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NASB | 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:31 God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day. |
Bible Question:
Hello Angel! I cannot say that you have substantiated your answere. Knowhere in Genesis 1:1-31 does the scripture tell us that God created Satan and that "it was good." Also, darkness came first, and this is verified when we read that Satan sinned from the beginning [1 John 3:8]. How do you explain these things? Genesis 2:9 tells us that God created the tree of knowledge of good and EVIL. The tree most certainly had attributes both good AND evil. How do you explain this? Knowhere in the scripture is Satan described as "an angel previously known as Lucifer." Not in Revelation 12:3-4,7-9; not in Isaiah 14:12-20; and not in Luke 10:18. How do you explain your statement? Also, if the answere is "No," how do you explain Job 26:13 "By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent." Consider Ecclesiastes 7:13 "Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?" |
Bible Answer: Part 2 of 2 Now, we can take any individual passage from the Bible and molded to whatever we want it to say… but that does not make it so! The only angel mentioned as a chief participant is the dragon, the ancient serpent, aka the devil, the beast, Satan, and yes even Lucifer, the angel of light! You may choose to contest and to reject Scripture--you have that right given to you by God--but refusing to allow the Holy Spirit to enlighten you is not a wise and obedient act! Do not seek to be right about something… seek to be right about learning from God! “Also, if the answere is "No," how do you explain Job 26:13 "By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent." Consider Ecclesiastes 7:13 "Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?"” Proverbs tells us that there isn’t a good woman among a thousand--do you believe that? Jesus tells us that John is Elijah; yet John tells us that he is not, who do you believe? God tells us that in Him there is no sin/evil--do you believe God? Do you believe God to be petty and drunk on power? Well you must since you are convinced that He created evil: nothing escapes God’s power, for Him to create a nemesis it would be for the simple joy of the hunt! Again, we must be careful how we read Scripture… we simply cannot grab something and indiscriminately run with it stating all sorts of twisted half truths (remember the serpent and Eve--they were half truths!). Now, just to be as contrite as your post: Show me in Scripture where it is stated that God created evil and that God created Satan! Sometimes a serpent is just a serpent… have you thought of the possibility that Job 23:13 is merely speaking of the slithering snakes/serpents? As far as Ecclesiastes (a pessimistic view of life devoid of hope) 7:13, have you considered a crooked road, tree, branch, river, island, mountain, precipice, spinal column? Friend, there are Scripture passages that will keep us guessing till the end of times--some that will confound even the believers if not by the Grace of the Holy Spirit! We must seek to understand the whole Bible not a few selected passages! We must seek to allow the Holy Spirit to enlighten us and not just arrived at Scripture with our minds and our preconceived ideologies. We must allow our finite beings to be instructed by God’s infinite Wisdom. May the Holy Spirit shine on us and bring us to fruiting in Christ Jesus! God Bless! Angel |