The phrase “senseless killing” suggests the evil we see around us happens for no purpose or reason. Is it really so? Is it not possible for us to make sense of the evil we see or experience in our lives every day? It is true that it is quite impossible to reconcile the fact that evil has any value or sense except to contrast what is good. If it was possible to reconcile, philosophers and theologians would have done so a long time ago.

Yet it is only human that we try to make sense of the existence of evil because it occurs in our lives every day. However, we can take another approach. We must recognize that human logic cannot resolve good and evil as they are at opposite poles. They are different in what they intend to accomplish as good intents to enhance what is around to make it better; but evil intends to create chaos to its surrounding. It is therefore impossible to reconcile them with logic as it will only bring frustration instead of enlightenment.

The common approach of using logic to make sense and explain good and evil is quite natural as we are created with a mind to think, a heart to feel, and a conscience that has moral values. However, this is not a good approach because good and evil are two different “systems” even if they exist in the same world. The world is governed by a certain set of laws to ensure that there is order in it. They include the physical and moral laws that govern creation. For example, under the physical law, air is needed in order for life to exist; and the moral law is exercised when evil doers are served with justice for their crimes against their victims.

These laws ensured that the world is running well and orderly until evil came along to disrupt and corrupt the whole of creation. In the beginning, God created everything good, but sin entered to corrupt His creation. Therefore, creation is “abnormal” or “unnatural” now because of sin. The “unnatural” things that we call “natural disasters” are the result of the effects of sin. They are the confusion and chaos of evil’s aim to harm and destroy creation including man’s faith, hope and joy. Evil entered the world as a result of sin when the first man and woman disobeyed God by eating the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 3). Evil’s intent is to thwart and destroy the physical, moral and spiritual orders put in place by God’s creation by causing confusion and chaos in this world. Thus it will not adhere to the laws of the orderly world. This leads us to conclude that the evil we see as “senseless” because of its abnormality and “immorality. Evil is abnormal because it wasn’t meant to be present in creation that was originally created good.

Good, on the other hand reflects the very nature of its Source, the Creator of the world which is God Himself. Good is normal and morally righteous versus evil is abnormal and immoral that opposes good in its nature and intent. Thus evil has nothing in common with good, nor is it able to be reconciled with good. The law of “cause and effect” or “you sow what you reap” does not apply to it as its intent is to break it.

Evil came into the world because of sin. The first couple sinned and their sin affected every aspects of creation. Thus even a perceivably “good” person can still be bestowed with evil as good is being attacked by evil. One of the best ways to destroy an enemy is to create confusion and chaos. Evil uses pain and suffering to create them in the orderly world. As such, it does not and will not follow the order of both natural and moral laws. It will only distort or destroy what is good. Therefore, it does not make any sense or can be reconciled by logic. In the orderly world, God created everything good, but evil caused chaos in it by confusing man to sin against God. Sin has no will or desire to play by the rules of God just like its father, Satan himself. No amount of logical reasoning will be able to explain why bad things happen to good people. They just happen whether people are good or bad. A good person can still repay evil with evil because of his sinful nature.

Man has done a lot of wicked things to one another throughout the course of history. His actions may be justified by valid reasons, but they are never good as they destroy people. It is even harder to comprehend or reconcile when natural disasters occur that hurt or kill innocent people. Therefore, natural disasters are to be “looked” at as unnatural. If we are not suffering, it is not because we are good but because of the grace and mercy of God. If we are suffering, there is no surprise at all as we live in a fallen and sinful world where even good people can do evil to others. God is the only One who is good, but He does not repay evil for evil. He repays evil with good, and commands us to do the same like Him.

This is why Paul says in the Book of Romans that the whole of creation is longing for the day of redemption; and for the purpose to be liberated from the curse of sin! This is why we also need a Redeemer. Our Redeemer is the Son of God whose redemption is not just for mankind, but the whole of creation. We may not be able to make sense of the evil around us or to reconcile good and evil; but we know that we have hope in our Redeemer. We are to rejoice and be glad in Him. We are to have faith in His promises given to us until He returns in the Second Coming. When He returns, He will also right what is wrong in the world too! Good and evil will then be separated forever; and no longer be in the same world.