...and it will itself be to the glory of the King that men thereby attained merit. The fact that the revelation of the unity is contingent on men’s deeds contains another repair for evil itself. This is that even its existence in the category of actual evil is itself for the glory of the King, for this is what makes it possible for men to attain merit, since they were forced to work and make repairs in order to reveal the supreme unity.
If there had been no actual evil, they would not have had any merit. Therefore, through the repairs carried out by man, the deficiencies themselves are repaired through the revelation of the unity and perfection. (For it is thereby revealed that the deficiencies were brought about for a good purpose – to give men a reward.) Then even its previous existence in the category of actual evil turns out to have been good.