History
Without much effort, we
find, mainly in the
History of the oldest
religions, in the Old
and New Testaments,
fundamentals, citations
and syntheses that
show, in those times,
the dawn of the
shadows of morality,
still far from the
clarity of the very
enlightened dawn of
Divine Justice, with the
radiance of the sun at
the dawn of Love for
God and neighbor.
Fragments of that
journey, little by
little becoming
enlightened: Divine
Justice and religions
Of the religions of
India:1
In these scriptures, we
find the oldest
source on credit or
moral debt,
consubstantiated in the
“Law of Karma”. Karma,
in Sanskrit (ancient
sacred language of
India), means "action".
Fundamentals of Karma:
all the good or bad that
we have done in a
lifetime will bring us
good or bad
consequences, either in
this or in other
existences to come. The
“Law of Karma”
states that good actions
credit peace and good,
bad actions bring
suffering and pain,
these only mitigated by
good ones, on board
with sincere repentance.
The Law of Karma,
commonly known as Celestial
Justice, is part of
the sacred scriptures of
various religions in
India:
● The Vedas: according
to traditions 3102 BC;
● Brahmanism: 2nd millennium
BC. until the beginning
of the Christian era;
it persists in a
modified form, and is
now called Hinduism;
● Hinduism: according to
traditions, since around
2000 BC;
● Jainism: from the 6th century
BC;
● Buddhism: from the 5th
century BC.
From each religion, when
possible, I record only
two passages, as an
example of approaching
Divine Justice.
From the Old Testament:
● "For according to a
man's work He (God)
repays him, and makes
each one find according
to his way.” It
appears in the Book
of Job, 34:11 It
is now agreed that this
book was written between
the 7th and 4th
centuries B.C., with the
6th century B.C.
appearing as the most
likely date;
● “To you too, Lord,
belongs mercy, for you
will repay each one
according to his work.” (Psalms,
62:12) - Written by
David – c. 1010- c. 970
BC;
From the New Testament:
● “For the Son of Man
will come in the
glory of his Father with
his angels; and then
he will reward each
according to his
works.” Jesus,
in Matthew, 16:27;
● “And if you call to
the Father who without
respect of persons
judges according to each
man's work, walk in
fear during the time of
your pilgrimage.” Apostle
Peter, in I Peter, 1:17.
Christianity
Set of religions
organized based on the
sublimity of Jesus
Christ and on the
writings that report his
words. Born in Judea
and initially spread in
the East, Christianity
was preached in the
Mediterranean world by
the Apostles after the
death of Jesus.
In Christianity, there
are norms, principles,
ideas and convictions
that constitute the
ideals of ethics, with
the Greek philosophers,
and more objectively, by
prophets exposing
faith and hopes, until
Jesus fully
consolidated, with
lessons and examples,
the understanding of
Divine Justice, always
practiced by the Love
of God for all Humanity.
Catholicism
Religion of Christians
who recognize the Pope
as spiritual head.
Catholicism bases its
unity on a community of
faith, sacraments and
religious life. It
agrees with the other
Christian Churches
regarding Revelation
(Old and New
Testaments).
Islam
The Qur'an is seen as a
scripture devoted
primarily to
establishing the
principles of faith and
justice. It demands that
justice be done for all,
which is the inherent
right of all human
beings under Islamic
Law.
The Qur'an, the holy
scripture of Islam,
considers justice to be
a supreme virtue. It is
a basic goal of Islam
(Islamism) to the point
that it is next in
order of priority,
after belief in the
exclusive right of God,
worship (Tawheed = from
Arabic: "to unite")
and in the truth of
Muhammad's prophetic
mission (the
Prophet Mohammed)
- April 571 A.D. / June
8, 632 AD, who founded
Islam, which is stated
in the Qur'an:
“Allah commands justice
and fair treatment...”
