Comments on an article about the police of the Third Reich

Hitler did not rise out of mastery of leadership and wit, nor out of his great oratory and writing skills. He seized an opportunity within a nation who lost economic hope. Those who opposed his moral stand covered their eyes.

Why does this happen?  How do men, which were the primary gender on the police force, easily go along easily with a man like Hitler or any other evil for this matter. May I propose – Economic despair.

Genesis 3:17 -“… cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; ¹⁸ thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. ¹⁹ In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Men find their identity and value in what the produce or provide.  Their value in their home is stemmed to their production and provision.  When Adam ate of the tree in the Garden of Eden, God told him a curse would now affect all of man.  Before this, Adam’s identity was based on his position of ruler over the creation.  He had food, provision, covering and he went about bringing identity to all the creation.  With a faithful partner, Eve, they named the animals and cared for creation.  Adam and Eve were one. Their identity was in the relationship with the Creator.  They were superiority was clear and their relationship was sound.  They didn’t rule over each other nor were the created to rule over other men and women.  Through the identity as being created in God’s image they were free to live.

Now, it was every one for themselves. They lost the key element that their life depended on – identification with God.  Now they would be identified by what they did with their hands and not who they were.  The rules had changed, the dirt, which they once had dominion over would dictate the life of man and the woman would be subject to his inferiority, instead of being a valued partner.  Insecurity would rise in the female as she tried to rise over man’s inadequacy.  Fueling the wedge that would produce societies which devalued women to the degree of making them cheap property.  In other cultures, men become passive as women dominate compounding even more shame on the weakness of men.  Both produce their own evils and the partnership which should be mended becomes an even deeper divide. What a mess!

Mankind’s heart longs to rule again, we want to connect with what frees us from our weakness. Throughout the ages men like Hitler and Stalin have gained ascendancy because they represent a dominance that is a perverted answer to heart desire of superiority and security. This type of identity always requires the ruling over and suppressing of others.

There is only one solution, we need to connect to the one who created us. Free from the shame that has haunted man for thousands of years.  Being restored back to the position that was originally intended for us by the Maker Himself.