Jesus himself refers to the death penalty as an example of God's law as distinguished from man's mere tradition, Matthew 15:1-4.

I believe Hebrews 11:19 "literally" when it says that Abraham received his son back "figuratively." (the "literal" language does not work to measure what's sought here).

Praying!

D-2, so maybe just a notch below peak masculinity . . .

Somebody has read his C.S. Lewis . . .