justice

“No injustice can last forever”, said the British Prime minister
in his appealing speech.
I think that most of those who enthusiastically applauded to this
statement were fully aware of the difficulty of finding justice in
today’s world. People seem to be even more careful in defining
justice. They don’t want to be irrational nor hypocritical.
It’s obvious that it is easier to draw a plan of justice for some nations
on the other side of the globe than it is for your own family.
When things get more personal, they become more real.
All justice is based on the concept of right and wrong.
This is the dilemma of Humanism. It works in a comfortable
environment, but it is confusing in conflict situations.
People who have tried to naively solve big international problems
by their personal efforts have often found out that the world beyond
the television screen is so much more complex than what the smiling
news anchors can tell you in their limited, but well designed,
few minutes.
In the Soviet times I heard the head of the Orthodox church claim
that the Soviet Union is the Millennial Kingdom that the Bible
describes as the time of peace and justice on the earth.
There seems to be no limit to how wrong your wrong opinion can be.
If there is no accountability to the Judge of all Judges there can be no
interest in true justice.
God’s justice includes grace , too.
People reacted strongly when Jesus ministered this way to those who
had been utterly condemned by the society.
All true justice is related to Eternity.
All true justice can be understood only if we agree that all our decisions
in time have eternal consequences. Otherwise justice is just another
political term that can be thrown around endlessly without any
connection to the reality.
“I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner
who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.”
Luke 15:7