Friday, April 08, 2005

Judgment

I used to be puzzled when I'd read in the Bible about Zion rejoicing at God's judgment (e.g. Psalm 97:8, Psalm 48:11, Rev 15:4). After all, isn't judgment a scary thing? Lake of Fire and all that? Weeping and gnashing of teeth? Wouldn't rejoicing in that be a bit twisted? But I was aware of my, and many others', heart's cry for justice as I read the latest news of court decisions. In today's news: "A Virginia judge sentenced a spammer to nine years in prison Friday ..." (story) Now I think having laws to stop spamming is probably OK. And I believe in enforcing laws. But nine years? Murderers typically serve about seven. A few days ago Sandy Berger was convicted of stealing and destroying classified documents and was given a sentence of ... a stern lecture. OJ Simpson had his blood at the crime scene and his wife's blood in his car but was acquitted of her murder. And of course, last week Judge Greer did not rule that Michael Schiavo could have Terri's feeding tube removed, but rather ordered that it be removed. A court order to kill a healthy, if disabled, woman. And in LA, over 1,000 of the most violent gang members are illegal aliens who have previously been convicted of crimes and deported. When these are picked up by LA cops, the cops are prohibited by law from informing the feds that they are back in the country and deporting them. And, of course, there are the previously unnoticed clauses in the Constitution granting the rights of abortion and sodomy recently discovered by our esteemed Supreme Court justices.

Where is justice? Wouldn't it be great to live where judgments were just? Oh, for God to be our judge. It's comforting to know that righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.