In Isaiah 45:7 we
read:
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil:
I the Lord do all these things.
Then there’s a
footnote on evil, in LDS scripture, to the following scriptures:
Amos 3:6
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid?
shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Alma 5:40
For I say unto you that whatsoever is good cometh from God, and
whatsoever is evil cometh from the devil.
Moroni 7:12
Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that which is
evil cometh of the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God, and
fighteth against him continually, and inviteth and enticeth to sin,
and to do that which is evil continually.
Obviously one would
need to read these in context right? Because the way they’re laid
out here seems to state the Lord created evil. But then it states
that evil is from the devil. The Lord cannot be the devil right? (I
sure hope He wouldn’t be!) Either way, it is an interesting thing.
I mean, God did
create Lucifer aka Satan, but it was Satan who chose to have agency
to disobey God and lead 1/3rd of the hosts of heaven down to hell as
it were. So in effect, God didn’t create evil? He allowed it to
grow and flourish...until a time when it will be stopped. Someday
right?
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