The heart of the Bible is not an explanation of where evil came from, but a demonstration of how God enters into it and turns it for the very opposite - everlasting righteousness and joy.
God takes what we meant of evil at one level and turns it into good (Gen 50.20; Acts 2.23, 4.27-28; Isa 53.10). Piper again ...
This is why Jesus came to die. God meant to show the world that there is no sin and no evil too great that God cannot bring from it everlasting righteousness and joy. The very suffering that we caused became the hope of our salvation. "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" (Luke 23.34).
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