From 568c5f8652fa2aaf92fde27a426f0b9aee862262 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: admin Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:42:15 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add 2026.01.24 Jacob and Esau, Israel & Edom, Characteristics of Evil --- ...ael-%26-Edom%2C-Characteristics-of-Evil.md | 63 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2026.01.24-Jacob-and-Esau%2C-Israel-%26-Edom%2C-Characteristics-of-Evil.md diff --git a/2026.01.24-Jacob-and-Esau%2C-Israel-%26-Edom%2C-Characteristics-of-Evil.md b/2026.01.24-Jacob-and-Esau%2C-Israel-%26-Edom%2C-Characteristics-of-Evil.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3f3f459 --- /dev/null +++ b/2026.01.24-Jacob-and-Esau%2C-Israel-%26-Edom%2C-Characteristics-of-Evil.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +Heb 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern both good and **evil.** + +Q: What is Evil? +A: Evil is the absence of Good + +Q: What are the Characteristics of Evil? +A: +1. Evil is parasitic +2. Evil cannot exist without the host +3. Evil needs source to exhaust [ host to draw out exhaust, aka Edom ] +4. Evil is must draw out life/blessing meant from the host to exist + +Sources of Inspiration +1. Evil is parasitic +God Created All Thing in Creation +> +> Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. +> + +God Sustains Creation +> +> Heb 1:3 who is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and **upholds all things by the word of His power**; who, having accomplished cleansing for sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, +> + +God Created Angels +- Constrained Derived Truth: + - Since God created all things, Angels are created things, therefore God created the Angels + +God Sustains the Angels +- Constrained Derived Truth: + - Since God sustains all things, all things include Angels, therefore God sustains the Angels + +Therefore, God has created and sustains the angels + +God allows the fall of some Angels (aka Fallen Angels, i.e. subset of the Angelic Kind) +> +> Jude 6 And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, +> + +God gives over fallen angels to their lust + +> +> Gen 6:2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were good in appearance; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. +> + + +Gen 1:1 God created the heavens and the earth +- Satan & Devils as the ultimate representation of evil in Creation +- Evil present during times of Adam & Eve to temp Eve + +“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation … and all the angels shouted for joy?” (Job 38:4,7). + +Fallen Angels + + +2. Evil cannot exist without the host + +3. Evil needs source to exhaust [ host to draw out exhaust, aka Edom ] + +ex.haust - Drawn Out. [ Edom ] v30 + +4. Evil is must draw out life/blessing meant from the host to exist +