IF GOD IS GOOD WHY IS THERE SO MUCH EVIL? In the beginning God made everything good! In Genesis chapter 1 God declared the word good 6 times. The seventh time he declared perfection, He said “VERY GOOD.” Seven is God’s symbol for perfection. Check this out! #1 Genesis 1:4 ” God saw that the light was GOOD; and God separated the light from the darkness.” #2 Genesis 1:10 “God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was GOOD.” #3 Genesis 1:12 “The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was GOOD.” #4 Genesis 1:18 “and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was GOOD.” #5 Genesis 1:21 “God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was GOOD.” #6 Genesis 1:25 “God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was GOOD.” #7 Genesis 1:31 “God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was VERY GOOD. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.” Some who are not studying the Bible would be tempted to think that God is a collaborator of evil. Good parents who teach their children to be good sometimes end up having bad kids. Does this mean that the parents are conspirators of bad kids? Is God the author of evil? Jesus answered this very important question by telling the parable of the Wheat and the Tares. The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares (Matthew 13:24-30 NKJV) 24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” The Parable of the Tares Explained (Matthew 13:36-43 NKJV) 36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.” 37 He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. 40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. 41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear! Discover More Revelations on the subject of the origin of evil. https://youtube/watch?v=ZQmLVU_nvo8
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