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The prophets grasped these truths and looked forward to the day when God would come and establish his justice on the earth. However, the prophets also saw that the God who will one day act definitively, at the end of history, in order to bring justice to his people is also the God who acts in history to bring justice for his people. When Jesus, the instrument of God’s deliverance, came to earth he responded to human sickness with healing, to human hunger with food, and to human fears with protection. He calls his followers to do likewise.
David McIlroy is a practising barrister and a guest contributor to Cambridge Papers . The theme of this article is explored in his first book, A Biblical View of Law and Justice, published by Paternoster Press.
[1] Christopher Wright, Living as the People of God, IVP, p.62.
[2] Freeman, An Introduction to the Old Testament Prophets, Faith Ministries, p.186.
[3] Ellison, The Message of the Old Testament, Paternoster, p.55-6.
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