{"id":16829,"date":"2020-04-24T06:32:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T13:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=16829"},"modified":"2020-04-24T06:32:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T13:32:24","slug":"did-elohim-create-evil-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/24\/did-elohim-create-evil-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Elohim create evil?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Evil-Standing-against-309985-734x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Evil-Standing-against-309985-734x1024.jpg 734w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Evil-Standing-against-309985-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Evil-Standing-against-309985-768x1072.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Evil-Standing-against-309985.jpg 1075w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Isaiah 45:7,<em> Create evil.<\/em><\/strong> Based on this verse some may be led to believe that all the evil that occurs in the world is YHVH\u2019s fault, therefore, as the creator of evil, how can he be good? Some have even refused to serve and obey YHVH and rejected the truth of Scripture on the basis of this logic. But what is the truth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, let us analyze the Hebrew word for <em>evil\/<\/em>\u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4\/\u05e8\u05b7\u05e2 (<em>Strong\u2019s <\/em>H7451; <em>TWOT <\/em>2191). It is the generic Hebrew word meaning <em>evil<\/em> also meaning \u201cbad, disagreeable, malignant, unpleasant, sad, unhappy, wicked, distress, wrong, injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we can see, <em>evil <\/em>is only one of the many and varied definitions of the Hbrew word <em>ra <\/em>wich can also mean <em>distress, adversity, unhappiness, sadness<\/em> and so on. Can \u201cbad\u201d things happen to people that end up being good for the person? Of course. Such has happened to all of us many times in our lives. Keep this point in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <em>The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament<\/em>, the word <em>ra<\/em> has as its primary definition <em>the lack of quality or inferior quality of something or someone and is thus unable to meet standards of value or function beneficially<\/em>. The word can connote <em>moral deficiencies<\/em> and is contrasted to the Hebrew word <em>tov <\/em>which is the generic word meaning <em>good<\/em>. <em>TWOT <\/em>notes that Elohim [as the Just Judge of the universe] acts with painful punishment against evil (<em>ra<\/em>) people who refuse to repent of their wicked or evil actions. If he failed to do this evil would take over the earth and universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But is YHVH the creator of evil in a direct sense, <em>or <\/em>is he the creator of the laws of cause-and-effect that when evil people break them evil (in the sense of punishment) befalls them as a result of their actions even as blessings and goodness are reaped by those who follow his laws?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moses Maimon known as Maimonides or the Rambam, a medieval Jewish sage, discusses this issue in his classic book, <em>The Guide to the Perplexed<\/em>. He starts from the premise that all that YHVH created was <em>good <\/em>or <em>tov <\/em>as stated several times in the creation account of Genesis one. If Scripture is true and cannot be broken then Elohim is not the creator of evil or wickedness in that sense of the meaning of the Hebrew word <em>ra. <\/em>But as we have seen, this is not the only definition of the word <em>ra<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To the western mindset, Rambam points out, darkness and evil are negative existence, but existence none the less, like two sides of the same coin. To the Hebrew mind evil is not even apart of the coin. Since YHVH cannot create evil, for all that he created was good, then the \u201cevil\u201d he created had to be good and all other evil exists outside of his creation. In other words there are two kinds of evil: ultimate evil which is the total negation of all good, light and truth, and evil which is good in that it produces good results in the lives of people. To the Hebrew way of thinking (and that was the mindset of the authors of Scripture) all that YHVH created is existence and all else is nonexistence. Therefore that which is non-positive is nonexistence and not a part of his creation, or is outside of his creation. In Genesis one Elohim created existence, or that which is good, by creating good and light (existence) as a type of bubble in the midst of darkness and nonexistence. Humans as part of the physical creation live in what Scripture calls <em>good. <\/em>Everything outside is <em>evil. <\/em>So, reasons Rambam, all evil is the absence of good; that is, all that is evil is the negation of good. For example, death is evil since it is the negation of life (which is good). It is therefore non-existence. The same could be said of ignorance which is the negation of knowledge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So when we read that YHVH \u201ccreated evil\u201d or \u201cafflicted\u201d his people (Deut. 8:3) or brought calamity upon his people in one fashion or another (Ps. 55:19; 88:7; 90:15; 119:71, 75) to the Hebrew way of thinking it cannot be considered evil for the purpose of it was to refine the people of YHVH, to bring them to the higher level spiritually, to bring them (or reconcile them) to their loving Father in heaven. The writer of the Book of Hebrews says that as a father YHVH chastens his children whom he loves (Heb. 12:5ff) for the purpose of bringing forth the good fruits of holiness and righteousness (verses 10-11). On the other hand, as noted earlier, those who despise the chastening of their Heavenly Father (verse 5) end up separating themselves from him and separation from him leads to eternal death, darkness and nothingness which is ultimate evil and non-existence. Is it YHVH\u2019s fault they chose this path? Is it his fault they removed themselves by their actions from his good creation and placed themselves outside of his creation which is evil so that they <em>become<\/em> personifications of evil? No. He is good and brings no evil upon people except to allow them to suffer the fruit of their own actions (James 1:13-15). YHVH hates wickedness and those who align themselves with evil as workers of iniquity (Ps. 5:5). They are outside of his creation and outside of that which is good.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now YHVH is gracious to both the just and to the unjust. He gives to both water, food, clothing air, etc. If he should choose to withdraw his hand of mercy and grace from an evildoer so that they suffer the consequences of their actions is he therefore the agent or cause of evil? Rambam reasons that he cannot be the creator of evil. Elohim cannot be responsible for or connected to that which he did not directly cause. The evil actions of the person brought a bout their judgment. Because Elohim temporarily stayed the judgment of the court against their evil actions does not make him the agent directly responsible for evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the big question of all, was YHVH Elohim evil when he \u201csmote\u201d (which means <em>slay <\/em>or <em>slaughter<\/em>) and \u201cbruised\u201d his Son, Yeshua (Isa. 53:4 and 10)? Not according to the Scriptural definition of evil since the results of Yeshua\u2019s sacrifice of the cross resulted in the reconciliation of man to YHVH Elohim which is <em>tov<\/em> in the ultimate sense and the opposite of all that is <em>ra<\/em>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Did Elohim create evil?',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/24\/did-elohim-create-evil-2\/',contentID: 'post-16829',suggestTags: 'Evil',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isaiah 45:7, Create evil. 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