GOD THE CREATOR OF EVIL

GOD THE CREATOR OF EVIL By O. Khodjo Welcome to mis-translations and mis-interpretations WE are not saying God is evil but then he created all things including EVIL. Evil is not ‘SIN.’ God created evil; God Himself is not evil. And strictly speaking, God did not create sin, nor has God Himself ever sinned. What God has done is created humanity in a spiritually weakened state that is totally incapable of even understanding spiritual laws and principle, let alone being capable of obeying them. "For the creature [and/or creation itself] was MADE subject to VANITY NOT WILLINGLY, but by reason of Him [that’s God] Who HATH SUBJECTED the same in hope. Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the BONDAGE OF CORRUPTION into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the WHOLE CREATION groans and travails IN PAIN until NOW" (Rom. 8:20-22)! And this was not a sin or mistake on God’s part, this was weakness by design and it was part of GODS purpose. Therefore, God is responsible (certainly not accountable), but responsible for all sin. And God has already taken responsibility for all sin by Sacrificing His Son, Jesus Christ: Let’s take a closer look at the following scripture; most people get confused with this powerful scripture. “I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the LIGHT, and create DARKNESS: I made PEACE [good], and create EVIL (Hebrew: ra): I the Lord do ALL THESE THINGS” (Isa. 45:6-7). The word rendered EVIL (Hebrew=ra) in the AKJV and other Bible versions is translated calamity or travail or sore most times. These changes the quality of the statement God sent across to us. Look up the word "calamity" in Dr. Strong's Concordance and you will find out that calamity is found 19 times in the Bible, all in the Old Testament. Three times calamity is translated from the Hebrew word "havvah" and it means "ruin or calamity."  Sixteen times calamity is translated from the Hebrew word "eyd" which is defined as "oppression, misfortune, ruin, calamity and destruction."  Now then, what word did the Holy Spirit of God inspire to be used in Isa. 45:7?  Was it "havvah" or "eyd" which really does mean "calamity"?   NO.  It was another word. That is the word "ra" which means "bad or evil" and is translated "evil" FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO TIMES in the Old Testament!! Here are just a few examples of how this word is used: "And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of the life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and EVIL(ra)"  (Gen. 2:9). Or does anyone think it should have been translated the “...tree of knowledge of good and CALAMITY ?” "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only EVIL continually" (Gen. 6:5) Or does anyone think that God say, "...his heart was only CALAMITOUS continually?" "Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some EVIL beast has devoured him..." (Gen. 37:20). Or does anyone think that they really said, "Some CALAMITOUS beast has devoured him...?") Look up EVERY one of the 442 verses where "ra" is translated EVIL, and you will easily see the truth of this word. "Ra" never, EVER, means "calamity."  So don't let these lying weasels deceive you into believing their deceitful and unscriptural heresy. We don’t know better than God, so let’s use the words exactly the way GOD has given them to us in the bible. The destiny of the human race is indeed GLORIOUS, but the journey is filled with evil and sorrow. This is not to say that there are not many beautiful and good things in life, but for most the misery far far outweighs the pleasurable. God created evil for a purpose. So naturally He will not make evil inoperative at every turn in the road or there would have been no purpose in creating it in the first place. Evil serves many noble purposes. One of which is a back drop for good. Good cannot be understood or certainly not appreciated without a backdrop of evil. Evil makes good appear even better and is certainly much more appreciated. Evil is necessary for the production or development of good.  You cannot name one virtue that is not in some way produced by the resistance to some form of evil. All knowledge is matter of contrast and relativity. One cannot know what light is unless he has been acquainted with darkness.  One has no conception of large unless he also knows of things that are small. Up is only up in relation to down. Life is the opposite of death, etc. To understand and fully appreciate all of these things, there are many necessary experiences to go through. God creates and puts us through these many things in the development of godly character. All of these evils can be likened to the creation of a beautiful building. Ugly scaffolding is necessary in the construction of this building. It is ugly and serves no purpose other than in the actual construction of the building. When the building is completed, the scaffolding is torn down and discarded. It serves no further purpose for that building. All evil will be discarded one day. And the last enemy, DEATH, will likewise be ABOLISHED FOR EVER (I Cor. 15:26) and God will be "ALL in All"!!! In our world according to the bible God did not create light to shine IN the darkness. No, God “created” darkness, itself. Darkness is not just the absence of light. Darkness was created by God. It does not “naturally” exist independent of His creating it. This, like everything else in the Bible, is a parable. Mankind is spiritually in “darkness.”   