THE (MORAL) CIRCLE UNBROKEN

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Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity."
Psalm 96:10 ESV

¶"The circle of life" describes how all creation exists in balance. It says that whatever we do, the balance is maintained. The changes we observe, even the changes we create, are all counterbalanced. We see things as changing only because we are not aware of the grander way that things stay the same. Then what could possibly keep the scales of the universe in balance morally? In the face of humanity's universal moral corruption, is there a redeeming force that keeps it in balance? Archimedes is quoted as saying "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world". God may provide the moral fulcrum, but where is the lever? What moral agent could go to the lengths necessary to balance off the sins of the world? For this we look to the One seen in Daniel's vision as "like a son of man", come down from heaven, who can alone "make everything sad come untrue". John the Baptist nailed it when he exclaimed “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"

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