This Wednesday, we will reflect on justice in Godhead. Justice. Not tyranny or anarchy resulting from too much or too little liberty restriction. Justice is not as a dictionary defined as such books are written with agendas. A dictionary I checked defined justice as the enforcement of the law. Very broad definition. Justice as Biblically suggested, an eye for an eye, no more or less equivalently.
Tyranny or overruling the peoples' liberties. Telling people from the position of power and authority what they are and are not allowed and what they have to do or suffer a penalty of law enforcement. The wanton dictator edict or majority opinion or voted rules restrictions on liberty and obligations of action constitute an obvious ignoring of allowance to all harmless acts as the basis of law. Protecting these same harmless liberties is what just rule does, as well as only imposing the just penalty of reciprocation. Examples of modern tyranny include orthodox family life, no public sex or nudity, and no nonalcoholic-based highs, for a few examples.
Anarchy is the opposite of tyranny. It gives absolute or even too much liberty to everyone to do as they please without interference from the powers that be. Rape, theft, murder, anything goes in anarchy. The powers that could do something to protect the peace choose to do nothing! Anarchy is sometimes the result of overthrowing tyranny without replacing it with a better state of law...
Justice is like ice. To keep it frozen, you need to keep the suitable temperature penalties and proper degree of restriction on harmful activities. In tyranny, the people are in hot water for too many reasons. Anarchy is a cold shower for comfort when things go bad. Justice requires freedom of choice among the many harmless things known to do. Justice also needs to be fair in punishment, not doing worse to people than what they did in the offense.
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