What does condemnation look like?
It’s chilling.
It’s the story of someone whose life is forfeit. In trying to do the simplest thing, just living a natural life, they’re inviting death. What do you do when that is taken away from you? How do you tell a child, “You can’t go to school, or you will die.” For no greater crime than being born into a tainted family, the child stands condemned.
This is what it looks like when judgement triumphs over mercy. Once in, there is only one way to escape, and that is forgiveness.
I’m struck by how closely our cultures and societies mirror our internal conflict.