Word of God

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New Revelation recieved by Bertha Dudde

Proclamations No. 0182 - 0936

Please take special notice of the fact that God’s Words addressed to us are non-denominational.

The contents of this publication by no means intends to attract members of any Christian religious affiliation nor to recruit members into any other religious affiliation.

Its sole purpose is to make the present-day Word of God accessible to all people.

Between 1937 and 1965 Bertha Dudde was permitted to receive and record 9030 individual proclamations on a daily basis.

The publication of the proclamations was made possible due to the active support of the many friends of God’s New Revelation.

May this Word of God become a blessing to many people. (Also see B.D. No. 4015)

Distribution of the proclamations is very much desired. Only complete and unaltered proclamations must be passed on. (Also see B.D. No 8899)

‘He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me .... and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him ....’ John 14, 21

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Autobiography of Bertha Dudde

At the request of many friends Bertha Dudde wrote the following biography in 1953:

I have been writing messages received through the inner Word since June 15, 1937. In answer to the many requests of my friends I will give you a picture of my earthly life, a short explanation of what I received spiritually, and my own feelings about all this.

I was born April 1, 1891, the second oldest daughter of an artist of Liegnitz in Silesia, today's Poland. I had a normally peaceful childhood, with six sisters in our parent’s home. I learned the cares of life at an early age. The desire to make money to help my parents made me learn the trade of a seamstress. As the financial needs of my parents continued, so did the burden, and in this way I made myself useful.

My parents belonged to different denominations. Father was a Protestant - Mother a Catholic. We children were brought up in the Catholic faith but never experienced pressure or force to follow the practices of the church so that each child in later years was able to pursue their own chosen course.

I myself was religious but could not accept the doctrine of the Catholic system although I respected the church. I could not represent something on the outside that my inner conscience had not accepted. So I did not continue to attend church, heard little preaching and had no knowledge of the Bible. I did not read any religious books or scientific literature and did not join any other group or religious sect.

Anyone knowing the Catholic teaching knows what a conscious struggle one finds himself in when he wants to release himself from it. I was not spared from this either. But the question as to what is the Truth and where it is to be found, remained.

Often when I prayed the Lord's Prayer I would beseech the Lord to allow me to find His kingdom. This prayer was answered in June 15, 1937, as I prayed quietly and waited for the inner voice. In this attitude I persisted often, for a wonderful peace came over me and thoughts which came to my heart, not my head, gave me comfort and strength.

Still I did not know that these thoughts were given to me until, in a strange dream I experienced something which later proved to be the Truth and caused me to write down these thoughts.

So on a certain day as I listened inwardly a stream of words came to me, which I wrote down. This was the first message I wrote which started like this: "In the beginning was the Word, 'a Te-Deum' to the Creator of Heaven and Earth."

Then came doubt, …. did you write this by yourself? In short, I have wrestled, prayed and gone through many struggles, but again and again the words came to me like a stream, a wisdom, which made me tremble. Then God Himself took away my doubts. He answered me and I acknowledged Him as our Father, in His Word. My faith grew, doubt diminished, and I received and wrote daily.

The contents of the writings were beyond my understanding. Phrases, which I had never heard of or read about, strange and scientific expressions and references continually came to me. Then came unheard of expressions of the Heavenly Father's Love giving refuge and providing enlightenment to all the questions of life.

The Words came to me in the following manner: After sincere prayer and a short period of composure I listened inwardly. Thoughts then followed coming to my mind, clearly, distinctly, and the words flowed smoothly always three or four, one after another, like writing a radio announcement or a weather report, slowly so that I could easily keep pace, writing line after line.

Now I write the words in shorthand as a dictation without having any constructive or intellectual part in it. I am in no way in a 'trance', nor do I even form the sentences, but it comes to me one word at a time, neither do I understand the context while I am writing the words down.

After days, sometimes weeks, I transcribe the shorthand writings into longhand without changing or correcting a syllable. Each dictation takes about half an hour. I must stress that this could not happen forcibly or in a state of ecstasy. It all takes place simply and consciously, without any excitement or influence of my own will. I can interrupt myself at any time and finish the sentence after hours or days without reading the previous writing the dictated words continue again.

My will is under no compulsion, all that I desire is to serve God and do what His will wants me to do.

I can truthfully say that I was led into this Truth, and these concepts were, in every respect, foreign to me. It was only after years that I found confirmation of what I received when I came to know the writings of Jacob Lorber. No one can imagine my joy when I discovered the literature of Jacob Lorber; ‘The Great Gospel of John’ and ‘The Youth of Christ’. Then I understood that other people were also given the Word of the Lord, that God had spoken to His children at all times and that God will continue to do this in His endless love and mercy.

I found in Lorber's writings the same as was given to me. I often could not understand the Word that came to me, but in His love the Heavenly Father gave me the explanation. How wonderful are the innumerable manifestations in which the Father displays His exceedingly great goodness.

It became clear to me that my limited education due to lack of money, and my lack of time to read good books or visit performances, became my advantage. I was now able to concentrate on my work from early morning to late at night, and each day I received that precious spiritual Word without knowing for whom I received it.

It is because of my ignorance of the Bible and the Catholic doctrine that I accepted the Word from above without resistance. In my experience, an earnest Catholic or Protestant whose knowledge is rooted in dogmatic theories is too much bound to dogma to accept and embrace divine revelations without resistance.

Still, there are scientists at several faculties who earnestly discuss these divine teachings with increasing interest. Their interest not only concerns the irrefutable explanation of the origin of matter and the possibility of its dissolution, but also the principle of the wrong teachings of different religions, systems and confessions. In the messages I received, these errors are recorded and everyone is urged to give instructions concerning these doctrinal errors whenever there is an opportunity. But everyone is free to take the Lord's Word to heart or not. But whoever understands the spirit in the Father's Word and does not act accordingly increases the distance between himself and the Father even more. When he does not follow the warning Words of love he puts himself inevitably under the law. He will also, in the same measure, lack in grace by disregarding God's commandment of love.

In God's grace people are led anew to the Gospel, which emphatically points out the purpose of man's being. For the merciful love of God seeks to save all who still can be saved before the turning point comes. And it will come. The end-time which seers and prophets have proclaimed is now here. According to the revelations given to me, the Lord does not differentiate between His children. ‘Come ye all to Me’ sounds His call and blessed is he who hears His call and follows Him. God loves His children. He wants to make them all happy, even when they do not want to know Him.

Recorded November 22, 1953

Bertha Dudde

Bertha Dudde was permitted to leave her earthly shell on September 18, 1965 to return to the Father’s heavenly house.

Reminder to endure .... Spiritual knowledge ....

B.D. 0182 from November 16th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Behold, my child, everything you start incorporates the blessing that your thoughts are always turned towards the spirit and anyone who strives that way acts in agreement with the Highest Being. If you leave this path, innumerable possibilities will be lost to you .... Your life goes on but in part not as evaluated as is possible this way. And since it is not just for the salvation of your soul but for the soul of many of earth's children you have to endure .... Because you can be immensely effective on earth. We have no other means to impart spiritual knowledge to you in a better way, we can only use the laws given to us by our Lord and Saviour, and during our communication with you we exhaust every avenue for your benefit. And again it depends on your will to receive more and more .... The work on yourself .... the ever deepening union with God .... will also enable you to penetrate ever deeper into divine truths .... and by doing so you in turn give us the opportunity to pass on all the lessons as instructed by our Saviour.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Physical and psychological conflicts .... Deluded people ....

B.D. 0183 from November 16th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Great and mighty is the Lord who created you but small and powerless is he who does not want to know Him. And therefore you may always trust in the Lord that He, in His power and glory, will protect you, His children, from what does not come from Him, when just a call .... an imploring thought for help gets in touch with Him. What He has created shall continue according to His will, and when you choose the kingdom of God you have to give up all earthly things which cling to you. Because only the human being is judged, not his possessions .... but when God beholds the hearts of people nothing remains hidden from His Fatherly eyes. And meekly you will follow wherever the Heavenly Father will lead you .... because He guides right who trusts in Him. Therefore praise the Lord Who, with divine love, gives everyone that place on earth which is helpful for his salvation. Those who strive for perfection have to serve .... and always be willing to endure for the Lord. It is unspeakably bitter for those who plan their lives by themselves to be excluded from His Fatherly grace .... To those who believe that they don't need God's love, who believe that they alone are in charge of themselves and their destiny the Father remains distant until they too, in silent recognition of the Divinity, will ask for the love of the Father. Only then will they receive it and this in turn will release the grace by virtue of which the human being can now wrestle upwards ever higher. Vast physical and psychological conflicts still await these poor deluded people, because they can only be directed towards their Creator that way .... only in that way will they open their eyes and ears to their spiritual friends, to be finally guided by them onto the right path .... Hardly anyone comes close to the Heavenly Father without suffering .... You, My child, are granted the grace to know your Saviour close to you when you are full of love for Him .... your heart will rejoice for being allowed to stay in constant contact with Him but give Him everything you love and value .... and your life will be ever richer because the sun of grace will shine on you eternally ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Trials ....

B.D. 0184 from November 17th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Behold, my child, in all your adversities of life rests a profound purpose and in order to fulfil this you must patiently endure what the Lord places upon you. You are often moved by the desire to be close to your heavenly Father as a child, and this also involves the willing submission to His instructions. God sends these trials upon His children in order to draw them ever closer to Himself, for all these are touchstones on the earthly path and only their overcoming can advance you in your striving .... And nothing is ordained by the heavenly Father in His wisdom without purpose, even if people are unable to grasp it .... This is why all of you must submit yourselves to His orders with unquestioning trust in God, it will only be a blessing for you.

And now, my child, hear our teaching: When the Lord sends Words of salvation to His Own which are not accepted because they lack understanding .... the inner contact with their Creator .... He lets trials come upon them in order to convince them of His will .... for the human being so often deems himself able to avoid a higher Power .... before he has to admit that his destiny rests in other hands than in his own. And time and again the Lord, in His love, takes mercy upon His earthly children. To use the short time on earth correctly, that is, according to God’s mind, by constantly striving for perfection is the Highest Good a person can call his own, since it only depends on his will. And God repeatedly guides his thoughts into spiritual regions .... he is so often warned and informed of eternity .... if only he has the will to serve his Lord and Creator a little he is sure to find the right path by virtue of all spiritual beings which, for the sake of his protection, accompany him on his journey through life. To entrust oneself more to the inner voice and not to fight against thoughts pertaining to the beyond .... to life after death; such thoughts will come to everyone .... and these thoughts must become dear and familiar to you .... instead of frighten you such that you unwillingly reject them .... Anyone who, concerned about his soul’s salvation, does whatever it takes to progress spiritually, will not be scared of physical death .... since he only looks upon it as an entrance into another life which will satisfy his heart’s longing to be united with his Lord and Saviour. Therefore, pay no attention to the sorrow on earth .... it is merely the means to guide you on the right path which shall lead you to eternal peace.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Old Testament ....

B.D. 0185 from November 17th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Your spiritual knowledge will grow if you willingly put your trust in us and stay devoted to your Saviour in constant love. We are instructed to tell you about the teachings of the Old Testament. Before the Saviour became a human being, God gave His voice to His prophets and conveyed His commandments through them. They taught that the Messiah would come to bring Salvation to all mankind. Yet God, the Lord, never gave them the instruction to provide information about the sins of the Fathers .... Just like today, God has always proclaimed to people that they should live in faith and with love for the Creator. And yet people brought documents into being which intended to testify of the Lord's will .... It could be called presumptuous had such documents not been produced with the best of intention to thereby serve the Lord and Creator of heaven and earth.

And now, as a result of these teachings, people try to deny everything .... even the Words of the Lord Himself, Who had given them through His prophets for the benefit of people. Therefore, do not reject what is beyond your judgment .... Let God reign anew and accept what He sends to you in clear Words which will touch your hearts and which you will understand better than the Book of the Fathers. But this, too, is incorrect .... what you do not understand you should not judge .... Do not reject it, for in so doing you can reject much truth as well .... No house should be without the Word of God, yet even if the Old Book no longer provides anything of comfort to you, do not dismiss it .... times have changed and with it also people's way of speaking .... Do not renounce the Word of God, instead, appeal to the Father for enlightened reading .... that you correctly understand what He gave to you through the prophets .... and that the teachings of truth should be imparted to you. Time and again the divine Father's love will find ways and means for His teachings to find a way into people's hearts .... and to protect you from error He will guide your thoughts, if only you want to understand and to receive divine truths from the Book of Books and not try to ascertain people's weaknesses and faults in a human way.

Only pure, virtuous, God-devoted thinking will vouch for the truthfulness of the Words which God lovingly conveys through His instruments to His earthly children. If this thinking is combined with earthly endeavour .... if it is not entirely focussed on the Heavenly Father, then every work created by human hand will no longer be purely divine but humanly misguided .... and this explains why so many spiritual investigators refuse to accept the spiritual teachings. Yet here again the fact applies that science is unable to fathom what is truth and what are wrong teachings .... the realisation only comes to those who take refuge with the Heavenly Father and appeal to Him for enlightenment. He will not refuse His grace to them and lead them onto the right path .... the path of realisation. Hence, confidently submit yourself to our Words and take notice of everything God bestows on you in order to reveal the pure truth to you ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Pure truth .... Signs .... Wonders ....

B.D. 0186 from November 18th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

The time will come when it will be revealed to you what the Saviour in His love has intended for you. Then you must be able to love so very profoundly that no doubt can enter your heart. Our striving and efforts aim to convey such strength to you through proclamations that you will accept everything you are offered as pure truth. Notice that everything sent to you by the Lord will invigorate your spirit .... that in many an hour you had already been able to draw comfort from His Words .... that the Saviour only taught you such things which corresponded to your comprehension .... However, His Work will be concluded with such gifts which will guide you into the most profound truth and impart such spiritual knowledge to you that you will recognise the magnitude of His love and power thereby. Strive towards this profound faith which is the basis of your forthcoming activity.

And now be ready to receive: God’s teachings exist forever and eternity, and the Lord always finds among humanity those who are of service to Him and help to spread His teachings. But the human ear and heart are not always willing to accept them. All the miracles the Lord already has allowed to happen .... were only rarely recognised as such .... At the time of Christ many a miracle occurred, and even then only a few turned to Him, for the human being has become hardened through the influence of evil and believes more in him than in his Creator. Therefore blessed is the one whose heart is open to everything that comes from above .... who, in faith of the Saviour, places his work on earth in the service of the Lord. The Lord will enlighten all of them and give them strength to work according to His will for the salvation of the human children’s souls .... Thus you, too, will experience constant progress and fulfil your purpose every day. The acceptance of the Words of God is your guarantee that the Lord is with you in His grace and blesses you. Accept everything humbly, willingly and devotedly and fulfil the commandments of the Lord .... and your faith will grow ever stronger and guide you into higher spheres.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Hallowed halls .... Blessing of the work for spiritual beings ....

B.D. 0187 from November 18th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Thus begin in the name of God. All those your heart is looking for are present .... You have to fight against temptation again, this complicates your reception, but always stay in loving contact with us and you will be helped at all times.

Now try to follow us:

We carefully prepared what you shall receive and need only your attention. All those who derived blessings from our Words reside in hallowed halls. The same will be granted to you when you fight for your Saviour, for a life in splendour is prepared for His defenders .... Illuminated by the Saviour’s love they only desire to behold the eternal light .... the Lord and Creator of Heaven and Earth, from face- to- face .... Countless souls implore you to help them in their adversity, to escape the control of evil forces. For all of these the path is still so long before they arrive where eternal bliss awaits them .... The opportunity is offered to you through tireless work on Earth to also redeem a large number of these poor souls, since you can point out to many, many people to lovingly work likewise for so many spiritual beings .... Through prayer and devout conduct on earth the strength of all beings keeps constantly growing .... none of you can assess the beneficial effect a way of life in spiritual striving has on the spiritual beings surrounding him .... just as many, which are still in contact with the beings on earth through God’s wisdom, partake in their earthly life and with hope and trepidation long that all should turn towards the divine Father .... After all, their activity in the beyond is to constantly care for these earthly children .... and their spiritual endeavour in the beyond also only ever concerns their entrusted earthly children’s salvation of soul. The battle for such souls is often hard, and if you can helpfully intervene .... by imparting our teachings to your brothers and sisters on earth, countless beings will thank you for this, and therefore they follow your effort with constant concern and hope. Oh, if you humans could only roughly assess how many blessings you can provide with your work .... you would only serve the Saviour from now on and immerse yourselves in love for your fellow human beings .... and you would only ever strive towards the goal of creating eternal glories for yourselves.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Prayer ....

B.D. 0188 from November 19th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

We support you as well as we are able to do so, hence all your fear and worry are unnecessary, it only depends on your prayer .... if you always seek refuge in this you need not worry, for everyone’s heartfelt prayer for enlightenment will be answered. Dear child, spiritual forces want to temporarily make use of you, they want to bestow upon you sublime teachings of God’s wisdom. Pay attention as to how they are given to you. For the Father has given His children one thing in the face of all adversities .... prayer .... What merciful evidence of His divine love is the being-allowed to beseech Him! .... He offers everyone the opportunity to receive help merely by sending heartfelt thoughts to Him at any time .... Compassionately the Father comes to meet each person who calls upon Him in his distress. Whoever amongst you wants to reject this grace loses every possibility that divine helpers will ease his activity on earth. Left to his own devices he will lack the right knowledge .... he will travel his path in life in error and spiritual darkness .... What God gave you through the blessing of prayer is of priceless value for you , after all, it establishes the contact between the heavenly Father and His earthly children. Only someone deluded would reject such means of grace .... Every child of God, however, will thank the Father for this immense merciful evidence of His love and gratefully accept what he is offered. The Lord wants to test you in prayer, because the formal prayers you use are not sufficient .... they do not penetrate to the Father as long as your heart does not speak .... It is only valuable and effective if you put all your childlike pleading into the prayer, be it in words or in thought .... You must always speak to God from the heart, then He will answer your prayer and give to you according to God’s wisdom. For this reason you should trustingly hand all your worries over to your Father, Who will answer your prayer such as it will benefit you for eternity .... And always submit to His will. For He alone knows what is good for you, and He will give to you such that it will be a blessing for you .... Always regard prayer as a blessing .... the bridge on which the Lord allows you to come to Him .... and use this opportunity as often as you can .... at the end of your days you will recognise how richly blessed your life on earth became through it.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Protection from error .... Admonition to pray ....

B.D. 0189 from November 19th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

You shall hear our teachings continually. Behold, God will give to you according to your will as it is good for you. You will always be able to hear His Word .... His loving instructions will be offered to you as long as your will is good and you want to serve the Lord, but always make sure that you will continue to fight for your faith, for it will become increasingly easier for you to receive the more steadfastly you believe. Ponder everything we give to you in your heart and you will notice that much strength will flow to you if you allow the teachings to take proper effect in you .... Sometimes it might well seem to you as if you write down your own thoughts, yet always reject such ideas .... the protection around you does not permit that mistakes will enter your writing .... These teachings are intended for many people, and only pure truth shall arise through you .... therefore beware of such thoughts which only interfere with your composure and also actively impede our transmissions. Only one thing is essential, that you accept everything with profound faith .... that you utterly trust in your Saviour, Who will not let you live in error, and that you gratefully receive from His hand whatever He gives to you. Now be ready and listen: Once again a worker has arisen for the Lord in whom all of us pin great hopes. Once your heart has participated in this great act of mercy by our heavenly Father it will never want to let go of it again .... The pleasures of the world will no longer be able to beguile such a child, for it will live in God’s grace, to live each day in His love is incomparably more valuable. The desire will soon arise to penetrate the spiritual world more deeply, and the earthly world with its enticements can no longer offer the child of God anything that is comparable to these blessings. And yet time after time the Father cautions not to slow down in prayer, for only through constant prayer will the grace and strength be repeatedly gained again, and only in this way can the human being carry on and attain the goal. Watch and pray! So that you will not succumb to the tempter who relentlessly seeks to alienate the human being from divine striving. And through prayer you will always repel all evil surrounding you and only partake in the grace of the Lord. Therefore remain in prayer and call upon the Father for help with every thought, that He may bless your endeavour and give you strength to believe.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Effect on uninformed spiritual beings ....

B.D. 0190 from November 20th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

In the course of time the Lord permits us to give you the information that shall please you. In the realm of eternity many exist whom you, due to your striving, taught to think entirely differently. Silently and gently they appear close to you and pay attention to everything you do and think. And they, too, gradually begin to understand their situation and their purpose. Their thoughts and intentions now aim to integrate and to make contact with benign spiritual beings. Your activity on Earth has already become a blessing for them .... time and again they return to you and regard the possibility of your contact to the beyond in amazement. The ray of light you emanate as soon as our contact has been established attracts many poor souls .... they are still earth-bound and wherever such ray is shining they congregate .... A loving thought granted by you to all of them will time and again give them hope and strength to start the work of improving themselves and to turn to the Deity in dawning realisation. What you already give to those is infinitely valuable and beneficial. Many a soul would like to come forward and entrust his worries and wishes to you, but the time for this has not come yet .... not for them, and neither do we want to disturb your peace. Just now we are acting according to the Lord by only giving you what is good for you and your peace of mind. However, were you able to see the group of those who follow your effort with hope and trepidation, it would already be enough to impel you into using the opportunity of making contact with us as often as you can. If only it were possible for us to often take such direct effect in the earthly children .... it would result in so much blessing! You may always turn to us with devout faith and trust .... countless souls anxiously worry that you might leave this path, and as far as our strength permits we will all helpfully stand by your side, therefore you can very confidently continue your work and need not worry that our support might ever be withdrawn from you. Our Lord and Saviour’s love is beyond measure, and He will always provide His Own with refreshment and strength for their pilgrim’s journey to their true home.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Scholars .... Rich and poor .... Pound ....

