The world must be governed with justice and the sinners punished… It is through the punishment of the sinners that evil is removed from the world.
…in order that afterwards the goodness bestowed will be complete. For afterwards all the creations will enjoy complete goodness without any shame, as discussed earlier (Opening 4).
The justice which is required prior to the end thus derives from the ultimate purpose itself – even though they seem contradictory. This is what must be considered carefully in order to understand afterwards the various different levels and aspects of Atzilut. These are specific attributes calculated to serve the overall governmental order, as discussed earlier.