The Crowd and Justice

The Crowd and Justice

“Pilate spoke again to the crowd, ‘what, then, do you want me to do with the one you call the king of the Jews?’  They shouted back, ‘Crucify him!’  Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he set Barnabas free for them.  Then he had Jesus whipped and handed him over to be crucified.”  (Mark 15: 12 – 15)

We meet Jesus again under the control of the powers of darkness.  Can there be true justice in the world?  Pilate knew very well that Jesus was handed over to him out of malice.   The right thing was for him to set him free.  He chose to please the crowd.  

Christ had predicted that in the world his followers will be persecuted.   For any Christian to expect otherwise is to doubt the words of Jesus.  The process of justice has not changed since the time of Pilate.  The people responsible for administering justice are still motivated to pleasing whatever “crowd” they happen to serve at the material time.  

Peace and justice shall reign in full measure in the kingdom of God.