And it is a very painful thing to come out. “For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness [not ‘in’ darkness], has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the Excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” (II Cor. 4:6). Before we go further, it is necessary to know that it is God Who is the Creator, User, and ultimately, the Destroyer of evil. We will prove these whiles we go along. Let’s starts with this powerful scripture from the prophet Isaiah. Most Teachers and Pastors have twisted this scripture in the pulpit. “I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the LIGHT, and create DARKNESS: I made peace [good], and create EVIL (Hebrew: ra): I the Lord do ALL THESE THINGS” (Isa. 45:6-7). God created ra—EVIL. Furthermore God used evil and continues to use evil against His creatures all day long. Loosen up people of GOD. THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH GOD CREATED EVIL This is all the strange work of God. We are all born out of a dark womb into the natural light of day, but this too is but a parable. We must be “born again” out of spiritual darkness of this age into the glorious light of the Sun of God. It is a painful journey, and requires an experience of EVIL to accomplish. Let’s prove what i have just said with a very powerful scripture. “And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this SORE TRAVAIL has God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith” (Eccl. 1:13). What a horrible translation! Does anybody understand this at all? My King James has three superior numbers in this one verse indicating three different words in the margin. Especially the last phrase: “…this sore travail has God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.” What pray tell does that mean? One of the most all-encompassing and profound verses in all Scripture, and most translations butcher it beyond understanding. NEW AMERICAN BIBLE: “A thankless task God has appointed for men to be busied about.” JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY: “…it is a sore task that God has given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.” NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION:   “What a heavy burden God has laid on men!” YOUNG’S LITERAL TRANSLATION: “It is a sad travail God has given to the son of man to be humbled by it.” This is really an important verse; we have got to get it right. Young’s Translation gets a little closer to the truth than the KJV (king James version) or the previous three references. He got the humbled part right. But what is all this “sad travail,” “heavy burden,” “thankless task,” business all about, am not a Hebrew scholar but at least I know how to read and write: It is not that difficult if we will just look at the Hebrew words Eccl. 1:13 from the King James: First, the word “this” may be better translated “it,” as some have done. But far, far more important than all, the word “sore” should be translated “EVIL” as almost none have done. It is the Hebrew word ra which always means “EVIL,” and is translated as “evil” in hundreds and hundreds of other verses. Why not in this verse? The few times that ra is translated “sore” in the KJV; it ALWAYS means “evil” as in “evil sickness” or “evil troubles.” SO WHY SORE NOW?? The word “travail” in the KJV is not out of line with the Hebrew, but is nebulous and not easily understood by most. It would better translate as “employment” or “experience.” And we have already seen from other versions that the KJV “exercised” is better translated “humbled” as Young’s and Concordant  versions has done. Here then is a proper translation of this most profound verse: “It is an experience of evil Elohim has given to the sons of humanity to humble them by it” (Eccl. 1:13 Concordant Old Testament). Now we can easily understand what is being said in this verse. This “experience of evil” is not the purpose or goal of human existence, but this is indeed the process by which God is bringing His Sons and Daughters into glory! Most translations have hidden the meaning of this verse of Scripture. The translators just couldn’t believe that God would do such a thing. They see it all around them. They see it in thousands of Scriptures, but they just couldn’t bring themselves to come right out and say it, as God obviously has stated in the original Hebrew of this verse. “It is an EXPERIENCE of EVIL that God has given to the sons of humanity to HUMBLE them by it.” And to this agrees the rest of Scripture: “For ALL his days are SORROWS, and his travail [experience] GRIEF…”  (Eccl. 2:23). JOB’S TRIAL ANSWERS MANY ENIGMAS Who was responsible for Job’s trial? Job himself? Satan? God? Look for the answer later in this letter. Can Satan operate independently of God? Does God use evil for good? Is it a sin to hold God responsible for all the evil in the world? To begin with, clay cannot talk back to the one moulding it... Job was a man who feared God and eschewed [shunned] evil. God gave Satan authority to test Job. God set the guidelines. Satan caused all of Job’s oxen, sheep and camels to be stolen, and his servants to be killed. He also caused a house to collapse in a wind and kill all the young men and Job’s sons and daughters. Satan then covered Job with painful boils. Would anyone suggest that these trials that came to Job were not “evil” Well here is what Job called them: “But Job answered and said, O that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!” (Job 6:1-2). Calamity is the proper translation in this verse. Now then, does the argument (which is totally untrue) that God created “calamity” in Isa. 45:7 rather than “evil” carry any weight whatsoever in any practical way. No, Job’s “calamity” was very evil. Who was responsible for these evils and calamity that came upon Job? Satan, right? Wrong. Satan was merely the club in God’s hand. Notice what Job was inspired to say: “And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away (It was “The Lord” Who took away all of Job’s possessions and his family. Satan was merely the club in God’s hand.)” “Blessed be the name of the Lord. In all this Job sinned NOT, nor charged God foolishly [with wrong]” (Job 1:18-22).  