Part of really being able to forgive someone is the administering of temporal and eternal justice. You can’t forgive if you think the person is going to get away with it, the soul loves and demands justice because we know it is right.
Precisely. Unless and until the perpetrator truly repents and asks forgiveness a true Christian is under no obligation to offer it, nor should they.
Forgiving is an act of the will. It relieves the victims of any hate for the perp.
How can we expect God to forgive if we can’t?
How do I know? I had to forgive the murderer of my granddaughter before I could stop hating him.
Just an old man’s opinion.