In Matthew 18, the King forgives an unpayable debt purely out of pity.
There’s no payment, no substitution and no satisfaction required.
That is the picture Jesus gives us of how God forgives.
So, if God actually cannot forgive until justice is satisfied, why doesn’t Jesus say so in the parable he uses to teach us about forgiveness?
Why, if only the Bible addressed that question…. You know, in the same section of scripture where we’re called to forgive… 🤨