And so we have read that God used Satan to try, and test Job, He used Satan to try, and test Jesus, He uses Satan to try, and test believers, and He also uses Satan to try, and test THE WHOLE WORLD: " ... Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. ."(Isa.54:16). "By His spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the Crooked serpent" (Job 26:14). God does not “allow” Satan to do ANYTHING. Satan was created by God to do exactly what God wants him to do—nothing more and nothing less. "The LORD hath made all things for Himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil." (Prov. 16:4). These are powerful scriptures proving that God is the creator of EVIL, and he uses EVIL for which ever purpose he desires. GOD CAUSES EVIL IN THE CITY Let’s take a close look at this Scripture. “…shall there be evil [Heb: ra—‘bad, evil’] in a city, and the Lord has not done it? (Amos 3:6) There shall be all kinds of evil in a city, and the Lord is the cause of it through his created being SATAN or he brings them on his people himself... World famous teacher, preacher, theologian, author, Billy Graham said before a packed house in the National Cathedral, that GOD DOES NOT CREATE EVIL. THAT IS A LIE,   what says all these powerful Scriptures below: " ... Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. ."(Isa.54:16). "I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace [good], and create evil: I the Lord do all these things" (Isa. 45:7). " ... shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord has not done it?" (Amos. 3:6). "By His spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the Crooked serpent" (Job 26:14). “... The evil spirit from God.....”1 Samuel 16:16 "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth evil and good?" (Lam 3:38). “It is an experience of evil Elohim [God] has given to the sons of humanity to humble them by it” (Eccl. 1:13 Concordant Old Testament). " ... I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives..." (II Sam. 12:11). "That which is moulded will not protest to the moulder, 'Why do you make me thus?' Or has not the potter the right over the clay, out of the same kneading to make one vessel, indeed, for honour, yet, one for DISHONOUR?" (Rom. 9:19-25). "The LORD hath made all things for Himself: yea, even the WICKED for the day of evil." (Prov. 16:4). " ... I will bring EVIL from the north, and a great destruction." (Jer. 4:6). " ... Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring EVIL upon this people ... " (Jer. 6:19). "And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a LYING SPIRIT in the mouth of all his prophets." " ... And He [God] said ... go forth, and do so." (I Kg. 22:22). "He [God] turned their heart to HATE his people ... " (Psa. 105:25). " ... Thus said the Lord; Behold, I frame EVIL against you, and DEVISE a DEVICE AGAINST YOU ... " (Jer. 18:11). " ... For God locks up all together in STUBBORNNESS, that He should be merciful to all."(Rom. 11:32). "O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and HARDENED our heart from thy fear?" (Isa. 63:17). " ... so shall the Lord bring upon you all EVIL things, until He have destroyed you from off this good land ... " (Josh. 23:15). "For whom the Lord is loving He is disciplining, Yet He is SCOURGING every son to whom He is assenting" (Heb. 12:5). "What? shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not RECEIVE EVIL? In all this did not Job sin with his lips." (Job 2:10 see 42:7). "Thus saith the Lord of hosts ... go and smite Amalek ... DESTROY ... slay both man and woman, infant and suckling ... " (I Sam. 15:2-3). " ... God will be sending them an operation of DECEPTION for them to believe the falsehood ... " (II Thess. 2:11-12). These Scriptures Proves That God Not Only Created Evil, But That He, Himself, uses EVIL and he Is Responsible For It. Dear reader I don’t think you still doubt that God created evil and is responsible for it. Give up your old traditional thinking and start picking up the truth from where you have been left off. Maybe these aren't Sunday School verses, but they are Scriptures. These are strong verses. At times it is hard to emotionally deal with the evils of this world. But I thank God that it is HE and not Satan or man who controls evil. It is important to understand that God puts limitations on evil. He doesn't use it indiscriminately. Jeremiah 18:11 says: " ... I FRAME evil against you ... " This verse alone shows the boundaries and limitations that God Himself puts on evil. Satan is an intricate and necessary creation of God to accomplish His awesome purpose and goal for the human race. When God desires something, HE CREATES IT. Satan never became Satan on his own free will it’s a false teaching...loose up people of God. GOD CREATED SATAN FOR A PURPOSE.  