Why would the LORD create destruction?

Isaiah 45:7 - "I the Lord create the light and the darkness, I create prosperity and destruction. I the LORD, do all these things."

Today I had a conversation with a dear young friend of mine. We got on the subject of the amazing love that God shows towards us in that while we were 'yet sinners, Christ died for us'.

During the conversation, a 'A' word came up that pertains to my friends' view of Gods' position towards us. That 'A' word was 'allows'.   

As in..., "God allowed such-and-such to happen in order to...." et cetera. 

By the way..., the KJV translates the ESV's 'destruction' as the word 'evil'.

Now we know from the New Covenant that God cannot and does not 'tempt us with evil'. He is not a punishing, evil God to His children. ( and He does not take pleasure in the death of sinners).

However, my thoughts about the Isaiah 45:7 scripture do not give me room to simply state that God 'allowed' certain harsh-to-my-soul experiences. I've discovered, that it is exactly the LOVE of God (for according to I John 4 - He IS Love!) to APPOINT (CREATE) destruction.

And we do well to grasp destruction, from a New Covenant perspective, as His GREAT love towards us!

Note: by speaking on this subject of destruction..., no one should take away that God is still in some 'punishment' phase.  As New Covenant believers, and therefore children of God..., we MUST understand and 'grog' that ALL PUNISHMENT..., for ALL sin...., was taken by Jesus the Christ at the whipping post, on the cross..., and ultimately fully condemned (see Romans 8) at His resurrection.

No..., Jesus made clear that 'even you being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more the Father in heaven gives good gifts to His children.'

It is a GOOD gift that God creates/appoints destruction in our lives!!  ( They aren't really 'our lives' anyways, and one easily understood need for destruction in our life (experiences)...., is if we are focused on 'our' lives! )

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Let's say that you've been protective, isolative and distant from the koinonia (fellowship) that Christ paid so dearly for you to enjoy.  

Would you be willing to see that what your flesh might call a 'terrible happening' in your life experiences..., might actually be the CREATION of the LORD so that you'll see and know the 'salvation' of the Lord in that exact 'rift' between you and Him??  

He adores you and paid dearly for you to KNOW...., deep in your KNOWER...., that it is foolish to think in terms of separation from Him.  Thinking that you are alone, ...separate,  ...only leads and feeds your fear to make MORE isolation, separation and distance from Him.

As a child of His..., born again (spiritually made ''alive")...., THERE IS NO SEPARATION from Him!  

I Corinthians 6:17 - " ... for he that has joined himself to the LORD..., IS one spirit with Him." (emphasis mine)

Your spirit..., your regenerate spirit, is FOREVER joined to the LORD and is ONE. Reminding yourself of just that one Truth from the scriptures ...., will begin to ROCK your THOUGHT LIFE and CHOICES!!  

Your regenerate spirit..., will never need another thing..., anything..., for the rest of eternity! Because it is ONE with the LORD.    How awesome is that! It is SUPER....., natural.

Another blog perhaps we can discuss the Natural ( read: SOUL: Intellect, Volition {will} and Emotions {the seat of 'feelings'}. 

Your personality {read: SOUL}, if you are a christian..., if you ARE born-again..., if you are spiritually made alive..., is being woo-ed..., by the Spirit...., THROUGH your heart..., to REALIZE that Life is NOT about you or your experiences!!!

You are NOT the sum total of your experiences!  You better NOT be!

"What do you mean by that?" - you say.  Well, let's listen to Jesus in John 14:6.

"I AM the Way, the Truth and the LIFE....."!

HE...., is LIFE. Your experiences are NOT life. They are experiences while here on earth! Do you think you'll remember or care about your experiences when your body dies and you attend heaven!? 

NO..., Life is Christ. Life is IN CHRIST.  John 1 does not say: "By You, through You, and for You everything that was made....., was made."  

"All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And in Colossians 1:16 scripture reads:  - "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:"  (emphasis mine)

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I highly recommend a book by Dan Stone & David Gregory called; "The REST of the Gospel". It is a double entendre about the PEACE (Rest) of the Gospel..., and the MISSING or REMAINDER (rest) of the Gospel that religious conditioning and religious institutions and religious thinking WILL NOT TEACH or allow!

In one of the chapters, the authors remind us, through the scriptures, that we are DEAD TO:
1: Sin
2: the Law ( all rule-keeping, "...for the Law is the STRENGTH of SIN")
3: ourselves as being the center of focus!
( read that Colossians 1:16 again! it is about Christ...!! Not you or me or our self-focused (puny) experiences that we choose to call 'life'!)

Today...., #3 is really more entrenched than even #2!! Most folks have given up on organized religion! THANK GOD!

SO..., getting back to the 'destruction' at the beginning of this blog...., isn't it JUST LIKE OUR LOVING FATHER..., to 'appoint' or 'create' destruction when we act as though we are 'alive' to #1, #2 & of course, #3 above??

If 'it' is about you...., expect a little loving destruction in your life's experiences.

I've come to learn that all the Old Covenant laws...., have become New Covenant PROMISES by our Loving Father!
God says: ( in effect ):
"You won't have any other gods before me!" - "Watch me remove them because I know what is best for my children!"

"You will Love your neighbor as yourself!" - " Watch me work my compassion in and through you, freeing you from your separative, isolative, protectionist bent!"

"You won't be stealing!" "You won't be committing adultery!" "You won't be coveting your neighbors things!""I PAID TO HIGH A PRICE FOR YOU TO NOT BE FREE!" " YOU WILL BE FREE! Because WHOM THE SON SETS FREE..., is REALLY FREE INDEED!" " I AM..., your provider and you SHALL NOT be in WANT or LACK"
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What an amazingly awesome friend we have in Jesus!