>Once again - I’ll guess you didn’t see my sarcasm tag...
I did see it, and replied with a little of my own (read the if-statement).
>Recently - it seems “justice” in THIS life is determined more by finances, race, political party or organization than by guilt or innocence.
Bingo. That is the [serious] topic that I was getting at, it needs to be addressed and not treated like the proverbial 300-pound gorilla in the room.
>Personally - I would rather witness in THIS life the swift and equal application of “justice” under the laws we all acknowledge as applying, than wait for the presumed “justice” in another life.
Micah 6:8 - Part of man’s responsibility is to DO justly; the other two are to love mercy and walk humbly with God. One thing that many fail to realize is that w/o justice mercy cannot exist; it is merely the perpetuation of injustice. (That is the reason that we must _DO_ justice.)
Justice w/o empathy though is a harsh, harsh thing; this is why we must love mercy.
Finally, by walking humbly with God we are mindful (and thankful/grateful) of our God-given rights, and recognize that those rights also apply to other people; that by devaluing another’s right we devalue our own right as well, this is because they are the SAME right.
There was a time - when we decided how to deliver the "justice" we sought - and the "harsher" and more horrifying, the better.
We knew there would be no mercy and granting mercy never entered our minds.
For old unrepentant warriors to enter Heaven must be as difficult as passing a camel through the eye of a needle.