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"Why does God not punish the wicked and reward the righteous instantly"

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2Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

Ecclesiastes 2:26 "For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping up, only that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping of the wind."

The seeming delay of God's judgment is to ensure that the wicked work for the righteous

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James 1:4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."

Matthew 13:28 ,28 "He said unto them, An enemy has done this. The servants said unto him, Will you then that we go and gather them up?",29 "But he said, Nay; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them.",30 "Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather you together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."

The seeming delay of God's judgment upon the wicked is to preserve the righteous

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