Many of God’s people have tragically lost everything, even their lives, to perpetrators of injustice. In just the twentieth century, more Christians have been put to death for no other reason than their faith than in the previous nineteen centuries combined. In 1996 alone, the toll of worldwide martyrs exceeded 100,000.8 Who will call the oppressors to account? Why do they seem to get away with it? When will the victims be vindicated? How will things be set right again? In the face of such questions,