In a recent Sunday Gospel (Luke 18), Jesus claims, “I promise you; God will see justice done to them [God’s chosen ones], and done speedily.”
I found this a challenging, even confronting, reading.
The problem
Jesus’ claim that God will see that his chosen ones will get justice quickly is not supported by the facts. The evidence is just not there.
Ask anyone in Gaza or Ukraine or the hundreds of homeless families in Australia or anywhere in the World.
God does not intervene directly in human affairs as if to correct some miscalculation in the original creation plan. God does not have afterthoughts.
So, how could Jesus be so positive about God coming to help people “who cry to him”? And why did Luke put it in his book?