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1. Love Thine Enemies (December 2006) 2. Prophecy and Free Will (March 2007) 3. The Sin of Interest (March 2007) 4. Law and Justice (April 2007) 5. Cooperation and the Silent Wars (May 2007) 6. Forgiveness (June/July 2007) 4. Law and Justice (April 2007) There has been considerable debate in recent times over the punishment and paroling of criminals with calls for more severe punishment for violent offenders. We repeatedly see evidence of injustices within our own ‘justice system’ where the innocent appear to be caused suffering while the guilty seem to get off scot free. There are criticisms that the punishments do not fit the crime. We find that offences considered as crimes with serious penalties in one country are not considered criminal in another and punishments for similar crimes vary from country to country. Drug smugglers convicted in Indonesia may be shot while the same criminals may suffer a short term in prison in New Zealand and other Western counties. All this boils down to the principle that law and justice are two different matters. While we all agree that society should be protected from violent offenders and the only way to do this is to remove the offenders from society either for very long periods of time or until it is considered that the offenders have been reformed. However what is very controversial is how these prisoners should be treated while they are incarcerated. Should they be deprived of every human comfort and be made to suffer, even tortured as punishment or revenge for the pain and suffering they have been accused of inflicting on others? What does Cayce say about law and justice? Usually he puts the word ‘justice’ together with other words for virtues, particularly ‘mercy’ and ‘love’. Here are some of his messages: - For, know - as you do it unto the least of your brethren, you do it unto your Maker. This is a law: a law of love, a law of justice, a law of mercy, a law of God. - Let the law of love, of mercy, of justice, that is shown in the law of love and mercy, be your guide day by day. For the Lord is not slack in counting His mercy as men count slackness. And be patient and be trustworthy, even to your own soul. For the brighter day dawns, and the star of hope to you rises in those that you show the way and the light. MERCY, MERCY, for those that err; even as you would have mercy shown to you. - HOLD FAST to that thou didst gain before the altar in the temple; that God loves mercy and justice rather than ritual or might; that being patient, being kind, being gentle is more precious in the sight of Jehovah than the offering of many sacrifices or the giving of bounty, or the requiring of this or that of the law itself. For who is the law? He that loves mercy and justice, or he that rules in the thunder or in the might? GOD is a God of Love! - What said He? If your brother sue you and take away your coat, give him your cloak also. Have you tried that? Or have you sworn and said there is no justice, "This one has done me wrong, and that one has done another wrong"? - Vengeance is mine. I will repay, saith the Lord. Judge not, that you be not judged, for with what measure you mete it shall be measured unto you again - pressed down and running over. In the building then, keep those phases that would bring the elementals of that universal force that is found in the law of recompense, ever remembering that that law of vengeance lies only with Him who has given "vengeance alone is mine," see? - See the good, then, in every experience. Condemn not if you would not be condemned. Show mercy, patience and justice to all, if you would have your Maker, your God, show mercy and patience with you. Nothing important is ever gained by punitive revenge. B.D.A. 1. Love Thine Enemies (December 2006) 2. Prophecy and Free Will (March 2007) 3. The Sin of Interest (March 2007) 4. Law and Justice (April 2007) 5. Cooperation and the Silent Wars (May 2007) 6. Forgiveness (June/July 2007) |
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