Can an evil plan inadvertently accomplish G_ds plan, or is G_d’s hand in everything?
There are events in scripture in which evil actually accomplishes the purpose of G_d.
The most obvious instance of this is the crucifixion of the Christ. In this instance the purpose of the Father was accomplished because the insistence of the Jewish establishment led to the consolation between G_d and man. They did this by using the Roman invaders to execute Yeshua, who Pilate considered to be innocent. However, it accomplished G_d’s purpose and brought His salvation to humanity even though the intent of the religious establishment was evil.
There are other examples of this in scripture.
The most obvious is the treatment of Joseph by his brothers. In this example, Joseph is sold to Midianites who are traveling to Egypt. He has made his brothers jealous of him because he has had dreams that indicate that they will someday bow down to him. So they hate him for it.
You can read about this in Genesis 37.
In Genesis 39 to 47 you find the story of how Joseph’s dreams are again given by G_d to implement his rise in the household of Pharaoh.
When the famine forces his brothers to come to Egypt during the time Joseph is in position to help them, he greets them with the following statement.
“I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. 6 For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. 7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.[a]
8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. What an amazing understanding!!!
Therefore, we can say that G_d will accomplish His purpose no matter how evil humanity becomes. In fact, we have been witness to another such happening in the last century.
There was a man who tried to accomplish what had been attempted in other times by the soviets, the church, and others. Even today we can see the Arab countries fighting 5 wars since 1948 trying to throw the Jews back into the sea.
That endeavor in the 1930s and 40s was to eradicate the Jewish people from the face of the earth. In so doing, the culprit would destroy the special place the chosen people have in G_d’s plan. Yeshua (Jesus) told His disciples that there would be a time of trouble in Luke 21.
Luke 21 20-28
“20When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22 For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. 23 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. 27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
The passage “Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled” has huge significance related to the Nazi holocaust. This passage indicates that Jews will be returning to the holy land sometime in the future and prophesys the coming diaspora which will last with various and sundry empires occupying the city until the 1967 6-day war in which the final unification of Jerusalem was accomplished by throwing out the Jordanians who had been in charge of it from the time of WW1.
It is also prophesied in Hosea we read:
Hosea 3:4-5New American Standard Bible (NASB)
4 For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or [a]household idols. 5 Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
And Ezekiel speaks of the diaspora:
Ezekiel 20:34New American Standard Bible (NASB)
34 I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out;
As does Isaiah
Isaiah 11:11New American Standard Bible (NASB)
11 Then it will happen on that day that the Lord will again recover the second time with His hand the remnant of His people, who will remain, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the [a]islands of the sea.
So, what is the bottom line?
Adolf Hitler had a vision of a world without Jews and attempted to make that a reality. What he actually did was make it possible for the State of Israel to be established.
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