"Does Jesus only live among the wealthy?"

During a session conducted at my area's year end serve program, an interesting snippet of a Korean movie called "Crossing" was shown. During one of the scene, it showed the father who managed to escape to South Korea, going "berserk" after hearing the news that his wife died in North Korea before he could go back and save them. And one of the lament he made was why is God so unfair? Does Jesus only live among the wealthy (referring to the South Koreans) and have already abandon those poor (referring to the North Koreans who went under communist rule)?

I guess this is a common question that will especially plague the minds of people who witnessed how life is "unfair" or who have lost a loved one suddenly. How do we help such people understand and believe that there is a God who actually loves?

Then I read this off a blog,

“If we had been in Egypt at the time when Pharaoh started out to follow the Israelites to the Red Sea, we would have taken off their chariot wheels before they could get under way. But Jehovah did something better. He allowed the Egyptians to pursue and overtake and threaten, and then He allowed them in their pride to go down after Israel into the depths of the Sea…. It may be that God will allow error [or evil] to proceed further and let it seem to triumph, so that by its own presumption it may place itself where it is more effectually crushed…” –Spurgeon

Not an easy thing to swallow. But at least consistently throughout history, God is consistent. He allows evil to happen so that finally man may be drawn to recognize that there is indeed a God who is sovereign and powerful above all. Have to trust that God knows what is best. Again, not an easy thing to swallow.

But we have a hope. Hope of the day when Christ will come back again and where evil will no longer reign. Now that is heartening. :)