This is not good news for the deliverance churches, but that’s the truth. EVERYTHING HAS A PRECISE APPOINTED TIME God Almighty is responsible for everything and He brings about everything only at its precise "APPOINTED SEASON AND TIME." "To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven" (Eccl. 3:1). The implications of this verse are staggering. The very foundation of human psychology and theology crumbles under the weight of this declaration of God’s Word. This is undoubtedly one of the ten most profound Scriptures in the entire Bible. If we are to be honest and believe this verse, then we must concede that absolutely NOTHING is left out God’s profound declaration. The word "season" in the KJV is translated from the Hebrew word, z[e]man, and is defined in Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary as: "APPOINTED season, occasion, time." And "purpose" is defined as: "pleasure, desire, matter." Sometimes rendered as "purpose" or "event." Here’s a second witness to this grand declaration: "Because to every purpose [matter or event] there is time and judgment..." (Eccl. 8:6). And a third witness: "…for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work" (Eccl. 3:17) There is no wasted motion in God's creation, purpose and plan. Everything has an appointed time, and everything includes: "every purpose, every work, every good/EVIL, every event, and every deed." Is there any real difference in saying that God "gives life" or that God "causes a baby to be born?" Is there any real difference in saying that God "takes away life" or that God "causes us to die?" When it comes to death, we prefer euphemisms. We don't like to hear that "our Mother is DEAD!" We prefer to say that "Mother passed away." We don't want to be so honest or brutal as to say "God KILLED my son" but rather "God took my son." But the use of mellower-sounding euphemisms does not negate the fact that God appointed a time for us to be BORN, and He also has appointed a time when we must DIE. GOD CREATED AND USES EVIL FOR GOOD Far too many theologians misrepresent the Word of God, and therefore pervert it to suit their unscriptural biases. I have heard of theologians who graduated from seminary and still did not know that God says in Isaiah 45:7: "I ... create EVIL." And most who have read it, don't believe it. Are we challenging the word of GOD? Evil has no moral bias. God does not sin when He uses evil for His good purposes. Men sin when they do evil to other men. The bible tells us that jealousy is not a good thing, but the same bible tells us that our GOD is a jealous GOD, that’s exactly what am talking about. Evil is only a "sin" when it is used wrongly, and for that reason it will stay as a sin among men but to GOD is a different issue. God uses evil for good. The glorious culmination of God's plan will justify His use of evil a trillion times to the power of infinity! GOD IS NOT EVIL In the book of Samuel, didn’t God descend an evil spirit unto SAUL to torment him? 1 SAMUEL 16:10-18 “………..AN EVIL SPIRIT FROM GOD……….” Where Was The Evil Spirit Coming From? From God Unto Saul, Is God Evil Then? he Created Evil, That’s The Answer, AND CHOSES TO USE IT(EVIL) ANYTIME HE PLEASES. Is none of our business but we only have to understand EVIL. And What About HABAKKUK 1: 3 “Why do you tolerate wrong?” HABAKKUK 1:13 “Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?” Lets execute this scripture in depth with a proper translation. BILLY GRAHAM DEFENDS GOD AGAINST EVIL I don’t mean to pick on Billy Graham, as he is, after all, a fine and respected man. Nonetheless, he does personify fundamental religion, and he does teach heresy. I heard Billy Graham deliver a message televised to the entire world, from the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. shortly after September 11th, wherein he stated that, God is not the Creator of evil. I also have an old newspaper clipping from a Billy Graham question and answer column in which he again denied that God is the Creator of evil. He quoted Habakkuk 1:13 as proof of his statement. I think it will be helpful to check this Scripture to see if it indeed backs up Billy Graham’s assertion: "Thou [God] art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?" (KJV—I left in all the archaic English and italics to show added words not found in the manuscripts). First of all, one is immediately struck by the fact that Habakkuk unwittingly charges God with a contradiction of character—if we are to accept this Scripture as translated by the KJV and many others. I paraphrase Habakkuk: Since your eyes, O Lord, are too pure to behold evil and you can’t look at iniquity, why do you then do it? Interestingly, of the nearly three hundred times the word "iniquity" is found in the Bible, Habakkuk 1:13 is the only time it is the translation of the word amal which means "wearisome toil" and not "iniquity" at all. Let’s notice a more literal translation of this verse: "Thou art of cleaner eyes than to see evil, And to look at toil Thou art not able" (Concordant Literal Old Testament). Even this translation does not help a great deal in our understanding of the verse. Is the meaning of this verse that God absolutely cannot (is unable) with His clean eyes, to "see evil or look at toil?" Sometimes it is necessary to translate the meaning rather than just the words. I apologize for the fact that the translation nearest to the implied meaning of this verse that I could find is The Living Bible, which is not necessarily among the most precise or accurate translations in many areas. However, sometimes they really do nail the obvious intention of the verse. And yes, I realize that is a value judgment on my part. But anyway, take a look at their rendition of this verse: "We are wicked, but they far more! Will you [God], who cannot allow sin in any form, stand idly by while they swallow us up? Should you be silent while the wicked destroy those who are better than they?" (Habakkuk 1:13, The Living Bible). Now we can make sense of Habakkuk’s cry for a more just judgment from God. Notice verse two in this same chapter with our new understanding: "O Lord, how long shall I cry, and You will not hear! Even cry out unto Thee of violence, and you will not save!" And so, this verse says nothing with regards to God being or not being the Creator of evil. But the verses prior to Vs. 13 clearly show what evils are to come upon the people by means of the Chaldeans: "They are TERRIBLE and