After Martin Luther made his...
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After Martin Luther made his courageous stand at the Diet of Worms before the Holy Roman Emperor he suddenly disappeared. Where did he go? What happened?
On his way toward home Luther was accosted by a group of threatening horsemen. They surrounded Luther and his friends and rather violently forced him to leave his carriage. He was allowed to keep his Hebrew Bible and his New Testaments, as he was hurriedly placed on a horse prepared for him.
Without speaking a word, his captors led him zig zag through the woods so that anyone who might be following them would lose their way. Eventually they came to the castle at Wartburg hidden away in the majestic mountains of Thuringen. When they arrived, the huge iron gates were opened for them. Once inside the castle Luther was compelled to toss off his monk's attire and put on a knight's clothes including a sword. He was designated Knight George by those who had abducted him.
Only inside the Wartburg castle did Luther finally realize that he had not been captured by his enemies; on the contrary, he had been rescued by his friends who feared for his safety. Luther was to spend the next 10 months in this secluded spot translating the Scriptures into the language of the German people, one of the most productive periods in his stormy life.
How often God sends the right messenger at the right time to warn us and redirect our journey.
- Hasler
On his way toward home Luther was accosted by a group of threatening horsemen. They surrounded Luther and his friends and rather violently forced him to leave his carriage. He was allowed to keep his Hebrew Bible and his New Testaments, as he was hurriedly placed on a horse prepared for him.
Without speaking a word, his captors led him zig zag through the woods so that anyone who might be following them would lose their way. Eventually they came to the castle at Wartburg hidden away in the majestic mountains of Thuringen. When they arrived, the huge iron gates were opened for them. Once inside the castle Luther was compelled to toss off his monk's attire and put on a knight's clothes including a sword. He was designated Knight George by those who had abducted him.
Only inside the Wartburg castle did Luther finally realize that he had not been captured by his enemies; on the contrary, he had been rescued by his friends who feared for his safety. Luther was to spend the next 10 months in this secluded spot translating the Scriptures into the language of the German people, one of the most productive periods in his stormy life.
How often God sends the right messenger at the right time to warn us and redirect our journey.
- Hasler
