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Home›Topics›Justice›Historical Examples

Historical Examples — Justice

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The Imprecatory Psalms: Divine Justice, Not Personal Vindictiveness

Rather than dismiss these prayers as expressions of unholy personal malice, Exell proposes a principle: examine what Yahweh Himself declares about such utterances.

Joshua 5:31

Universal

divine justice versus human vindictiveness

scriptural integrity

Joseph S. Exell

196 words

Historical

Loyalty that waits for convenient weakness to collapse

the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel.' Yet Maclaren cuts through their rhetoric with surgical precision: 'it had taken the elders seven and a half years to feel the force of these reasons, and probably their...

2 Samuel 5:1-12Universalhuman weakness versus divine strengthgenuine versus expedient loyalty

Alexander Maclaren

260 words

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Divine Severities: The Judgment of Spiritual Homelessness

and they shall be wanderers among the nations." This pronouncement from Ezekiel carries the weight of divine judgment in two dimensions.

Ezekiel 9:17Universaldivine judgmentspiritual homelessness

Joseph S. Exell

216 words

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Blood Upon His Own Head: The Weight of Willful Sin

Jeremiah Burroughs, the Puritan divine, illuminated this distinction with precision.

Ezekiel 12:14Universaldivine judgmentpersonal accountability

Joseph S. Exell

211 words

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The Broken Arms of the Wicked, the Support of the Righteous

These arms include their valor, their power, their wit, their wealth, their abundance.

Psalms 37:17UniversalGod's faithfulness versus human weaknessdivine sustenance for the righteous

Charles H. Spurgeon

194 words

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Labour and Rest: God's Merciful Provision for Human Dignity

"On the seventh day thou shalt rest." The Sabbath law reveals three profound truths about human need and divine care. First, rest is needful. Exhausted faculties require repose after labour. Without it, work becomes irksome and slovenly rather than joyous...

Exodus 22:12Universalhuman dignity and restdivine protection of the vulnerable

Joseph S. Exell

202 words

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When God Sends Division Among the Wicked

Abimelech ruled by usurpation, not divine appointment, yet the Almighty permitted his dominion briefly so wickedness might mature and be recognized for what it was.

Joshua 5:23Universaldivine judgment through internal conflicthidden sin exposed

Joseph S. Exell

223 words

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Nation Against Nation: The Wages of Rejecting God's Peace

See here the woeful effects of refusing Elohim's free offers of grace.

Matthew 24:7Universaldivine judgmentconsequences of rebellion

Joseph S. Exell

235 words

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God's Omniscience and Honest Weights in Commerce

In primitive times, merchants practiced fraud through inadequate measures, systematically shortchanging customers with each transaction.

Proverbs 16:11UniversalGod's omnisciencedivine justice in commerce

Joseph S. Exell

219 words

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God's All-Seeing Eye: The Universe's Moral Apparatus

God announces Himself the witness and judge of all mankind.

Proverbs 5:21Universaldivine omnisciencemoral accountability

Joseph S. Exell

218 words

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Sennacherib's Fall: The Slow Justice of Almighty God

As the proverb reminds us, "The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind to powder." Sennacherib's parricides fled to Ararat in Central Armenia, where Armenian historians trace the Sassimian and Arzrunian tribes from them.

Isaiah 35:38Universaldivine judgmentthe downfall of pride

Joseph S. Exell

197 words

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The Prophet's Duty: Addressing Present Crisis with God's Word

Rogers observes, must address the *emergencies* of his own time, not retreat into historical lament or distant eschatology.

Isaiah 1:10Universalauthentic faith versus empty ritualprophetic courage

Joseph S. Exell

214 words

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Dishonest Gain and Divine Redistribution

The pulpit offered dull platitudes while Christ's followers never asked: How would He have acted if He had vegetables to sell or horses to drive?

Proverbs 28:8Universaldishonesty and divine justicethe true cost of greed

Joseph S. Exell

222 words

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The Perverse and the Upright: Opposite Characters, Opposite Destinies

The perverse actively attempt to seduce the righteous from their path—a reality that reveals moral agency itself.

Proverbs 28:10Universalmoral agency and consequencesthe nature of temptation

Joseph S. Exell

206 words

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God's Scorn of the Scorner: Divine Justice and Human Cynicism

The scorner dismisses all religious forms as hollow "cant," corrupting the young and weak-minded through cynical manipulation.

Proverbs 3:34Universaldivine judgmentcynicism and faith

Joseph S. Exell

201 words

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God's Righteous Anger Against the Wicked Daily

The righteous possess true faith in Christ, consecrate their spirit to Elohim, live a heavenly life on earth, and have been renewed by the Holy Ghost.

Psalms 6:11UniversalGod's righteous wrathmoral character division

Joseph S. Exell

216 words

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Mercy and Truth United Against Iniquity

Many theologians of Exell's era debated whether justice or mercy should prevail in law, education, and doctrine.

Proverbs 16:6Universaldivine charactermercy and truth reconciled

Joseph S. Exell

220 words

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The Wicked Turned into Hell: Character and Consequence

Exell identifies the wicked with precision: those who willfully violate God's precepts—drinkers, profane persons, those who dishonor the Sabbath, the dishonest.

Psalms 9:17Universaldivine judgmentmoral consequence

Joseph S. Exell

209 words

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God's Judgment According to Truth and Perfect Justice

First, God's judgment is *correct*—according to the facts of the case, not assumption or hearsay.

Romans 1:2Universaldivine judgmentmoral accountability

Joseph S. Exell

210 words

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God's Providence Orders All Things to Their Proper Ends

First, some contend that Elohim created all things solely for His pleasure, without external motive.

Proverbs 16:4Universaldivine sovereigntymoral accountability

Joseph S. Exell

217 words

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The Perfection of God's Moral Attributes and Our Calling

This requirement demands clarification through five moral attributes of Elohim.

Matthew 5:48UniversalGod's moral perfectionChristian discipleship

Joseph S. Exell

200 words

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God Takes the Curse of Self-Condemnation at His Word

Exell observes that God, in His sovereignty, took them at their word—a principle demonstrated throughout Scripture.

Matthew 27:25Universaldivine accountabilitythe power of words

Joseph S. Exell

210 words

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Midian's Fall Foreshadows Assyria's Defeat

The slaughter of the Midianites under Gideon (Judges 7) becomes the type—the historical precedent—for Yahweh's coming judgment upon Assyria.

Isaiah 10:26Universaldivine providencehistorical precedent as assurance

Joseph S. Exell

199 words

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Yahweh Ordains Peace: The Commander's Divine Assignment

The Hebrew word *shalom* here carries the force of a military commander marshaling his forces according to a predetermined strategy, assigning each soldier his proper station in the execution of a grand enterprise.

Isaiah 25:12Universaldivine sovereigntynational righteousness

Joseph S. Exell

206 words

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