“JUSTICE DEMANDS ANOTHER LIFE”

Proverbs 13:21
Evil pursueth sinners:
But to the righteous good shall be repayed.

The Hebraic contrast nature of Proverbs reveals the wisdom behind this statement.

As evil pursues the sinner, of he who does not walk the path of El Shaddai, so goodness pursues the righteous, he that is a faithful follower of the Master.

My wife quoted me a secular proverb the other day. It said,

‘Justice demands another life’;

I do not remember its author, but this statement is so true. Even non-believer can see that too many things go wrong in this life; too many things are left hanging and unrepaid. If we believe at least in the principle of justice, justice demands that we live another life, in order to reset the slate.

Believers know that they will live another life; it is their hope. They know that this next life, this rebirth, this resurrection, is the restoration of all things. Wrongs will be made right and all tears wiped from their eyes.

But what about sinners?

The prophet Daniel saw the end of all things and said,

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Some, will resurrect to everlasting life: the restoration of man’s former edenic state; while some, will resurrect to everlasting shame and contempt: the repayment. We see now how evil pursues the sinner, and how the righteous good shall be repaid.

Let us be part of the latter, not the former.