Reflectionary XIII

He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth . . . 

Yesterday I posed the question, "Now what?" in response to the Christmas season having just ended.

From Isaiah 42 we read these immensely satisfying words of hope for all generations.

Now, realizing that Christ now occupies Eternity, (a place or concept far beyond our our limited time-based reality), we sit and contemplate the meaning of "He will not grow faint . . . until . . . "

Imagine Jesus and His Father, for now over two thousand years, working unceasingly to end injustice.

God cursed His creation, because we were disobedient. But behind all that, is this idea that there is injustice. The just sentence to all of us, is that we must die, because we are sinners. But when we go about judging one another: hurting, abusing, using other humans, and all of creation - that's injustice. 

It's the injustice that Christ will end. And we are so messed up that it takes millennia to finish the job.

When Christ grew up to manhood, He went out and got baptized by John. Immediately thereafter, he commenced His epic work: to establish justice in the earth. 

It's still a work-in-progress, and Jesus has not rested yet.