In 1917, Nicholas II accepts the sacrifice.
What is the essence of his sacrifice?
The Emperor had the opportunity to gather an army or regiment of people loyal to him and continue the fight. But he gave up the fight.
That is, the king could really continue to fight for power, but he did not do it. For what reason? He followed the teachings of Christ: if you hit on the left cheek, substitute the right. You can repeat these well-known words of Christ as much as you like, or you can apply them in real life: you have been humiliated, but you do not give back. You need to have tremendous inner strength to do this!
There are many people who reproached Nicholas II for not resisting. From the point of view of ordinary people, he would have to defend his right to the throne, since he is the rightful king, he would have to gather troops and drown these rebellions in blood. But he did not do this, he demonstrated the principle of non-violence in his life, in the life of his family. He repeated the feat of Christ.
This principle of nonviolence, which Nicholas II demonstrated, was based on a deep faith in God. God was within him. The king was so deeply devoted to God that he perceived what was happening to him in this way: they hit on one cheek - turn the other. He took it as the Will of God.
A person can only sacrifice himself - this is the principle of non-violence. He cannot sacrifice someone else. If Nicholas II gathered an army of devotees and made them fight for himself, he would sacrifice other people. And the king sacrificed himself. Therefore, how he behaved in this situation, people still cannot understand. This is such a high self-sacrifice that they simply cannot understand … They consider the decision of the king from the point of view of an ordinary man in the street, who lives by the principle of "eye for an eye, tooth for tooth."
Another statement is that the king sacrificed not only himself, but also his loved ones. People wonder why he didn't save his family.
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Consider the story of Abraham. God decided to test Abraham to what extent he is devoted to the Will of God: "Sacrifice your son." And Abraham obeyed, tied his son and already raised a knife over him. But the Angel took his hand away.
The king could save his wife and children, but since he was devoted to the Will of God, he understood that everything was in the hands of God. And if God so desires that the whole family should perish, he sacrificed his own family as well. They just can't understand this either.
However, the members of the family of Nicholas II were not uncomplaining forced victims. The whole family deliberately shared the cross with the Emperor. This can be judged from letters, diary entries and eyewitness accounts.
One cannot fail to note the feat of the servants, who retained their devotion to the Emperor to the end and, in fact, voluntarily shared the fate of the royal family.
For 16 years the tsar carried the knowledge of the martyrdom for himself and his family! He received this knowledge from various sources: from the letter with the prediction of the monk-seer Abel, which he read in 1901, from the letter of St. Seraphim of Sarov with his prophecy to the "last tsar", from a conversation with blessed Paraskovya of Sarov from Diveyevo, as well as from the predictions of other spiritual seers.
Then the Way of the Cross of Nicholas II began - when he learned about his fate and the fate of his family. For so many years he carried in himself this knowledge of the tragic end ("until the 18th year, I am not afraid of anything") and still continued to fulfill his duty. All his actions were based not just on a sense of duty, it was based on love for Russia and love for God, “for my yoke is good, and my burden is light” (Matt, 11:30).
What is this sacrifice for?
In order to save Russia.
Nicholas II, as the anointed of God, as the ruler of Russia authorized by the Higher Forces, understands that the state entrusted to him is becoming uncontrollable. As a captain on a ship, he realizes that the ship is no longer controllable: he no longer has sails, he no longer has a rudder - the ship is doomed. And Nicholas II decides on the sacrifice.
Let us recall the words of the sovereign: “If an atoning sacrifice is needed to save Russia, I will be that sacrifice. The will of God be done! " "There is no sacrifice that I would not have made to save Russia."
And this sacrifice was heard by God. God has preserved Russia and is still keeping it.
But the majority of the people of Russia still do not understand this sacrifice and continue to "throw mud at" the person who has accomplished this feat. However, a bright future for Russia will open only in the case when some critical mass of people (the Masters say that this is 1% of the country's population) realizes the greatness of the feat that Nicholas II performed. And when this understanding enters the consciousness of people, when people realize the whole abyss of the sin that they committed in 1918 by killing the anointed of God, only then this new awareness will lead to repentance and after repentance a new bright future for Russia will be revealed.
We have killed, we have committed this sin. It doesn't matter that we weren't living at that time. Our ancestors swore a sacred oath to the entire Romanov family to be faithful and "serve Them, our Sovereigns, with faith and righteousness, with all their souls and heads" until the end of the century. Every Russian, as a representative of the people, takes the heritage of their ancestors by birth. Breaking an oath can only be corrected by repentance. We must repent. And when this sincere repentance passes through the hearts of a large number of people, it will save Russia.
Only repentance will save Russia.
Jesus took upon himself the sins of the whole world and thus enabled the world to live. And Nicholas II took upon himself the sins of Russia and allowed Russia to live.
After the crucifixion of Jesus, people appeared who understood the greatness of His feat. They began to call themselves Christians. This understanding gave very great progress in the development of civilization. All European civilization is Christian, it is based on the recognition of the greatness of Christ's deed.
Russia, too, can recognize the greatness of the feat of its last Tsar and, thanks to this, open a new Russian civilization, completely new, on a different level. But for this it is necessary that repentance be accomplished. If people appear who are able to gain this understanding, then through the consciousness of these people everything will change.
Think about these words: "Repentance will save Russia."
T. N. Mikushina