Cycles don't break themselves.
They need to be seen.
They need someone brave enough to name them.
To step outside the ritual and say: "No more."

That's what Jesus did.
He didn't just step into the cycle of violence —
He exposed it, absorbed it, and undid it from within.

He showed us:
The price was always too high.
The God we thought needed sacrifice was never in the audience.
And once you see that...
you are free to choose a different way.
The way of mercy.
The way of peace.
The way of forgiveness that doesn't wait for someone else to make it safe first.