DREADFUL… more FIERCE than the evening WOLVES… They shall come all for VIOLENCE… they shall deride [laugh at] every strong hold… Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, IMPUTING THIS HIS POWER UNTO HIS [the Chaldean] god" (Habakkuk 1:7-11). GOD NEEDS NO DEFENSE FROM EVIL Notice very carefully that the Chaldeans are "imputing" this fierce and evil power that they possessed, to their god. "Behold you among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously; for I [GOD] will work a work in your days, which you will not believe, though it be told you. For, lo, I raise up the Chaldean, that bitter and hasty [Heb: ‘fierce and impetuous’] which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs." (Habakkuk 1:5-6) And there is the plain truth of this Scripture. It was God Himself Who was responsible for "raising up the fierce and impetuous Chaldean." And they were a great evil against those whom they slaughtered! And so the very verse that Mr. Graham used to prove his doctrine turns out to prove just the opposite. Hahaha! God have mercy. We are no more drinking milk but we are really chewing bigger bones. How pray tell. The Scriptures are quite clear on this subject. The verses I quoted above should be sufficient proof to even the most stubborn reader, that God is both the Creator and User of many forms of evil, and yet is without sin and not evil, Himself. God uses evil for good. And this is a prerogative that only God uses righteously 100% of the time. Why do I spend so much time on this subject of evil’s Authorship? Because it is one of the most import truths in the whole world! It is the answer to maybe the most colossal enigma in all creation—Why is there, and must there be, evil in the world? Let me state with all humility that no theologian who believes that Satan is the author of evil, can ever explain why God put evil in the "tree of the knowledge of GOOD…"!! They might attempt a feeble explanation if God had put evil in its own tree, but not when God put it in the same tree with good! God is responsible for not only all the evil in the world, but God is responsible for EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE, and God is the most responsible Being in the universe. Just Who’s responsible for this mess? God is! And just Who’s going to clean up this mess? God is! Consider Joseph and his brothers. Joseph told his brothers: "Now therefore be neither grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither ... "(Gen. 45:4). Don't be "grieved," or "angry with yourselves," for committing such atrocious sins, crimes, and EVILS? This was a perfect plan of GOD. This was certainly a severe trial on Joseph and his brothers. God brought it about, not so He could see how they would handle this trial-God already knew that. That's why God, Himself, "tries no one". "For GOD did SEND ME before you to PRESERVE LIFE" (Gen. 45:4). It was ALL of God, the end justified the means. Why do men doubt God's ability to bring about good from evil, and to save all mankind in the only way they could ever really appreciate God's love and goodness? Even that greatest of evils, death, will be "Swallowed up by Victory" (I Cor. 15:54). "For even as, in Adam, all are dying, thus also, in Christ shall ALL be vivified" (I Cor. 15:22). What was God's purpose in bringing this severe trial on Joseph and his brothers? "And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to SAVE YOUR LIVES by a great deliverance. So now it was NOT you that sent me hither, BUT GOD: and He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt" (Gen. 45:7-8). Did you get that? Joseph brothers cant be blamed, they had done what they did under the will of God almighty, this is from Joseph own mouth to his brothers, yet still they are accountable to it all but God is responsible for it. DID YOU GET THIS SCRIPTURE? AMAZING AND STUNNING ONE. WILL YOU SAY GOD IS EVIL THEN? YES HE IS BUT HOW?.... EVIL IS NECESSARY FOR THE PRODUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD...THIS IS HOW !!! Notice that God did not "change" what they planned, or "turn" the evil that they planned into something good. No, God "meant IT," it being the whole scenario from start to finish, for good. God didn’t change anything or turn anything; rather God planned it to happen just as it happened FROM THE BEGINNING. God has never ever made a mid-stream correction in His original plan. God always knows the end of everything from the beginning: "Declaring the END from the BEGINNING…" (Isa. 46:10). But "Who will believe our report?" God's plan is all about "life." God creates life. God chastises us in life. God makes life miserable at times. We are often weak and diseased in life. Even still, we love our own lives. But ultimately, God takes away our lives. Our parents die, our friends and relatives die. We know for certain that we, ourselves, will die. Without faith, it is a frightening expectation. But, we will all be beside ourselves with joy when God finally gives back our lives with immortality-never to suffer, sorrow, or hurt again. We simply need to trust God. We'll all be so glad we took the journey at journey's end. BUT NO, GOD IS NOT EVIL, BUT GOD HAS DETERMINED AND DECLARED THAT WE ALL MUST EXPERIENCE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EVIL IN THIS LIFE. We are aware of the extreme degrees of evil God uses at times. But God knows what is best for humanity. And really, when we come right down to it, most men do not suffer more than a few hours, or days, or years, in the extreme. Certainly it does not deserve to be compared with the end result that God has in store for all His Creatures. Our Apostle said that the glories that are to be revealed to us are so great he calls them "a burden!" Imagine