The knowledge of good and evil, the compulsion to distinguish between right and wrong, our longing for justice, these are characteristics which distinguish us from the animals. More than that: they are characteristics which make us "like God" in that we have acquired the right to create our own laws and ethical or moral standards. But we have also become God's rival in the department of justice, which, according to the first pages of the Bible, was off limits to us.
The clash between the two systems of justice is most visible in the trial of Jesus, with Pilate being an exceptional representative of the human system, while it is the task of Jesus to set the record straight on the question of good and evil, a task, which lets him become the Redeemer and Savior of the world. Perhaps, in view of the impending globalization, the time has come to see in Jesus not only a personal, but also a global Savior.
The other investigations in the book are also meant to be eye-openers to the fact that there is a wide gap between human and divine perception of justice.
