Cause

 . . . so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

 - From Isaiah 61

Three important words from this excerpt:

• Cause
• Righteousness
• Nations

Cause: Because apparently humanity is unable to do it on its own. Humanity, as a class, may not even want to do it. We don't even know what righteousness is (see below). It is the permanent answer to the question "Why would a loving God allow such evil?"

He won't. Eventually His desire for peace and righteousness will outweigh His desire to let us make our own decisions and set our own courses . . . and He will act. He will cause us to be righteous. 

Righteousness: People think they know what "righteousness" is. They don't. The person that clamors for "justice" is horrible to her own grandmother. The guy that pontificates about racism is skilled in acting in racist ways against people with different political views, or values, or with fewer college degrees. Respected people in the arts, the sciences, academia, and the law, are lifelong bullies, getting away with horrible acts towards others, even winning the praise of the masses, for their "toughness." School-aged kids are encouraged to stand alone, in courage, when the time comes - - - but are treated like dirt by the same people that encouraged them, once they step out for truth. Righteousness isn't even close to any one of us. 

Nations: All peoples, all tribes, all families, all nations. Everybody in the world will finally know righteousness. It will finally be okay. And everybody's going to know it. No person, no nation can escape the eternal reign of righteousness. 

Righeousness is goodness. It is the lack of badness. It is happiness, fairness, and plenty, for all. Everybody gets listened to. Everybody treats others as their betters. Everybody serves everybody else. Nobody fights. We forbear with one another. We build one another up. Everybody. That's righteousness. 

It's not what the world in 2022 calls "good." It's not what the world in 2022 calls "fair." It's not what the world in 2022 calls "love." 

But it is . . . actually . . . GOOD. FAIR. And LOVE. Real Good. Real Fair. And Real Love. Not the kind that's actually, sugar-coated selfishness ("if it feels good"). 

But real, true, eternal, righteousness. 

And it should be clear by now: we're not having it, unless God causes it.