Those pitiable folks unaware of God's goal to be all and all and the necessity of temporary evil to contrast eternal good, try to find
ways to relieve God of responsibility for anything darker than lollipops and lilac bushes. They find their opportunity in Ezekiel, chapter 28.
This chapter chronicles the rise and
fall from glory of an historical personage known as "the prince of Tyrus." (He is called this in Scripture because this is his name and title.) Christian expositors, however, see their opportunity to relieve God of what they believe would be a mistake of eternal proportions: Creating Satan evil on purpose. So what do they do?
They turn "the prince of Tyrus" into "Satan." By what authority do they do this? Their own. What linguistic cue in the original Hebrew supports their contention? There isn't one. How many brain cells do these Christian expositors have? About nine—between them.
In order to trap these expositors in their own unbelief, God has baited this account with luscious little "let's-twist-Scripture-for-our-own-selfish-designs" opportunities. One opportunity is when the prince of Tyrus is called "perfect." Another is when he is said
to have been created. But probably the fattest worm on the hook is when the King James version puts the prince of Tyrus in the Garden of Eden Huh? Yeah. I know.
Watch as the
Christian expositors step in it—and thank God that it's not you.
