Phoenicians-ok, but consider when Lucifer, God's favorite, rebelled. God banished him to earth and one third of God's heavenly angels went with Lucifer.
I recall reading that God allowed Lucifer to rule the earth until the twentieth century. (Time discrepancy: someone told me God's timing is not the same as ours)
It's difficult to understand why God would allow Lucifer, aka Satan, etc, to rule earth, but maybe it was for the third of His angels who left. There's a Bible story of how a 'shepherd' will do whatever he can to save a lost sheep.
(Kind of explains why God saved me, who used to be a lost sheep)
Yes, just grains of sand, blood, sweat, tears, but we are God's children, and He loves us!
But consider the book of Job: A contest between God and Satan ensued after Satan told God he could turn anyone away from Him. God allowed Satan to do whatever he wanted, to Job and God proved Satan wrong when Job remained faithful no matter what happened to him.
Rambling . . .

The sneakers, so sad. I always wondered too. Maybe those who wonder are able to be awakened. Always wondering about things no one I know over here thinks about. He saved us for reasons we might not know of yet. Mom is now 99 and healthy but we can’t talk about the elephants in all the rooms we enter. I’m grateful for you all🙏🦅😇♥️🇺🇸🪃