this must be put together & understood with:
This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you,
that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all
(1 John 1:5)
if you do not believe God is good, you cannot possibly understand scripture.
the word in Isaiah 45:7 that kjv puts as '
evil' alternately means '
disaster' or '
calamity' or '
harm' or '
injury' or '
distress'
kjv is not always correct.
look at the passage. read the whole chapter. what is He saying to Cyrus?
He gives two pairs of directly opposite things: light and darkness, peace and ______
what is the opposite of peace? evil?
Christ came not to bring peace but _____ ((the opposite of peace)) -- Matthew 10:34
did Christ come to bring evil? are we calling Jesus evil now, because He brought the opposite of peace?