In the Old Testament there is an unsettling tension between the demands for justice by Joab against Absalom and the longings of love by David, his father. David's mourning was affecting the celebration of victory. We are left with this tension because David just does as requested but against what he wanted. His plea to Absalom's death was the answer that would come thousands of years later... would God I had died for thee. Calvary answered the tension. Justice was served and love was honored in what was given.