If the Father forgave them, they would all be going to heaven, right ? Is that what you believe?
No. We can forgive them for the offense that they committed against us only.
But that doesn’t clear the slate for their offense against God or others.
Well, if God forgives them because they repented and turned to Christ, then yes, they would go to heaven. Just like us.
But if I forgive someone who stole something from me and released them from the debt of paying me back, it doesn’t mean what they did was not wrong or that I was OK with it.
And I would still not trust them.
The offenders making restitution goes a long way to healing the wound of the wrong done.