B.D. 0191 from November 20th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

In agreement with our Lord and Saviour we are giving you a proclamation today which shall enable you to also uphold to scholars that your endeavour is ordained by God and well-pleasing to Him. So many people fight a harsh and difficult struggle in order to exist, while good fortune falls into other people's lap, and they have little sympathy for the hardship and suffering of the former. If you believe that they were abandoned by the Lord then you should take a closer look and you will notice that where the human being has to fight for his daily life His commandments are far more likely to be fulfilled than where people are granted an easier fate ....

And thus you will notice that a troubled human being is far more likely to direct his thoughts such that they will lead to his salvation .... but that the person living a carefree life considers any idea of justification before the Heavenly Father inconvenient and will quickly reject it once it arises in him. If you compare this to how willingly Christ accepted His fate for love of humankind, because He thereby wanted to alleviate the suffering of the earthly children's course of life, then it follows, how little the Lord wanted to burden you and how much he endeavoured to reduce this load by patiently taking the suffering of humankind upon Himself. The magnitude of His love was capable of enduring other beings' suffering, and in order to sacrifice Himself on behalf of others, the Lord let Himself be nailed to the cross. Consequently all those who .... meekly and patiently .... bear their suffering on earth are taking part in Christ's act of Salvation, for the human being will only achieve perfection through suffering .... thousands and thousands of souls will be saved for the eternal kingdom through suffering. The other person, however, who is not burdened by anything, will not gain many blessings from his life on earth, for he will close himself to all admonitions placed into his heart and remains far behind the former .... So if you wonder why the Lord takes such different care of His Own, why He lets one person mature through adversity and grief, but protects the other from heartache and problems then the Lord will answer this Himself:

'I gave everyone the pound so that he shall use it'. In the same way as the human being relates to God he will also receive .... 'Is there anyone amongst you at whose heart I haven't knocked? .... Is there anyone amongst you whom I have not approached in order to be admitted by him?' The poor man gives of the little he has .... but the rich man turns a deaf ear to the pleas of those who turn to him for help. And thus the Lord will be admitted by the poor but rejected by the rich whenever He desires to be admitted by him. Hence the Lord chooses who has been of faithful service to Him and remains far away from those who obstinately refused to hear His call .... But soon you will experience how the Father protects His Own and informs them of His love .... Then you, too, will awaken, who have hesitated for so long to admit the Lord into your heart. For the time you were granted on this earth is short. (Break)

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Indications ....

B.D. 0192 from November 21st 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

(Continuation of B.D. 0191)

But now different forces take effect in the human heart, good argues against evil, and very frequently evil has indeed great power over the human being .... A person is far more inclined to accept what will distance him from the Lord, if his external circumstances in life don't prompt him to appeal for help from the Lord in heartfelt prayer. Thus the strength with which the human being would be able to resist the temptations of evil will steadily diminish and the tempter's power, his influence, grow ever more. Prayer is very often forgotten by a person whose life consists of barely any struggle for existence. In due course, these poor souls will completely harden their hearts to the beneficial influences of the spiritual beings which are assigned to them for their protection.

This is why we most urgently suggest renouncing the world and its earthly pleasures, for only this will increase the strength to work for the salvation of the soul. All people blessed by earthly possessions have the urge of wanting to indulge themselves, which is a great danger, for the more they focus their intentions and endeavours on the world, the more they will distance themselves from the spiritual world .... and if they are made aware of the fact that the real purpose of life is actually another one, they merely try twice as hard to deaden such thoughts .... which intend to guide them onto the right path .... with earthly pleasures. They live their life as if they were able to live forever .... And yet every person will receive enough indications and they can see by the fate .... the sudden passing away of many a fellow human being .... how necessary it is to familiarise themselves with the thought of the beyond. The hour will come to everyone, early to some, late to others; and to have lived a long life without having grasped its meaning is indescribably painful ....

This is why the effort of gaining these souls is twice as hard but also commendable .... To draw such a soul away from the opponent requires much love and patience and loyal endurance. Anyone with the opportunity to influence such hearts should not neglect to do so .... although they certain will need infinitely more help on earth, because these poor souls' thoughts will ever more deludedly turn away from spiritual matters.

Receiving the information is causing you difficulties; we will give you more when the time is right.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Enemies of the human race .... Battle .... ‘Victory is yours ....’

B.D. 0193 from November 21st 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Make sacrifices to the Lord and He will reward you a thousand fold .... Countless enemies of spiritual teachings hide amongst people .... Nothing is sacred to them that is beyond human knowledge and ability, and they would like to destroy people’s every striving for spiritual possessions. And wherever possible they teach that all life, all existence will expire with a person’s physical death. And thereby they deprive him of all faith .... they prevent every spiritual point of view towards a higher being .... destroy faith in an afterlife, in a justification .... in fact in everything that is the actual meaning and purpose of the short time during which the human being has the grace to be embodied on earth. But a person with such dismissive attitudes towards all divine things achieves even less than nothing in life .... for not only will his lifetime have passed entirely in vain for him .... he thereby has also fallen prey to the power of darkness, which will pull him increasingly more into ruin .... War has to be declared on these enemies of the human race with firm will and by every means now and at all times. After all, consider how they hold the weal or woe of the human soul in their hands .... Where no own incentive exists to escape this power humanity is in serious trouble. For it will never be able to distinguish between good and bad, it will indiscriminately acknowledge and endorse everything these advocates of the opponent want to make palatable to people with fine words .... and all this will result in nothing else in the end but a nation whose people live in error and reject God and His teachings. And this, in turn, will still divide itself in many factions, and there will be a groping and erring in the dark by all sides .... People try to destroy and describe as untrue and distorted what God has taught and what Christ on earth gave to humanity .... but you, His faithful followers, must not let this Highest Good go astray, you must work together in love and harmony .... in order to preserve people’s bond with God and through this and prayer also the assurance that the Lord and Saviour will, at the right time, help each individual person who follows Him. Many a soul which acknowledges God as its Lord and Creator will stay behind, and your task on earth is to strengthen the faith of these souls and to grant them divine grace. Yet harsh battles will still precede your work, for where the teaching of Christ is treated with hostility measures will also be taken against those who acknowledge this teaching and contend for Jesus Christ .... And in order to be equipped for these battles you will still have to appeal for much grace and strength from the heavenly Father .... but the Saviour Himself will stand by your side and ‘Victory is yours ....’ says the Lord .... for He blesses all those who proclaim His Word, and leads them to victory ....

Amen

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Enforced teachings ....

B.D. 0194 from November 22nd 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Keep a faithful heart and God will be close to you at all times. And if God places upon you what appears to be unbearable, with His help and mercy you can overcome everything ....

And now listen: We will form a circle around you and start with our work, because the Lord has decided to inform you of the dangers of Christianity as it is taught on earth today. If at any time His Word had been understood in a way which intended to force others then this was a big mistake and error of the teachers .... Because the Lord does not want to pull any of His children closer to Him by force but the children shall decide entirely of their own free will whether they accept their Heavenly Father or reject Him. We therefore consider every compulsion which the church or the servants of God want to exercise towards humanity as unwanted by God and not demanded by His teachings. For this reason such a church will collapse as it lacks the basic condition .... complete freedom of will.

Spiritual freedom cannot exist where it is stipulated to do this or that under threat of punishment; furthermore, the purpose could not be served even if the children of earth complied with such enforced stipulations. Therein rests the explanation as to why such churches will decay, although they also intend to lead the people to God. In recognition of the holiest basic condition, to shape the whole of human life by free will, many other stipulations are from the realm of error .... Any constraint is not wanted by God and is therefore only a hindrance for human beings on the way to eternity .... You may indeed teach His Words but you may not combine them with such terms which will place the human child into a position of constraint and which might give him a different image of God's kindness and love. Always make sure that you, the servants of God, pull your sheep with love towards the Father and teach them that they shall strive and ask for God's help, then their way towards the Father will become easier and nothing will frighten them .... while your doctrines place them into a condition of dependency, in which they are indeed at best trying to do their duty while their inner spiritual devotion towards their Heavenly Father's heart is lacking .... Love and longing towards the Father shall come from the heart and should not be enforced under duress .... The human soul will then climb far higher and will progress much faster with the blessing of God, which it will desire of its own volition ....

Therefore try, wherever you can, to explain to people that they should not hold on to worldly teachings but to listen to the teachings of God deep within their hearts, which will tell them that they are children of God; and as children of God to increase the longing to return to the Heavenly Father should be the basis of true Christianity .... then the Father will show you the way in love and divine mercy ....

Amen

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The Saviour’s love .... Spiritual vision ....

B.D. 0195 from November 22nd 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Your striving is blessed by the Lord, and you shall hear His Word .... Within a few short hours the most precious things on earth can be taken away from you .... yet the Lord’s love remains with you forever, and to strive for this is worth many sacrifices, My child .... Your wish to refresh yourself at this eternal spring will be granted to you every day, just let your thoughts be with Him alone, then you will live a life on earth which is pleasing to Him .... Every day of your life shall be a constant prayer for the heavenly Father’s love and your path on earth will be an easy one and, as a part of God Himself, you will return to Him when your time has come. The Lord speaks to you because of His greater than great love and what He gives to you in this love will lead you back to God again if you accept it with your heart .... Many threads will unravel themselves and the Lord will soon provide you with a clear idea of the creative process and activity in the spiritual world. You are being granted the opportunity to learn to behold the eternal kingdom with spiritual eyes. In order to be active there you must have achieved a high spiritual level on earth so that, when you enter the beyond, you will be able to integrate with the host of the diligently working spiritual beings. They all work according to God’s wise counsel, and the labour of love they provide for less perfect spiritual beings already grants them a state of impossible to describe bliss .... Moreover, they are able to see and to feel as beings of light .... which is not comprehensible to you as yet .... so that, in union with the Saviour, they are able to stay in this abundance of light which gives them a feeling of immeasurable happiness. Only the love of the Lord Jesus will be able to guide you there, and through love for Him you will become His Own in eternity.

Amen

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‘The measure you use will be the measure you receive ....’

B.D. 0196 from November 23rd 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Thus begin, my child: If in every situation of life you remain conscious of the fact that you cannot achieve anything without the Father’s help, you will always act right and keep your eyes towards the Father .... The measure you use will be the measure you receive .... This Word was given by the Lord to the children of earth and with it the commandment of love for God and one’s neighbour .... We all know how difficult it is to fulfil it on earth, for love is still unknown to people in earthly life .... each person does not look upon his neighbour as his brother but is more likely to suspect him to be an opponent, and precisely because of this it requires a lot of love to show this fellow human being the love the Lord requires of you. You would certainly benefit if you made an effort to realise first of all that you are all God’s children and that only love for one another should dwell in you, by virtue of which you should only ever treat each other with kindness instead of treating each other with hostility or live indifferently next to each other .... It is the Father’s law that you should receive the same measure as the measure you give to your fellow human beings. Everything you are given by the Father you should also give to your neighbour in the same way but always in the awareness that you are children amongst yourselves and that the Father’s love aims to unite you. Therefore, let no one ever ask in vain and give where only the slightest appeal reaches your ear .... In earthly life the Father wants to give you the opportunity to practise neighbourly love, for love is the first and foremost commandment in the beyond .... everyone only works for another ....

And the love you neglected to give in earthly life will heavily burden you there; many a soul will long for the effect of love which will deliver him from the darkness .... all good deeds on earth are blessed by God, they will produce many different fruits in the beyond, for everyone will reap what he sows and will receive the reward of his love on earth from our Lord and Saviour in love again. For God is love, and to be allowed to live in His love is eternal beatitude ....

Amen

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Globe .... Voice of thunder ....

B.D. 0197 from November 23rd 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

And thus it is the Saviour’s will that your knowledge should grow all the time .... You have little to fear in these days and can devote yourself to spiritual striving without worry; it will give you much strength as well as joy to receive the Words of the Lord. The sole purpose of all instructions is to maintain your contact with the heavenly Father. For this reason we encourage you increasingly more to remain faithful and not to slacken, after all, it will yield spiritual possessions for you which shall benefit you for eternity .... Behold, my child, we are all happy about your eagerness and gladly bestow you with gifts which the Saviour has prepared for you. Indeed, you will still often have to fight until you have entirely penetrated God’s wisdom .... yet you will join the Saviour even more closely, for His love will not let go of those who are faithful to Him .... Once God has chosen to convey His teachings in full confidence to you, you must also justify this trust by fulfilling His will and serving Him at all times. In a short time day will dawn on the globe .... the Lord will walk through all places and give comfort and hope to His Own, and humanity will hear His voice of thunder when He wakes up all unbelievers and spiritual sleepers. But all those of you who seek comfort in the Lord will be safeguarded in His love. He will protect His children from hardship, they will sense their Lord and Saviour close to them and faithfully entrust themselves to Him to save them from all dangers. Therefore you should all turn to your Father in Heaven with childlike trust so that He will protect you now and for all times.

Amen

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Battle of light with darkness ....

B.D. 0198 from November 24th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Listen, my child, it is God’s will to instruct you of teachings which correspond to your thoughts and therefore I want to let you know today how very fond our Lord Jesus is of you and how much your dedication pleases Him .... If you ever feel a sense of abandonment, never be frightened .... for One is always close to you, your Saviour, Who will help you carry your every worry. Confidently travel your path of life until the end in this knowledge and don’t be afraid! Not everyone is granted the same fate of being allowed to work physically and spiritually as the Lord and Saviour has intended for you .... yet if you always lift your eyes upwards you will be able to live up to both and constantly feel the Father’s caring hand. Listen to us, who stay close to you, and try to understand: In the beginning of the world all spirit was united .... it was a Being surrounded by the light of the eternal Sun .... Elements whizzed through the universe which shied away from the radiance and tried to destroy the divine light. During the battle of darkness against light countless atoms lost contact with the light and the elements of darkness declared war on those tiny bodies of light which went astray in the universe in order to extinguish their abundance of light, which each of these small and smallest beings sheltered, and to draw these beings into the sphere of influence of darkness .... thus, the battle between good and evil erupted, which will last for an unforeseeable time to come .... And God gave every being of light the freedom to turn according to its own will. Nevertheless, these beings will continue to fundamentally belong to the divine light, even if the battle lasts for millennia .... each one of the smallest components of the eternal Light will flow back to the origin of its purpose .... This is the cycle according to God’s will, that every being should voluntarily turn to Him, with full use of its strength and supported by the love of the divine Father who generates all light, and thus find the path back to perfection and be permitted to stay close again to the heavenly Father .... the eternal Light.

Amen

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Battle of light with darkness .... (Continuation of B.D. 0198)

B.D. 0199 from November 24th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

When your will applies to spiritual spheres you shall also receive the strength to pursue your goal. The assurance for your striving rests in your heart .... you will feel in your heart that your contact with the Saviour will result in the flow of divine grace and, happily and with inner peace, you will be able to look forward to the future. Where the Saviour seeks to help His Own every day will bring you blessings .... yet also thank the Lord for every day which instructs you of His Word .... And thus begin: Where beings of light argue with darkness no grain will go astray .... everything will arise anew, always aspiring to reach the light .... The smallest beings will stay in the universe and, depending on the duration of their life, will reshape themselves time and again .... until they finally reach a state in which they can freely use their own discretion to do as they like, yet always subject to the Creator’s will. At the onset of their own freedom of will they are also responsible for their further course of life and development .... for the maturity of their soul .... It is their purpose to return to the eternal light from whence they originated, yet the time they take to accomplish this purpose has been left up to them .... Consequently, the light beings struggle incessantly against the power of darkness. Those who emerge victoriously from this battle in turn contribute towards helping those who are weak, and the most effective weapon in the battle against the opponent is love ....

Amen

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Battle of light with darkness .... (Continuation of B.D. 0199)

B.D. 0200 from November 25th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Oh, it is so pleasing for us to watch your endeavour! .... Anyone who strives towards the light like that cannot descend into darkness, therefore continue to receive our teachings so devotedly, after all, it benefits the salvation of your soul and that of many others. And thus today we want to give you the final conclusion to yesterday’s work: Throughout short intervals of time and space numerous beings of light go through their period of development embodied in animal and plant life, and they, too, unconsciously strive time and again towards the light. After a long time, during which they continue to develop higher in various stages, they enter the last stage before their spiritual rebirth .... the embodiment as a human being. At this stage the battle begins with the darkness, which would like to deprive this earthly being of its purpose and completely pull the soul down into obscurity. And since the human being has free will at this stage to make a personal choice for good or evil .... for light or darkness, this battle carries tremendous responsibility, for his apostasy from the heavenly Father, the eternal Light, would signify a struggle which would last for thousands of years again until this soul is finally also redeemed thanks to the never-ending help of the enlightened spiritual beings’ love. Countless beings would strive more persistently were they aware of this responsibility .... yet the human being should find the path to God of his own accord, only then will he once again be able to become a part of that which he was at the beginning of the world .... Where God’s omnipotence and love takes effect none of the tiny beings of light goes astray, this is why your attention is repeatedly drawn to the fact that, in infinity, every being takes its designated path, conducive to its development, in the care of the Father. The profundity of this law does not seem comprehensible to you, yet neither will you be able to grasp your heavenly Father’s infinite magnitude before you have become what your purpose is .... to be as one with the divine Father ....

Amen

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The Saviour's Words .... Storm clouds ....

B.D. 0201 from November 26th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

My dear child, what, indeed, should I deem more serious than protecting you from error? .... Accept all Words with faith in Me and don't be afraid of anything. A spiritual guard keeping all evil at bay will always be placed beside anyone of My Own who strives to hear My voice .... So continue wishing to hear the wisdom of God and spare no effort in order to receive it. Many thousands certainly try hard to penetrate a sphere which is still closed to them, however, they only want to ascertain it scientifically but not experience it in their heart .... and if their appeal for enlightenment does not arise from deep within their heart, then realisation will stay away. However, to My Own I will give understanding and speak to their hearts. My dear child, indescribable joys await you, and the suffering on earth is merely the ladder to the happiness intended for you, and all My children are guided by Me according to My wise plan. Particularly when you are in danger of failing I must let you fight in order to rise above yourselves, so that everyone will seek the Father of his own accord. Yet I will always support you with My grace .... Therefore, don't despair when you find it difficult .... but always let your thoughts fade out with the prayer 'Dear Lord, stay close to Me with Your love and grace ....' When storm clouds threaten your spiritual horizon then each one of you, My faithful followers, will be faced with the task of bearing up against the imminent storm. These clouds are already taking shape and will cast their shadows upon all who are willing to serve Me .... By using all those who want to fight against spiritual life, the world will also try in short intervals to stop you who are seeking .... You will be forced to only work very quietly, yet then your effort must be even more determined .... After all, it is essential to still lead many more people out of the darkness into the light, who ask like you and appeal to Me for help. You will indeed accomplish much, since you will always have this .... you are active and work with Me .... and when your heart anxiously looks up above, you will never be left without comfort .... Accept what you are offered, and thank the heavenly Father every day for His love and kindness.

Amen

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Demons are roaming the universe .... Prayer ....

B.D. 0202 from November 26th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Demons are roaming the universe .... inciting people in all places to revolt against the commandments of God, and wherever the Father is implored for help they will be kept in check .... It is a wise law that the Lord governs the world .... that these demons will always have to face up to the Creator's will. Left to his own devices, a person would succumb to them were the Lord not to take pity on the profound adversity which surrounds the earthly human being .... and thus you should merely turn to Him for help. The earth will have to remain in prayer for an infinitely long time if it wants to release itself from the power of these dark forces .... So, do you need to worry, since you receive help in all adversity through prayer? .... At no time has the Father ever asked you to stop praying .... the grace you can thereby obtain is immeasurable .... The means is forever at your disposal; hence you should use it for your benefit and implore the Father from the bottom of your heart for deliverance from the powers of darkness. It is entirely up to you if you have to fight hard .... if you don't use prayer and don't entrust yourselves to the Father in your distress .... The Lord bestows His love and kindness upon each and every one, and therefore you should all make an effort to receive His grace. Thus you spend every day in glad anticipation of the teachings given to you and constantly enhance your knowledge regarding spiritual things. Always desire to receive the Word of God and your wish will be complied with on our part .... nevertheless, if you want to remain within the grace of the Lord you must always hand over your heart to Him and submit to His will. You must humbly accept from His hand what His love has in store for you, for one day all pain and suffering will help your spirit's resurrection and you will praise God's wisdom for all eternity.

Amen

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Straying souls in the expanse of ether .... Light and darkness .... Beyond .... Light ....

