Jesus Christ is there. I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. . . The point of that saying isn't just acknowledging that people are going to hurt us again. The point of that saying certainly isn't that we should all enjoy being hurt. The point is, that reconciliation isn't just something that we do once, or twice, or several times.
Reconciliation is a way of life.
When we talk about living as Christians, when we talk about building a loving community, we have to realize that reconciliation isn't just a one-shot deal. Jesus is talking about reconciliation as a lifestyle. He means re-patterning our lives, learning to live in the way of reconciliation. We live as people who forgive. And we live as people who have been forgiven.