Thanks for the answers- If you could be so kind- I would like specific locations for ramhal discussing these matters as I’m not the biggest lamdan (I am a busy business man) but i enjoy that kind of reading when I have some free time…
Question 1- I can grasp that gd is above time, but do all things spiritual like olam haba and Angels exist on this same plane? I can wrap my mind around the fact that time is a thing created by gd as part of the physical system- my question is – Does the current present time hold an elevated platform (or spotlight if you will) in shamayim? I just feel like the present has to be somehow elevated above the past and future simply because of all the stories and midrashim that use time relative to shamayim (I.e. there are plenty of stories in tanach where the mefarshim or midrash says – at that moment, when so and so did such and such, g-d did such and such) clearly illustrating that time and sequence of events plays some role up there.::
Question 2- so if all bad is always really for the greater good, then that’s a good standard answer. But are we going to go so far as to say that gd created a system where sins that the Torah considers abominable (erva, avoda Zara) can take place with not only his knowledge but despite his disapproval he has to “will” the evil into existence if man should choose to commit evil? Does this count as part of the same answer- there needs to be sin the the world in order for there to be mitzvot, for reward to exist, punishment must exist too, so gd is actually doing us a chessed by allowing sin to take place because it sets the stage for choosing good over evil.
So if the above is true, my next question is does the yetzer hara have full control over evil, and gd “stays out of it”? I have a hard time believing that gd could stay out of anything since he is everything.