The Controversy of Isaiah 45:7

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Why does Isaiah 45:7 say that God created evil? | GotQuestions.org

Thanks to our San Antonio contact, we investigate the question, “Did God really create Evil, and why?”

How should this make a Bible believing person, feel?

First of all, if you are Bible believing, then you have accepted all of the Bible as truth. All or nothing.

So then, what about the different variations/interpretations? Does this create the confusion? Certainly. Who felt it important to do this? Someone who felt a new audience would not understand the previous interpretation. This is a problem. Done for a good reason, but also an opportunity to guide us in the wrong direction of meaning. An evil agenda. God is against anyone changing His word, with the ultimate punishment, and if the act of doing it is evil, then how did God create “evil.”

We at Bigfoot Eruption will simply say at this point, “Maybe God created Free-Will, and not Evil.”

Maybe we could say more. Satan mimics what the Creator has done, so maybe Evil is a mimic, a damnation of something else God created, However, let’s look at Isaiah 45:7, for some help on this.

Isaiah 45:7 NIV – I form the light and create darkness, I – Bible Gateway

“I form the light and create darkness,
I bring prosperity and create disaster.
I, the Lord, do all these things.”

Ouch, that was not easy to read either. Ok, now for the biggie:

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Isaiah 45:7 KJ21 – I form the light, and create darkness; – Bible Gateway

“I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I, the Lord, do all these things.”

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What about the King James version?

‘Isaiah 45:7 KJV – I form the light, and create darkness: – Bible Gateway

“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.”

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Let’s try the New King James Version. Surely if this were a controversial problem for new converts, then the New King James changed it?

“I form the light and create darkness,
I make peace and create calamity;
I, the Lord, do all these things.”

Yikes. Ok, so the meaning is that God is the author of the bad things that happen, right?

Since God knows all things and all results, we should probably want him to alo be in control of the Evil that happens. Would we really want Satan to be in control of the evil we encounter.

This is where scripture has the rule of three. Find three verses that create agreement, then you have a definite meaning.

So, we need two more verses.

Job 1 NKJV – Job and His Family in Uz – There was a – Bible Gateway

Easily we think of the book of Job in the Old Testament. Satan was only allowed to test Job, in ways that God allowed. In doing so he allowed the death of livestock and Children. The joke is that God did not let the wife die, as she remained and was a total irritant.

God blessed Job with more Children, but surely the original children still died.

Job 1:18-19 NKJV – While he was still speaking, another – Bible Gateway

“and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

God allowed Jesus to be tempted by Satan, and Jesus wins, by a lot. In the pre-game meeting, they must have felt sorry for Satan, because like in all things, Satan ultimately has no shot.

So why the death of the innocent, just to make a point.

Thanks to the Blurry Creatures Podcast, we at Bigfoot Eruption have learned that God has to follow the rules, or he would not be a fair God. God does not break his own rules. The whole Satan thing has to play out, and we already know Satan loses.

Thanks to Katt Kerr and Blurry Creatures, and many others, we have learned that the Spiritual is more real than our current human realities. This life is a blip in the radar of the big picture. Pending links…

In closing, we want God to be in control of the Evil, meaning the parameters of it. Thus, obeying his own rules including Free-will, while patiently letting things play out, to undo the wrong.

Job 1:9-11 NKJV – So Satan answered the Lord and said, – Bible Gateway

“Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.”

Note: More scripture can be found insinuating that the Earth would be made new again, free of the whole Satan problem.

Our lives here on Earth comes with a new mission, to endure the garbage and believe. The do-over can happen after this part of the story is completed.

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Still hard to get past the pain of the innocent, yes. So, we are called to read the word of God, and when we are ready, we understand more.

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We did not say a lot about the context of a passage, so remember to check this link:

Why does Isaiah 45:7 say that God created evil? | GotQuestions.org

Watch for more on the idea that certain translations are meant to deceive.

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