This balance is a mark of true spiritual maturity and a prerequisite of great leadership. Men who have elevated their opinions and agendas above the law of love. They are comfortable causing injury and division in the body. In an attempt to protect our autonomy, we have arrogantly supposed all will act honorably. I promise you, we will never solve this problem without some faculty for accountability.
Poor solutions exacerbate, prolong and multiply our problems.
He then sought out the infant Jesus to dispose of him. Thus, he orders all male children below the age of 2 in the vicinity of Bethlehem to be slaguhtered. The Hebrews were not being exterminated by Roman officials as ethnic undesirables. It is a political matter, neither ethnic nor religious.