B.D. 0203 from November 27th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Once again we are gathered around you to give you the bread of heaven, to strengthen you and to share the divine grace with you. As soon as we feel that you are yearning to hear the wisdom of God we are in contact with you and listen to every stirring of your heart. Thus begin: Behold, there is a chaotic disarray of seeking and straying souls in the expanse of ether, and the danger of loneliness is the worst that can happen to these souls .... but the Lord sends spiritual beings to them which do their best for these souls and try to point out to them that they must also strive for perfection in the beyond, that is where the first labour of love starts for these souls already. By closely joining these benign spiritual beings they slowly strive towards the path of ascent .... God's goodness and love prevails everywhere, and in the slightest happenings and processes .... both on earth and in the beyond .... divine wisdom and divine guidance of all beings is always hidden .... The effect it has on these beings, on these seeking souls, as soon as a glimmer of realisation regarding their situation and their purpose comes to them, is indescribable. From then on, they tirelessly strive to ascend .... Tirelessly they devote themselves to all tasks expected of them and, in turn, try to help the still lesser informed souls. It is an activity of love for each other in order to reach the highest goal. If you begin to strive spiritually on earth, you will be greeted by the brightest light when you enter eternity, you will understand and know .... and you will be spared the straying in darkness with all its battles .... The closer you are to the Saviour on earth, the more radiant brightness will surround you one day. It will give you incredible satisfaction to know that you had already found the Lord during the battle of life and, without a second thought, you will take part in the work of love in the beyond and feel the innermost desire to always lead new souls to the Lord with tireless loving activity and to show them the path to the light. The life of the person who bears this in mind while he still lives on earth will be richly blessed, for his every thought, action and achievement will bear fruit in eternity, and every soul will benefit if it steadfastly strives upwards .... towards the eternal light.

Amen

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Land of peace .... Gabriel ....

B.D. 0204 from November 27th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

We want to fulfil your prayers and instruct you in the teachings of Jesus Christ. Accept everything you are given in your heart and live accordingly. You will greatly benefit if you ceaselessly work to record it .... The time of receiving this grace won't be long, and in order to be able to work for our Lord and Saviour, you must have attained a high degree of faith and knowledge .... It depends solely on you as to whether this short time will be used well. Therefore, do not let any opportunity pass you by unused. The spiritual beings will always choose the form of their manner of speaking such that you will soon recognise who is imparting His teachings to you .... However, today you receive a proclamation which is intended to explain much and shall introduce you to an area which is still unfamiliar to you. So listen: Many souls of the deceased, straight after their death, enter a specifically designated land where no worry and trouble exist. An angel named Gabriel presides over this land, and he provides a peaceful and quiet existence for everyone. That is where many a tired soul gets to know silent solitude in contemplative reflection for the first time and, in a manner of speaking, is compensated for its laboriously spent days on earth until, after having rested, it considers its purpose in the eternal kingdom .... The glimmer of the sunrise sends a gentle light across the entire valley, the eye constantly revels in the strands of outstanding beauty .... no shadow clouds this vision and no discord disturbs the passive observer in the midst of this splendour .... only singing and ringing surrounds him... And this rest strengthens the soul until it awakens from its reverie and feels the urge to become lovingly active .... Anyone having reached a degree on earth which enables him to enter this valley of peace, will be lovingly approached by the Lord and chosen for a wonderful task in the beyond. Oh, if only you all followed your hearts .... recognise the task you are meant to fulfil on earth in order to enter this valley .... just a glance into this land would let you endure anything on earth .... So pay heed: Every loyal follower of the Saviour who gives His heart to Him is promised life by the Lord .... yet what does life mean if you may not enjoy it in His presence? .... However, this land is merely a sample of the life close to the Saviour .... it is merely a transition from the bleak existence on earth to the illuminated realms of beatitude .... Words cannot describe the magnificence emanating from the Saviour's presence, and in order to be able to endure this brilliance the soul needs a period of transition amid indescribably beautiful pastures, which a human heart cannot imagine. My dear child, we would gladly let you have an insight into this land, but the Lord does not deem the time to be right for you as yet .... therefore, with diligence and faithfulness and love for the Saviour you should devote yourself ever more to spiritual matters, so that we may instruct you ever more comprehensively in order to ease your path on earth and to keep your eyes looking heavenwards .... You are being granted an immeasurable grace through these proclamations .... Accept each one with devotion and remain grateful to the heavenly Father now and forever.

Amen

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Firmament ....

B.D. 0205 from November 28th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Oh, my child, behold the firmament .... in the splendour of its sparkling stars .... not one of them is independent of the Creator's will, not one can take a path other than that which the Lord has determined. All believers heed God's call each time they behold this wonder in the universe. If therefore the Lord harbours a great number of beings on every one of these stars you can form an impression of the infinity of the universe .... of the endless number of spiritual beings subject to His will .... and of His constant reign and activity regarding these beings, all of which are part of the eternal light. Oh, you won't believe how inconceivable it is for you human children .... you, who cannot even form a remote concept for, if you could, the magnitude, the scale of the regions in the beyond, would overwhelm you .... Yet even the smallest event is arranged by the Father Himself, the tiniest being is cared for according to His will, and countless highly developed spiritual beings are supporting Him in order to accomplish everything that the plan of divine Creation comprises .... Words cannot describe this to you; faced by this momentous realisation you can only humbly bow down before the Lord's greatness and omnipotence .... in your present state on earth you are incapable of anything else. If the Lord bestows upon you the grace of having just the smallest insight into His reign, into His kingdom and His activity, you are inconceivably blessed already, for a child that takes no interest in such spiritual experiences will find it incomparably harder to accept God's obvious activity as long as it does not recognise God's will in even the smallest occurrence ....

Amen

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Emissaries .... Prayer .... Admonition ....

B.D. 0206 from November 28th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Great things are planned by the Lord and your thoughts shall be guided in the right direction, for only by constantly informing those who are willing to hear God's lessons, are we expressing God's will .... The Lord lets His messengers travel through the earthly valley working diligently .... wherever an earthly child can be found, whose love for the Lord makes it receptive for His teachings, it may take pleasure in God's grace and be already allowed to serve Him on earth in a labour of love for uninformed and erring fellow siblings. During this time of adversity, in which many a soul lives on earth, the Lord brings so much help through His servants, so that everyone in serious need of help can take hold of the Saviour's redeeming hand. His pleading prayer penetrates through to the Father and .... with a just little confidence that your prayer will be answered .... many helpful beings will guide you so that you will escape your soul's adversity .... so that you will become free from evil influences and without reservation accept what the Father prepares for you and sends to you through His messengers. Any person's serious prayers will be granted because the Father loves His children. Dear child, listen to what we want to say to you: Consider that everyone is intended to pursue his goal on earth in divine unity .... to become as one again with the Father, Who gave him life on earth in order to advance his spiritual development .... The Lord in His love informs you to look upon this goal, this striving, as the most important thing in life; not one of you should carelessly ignore that he must justify himself one day if he has not used his life correctly for eternity. How bitterly he will have to regret it one day, and how far more difficult will his striving for perfection be in the beyond when he, entirely dependent on the loving activity of higher spiritual beings, must lift himself up through tireless work of improving himself .... When, in fact, you may draw grace upon grace on earth which is granted to you by the Saviour in abundance if only you appeal for it .... why don't you want to make an effort to partake of this grace? .... Therefore, accept all the teachings the Lord sends to you .... become strong in faith, live in love and pray .... pray all the time, then you will, richly blessed, fulfil your purpose in earthly life and make use of this life for eternity ....

Amen

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Evil forces .... Earthly possessions .... Treasures for the beyond ....

B.D. 0207 from November 29th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Behold, we all hear your supplications which give us great hope that we will be able to work in agreement with the Highest Being. You are constantly approached by forces intending to cause your downfall and trying to divert your path .... all thoughts affecting you unpleasantly are whisperings of these forces which you must always only counteract with prayer. Spiritual obstacles are being placed in your way to prevent you from making contact with the above, but remember .... time and again you will receive help from our side in order to help you advance on this path. We experience the battle of these forces in eternity .... it is an unremitting struggle against them, yet anyone who is protected by God will emerge victoriously from all dangers. And now we comply with your desire: The most impoverished person on earth is able to wrestle upwards towards God .... since realisation will often come to him through his suffering on earth far easier than to someone in possession of material wealth. You all harbour the desire for earthly goods .... each person regards them as the fulfilment of his wishes .... the goal of his endeavour on earth is to acquire possessions .... and yet, it is so foolish! You cannot make any use of these in eternity, everything stays behind and only the spiritual possessions you acquired will be regarded by the Lord. And woe to you if you leave your life on earth in spiritual poverty! .... You will have to struggle for a very long time in the beyond in order to climb higher step by step, your struggle will be the most laborious work .... And woe to you if you had not gathered treasures for yourselves in earthly life through works of love, which result in the grace of receiving love again, giving you the strength to work at improving yourselves. Here, in earthly life, you often lack realisation .... yet you are offered extensive means to acquire it and for richly blessed activity on earth. But on the other side in the beyond you will lack these .... since you have come to the realisation there .... and you will have to struggle far harder in the beyond. Never rely on later on .... life on earth is only short and to enter the gate of death unprepared is bitter for every person .... During every hour of adversity the Saviour knocks at your door in order that you may grant Him admission .... don't let this voice pass you by unheeded .... always remember that every day could be your last one .... and to live in a way that this thought cannot scare you is what the Lord and Saviour time and again proclaims to you through His emissaries. Therefore listen to your heart and remain in God's grace.

Amen

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Awakening from darkness .... Example .... References to activities ....

B.D. 0208 from November 29th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Blessed be the name of the Lord forever and ever .... Wake up from your sleep, all of you who are still in spiritual darkness. The first signs of the dawning day are appearing and the voice of the Father rings out .... and wherever it is heard faint fear creeps into their hearts and anyone not following this voice will hopelessly go astray .... When the first rays of the morning sun break through the darkness the time will have come for everyone to turn to the light .... for he who wanted to deny His Power will shudder and he who deemed himself powerful will tremble .... for neither will be able to claim for themselves 'The Lord bestows His grace upon the humble ....' for humility is unknown to all those who renounce Him today. The will to dominate is extremely strong and, in awareness of this, they inwardly resent subordinating themselves until the higher Power nevertheless puts an end to their activity .... The Lord in His greatness and kindness so often provides the evidence of His Power and His activity, yet people are so deluded .... they pay no attention to the telltale signs sent by the Lord in order to warn them .... everything has become commonplace to them, they keep their eyes and ears closed and, like the blind, keep groping in the dark until the Lord announces Himself .... Many messengers walk through all places .... a tiny grain remains wherever they have sown, and this tiny grain will grow and, nourished by the servants of the Saviour, it will spread and bear fruit one day when the time has come. Thus you should lovingly cultivate faith everywhere .... you should always remind people of the days of terror so that they will not blindly walk into their downfall .... into the downfall of the soul .... and where you were instructed from above you should come together and unite in prayer .... Penetrating divine truth will always be denied to the researcher .... but the child of God which hands itself over to Jesus' heart and beseeches Him in ardent love is granted an insight into eternal wisdoms .... It will be instructed by the Saviour Himself and be able to accept bright and pure truths, and its life on earth will be a blessed one as long as it remains in the Lord. Always remain conscious of the fact that you are under the protection of the Lord if only you always sacrifice your every action and thought to Him in love .... if you trustingly hand yourself over to Him and devotedly and humbly subordinate yourself to His will. The Lord will help you in days of need, and thus you, too, shall help those who appeal for help for their soul in adversity. The Lord will lead such souls to you and it is your task to always give to them as you were given yourself.

Amen

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'I need you ....''I need you ....'

B.D. 0209 from November 30th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Greetings to you in the name of the Father .... You must take the path He intended for you .... His protective hand will guide you in the right way. Only your love made you take this path, yet your spirit was united with us. If you keep in contact with your Saviour, benign forces will always be by your side who seek to influence your thoughts so that everything you accomplish will be in harmony with the heavenly Father. Continue your path undeterred and accept the spiritual teachings offered to you with a grateful heart, for sooner or later the time will come when your heart will open itself to the eternal truths God intends to give to you when your faith has become unshakable. We are all waiting for this time, for it shall bring us many blessings .... Always remember this when daily events intend to cause you alarm .... 'I need you' .... the Lord calls out to you .... every being fulfils what He designed it to do .... therefore do not worry and listen to that which will restore your calm:

Your writings are received with great astonishment .... A breath of love and purity accompanies them, and that is what is judged and penetrates the heart. The Words softly linger in his ears and his thoughts are with you, and by accepting the Words of God he gives himself and us great pleasure. And yet, it will not be able to convince him and dissuade him from thinking that you picked up the spiritual knowledge from somewhere else and repeat it now, because he finds it inconceivable that God should give a gift like this to someone whose way of life does not concur with the doctrines of his church. His God-believing, devout disposition made him take the right path at all times and, inwardly united with the Saviour, he always gave the best to people .... However, if you want to serve the Saviour then leave everything trustingly to His discretion .... Just as you became enlightened, He will work everywhere at the right time, yet everywhere in a different way. And just as He granted you fulfilment and comfort, He will also grant others what is beneficial to them. Behold, my child, eloquence often speaks words which are not in harmony with the Father's sacred teachings, and yet the Lord understands, since love for Him often arouses such fervour that its results contradict the pure teaching of Christ .... However, where good will prevails, no harm will come from it, after all, the Father protects His Own, who follow Him. However, from now on make sure that the teachings can be conveyed to you without interruption; it is an unparalleled blessing if you stay in permanent contact with us .... We give you the information according to the Saviour's will .... Restless work at improving yourself, limitless dedication to your Saviour and infinite love for Him will make you receptive for every spiritual influx, and wisdom and teachings of immeasurable spiritual value will flow to you .... The Lord will bless your work .... since you will remain in His grace as long as your heart is intimately inclined towards Him .... Therefore, continue on this path with a joyful heart, well guarded and guided by our protection.

Amen

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Font of love .... Dangers .... Power of love ....

B.D. 0210 from December 1st 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Look within and realise that everything sent to you from God shall provide you with spiritual knowledge and an increasingly deeper bond with the heavenly Father. We only ever instruct those whose heart long for heavenly nourishment and whose willingness to help is pleasing to the Lord. Many a person carelessly walks past the font of Christ’s love which would grant them refreshment and comfort .... yet thirst and hunger for this refreshment is unknown to them .... satisfying their worldly wishes is enough for them. For this reason we give all the more to those who strive for strength and support through the Lord Himself. It is a contradiction that God sends suffering to His Own in order to subsequently refresh them with His grace and love .... yet it is only a contradiction for those who do not understand the wisdom of God’s actions and guidance .... Complete trust and utter devotion will impart such knowledge to you .... so that you will gladly forego everything else and only ever desire divine wisdom. Therefore, do not prematurely renounce something infinitely precious .... a goal will be set for you soon enough, for life is short. So join us ever more closely, and also pay attention today to the Words we give you with love: Your contention for truth is not without danger for you .... the adversary will send his temptations in equal measure in order to confront you with obstacles on the path you are taking .... and he will not shy away from using any means if he can thereby reach his goal. Your inner battle gives evidence of the danger you are in .... Yet prayer will help you and no child can descend whose desire for the Father is as strong as yours .... You will feel the love in your heart, you will recognise that the spirit of love is only of divine origin when all thoughts are clear and pure and everyone makes an effort to take care of and to work for the other. The power of love is as yet not recognised by any of you, it transcends time and space, its origin is often incomprehensible and yet the inevitable result of correct realisation. And it revives with such strength that centuries will be unable to lessen it ....

Life on earth is just a short span of time in eternity; love, however, was effective even prior to that and will be effective for all eternity. In this way the Lord ensures that those of like mind shall be united on earth .... who acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Lord and want to serve Him with loving devotion .... and although they all take their different paths .... their activity of love brings them together, they give to each other out of this love and feel the heartfelt desire to show each one of their fellow human beings the way to the heavenly Father. Through blissfully absorbing spiritual knowledge, through active works of love, through constant striving for perfection, the human being attains a level which will enable him to adopt a shape of light after his departure and which will remove him from the heaviness of earth. Do you realise what grace it is .... to have overcome suffering and worry? .... God takes your life in order to return it to you in undreamt of fullness of light and undreamt of beatitude .... Behold, my child, it is our constant endeavour to achieve this for you .... We would like to show you the way but are only able to teach you if your will accommodates it. Therefore you must do whatever you can to offer us the opportunity. We so dearly wish that you won’t tire in your work .... that you will constantly pray and struggle for God’s love and grace. The stronger the power of prayer, the more we are united with you and the deeper you will be affected by our Saviour’s teachings, Who has prepared them for you in love. And if opposition should arise in you through dark powers, you should pray even more, so that you will at all times emerge from this battle victoriously.

Amen

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Warning .... The Saviour's love ....

B.D. 0211 from December 2nd 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

During an hour of silence you will experience the Lord's grace, Who will inform you of His will and assign your future activity to you. Dear child, always seek to keep your heart pure, for only then will you receive the strength to diligently comply with your duty on earth .... If you are cautioned by the Father, you will find yourself facing a cliff, and then you should conscientiously try to know yourself and make an effort to improve so that you can flawlessly face your Creator .... in order to then receive clear and pure Words of truth. In this life everyone makes the great mistake of confiding insufficiently in the Saviour Who would like to grant him all His love .... Who would like to look after him and guide him through his whole life on earth. After all, anyone who appeals for the Saviour's love travels the long path through the earthly valley with Him; would this awareness not make anyone blissfully happy? What could be more pleasant than to avoid all obstacles of life guided by Him? ....(Break)

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Warning against evil forces ....

B.D. 0212 from December 2nd 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Dear soul, why do you afflict me .... let it be sufficient for you .... Angels are messengers from God, sent to serve those who shall inherit beatitude .... Pointless ....

In writing I can give you more. Protect your heart from unbelief and look after your soul ....E vil spiritual beings battle for it and would like to plunge you into ruin .... remain faithful to the Lord time and again and long for Him. For even if your spirit is willing .... embittered opponents fight in the ranks of the enemy .... The Saviour Himself will help you, but do not leave the right path and always remain His child.

Amen

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Spiritual protection .... Warning ....

B.D. 0213 from December 3rd 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Oh my dear child .... in the world the Lord has arranged that His servants are surrounded by spiritual protection .... without it you would have to perish, for you are constantly pursued by evil powers intent on pushing you off the path you are taking. It is a constant battle for your soul; nevertheless, the Father leads you out of all danger .... Lay your heart down at His feet and He will protect it now and forever. And when you experience the salvation of God .... when you are blessed to hear the Word of God, all demons shall disappear, for the blessing of the Lord is upon His Own and those who want to harm them will perish. So listen to what we want to tell you: It is not the Father's will that you should waste your strength .... It is worthless for you to seek a connection which can give you far less than you are offered through your daily receptions. None of you can hear the host of angels rejoicing about a willing child .... However, if you let the grace pass you by, you will have deprived yourselves and will not be accepted so easily again, for the Lord's will has chosen all of you but you disregard His Words. However, much would be taken away from you, my child, were you to start all over again with that which showed you the right path in the beginning. Time and again the Lord admonishes all of you to remain faithful; time and again He lovingly draws you to Himself, therefore, hand your hearts over to Him and remain gladly and loyally devoted to Him .... But your dear friends shall be advised that only constant striving towards higher spheres will bring them close to the path again which they left for fear that it might harm them .... We make a sacrifice if it is for your highest good .... In hours of laborious communication we will gladly inform you of our endeavours and seek to introduce you to the kingdom of God; however, you must be willing and comply with our advice and admonitions. We cannot instruct anyone with a reluctant heart who fails to make innermost heartfelt contact with us and wants to accept our teachings. Yet we will give increasingly more and in greater depth to the child of God which trusts us .... whose prayer is granted by the Father and which ever more willingly opens its heart and ears to our teachings .... If the Father bestows such grace upon you, then you should gratefully accept it, but don't ever allow yourselves to be set back when you struggled step by step on the path. Continue your path with God and look upwards, not backwards.

Amen

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Submitting to the will of the Most High ....

B.D. 0214 from December 4th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

My dear child .... Holy is the will of the Lord, great and powerful .... and all shall bow down before Him. Conscious of His power, the human being hides his face from the Creator of Heaven and Earth .... and only immaturity of soul, delusion and arrogance let the human being become haughty .... Take care of your spirit so that you will realise how small you are compared to the Lord .... don't let any thoughts arise in you which separate you from the Father but make an effort to reach Him. And for this you need to pray .... Difficult days will ensue for the one whose spirit is incapable of submitting itself to the Deity .... When all indications in a person's life fail to convince people of a guiding Fatherly hand, then the Father must intervene more severely so as not to lose one of His conceited children. It is, after all, beneficial for all of you if you accept your Father's teachings, for there is not one among you who would be able to enter everlasting peace without realisation .... and in order to gain realisation I repeatedly sent you new indications of divine activity .... And the fact that the Father's love is constantly concerned about you, that a ceaseless struggle for your souls takes place should be obvious to you if you merely open your eyes and ears for everything going on around you. What would be the point of all life around and inside of you if it did not correspond to a divine purpose .... is there anything in your existence which does not testify to His will? .... And if the thought instantly arises in you that God's Creation is a work of lawfully proceeding activity of nature .... then you merely use a different expression for the same thing .... Everything that arose, everything that came into being, was created by a Power Which reigns over Heaven and Earth .... and you are all subject to this Power, no human will, regardless of how strong it is, can isolate itself, it is also subject to the one will .... the will of the Most High. Try to understand that you belong to God .... that you are a tiny part of this Deity, provided your striving has begun and you profess God .... Then not one of you will fight it, then all of you will also want to be as 'one' with your heavenly Father, and all of you will want to receive His grace and longingly turn to the One Who created you and destined you to wear the crown of life one day.

