What is the perfect crime?
There are certainly many definitions but I recently heard one that succinctly and accurately captures the meaning. It is undetectable and profitable. Ironically, we will probably never know the perfect crime since, by definition, it would be undetectable.
The Bible gives us many examples of crimes when the perpetrator attempted to cover it up and commit the perfect crime. There is Cain who killed his brother Abel. There is King David who arranged for the murder of Uriah to cover up his affair with Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba. In many of these instances, there were co-conspirators who could definitely divulge the details of the crime. What if everyone was a participant in the crime? Could this have the makings of a perfect crime?
“Go in,” he said, “and see the wicked and detestable sins they are committing in there!” So I went in and saw the walls covered with engravings of all kinds of crawling animals and detestable creatures. I also saw the various idols worshiped by the people of Israel. Seventy leaders of Israel were standing there with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan in the center. Each of them held an incense burner, from which a cloud of incense rose above their heads. Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The LORD doesn’t see us; he has deserted our land!’”
Ezekiel 8:9-12 (NLT)
Thousands of years ago, the leaders of Israel were leading the nation into idolatry. Behind closed doors, they were undetected. They were profitable because they duped the Israelites into supporting them while they worshipped false gods. God exposed their crimes to the prophet Ezekiel and recorded them in the Bible. The leaders thought they had the perfect crime but a perfect God exposed them.
Is there a perfect crime?
When a perfect God is in control, everything will be detected and laid bare and God will bring all to justice, giving all their just rewards.
Love and trust in the Lord; seek His will in your life.
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