Nothing evil happens that is God's will. God is incapable of evil. We humans have a this crazy thing called, free will and many times we act outside God's will, that's why it's a great idea to have a personal relationship with Him and continuously seek His will and guidance. Yes, God forewarned He would harden Pharaoh's heart, because He knew what Pharaoh's choice was going to be, so He vexed him, with every plague. Had Pharaoh made the righteous choice, there would have been no plagues. Tyranny was evil then and it is evil, now.
Edmund Burke said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing," so don't give us your drivel that we should accept tyranny because tyranny is God's will. God has absolute power and no government is in place, without Him allowing it to be. However, I don't think you understand what the United States Federal Government was designed to be. The Founding Fathers designed the government to serve the citizens and intended for the government to be WEAK, with POWER in the hands of the CITIZENS, as given to us by the ALMIGHTY.
Read the Federalist Papers, The Bill of Rights and The Constitution. Study American Government and Civics. You will see how limited, small and weak the American government should actually be. You will see how convoluted and tyrannical it has become. The Founding Fathers and Patriots fought for something and that something still exists. That something is Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness and we must fight for it continually and ongoing, or those who wish to take it from us will gain the upper hand and tyranny will flourish. Go study.
Study? What makes you think I haven’t read the federalist papers? Show me where I said God was capable of evil. I fear God and wouldn’t dare. You assume too much, but God used an evil man for his purposes and for his glory in the example of Pharaoh I cited.
“But I will harden Pharaoh's heart that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.”
Exodus 7:3 NASB1995
That is God speaking, not me.
God handed Job over to Satan for testing, but it was for His glory.
“Then the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him." So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.”
Job 1:12 NASB1995
He lost his children, his servants, his possessions, and his health for a season. His friends accused him of hiding unconfessed sin. His wife urged him to curse God and die. That was not evil, but in the short term was very “bad” on Job, but God had a reason and a plan. There was a place beyond that testing.
Neither did I advocate to “bend the knee” to government. The three did not bend the knee to worship Nebuchadnezzar in the face of the furnace, and they were right to do so. Nor would I if I am what I say I am.
God also removes His hand of protection and/or chastises those He loves. Ask the Jews. That is not evil, but it can certainly be “bad” in the moment on the receiving end. Some might argue that our current situation is God giving us the government we deserve, rather than the government we would like.
I just don’t look at what’s happening in the world and think God is not in it. God is ALL in it, and he will accomplish his ends, by his means. The Israelites didn’t like Pharaoh, and I don’t like Biden, but I think God is at the wheel no less today than he was then.
You can call it drivel, but you ought to back it up with some scripture.
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