On Justice and Intimacy with the Bridegroom
In Gen 18.22-33, Abraham demands God to act justly on Sodom and Gomorrah: "Far be it from You to do such a thing, to bring death upon the innocent as well as the guilty, so that innocent and guilty fare alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?""I will not destroy, for the sake of ten."
None are righteous, no not one.
"When the LORD had finished speaking to Abraham, He departed; and Abraham returned to his place."
In Auschwitz, there was a group of Jews that put God on trial. All day they debated, back and forth, the prosecution against God. The evidence? Well, that was clear enough. They found God guilty. The Judge, who demanded the Jews to act justly, was judged. They found him guilty and then had evening prayers.
"Don't chastise me in your wrath, O LORD!"
Jacob had wrestled with a man all night, demanding a blessing. To loosen Jacob's hold the man pulled his hip out of socket, but he would not let go. The man said Let me go! The sun's coming up. "I will not let you go, unless you bless me." "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and man and have prevailed." Jacob asked the man's name: "You must not ask my name!" He departed.
Jacob limped away.
