In this way, God brought back Abimelech’s evil—the evil that Abimelech had done to his father when he killed his seventy brothers. God also brought back to the men of Shechem all their evil.
So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them. (Judges 9:56-57)
Judges is a pretty dark book, and we see it here.
But the encouraging thing to me is that God does ultimately bring about justice. Sometimes, he brings it about himself. Sometimes, as in this case, he lets evil consume itself.
But he does bring about justice.
That’s my hope in a pretty dark world with all that’s going on in Ukraine and Gaza.
Even if all the people responsible escape justice here on earth, they will not escape it when they stand before God’s throne.
The question is, do we believe it? Do we believe God is still good, with all that’s happening in the world? Do we believe he will bring about justice?
I choose to believe.
How about you?
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