How is God Good if He Allowed Dantes to go to Prison?

Dantes went from being a successful young man with a great fortune ahead of him, to an unknown man, stuck in one of the worst prisons of his time. Many people would look at Dantes’ situation and say that God had forsaken him. Even Dantes himself, believed that God had left him to die in the Chateau d’if. However, God used Dantes’ unfortunate situation to teach him important life lessons that he might not have learned otherwise. As Romans 8:28 states, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” So even though Dantes had to endure such great misfortune every once and a while, God worked out everything for good in the end.

When Dantes first arrived at the Chateau d’if he was nineteen years of age, and he was a naive young man with a sense of adventure. However, Dantes’ attributes of kindness and gentleness were quickly cut down after many days in the cold prison cells of the Chateau d’if. Dantes lost all hope, and he eventually decided to commit suicide. However, God’s guiding and caring hand is shown when at the last minute hope arrives for Dantes. “All at once, toward nine in the evening, just as he was hoping that death would come soon, Dantes heard a dull sound on the wall against which he was lying.” (Dumas 82). This shows that even though Dantes is in a horrible situation, God is still looking out for him. God saved Dantes from the throes of death right at the last moment. If God had saved Dantes earlier, Dantes might have taken God saving him for granted. However, God waited until Dantes believed that only God could save him, and then God rescued him. Thus, God wanted to show Dantes that even amidst all the bad and evil things around him, that G...

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...I had no such idea; but, knowing that all was ready for flight, I thought you might have made your escape.”” Thus, even the Abbe thought that Dantes would leave him there and escape. Yet, Dantes showed his loyalty to the Abbe, and he was rewarded for it. The Abbe knew that now, he could trust Dantes with the secrets of a treasure he had been hiding for so long. This treasure would make Dantes rich beyond his wildest dreams. Therefore, this last piece shows how good God was to Dantes whilst he was in prison.

In conclusion, God worked out all of Dantes’ suffering for good. From Dantes’ position life seems hopeless. However, Dantes could only see all the problems he was going through at that time. Dantes couldn’t see all the good ahead that was planned for him. Only God saw the big picture for Dantes’ life, which would be a story of redemption, from prison to riches.