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Proverbs 16:4
***What Does Proverbs 16:4 TRULY mean?
Here is Proverbs 16:4 from the KJV. “The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.”
Did Yahweh create the wicked to do EVIL as some interpret Proverbs 16:4 to mean?
Did Yahweh create people and then MADE some of them to be WICKED so that He could destroy them?
What does the phrase “for the DAY of EVIL mean?
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Did God Create Some People to be WICKED?
Does God MAKE Some People to be WICKED?
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What Does Proverbs 16:4 TRULY Mean?
Let us begin this Verse Study by reading Proverbs 16:4 from the King James Version first. And then we will read it from a couple of other translations.
Good News Translation.
“Everything the Lord has made has its destiny; and the destiny of the wicked is destruction.”
New Century Version.
“The Lord makes everything go as he pleases. He has even prepared a day of disaster for evil people.”
Message Bible.
“God made everything with a place and purpose; even the wicked are included – but for judgment.”
The Hebrew word translated as “yea even” in the KJV also means, “yea THOUGH” the wicked for the day of evil.
And the Hebrew word translated as “evil” in the KJV also means DISPLEASURE.
So then, with these other meanings here is a more correct translation of Proverbs 16:4 that AGREES with every other verse of Scripture in the Bible.
Proverbs 16:4 with a more correct translation.
“Yahweh has made all things for himself: yea, THOUGH the wicked He committed to the day of DISPLEASURE.”
I chose the meaning of the Hebrew word “DISPLEASURE”, because in Ezekiel we read that God takes NO PLEASURE in the death or the destruction of sinners. And thus, in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God, translating Proverbs 16:4 as the day of DISPLEASURE is a more CORRECT translation.
Ezekiel 33:11.
“Say unto them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have NO PLEASURE in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn you, turn you from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?”
Proverbs 16:4 with another more correct translation.
“Yahweh has ORDAINED all to ANSWER to Him: yea, THOUGH MOREOVER, the wicked He committed to the day of DISPLEASURE.”
In other words, God takes NO PLEASURE in the death to sinners, but the DAY of displeasure to JUDGE the wicked according to their works is the RIGHT and JUST choice, even though it GRIEVES God to destroy some of His creation.
You see, God did NOT prepare the lake of fire for ANY human being, according to Matthew 25:41. But rather, the fire to eternally or permanently destroy the wicked, was prepare only for Satan, the Devil, and his angels who wage a WAR against Yahweh and the angels who remained faithful to Him.
But because ALL humans CHOSE to follow and obey the voice of the enemy enticing them to live in sin, some began to love the pleasure of sin more than they loved God. And those who did not know God, they REJECTED His CALLING them to be saved. They rejected that God created the universe and them. Therefore, for lack of knowledge and the rejection of the knowledge of the TRUTH, hell enlarged herself, according to Isaiah 5:14.
So then, Proverbs 16:4 does NOT prove that God created EVIL as some Christians WRONGLY teach.
For you see, Jesus said in Matthew 19:17 that only God is GOOD. And 1 John 1:5 teaches us that God is LIGHT and there is no DARKNESS at ALL in God.
Proverbs 21:12.
“The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked FOR (Or BECAUSE OF) THEIR wickedness.”
Therefore, it is NOT WISE for Christian to BLAME Almighty God for all of the EVIL in the world.
Deuteronomy 32:3-6.
“Because I will publish the NAME of the LORD: ascribe you greatness unto our God.
Deuteronomy 32:4. He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Deuteronomy 32:5. They have corrupted themselves, their spot is NOT the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. (Because they perverted their OWN ways by listening to the lies of Satan, the Devil, to say that there is no God)
Deuteronomy 32:6. Do you thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? (Or will you not RETURN His favor of providing His WAY of SALVATION to redeem you from His enemy? Or will you remain UNWISE?) Is not He your Father that has bought you? Has He not made you, and established you?
Again, ALL of the verses of Scripture that may SEEM to be saying that God created EVIL, or God SEND evil upon people, have either been incorrectly “interpreted” or they have been incorrectly TRANSLATED.
So, always remember that while God did indeed INSPIRE men of old to write the Scriptures in the original text, that does NOT mean that every TRANSLATION of each and every verse of Scripture was inspired by God.
In fact, some verses of Scripture show obvious signs that the “translation” of those verses were INFLUENCED by the god of this present world, Satan, the Devil.
For example, we clearly see that it was Satan who SMOTE the righteous man Job with boils. But yet, the translators incorrectly translated the Hebrew word Elohim in Job 1:16 as the fire of God with a capital “G”, when it is clearly the fire of god, Satan, the Devil, with a lowercase “g”.
Now, Christadelphian Christians do NOT believe that Satan, the Devil, is a REAL literal BEING. And the Christadeplphian Christians ALSO wrongly believe, as well as, some other church denominations, that God created EVIL and that Yahweh is the CAUSE of all of the EVIL in the world.
Plus, Christadelphian Christians, as well as other church denominations such as the Roman Catholic Church, sincerely, but wrongly believe in the FALSE doctrine or original sin.
And thus, they build their other man-made doctrines upon the false doctrine of every person being born with a so-called sinful NATURE.
Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
Once Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even atheists understand the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands.
And after you understand that the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels.
Then you can understand that God made His human Son to become “a” Lord, “a” King, and “a” God, under and subject to his God and Father in order to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels.
For a deeper understanding of this WAR that Lucifer and one third of the angels waged against the throne of Almighty God, please read the studies under the subject category called ** Q-0 Why Are We Here? Is God at WAR? **.
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For further and more in-depth studies on this subject of Jesus being created to STILL the enemies of Yahweh, please read the studies called D-25. A NEW LOOK at JOHN 1:1, In the BEGINNING!
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Thanks again for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
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