It’s Not Where You Are, It’s How Far You’ve Climbed | Land of Israel Network

It's not where we are on the ladder, it's how many notches we've climbed. Like for example, an atheist. I used to grow up an atheist. The worst the worst. But but is it are they maybe an atheist would actually reach the highest rungs of heaven. Why? I remember the story about Rabbi Schlom Carl. Someone was sitting at a Shabbat table and they said, "You know, Rabbi, I don't believe in God." And he said, "My friend, my brother, the God you don't believe in, I don't believe in either." Right? And so if you think about maybe a child sacrificing pagan that says, "You know what? If this is God, then I don't believe in God." Well, on the latter from falsehood to truth, they have just taken a huge leap towards truth. So if they die at that moment as an atheist, well, they've just gone from a child sacrificing pagan, religious pagan to someone that rejects all of that, that rejection is a huge step towards truth. And so a lot of these Christians that are on their journey and it's somehow a little bit messy, a little bit confused, disorienting, especially for them. I have tremendous respect for them. It's hard to reject generations of a certain paradigm and open your heart and your mind to another. [music]