There are no splitting hairs from me my friend. God ordained the fall.
There was a man once who had 10 children, 7 sons and 3 daughters. It says he was blameless and upright, and turned away from evil. He daily offered sacrifices for his children and he said
“Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” One day the angels(sons of God ) came before God and so did Satan. When God asked him where he had been Satan said,
“From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.” God then asked him if he ever considered His servant Job. Satan said
"Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side?" Satan knew he could not lay a hand on Job, his family or his possession, as God protected him. Yet God gave Job over into Satan's hands to do with him whatever he wished. Yet, God set the parameters of what he could and could not do. God was the One who introduced Job into their conversation. God was the One who gave Satan permission to steal his possession, kill his children, afflict him with boils from head-to-toe. God ordained Job's afflictions, yet
Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.
Then the Assyrians were used by God to throttle Israel in Isaiah 10. Then in 1 Chronicles 5:25 God stirred up the King of Assyria to attack Israel(this may or may not be the same account in Isaiah, as I do not know if He used them twice to throttle Israel). God uses evil to fulfill His will.
That is why the 2nd London Baptist Confession of Faith so correctly states...
Chapter 3: Of God's Decree
1. God hath decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably,
all things, whatsoever comes to pass;
yet so as thereby is God neither the author of sin nor hath fellowship with any therein; nor is violence offered to the will of the creature, nor yet is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established; in which appears his wisdom in disposing all things, and power and faithfulness in accomplishing his decree. (
Isaiah 46:10;
Ephesians 1:11;
Hebrews 6:17;
Romans 9:15,
18;
James 1:13;
1 John 1:5;
Acts 4:27,
28;
John 19:11;
Numbers 23:19;
Ephesians 1:3-5 )