(Quran 16:90)
The Qur'an's eternal
commitment to basic
standards of justice is
also found in this
declaration, addressed
to its adherents:
● “The Word of your Lord
was fulfilled in truth
and righteousness. No
one can change His
words.” (Quran 6:115)
Spiritism
Spiritism arrived in
this world on April
18, 1857, with Allan
Kardec launching The
Book of Spirits, the
cornerstone of the
Codification of the
Doctrine of Spirits,
understood as the bearer
of the respective
fundamentals:
Perfectibility of Divine
Justice, embodied in
Divine Laws, or Natural
(subdivided into Moral
Laws), reincarnation and
spiritual evolution.
Impenetrable in the
folds of Time, second by
second, Divine Justice
automatically registers
the merit or demerit of
each Spirit: all its
procedures, good and
bad, including even its
thoughts (Remembering
Jesus, in John: 8-
11...).
This record stems from
the aforementioned Laws
of God, inviolable and
perfect, which have
been inserted in the
consciousness of each
Spirit, since time
immemorial, according to
question 621 of The
Book of Spirits (“OLE”).
Thus, I cite some
details of the Moral
Laws, extracted from the
set of Divine Laws that
govern the moral
dimension of the, being
partially subsidiaries
of Divine Justice and
the foundations of
Spiritism, acting as
splendid behavioral
compasses, according to
the Divine Friend's
affirmation, when he
assured: “Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind. This
is the first and great
commandment. And the
second, similar to this,
is: Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself.”
(Matthew 22:37–39)
This is how, resulting
from the behavioral
experience according to
the Moral Laws, the
evolutionary moral apex
of the Spirit will be
reached when he
practices only the good
use of them, haloing his
actions with love of God
and neighbor, as Jesus
taught and exemplified.
Several spiritist
scholars, incarnated and
disembodied, reflect on
Divine Justice, noting
that it is an
unquestionable
expression of the Law of
Love of God, as well as
the compassion of the
Supreme Creator towards
those who, ordinarily,
behave in disarray with
the Divine Laws. . This
compassion, however,
will not be able to
provide this sublime
help to the defaulters,
in the face of the
hardened impediments
caused by them, in the
face of their systematic
rebelliousness and
refusal, in the face of
the foundations of
merit.
In these cases, the
action of Time is
summoned, combined with
the pedagogy of pain,
extremely efficient
tools to untie us
sustained by evil.
The Father's Love and
Charity towards all His
children are offered to
all of them, innocent or
guilty, without
distinction.
But for the latter,
however, Divine Justice
— inviolable, perfect,
sovereign, maximum and
unequaled expression of
the Supreme Creator's
charity —, can only help
them to rise again when
sincere2 repentance
sprouts in them. The
Love of God never
withholds compassion
from the reprobate.
No one can claim that
they “didn't know”,
because alerts and
warnings began millennia
ago, through
consciousness. They
continue and will be
valid and active
forever.
Chinese proverb
advises: We can
choose what we sow, but
we are obliged to reap
what we sow.
Spiritists echo: “The
planting is free, but
the harvest is
mandatory...”.
Repentance is not enough
for discharge...
Indispensable the
reconstruction, by those
who default before the
Laws of God, of what
they have destroyed and
then, with resignation,
correct their faults,
which can happen in one
or more reincarnations -
as many as necessary -,
granted by the Mercy of
the Greater Father.
Faced with the firm
decision of the penitent
in search of discharge,
this is the time that
the Kindness of the
Supreme Creator makes
the necessary means
available to him, with
charitable alternatives.
This is because
reconstruction cannot
always be obtained
exactly as the debt was
built, which would
characterize the “talion
penalty, or “talion
law” 3. With
those alternatives, the
debtor will have
countless possibilities
to act with love and
charity towards his
neighbor. This is how
then, before the Law of
God, the culprit will
obtain full discharge of
his faults, according to
divine engraving on the
altar of his own
conscience, having peace
as his companion.
A moving example of this
Love of the Greater
Father and of Divine
Justice, and of general
discharge, we have in
the narrative of Peter,
apostle of Jesus,
commenting on the
blessings of charity: Above
all cultivate, with all
ardor, mutual love,
because the love covers
a multitude of sins (I
Peter, 4-8).