It is a sad world! But it makes heaven sweeter because there is not, and cannot be, any evil in that which will be around one [there]. Christ, as manifested here, was good in the midst of evil. It is in darkness down here that light rises up for the righteous. What is so dark as Christ’s death? Yet all depends on it, even for Him as Man. I see frequently in the New Testament that it is when He sees the power of evil and bows that all the prospects of His glory open upon Him.
J. N. Darby (Letters, Vol. 2)