Vengeance

Just about everyone — at least Christians — must depend upon God for the administration of Justice. This reliance is at once convenient and essential because Justice on earth is often lost, gone with the wind. You can’t blame Justice. Her job is impossible. Every day, every hour, every minute, some person or group or gang or company or country violates life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Every minute, every second, victims lose their property, their health and their lives at the hands of criminals. According to the FBI, 40% of murders, 78% of reported rapes and 85% of property crime remain unsolved. Meanwhile, financial fraud, including identity theft, credit card scams, embezzlement and corporate graft, escalate faster than the National Debt. These statistics lead to one dismal conclusion — in a land forged on the principle of “liberty and justice for all,” millions of victims are deprived of exactly that — of justness, of redress, of due process. All the while, those who are elected to administer Justice preach that victims may not “take the law into their own hands,” not to mention moralists who preach that no wrong justifies vengeance. In other words, take your grievance, bury it and be happy with the admonition: “Vengeance is mine,” saith the Lord. This assertion may not console you, but it’s sweet music to rapists, murderers, criminal politicians and other thieves in high places who are free to pillage and plunder, more than willing to postpone their judgment until, say, Judgment Day, at which time they can beg forgiveness and say, “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it. I repent.” Unlike the 9-11 terrorists who gleefully were able to greet Allah and shout, “We did it, we meant it and we would do it again. Bring on our adorable virgins.” You have to appreciate the Muslim version of eternity. Lacking earthly judgment, you must rely on movies to satisfy at least your psychological hunger for Justice. Hollywood has always understood and capitalized on your human frustration — seeing evil walk free. Suitably, therefore, revenge films have always dominated American cinema. When Gunnery Sergeant Bob Lee Swagger (Shooter) blows away Senator Charles F. Meachum, you at that very moment relish the execution. Death Wish had only one failing — both Charles Bronson and the series passed on. In Dirty Harry’s Sudden Impact (1983), Jennifer Spencer (Sondra Locke) tracks down and stares down several rapists who thought they had escaped Justice. What they saw last was that little hole in the end of her .38 snub-nosed revolver. Delicious. All well and good — in the movies. But, take heart. You shouldn’t give up on the American system of Justice simply because crime does actually pay. You shouldn’t fret over a POTUS who lies at every breath, disrupting the lives and welfare of millions. It’s not your concern that nobody has paid for the Benghazi murders of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith and Navy Seals Glen Doherty and Ty Woods. Nobody in Libya. Nobody in the State Department. Nobody at the White House. Nobody. And there’s no Bobby Lee Swagger to make it right. Besides, “what difference does it make,” asked Empress Clinton. Obviously, to her, not one iota. Obviously, to Eric Holder, not a smidgen, anymore than it did when Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was gunned down in an ATF gun-smuggling operation known as “Fast and Furious.”  Despite these minor incidents, you have reason to hope that Justice could make a comeback. Last year, the Obama Administration spent almost $18 billion on immigration enforcement, 24% more than it spent on the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Secret Service, U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — combined. This investment certainly has something to do with Justice, doesn’t it? Let’s see — come to think of it, it didn’t prevent the “immigration” of up to 20 million aliens and didn’t prevent the benevolent dictator in D.C. from contributing your tax dollars to their welfare. In the final analysis, you need to cool your jets. Better talk to God. Better tell Him to do a proper job with the vengeance thing. Christians depend on it.

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