LOVE, JUSTICE, RELATIONSHIP, AND LIFE: Why Only the Living Can Love
LOVE, JUSTICE, RELATIONSHIP, AND LIFE: The Unbroken Chain of Existence Final Synthesis: Why Only the Living Can Love --- Introduction: The Unbroken Chain In our long journey—from Sabbath, love, revelation, the Trinity as Presence, the three stages of grace, the death of God, predestination, to eternity as change that has no beginning and no end—we finally arrive at an unbroken chain of existence: LOVE → JUSTICE → RELATIONSHIP → LIFE → LOVE This chain is not a cycle spinning without meaning. This chain is the deepest logic of existence itself. Without love, there is no justice. Without justice, there is no relationship. Without relationship, there is no life. And without life, there is no love. Let us trace each link—and why this chain cannot be broken. --- Part 1: Only with Love Does Justice Grow in Relationship A. Love Is the Source of Justice Love is not a feeling. Love is an action that wills the good of the other. And precisely because love wills the good of the other, love gives b...