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Could Jo Yeates' murderer get away scot free?
It's over two weeks since her body was discovered on Christmas Day—and the media are beginning to ask whether her killer might not be caught.
A scenario in which he, or she, is able to walk around, enjoying life while hiding their crime, for another few decades, is awful. But if the police can't catch them, then that's what'll happen, isn't it?
No.
“Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened … the dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books” (Revelation 20 v 11, 12).
One day, someone will stand before God's throne and when his or her book is opened up, it will say “Took the life of Jo Yeates, a member of God's beloved humanity”. Then there'll be a punishment to pay for that crime. And the time facing the killer then will be far worse than any prison-sentence or conscience-prick they may suffer before death, unless they've asked Jesus to bear that punishment for them in His death.
Carl is Editorial Director at The Good Book Company and is a member of Grace Church Worcester Park, London. He is the best-selling author of The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross and God's Big Promises Bible Storybook, and also serves as series editor of the God's Word for You series. Before joining TGBC, he worked as a journalist and then as a teacher, and pastored a congregation in Hull. Carl is married to Lizzie, and they have two children. He studied history at Oxford University.
