Interesting…..
The God of peace is just;
The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:9)
[He is] the Rock, His work [is] perfect; For all His ways [are] justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright [is] He.
(Deuteronomy 32:4)
Lives of those who truly know Him will be marked by doing what is right and by peace. Both belong inseparably together and have been missing increasingly in this world ever since Adam and Eve’s disobedience towards their Maker. Similarly to a snowball that becomes more and more intermingled and bigger as it is rolling down a mountain, injustice has increased to an almost unbearable extent. Who can stop it or avoid committing more wrongs while trying to put things right? Who is able to determine truth from falsehood in the heat of battle? Depending on one’s perspective it can be difficult to see why things are perceived as unjust by an enemy.
The situation in Gaza is “a” case in point.
Whose land is it anyway? Does the Quran and the Bible not speak about God having given it to the Jews (Surah Al-A’raf, 7 verses 133-138, Joshua 1:1-5)?
To add to the complex picture, Mousab Hassan, son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founder of Hamaz recently announced his decision to follow Jesus as described in the Bible. Mousab was appalled when he found out that Hamaz reigns in terror and was not even shying away from torturing and killing its own members. What kind of freedom do they propagate?
Jesus’ command to his followers to love their enemies compelled Mousab, one of the leaders of the Islamic youth movement in Gaza, to find out more about this unique and strange teaching.
Love your enemy! Where is the justice in that?
How can Jesus command his followers to forgive sinners and to love them? Would that not be grossly unjust? Indeed it would if it was not for what God said in the Tawrat:
‘Punishment is mine and reward, at the time of the slipping of their feet: for the day of their downfall is near, sudden will be their fate.’
(Deuteronomy 32:35)
The Qu’ran calls Jesus ‘al Masih’, ‘the Messiah’ (Surah Al Imraan, 3, verse 45).
In contrast to that obscurity, the Messiah fulfills a central role in the Biblical revelations. The Hebrew word means ‘anointed one’, translated into English as ‘Christ.’ The term has been used on different occasions mapping out the work of the one to come, foreshadowing the ultimate Messiah. He is chosen by God, he saves his people, he judges God’s enemies and will eventually rule all the nations in justice and righteousness for eternity.
He is described as a God like figure, living in heaven and becoming a man who took the punishment for sin that we deserved. (Isaiah 9:6-7, 53:1-12, Daniel 7:13-14)
