<p>14:32<i> Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an ambassador and asks conditions of peace</i>- See on Rom. 14:19. Does the man with 10,000 men faced with the oncoming army of God with 20,000 men just recklessly go ahead, or does he seek reconciliation? There was surely an intended connection within the Lord's teaching concerning how the loving Father saw the prodigal son &quot;afar off&quot; in his sin and separation; and how the King God coming against man with 20,000 men in battle needs to be reconciled with whilst He is still &quot;afar off&quot; (Lk. 14:32; 15:20). God is both coming towards us in judgment; and yet also sees us 'from afar' in untold grace and desire to save. It is this wondrous paradox which makes the ultimate meeting of God and man so intense and wonderful. The 'harder side of God', the King coming in overpowering judgment against sinful man, is what gives power and poignancy to His final meeting with man as the Father meets the prodigal. See on Lk. 10:34.</p>