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To: Jean Chauvin
Your #1032, quoting Isaiah 45:7: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil. I the Lord do all these things.

I have done a little research on this. The author I was reading goes into depth about ancient Near East covenant practices and says that Isaiah wrote about the covenant between Jehovah (as suzerain, or Lord) and Israel (as vassal) in terms of those ancient practices in which there were often elaborate covenant blessings (denoted by the Hebrew word for peace) for keeping the terms of the covenant and covenant curses (denoted by the Hebrew word for evil) for breaking the covenant. The author says Isaiah 45:7 need not cause any theological controversy over whether God created moral evil, since it refers to the terms of ancient Near Eastern covenants.

You could also say that "God brings evil upon a city", meaning that God suffers natural disasters, famine, deformity, pestilence, etc., to afflict people in this mortal sphere in consequence of transgression, but of course it is also prudent to remember that these things are not only sent upon the wicked, we are all subject to them as long as we are in this fallen world.

1,056 posted on 03/02/2002 12:50:44 AM PST by White Mountain
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To: White Mountain
have done a little research on this. The author I was reading goes into depth about ancient Near East covenant practices and says that Isaiah wrote about the covenant between Jehovah (as suzerain, or Lord) and Israel (as vassal) in terms of those ancient practices in which there were often elaborate covenant blessings (denoted by the Hebrew word for peace) for keeping the terms of the covenant and covenant curses (denoted by the Hebrew word for evil) for breaking the covenant. The author says Isaiah 45:7 need not cause any theological controversy over whether God created moral evil, since it refers to the terms of ancient Near Eastern covenants.

Notice that I did not have to do any research on the subject! That 'Old' 1611 will give you the answer everytime!

1,059 posted on 03/02/2002 1:10:55 AM PST by fortheDeclaration
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