He had also made the egyptian pharoah become stubborn and not want to release the israelites from captivity. so if this is bad, why cant god be evil?
2007-06-04 13:16:55 · 12 answers · asked by HARDLUCKKID 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually, God creates evil. Isaiah 45:7 "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." Don't believe me, look it up.
He did in fact send the evil spirit to Saul, not to kill David, but it was a result of his evil spirit. (1 Samuel 16:23) "And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp..." David only went to relieve Saul with his playing, Saul just got a little upset. You can research that too.
Pharaoh: God did harden his heart on purpose so that He could show forth His wonders. (Check Exodus 4:21) "...but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go."
I could show you another place that God sent a lying spirit to false prophets. But...you didn't ask about that one. Betcha didn't know He did that :-)
Surely this does seem like God is evil, but I don't think so. He does a lot of things that would make people think He is horrible. There's always a purpose though. If he hadn't done all you said, you wouldn't be getting points asking this question would you? :-)
Look, if you were creating your universe filled with an entire lot of years with people, wouldn't you create both good and evil? Two sides, battling each other, for a very long time. Sounds like a pretty good drama to me. People only look at it badly because it's "God." If it was you writing a book or making a movie, you wouldn't feel the same way.
2007-06-04 13:34:39 · answer #1 · answered by insidious_22 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ahh! This is quite the conundrum, isn't it? Why do bad things happen to good people and that kind of stuff... The Bible tells that pharoah's heart was hardened. He rejected God's messenger and therefore God showed His almighty power to the pharoah. Saul was consumed with jealousy. He was king but David was admired more than the king himself! This story teaches how we can easily fall prey to sin. It wasn't God but the lack of God in Saul's life that made the situation that way.
2007-06-04 13:26:21 · answer #2 · answered by joegrille 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
you may desire to be speaking approximately Samuel 19:12-20:a million. you're slightly at a loss for words. In verse 20, God's spirit makes Saul's messengers to start performing like prophets; God had inspired them to thoroughly substitute their course and ignore their challenge. Then, back, it passed off with the subsequent messengers Saul sent. finally, God's holy spirit fell upon Saul as to impression him additionally. The holy spirit influencing Saul to act like a prophet gave David sufficient time to flee from him back.
2016-11-04 23:13:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God did not send an evil spirit to Saul in Endor. He allowed Pharaohs heart to be hard because he would never recognized God otherwise.
2007-06-04 13:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by Ardys R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the "Lord" of the ancient hebrews was the "devil." And yes, this God is EVIL. Read HOW civilizations OTHER than Hebrews wrote of these "evil ones." Egyptians, Persians, Libyans, and several others of the time used to refer to the Israelites as ruthless murderers, who slaughtered not only their enemies, but slew EVERYONE, including women and children. "Chosen" of God in "heaven." More like the "chosen" of the Devil in "HELL" and history RECORDS it, NOT "their" history, but the history of those around them in the ancient past.......
2007-06-04 13:25:57 · answer #5 · answered by Theban 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is Good not evil.
God-good,great,excellent,terrific,wonderful,awesome,trustworthy,caring,loving,forgiving
satan-bad,terrible,horrible, evil.
those are the differences between Good and evil and God is Good.
2007-06-04 13:25:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no evil in God but there is in Satan and why do you not known that Satan can act on his own power... Also all demon and evil spirits fall under Satan domain of power and influence......................................................... It is no wonder that there are so many people doing the devil work for they can't tell the difference between the goodness of God and the evil doings of the devil... I am willing to say that all those people are doomed.....................................................
2007-06-04 13:35:21 · answer #7 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think u need to ask God why he did that..I mean good question but I dont think anyone who currently uses yahoo was present back then..........of course u probably dont believe in god which makes me wonder why ur trollling.
2007-06-04 13:24:29 · answer #8 · answered by jason b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they kept the Jews as slaves for four hundred years.
he had to teach Egypt not to mess with them anymore.
Pharaoh was on the wrong side.
2007-06-04 13:25:33 · answer #9 · answered by customcobler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hardening his heart was a result of pharoah choosing to be stuborn.
2007-06-04 13:21:00 · answer #10 · answered by Maurice H 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