Divine Redemption
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“Is Divine Redemption in this life a thing?”
Yes, I think it is. In his book, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” Viktor Frankl describes an SS officer who converted. Everyone who knew this man knew him to be The most sadistic Nazi that anyone had ever encountered. He was the worst of the worst. Until one day, he did a 180. He changed, radically. Viktor Frankl didn’t seem to really understand why this man changed-did he find Jesus? Did he just find his own humanity? We don’t know. All we know is that he changed, in a very big way. He resigned from the SS and the Nazi party, and was immediately thrown into a camp with the prisoners he had been tormenting. He dedicated his life to serving his fellow prisoners: he would give them his food, he would help them in any way possible. Everyone who knew him was amazed and astounded: he went from being the most cruel man any of them had ever known to being the most saintly man any of them had ever known. I think it can be fairly said that he redeemed himself, or allowed God to redeem him, in this life.
We don’t know what became of him: Viktor Frankl either didn’t know, or didn’t say. But, his story is definitely one of redemption, and it gives me so much hope. Because if a Nazi SS baby killer can be redeemed, then there is hope for all of us.
That man didn’t have to do what he did. He probably could have simply slipped away, out of the reach of the Nazis, or, he could have been overwhelmed with guilt and killed himself, but if he had done that, he would left a legacy of hopelessness and despair. By living a life of service to others, he created a legacy of hope and redemption. I believe that his redemption must have been Divine. How could it not have been? How can anyone change that dramatically, and become that much of a saint, without Divine intervention and redemption?
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Sounds like the road to Damascus.
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It does, doesn’t it? I read “Man’s Search For Meaning” years ago, and this story of the SS Officer who became a saint is the thing that stayed with me the most from that book.
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As the old-timers would say, “He got religious.”
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Viktor Frankl either didn’t know or just didn’t say, but yes, I think he must have found God. How else could a conversion like that be possible?
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What do Jewish Torah scholars say on this?
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I dk about Jewish scholars, , but i shudder in abject terror to remember how many times i have been “redeemed” from having to suffer the logical amd likely consequences of my own actions. Was i divively redeemed, or just lucky?
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I think I have “felt the hand of God” a few times in my own life as well, even if it were merely in the form of my guardian angels.
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I note that you say ”angels” plural. I reckon a warrior needs quite a few!
If i had one, id imagine it l.ike an..uh, admin, as we hafta say now, cleaning up my messes, covering my errors, putting the files of my memories in order, collating the paperwork of my spiritual existence….maybe juggling my appointments with fate so i missed my chance to do something disasttous. Good goin’ angel!
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I think I had teams of guardian angels working ’round the clock for the better part of my life.
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