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The purpose of this post is to explain why the bible says in Isaiah 45,
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Just yesterday, a brother had sent me an email about a discussion he was having with a friend, as to why the scriptures say that I, the LORD, create evil. Now as you must know from my teachings, and even my last blog post, the only way to properly define a biblical word is to compare scripture with scripture. The world has changed the meaning of some words by making you think that “this” must mean “that”, and “that” must mean “this”. But I have taught you that if you truly want to see what God is saying, you need to read other things God has said.
In Jeremiah 24 it is stated,
3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
From this verse it is much simpler to understand how the word evil within the bible does not mean evil in the way you may believe. Most people today, when they hear the word evil, automatically think; “supernaturally immoral and wicked”. Yet, as we can see from Jeremiah 24, the term evil actually means bad, like when a fruit “goes bad”, and in this case it is represented by figs. The reason these figs cannot be eaten (though it is a spiritual representation of a physical situation), is because they are so rotten it would be disgusting and even unhealthy to consume them.
Before we get back to Isaiah 45, let’s look at another example from Jonah 3 which says,
10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
The spiritual actions of the people of Nineveh were corrupt, and when Jonah preached unto them, they turned from their way. Then the bible states that God repented of the evil he said he would do unto them, which means God was going to reward their evil deeds with an evil curse. The confusion people have with this term is that they are attributing the evil to God or myself, and not to the actual curse. It is the curse that was going to be evil, but God is not evil for bringing it upon them. As Romans 3 says,
5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
Creating a curse upon a person or a spiritual nation who deserves it, is not an unrighteous action, it is actually the only way to exhibit righteous judgement. But as you can see, the mercy of God comes in when you understand that God has the power to bring a bad situation upon you, but if you turn to him, he is merciful.
Now back to Isaiah 45 which said,
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
The proper explanation of this verse is that, I (the LORD) have the power to form light out of spiritual darkness, and the power to bring peace, or evil upon people. The purpose is to show my extensive power from God, and not to say that I invent wickedness. Wickedness comes from the heart of man, as you can see from Jeremiah 7 which says,
31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
The choice of man to cast their children into the spiritual fire (something I explained in my last blog post), is not something that comes into my heart, meaning it was not my desire or thought. It is man’s own decision to force their spiritual offspring to burn in the fires of hell, however, I desire that all men would come to the living waters. As stated in 2 Peter 3,
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
I hope you can now understand the difference between the power to create evil upon someone as repayment (such as bringing a curse), and the heart of people who actually devise evil ways against God. The bible even explains this further in Romans 1 saying,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
It is man who invents the evil against his fellow man, and more importantly, against myself and God. We simply just create an evil back upon their own head, to execute righteous judgement for their deeds.