The Evil OT God

The Question That Changes Everything

Is the Old Testament God Really Our Father?

Here is something that most people have felt but few have been given permission to say out loud: the God you read about in much of the Old Testament does not look anything like Jesus. He is angry, wrathful, sending plagues, commanding genocide, cursing entire generations, and making people sick — and yet Jesus, who said "if you've seen me, you've seen the Father," never once did any of those things. Never stole. Never killed. Never destroyed. Never put a disease on anyone. He only healed, delivered, and gave life.

So which one is the real Father? That is the question this teaching is going to answer. And the answer is going to set you free.

Jesus is the express image of the Father. He is the measuring stick. Everything we believe about God has to line up with Jesus. If Jesus didn't do it — if Jesus never killed, never made someone sick, never cursed a family, never sent a plague — then neither does our Father. Period. That is the foundation of everything we are going to look at here.

Here is what we're going to prove from scripture: there is a veil over the Old Testament. Behind that veil, the words and deeds of our good Father, and the words and deeds of Satan, were all recorded under the same God names. The Israelites didn't know there were two different beings. They just attributed everything — good and bad — to God, to Lord, to Yahweh. And so when we read the Old Testament without rightly dividing the word, we get a mixed-up, confused image of a God who is part good and part evil. And that image is wrong. Our Father is not part evil. He is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. Amen.

These are not two different expressions of the same God. These are two different beings. One is our Father. One is the thief. And Jesus came to make the distinction crystal clear.

The Mystery Paul Revealed

There Is a Veil Over the Old Testament

Paul tells us something that should stop us in our tracks every time we open the Old Testament. He says the minds of the Israelites were blinded — and that veil is still there. Right now, today, when you read the Old Testament, you cannot see God and Satan clearly without the Holy Spirit rightly dividing it for you.

Did you catch that? Paul says — right now, today — when Moses is read, a veil lies on your heart. This is not metaphor. The Holy Spirit is telling us that a literal obscuring of vision takes place when we read the Old Testament without Christ as our filter. Without Jesus as the measuring stick, we get a mixed image. We get part Father, part devil, and we call it all God. And that confused image destroys faith. You cannot pray in faith to a God who might be the one making you sick. You cannot believe for protection from a God who might be the one sending the trial. That confusion is the veil — and it was the weapon Satan used to keep God's people in fear.

Okay, so here is the key. The veil is taken away in Christ. Jesus came and He blew the cover off the whole thing. He came and He showed us exactly who Father is — and He exposed exactly who the thief is. Every time Jesus said "You have heard it said... but I say" in Matthew chapter 5, He was rightly dividing the word right in front of everyone. He was rejecting what Yahweh said and replacing it with truth from the Father. An eye for an eye? Jesus rejected it. Love your enemies? That's Father. Do you see it? Jesus Himself was doing this.

James makes it plain — and he uses a word that is even bigger than "tempt." God does not do any of those things. But Yahweh in the Old Testament did all of them. So what does that tell us about who Yahweh actually was? It tells us that when Yahweh was doing evil things, he was not our Father. He was the one who has always stolen, killed, and destroyed. He was the god of this world. He was Satan operating under a God name, in the darkness, drawing worship to himself by performing supernatural signs and wonders that deceived the people into thinking he was the Most High God.

Scripture Proving Scripture

Five Undeniable Examples from the Word

We are not asking you to take anyone's word for this. Scripture proves scripture. Let's look at the clearest, most undeniable examples that reveal Yahweh operating as Satan in the Old Testament.

Example 1 — The Same Event, Two Names

This one is so clear, it should settle the question by itself. The Bible records the same historical event twice — once in 2 Samuel and once in 1 Chronicles — written by two different authors. Same event. Different name given for who caused it. Look at what happens.

