Christ came and sacrificially faced the justice of God for our sins on the cross. He is coming again to deal justly with sinners who find no refuge in him. Let’s pray that justice will be done here on earth, and let’s take hope that it will be carried out in full one day.

Suppose a man gives his life to speaking to large crowds. He talks to people one by one. Whether before one or one thousand, his message is incredibly effective. He rises to fame.  Everyone sees his success everywhere he goes. He might be a young man, but he is a rising star.

But not everyone agrees with him. Opponents sneer and jeer, heckling him every step of the way. His very presence is controversial. As much as some people believe, others don’t. In fact, they heatedly disagree. If people anticipate this man’s arrival and sense that he might give a speech, they also anticipate an element of danger because agitators could attack and push the crowd into chaos at any moment. Nobody wants to suffer the panic of a mob moved to mayhem by an assassination.

In spite of all this, this man continues to speak with authority. He knows the danger, but he silences his opponents. His life is on the line, and yet he makes them to look the fool in front of the masses. Knowing the hatred he will provoke, he still calls out his enemies for who they are and even gives them fitting names.

They hate it. Wow, do they hate it. They plot his murder. They don’t care if he’s a young man in his thirties. They don’t care if he is innocent. They don’t care if their slanders never stick. They will murder him. And they will do it in cold, calculated precision. Amazingly, they even do it before the public eye.

As good people watch this man die, they are shocked. They are saddened, outraged, and confused. They bury him with tears and broken hearts, wondering what God will do to the evil men who ended his life. The injustice of it all.

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