having so much happiness it almost becomes a burden. Was Paul unacquainted with evil? I think not. Note: II Cor. 11:23-28 "In weariness more exceedingly, in jails more exceedingly, in blows inordinately, in deaths often. By Jews five times I got forty save one. Thrice am I flogged with rods, once am I stoned, thrice am I shipwrecked, a night and a day have I spent in a swamp, in journeys often, in dangers of rivers, in dangers of robbers, in dangers of my race, in dangers of the nations, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers in the sea, in dangers among false brethren; in toil and labour, in vigils often, in famines and thirst, in fasts often, in cold and nakedness ... " This is not to mention all the daily problems of the churches. And Paul was well aware that it was GOD Who brought all these evils upon him, even though God may have used intermediaries like Satan the devil. II Cor. 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me... Acts 9:16 “I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.” II Tim. 2:9  “In which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound; All these are evils from God, and yet, Paul's ministry was beyond reproach. All for the better, GOD designed it all. GOD AND PROVIDENCE Even if one denies these truths of Scripture, they still have to deal with providence. HAVENT YOU HEARD THAT fifteen people died in a Colorado school. That's tragic, a week later fifty people died from tornadoes. That too was tragic. Over 10,000 died in a Turkey earthquake. Next, thousands perished in an earthquake in Taiwan, with still more thousands buried alive. Not that long ago, 600,000 perished in a typhoon in Bangladesh. The disease that followed may have raised the toll to one million. Not forgetting Tsunami and Katrina, One may suppose God's eyes were closed during the Colorado school shooting. Go to natural disaster on Wikipedia, you will find out how many have died through natural disaster, But who would deny that God controls the forces of nature and the weather? Look at what we call "NATURE." Nature is filled with evil. In nature almost everything eats another thing for lunch. Lions eat deer. Foxes eat rabbits. Big fish eat little fish. Humans eat all. All creatures engage in a lifetime vigil for their own preservation. The sun gives warmth and life, but also causes skin cancer. The air gives life-sustaining oxygen, but in swift motion becomes deadly tornadoes and hurricanes. Water gives life and enjoyment. But water in swift motion kills everything in its path. The seas furnish us with food. But her waves and icebergs have claimed countless victims. If you don't think the sea is evil, watch Titanic. Fire warms, yet when out of control, it destroys. These powers are all of God. We need to ask ourselves, “Does God “allow” all of these things, or does God create, cause, and bring these evils upon humanity?” God does not “allow” earthquakes, but rather He causes and brings earthquakes:  “You shall be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake…” (Isa. 29:6). “And, behold, there was a great earthquake for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven…”  (Matt. 28:2). Etcetera, Sounds pretty much like what God did in the Indian Ocean to destroy the coastal regions of Indonesia, doesn’t it? Theologians refuse to believe that God would purposefully CAUSE the Christmas tsunami: “And, Behold! I [GOD] even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, where in is the breath of life, from under heaven; and everything that is in the earth shall die” (Gen. 6:17).  “The LORD shall smite you with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish” (Deut. 28:22). These scriptures are so powerful that they are undeniable, what is the problem with Christendom? Is it over praise or that we don’t want to offend God? We are not adding scriptures or making them up, we are quoting from the same bible that the Christians Theologians use all day long. EVIL IS GOOD! "For OF Him, and THROUGH Him, and TO Him, are all things: to whom be glory forever.  Amen" (KJV Rom. 11:36). "Seeing that OUT of Him and THROUGH Him and FOR Him is all..." (Concordant Version) Does what you just read also include EVIL? The Scriptures assure us that God did not create things that had no purpose for existence in the first place. All that God created was "very good." God "created evil," how can evil be good? That sounds like something God Himself said that we should not say: "Woe unto them that call EVIL good…" (Isa. 5:20). First let me clarify that it is God Who says to US not to do this. In Gen. 1:31 it is God Who says:"And God saw everything that He had made [I make peace, and create evil Isa. 45:7] and, behold, it was very good…" Goodness, righteousness, virtue, character, and love AND INANIMATE things cannot be created as a rock, or water, or a star, etc. By the very nature of goodness, virtue, etc., it requires TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCE to develop (or create, if you will) these things. And so God CREATES all that is needed to develop these virtuous traits of character and love. Since any and every virtue that you can think of is the result of overcoming some form of evil, EVIL, therefore, becomes a very important ingredient in the development of virtue, character and love. As God does not DIRECTLY try anyone, He had to create adversaries to do this "dirty work." And so, God created His OWN ADVERSARY, Satan, the devil. "By His spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the CROOKED SERPENT" (Job 26:14). " ... Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the WASTER TO DESTROY. ."