Evil רַע

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Jan 5, 2025 · 2m

In Genesis chapter three we find our word for today is רַע evil, distress, injury, calamity. It is used 347 times in the Hebrew Bible our Old Testament. This is the contrast to our earlier word טוֹב good that we saw back in chapter two it is also in this chapter used alongside רַע evil. In this chapter we see the serpent lie and lead Adam and Eve to sin against God. What is interesting is that the devil, as we find out later from the book of Revelation is the serpent of Old, never uses the relational name for God LORD, or YHWH but instead the more impersonal one for emphasis to make his plan…