Amen

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The effects of God's Word ....

B.D. 0215 from December 5th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

We actively participate in everything you do, and if it is for the glory of God, blessings and grace will ensue for you. As a result of your spiritual work we, too, have to fulfil ever new tasks .... since it is necessary to support all those who you are trying to win over .... and to assist them when they search and ponder and turn their thoughts to the beyond. We pay attention to their every stirring of heart .... and we aim to direct their thoughts towards the heavenly Father. Eager activity sets in wherever even the slightest thought is sent up .... This is why your cooperation is so longed for by all spiritual friends who, in turn, are entrusted with the souls of these earthly children .... and if you comply with the commandment of love, you share with them the Father's gift for you. The Lord commissions you, His daughter, to work for His glory, thus He gave you a ministry you must take care of .... Working on a small scale is often especially laborious and requires much patience, for where such thought had never before occurred to the human child the ground must be prepared first before it can and wants to receive it .... Where the Saviour is present amongst you .... when you sincerely pray for His presence .... the activity will be twice as richly blessed and by the magic embracing you will feel that you are granted His love .... An air of piety descends upon everyone, at first unconsciously .... but then you will feel it increasingly stronger, and even if you want to resist the touch of love coming from the Word of God .... you cannot escape it. And if you let yourselves be affected by these currents flowing to you .... if you spend sincere thought on the Lord and Saviour, you soon will feel how you faith .... your love for the Saviour and your longing for the Father grows and that you draw blessing after blessing from it .... It is so beneficial to be active in love for fellow human beings. Abandoned are all those who received from the Father and rejected this gift .... To fulfil the commandments of God should be everyone's endeavour, and the Lord expects everyone to live a God-pleasing life in love .... but who lives like that on earth? Barely a few .... The Lord does not want to influence them forcefully by any means or it would be easy to make them comply .... However, if you resolve to obey His will out of love for Him you will remain blessed and from then on see your goal in the unity with God. The Word of God signifies your certain discovery of the path to ascent .... God's Word is your nourishment and refreshment at the same time .... it is your strength and power .... it is the never ceasing source of grace which Christ keeps at your disposal to draw from constantly. If you are instructed by God's messengers then you take part of the work in the eternal universe, in regaining souls for the kingdom of God .... Whether on earth or in the beyond .... the love of God wrests the souls from darkness and any work for this purpose will be blessed by the Lord. So desire to hear the Word of God at all times, all of you who want to be of service to the Lord, let yourselves be refreshed .... let yourselves be strengthened and comforted, and come to the Father from Whom the eternal Word emanates. On earth He promises you eternal life, if you abide by His Word you will never ever know death. And all of you can achieve it by merely wanting it .... you need only ever stay within the Lord and the promise of Christ will come true .... for His is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever.

Amen

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Human manifestation ....

B.D. 0216 from December 6th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

My dear child .... The Father's great goodness wants to reveal a big secret to you .... the secret of His human manifestation. Without the Lord's love you humans would never have been able to release yourselves from the guilt of sin and would have fallen increasingly deeper had the Father not taken mercy upon humanity and, in greater than great love, sent His holiest child to earth in order to bring salvation to people from utmost adversity. No greater evidence of His divine love could the Lord ever have given to people than the fact that He sacrificed Himself .... that He took everyone's guilt upon Himself and, through suffering and crucifixion, acquired the grace for people to enter the kingdom of God again .... Far worse than the suffering on the cross was the guilt of sin which burdened His pure, divine head, and in unspeakable pain for the earthly children He offered the heavenly Father the greatest sacrifice .... He gave Himself for the suffering of earth .... The Father had sent His son to earth .... the holiest, highest, purest being Which was as one with the heavenly Father, accomplished this act out of most heartfelt love for humanity .... Everything in the universe must remain motionless in realisation of this most sacrosanct sacrifice ever made for the human race. The magnitude of His love must let everything fall silent in utter reverence .... And all those having been redeemed from deepest sin by the Lord must eternally sing His praises .... To descend into the valley of earth from the close presence of the divine Father's all-encompassing radiance .... from the splendour and magnificence of eternal life .... into the midst of sorrow and depth of sin .... The Saviour's love for the earthly children and the horrendous sacrifice of living in His purity in the midst of sin and vice is beyond words .... The Son of God fulfilled the act of Salvation on earth in holiest compassion .... No being before or afterwards ever endured such suffering as the Son of God .... On earth the Saviour participated in all suffering .... in boundless love His divinity revealed itself and thus, for the salvation of humanity, He made an offering of Himself. Become like little children, then you will be able to empathise with the Lord's agony .... His spirit .... great and glorious and radiant .... dwelled in eternal light .... in order to now live embodied on earth, burdened by humanity's guilt of sin .... with a crown of thorns upon His head He experienced the most bitter humiliation with a pure heart .... He took all suffering on earth upon Himself in order to lessen the earthly children's pain and, in order to prepare the Father's kingdom for them, He allowed Himself to be nailed to the cross .... God's love was so infinite that He gave His Son, yet the love of Jesus Christ returned to the Father what would have been forever lost without the Saviour's love. Without this love no being would be able to behold the face of God .... for the sake of the human race the Lord offered Himself as a sacrifice and thus redeemed the world from eternal death. Blessed is he who, in partaking of this sacrifice, lives in the love of the Lord so that he, too, will be redeemed through Jesus Christ, our Lord!

Amen

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Insight into all beings' activity ....

B.D. 0217 from December 7th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

And once again day is dawning amongst humanity, for the Saviour is within your midst and instructing you .... If you listen to the Words of God, the Saviour is close to you .... He grants his gifts to everyone of good will. And thus you are offered anew strengthening of the spirit and a ceaseless outpouring of His love on receptive souls. Oh, prove yourselves worthy of this grace .... you will provide such unimaginable bliss for yourselves if you unite with the Saviour in constant activity of love, for not one of you would be able to become blessed without His grace .... but through His grace the Lord Himself will guide you on the path of ascent .... All instructions will be given to you as intended by the Lord, His goal is to grant you an insight into the spiritual beings' activity through constantly more profound revelations so that you will learn to understand that everything in the universe repeats itself over and over again .... that all life and death merely serves the one purpose of advancing the soul .... that every being's task is the same at all times: to care and to work in love for the weak .... that God, the highest and most worshipful of all beings, wants to draw us to Himself with loving compassion and that we must forever strive for perfection in order to come close to the infinite Deity. However, you should not forget that the Father calls all of you .... that all of you shall enter His kingdom .... and if the Father therefore assigns you an activity, for each person a different one .... everyone's purpose is nevertheless the same .... to make sure that one's own and one's fellow human being's soul won't come to any harm but that it will be offered to the Father in purity and perfection .... for only according to this it will be judged one day. Therefore, desire the kingdom of God first before you long for other possessions and strive for them. Everything on earth is merely temporary .... in a manner of speaking, it is just given to accompany the earthly child, yet it should willingly let go of all earthly possessions and only desire its own, that is, its soul's, maturity, so that through overcoming all earthly possessions it will find the path to the heavenly Father and thus enter His kingdom, which was prepared for us through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen

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Instruction to work for spiritual possessions .... Realisation ....

B.D. 0218 from December 8th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Greetings to you from all of us, and under our protection further teachings from the Saviour shall flow to you. By no means do we want to withhold anything from you and your fellow siblings which can only be a blessing for you all, and therefore the Saviour has granted your prayer and allows you to hear His Words afresh time and again, for in receiving these your strength and your faith will grow. And when your knowledge increases, when you constantly remain in His grace, the high value of your work will also be recognised .... It is self-evident that only a person will partake of this grace if he constantly works at improving himself and only ever tries to lovingly provide for his earthly siblings. And yet, everyone has the right to be instructed in the Word of God, and by merely showing a little desire the Father will take pity upon him by granting his wish and instructing him .... For as yet you don't understand that the Father's love is seeking you .... that everything only happens in order to show you the right path, for there is no salvation where you are aiming to, there is only destruction .... Consider this before it is too late. At the end of your days you will find it difficult when you will have to justify yourselves as to how you have used your life. Of what use will your actions then be which merely gained you earthly reward .... Of what use will your earthly possessions be? .... And how much will you regret not having gathered deeds of love which enable you to ascend in the beyond .... and what pain will this regret cause .... when you have realised that you had precious time at your disposal and had lived it fruitlessly for eternity .... Oh, such realisation is bitter! The Lord therefore admonishes you to turn to Him while there is still time, for within a short time you can, if you are of good will, create inconceivable possessions for eternity .... if you unite with the Lord in thought and in heartfelt prayer appeal to Him for His grace .... Everything you request from the Father for your soul will so gladly be granted to you. Don't be satisfied on earth with illusive possessions which are not permanent .... the Lord has prepared such indescribable happiness in His kingdom for you .... this alone should be worth your desire. Let yourselves be instructed and if you gratefully accept these teachings in your heart it will be a blessing for you for eternity. Now, my dear child, follow our advice: It is not always good to let oneself be guided by one's feelings .... You will learn to understand these words .... that this gift of God you received is something special .... Over many decades the human being does not divert from his point of view, and yet, a moment often brings him close to the great, holiest .... recognition of the Divinity, and then he is no longer able to find his way through the confusions of life. He feels he understands and can no longer reconcile this understanding with everything before .... This is the time when often everything seems to crumble in the person which until then had seemed rock-solid, and if then the grace of God did not visibly protect such people, the adversary would have an easy time .... Yet everyone follows the path he is destined to take, and his sincere inclination towards God will guide him across all obstacles. And if you now turn to the Saviour for enlightenment, the Lord advises you to leave everything to Him .... He will correctly guide and instruct anyone who places his trust in Him, and if you feel that your desire for the Lord is being granted, that your heart turns to Him increasingly more, then you will also receive increasingly more profound teachings and the bread of heaven will be given to you .... Praise the Lord, for He instructs you and changes everything for your own good.

Amen

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'Remain active in love ....'

B.D. 0219 from December 9th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

My dear child .... We all know that you depend on your daily work and therefore always try to accommodate you so that you can accept the daily reception without interruption .... However, consider how much better it would be were you able to keep to the same time .... within our ranks we have to accomplish a scheduled activity and therefore, where possible, instruct each person at the same time .... You might not understand this at the moment but trust our words, during reception you will feel that our thoughts flow easier to you as soon as you place yourselves at our disposal in a completely detached state. Every being is subject to certain decisive laws and so we are always already ready at the right time, so that you can receive what is granted to you .... Yet now continue your writing, we are ready for you .... we just wanted to explain how much easier it would be for you and for us, if you could possibly always make contact with us at the same time, and now begin: Remain active in love .... Write these words deep in your heart, for it is the epitome of an upright way of life .... It will be indescribably significant for you if love always decisively influences your actions. For such deeds are pleasing to God .... And if, from another side, the same is preached to you that every good deed has its rewards .... then realise that love must always be its motive .... How often is this disregarded .... how often do people give, how often is something done purely mechanically without heartfelt love .... And this deed is not recognised by the Lord. Even the smallest act shall be guided by love .... and you should always feel the Saviour's closeness in you .... For in every deed of love God Himself is close to you .... No matter what you do .... if it is in connection with the feeling of love for your Saviour .... to your fellow human beings, you will always find grace in the eyes of the Lord .... And only then will you be 'active in love ....'

My child, always instruct your fellow human beings about the importance of this teaching .... Make it clear to them that they must work at improving themselves from within, that they must first cultivate love in order to make attaining the connection with God increasingly easier which, in turn, will grant them the grace again to take the right path, for the human being only remains in contact with God through actions of love .... And henceforth all divine grace will flow to people who pay attention to this and, at the same time, transform themselves from within, if they first cultivate love in their hearts. And where you are able to show love to your neighbour, your change will bear fruit again .... For love awakens love in return .... and thus every good deed in love results in the same again, and such change has a refining effect on all those who are with you and around you .... Consider this and make every effort .... It is the Deity's intention that you should receive the love of heaven; in order to awaken it you must prove yourselves worthy .... you must strive of your own accord to receive the love of God .... Therefore practise love for God and your fellow human beings, for only through love can you become redeemed while you are still on earth and one day in eternity.

Amen

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Pray with trust in the Lord .... Spiritual protection ....

B.D. 0220 from December 9th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Pray to the Father in every adversity and, when He helps you, recognise His love. You all need to suffer, so that you send your thoughts to the Father and entrust yourselves to His kindness .... The Father will not abandon His Own and, providing you make an effort to acknowledge His will, you will regard Him as the Father and will be safe and secure in His Fatherly love. Don't forget that your attitude towards God prepares you on earth for eternity .... If you are in heartfelt contact with Him, you will constantly experience His grace .... if, however, you renounce the Father, you will forfeit your childship to God and live your life on earth without His blessing. Let the Lord look after you and trust in Him. Inwardly you must certainly be strong and never doubt His love and goodness, after all, what would you be without these? .... First you must endeavour to have complete trust, then you will receive help in every adversity .... however, someone with timid trust in the Lord and His power .... will just as timidly appeal for help, and how can it then be granted to him? .... Therefore turn to the heavenly Father with strong faith and blind trust if you want your prayer to be granted, for the Father loves His Own and will help them in their adversity. And rest assured that He will let no child pray in vain which imploringly raises its hands to Him .... Thus, appeal to the Father with full confidence and don't worry .... Countless words will give evidence of the fact that the Father's love gives to His children what their heart desires. His angels are watching over you and lift you up when you are in danger of wavering. Entrust yourself to their protection, so that you will be guided on your earthly path until you enter eternal peace.

Amen

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The Saviour's Word .... Guiding star in the darkness of night ....

B.D. 0221 from December 10th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Hear our teachings, my child, and accept our Words with trust: Everything the Lord has in store for you is intended to be a comfort to you during hours of weakness. You, too, will need strength and consolation in life and this shall flow to you from the Words, so that they will always be able to lift you up again. It is His will that you shall be instructed whenever we can feel your desire for heavenly bread .... the Lord in His love and goodness explains everything His children desire to know .... He introduces them to the teaching of Christ in order to henceforth be a loyal Advisor on their path in life. And what can go astray under such a faithful watch? His Word is the guiding star in the darkness of night .... it is a warning of danger .... it is given to uplift, comfort and invigorate .... You will always feel refreshed when you appeal to the Saviour that He should bestow it upon you .... In your innermost heart you shall perceive the loveliest Words and you shall accept them gladly, and once they have penetrated you, you will never let go of them, for nothing of an earthly nature can substitute the most glorious gift of God .... Nothing else will pour peace into your heart in the same way as the Saviour's teaching. And once you have received it, try to live according to the Saviour's request .... shape yourselves in a way that He will look upon you with pleasure .... that you, who comply with His Words, will be surrounded by radiant brightness. For whose Words should affect you even more impressively if not the Lord's? .... And if God has given you peace on earth already then you are inconceivably wealthy, and you, who are already allowed to live in the grace of the Lord on earth, have the assignment to share your wealth from now on.

Amen

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Beneficial activity ....

B.D. 0222 from December 11th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

And once again we want to point your beneficial activity out to you. Much will still be offered to you and only diligent work on yourself will bring you closer to the goal of being united with the heavenly Father. For when God's messengers endeavour to initiate you into the mystery of eternity, when you are continuously given divine wisdoms, when the Lord Himself allocates you what you shall receive, an abundance of blessings will be ascribed to you. Behold, we want to reinforce your will, we want to prepare you for your work, we want to help you to always desire the heavenly bread. At no time will it be denied to you as long as you ask for it yourself and constantly remain in contact with us in a state of complete closeness to God, as we are merely the Lord's executive forces .... we comply with His every directive and teach where the desire for the Deity exists. As soon as a nasty thought of evil powers wants to thwart our endeavour and influence you unfavourably, our protective spiritual beings are anxious to remove you from this influence, and when you direct your thoughts to the Saviour again all enemies of your soul will be powerless; this is why it entails such infinite blessing if you frequently find the path to the Saviour Who will comply with your desire with boundless love .... This shows all of you that every thought is decisive for your spiritual development .... Look at people whose mind is exclusively occupied with worldly desires, how little contact they have with their spiritual surroundings .... how carelessly they bypass so many blessings which would also be granted to them .... Every spiritual being's continuous effort is to direct the thoughts of their entrusted earthly children into spiritual regions .... with just a little cooperation you will already be able to receive your spiritual friends' thoughts .... that is, they will be able to transfer the thoughts to you, and then you will slowly ascend step by step, if it is your will. For only your will is decisive .... You shall choose the path to the Father in complete freedom of will .... and since you are too weak to choose what is right of your own accord, you must pray for strength and for correct realisation, after which you will be guided correctly, for the Father calls you in His love .... Anyone of good will heeds the call, for the Father considers no person and no being too insignificant that He should not attempt to draw it upwards .... Thus you constantly notice within yourselves the struggle of the spiritual beings surrounding you ....

Amen

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Treasures ....

B.D. 0223 from December 12th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Day is dawning on earth .... At a time when you all have to fight, the Lord gives you an abundance of blessings .... It is His will that all available spiritual forces shall be in contact with Earth .... and thus it remains up to you to make use of the Father's kind-hearted approach. Simply trust your movements of heart .... the Lord always tries to penetrate this and, if you are receptive, you will be blessed by the heavenly Father. In all your striving on earth you always forget one thing .... the conscious work of improving your soul .... You always consider earthly striving more important and pay no attention to the existence of that which is most sublime in you .... the soul, which is, after all, a part of God for which you should pave the way during your earthly existence .... Don't let your soul live in want for the sake of your body, in view of the afterlife make the sacrifice to constantly endeavour to cultivate a different way of thinking .... take hold of the Father's hand which reaches out to you and don't hide yourselves from the Saviour .... The dawning of this day finds a diligent child at work .... and thus you, too, should do your work day after day .... Do you know whether the evening will still be granted to you? .... Do you know how long you will live on earth? .... Oh, why don't you listen to the voice of caution! .... Golden gates will be opened for you if only you are willing to understand .... for during this period of time everyone's thinking will still change .... you will have to understand why the Father allowed the events on earth to happen .... that everything which affects you at present will have been, in the sense of divine wisdom, only permitted to have happened as a means towards your perfection. Understand this and humbly accept the Lord's directive, so that new activity shall develop from all happenings around and inside of you .... the work of improving your soul .... The means used by the heavenly Father in order to gain His Own may seem incomprehensible to you, yet the Lord looks into every human heart .... He must intervene at the root of evil and where the soul is in greatest danger of heading toward the abyss. The external circumstances of life are often the cause of why a person distances himself from the Lord instead of turning to Him .... then the Lord will intervene with means which intend to arouse the human child from its spiritual sleep. Recognise your purpose .... it lies somewhere else than you assume in your blind eagerness .... If the Lord guides you with loving mercy towards realising the truth then be grateful and submit yourselves willingly, and don't cling small-mindedly to big problems which you are unable to solve with your current attitude. The Lord wants to see actions which serve the progress of the soul .... you will be able to accomplish the earthly duties imposed on you as long as the salvation of the soul is your first consideration .... your heart will find peace in difficult times if you work in cooperation with the Lord and not against Him and His teachings .... for if you want to exert an ennobling influence on your fellow human beings you will not be able to do so if you reject the Saviour and His grace which is at your disposal .... On your own, without the Saviour, your endeavour will be unsuccessful because 'No one comes to the Father except through Me' ....

Amen

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God's means to gain realisation ....

B.D. 0224 from December 12th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

(Continuation of no. 0223)

Every proclamation is the heavenly Father's answer to your supplication. The Father's love considers each one of His children according to His judgment .... The most beautiful and valuable goal you can set yourself in earthly life is to strive for eternal life. Illuminated by His grace no darkness can cast a shadow over the path to the top .... led in bright light across all obstacles .... the Lord will draw you to Himself. In tireless work your life flies by .... and you will replace your life on earth with life in the beyond .... so lend us your ear today again in order to receive the Words of the Saviour: The hour which may be decisive for their every activity on earth is often met with indifference by people. The opportunity certainly often also presents itself to people in life when they are being admonished to leave the broad path in order to reach the top on the narrow and laborious path .... yet they rarely listen to the inner voice until they receive ever more serious pointers to eternity. If someone would merely not let them pass by unused .... it would be to his own benefit. It is the Father's will that the earthly children shall be warned over and over again .... With untiring patience the Lord wants to bring help to all those poor people who spend their life in delusion. Since the Father, in His love, is so concerned for His children .... it would be really easy for you to listen to the Words of exhortation He proclaims to you .... He cares for His children on earth with never-ending mercy and uses the strangest means to inform them of His will .... Oh, listen to the voice which only holds love for you, His living creations .... comply with it gladly! .... (Break)

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God's means to gain realisation ....

