And because the redemption was for man, so shall the debt be paid by a man. As society considers the ruthlessness enacted on these innocent young people, a rage wells up from within. When the anger is connected with the perpetrators, it is as raw as the evil which provoked the murders themselves. But when the anger accompanies compassion for the victims, it takes on a righteous quality. Not all anger is wrong, for when it is focused on the sanctity of human life, then man comes closer to an understanding of God.
Life is precious.
Our neighbor knows that. Within our humanness is the stamp of the Divine. The Bible confirms this. We are image bearers of a righteous and holy Creator. Whether it is simply the spiritual part of our being or something more, the fact is that when a human life is violated, so also is the Divine.