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Mar 28, 2023 · The Hebrew text states that ruach elohim ra’ah came upon Saul. Ruach elohim is the phrase normally used in the Old Testament to denote the Holy Spirit – see, for example, Genesis 1:2. The word for “evil” here is ra’ah – “unfortunate,” “disastrous,” “hurtful.”.
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But these thoughts about the origin of Satan do not answer the question we began with: Why is there a Satan? They simply push the question back to the very beginning. Why did any holy angel sin? Here is the most popular answer of our modern era: There are at least two problems with this presumed answer: (1) it does not answer the question and (2) i...
What then is the answer to the question, Why did any holy angel sin? The answer is that God had a wise and gracious purpose. That is why it happened. Some of God’s holy angels sinned because their fall would set in motion a history of redemption that would fulfill the infinitely wise purposes of God in creation. All the “unsearchable . . . judgment...
But notice what question I am not answering here. I am not answering the question, How did the first sin happen in the heart of a holy angel? The why question I have answered by saying the first sin happened as part of God’s wisdom and purposes and planning. But that assumes God was able to see to it that the first sin happened without himself bein...
Since we are not told explicitly how things transpired in the fall of Satan, it is illuminating to study how God relates to Satan’s will now. Is God helpless when a satanic will chooses to do evil? Can God restrain that will? Or would that only turn the will into a machine? The biblical answer is that God has the right and power to restrain Satan a...
The sum of the matter, then, about where a sinful Satan came from is this: He was a holy angel who mysteriously came to prefer self-exaltation over God-exaltation. He fell into the delusion that ultimate self-determination was possible for a finite creature, and that it was preferable to submitting to God. This fall was part of God’s all-wise plan....
Christianity - Satan, Origin, Evil: In the Bible, especially the New Testament, Satan (the Devil) comes to appear as the representative of evil. Enlightenment thinkers endeavoured to push the figure of the Devil out of Christian consciousness as being a product of the fantasy of the Middle Ages.
1 John 3:8. Verse Concepts. the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. 1 Chronicles 21:1. Verse Concepts. Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel. Job 1:11. Verse Concepts.
Feb 13, 2000 · In Genesis 3 is the origin of evil. Turn in your Bible to Genesis chapter 3. I want to read this passage just so it’s set in your mind. After the six days of God’s creation, He rested. Everything He had made, according to chapter 1 verse 31, was very good and God rested. He had created a perfect universe.
A: The Bible doesn’t answer all our questions about evil; in fact, it calls evil a mystery or secret that God hasn’t chosen to reveal to us (see 2 Thessalonians 2:7). Someday in heaven we’ll understand where evil came from and why God allowed it to exist — but not yet. But the Bible does reveal two important truths about where evil comes from.
Aug 8, 2023 · Throughout the history of Satan, evil has been his identity because he is directly opposite God’s character. God’s holy standard found in the Bible exposes evil. If not relying on its truth, we can easily error: One error is denying Satan’s existence Another mistake is fearfully focusing on Satan rather than on Christ Jesus who overcame him