B.D. 0225 from December 13th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

(Continuation of nos. 0223 and 0224)

So continue: The Lord will always inform you of His will by allowing you to gain insights into the activity beyond this earth .... into His beings' activity in the universe. If He grants you the connection from this world with the beyond then it is an act of grace which purely arises from the intention to inform the earthly children of His love and to admonish them to seek the Father as a child of God in order to focus on their purpose. None of you question where your activity is leading you .... You just use every day for accomplishing your earthly work. You do not want to know what kind of value or worthlessness it entails and remain indifferent to the true purpose of earthly life .... Behold, the Lord must draw your attention to your mistake .... if He does not want you to descend further .... and so He uses the means at his disposal, as necessary. With some, a gentle suggestion is already enough .... a knock at the door of his heart .... yet others refuse to wake up .... the spiritual night surrounding them prevents them from turning towards the rays of light .... they do not desire illumination .... they believe they will just as certainly find their path in their spiritual darkness .... yes, they certainly take this path, but where is it leading to? Oh, let yourselves be warned before it is too late! And beseech the Lord in prayer for help, then you will find it easy and the hour of realisation will be near.

Amen

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Extraordinary disposition .... Christian teaching changed into secular teaching ....

B.D. 0226 from December 14th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

'Remain with me at all times ....' shall be your prayer to the Saviour, and He will always protect you from danger that might otherwise threaten your soul .... Your determining factor will always be your attitude towards Him .... since you will accordingly either win every battle of the soul or be defeated .... Where you beseech God for help, victory will be assured to you. Your heart need only ever humbly accept divine will. Up above in the eternal home it is a law that everyone shall be subject to their Lord and Creator and if you heed this, everything else will fall into place .... By acknowledging God's will, the sensation of his own smallness arises in every person, it is a sign of a dawning realisation and then everyone should make an effort to listen attentively to the Lord's directive. Behold, my child, if you observe people's every activity without the slightest opinion of their personal value, it will very soon become clear to you that they entirely separate the subordination of higher laws from that which they believe they create for themselves. They fail to consider that they are by no means capable of acting arbitrarily where it would be contrary to the Lord's will. Extraordinary disposition requires extraordinary preconditions in connection with the Deity, and if a simple solution regarding the question of eternity comes to such a person he will reject it simply because he was incapable of grasping the depth of divine truths and has no sympathy for the daily striving towards the soul's perfection .... Dear child, place the words in a way that the meaning is understandable to you .... give them the meaning in reverse order .... Once you have penetrated the divine teachings more deeply it will be comprehensible to you. Yet for today listen: The opponent constantly preaches about the spiritual disintegration of our teachings .... the teaching of Christ. Every Word our Saviour gave humanity is intended to be changed into purely earthly admonitions, only calculated for the duration of the human being's life. And every Word is to be classed as human work .... albeit the work of a morally highly advanced person .... Yet no human being would ever have been able to do what the Saviour in His divine love for humanity has done, and His divine Words would never have survived throughout millennia had it merely been human work and human words. So today's explanation for everything that wants to rebel against this Word .... is that this is human work, supported by the opponent's power in order to destroy the Lord's pure divine inheritance which He gave to His Own as a blessing .... And, were the human being left at the relentless mercy of evil, the Word of God would be destroyed .... yet the Lord will never allow for that! Time and time again His Word will survive everything else, and regardless of how many misguided teachings arise today .... they will fall apart like anything else that is not of divine origin, for the Lord keeps His protective hands over the human race so that God's teachings will penetrate a heart which wants to accept them .... For this reason all the power in the world will be unable to destroy what the Lord created, rather, it will arise again to His glory and for the salvation of the human race.

Amen

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The hour of Christ's birth .... Spiritual rebirth ....

B.D. 0227 from December 15th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Dear child .... With tireless patience the Lord refreshes all those who long for Him. His Words shall flow to you and you shall receive every day .... for wise indeed is everyone who draws strength and comfort from His Word. Each one of us endeavours to return you to the state of heartfelt readiness .... such days are indeed necessary, as time and again the Lord wants to take renewed possession of your soul until it is so firmly anchored to the Saviour that it will faithfully stay with Him throughout all dangers and no outside influences will be able to separate your heart from Him. For this reason He demands your devotion time and again and if you remember this you will gladly submit to Him, for the Lord has decided that from now on even the slightest event shall result in spiritual advancement and bring you peace .... For wherever you are heading to, the Lord will protect you and only ever choose what is right .... You are accompanied by His blessing and His Fatherly eye watches over you .... Thus follow our thoughts:

When the Feast of Love draws to an end you will experience a state of strong inner reflection again .... as will every earthly child in search for God .... These are the effects of the Saviours infinite love which pours upon the souls of those who became enlightened as the result of the celebration, who accepted the hour of Christ's birth in their heart .... For these the song of love is sung from above .... It rings in their hearts and leaves a gentle yearning for the Saviour which shall be satisfied .... For the Saviour enters every heart and turns these souls towards eternity. All angels intone the song of love .... and if you carefully listen to this voice in your heart, the hour of Christ's birth will also be your hour of spiritual rebirth .... You will grasp His teachings and live in His love from then on, and thus you will turn to the divine grace which will guide you towards the light. Then your life on earth will be sunny .... sunny in spirit, from this time on you will not rest until you have scaled the path of ascent. My dear child, always make sure that no doubt will cloud your inner being .... receive everything with profound faith, ignore all apprehension and always accept our Words with complete trust .... So much shall be given to you .... in increasingly shorter intervals you shall be informed of how closely the Saviour unites Himself with you through your dedication, how spiritual teachings are continuously being assigned to you .... For only faith is the foundation which the Lord builds His kingdom upon and your holiest striving should be to penetrate the divine teachings ever more deeply .... Listen to the Lord's voice ceaselessly and without hesitation, always prepare a receptive heart for Him, offer your whole will to Him and sincerely implore the Saviour for His grace. Those who hear His Word will join the Lord in their thousands, for His Word is grace, refreshment and nourishment, and no-one can ignore it if he pays attention to the voice of the heart. He who has ears to hear, let him hear .... And anyone who longs for the Lord will hear the voice and accept it in his heart. Thus, bring these lines to a close and prepare yourself .... it is necessary to proclaim the eternal Word, and anyone who is close to the Lord will receive it and proclaim it to the whole world .... In this hour the Lord prepares that which shall be a blessing for everyone who wants to hear Him, and the Saviour recommends that you fight in order to prevail with His grace.

Amen

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Easy reception .... Blessings of faith ....

B.D. 0228 from December 16th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Dear child, in the few months of your spiritual work you heard so many Words of love from the Lord and Saviour through us. Every day and every hour you are being admonished to remain in faithful love to your Saviour .... we will guide your thoughts towards spiritual striving whenever it is possible for us .... One day the time will come when you shall pass on the teachings you receive .... Just as you engross yourself in the eternal truths, so will many others around you be listening to the Words and accepting them into their hearts. At this time you will find it easy to receive our thoughts, you will hear them without problems and we will be permitted to instruct constantly, for the Lord has assigned to you the mission that you shall work for Him and His Word .... Every tiny act of love for your fellow siblings will make you happy; you will work with love and actively participate in the Lord's work of redemption. For, once again, the time has come during which the Lord shall stay on earth .... that He dwells in every person's heart which merely calls upon Him .... For there is great adversity amongst people .... countless earthly children do not heed His Word .... the forces of darkness are unleashed and there are many who surrender to these forces. A tough struggle will ensue for these souls .... hence the Lord sends His messengers and tries to penetrate the human heart wherever even the slightest thought for the Saviour stirs .... Many a person remembers the Lord on the Feast of Love .... May his heart not be hardened as yet and receive what his spiritual friends try to convey to him, for the time has come again when only the human being's will needs to turn towards infinity in order to be guided onto the right path by the spiritual forces taking hold of him. Always act and think righteously in all things. After all, your heart should be devoid of all impurities, therefore always make an effort only to shelter love therein .... Suffering and sorrow make people hard, love, however, takes them closer to the Deity. Therefore let only ever love prevail .... And now, my child, continue: The blessings of faith will be received by everyone who openly professes God. Many unexpected obstacles try to obstruct the path towards realisation for such seekers, yet by transcending everything the soul will find its Father, for the human being's thought is able to lift itself into the universe .... it can overcome all obstacles, and as soon as the thought turns towards spiritual things, the human being finds contact with the spiritual beings assigned to him, which are already waiting for his approach and are instantly willing to help him. Although evil forces will also want to take possession of the human soul, the strength of good will become increasingly stronger the more the human will accepts it and in desire for God prays for help. Thus the battle until a person has made the decision of heart will only last for a short time, and if he yields to the inner urge which directs his thoughts upward, spiritual strength will be conveyed to him, for the Lord is always willing to help where it is appealed for .... He will always strengthen the weak, He will always teach the person who asks questions .... and show the misguided the right way .... but the earthly child must always long for the Father, then all blessings will start which the Father has in store for His children and which He gives to them according to need and wise discretion. For this reason everyone is offered the opportunity to receive, and only the foolish will discard this divine grace, His love will grant you everything you pray for ....

Amen

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Life on earth for improvement .... Sorrow of spiritual friends ....

B.D. 0229 from December 17th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Dear child, listen to our teachings and confidently hand yourself over to our announcements: The Lord speaks to His Own patiently and without tiring, and allows them to take an insight in God’s given laws, to which all reign and work is subject to in the beyond .... in the whole universe. Earthly life with its battles is reserved for those who, in the care of the heavenly Father, want to improve their soul and have appealed to the Lord for the grace of embodiment for the purpose of attaining perfection. In this stage it is possible for the soul to reach a higher degree of perfection, yet during earthly life the soul often diverts from its actual purpose and either remains at a certain standstill or, in its mental delusion, turns towards the forces of darkness .... The soul enters a state in which, unaware of its actual purpose, it should profess the Father of its own accord .... however, in this stage of embodiment the soul is taken care of by many lovingly concerned spiritual beings which want to influence the earthly child’s thinking and would like to guide it to the heavenly Father in eternity .... And thus many a thought transferred by these spiritual beings to a person points to the eternal Deity, and were the human being fully conscious of his great responsibility as to what consequences his life on earth entails, he would pursue his goal more determinedly .... But would the purpose of life truly be fulfilled therein? .... The human being should have faith .... turn to the Saviour with complete trust .... assimilate everything of a divine nature, always with faith in the Lord .... that is his task for which his life on earth was granted to him .... If you look at the immense number of earthly children who live a completely pointless way of life .... then you will understand why their fate saddens us so much, since in the realisation of divine truth we must watch how much grace was granted to them and how carelessly they bypass it in ignorance of their task in life .... and that is our sorrow .... because wanting to be lovingly active for others, and being rejected, is incredibly sad for us who are responsible for the care of these souls.

The signs admonish everyone .... they all hear the voice of the Lord, but whether they allow it to take effect in them depends entirely on their will .... And the Lord’s mercy always finds ways and means again to convey the knowledge of His will and His love to people .... However, in his ignorance, the human being values himself so highly that he imagines himself to live his life just as safely without the blessings from the Father’s hand .... With this attitude he erects such an inconceivably large obstacle for himself that he has trouble overcoming it and as a result of his delusion does not make use of the divine means of grace which would make life on earth much easier and more beneficial for him. Nevertheless, the divine Father’s mercy and love are infinite .... Great is His wisdom and His kindness, for with new evidence of His working He constantly penetrates humanity’s hearts time and again .... He makes miracles happen to instruct His children .... He constantly pours out His grace upon those earthly children who are inclined towards Him and through these tries to gain those again who, in ignorance, have fallen prey to misguided teachings. The blessing of the Saviour is with all those who work for Him and thus the undertaking of every person defending the Lord will be blessed as well .... And so the Lord also gives to those who are entrusted with the earthly children’s souls .... He lets helpers arise for them and if loving interaction takes place it will also result in the blessing that every good deed produces its fruit .... This is pleasing to the Lord, it enriches the earthly human child’s eternal life .... it has an effect both on earth as well as in the beyond, for not the body but the spirit shall be considered on earth .... the human soul, which came forth from God and travels through life on earth only to come closer to the Lord. At a time like this, the battle for spiritual improvement is twice as necessary .... no being remains at a standstill, there is a far greater risk that it will descend if it does not make an effort by itself to find the path towards ascent .... And in order to put an end to the hostile forces, in order to lead the souls to the path of realisation, you, His servants, must do everything in your power .... for the Lord dwells amongst those of you who fulfil your task with love for the Saviour and are faithfully of service to Him.

Amen

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Difficult days for patience – humility – meekness .... Activity of love during the time of grace ....

B.D. 0230 from December 18th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

In every hour of need the Lord is ready to offer solace for His Own and if He grants it to you, you are loved by Him .... My child, call upon the Father when you are anxious, He hears every pleading child and lifts them up. Behold, according to God’s wise council you humans must train yourselves to apply self-discipline .... you must learn to patiently accept everything the Lord sends to you, for all that is given to you for the improvement of your soul. If only days of steady tranquillity were granted to you, you would never be able to reach the degree of perfection you need in order to be close to the Saviour. God’s wisdom allows such days to come upon you so that all your virtues shall mature, such as patience .... humility .... gentleness and submission to God’s will. Nothing is further from the Father’s intention than to grant you a difficult fate, yet a far more pleasing reward beckons in the beyond if you cope with such days by training yourselves to attain these virtues .... Everything that appears to make life more difficult can lead to improvement if only you always look up to the Father with love and humbly bow down to His will. And now listen to what we are permitted to proclaim to you today: While everyone on earth is preparing to celebrate the birth of Christ, there is also diligent activity in the beyond for the salvation of humanity. We take an active part in every event on earth .... When mutual love between people has such an effect that one is devoted to the other, their souls remove themselves from the influences of evil powers and many blessings can be expected from this, for love educates people and lets them unconsciously develop their divine striving. And where, in turn, the urge exists to do good deeds and please another person, there will also be the Father’s blessing .... The human being becomes dignified in this time .... where love motivates his actions .... he only ever aims to act according to the advice of the inner voice .... And where you endeavour to please your fellow human being in this time, you can expect the same fate. You, too, will be made happy by the Father’s love .... by His grace you will be permitted to refresh yourselves and His blessing will rest upon you who live a life of love.

And so the spiritual beings in the beyond also strive to exercise their activity of love increasingly more. The strength they emanate lifts untold souls up again and facilitates their work of improving themselves .... If your heart only once dedicates itself to this activity of love, you will be changed forever .... for love is Supreme .... to live in it is bliss and the strength flowing forth from love cannot be assessed by you in earthly life, yet souls are constantly redeemed through love .... And to live life on earth in this strength is an invaluable wealth which you all can attain if you always live in love. Throughout millennia love has never lost its strength, for love is divine and through love every being becomes divine .... If you therefore deem love as the most Supreme, you will be in contact with the eternal Deity .... You will draw ever closer to the Saviour .... you will remain in His love and detach yourselves from the power of darkness. In these days each one of you should be aware of the fact that you live in a time of grace, which can result in blessings above blessings if you consider love as the highest law. Each heart becomes more easily accessible to God’s appeal and only hardened people reject it and let the days pass by without inner reflection .... Yet in the Holy Night many a heart experiences inner grace, it opens itself, if only for a short time, and listens to the voice which speaks to it from above. Then it would only require an ardent prayer to the heavenly Father in order to provide him with the strength of love .... our Lord and Saviour is constantly close to His earthly children .... He directs and leads each person and seeks to come to their aid .... just a little faith in Him and His protecting hand will guide you right .... Oh, we so hope that these days of loving activity amongst people will exert a favourable influence .... so that they will turn to the Saviour .... and that they may also receive love from Him in the same way as they love others. Look deeply into your hearts .... does not every child long for its Father? Thus, also regard yourselves as God’s children in order to be lovingly accepted by the Father, so that you may enter into His kingdom.

Amen

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Task in the beyond .... Strength of love ....

B.D. 0231 from December 19th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Blessed are those who are of good will .... In your heart of hearts you hear the Saviour’s Words that the hour of their salvation is close to all those who love God. Every child which sincerely entrusts itself to the Father will be received by the host of angels .... it will be protected by them until it enters the Father’s kingdom .... In place of earthly existence a state of complete detachment will ensue .... in its search for the infinite Deity the soul will suddenly realise everything .... it will find itself in a secluded place and will only feel a seemingly inexplicable consuming yearning for the Saviour. This is how the Lord will announce His presence .... and in awareness of its former activity the soul will become conscious of its new activity in the beyond, for it will then continue the striving for perfection it had started on earth and thereby unite itself ever more lovingly with the Saviour .... The goal it will then be striving for will be so extraordinarily exhilarating .... it will promise many blessings for the surrounding souls if they are still less advanced for eternity .... it will make the soul itself very happy, for its indwelling love will motivate it to constantly work for the kingdom of God. Not even the slightest measure of love will be lost; it will comfort the seeking and wandering spiritual beings which draw the strength to improve themselves from the love of the more advanced spiritual beings. Throughout millennia souls are yearning to be redeemed, untold beings are waiting for the time that they are given love and which you on earth value far too little .... The strength of divine love .... will be recognised by you in the beyond as the most Supreme .... It is very much to your advantage if you dedicate your every action to the Saviour, then you willingly hand yourselves over to His care and everything will be a blessing for you. Give generously and from the bottom of your heart .... but only ever give with love if you want to be acceptable in the Father’s eyes .... And thus you will bring a large measure of good deeds into eternity .... and the profusion of light emanated by these brightly shining deeds will make you very happy and you will realise how much strength comes forth from love, how it will lift you into regions of heavenly joy. From then on your work will become an infinitely enjoyable activity, for you will not rest until you also have shown other souls the path to the Lord .... Escorting the wandering beings to the Lord and leading His children to the Father will be regarded by you as your task in the beyond, and the Lord will be with you .... at all times .... and you are loved by Him .... God cherishes all beings .... no human being on earth can comprehend God’s love and goodness or he would never do anything that might sadden Him .... yet the measure of love He gives to His Own is inexhaustible and will last for all eternity.

Amen

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Ludendorff’s death ....

B.D. 0232 from December 20th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

‘Ye shall know them by their fruits .... ’ My dear child, if you are of good will you must also listen to the inner voice admonishing you. You won’t always find it easy, yet your constant effort will take you to the goal .... Despite all temptations you must succeed in approaching all living creations with love .... leave the judgment as to who deserves love or not to the Father. You shall be blessed by Him, and you will never regret it .... nevertheless, you must always remain pure of heart and if you find it difficult, then pray. You humans have no idea how easily you can fall .... evil is constantly lurking around you and tries to enter your thoughts, in that case the human being is pulled back and forth and easily loses his bond with God .... Take pity upon every being and appeal to your heavenly Father that He, too, shall take pity .... The guilt is great .... yet God’s love is greater .... Behold, my child, we advise you like this so that you will free yourself from the idea that your judgment is right .... Anyone who has concluded his life with faith in God is also entitled to the Father’s merciful love, and do you know whether God’s voice has not entered his heart? .... Behold, the Father takes continuous care of the earthly children .... It is incumbent upon His will when they complete their lives, and the love of heaven wrestles for every soul until the very end. Anyone who still commends himself into God’s hands will receive His blessing. For this reason you should also approach the Lord with good will and pray for each other and you will emerge victorious from the battle with the opponent. Understand the Lord’s Words correctly: Whatever you did for the least of My brothers, you did for Me .... and if you can rise above yourselves and love your enemies, you will offer this love to your Lord and Saviour, for it is His will that you shall love each other, and the Lord looks into your heart. You shall think of the poor souls without looking at the person .... you shall grant them the grace of prayer .... you shall leave judgment in the Father’s hand .... Only the opponent can entirely disassociate himself .... for God is love, and for as long as the Lord lets His children live on earth the opportunity for realisation is given to the earthly child .... Many a struggle with hostile forces will certainly seem to last forever, yet the power of love is stronger. God, in His love, has therefore wisely arranged that, in the hour of death, the human being sends his thoughts back to the time of his youth and childhood and these impressions often enlighten the spirit instantly .... he recognises the Deity’s working and, if he leaves earthly life with this knowledge, he will not be hopelessly left at the mercy of evil forces .... Consequently, do not deprive this soul of love .... don’t let it go short, for it will suffer badly enough as soon as it becomes aware of its situation .... The Lord will give you strength to overcome yourself.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Faith – Hope – Love .... Concern for the weak and misguided ....