It's the exact same passage. One says Yahweh moved David to sin. The other says Satan moved David to sin. These names are synonymous in this passage. The Bible itself is telling us — when Yahweh did this evil deed, that was Satan. There is no other way to read this. And then Yahweh went on to kill 70,000 innocent people as punishment — even though James tells us explicitly that God does not tempt anyone, and Ezekiel tells us the soul who sins is the one who dies. Yahweh tempted David, David sinned, and then Yahweh killed 70,000 people who didn't sin. That is not our Father. That is the destroyer. That is Satan. Amen.

Example 2 — Fiery Serpents in the Wilderness

The Israelites were hungry and thirsty in the desert. They weren't asking for luxuries — they wanted food and water. Yahweh's response? He sent fiery serpents to bite and kill them. Jesus said something that speaks directly to this event.

This passage was spoken directly against the deed of Yahweh in Numbers 21. Jesus is saying that not even an evil earthly father would give his hungry child a snake instead of food. But that is exactly what Yahweh did. Jesus is calling Yahweh exceedingly evil. He is telling us — from His own mouth — that the one who sent those serpents is not Father. He is the thief. He is the evil one. That is a revelation straight from the mouth of Jesus Christ. It's profound.

Example 3 — Fire from Heaven and the Mark of the Beast

The Book of Revelation tells us that the Beast causes fire to come down from heaven in the sight of men to deceive them into worshipping him as God. That is a mark of the Beast. Fire from heaven is a working of the evil one — a supernatural sign designed to produce false worship. Now go back and read the Old Testament. Moses called fire down from heaven in the name of Yahweh. Elijah called fire down from heaven in the name of Yahweh and burned 102 men alive. Solomon called fire down from heaven in the name of Yahweh. King David called fire down from heaven in the name of Yahweh. And every time? People fell on their faces and worshipped Yahweh as God. Exactly as Revelation says the beast will do. Yahweh is the first beast. He has been doing this all along.

And Jesus confirmed this. When His disciples wanted to call fire down from heaven on a city that rejected Jesus — just like Elijah did — Jesus rebuked them sharply. He said, "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." There are two manners of spirit, right? There is the spirit of the Father — which gives life — and there is the spirit of the devil, which steals, kills, and destroys. Elijah was not operating in the spirit of the Father. He was operating in the manner of Yahweh, the devil. Jesus said so with His own mouth.

Example 4 — Leviathan and Yahweh Are the Same Being

Job 41 gives us a detailed physical description of Leviathan: fire and smoke shoot from his nostrils, flames come out of his mouth, coals are kindled by his breath. The Bible tells us in Isaiah that Leviathan is the twisted serpent — and Revelation 12:9 tells us the serpent is the dragon is the devil is Satan. Leviathan is Satan. That is settled. Now look at how King David describes his God, Yahweh, in 2 Samuel 22 and Psalm 18. Smoke going out of his nostrils. Devouring fire from his mouth. Coals of fire. Darkness under his feet. Thick dark clouds as a canopy around him. It is the exact same description. Word for word. Symbol for symbol. Yahweh and Leviathan are the same being. Our Father and Jesus dwell in unapproachable light. Yahweh dwells in thick darkness. These cannot be the same God.

Example 5 — Yahweh Dwells in Thick Darkness

Where does Satan dwell? He and his angels were cast into chains of darkness — that is what 2 Peter 2:4 and Jude tell us. Darkness is his domain. Now look at where Yahweh operates from. He spoke the Ten Commandments out of thick darkness. Solomon said the Lord told him He would dwell in thick darkness. Yahweh rides in dark clouds. He speaks from fire and darkness. But our Father? When He spoke at the transfiguration, He spoke from a bright cloud. When Jesus appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus, a great light shone from heaven. First Timothy 6:16 tells us our God dwells in unapproachable light. Jesus said no one has ever heard the voice of God — but people heard Yahweh's voice in the Old Testament constantly. The one they were hearing was not our Father. They were hearing Yahweh — the god of this world — speaking from thick darkness. Our Father speaks from light. Always. Amen.

Jesus Is the Measuring Stick

How to Rightly Divide the Old Testament

So how do we do this? How do we read the Old Testament now that we know there is a veil? Here is the method Jesus Himself used — and it's the only one that works.

