Judgment is meant to identify precisely what needs to be
corrected. It’s meant to identify error
in the offender’s judgment. They are
meant to be tools to isolate the ego and its selfishness that often lifts its
ugly head unnoticed by the individual and even the community. By doing so it puts boundaries on how far the
individual can go before it violates another’s right to individuality.
Mercy is meant to show compassion to the offender. Sin in Hebrew is Chatah. This simply means error. This excludes premeditated acts or when a
person is committing an error then realizes they are in error but continues
anyway (These are high handed sins).
Compassion is shown to the offender since they error out of being
unaware of what happened. Mercy is meant
to preserve the ability for a person to change by correcting their action. However, as indicated above. Chatah/Error is for those sins done as a
mistake. Judgment/discernment is
necessary to separate those people from those that commit High Handed Sin who
do deserve to be heavy punished.
The balancing point is justice. Justice is about just behavior and respect
for others. It is meant to facilitate
and permit reform. Justice is meant to
give room for a person or people an opportunity to consciously change for the
better, even with help and assistance.
Thus Mercy give the room for change and Judgment gives the precise
formula to facilitate change. It aims
for the root of the problem so that a proper, long lasting change will be
achievable.
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