The biblical notion of justice, beginning in the Hebrew Scriptures
with the Jewish prophets--especially Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
and Hosea--is quite different. If we read carefully and honestly, we
will see that God's justice is restorative. (This term has only been
around for about the last twenty-five years as human consciousness has
evolved.) In each case, after the prophet chastises the Israelites for
their transgressions against Yahweh, the prophet continues by saying,
in effect, "And here's what Yahweh will do for you: God will now love
you more than ever! God will love you into wholeness. God will pour upon
you a gratuitous, unbelievable, unaccountable, irrefutable love that
you will finally be unable to resist."
God "punishes" us by loving us more!
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It seems to me that the overall message of the Bible is really pretty simple
God never gives up on us
Not when others do
Not when the church does
No when we give up on ourselves
God just keeps covering us with love.
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It seems to me that the overall message of the Bible is really pretty simple
God never gives up on us
Not when others do
Not when the church does
No when we give up on ourselves
God just keeps covering us with love.
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