(Isa.54:16). " ... I will raise up EVIL against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives..." (II Sam. 12:11). "The LORD hath made all things for Himself: yea, even the WICKED for the day of evil." (Prov. 16:4). There are lesser adversaries in the form of demons. Satan did not became who he is , NOPE, he was so from the beginning. "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING (which beginning?), and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. " John 8:44 Did you read that? He was a murderer from the BEGINNING, God made him so? He didn’t became evil with his own free will...lies!! Wake up people of God, why do you fall for every doctrine? There was evil present with God before Satan was created, for God UNDERSTANDS all of the ramifications of good and evil.  When all enemies and powers are brought under Christ's subjection, then evil, sin, and even death itself will be abolished  Sin and evil are absolutely necessary in the development of human character, virtue, and love. God did not directly entice Adam or Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit, Satan did. But notice, Who planted the tree?  Where was it planted, in a far corner somewhere? Who made the tree LOOK good and desirable to make one wise?   Who knew that Satan would take the first opportunity to tempt them? Who had ALREADY PREPARED HIS SON AS A LAMB to be slaughtered for these sins even before they committed them? "The Lamb slain from the foundation [Gk:disruption]  of the world" (Rev. 13:8). (2 Timothy 1:9 Young's Literal Translation) who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the TIMES OF THE AGES, I Pet. 1:19-20 “But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was FOREORDAINED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, but was manifested in these last times for you" There is no doubt that these scriptures proves that it was designed for Adam and eve to sin, it wasn’t a mistake. If it was why was Christ slain before the foundations of the earth? Only Christians have got a better understanding to these scriptures, Holy Ghost babies, come on and explain. Well, yes, of course, it was GOD! God did NOT tempt Eve. Satan tempted Eve. Eve's own carnal nature tempted her – BUT GOD KNOWS ALL BEFORE CREATION.  That is why God slained the lamb before creation. God didn't need to even be present--although even unseen, God is always present. God had marvellous, good, and righteous, and unfathomable WISE purpose for creating things as He is. It would be impossible to create this world, mankind, Satan, and the whole heavenly host, any better than God did it the first time! Can we not believe this?  This creation, this world, this generation of wicked and evil people, with all the terrorists and frightful things happening all around us is EXACTLY AS GOD PLANNED IT. What power in heaven or earth could possible THWART GOD'S ORIGINAL PLAN AND PURPOSE? GOD IS SOVEREIGN!!!  And he had designed the beginning from the end so no mistakes...!! Just because we don't always understand things, does in no way ever diminish God's Sovereignty. God plainly tells us that He knows and sees and prophesies, THE BEGINNING FROM THE END. Nothing has ever surprised God. God is a billion times smarter and wiser than most ever give Him credit. Christendom is telling the world that God's plan is off the tracks and it's up to us to put things back the way they should be. Adam and eve never failed, get that straight, i can prove more than enough. Theologians and preachers have one program after another, year after year, trying to correct the direction of God's creation.  Give me a break people of GOD, We need to worship God for His grand plan for our lives.  MANKIND HASN’T CHANGE GODS PLAN A BIT. WE ARE ALL JOKERS; RESHAPE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE THINGS OF GOD. God Made Some A Vessel Of Honour And Some A Vessel Of Dishonour. Why That? Is Part Of His Plan, And No Man Can Change It; Think Very Careful About This Scripture? "That which is moulded will not protest to the moulder, 'Why do you make me thus?' Or has not the potter the right over the clay, out of the same kneading to make one vessel, indeed, for honour, yet, one for DISHONOUR?" (Rom. 9:19-25). God created good and evil (Isa. 45:7). That covers it all. God planted the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" - not Satan. When God planted that tree He said everything (including this tree) was "good." People think that God never intended for man to eat of that tree. Of course He did. How else could man know "good?" He had to eat of that tree. "Good & Evil" are two separate things, but the "knowledge of good and evil" is not separate. One cannot have knowledge of good without knowledge of evil. It is impossible. And that's why they were both in the same tree. The same fruit. The first time I saw the truth of this verse, that both "good and evil" are in the same tree, I was shocked. I had never seen it before. Never been thought before... Pastors and Theologians always teach that it was God's intention that Adam and Eve walk with Him in the Garden and obey Him. So Adam apparently went against God's intention. Untrue and impossible. If true, then God made a mistake-He sinned! If true, then God doesn't "know all" - He lied! Then God had to go from plan "A" to plan "B." How absurd. Adam did not withstand God's intention. God did NOT make a mistake. God does not lie. God knows all. God did not go to plan B, but rather intended for Adam to sin. At this point in Adam's life, God made him a vessel of dishonour (Rom. 9:21). I guess you are not lost? This is all about the will of GOD. Religion and theologians have so clouded men's minds that many can't even think straight anymore. Most do not meditate at any length or depth on what they read in God's Word. If Adam and Eve had NOT eaten of the