Escorted through the gates of hell

Back when I worked for a paycheck I worked with a group of corporate attorneys.  I vividly recall a meeting with all of management where the chief attorney made a statement that got everyone’s attention big-time.  The subject of the meeting was handling and disposition of toxic waste, and the following of government regulations.  He said that there was personal jail time for anyone caught intentionally disregarding the regulations—that the government had gotten serious on the matter and was no longer simply levying fines on corporations.  Someone in the audience asked if there would be personal representation by the corporate legal staff, to which the answer was yes.  The chief attorney went on to say that he had represented people in the past—represented them all the way to the jail cell.  His point was, if found guilty, there was little that could be done about it, even with a high-powered lawyer by our side.

Which brings up the reason for this blog post.  The last post about the marriage escape clause has generated some less than complementary emails. (And some complements too.)  But as I think about it, we humans, the created, want to have our way when it comes to running our lives, regardless what the Creator intends.  We even go so far as to manipulate the Creator’s instructions (Scripture) to come to conclusions that suit ourselves, totally ignoring those instructions that condemn.  And we love religious leaders who support our waywardness…invariably out of fear of alienating the masses that fuel the system.  When this happens, it brings back memories of that chief attorney escorting his clients to jail, except in our case our religious leaders are escorting their flocks all the way through the gates of hell.

But nothing is new under the sun.  Jesus was facing the same situation with religious leaders 2,000 years ago.  They benefited by leading the people in what Moses permitted regardless of what God intended.  Their catering to human desires and tradition brought them on a collision course with our Lord.  Are we being led on a collision course too?  I think so. 

Gene Pool