B.D. 0233 from December 21st 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Behold, my child, we all want you to succeed in detaching your heart from everything that might impede your path of ascent. The Lord always has His teachings ready for you, and if you make an effort to receive His Words eagerly, you will never lose the divine grace .... for one thing will always remain with you .... You long for the Father, and thus your striving will never be in vain. If the divine flame, which shall enlighten you, ignites your heart, not one day in your life will pass by without sincerely sending thoughts up to your Saviour and Redeemer, and then every thought will carry so many blessings within itself .... Faith, hope and love will unite .... for faith lifts your thoughts up to Him .... you may always hope for His grace and will always have His love .... Oh, my child, complete the work you have started .... so many things will still be offered to you and what you receive will make you happy .... The strength that flows from you as a result of your work will continue to fortify many earthly children which hitherto had lived an empty and insecure life. If the Saviour conveys this to you it happens again because of love for all those people, since the Saviour seeks to win all of them over in order to prepare the kingdom of God for them .... Every being is dear to God and, in order to save them from ruin, He is constantly concerned for the weak and the erring. He noticeably guides them in every hour of adversity by drawing their attention to eternity, and then He will let His teachings be conveyed to them, for the Saviour knows what is right for everyone in order to win all hearts. If He therefore conveys His Words through you, it will ease their steps on the path to eternity, and the more the human being’s affirmative attitude towards the eternal God grows, the more he will detach himself from the power of darkness. He would like everyone to realise .... that they prepare their own eternal life .... that they will also have to carry the responsibility for their every action or inaction in earthly life. Everyone should abide by His grace .... after all, he can so easily acquire it by merely fervently appealing for it and it will be granted to him unabatedly. And if you are instructed time and again that you will acquire the kingdom of heaven if you remain in love .... then you should all heed this wake-up call: Love one another .... don’t act unkindly towards each other but always try to give love, then your life will be blessed and you will open your heart for everything that comes from the Father .... God Himself is love, after all, and God will always be close to you if you live in love. And God has placed the longing for love in every human heart, and therefore love shall also redeem you and one day provide you with eternal bliss.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

These proclamations are a sign of divine love ....

B.D. 0234 from December 22nd 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Thus the days which came upon you for your trial are coming to an end. It was a beneficial moment when the realisation of your own weakness arose in your heart, for only this can help you to approach the Lord again in all sincerity. The Saviour wants to give all His love to every one of you, for this reason you will be pushed to Him time and again through a sense of abandonment, for the Lord can only give when you feel sincere longing for Him. So many duties and tasks still lay ahead of you .... it requires a willing heart to ‘hand oneself over to the Lord’ in order to mature fully .... only then will you find calm and inner peace. His admonition gently sounds in your heart ‘Remain faithful to Me .... even in the hour of adversity .... ’ for the Lord wants to educate you in three ways .... He wants to gain you for the eternal kingdom .... He wants to convey divine wisdoms to you and teach you to always follow the path of love .... For only in this way will you also find the path to Him. According to human calculation no connection exists between Heaven and Earth and this, too, is an immensely sublime act of grace .... which testifies to God’s love for the earthly children, that every being can speak to the heavenly Father at any time and express their concerns to Him .... then the Father will also deem you worthy of an answer .... if, for the sake of your soul’s salvation, you beseech Him for this .... None of you must ever doubt His goodness and mercy .... it has always applied to all beings since the beginning of the world and will last for all eternity. This is why the Father has repeatedly made it clear that even the smallest being may turn to Him .... it will always be accepted because the Father loves each and every one of His children. You may always ask and your wishes will always be granted if they benefit the salvation of your souls .... for the Lord wants to prepare for you an eternal kingdom .... and if you desire this, it will be granted to you. Yet your task consists of improving your soul and, for this purpose, the heavenly Father wants to provide you with an insight into His divine working .... For ever more earthly children fall prey to misguided teachings; they distance themselves from the pure truth increasingly more and want to acknowledge the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ increasingly less .... And thus their souls suffer distress as a result, for on his own .... without Christ’s help, the human being will never be able to reach a degree of perfection .... The Saviour is so close to every person yet the human being, in his delusion, does not recognise His love and is in the process of completely losing himself to the powers of darkness .... however, for the sake of their salvation God reveals Himself to people in an extraordinary way. In your present state you will never be able to fully appreciate what He offers you through this grace .... you can only pray that you will continue to receive this grace until you are firm in faith and your love for the Saviour unites you with Him, so that you will be protected against all attacks from evil. As long as the Saviour unites Himself with you through these proclamations, all those of you who accept them in your heart will be well sheltered in His love and the path of ascent will be clearly laid out to you so that you cannot go astray .... Become worthy of this grace .... remain faithful to the Lord and redeem yourselves through the love which the Lord preaches to you through His Word. Dedicate your heart to Him and, if you always and continuously listen to the voice within, you will all remain blessed and the divine grace will flow to you until the end of your lives.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Trust in God .... The blessing of prayer ....

B.D. 0235 from December 23rd 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

In a few days you will receive a proclamation which will bring peace to your heart, and in this hour you will once again experience the Father’s grace. You will all be safe in His heart if the suffering on earth makes you take refuge in Him .... He will lead you ever closer towards eternity if you engross yourselves in profound prayer and enter into a heartfelt dialogue with the Father, Who is always willing to comfort and lift up the weak and the disheartened, who faithfully confide in Him. Draw your strength from the Saviour’s Words: ‘Ask, and it shall be given to you .... knock, and it shall be opened unto you .... ’ And thus you can always lead a joyful life, for One is watching over you, Who will safeguard you if you merely entrust yourselves to His divine protection. People are lacking this faithful consciousness of being protected by the Lord .... Consequently, you must suffer on earth, for with this faith in God’s ever-ready willingness to help you would experience far less suffering and worry in earthly life .... As long as you pray from the bottom of your heart you will not be abandoned .... you can entrust yourselves to the Father’s guiding hand without worry and need not be fainthearted .... Your soul will only be granted peace when you have managed to gain firm faith in God, for one cannot be without the other. The Lord has so often provided you with the evidence of His love and goodness .... how can you doubt it time after time .... for this is what you will be doing if you allow yourselves to become depressed by your daily worries. Simply lift your hands to the Lord with faith .... and you will always gain relief from your worries. If you then look back at the end of your days, you will regret that you had not entrusted yourselves enough to the Lord .... You can achieve far more if you only ever unite with Him, Whose love applies to you all .... He constantly admonishes you and would like to take possession of your soul .... that it should wholeheartedly turn to Him .... yet you humans rarely listen to this wake-up call. Otherwise you would not go through life in suffering and sorrow. You will bear everything joyfully and with ease, and the inner voice will speak Words of comfort to you even in your adversities if you always look up to your Saviour .... Dear child, love and trust for your Saviour must be so firmly anchored in your heart that you will be able to gladly endure everything the Father sends to you .... which will serve you for improvement .... If you require being comforted, then appeal for it to the Father and He will grant your prayer .... yet do not turn your heart away from Him, who alone can provide help .... Protect yourself through prayer from thoughts which are bleak and turned away from God .... a deep and heartfelt sigh to the Father will give His grace to you, this contact with Him alone will already release you from the powers of dark forces .... for every resentful thought .... every unkind feeling is their influence. Yet the strongest weapon is always prayer. You cannot receive the blessing of prayer often enough .... and in order to partake in all blessings it is enough to send an ardent plea to the Father, Who will never abandon His children. Therefore, do not let any day pass you by without sincerely commending yourselves to the Father .... then you will be protected against all evil influences, and you will triumph over everything and work for the glory of God.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Light is life .... Influence of God's messengers .... Christmas Eve ....

B.D. 0236 from December 24th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Blessed is he who accepts My Word and longingly turns his heart towards Me .... My dear child .... always do your work in My grace and remain faithful to Me. Behold, wanting to serve the Lord with ceaseless devotion will bring you close to the heavenly gates, and your desire will become ever more heartfelt, for My love will not let go of you .... In every creature you see God's living creation .... and every one of God's living creations is in turn part of the eternal light .... only light is life .... therefore strive for light if you want to live in eternity .... The divine light descended to earth to bring enlightenment to those who lived in darkness .... but in My Father's kingdom the eternal light will shine for all of you eternally and you will not need to fear any darkness .... therefore strive on earth for the divine light .... Prepare your heart for the Saviour during this night so that He will find admission in it .... All your spiritual friends want to help you so that everything you set out to do will be for the glory of God and beneficial to you ....

My child, during this night many messengers travel the land .... far and wide they seek to fulfil the Saviour's will by directing people's thoughts to the hour of Christ's birth and thereby trying to make them receptive again for His teachings and the purpose of His life on Earth .... Our every effort aims to create a spiritual connection again between the earthly children and the spiritual beings surrounding them, so that we can help them make contact with the heavenly Father .... the Saviour .... once more. In this night many a thought turns towards heaven .... Oh, if only we were able to penetrate their hearts so deeply that they would never let go of these thoughts again, that they might start to turn their thoughts into this direction every hour of every day! .... How much pleasure would we be able to give to our dear Saviour, and how beneficial it would be for people's souls .... And the grace of God the Lord would always bless their striving and give them the strength to work at improving themselves from now on in order to advance their soul in this life .... Often we can do nothing but watch how the path of ascent becomes ever more difficult for earthly children .... how they alienate themselves from everything that is divine and adopt attitudes which are not in harmony with the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ .... We see and are unable to help because none of these human children are calling to us for help .... our intention to influence their thoughts is in vain, they reject everything, and at such times every effort to help the earthly children remains fruitless .... Yet at this moment people's hearts are often accessible to such emotions .... it is a blessed time when so many a person's thoughts unconsciously drift into spiritual realms .... and wherever we perceive it we are instantly ready to guide these thoughts further and to ignite a tiny spark of realisation in their souls. We wish to guide souls to the Lord .... and bring the light of realisation to people .... We would like to snatch the souls from darkness and place them into a state of blissful happiness by imparting to them the realisation of the divine truth .... so that they will never again walk in spiritual darkness ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Sun .... Divine radiance .... Light and love ....

B.D. 0237 from December 25th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Oh, my child, if you just always hand yourself over to your Saviour without hesitation peace will enter your heart and you will be released from all difficulties burdening you. You shall lift yourself up by His love .... it is not the Lord's will that you should lose heart .... And neither does He want your spirit to grow tired, therefore He gives you comfort and strength through His Words again .... All reign and activity in nature originates from God's immense love .... it is like a constant emanation of life-creating light which influences all being and becoming on Earth and in the whole of the universe. And in order to shape this becoming according to God's wise will, the Lord constantly lets the light shine forth .... If the infinity of the cosmos scares you and you become aware of your own smallness you should nevertheless not allow doubts to arise in God's love and His care for every single being. Just as the light of the Sun illuminates the earth, as it warms and animates everything that exists on earth, as it enables the plants to flourish .... and provides brightness and warmth to all living creations on earth .... that is how countless other solar bodies emanate their light, so that the whole of the universe is subject to divine radiance and the light will never ever go out .... for the heavenly Father Himself is the light from Whom all life originates .... The light is never-ending and never-ending is love .... Both are the epitome of God and will exist for all eternity .... The Lord in His infinite love and goodness created His beings in light, and therefore every being will also strive towards the light, and anyone who lives in light travels the path of ascent. Anyone who turns to the Lord with the desire for divine enlightenment will be surrounded by bright light, for alone the will to return to the original state will bring you closer to it .... Every seedling tries to break through the soil and turn towards the light .... In the animal life the desire for light is equally predominant .... should therefore the human being want to remain in darkness and not turn towards the Father of all light?

And yet, the human being has to endure extensive battles against hostile forces which would like to permanently extinguish his desire for light in him .... their aim is to enshroud the human being's spirit .... the soul .... in utter darkness and to conceal the true purpose of life from it in order to gain greater control over people and to remove them from the sphere of light, which they unconsciously strive towards, and to pull them down into eternal darkness .... God's love and care constantly concerns these earthly children who are endangered by the darkness. The human being himself is a creature without any will of his own once he becomes subject to the control of this darkness .... Without divine help he would never ever be able to release himself from this control, this is why so many spiritual forces are placed by his side so that no earthly child will be left to this fate without warning. Just as the opponent influences the earthly children on one side .... so the love of noble spiritual beings influences them on the other side and fights for the soul .... It is easy for the earthly child if only it slightly hands itself over to the virtuous forces, for the power of good .... the power of love, is incomparably stronger than the power of evil .... However, the human being is often so deluded .... his will, which should direct him towards the heavenly Father, often fails precisely in this instance and, vice versa, is again so strong to accept without second thought what the adversary offers the person .... Hence it is also his own responsibility, since he uses his strength and will, which he received to advance his soul, in order to fall away from God ....

You, my child, are needed by the Lord .... labourers, who are willing to be of service and devoted to the Lord, shall help those who are weak to take the right path and, through the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, find their way back to the Father .... It is extremely valuable that the knowledge of the pure truth is conveyed to people .... for due to the longstanding conflict between the churches the teaching of Christ was presented to people in a way that they barely want to accept it these days .... They no longer consider it a heartfelt guiding principle offered to them by God's love, but very often merely believe it to be a traditional, humanly created word of instruction which scarcely touches their heart and which they just no longer take seriously .... but much rather would like to reject. This is why the Father wants to impart His Word to them in a new form, so that they will perceive the divine love therein and might open their hearts to the voice from above. The Saviour dwells amongst people again .... He will always be in the midst of you who proclaim His teachings .... He will help you to choose the right Words .... so that you yourselves put into practise what you are teaching .... And thus His Word will penetrate people's hearts again and they all, in turn, will lovingly help each other .... for everyone shall become enlightened, and every being shall release itself from the darkness as soon as they receive just a tiny ray of divine light, since the striving for light will continue for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Beings in the beyond .... Appeal for help ....

B.D. 0238 from December 26th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

We salute you in the name of the Father and inform you according to His will .... All beings wishing to be in contact with you are gathered around you .... and thus the Lord in His kindness has decided to grant their desire as it is the Feast of Love .... The following beings are permitted to avail themselves of your strength and to speak through you. An old father, his spirit has already been with you for a long time .... appeals to you not to forget his son, who stayed in your vicinity but had to conclude his earthly course of life. He frequently comes to visit you and follows your striving .... and yet he cannot understand why he is unable to contact you .... During his time on earth he refused to be taught and never thought of the hour of death, so although he was recalled by the Lord, his spirit still constantly remains in the proximity of earth, he has still not gained any realisation about his task in the beyond. His father is concerned for him and appeals to you to pray for him. Grant him this wish .... And now someone comes to you who wanted to speak to you before and did not give you his name .... so many beings are present here, they are called to you on account of your thoughts; however, try to hand yourself over to us and only accept what we give you .... Keep this in mind .... The latter takes an active interest in your work and would like to assure you again that you can help many people with it. He turns to you and always remains close to you, so that you will suddenly feel when he pushes himself into your thoughts. He has no problems with your environment, for all the beings are dear to him .... He would like to make his presence known to you all and yet is sorry that he cannot make himself understood. However, when your thoughts are with him, he will try to make himself noticeable to you if the Father gives him the strength to do so .... Today he just wants to greet you and request your prayer .... But someone wants to speak to you himself and we are happy to let him do so .... ‘Dear friend, your efforts are a comfort to us and give us hope, for we need the love of people on earth because we failed to make contact with the Lord during our lifetime on earth. Oh, how wrong was our life on Earth .... Now we have a difficult battle and we are so grateful to you because your kind thoughts, your prayers, help us so much .... We depend on your love, for this reason we constantly gather around you, for the Father grants us the grace of being allowed to take part in your work .... ‘Thanks be to the heavenly Father, for through your work we now recognise our task and eagerly devote ourselves to it .... spurred on by your spiritual work, your struggle and activity and strengthened by your prayer in which you remember us. It is a blessing for all of us who are surrounding you, for we have thereby also gained an insight into the working of higher spiritual beings which approach us with so much love, and we are permitted to be present with you at every contact in order to learn ourselves how we should accomplish our work in the beyond in order to ascend ever higher.’ Now you shall still hear something that will please you: All beings in the beyond are instructed to support you, consequently, we, being capable of helping you, will not leave your soul in distress and you will always be surrounded by a group of people who were close to you on earth and even today still gladly stay with you when it involves protecting you against all dangers threatening your soul. Therefore always remember all your loved ones who passed over before you with affection .... they are now always around you and beg God that He may bless you in order to be forever united with you. Grant them your prayer too, for one shall always take care of the other with love.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Activity in the beyond .... Effect on the uninformed ....

B.D. 0239 from December 27th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Everyone will receive what he requires .... Believe me, my child, it is entirely up to you .... if you spend your days with trust in God you will, time and again, have the opportunity to find the Saviour and all admonitions and instructions offered to you will always encourage you to refine your spirit and soul. Don’t give in to any negative notions .... always fight against them and try to treat everyone with kindness, then you will find it increasingly easier to master such days, which can easily set you back. Every step of the way needs to be overcome .... no-one will ever reach the goal without effort and only constant battle leads to victory. You will find it far more satisfying when you have succeeded and, full of love and devotion, turn to the Saviour again .... the more sincerely you pray to Him, the stronger the Lord’s strength and help will be. Never lose confidence and fight against spiritual lethargy. Dear child, once again we want to inform you about the activity in the beyond: In the world over there, which is still closed to you, many souls are lingering in a state which they find difficult to separate from. This is always the case when they have neither realised on earth nor in their present state that they are able to change this state for themselves. As long as this awareness has not yet arisen in them, they helplessly and idly wander through the universe .... with constant longing for the Earth and the environment they had left behind .... and it often takes a long time until they finally realise that they can and must make an effort.

And once again we want to point out to you that these earthbound beings are often near you. Until they have grasped the meaning and value of your spiritual work, they must observe much .... and you are constantly surrounded by such straying souls. This alone should be an incentive for you not to slacken, and your work of improving yourself is also watched by them and does not remain without an impression .... Once they have grasped the richly blessed effect of the connection from the beyond to earth, the strong urge to take part in this will also awaken in them .... to help wherever possible, and they will longingly turn towards every ray of light in the hope of reaching a brighter environment which is permeated by light. This will always be easier for those who had not entirely opposed spiritual thoughts; however, how many regarded everything of a spiritual nature as strange on earth .... how many constantly opposed these issues in a negative way? It will often take a long time in the beyond before they gain realisation and we are very pleased if such souls follow your activity as well .... albeit for the time being they do not avail themselves of any practical application. Behold, my child, you must therefore faithfully persevere for love of the Saviour Who takes loving care of every being, of every spiritually dark and straying soul .... A single human being with good will and love for the Saviour can bring infinitely many blessings to such beings .... he gains much grace for himself .... he can help people on earth .... he shows countless poor souls the right path .... They did not succeed in the valley of earth, but every soul is so grateful now for the help they receive from the valley of earth because their struggle in the beyond is so much harder than on earth.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

God and nature .... Consciously working at attaining perfection ....

B.D. 0240 from December 28th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

My child, write down what the Lord in His love has prepared for you .... Life as a whole is based on a sequence of divinely devised lawful processes which you simply describe as nature .... each individual stage of development is, so to speak, a process of lawful course of action which should make you recognise the Creator, the whole regularity must be subject to a will .... and particularly life in nature testifies to divine influence .... Everything that was created around you .... is a miracle. It is a constantly upwards pointing event which you earthly human beings merely allow to bypass you ineffectively because, as a result of its ever repeating regularity, you lack all understanding for such miracles. Divine will alone animates everything and ordains that these miracles will continually take place in the world, yet the human being, who should tremble at the sight of these miracles and every day look up in reverence to the Creator of all of this, tries to find an explanation which is more appropriate to his life, to his thinking .... and uses the word ‘nature’ instead of ‘God’ .... yet the meaning is the same .... the only difference is that he acknowledges with this word what eternally repeats itself in the universe but not the intervention of a higher Power in the fate of every individual being .... and that a connection can be established between every, even the smallest, being and this higher Power by using its own will .... All this is not acknowledged by them even though they forever observe the events in nature and must acknowledge them .... This also explains the diversity in faith .... The personal intervention .... the help given by God’s love as a result of heartfelt prayer .... the cautioning of unbelieving earthly children .... all this they don’t want to see .... They only believe what they can see every day and therefore cannot deny .... for in daily occurrences and in the lawful repetitions of all natural events they cannot acknowledge that a higher will is at the bottom of it .... that everything has been arranged in this way for a specific purpose and that this purpose is once again merely the perfection of each individual being. Thus, the human being only ever recognises what he can see and touch, but where faith should help him overcome his lack of knowledge he rejects it. Nevertheless, in regular intervals a continuous growth and decay can be observed in nature .... and the human being can expect exactly the same .... Is the thought therefore not far more likely that the divine Being, Who is in charge of all events in nature, also takes care of the human being and that his growth, his development, is likewise subject to His will? .... And if the human being is guided by a divine will .... why does he then maintain his opinion that a connection with this Divinity is impossible for him? .... Only when he consciously looks for this connection will an aspiration towards perfection be conceivable .... Making a conscious effort in order to advance higher is the actual purpose of earthly existence .... and precisely this consciousness is lacking in the earthly children. For this reason they so easily reject the gift from Heaven .... the Word of God .... for this reason they find it so difficult to acknowledge something that deviates from daily events and yet is so easy to believe if only they would bear in mind that not a single being is capable of shaping its life from beginning to end of its own will .... it will, time after time, be subject to strokes of fate .... it will always sense the intervention of a higher Power, even if it tries to deny the same. For is any human being capable of protecting himself from such misfortunes? If only you would think about it, you would have to waver in your conviction that you are the sole master of your destiny .... in that case you must also acknowledge the eternal Deity, Who holds your life and fate in His hands .... and then you must also believe .... only then will you be certain that you are subject to divine will and also feel like children of this Deity .... You will take refuge in prayer .... which unites the child with the Father and also experience the blessings of prayer on yourselves .... and only then will you consciously work at attaining your perfection.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

God's blessing gained, all is obtained.

