Judgment

From Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright regarding Jesus as the coming Judge,

The early Christians held on to a belief of Jesus as the judge even those in a liberal/postliberal worldview balk at this idea. For the early Christians the judgment of God was something to be celebrated. N.T. Wright writes, "In a world of systemic injustice, bullying, violence, arrogance, and oppression, the thought that there might come a day when the wicked are firmly put in their place and the poor and weak are given their due is the best news there can be. Faced with a world in rebellion, a world full of exploitation and wickedness, a good God must be a God of judgment."

It seems that these words can just as easily apply to our society. Yet, we can't imagine a God of judgment. I see maybe two reasons for this. One is that we have such an individualistic worldview that we have discounted the possibility of God acting in our world. God is not as supreme as the individual is. The other possibility is that those who reject the idea of God as judge are those who themselves will stand in judgment: those who benefit from systemic injustice, bullying, violence, arrogance, and oppression.