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Podcast: Bible Study - Sabbath School Podcast
Episode: Episode 2287 - Lesson 5 - Sunday Jan. 26: Grieved by Evil
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The God of the Bible loves justice and hates evil. Sin and evil, therefore, provoke Him to passion, a passion expressed on behalf of those oppressed and abused, and even in cases in which one’s evil affects primarily oneself. God hates evil because evil always hurts His creatures, even if self-inflicted. In the biblical narratives, God is repeatedly provoked to anger by what biblical scholars refer to as the cycle of rebellion. This cycle goes as follows:
The people rebel against God and do evil, sometimes even horrendous atrocities, such as child sacrifice and ot...