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He intends to, once history has run its course.
About the Lamentations passage: the Hebrew term for "evil" is destruction. As anyone who studies Lamentations could tell you, Jeremiah is lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem which was ordained by God. As you could imagine, Jeremiah probably thinks it terribly unfair that he has to witness this; it is an honest expression of his own inner turmoil (wanting to believe that God is good, yet having to come to grips with this decree of destruction). And believe me, I've learned what that inner turmoil is like. I've lived it in my own life.
The evil spirit sent to haunt Saul was there on account of his arrogance, only Saul never learned his lesson. St. Paul (who, interestingly enough, was also named Saul prior to becoming an apostle) also had a similar evil spirit, only St. Paul learned humility from his, whereas Saul was driven mad. The interesting thing about this is that, while God himself is not evil, even the evil spirits cannot help but obey him when he commands them. Even Satan could only act when God gave him permission to do so.
Is God the source of evil? Well, it's hard not to draw that conclusion. It was clearly not God's intention in the beginning for evil to exist in the world (notice how many times God praises his creation as good in the first chapter of Genesis). Yet as a result of disobedience of men, it does.
In a lot of ways, this question is very similar to the one about God hardening Pharaoh's heart in Exodus. People want a god who doesn't punish evil or demonstrate his awexome power in destructive ways. A god who does these things might actually expect us to obey him. But Adonai Sabaoth (literally, God of Armies) will not be mocked. As Dr. Nagle once told us [accent=thick British] "Who are we to tell the Lord God how to do his Lord Godding?" [/accent] Even Jesus, the gentle Lamb of God, will return as a conquering warrior rather than as a gentle teacher.
But this same God who destroyed Jerusalem and permitted the devil to torment Saul, has done something at which I cannot help but marvel: He took one of the single most evil events in history, the crucifixion of his own son, and used it to bring reconciliation and peace to all mankind. He brought the greatest good out of the greatest evil.
As for president of heaven? Better change that to King, guy. A president is someone you give power to so he can lead you, but a king has power over you based entirely on who he is. While I'm not precisely what you'd call a monarchist, I do believe that God has the right to rule over people and to govern events of the world based entirely on the fact that he created all things. So get that president stuff out of there.
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