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To: Valpal1

Hi Valpal1,

Afraid the Bible disagrees with you. From the very first book the notion of evil (or sin) being forgiven is fundamental.

Genesis 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

Hank


43 posted on 10/27/2006 7:04:04 PM PDT by Hank Kerchief
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To: Hank Kerchief

Note that it twice says to forgive a "trespass" and also "sin". It calls what they did evil or as having caused calamity, it doesn't say to forgive evilness.

From Strongs Hebrew Bible the word translated as evil is from 'ra`a`' (7489); bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral):-- adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

Trespass is from 'pasha`' (6586); a revolt (national, moral or religious):--rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.

and sin is chatta'ah khat-taw-aw' or chattacth {khat-tawth'}; from 'chata'' (2398); an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender:--punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).

Probably seems like picky semantics to you, but sin and evil are not synonymous. What God forgives is the internal will or volition of Man. God forgives sin but not the consequences (evil) of it, thus the world suffers.


46 posted on 10/27/2006 10:05:27 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Big Media is like Barney Fife with a gun.)
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