The question many have heard, “How can a loving God allow…?” is no different than the question the serpent asked Eve in the garden. Genesis 3:1,”Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’ ” Did God really say? Don’t fall into the trap of questioning the sacred word of the Creator. We do need to verify exactly what He intended and we can do so by carefully studying His word in the context of language, culture and history.