The rule of God, which his stories metaphorically disclosed, will undermine the ruling elite's self-serving systemic structures and institutions. Reflections by Dr. William R.G. Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia. Our response to people is not to make sure they get their rights, but because they are people and that will often mean going beyond what, according to accepted norms, they have a right to claim. At Religion Online . Love is both the fulfilment and the negation of law.
Forgiveness is the highest justice and the end of justice.
The judge of the Parable of the Last Judgment is inexorable. He consigns men to hell for the evil they have done. The householder of the Parable of the Vineyard specifically rejects the calculations of justice. Structuralist analysis from Semeia 1. Note our assumption that God understands lines.