Ive said many times that if we're going to attribute EVERYTHING to God, then we must also blame Him when we sin.
This is a true realisation of reality.
God foreknew the fall of man, and his final redemption.
So in a sense God made available the possibility and reality for people to sin and fall
short of the glory of God. So does God carry some of the guilt?
My answer is what is the price of God having children in the Kingdom?
For me if this was eternal torture I would have a problem, because how can eternal
punishment as in conscious torture make sense. But a place for judgement and then
annihilation, or eternal destruction, does add up.
Now I do not like this idea in one sense, but what we believe about God and what we
call justice is also part of Gods calling. How can He call us to judge others, and we do
not understand the principles of love and responsibility, justice and mercy?
Think of a model where a person with learning difficulties, is born, lives a long life
and dies. They never have a chance to know the gospel or God in a real sense, and
die lost. What is the purpose of life to be turned into eternal torment? Is the confusion
and disfunctional nature of their lives their fault or the consequences of the opportunity
of living like any other person without communion with God or transformation.
It is not unjust to give life for a season, with all its blessing and benefits and finally remove
it as it is expected of all living things that are mortal. Why should life be more or less than
this? So God allows the opportunity for sin and rebellion but does not command it. It is the
cost of creating a people of His own, and choosing those who respond to His call.