Pantocrator - The Divine Judge
Saturday, 27 August 2005 Divine Justice is often overshadowed by modern day evangelists proclaiming the joyful news central to the Gospel of Jesus. As such, the idea of divine justice and law is relegated to small print in the tracts, gospel songs, fellowship and acts of praise and worship. Christ, resurrected, has won for us forever the redemption from sin through his perfect sacrifice on the Cross. We hear professions and personal proclamations of faith in the power of grace from Jesus "who saves". Indeed, "God Saves" is the very name which is Yeshua or Jesus as we know from his Greco-Latinized version. Yahweh Saves. Yet, the history of salvation which reveals the grace of God's great love and faithfulness to his people, the prototype being Israel which is fulfilled in the Church today, is also grounded on his great mercy. We experience his mercy in his love, and we experience his love first because of the Divine Order, which is known as his Law, which is hi...