B.D. 0241 from December 29th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

And once again we want to speak to you in accordance with the Lord: All those of you who live on earth shall be in agreement with each other in His name. And listen, as before .... Each one shall be offered what he needs, for the Lord knows where it is needed and is a loving and caring Father for His children. Therefore pay attention: Everything depends on His blessing .... If you truly want to penetrate these Words, the Father will give you a parable, for He endeavours to write His Words deep into your heart .... A father allows his child to leave with his blessing .... and so the child goes on its way always feeling that it is accompanied by the father’s love .... therefore it is never abandoned, even in its sadness. All those of you who appeal to the heavenly Father for His blessing likewise share His immense love, for if the Father gives his blessing He gives you everything you need. And so you should always pray to the Father in Heaven in order for Him to bless you so that you can walk through life with riches .... you will not be lacking anything that will benefit the salvation of your soul, the Lord’s love will be with you every day and you will feel sheltered in this love. And if earthly burdens then depress you, if earthly suffering is imposed upon you, it will not frighten you, for the Father’s blessing protects you from all evil .... your soul will emerge unscathed from these bleak days on earth and will emanate bright light even during dark days which are sent to you purely for your soul’s progress. If you pray for the Father’s blessing it will result in an unimaginable abundance of grace, for you will constantly receive the strength to work at improving yourselves and this work will never be unsuccessful, instead, it will take you closer to the goal, you will become perfect and take the path through earthly life according to your task. Praying for God’s blessing means appealing for His love, and this will be granted to you now and forever.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Divine truth .... Science ....

B.D. 0242 from December 30th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

Accept what you are offered, recognise God’s will and be careful never to lose your trust in the Lord .... your love for the Saviour and His divine grace. The arguments about the divine truth will be endless and the one who does not desire divine knowledge or presumes that he can uncover the great mystery by himself will always be the loser .... If he is to be successful he must beseech God for enlightenment and it will certainly be granted to him. The human being can investigate earthly subjects, yet regardless of how much he achieves, he will still not come closer to divine truth, for one is entirely separate from the other .... It is only accessible to the one whose heart detaches itself from everything of an earthly nature .... who considers nothing else worth striving for than the acceptance of eternal truths. Everything on earth will seem distant and unreal to him, and he will search full of yearning for the profundity of divine truth and be constantly permitted to receive it from the Father’s hand, but only if he turns his heart solely to the Father .... So many attempts have already been made to penetrate this region .... and yet, if only those with great knowledge at their disposal were successful .... if they alone held the key to truth in their hands because of their knowledge .... it would not benefit humanity .... God has prepared His kingdom for all people, and were the Lord not to judge the earthly children’s heart but only their knowledge instead, barely a tiny fraction would acquire His kingdom .... And if God the Lord has ordained that all those of good will can acquire His kingdom, then you are, after all, offered far more than only to serve the sciences on earth .... All of you are aspirants, and the onus rests entirely upon you as to whether you will reach the Father .... indeed, science is more likely an obstacle to bliss .... On earth it makes you great and powerful, yet often very unsuitable to contact the Lord as a small and humble person .... and how can you enter the Father’s kingdom without His help? .... You only ever focus on the one goal of ascertaining the nature of Creation .... you want to penetrate what is closed to you and inform the human race of it .... even though you have so little knowledge yourselves, because you still have not understood the simplest fact .... that you are small, if the Lord does not help you .... that you will never understand the meaning and purpose of the universe with your own effort .... You can only come closer to the true knowledge when you have found the path to God .... And then you will gladly relinquish all fame on earth, for then you will know that all striving for earthly things is worthless .... and that all earthly knowledge will not bring you closer to the eternal truth, for God distributes this only to those who desire deep down in their hearts to behold and experience God .... The will to reach God elevates you far above all science .... Where others make a lifelong effort to solve the mysteries of Creation, you will often receive it overnight .... providing you have the desire and allow yourselves to be instructed by the divine Teacher.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Bear death in mind ....

B.D. 0243 from December 31th 1937, taken from Book No. 5/6

The Lord will destroy whatever opposes Him, and resurrect those who remain in the Lord .... My dear child, it is the Lord’s will that you , who lives in accordance with the Lord on earth, shall receive now and forever, for His Word shall be taught again on earth, in the way it is given to you all from the Lord. Humanity must not waver in its faith, it shall be guided back to the pure teaching of Christ, and ways will be shown to you, which would be impossible for you to travel on your own .... but guided by God you will overcome all obstacles. Behold, mindful of His suffering on earth, the Saviour advises you to accept everything He imposes upon you and what He has destined for you .... He will always stand by your side, and in every adversity you will feel His closeness and never be abandoned; nevertheless, you must make an effort to gain firm faith in God, then everything will be easy for you and for love of the Saviour you will be strong and able to endure everything patiently. His divine love offers you reliable protection, even if it sometimes seems as if you are at risk of being harmed, you are nevertheless so faithfully sheltered under His guard that you must not worry. Therefore struggle and pray incessantly for firm faith and profound trust in God, so that you will be able to resist everything that threatens you from outside .... And with complete confidence write this down today: Bear death in mind .... yet this thought should never scare you .... for the hour of death can be shaped by yourselves into a time of immense happiness if it merely signifies to you the transition from this life into a radiantly bright beyond .... In that case, what is there to fear? You will leave all earthly suffering behind and enter a kingdom where all tribulations are taken from you and where eternal life close to the Saviour is prepared for you .... But woe to you if the hour of death does not mean your release from earthly anguish .... If you leave the valley of earth only to wander about in the dark .... burdened by your earthly guilt and incapable of leaving this darkness .... Therefore be warned before this hour arrives .... Bear the hour in mind and realise that you alone create this or that state on earth .... that your life on earth is the decisive factor as to whether the hour of death is the gate into eternal happiness or the entrance into darkness.

Consider how much more difficult it then will be for you to turn towards the light, and how many opportunities you still have on earth now to easily attain the state through which you will be granted a blissful death .... And if, for once, you spend some thought on the fact that you don’t know how much time you are still granted on earth, then be grateful to the heavenly Father for every warning He conveys to you time after time through his messengers. Consider this and strive .... constantly strive, but only towards the goal of living your earthly life for the benefit of your soul .... and conduct yourselves on earth such that you are ready at any hour to be recalled by the Father. You will enter a new life .... make sure that it will radiate for you in heavenly beauty, that you may receive from the Father’s hand everything the Father has prepared for you in eternity .... but woe, if you exchange your life on earth with an existence in the beyond which will require an immense effort to leave and where you, in sorrow and self inflicted agony, remorsefully remember the unused time on earth .... Therefore, pay attention to the admonitions which are sent to you and always bear death in mind, which can approach you any time .... and sincerely appeal to the Father that He may take mercy upon you and enlighten you before it is too late .... and He will answer your prayer.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Reception of one’s own strength .... without outside influence ....

B.D. 0244 from January 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

My dear child, whenever you are guided by My Word you will be protected from all error. Behold, it all depends on how your soul assimilates the content .... When I send My messengers to you, they teach you on My instruction, and by no means should you become agitated .... it is for this reason that I have so far provided you with additional spiritual knowledge .... so that you will believe .... Your willingness to serve Me enables you to accept messages which correspond to the teachings of My servants on earth. There are ceaseless arguments within many communities about the absolute truth .... each one believes that it corresponds to the heavenly Father’s will if it purely advocates its own truth and treats everything else with hostility .... and that is regression for you humans. Why don’t you want to understand that all of you will arrive at the Father if you agree with each other in My name .... And so I give My Own the teachings all over again, and anyone who accepts them will act in the right way .... After all, they do not go up against the teachings every community lays claim to for itself .... My child, if you are enlightened .... if you are granted the grace to receive My Words, then hold on to them and do not divert from this path. It will give you infinitely more, you will be protected and can hand yourself over to everything without worry .... You are safeguarded by your spiritual friends and not at risk of including errors in your writings through the influence of other forces. Therefore I bless your work and help you, and every time you call Me, My grace will flow to you. For My servants shall be willing and only let their actions be guided by Me .... And if I bring you into contact with other forces on earth, then it is only for you to learn to differentiate between them .... that I have given every individual a different task .... and in that way you shall become aware of the nature and magnitude of your task .... For the doctrine I want to proclaim through you shall be pure and clear .... and so your thinking, too, must remain pure and clear .... unaffected by outside forces .... so that your writing will be an entirely spiritual product given to you with love from above .... So always remain in My blessing .... in My will .... trustingly place everything into the heavenly Father’s hands. Since you were given the task of receiving the Words of the Lord, you will also receive the strength to write the Lord’s spiritual messages down, for you would doubt all other Words you might receive under the influence of other forces .... Behold, My child, your faith will become far more profound and heartfelt and you will feel My blessing as long as you offer your heart to Me .... It is an incomprehensible blessing being allowed to receive the Words of the Lord, and one day you will understand why I have chosen you for this task .... continue to receive the Word of God in purity of soul .... the more sincerely you desire it, the more beautiful and profound wisdom I have waiting for you. For ‘Ask, and it shall be given to you .... ’ And now turn to the heavenly Father with complete trust, His blessing will be upon you and His love will guide you the right way.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Book: Jesus’ childhood ....

B.D. 0245 from January 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

Thanks be to the Lord of Heaven and Earth Who directs every person’s destiny .... and on His instructions the transmissions are made so that you shall be permeated by love for the Saviour .... so that your prayer shall be granted .... In your love for the Saviour your heart shall make heartfelt contact with all spiritual beings. Everything you were hitherto unreceptive to shall come alive in you, and only now will you recognise the Lord and Saviour’s profound love, and even more humbly will you bow to His will .... As a result of your devotion the Lord was able to take abode in your heart, yet in order to make it worthy of His Divinity you must first come aglow in sacred love for Him .... My child, every Word He sends to you tells of His great love .... yet He also wants to posses your love and so places His Word deep into your heart, because you will accept the Words which God gives for the benefit of all .... and they will kindle bright light in you .... The flame of love will ignite and flare up into bright radiance, and soon the fire of love for the Saviour will permeate your whole heart and make you so happy, for with this sacred love in your heart you will live in bliss and only then will your love for Him guide your every action and you will be blessed a thousand fold on earth. The Lord will give you every gift so that you can accomplish what the Lord has determined for you to do on earth .... if you are guided by your love for the Saviour .... Thus immerse yourself in the book the Lord gave you with love in order to awaken love again .... and regard every event as God’s providence, and if you willingly entrust yourselves to His guidance you will only ever reap blessings. Praise the Lord, for His kindness endures forever!

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Childship to God .... Father – Children .... Admonition – Task ....

B.D. 0246 from January 3rd 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

My dear child .... you must always be aware of the fact that you have been chosen by God’s love to receive the divine teachings for the benefit of humanity .... and so you must never doubt yourself, for only firm faith gives you the ability and strength to comply with the Lord’s will. The Lord expects your absolute dedication every time you contact the spiritual world .... nothing should seem of greater value to you than to undertake this work .... you should strive for nothing more eagerly than receiving God’s wisdom. Then each proclamation will come easily to you, you will hear with spiritual ears and see with spiritual eyes, and the Lord’s love will dictate Words for you to write down which sound lovely to you and penetrate your heart with such strength that you will never want to miss this gift .... Trust in the Lord to guide you right, turn to Him in prayer time and time again, and constantly appeal to Him to bless your work on earth. Everything that has been conveyed to you shall one day also be a blessing for your fellow human beings .... So work diligently and place yourself at the Lord’s disposal whenever you can. We, who are instructed by Him, will follow your effort and help you as far it is within our power .... All the gifts flowing to you through divine grace also present us with a state full of bliss, for each one of us is happy when you have accepted and recorded our thoughts. We have so much more in store for you, for the wisdom which tells of God’s working in the universe is inexhaustible .... His love is immeasurable and by virtue of this love the Lord wants to give to you humans, who desire to ascertain God’s Creation and out of love for Him appeal for His support .... For the Lord informs His children of His wisdom .... And you are God’s children when your heart genuinely longs for the One Who gave you life .... for the heavenly Father. Indeed, could there possibly be anything better than the Father lovingly granting your request? .... The eternal home .... The Father’s kingdom .... shall be revealed to all of you if you regard yourselves as part of the Father .... yet you must pray for the grace of the childship to God, so that you will not bypass all the blessings which the Father has prepared for His earthly children. You must profess the Father so that His divine Fatherly love will illuminate you and His Fatherly grace will remain with you, then your earthly existence will be the gate to paradise .... you won’t aspire towards anything else but to finally arrive at the Father. Thank heavens that you had gained realisation .... And the Father with all His love has introduced you to His holy kingdom .... He has made accessible to you what will remain hidden to countless people who do not longingly turn towards eternity .... However, take good care of this gift .... always make an effort to refine your nature .... keep away from all earthly pleasure offered to you, but always fervently and sincerely desire the Saviour’s love and His teachings .... If He provides these for you, you are loved by Him and will receive divine grace without end. For the seed the Lord places into a person’s heart will take root a thousand fold .... and thus His teachings shall be spread which the Saviour still wants to convey through you to the earthly children. This is the task given to you .... Pray with all your heart for the strength to fulfil it to the glory of God.

Amen

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Errors .... The Lord Himself walks amongst people .... Proclamation of a wise disciple ....

B.D. 0247 from January 4th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

Realise the importance of carrying God the Lord in your heart! And then listen to the eternal truths which flow to you in abundance, and place your whole will at the Lord’s feet, for blessed is he who lets himself be guided by the Lord Himself .... He will never go astray and God will take care of all his worries, just as He takes care of those who want to serve Him and acknowledge Him as Father. People are constantly being taught that they should make contact with the above .... and, through all kinds of tribulations, souls are led to the Lord .... and for His children in need He always provides the right consolation. Everything living on earth shall arise again in eternity, and if the Lord Himself accompanies people in order to help them with His Word, then this repeatedly demonstrates to you the divine love which does not want any being to become corrupted and constantly struggles for this soul in order that it should liberate itself from the power of evil. Countless misconceptions often delude people, and in order to draw their attention to the fact that they live in error, the Lord Himself goes through the land and knocks at every door .... the heart which is receptive is lovingly taken care of by the Saviour, and then the earthly child will always be protected by Him and need only let itself be guided .... And so the Lord dwells amongst all of you and takes hold of each person’s hand .... Every worry is intended to lovingly draw your attention to your lifetime goal .... Only pain and misery will finally lead you to the contemplation of God .... and your spirit will lift itself up .... what loss will the world then be to you, even if it offers you everything .... can even one of you recognise the path of ascent when all earthly pleasures his heart desires are offered to him? .... Your senses become blunted .... they demand increasingly more and the soul gradually fades into the background although it should constantly strive to progress .... Therefore, sacrifice all your wishes to the Lord and be grateful to Him, no matter how He guides you and what He bestows upon you ....

And now a wise disciple of the Lord wants to speak to you .... You humans everywhere live as if the sun of the Lord had not risen above you and you don’t recognise the power which comes forth from the Words of the Lord .... So I am calling you anew and informing you that the Saviour moves amongst you .... honour and love Him with all your heart, for you owe your life to His power and great goodness, and if you live your lives in a dignified way, you will recognise the Lord .... yet all your striving shall relate solely to Him, for all the spirit and the glory of God will come upon you if you remain true to His Word .... But if you do not recognise yourselves, you will not partake in this Word .... then you will search in vain for the path which is intended to lead you forward .... However, the wisest person of all is someone who triumphs over himself, for a reward is beckoning to him which will compensate him for all humiliations and will lift up the one who lowers himself .... And furthermore, it will benefit you if you give up what you deem indispensable .... for only he, who regards himself small and humbly bows down before the Lord, will become great .... Try to endure everything, take all distress upon yourselves .... always think of the Saviour and you will lift yourselves up from the earthly heaviness, because the Saviour’s love tries to draw you to Himself.

Amen

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Recognition of truth not without prayer .... Ask and it will be given to you ....

B.D. 0248 from January 5th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

My child, in order to introduce you to the mysteries of the universe, you merely need to entrust yourself to your Saviour with profound sincerity .... We observe your every effort and are always ready for you .... for at all times shall you receive what the Lord commands us to convey to you. The Lord will always be present where the desire for truth is strong and a person’s will is placed at the Lord’s service. And none of you recognise His power as yet .... what He does for love of humanity deviates from the ordinary, so that everyone learns to comprehend the power of Heaven .... And if you are about to lose yourselves, a small hint from the eternal sphere is enough to make you receptive to God’s teachings, for what the Lord gives to you will only be regarded by you as a divine gift if you clearly recognise it as the intervention of a higher Power .... Humanity’s greatest error consists of the fact that it fails to recognise the laws of eternity as the Lord and Creator’s will .... it cannot subordinate itself to divine will because it lacks this conscious realisation. On the other hand, however, it does not strive to attain the realisation of all wisdom either .... which it could easily achieve by calling upon the eternal Deity for help. Yet how can the earthly child appeal to Him if it cannot find the right relationship with the heavenly Father .... Where can it become aware of eternity on earth if it does not strive to look for the Father beyond worldly things .... where can the earthly child’s longing turn towards the divine if its wishes purely relate to the fulfilment of worldly enjoyment .... And once again, it is prayer that is needed first .... talk to the God of the eternal universe so that He shall guide you correctly and enlighten you, and you will enter the right path and be led forward step by step .... However, without it you will not succeed .... you will neither recognise your purpose nor awaken from your sleep; you will remain in darkness until you take refuge in prayer .... The Father will not let any child pray in vain .... the Lord protects everyone from total ignorance, He provides many helpful hints but you must accept them in your heart if they are not to be given to you to no avail. And you will eternally bless the hour when you opened the door of your heart for everything that comes from above and points to above again. The Lord of Heaven and Earth therefore has many teachings ready for the earthly children, the acceptance of which will be a blessing for each one of you .... learn to understand, that only the Lord’s love instructs you; don’t disrespect what He sends you and at all times look within you .... for if the human being recognises himself as a helpless creature he will gladly subordinate himself to the divine Father’s love; he will feel well protected as His child and gratefully accept everything the Father’s advice and divine will sends to him. For the Lord has countless riches prepared for those who believe in Him .... He gives to all who live on earth, yet whether you accept His blessings is entirely up to you. In His wisdom He created everything around you so that you should thereby recognise His creativity and work .... Therefore always meet Him with a willing heart. And if you then, with the good will of reaching God, hold a heartfelt dialogue with Him, He will illuminate you and direct you towards the eternal truth, so that the Word ‘Ask and it will be given to you’ will come true .... Every person has a share in God’s Fatherly love, the Lord lived on earth for everyone, and thus He is once again among you to bring salvation to those who accept His Word, carry it in their heart and act accordingly. The Father’s gifts shall be received by anyone with a pure heart wanting to serve the Lord, and His grace will be upon him now and forever.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

No life without light .... Darkness in the beyond ....

B.D. 0249 from January 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

The spiritual beings are approaching you with a request that you give your utmost attention to their proclamation. The Lord has ordained that you shall receive well-ordered teachings so that your spirit will not tire of accepting divine truth. Therefore contact the spiritual world with complete confidence at all times and let our thoughts affect you to the glory of God .... the Most High of Heaven and Earth. The human being shall live, and he shall live eternally .... However, to live means to be enlightened .... to receive the light of divine grace on earth .... to strive towards the light .... and to dwell in an abundance of light, close to his Creator, in eternity. This is how the Lord decided it, and therefore all life on earth is merely a striving towards becoming worthy of being allowed to be close to the Saviour in radiant brightness, and so to being infinitely far removed from darkness and its evil powers .... For the Saviour is the eternal Light .... You can only understand this if your faith lifts you out of your spiritual darkness .... you can only comprehend how wonderful the strength of divine light is when nothing ties you to earthly life anymore .... Only then will you fully realise that the Lord’s sphere is permeated by the divine sun of love .... that all power and glory is united in this kingdom .... Every being requires light to experience the state of bliss, and only he who constantly stays within the Deity’s vicinity of light, and being worthy of this beatitude, will live in eternity. However, to be without light in the beyond signifies death .... Even the most ignorant and obstinate being recognises the tiniest ray of light as a release from its adversity. It will always seek to follow the ray of light, yet realising its task in the beyond is still infinitely difficult for it. This is why the hardship of those dwelling in such darkness in the beyond is still far greater than the greatest misery on earth .... On earth the Lord shows you His love time and again, for He constantly admonishes you through His messengers .... His divine love would like to protect you from this darkness .... it would like to spare you the infinitely long time of battle .... for you will certainly have a hard battle there until you have detached yourselves from the power of darkness .... It will make you infinitely happy if you are allowed to move within the eternal light .... yet staying in darkness is indescribably wretched and bitter. Since God the Lord created you as part of the light, He also gave you the opportunity to remain in it, yet the earthly being ignores its purpose of its own free will by not resisting the temptations of the nether world, and so increasingly relinquishes its radiant strength of light and passively allows itself to be pulled down by dark forces. For this reason the world poses the greatest danger for the earthly children if they do not beseech the heavenly Father for the strength to enable them to walk unscathed through the valley of trials during their earthly existence. After all, the Lord so willingly gives the strength to all of them, for He loves His children far too much as to leave them without strength and without warning at the mercy of evil powers.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Suffering .... Participation in the Redemption work .... Sorrow and joy are short-lived ....

