What makes the Bible such a great book is that it shows the truth about humanity, the evil that sin creates and the truth that the devil is a liar and as Jeremy has stated, has always laid the blame on GOD, but, myself being a fairly new Christian, know that we can not pull certain verses or stories from the Bible to try and understand what GOD is doing, (and I also know that you and your readers know this but I'm saying it
anyway) it's history, HIS Story, and when taken as a whole we can
see HIS plan laid out, from
creation to the cross and then throughout eternity, GOD is good and gracious to ALL!!!! (2 Peter 3:8,9).