Brian Mcnamee
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Hi the LORD did create everything and yes it was good. The fall of man records the creation of sin and death. Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” The temptation 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
3 And the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 So the LORD God said to the serpent:
“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”
16 To the woman He said:
“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
In pain you shall bring forth children;
Your desire shall be for your husband,
And he shall rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,
And you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
For dust you are,
And to dust you shall return.”
So we see in the fall the introduction of evil by the free will choice of Adam innocence was lost and sin and death were introduced. God created all things knowing of the cross and the mystery of free will and Gods foreknowledge is deep. You see the passage you quote from Isaiah was in context of God naming a guy named Cyrus before he was even born as an instrument of judgment in Gods hand. Cyrus was head of the Meado Persian empire and led the Persians over the Babylonians. Evil has many definitions. here is what the concordance shows the common usage.
The KJV translates Strong's H7451 in the following manner: evil (442x), wickedness (59x), wicked (25x), mischief (21x), hurt (20x), bad (13x), trouble (10x), sore (9x), affliction (6x), ill (5x), adversity (4x), favoured (3x), harm (3x), naught (3x), noisome (2x), grievous (2x), sad (2x), miscellaneous (34x).
So the day of evil can be trouble, or affliction such as when God can punish a wicked nation with say a drought or earthquake. You see punishing sin is righteous and bringing the laws of sowing what you reap is throughout the Bible. In reality many bad choices bring about the correction of natural consequences which is known as evil.
You see what Adam brought in sin and death was overcome at the cross where redemption, salvation, atonement and adoption takes place. People who are born of the Spirit of God are sealed with the Holy Spirit. This universe, our world and our very lives are but a speck of time compared to eternity. The end of all things on earth God separates the seed of the serpent and those who are Christs. Rev 21
Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John,[fn] saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me,[fn] “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”
6 And He said to me, “It is done![fn] I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things,[fn] and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving,[fn] abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
So the presence of sin provide man with two masters and our destiny is based on which master we serve. The Lord Jesus risen is the power of salvation. The fall of man has imprinted all of us and we all need to be saved.
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