Adolf Hitler, Proclamation to the German Nation

After reading this proclamation presented by Adolf Hitler in 1933, I was very surprised. There are a few reasons why this really surprised me. I will go into more detail about that a little later. After reading this, I have come to the conclusion that this proclamation was made because Germany was in a lot economic trouble. Germany had been on the downfall for the last fourteen years and they were desperate to find a way out of all of the turmoil. The nation as a whole was looking the kind of government that was going to help accomplish the goal of relieving the nation of this so called depression. They were looking for a leader who was ambitious and was able to lead them out of the turmoil and into a state of prosperity. That leader they were looking for was the made who presented this proclamation, Adolf Hitler.

One line that really stuck out to me while I was reading this was, "And as leaders of the nation and the national government we vow to God, to our conscience, and to our people that we will faithfully and resolutely fulfill the task conferred upon us." Another line that really stood out to me as well was, "Mat God almighty give our work His blessing, strengthen our purpose, and endow us with wisdom and the trust of our people, for we are fighting not for ourselves but for Germany." 

The reason these two lines really stuck out to me was because of the irony between the actual results of this campaign and what they were originally setting out to accomplish. It is very shocking to me that Hitler referenced God in his proclamation knowing that so many people would lose their lives for no apparent reason at all. 

If I were to go about persecuting people as Hitler did, I would not even mention God's name in the process. However, Hitler did win the trust of millions of people with this speech. I'm not sure he could have done that successfully without mentioning God's name. 

It is also very shocking to me how easy it is to put your trust in someone who could inherently be so evil. It reminds me of the verse, Matthew 24:24 which states, "For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible."

The reason this verse comes to mind is because I believe this is exactly what Hitler was trying to do. He was basically stating that he was going to make everyone's problems better and he was going to save the nation of Germany. He literally deceived millions of people with his cunning words and his confident stature. It is important that as Christians we are always digging into the world of God and searching for the truth. If we don't know the truth of God, then we be easily deceived by people just as evil as Hitler.

One thing that this reminds me of is the state in which the economy in the United States is in right now. We have been in a recession lately and so many people are looking for some great leader to bring us out into a time of prosperity. That is what happened in the last election with Obama. He promised he would bring change to the nation and make things a lot better. However, the United States as a whole is arguably the same if not worse than when he came into office. I don't think as Christians living in the United States that we need to look towards a human to fix the problems we have, but we need to look to God, our savior. Ultimately He is the only one who can make the situations better. If we were to just put our trust in Him, I believe that He would find the right people to lead this nation and we would see a huge difference.