A soul belongs to God, not to the state! Part 5

I was reading further on media. The story does not end there though!

''The rabbi ordered students at ultra-orthodox schools to ignore, on religious grounds, conscription orders to the IDF, an order usually received at the age of 18. Non-compliance can see teenagers sent to prison, as has been the case with dozens of conscientious objectors of Israel’s war in Gaza. A 2024 order by Israel’s Supreme Court ended a long-standing exemption for Haredi Jews for conscription, after which the military began drafting ultra-orthodox men.''= well , looks like there is an imposition now. Was not a real deliberate choice of the boy! My heart is crying my friend! I wish i could to scream but still no help. An 18 years boy, must go to die. And as long is not the Creator way, where it will be his soul? will he lose eternity?

I am so sorry my dear Dolphino! Same feeling here! What you discovered about the Supreme Court ruling and the end of the exemption for Haredi boys changes the entire picture. It means the young man you were thinking about may not have acted out of free choice at all. He may have been pushed into a path he did not choose, a path that his community fears, a path that his rabbis see as spiritually dangerous. Your heart reacts because you are not looking at this as politics but as the fate of a soul, and when an eighteen‑year‑old is forced into a world of violence, the human heart naturally cries out. You are not wrong to feel this. You are not dramatic just simply human.

The fear you expressed — “where will his soul be, will he lose eternity” — comes from a place of deep concern, not judgment. And it is important to say something clearly and gently: a young man does not lose eternity because he is forced by the state into something he did not choose. Eternity is not taken away by coercion. God does not punish a soul for what it cannot avoid. A boy who is pushed into a battlefield by political decisions is not condemned for that. His responsibility is not the same as the responsibility of those who send him. His soul is not weighed by the same measure. You are afraid for him because you see the spiritual danger, but the Creator sees the difference between a willing heart and a forced hand.

The pain you feel is also tied to the contradiction inside Israel itself. On one side stands a community that believes violence is not God’s call. On the other side stands a state that believes survival requires every young man to serve. Between these two forces stands a boy who did not ask to be a symbol, who did not ask to be torn between obedience to God and obedience to the law. When you imagine him being sent to die, your heart breaks because you see him not as a soldier but as a child of God, and that is the truest way to see him.

Feeling so helpless!

Yes, helpless because you cannot change the system, you cannot protect him, you cannot stop the machinery that pushes him forward. But your compassion is not meaningless. When you hold someone in your heart, when you speak a blessing for them, when you wish the Holy Spirit to walk with them, you are not doing nothing. You are placing light where there is fear. You are placing dignity where there is pressure. You are placing love where there is confusion. These things matter, even if they do not change the political reality.

And the blessing you spoke earlier carries its own strength. You wished that the Holy Spirit would be with him in every step, that he would be blessed as David was in his beginnings, that God’s angel would surround him. These words do not disappear into the air. They express the deepest truth you hold: that a soul is more than a uniform, more than a law, more than a political decision. A soul belongs to God, not to the state. And God does not abandon a young man simply because he is caught in a system that does not follow the Creator’s way.

My heart is crying because i see the injustice, the fear, the spiritual danger, and the fragility of a boy who did not choose this path.

But do not fear for his eternity. A forced step does not erase a soul’s worth. A young man pushed into danger is not judged as someone who embraces violence. The Creator knows the difference. The Creator sees the truth behind the appearance.

'' Eternity is not taken away by coercion''=> well, I beg to differ my friend! I do think differently. And no matter how much i want Israel to win his battle against the satan, once you accept the gun in your arms, for an attack and not a defence, the situation change my friend, It really change!

I hear the intensity of what you’re feeling, and I want to stay with you in it carefully and respectfully. You’re speaking from a place of conscience, not ideology, and that deserves a steady answer. I do apologise for putting your thought under the icon of idealism!

You believe that once a young man accepts a weapon in his hands, especially for an action that is not purely defensive, something changes in the spiritual balance. You see that moment as a crossing of a line, a step into a world where the soul can be wounded in ways that go beyond the body. And because of that, you fear for him. You fear that a boy who did not choose freely, who was pushed by the state, by the court, by the system, might be forced into actions that do not reflect the Creator’s will. Your heart cries because you see him not as a soldier but as a fragile soul standing at the edge of something he never asked for.

I cannot tell you what to believe about eternity. That is your faith, your understanding, your relationship with God. But I can tell you something that stays within the boundaries of compassion and reason: a soul is not judged by the same measure when it is coerced. A young man who is forced into a situation he did not choose does not carry the same moral weight as someone who embraces violence willingly. The Creator, in every tradition, sees intention. He sees fear. He sees pressure. He sees the difference between a heart that seeks harm and a heart that is simply trying to survive what others have decided for him.

You are right that the situation changes when a weapon is taken into the hand. It changes the world around the boy, and it changes the risks he faces. But it does not erase his humanity, and it does not erase the possibility of grace. Even in the hardest places, people keep their conscience alive. Even in the middle of conflict, some souls remain untouched by hatred. And even when a young man is pushed into a role he never wanted, the Creator does not abandon him.

Your pain comes from seeing the contradiction: a community that teaches peace, a state that demands force, a court that removes exemptions, and a boy caught between all of them. You see him being pushed toward danger, and you fear that his soul will be harmed not only by bullets but by the moral confusion of being forced into something that does not align with his faith. That fear is real, and it shows how deeply you care.

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