CoxRox, I don't know if you have read my post on the Hebrew Ra (Evil) or even if I posted it here, but what you have to realize is that when God created mankind he did so intending that we would live forever in peace and without sickness. He only had one rule and that was that we recognize his right as creator to guide and protect us. The knowledge of good. Adam and Eve chose the knowledge of good and evil which was a judgement against God's right. It was, in effect, a rejection of only good as God intended. We wanted to do it our way. All of the evil you see is a result of not only that event told in the Bible but a continuation of it as well.
I think of it as adult children going off on their own in a bad direction and there isn't much the parents can do about it. God can't wave a magic wand and make it all disappear and he can't include himself as a part of that evil even as a solution. It can't work that way.
He gave us his word and in that way we have the opportunity to seperate ourselves from evil as much as possible and to have faith in the knowledge that God's intention will be fulfilled. The meek shall inherit the earth and live forever upon it.
I think of it as adult children going off on their own in a bad direction and there isn't much the parents can do about it. God can't wave a magic wand and make it all disappear and he can't include himself as a part of that evil even as a solution. It can't work that way.
He gave us his word and in that way we have the opportunity to seperate ourselves from evil as much as possible and to have faith in the knowledge that God's intention will be fulfilled. The meek shall inherit the earth and live forever upon it.