Look at this passage — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, all three of the Godhead are in it, and they are all in total agreement. The Father anointed Jesus. The Holy Spirit empowered Jesus. And what did Jesus do with all that divine backing? He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil. That is it. That is who our God is. He is not the one bringing the oppression. He is the one healing it. Yahweh was making people sick through the curses of Deuteronomy 28. Jesus was undoing those very works — healing everyone who was oppressed by the same evil force that brought those curses. Jesus went around undoing the works of Yahweh. That is real important to see. Jesus was healing those who were oppressed by Yahweh — by the devil. Amen.

And here is the most powerful thing. The Bible says Jesus came to redeem us. What does it mean to redeem somebody? It means to ransom them. You ransom someone out of an evil thing. You pay a ransom to get someone out of bondage, out of captivity — out of the grip of an evil captor. Colossians 1:13 says He delivered us from the power of darkness. Galatians 3:13 says He redeemed us from the curse of the law. You can't redeem someone from a good thing. You redeem them from evil. Jesus redeemed us from Yahweh's authority. He redeemed us from Yahweh's law. He redeemed us from Yahweh's curses. That tells us everything we need to know. If Jesus had to ransom us away from Yahweh — then Yahweh was the one holding us captive. Yahweh was the evil captor. And Jesus came and set us free. Amen.

Notice — Jesus did not redeem us from Father. A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand. If Father had put us into bondage, and Jesus came to free us from Father, then the kingdom of God would be divided and it would fail. That makes no sense. Jesus redeemed us from the kingdom of darkness. He ransomed us out of Yahweh's authority. He brought us out from under the law and the curses that Yahweh imposed — called in the New Testament "the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, the ministry of condemnation." That is what Jesus saved us from. And He brought us into a covenant with our true Father — the good Father, the Father who is light, the Father who loves us the way He loves Jesus. That is phenomenal, phenomenally good news.

What This Means for You

Father Is Good and Only Good

When you clear this up — when you rightly divide the word and start to separate Father from Yahweh-Satan in the Old Testament — something miraculous happens inside you. Your love for God explodes. Your faith launches. Because now you know — without a shadow of a doubt — that every single thing that comes at you that is bad, that is evil, that is sickness, that is loss, that is calamity — none of it is from your Father. None. He did not send it. He does not allow it to teach you something. He does not bring it to humble you. He is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. He has no dark side. He is entirely, completely, only, absolutely good. Amen.

When I first got born again in 2011, God instantly set me free from decades of addiction and sin. It was miraculous — a total transformation in a moment. I loved God immediately and deeply. But then I got into a Bible study with an Old Testament image of God. They believed God was the one bringing sickness, bringing problems, bringing suffering to transform people. And when you believe like that, you have zero faith. You have zero ability to pray and expect something to happen, because you don't know if God wants you to have it or wants you to suffer through it. First John 5:14–15 says that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. The key is knowing His will. And when you carry an Old Testament image of God, you can never be sure what His will is. But the moment I understood that Father is good and only good — then I could pray with real faith. Then I could lay hands on the sick and expect them to be healed. Then I could stand on His promises without fear. That is what this revelation does. It unlocks everything.

Here is the summary of what we have seen. True Father God is good and only good. He does not steal, He does not kill, He does not destroy, He does not make sick, He does not bring trials, He does not punish His children. He is light and in Him is no darkness at all. Yahweh-Satan, on the other hand — he did steal, he did kill, he did destroy, he did make sick, he did bring trouble and curses and death. And we saw five undeniable, rock-solid examples straight from scripture: the temptation of David with two names for the same event, the fiery serpents that Jesus spoke directly against, fire from heaven as the work of the beast, Leviathan's description matching Yahweh's description exactly, and Yahweh dwelling in thick darkness while our Father dwells in unapproachable light. The evidence is in. The case is built. Now believe it. Walk in it. And let your faith and your love for our good, good Father grow like it has never grown before. Amen.