I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Isaiah 45:7
Some interpretations reference the word "evil" as calamity. This is Isaiah, a major prophet in the Old Testament stating that God says he creates evil/calamity. The book of Job is a book about the calamities brought about by Satan with God's permission upon God's "faithful" servant.
Anyone who tells you that "blessings" are from God and evil/calamity is not does not know their bible.
The prophets were extreme voices claiming to hear from and speak God's words. They were always men and usually lived to put the "fear" of God into the hebrew people. Modern day preachers, priests, and prophets are well supported by their followers and claim to speak for God and uniquely hear messages from God. Joseph Smith of the mormon church and various other cults comes to mind. They have a large followings and enjoy a respect for their proclamations. Modern day christianity has a dearth of end-time doomsday prophets (Tim LaHaye comes to mind, as does John Haggee) who make a killing off God's promise to "kill off" humankind in "the last days". My life has become so much more peaceful and hopeful since I quit listening to those fools who wish today was their last day on planet earth. The pentagon is quite capable to ending life on planet earth without any help from a supreme being. They will do so with the blessings of the current doomsday prophets. All God's people will say "amen" up to their children's last breath of clean air and last drink of clean water. God is going to give the "faithful" a "new" heaven and a "new" earth, which will be all the more necessary after this one is totally depleted and ruined by global corporate greed. A new heaven and a new earth is a convenient fantasy while we destroy what is left of the oceans, rivers and forests.
