Justice is based on truth and law, not impartiality. Truth and justice are eternal and cannot be based on popularity or the emotions of the rabbim, or  “crowd.” This simple principle separates a righteous culture from a society spiraling into chaos and judgment. A democracy based on popular opinion instead of established law is like the feet of iron and clay in Daniel’s vision – it cannot stand.

Israel’s judges and its citizens were warned to not follow the crowd, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd, and, almost surprisingly, not to show favoritism (or, emotional sympathy) to a poor man in a lawsuit simply because he is poor. Wrong is wrong and right is right every time. Right and wrong are independent of the person’s social status whether rich or poor, powerful or servant. (Leviticus 19:15, “Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.”)

Failure of a society to be just and fair in all its rulings is necessary for the well-being of that society. Once the corruption of justice or a partial view towards a particular group, be it poor or rich, sets into a culture, then that culture has lost its solid footing on the foundation of truth and justice. If injustice is not corrected this perversion will twist the culture into chaos and economic ruin.

When the mob, the crowd, or the majority have decided that injustice will be the law of the land, it will take strong leadership to navigate this people back towards the understanding, the desire and the practice of justice. If the leadership is not strong enough, or if the leadership compromises its own commitment to justice, the system will destroy itself. It is a benefit to any society to be just, fair and impartial in its establishment and obedience to law. A society must be under laws that are impartially enforced to succeed. If a society places impartiality and injustice over law there is nothing keeping that society from failing as an institution.

The laws that are written in Exodus are more than a legal code. These laws communicate principles of government and guidelines for personal life and decision making practiced at all levels of life in a community of people who desire to follow after the God of Truth and Reality.

"Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't Heaven, so don't expect it to be."
- Max Lucado

There are 300 million Orthodox Christians in the world, mostly in the Middle East, Greece, Eastern Europe and Russia.

These believers stand during the entire service. This is a practice that was begun in the earliest churches because there were no pews or seats.

The practice in Orthodox churches is defended today because prophets stood in Gods' presence as did the angles and the ministering priests and worshippers in the Jewish Temple.