tree of the knowledge of "GOOD and evil," would they have had a realization that they had done a good thing by being obedient? No. They wouldn't. Why? Because they didn't have a knowledge of "good and evil." That knowledge is in the fruit of a tree that they wouldn't have eaten from. If Adam and Eve never obtained a "knowledge of GOOD and evil," how could they ever know ("knowledge") good? Since this tree contained not only the knowledge of evil, but of good also, why did God forbid them from eating it in the first place? Or, why didn't He plant another tree in the garden that contained ONLY the knowledge of "good?" Why not two trees: (1) The tree of the knowledge of good, and (2) The tree of the knowledge of evil. They could have eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good only, and rejected the tree of the knowledge of evil, and all of the suffering of the human race would have never came about, and we would all be living in a garden of happiness and bliss to this very day. Or would we? Why didn't God do it this way? Because God is intelligent and wise, not stupid and foolish like the people who come up with questions as these. God is good (Mark 10:18). God possesses knowledge of "good and evil" (Gen. 3:22). God wants Sons (Eph. 1:5). Sons possess the attributes of their Father. There it is.  One cannot know good without a knowledge of evil. That's why they are both in the same tree, in the same fruit. We cannot know one without knowledge of the other.  Eph. 2:10 says:"For His achievement are we, being created in Christ Jesus for good works ... " What is an "achievement?" Webster's Dictionary says: "to do ... succeed ... accomplish ... to get ... to reach by trying hard ... gain ... victory ... by skill, work, courage, etc." Webster's New World Dictionary, p. 7. Do we think "achievement," "goodness," or "virtue," are things that fall out of the sky like rain, or grow wild on trees? Try to name ONE virtue that is not the direct result of overcoming some form of EVIL. If Theologians insist that God never intended for man to sin or experience evil, then they are also saying, of necessity that God never intended for man to have any virtue or to know good! Let's not delude ourselves. Under the same circumstances as Adam, I would have sinned, you would have sinned, and everyone would have sinned. Yes, Adam and Eve "sinned" when they disobeyed and ate the fruit. But it was God who was behind it. He had already made provision for their salvation from sin. "The Lamb slain from the foundation [Gk: disruption] of the world" (Rev. 13:8). God wants sons. (Eph. 1:5). And God "designated us beforehand" for this purpose. God knows "good and evil" already (Gen. 3:22). Man has no knowledge apart from contrast. We can't know what light is unless we also know darkness. We can't appreciate health without having experienced sickness. And we cannot fully appreciate life without also experiencing death. And so God created all these in order to produce sons.

1.      God is absolutely SOVEREIGN! ALL IS OF GOD (II Cor. 5:18). 2.      Man does NOT have a free will. Man only makes "choices" which are always caused by circumstances over which only God has control. THIS IS A PART(excerpt) SERMON  By Dr. JAMES KENNEDY, A.B., M.Div., M.Th, D.D., D. Sac.Let., PhD., Litt.D., D.Sac.Theol, D. Humane Let. “My seven year old son, Blake, was bitten by a mosquito and contracted encephalitis. He became comatose. I will never forget the anguish I felt when signing the papers authorizing doctors to remove him from life-support But I will not protect God from any responsibility for evil. God Almighty is the Creator of evil (Isa. 45:7). God created mosquitoes that carry encephalitis that killed my son. I can't deny that. The encephalitis was only the "relative" cause of my son's death. I don't flinch at the fact that it was God who really took my son. But here's the good news. God knows how painful these evils that He created are. It was no sin on His part to create and use these evils. God uses evil for good. And furthermore, the evils are only temporary. The time is coming when " ... there shall be no more any doom ... " (Rev. 22:3). And God will resurrect my dead son. He will resurrect all the dead (Job 14:13-14). And notice please. God doesn't just resurrect dead "bodies," but dead "people." When God removes all evil, no one will be sad or suffer again. "And He will be brushing away every tear from their eyes. And death will be no more, nor mourning, nor clamour, nor misery; they will be no more, for the former things PASSED AWAY" (Rev. 21:4)!” This is the good news from Dr Kennedy that ought to be taught, rather than the contradictory and unscriptural nonsense taught by mass media Christianity. HE HAS SUMMARIZED ALL I HAVE SAID. What astonishes me is that the same theologians who balk at the many Scriptures I have quoted, then turn around and teaches that this same God will mercilessly torture most of humanity for eternity. And He supposedly supernaturally keeps them alive so that they can't escape the pain. Hypocrites! I can't imagine how such minds function. Think about this. Lesser, temporary evils, (brought for a GRAND purpose) are rejected, while gross eternal torturing (for no purpose) is accepted. Here is the depth of Satanic delusion. Knowledge of interest But I thought that "God cannot lie" (Titus 1:2)? He can't, but He does send those who DO LIE. But I thought that "God tempts no man" (James 1:13)? He doesn't, but He sends those who DO TEMPT. (Matt. 4:1, I Cor. 7:5, I Thess. 3:5, Heb. 4:15). ALL CRITICISMS AND CORRECTIONS ARE WELCOME please do well to send me questions and point out my errors in writing to khodjo74@hotmail.com A True Servant Of The Most High. Most hungry for the truth!!