A quick internet search allows anyone to collect some concerning statistics about Canada. For example, there were over 358,000 victims of reported physical abuse in 2019, 30% of which were domestic. There are more than two thousand organized crime groups in operation, three-quarters of which are violent and have connections to seventy-seven other countries. There are over 47,000 deaths every year linked to substance abuse, nearly 5000 to suicide, and almost 2000 to traffic accidents. Last year saw almost 20,000 robberies and 5000 incidents of identity theft.
Numbers like these show, among other things, the limits of our governments, our systems, and our leaders. They simply aren’t fast enough, smart enough, resourced enough, or powerful enough to stop all this evil and suffering. Numbers like these make us long for an authority so limitless it could eradicate all injustice, crime, abuse, and brokenness. But an authority that powerful would have to be equally good or it would be terrifying.
Christians have the comfort of knowing that such a King is coming and such a kingdom is inevitable.
