The trial is over, the verdict spoken, and now, every day,
the sights and sounds of that awful moment, that moment when a single shot rang
out, and a young man lay breathing his last as the lifeblood drained from his
punctured body, will ever remain, etched for all eternity in the psyche of that
man who pulled the trigger, and released the bullet that went crashing into
flesh, rupturing the heart, and ending life.
There was a
cry of anguish, a much debated cry. Some
said it was Zimmerman’s cry they heard; some said it was Martin’s, while others
said they did not know, or were not sure.
But could it be that the voice was none of the above? Could it be that what was heard was the voice
of innocent blood crying from the earth unto God for vengeance?
When Cain
killed his brother Abel, no one saw him; no one that is but he who never sleeps
nor slumbers. So who accused Cain? No
one; but the innocent blood already seeping into the earth cried out; for blood
is life, and the life of man is in the blood; and the blood of man is made by
God to reside in the veins not the earth.
So it cried out unto God.
I suggest
that Martin’s blood cried out to God; and God will require it at the hands of
Zimmerman. For it is written, “Your blood
of your lives will I require at the hand of every beast will I require it, and
at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life
of man. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood by
man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God made He man.” (Gen. 9:
5-6)
The day of
reckoning may sometimes be postponed, and may appear slow in coming; but always
does come when the King of Kings sits on His throne of judgment.
Rev. Dr John S Weekes
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