Originally posted by franklin
neo, sounds about right, God is the creator of eveything including good and evil! There is plenty of evidence in scripture that says God creates peace and He creates evil, or disaster.... Thus God is the source of "evil" in the sense of being the ultimate permitter of the problems that we have in our lives.
Hebrews 12:6-11, "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth...If ye endure chastening...afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby."
This isn't a mistranslation in the KJV. With all due respect, it's more of a misunderstanding on your part. The 'Evil' as spoken of is not the essence of evil, or wickedness. If you read the entire KJV bible, you'd realise that this word also refers to the consequences of evil, such as pain and suffering. Also, In Job, it was written:
Job 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. 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.
It was obvious from Job's viewpoint that the evil that was spoken of was the painful events that had since transpired.
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