Evil is as old as creation. It showed up in the Garden of Eden the day Eve was enticed and beguiled by the serpent. At that time, she and her husband Adam had no knowledge of good and evil, but that was about to change. Their disobedience to God opened up their eyes to the knowledge that both good and evil was real. From that point on, not only did they learn about these two opposite entities, but we (those who followed) learned and experienced them also.
Scripture reports the first documented occurrence of evil was jealousy between two brothers, which led to murder. Then the surviving brother lied; he was exiled from his family, and he was a Postal code search marked man for the rest of his life.
When evil visits our homes, our families, our jobs, our schools, our neighborhoods, or our nation; as it has done too many times to list; it can come in many variations. In the Garden it came through the cruelty of jealousy, whose objective was to administer pain-think about bullying today and other forms of jealousy.
Evil is an entity defined as morally bad causing harm or injury to someone. Evil can show up as a thief. Thefts of property and assets whether material or immaterial can be devastating. Loss of money, intellectual properties, inventions, and witty ideas; they all have their source and origination from evil. An experience of robbery leaves its victims frustrated, fearful, or often injured-whether physically, emotionally or psychologically. The scars of this evil act can be permanent and life altering.