look at the world, does it testify to the existence of a loving and powerful God who acts to make sure that God’s highest ideals are implemented?</p> <p>Of course, even asking the question in this hot mess of a summer suggests the implausibility of the premise that God acts in history.</p> <p>How could God act in history when floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, massive fires cause death and destruction on a massive scale to innocents too numerous to count?</p> <p>How could God act in history when the Delta variant continues to rage?</p> <p>How could God act in history when two suicide bombers exploded themselves at the Kabul airport killing 13 American service members and more than 100 Afghan citizens and seriously wounding so many innocent civilians?</p> <p>In short, any honest assessment of the question would have to come down on the side that God does <em>not </em>act in history.</p> <p>That assessment seems accurate. But there are two problems with it. It’s a problem for the world to be a hot mess and God-less. And it is a problem for our Jewish sources. The Bible’s signature voice is that God acts in history.</p>
