The Problem of Injustice (2 of 9)
Series: God Talks: A Conversation in the Psalms
Scott Maze
Psalm 73
On Wednesday, December 21, 1988, Pan American flight 103 began its scheduled flight from London's Heathrow Airport on its way to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. There were 243 passengers and sixteen crewmembers aboard the Boeing 747 when it lifted off the runaway at 6:25 pm. It was flying north over Scotland at altitude of 31,000 feet at around 580 mph
An explosion just under the letter ''P'' of the words ''Pan Am'' on the plan punched a twenty-inch hole in the left side of the fuselage. The nose of the plane quickly separated from the fuselage after detonation. Investigators discovered that the explosion was so rapid that the pilots did not have time put on their oxygen masks nor did they communicate any distress signal. The plane's wing section descended on Lockerbie, Scotland at more than 500 mph, creating a crater 155 feet long. It was there that a fireball scorched both cars and homes killing an additional eleven people on the ground due to debris from the plane. In all, 270 people died from the Lockerbie Bombing.
As tragic as all of this is, the recent news that the former Libyan Intelligence Officer, who was found guilty of these crimes, was recently released makes the injustice even more appalling. He was released on compassionate grounds as a prison doctor has claimed that he had but three months to live due to prostrate cancer. He served but eight years of his sentence or as someone has noted but eleven days for each victim he was responsible for. Yet, in today's London's Telegraph there are allegations that his release had more to do with Great Briton's interests in securing oil rather than a compassionate release for his cancer.
Injustice.
We're in series, God Talk: A Conversation in the Psalms. And this morning, we're focusing on Psalm 73.
Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.?2 But as f ...
Series: God Talks: A Conversation in the Psalms
Scott Maze
Psalm 73
On Wednesday, December 21, 1988, Pan American flight 103 began its scheduled flight from London's Heathrow Airport on its way to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. There were 243 passengers and sixteen crewmembers aboard the Boeing 747 when it lifted off the runaway at 6:25 pm. It was flying north over Scotland at altitude of 31,000 feet at around 580 mph
An explosion just under the letter ''P'' of the words ''Pan Am'' on the plan punched a twenty-inch hole in the left side of the fuselage. The nose of the plane quickly separated from the fuselage after detonation. Investigators discovered that the explosion was so rapid that the pilots did not have time put on their oxygen masks nor did they communicate any distress signal. The plane's wing section descended on Lockerbie, Scotland at more than 500 mph, creating a crater 155 feet long. It was there that a fireball scorched both cars and homes killing an additional eleven people on the ground due to debris from the plane. In all, 270 people died from the Lockerbie Bombing.
As tragic as all of this is, the recent news that the former Libyan Intelligence Officer, who was found guilty of these crimes, was recently released makes the injustice even more appalling. He was released on compassionate grounds as a prison doctor has claimed that he had but three months to live due to prostrate cancer. He served but eight years of his sentence or as someone has noted but eleven days for each victim he was responsible for. Yet, in today's London's Telegraph there are allegations that his release had more to do with Great Briton's interests in securing oil rather than a compassionate release for his cancer.
Injustice.
We're in series, God Talk: A Conversation in the Psalms. And this morning, we're focusing on Psalm 73.
Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.?2 But as f ...
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