The Epstein List and the Certainty of Secret Sins Revealed

 By Robb Brunansky - Posted at The Cripplegate:

People across the political spectrum were outraged this week when President Donald Trump dismissed the importance of the Epstein List. During his campaign, President Trump said, “Yeah, I’d do the Epstein thing. I’d have no problem with it.” Many people voted for President Trump, at least in part, because he promised to release the list. Earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed on Fox News that she was in possession of the Epstein List and was reviewing it. However, this past week when a reporter asked Ms. Bondi about the list, Mr. Trump intervened, shaming the reporter for still being concerned about who might have been Jeffrey Epstein’s “clients.” Despite Mr. Trump’s urging to move on from discussing the Epstein List, Americans still are demanding accountability for what happened, and who participated in it, on Epstein Island. Such a day of reckoning may never come, given the combined wealth and power of those implicated in Epstein’s crimes.

As Christians, we understand that many times wicked deeds go unpunished in this present evil age. The Psalms testify repeatedly that evildoers seem to prosper because of their wealth and power, while those who are seeking the Lord suffer injustice and persecution. In Psalm 53:1, David accurately describes life in our fallen world when he writes, “The wicked fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God,’ they act corruptly, and commit abominable injustice; there is no one who does good” (LSB). Asaph was troubled by the evils he observed in the world, writing of the wicked, “They are not in trouble as other men, and they are not stricken along with the rest of mankind… They scoff and wickedly speak of oppression; they speak from on high… They say, ‘How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?’ Behold, these are the wicked; and always at ease, they have increased in wealth” (Psalm 73:5, 8, 11-12 LSB). The delusion of the depraved is that they can cover their dastardly deeds, and not even God will recompense them for their crimes. When Christians see evil parading itself through the earth and injustice winning the day, we can be just as discouraged as David or Asaph. But like David and Asaph, we need to remember that injustice is always temporary.

The consistent proclamation of God’s Word reveals that God’s judgment inevitably and irrevocably will fall on unrepentant sinners, and no one will get away with anything. Revelation 20:11-15 paints an overwhelming scene before the Great White Throne in heaven. The Lord Jesus Christ sits upon His glorious throne, prepared to judge the living and the dead. All the dead from all of history are raised and brought before the judgment seat on this great day. As the small and the great stand before Christ awaiting judgment, books are opened. In these books, God has recorded everything that sinners did during their lifetimes. A list of all of those who were ensnared by the devil, with all their evil works, is published on that day. Every hidden sin will be made public; every secret evil deed will be broadcast for all people and angels to hear.

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