Proverbs 26:27 “Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.”
Jeffrey Epstein, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Bill Clinton, Jill Biden, etc… the American people cry for justice to be served. Victimization, betrayal, fraud, sexual immorality: why do human beings care so much when “wrong” is committed in the world? Why is it that when a crocodile eats a man we call it instinct and natural, whereas when a man murders another man we call it evil and immoral? The given contrast may sound obvious, but given that generations of Americans have been indoctrinated to believe that everything just evolved from stardust, morality is subjective and relative, right? Wrong! Having been created in the image of God (Gen. 1:27) and endowed with a conscience, humans are distinct and above the rest of creation on earth. Therefore, morality is objective and absolute because truth is objective and absolute. All truth is God’s truth.
Ever notice how “bad” news gets more public attention and emotional reaction than “good” news? Or if something “bad” somehow doesn’t get the news coverage one might expect, someone then asks, “Where’s the outrage!?” It is because everything that is “bad” is contrary to our original design and the whole of creation groans in pain (Rom. 8:22). Before sin entered the world, everything God created in the beginning was “very good” (Gen. 1:31) while innocence, holiness and uprightness embodied our first parents (Gen. 2:25; Ecc. 7:29). Even though we live in a fallen world, God sent His Son into the world (Jesus of Nazareth) to live a life of true holiness and perfection, in order that His death on the cross would be efficacious to all who repent of their sins and put their whole trust in Christ as their Lord and Savior. The first Adam failed, the second Adam (Jesus Christ) prevailed!
Unless he repented of his sins and placed his faith in Christ alone, Jefferey Epstein is currently experiencing the eternal “weeping and gnashing of teeth” that Jesus mentions for all who die in their sins (Matt. 8:12; 13:42; 13:50). What about the rest of those for whom Americans cry for justice to be served? Pray for their salvation but also for the justice system to properly carry out its duties in a righteous manner. We must know that whatever happens in the end, God does what is right. On a personal level, however, let not the evils committed by prominent figures make you blind to your daily need of repentance (cf. Lk. 13:3; 1 Jn. 1:9; Rev. 2:5).
Peter Reins, Chaplain Constitution Party of Florida chaplain@constitutionpartyfl.com