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If Jesus had shown up 20 minutes after Adam and Eve sinned, we never would have understood the depth and breadth of our sinfulness.

To teach humanity about the depth of our sin.

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He knows that although our lives are less than mere breaths before His infinite existence, the years of our life are often full of pain, hardship, trials, burdens, sickness, fear, and sorrow. This is a Christian way of saying, “Life sucks then you die. “Oh, life is hard and you are wondering why God is taking so long to answer your prayers and set things right? Well, God’s timing is not our timing.” I know that this is not what people mean when they say this, but to many, that is how it comes across. Peter’s point is valid in the context, but I don’t think we can say that just because God is not restricted by time, this means that God doesn’t comprehend time, or that God doesn’t care that we struggle with how long His plan takes. So in other words, though it seems like God took thousands of years to send Jesus, from His perspective, it only seemed like a couple days. Those who use this first answer quote 2 Peter 3:8 which says that with God, a day is like a thousand years, and a thousands years is like a day. It is a Christian cliche: “God’s timing is not our timing.” It is one of those pat answers to difficult theological questions which really does nothing to answer the question. The first answer some provide is really a non-answer. Here are three of the more common answers: 1. People have often wondered why God waited so long before sending Jesus. So why indeed was there a delay in God’s redemptive plan? Why did He wait so long to choose Abraham? Why did He wait so long to give His law? Why did God wait so long to send Jesus? Why is He waiting so long to send Jesus back? Some Traditional Answers to Why God Waited Thousands of Years to Send Jesus

That sounds like a much better plan, does it not? Adam and Eve would have sinned, Jesus would have immediately shown up to fix it, and that would have been that. There never would have been wars, or famines, or diseases. Honestly, from a human perspective, this second order of evens would have saved a lot of horrible grief, bloodshed, death, sorrow, and sadness. Rather than that order of events, we often think it would have been nice for the order of events to follow this outline: Obviously, God is not silent and is not inactive during these waiting periods, but this outline of events is simply to show that God’s plan of redemption does seem to occur in small steps spread out over long lengths of time.

(in the Future) The Second Coming of Jesus.

Obviously, there are more liberal estimates which extend these periods of time out to tens of thousands of years.) (The number of years listed below is based on the the most conservative estimates. Note that in between each major event, there are larger periods of relatively uneventful history. Here is a basic timetable of God’s major redemptive works in history, counting from the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden. There are other possibilities as well, but these go to show that when it comes to delays in God’s timetable, there is really almost no way to know why God does what He does when He does it. Maybe God was waiting for us to be an answer to our own prayer, and we were the ones who slowed Him down. Maybe God did immediately answer our prayer request, but Satan temporarily stopped us from receiving God’s answer (cf. Maybe God’s apparent delay had something to do with God’s perfect timing. There are, of course, a thousand possible answers to this question. I mean, if we pray for something, and God knows He is going to give us what we prayed for, why does He sometimes make us wait weeks, months, or even years before granting the request? That is, why does God “wait” to do anything? Why Does God delay in anything? The question is not just about why God waited so long to send Jesus, but about all the seeming delays in the redemptive plan of God. For example, we have previously considered the question, “ Why did Jesus wait three days to rise from the dead?” and “ Why is Jesus waiting so long before He comes again?” Obviously, those questions are different than this particular question, but the answers are similar, which is why I reference them here.Īs with many of the Bible and Theology questions I answer, I find it helpful to step back a little bit and get the big picture for this question. I have answered similar questions before regarding the apparent “delays” in God’s timetable. Here is one about why God delayed to send Jesus. I have been working my way through dozens of Bible and theology questions which people have submitted through that “ask a question” area in the sidebar.