Why did God allow Satan to command that Jesus die?

[mariej]

Hopefully this is the question box!! .
My question has been on my mind for sometime.
I must say I have no problem with anything concerning my faith. I know that I must trust and I want to believe that our faith is real even if we do not understand.everything. The only one thing what bothers me is that I have a serious problem why God allowed satan to have so much power so that he, or it, even could make it a command to have God the Father sacrifice his only son in order to free us from the devil’s power. I cannot see the connection between the evil force and God’s almight power to let it come so that God had to let His only Son die to make us free…
Do we really know the real struggle between good and evil as it actually is? .
Why is this fact so little mentioned by the church?
Do not get me wrong, I am still in love with God because He is a good God, and I know we must trust in Him, and not ask for the impossible. Even so, I would like to get some kind of answer on what is bothering me…
Thank you for giving us this wonderful opportunity to inform us.
God Bless,

Marie Jalsevac
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[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi Marie,

Satan did not command that God let His Son die to make us free. Jesus could have redeemed us in any way He chose. But He chose to suffer and die to show us, in a way we could understand, the extent of His love for us. If He just told us that His love for us is infinite, the information would remain an abstraction for us since we have no experience of anything infinite. But we do know what suffering is like. By suffering and dying He also showed us how important it is for us to love Him and each other. It also shows us that His love is like nothing we have ever fully experienced. His whole life on earth was a lesson for us on how to live.

He allows evil that a greater good can come about in reaction to it. But God’s goodness is limitless. Satan’s evil has a limit.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.