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  1. Apr 10, 2023 · As the Sovereign King over all earthly kings, God can make light or darkness and create peace or calamity. He can use Cyrus as His agent of redemption and peace for Israel and as the bringer of calamity upon Babylon.

  2. Sep 17, 2001 · For some, all they want to say, in denying that God "caused" the calamity, is that God is not a sinner and that God does not remove human accountability and that God is compassionate. That is true - and precious beyond words.

  3. Jul 1, 2013 · We can therefore surmise that God permits disaster, calamity or unpleasant circumstances to punish his people for evil or disobedience (1 Kings 9:9; Daniel 9:14) and to cause His divine purposes to be accomplished (Romans 8:28) but God is certainly not the author of evil (1 John 1:5, James 1:13).

  4. Nov 2, 2013 · God is referred to as the Creator of evil or calamity. (Isa 45:7; compare KJ.) His enforcing of the penalty for sin, namely, death, has proved to be an evil or a calamity, for mankind.

  5. The term "calamity" is derived from the Hebrew word "ra," which can mean evil, disaster, or adversity. In this context, it refers to the challenges and trials that God allows or orchestrates for His purposes. This phrase acknowledges that God is not only the author of peace but also permits or uses difficult circumstances to fulfill His divine ...

  6. May 16, 2012 · Sometimes God does cause calamity in order to discipline people for specific sins. Tragically, Job’s friends misapplied that principle to Job, with devastating effect. Many Christians today fall into the trap of Job’s three friends, assuming that calamity comes for only one reason.

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  8. It is true (as we see from the Book of Job &c.) that the indiscriminateness of physical calamities had begun to cause perplexity in the age to which the prophecy belongs. But the discussion of that question never shook either of the two positions, that sin originates in man, and that God is the author of calamity.

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