B.D. 0250 from January 7th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

‘If you accept My Words, you will remain in My love .... ’ Engrave these Words deep into your heart and resist all thoughts provoked in you by the tempter .... Behold, in times of humiliations you are repeatedly recognising the grace of Heaven if you only ever regard these as concerned references to the eternity. In those times you must wrestle with yourself, then you will accomplish the task you were given on earth. Silently and imperceptibly something grows stronger inside of you, and soon such humiliations can no longer deprive you of your inner peace if you recognise the Father’s guiding hand and willingly give in to it. The Lord’s path on earth leads across stones and thorns .... Let yourselves be refreshed by His grace and you will understand how infinitely beneficial it is that the Lord constantly grants it to you .... Therefore, always try to gain possession of divine grace and it will become obvious to you that you are constantly surrounded by His love, not one day will then be a lost one for you, because you will fulfil your purpose on earth, and this with ever greater ease the more divine grace flows to you .... The Saviour’s heart suffered for you humans on earth .... you bear every suffering on this earth together with the Lord and Saviour if you think of His suffering and, in realisation of this, are willing to sacrifice your suffering to Him .... Every one of you should try to dispose of the opinion that you would be able to enter the eternal kingdom without having to endure suffering .... This is only granted to the person who, through his suffering, has participated in Christ’s act of Salvation .... who has also contributed his share in reducing the suffering on earth on behalf of humanity, for what he bears for the sake of the Saviour is accepted by the Lord with grace, and once again a part of the immense guilt of sin has been reduced for the salvation of the human race .... You must have complete trust in the Lord, then you will be guided through all suffering on earth, and, without any risk of harm to the soul as a result of this suffering, you will, in fact, accrue unsuspected benefits if, in view of Jesus Christ’s suffering and death on the cross, you desire to receive the blessings thereby acquired .... The Lord has always helped the earthly child in extreme adversity if it turns to Him in prayer, for this reason every suffering will always come to an end if you sacrifice it to the Lord in heartfelt prayer and beg for consolation in every distress .... In this life nothing lasts forever .... neither suffering nor joy last long .... because all earthly things are transient after all, and are only imposed or granted to the human being to make him aware of the fact that he should always draw the benefit for eternity from suffering as well as from joy. Both will only be a blessing for the human being if he accepts them with faith and love for the Creator and willingly submits to it, no matter how it is granted to him by the Lord .... Only then will the human being pass the test and need not fear anything in this world, for his suffering will constantly bring him closer to eternity, where one day it will be converted into bliss for him.

Amen

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The souls’ adversity on earth .... Help by means of this connection ....

B.D. 0251 from January 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

Now listen, my dear child, the Father of all salvation is promising you eternal life if you persevere for your and other people’s sake. For a time of unspeakable adversity has come upon all of you .... countless spiritually deluded and wrongly thinking are waging battle with the darkness .... God the Lord has once again embodied Himself on earth in the spirit of those who are willing to serve Him in order to come to help these fighters .... to support them in their adversity of soul and to point the right path out to them. For the time of grace granted to humanity will soon be over. When the Lord of spirits instructs these spirits to speak to people on earth .... to make contact with Earth, then this visible activity of Heaven is an inexpressible grace for the human children, which all of you should truly recognise .... Yet the magnitude of adversity on earth motivates the Father Who, in His love, does not want to abandon any being. Work at improving your souls .... lift your thoughts up to the Lord and all of you will receive blessings a thousand times over, now and evermore.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

The souls’ wretchedness .... Being of service and willing to help .... Reward ....

B.D. 0252 from January 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

Greetings, My child .... Let My Words refresh you and always remain My obedient child, and I will give you all My love if you are of service to Me .... for the wretchedness of My earthly children is immense, they continue on the path which leads away from their real goal .... from eternal beatitude .... and indifferently walk through the earthly valley. I see the misery grow worse every day, I take mercy upon them and would like to offer them My help, yet they close their hearts and ears to My Words and admonitions. I will bless every one of you who serves Me, yet I have tasks awaiting you and need your complete commitment .... If your activity is to be crowned with success you must, for love of Me, accept opposition when it arises, for I need confrontational servants who are willing to suffer for My Words and to endure hardships .... Behold, My child, as a result of your striving your soul will derive a wealth of grace .... no human child is able to estimate this treasure, its physical eyes do not see the shine brought about by such striving in My spirit and in accordance to My will .... A child which serves Me with love and loyalty can never fail .... it will only ever dedicate itself more eagerly to its Lord and Saviour, and for this I will bless it for all eternity .... All souls are dear and valuable to Me, and every child helping Me to show these poor beings, which take the wrong path, the right direction so that they will turn to Me and allow Me to enter their hearts, will be rewarded by Me with My love. One day eternal light shall shine for them, they shall all taste blissful happiness, which is forever prepared for them in My Father’s kingdom. For My love wants to give eternal life to all of you.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Struggle for truth .... Help through prayer ....

B.D. 0253 from January 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

Once your heart has directed you to the right path, take it and remain faithful to the Lord till death .... Things are still awaiting you which the Lord has destined you to do for the benefit of humanity, and you shall actively participate in all the knowledge conveyed to you in order to strengthen your spirit. As yet, much is still unknown to you which shall one day provide you with information about God’s will, wisdom and omnipotence .... The Lord Himself will advise you time and again to persevere and to work in His honour and for the benefit of many souls. Always obey the voice within yourself, which will guide and direct you according to the Lord’s will .... And don’t linger when you are advised to serve Him .... Everything that flows to you is predetermined; therefore you must not become impatient. Only the Lord knows why He instructs you in this unusual fashion, and your complete trust, dedication and submission to His will enable you to receive His teachings time and again. Every desire for truth is a step towards fulfilment .... the Lord distributes as it is conducive for His children and beneficial for their perfection. The struggle goes on incessantly for everyone, and if you want to attain the eternal Truth you must patiently place yourselves at the Lord’s disposal by proving yourselves worthy of the great grace of being allowed to work as the Lord’s servants, with Him and for Him. Thus you are urgently advised to remain in prayer .... the Lord will give you everything if you appeal to Him for your soul’s salvation and for strength and grace on your journey through life. Once you realise how your resolve to work for the Lord becomes stronger through prayer, you will use this means of grace increasingly more often and the Lord will stay close to you at all times .... In days of inner contemplation you will always have the desire to faithfully entrust yourselves to the Saviour, and this desire is the emanation of His divine love for you human children, since the more love you receive, the brighter your love for the Saviour will arise, and then it will be much easier to recognise the Father’s loving care in His directives .... the heart will gladly become receptive and the spirit will lift itself up into the universe and hurry ahead to the eternal home. On days like these the earthly heaviness will not burden you so much, because your soul is following its true purpose and turns towards eternity .... Once you have reached the level where you consciously turn away from the world and its enticements, your urge for perfection will become stronger .... You will no longer walk alone on earth but will always be in contact with the Lord and nothing need frighten you anymore .... Everything in your existence on earth will proceed as the Lord has determined, and all events will be of benefit for you if you trustingly leave everything up to the Lord. The Earth is only a tiny part of Creation, and just as certainly as it is a stage of maturing for countless beings, so certainly will that soul, which always and forever entrust itself to the Lord and has united itself with Him in love, leave earthly life completely purged and prepared for eternity. For the Lord blesses His Own and gives them eternal life .... He lets the light of realisation illuminate them and guide them into the Father’s kingdom.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Stars .... Natural law .... Research to no avail ....

B.D. 0254 from January 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

Dear child .... it is a fundamentally wise law that, according to the Lord’s will, the heavenly bodies in the universe always orbit the sun at the same distance and in eternally repetitive regularity. Every creation in the universe depends on the solar system .... Not a single star can exist without the luminosity of the sun, for the purpose of each heavenly body consists of being the abode for countless more living beings .... and yet the composition of each one differs. If you want to ascertain this you must take hitherto unknown laws into account .... The Earth is a completely independent star .... that is, from other heavenly bodies, with its own specifically designed natural laws, and therefore you can only explain the stars you see in the firmament according to these natural laws .... yet you do not come close to the truth in this way .... the laws of earth apply to all inhabitants of earth .... nevertheless, they deviate from the laws of other stars .... consequently, it will never be possible for you to establish principles and rules about them, for you are not in control of the laws of the universe. It is roughly the same as if you tried to explain to the creatures in the animal kingdom that every individual person thinks differently .... just as every spirit shapes its own life and that these lives can be totally different .... and the animal would be unable to understand the spiritual sphere in which the human being exists, although man lives on the same earth as the animal .... so all stars differ from one another, despite the fact that they all move within the universe and are subject to the same will .... Hence the final answer will remain unknown to you, it is therefore entirely pointless to establish scientific research about areas and questions mankind will never be able to solve, for even if you have found an answer .... who wants to prove that this answer is right? .... Your calculations and conclusions will only ever be in accordance with the applicable laws for earth, yet the universe hides such great secrets that researching them during your earthly existence will be a futile effort .... Who gives you the guarantee that the Lord’s creation has taken place in the same way on all stars .... who on earth will say things, the proof of which he is powerless to ascertain? .... Just as planets are worlds apart from each other, so is every star’s purpose different for its assigned beings, and the laws these heavenly bodies are subject to were given by the Creator of the Universe according to His wise judgment, yet they are utterly incomprehensible for the inhabitants of Earth and not inexplicable for the human intellect .... All beings shall recognise the Lord’s greatness by His work of Creation, and if the human being only once considers the fact that he merely knows a very tiny part of Creation and that he cannot even thoroughly explore this part .... the Earth .... in its whole composition, then a slight sense of the infinity of the universe has to come to him .... of the inconceivable magnitude of the Creator .... and he must begin to realise that everything has been created according to a wisely devised divine plan and that the human being, as a part of this work of creation, was placed into it in order to likewise fulfil a task which has to be the purpose of his life on earth. And the result of a person’s contemplation about trying to investigate the Earth and its surrounding heavenly bodies should be the wish to serve the Lord of the world. For vast is the universe and tiny is the human being.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Evil forces .... Good spiritual beings .... Reason and miracle of the proclamations ....

B.D. 0255 from January 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

Our effort to penetrate you is unsuccessful if you resist our thoughts. If you willingly hand yourself over to us, the reception will be easy .... Try to understand: every moment in your life good and evil forces try to take possession of your soul, and therefore many days and hours occur when the battle being waged between these forces becomes apparent in a person’s emotional life .... During these times apathy, unwillingness and other less positive instincts take possession of the person and place him into a state of inner discontentment .... And you will find it particularly difficult to pray during those times, even though you could quite easily release yourselves again from the control of such demons with a prayer. However, you must use all your will to fight against such states which can easily damage your soul and always strive to re-establish contact with your Lord and Saviour, for only then will your victory over these evil powers be assured. The Lord protects you, for His love would like to keep everything at bay, yet you need not dread such times either, providing you always listen to the inner voice which shows you the path towards inner peace. And now listen to our teachings, which we bring to you on the Saviour’s instruction to give you strength and encouragement for the coming time .... God created you, and thus you all live in the world sharing exactly the same spirit yet at different stages of development, which you, during your more or less long lifetime, will raise yourselves, depending on the work you do to improve your own soul. This work of improving oneself is the only task the Lord gave you at the time of your creation, and for this purpose the Lord assigned spiritual beings to you to accompany you through your life on earth .... spiritual beings, which lovingly try to help you so that you are not defencelessly left to the mercy of evil forces .... spiritual beings, which constantly look after you and always try to influence you on earth in a way that you will gladly and eagerly accomplish this work of improving your soul. And you should hand yourselves over to these spiritual beings .... so that spiritual thoughts may be imparted to you, you should make your hearts receptive to the whisperings and admonitions which constantly flow to you from these spiritual beings .... Then your journey through the earthly valley will be much easier, you will never walk through it lonely and abandoned but will always be accompanied by forces which will lead you to the Father and want to spare you from going astray. But then you will be given the task of seeking heartfelt contact with these spiritual beings, because the Lord Himself wants to talk to you through these beings. This is significant evidence of His love for you earthly children and is only understandable due to the great adversity which threatens the earthly children now. For this reason the Lord seeks to impart Words of comfort to His Own on earth again through the mouth of willing children who make contact with the spiritual beings surrounding them in order to accept the Words of the Lord .... He tries to revive people’s faith again where it was lost and to strengthen it where it is weak. For without faith the human being is heading for disaster .... without faith evil powers take possession of him .... without faith he turns away from the Divinity and takes the path of ruin. And when the human being is no longer able to recognise God in that which surrounds him every day, the Lord of Heaven and Earth must be pointed out to him and through miracles he must be informed again of God’s activity, so that he will look heavenwards once more and find his way back to the Father Who created him and Who does not want the downfall of even one of His beings because it does not recognise the heavenly Father.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Warning .... Working against God’s word .... Serious admonition ....

B.D. 0256 from January 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

O thank the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth! .... He mentions those who are ready to serve Him and instructs them at all times. And so you have the grace again and again to be allowed to receive the words of the Lord and to accept them as strengthening of your spirit. Pay attention to these words .... Whoever receives from the Lord must remain in the Lord to fulfill his task .... For the fate of man is still bearable .... but once the time will come where the word of God will be the only and true consolation for the children of men .... where people in bitter distress will approach the Father in heaven for help and then it will be given to them in his word.

The soul will long for divine gifts and will turn it's back on the world .... the Lord will destroy what still clings to the world, and His wrath will strike sinners who want to rob the seeking and God-seeking souls of heavenly comfort .... for God has mercy on His children, but where the spirit of the adversary works against them, there he will be stopped.

Therefore seek to wrest yourselves from darkness as long as God in His longsuffering has given you a period .... and if you cannot yet receive the words of the Lord, avoid anything that could bring the wrath of the Lord upon you .... do not work against Him .... His creation wants to go to the light, if it is not hindered by hostile powers .... and everyone also finds the way to the light, just make sure that all warnings and admonitions that are sent to him are not rejected .... If the child on earth thinks about the great question of creation and his own task, the Lord gives him also His blessing and brings the thoughts of man closer to the truth .... but he who autocratically rejects everything that could bring him spiritual light gets into great guilt .... To those comes the hour when the Lord speaks to him with a resounding voice, and if then his heart does not turn to the truth, then his life is a lost one, and the adversary draws him completely into his domain. O how lukewarm you all are when it is a matter of reaching the highest and most beautiful and making yourselves worthy of an unspeakably beautiful eternity! ....

A bright, radiant, light-flooded beyond is open to you, and you walk in darkness of spirit .... You need only beg the Lord for grace, and the glory of eternal life is assured .... Instead, you turn away from His love, you do not make use of the fullness of grace that is at your command, and let day after day pass without remembering that a Father dwells in heaven, who calls you and has prepared His kingdom for you. Recognize the divine love and desire it before the earthly guilt completely blinds you and you block the way to the Father. Every sinner is accepted when he only repentantly implores the Father for mercy, but he who rejects the Father's mercy closes the door to eternity for himself, and his end is death .....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Tax-free guidance of the life-ship line .... God's word .... Glory ....

B.D. 0257 from January 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

And in the inner knowledge of the eternal truth your life goal .... It is a daring enterprise, if you want to do justice to the task on earth without God's help .... It is not possible for you to lead the ship of life without steering .... You must call on the Lord for help at any time. But if you follow His commandments, you will get over all storms of life unharmed .... Not a hair can be bent on your head without the will of the Father .... So do not seek to hide your misery from Him, but trust in Him ....

No little star falls from heaven unless it is His will, and so you too are in His hat .... The Lord cares for you, He courts your soul .... and if you want to listen to Him, your spirit is saved forever, because His Word will always proclaim to you His love, His omnipotence and His wisdom .... And if you want to hear Him, He gives you everything .... according to your needs .... He blesses those who follow Him, He considers with His grace, whose life on earth is a walk in love ....

And hence allow yourselves be pointed to eternity for this is the only value of life .... of lasting value are only the deeds of love but the earthly world is like foam .... it passes away and nothing but the deeds of the spirit remain .... strive upwards, the face always turned to God .... the heart surrendered to the Savior in love and loyalty .... so you follow His teachings and offer yourselves to the Lord. And still you will be able to recognize only a part of the divine truth because the Lord has assigned this in it's entirety to eternity .... so you will stand in the light and see the glory of God with spiritual eyes. Because only then you will grasp how great the love and kindness of the Father is ....

Only when you see the Word Himself in His glory, do you desire to penetrate ever deeper, and then the Lord will enlighten you .... Pay attention on earth because there only disaster threatens you, and to escape it, direct your attention to the hereafter .... you are warned so that your eyes do not become clouded and keep the little light, which was kindled by the kindness of the Father to rescue you from darkness. Everything has been created by His will, and nothing is without purpose .... and lets God let you hear His voice, so see also in it His will .... it is the purpose of His words to save you from destruction .... "For only he who has My word will live in eternity ...."

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Stars .... Dwelling place for souls .... Sun-light ....

B.D. 0258 from January 14th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

Behold, today we proclaim to you in the Saviour's name that which will introduce you to infinity .... There are times when you are drawn to observe the splendours of the stars, do you ever consider the glories that might hide behind them? .... And no matter how many million stars you see in the firmament, it is nevertheless only a part of infinity .... it is merely a fraction of Creation and does not even begin to give you an idea as to how many more of such stars in the universe are still invisible to you .... This myriad of celestial bodies is only governed by one Spirit .... one Light .... and one Deity .... Over thousands of years it has been the Creators will to offer completely free beings the opportunity for advancement on these stars .... and to gradually prepare them for the state in eternity where they shall be illuminated by an abundance of light which far exceeds all the light of the stars in the universe. Yet even the abundance of light on each of these stars differs in intensity .... the sizes of the suns, which give light and warmth to these stars, are, in turn, so different that no-one on earth would be able to imagine them, because these areas are inaccessible to human research and would only lead to wrong conclusions. Nevertheless, everything in space is so well arranged that from eternity to eternity nothing of this wise order of worlds can be revoked .... that no star would ever be able to leave its designated orbit and take a different path .... And thus listen: The Lord created space for the perfection of all His beings and for the duration of the earthly course of life, for instance, the human being has a number of years at his disposal during which he can attain a degree of perfection which will place him into bright surroundings. The soul shall continue to develop to ever higher realms and be offered ever more opportunity .... And the purpose of every star .... is to offer the countless beings a space that suits their spiritual state where the spiritual beings' activity shall be continued. It is incredibly difficult to explain this to a person, for he can only grasp this with his human intellect and is incapable of imagining the multitude of stars which are subject to God's will and which time and again offer countless beings the opportunity to mature fully again ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Father’s words .... Announcements ....

B.D. 0259 from January 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

My dear child .... not all are so distinguished, and not all are in the grace to be allowed to hear My words, therefore it is your holiest duty to dedicate yourself in most devoted love to this My word and to avoid as far as possible everything that could hold you back from it on earth. Resistances grow out of it, so that your spiritual ear is not able to receive so easily, if you are distracted by earthly pleasures ....

And so I advise you to avoid everything that binds you to this world .... seek in My words alone the happiness of your days, and never fail to devote yourself zealously to your work. For it is to your blessing and promotes your spiritual progress .... The way, which was shown to you, is of undreamt-of sweetness for your heart, because in love I stand by the side of all these children, who fulfill My mission, and lead them up to the heights .... What can replace such things for you? Where could you find the peace of your soul if not through Me? ....

If you, My child, love Me more than the world, you exchange heavenly food for earthly pleasures and stand in boundless riches .... for the Lord is well pleased with such sacrifice and gives you back a thousand times what you give up for His sake .... Therefore let this task always be the work of your heart .... in intimate union with Me you prepare for yourself greater joy and remain in My grace. So I also want to announce to you today that in every union with Me, heaven has it's joy and that such has an effect in a wide sphere around you because every noble movement of the heart lets light and power flow to you, which also gives power again to the beings surrounding you, which set their hope on you. Thus a light shines around you ....

(Break)

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Seclusion from the world ....

B.D. 0260 from January 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 5/6

A sunny nature increases the power of the spirit, and your efforts will succeed in seeing the light of the sun through the ether blue, even if dark clouds still shadow you at present. Any spirit, which separates itself from a worldly beginning ...., which rises up into bright heights, will feel it's strength grow, and it recognizes in it the effect of the divine light. Well, there are days in existence, which lack the radiating brightness, but also in this stage man can achieve extraordinary things for his soul, if he asks for the strength from above .... because for some just this time is necessary, where man faces the worldly activities full of dissatisfaction ....

If he can save himself from such bodily distress over into spiritual regions, then the sun shines from there with it's rays and then a spiritual awakening takes place .... because the soul slept until then, it was in a state of unconsciousness, and only the warming rays of the spiritual sun awakened it to life .... there the Lord let His light shine, so that it showed the way to an erring human child .... From now on the soul has no need for this, if it always remains in the beam of this light .... and it can do that at any time, it only asks the Father from the heart for the grace of knowledge.

Pay attention to the words: Never lose the connection with the Lord and Savior, and never lose yourselves. To satisfy your hunger, you shall hear words of salvation .... All of you who stand in faith, do not worry about what is coming upon you .... awaken the Lord in you, let Him dwell in your hearts, and you will be delivered from every trouble .... If you remain in the Lord, the Lord will not let His own perish, because you are a part of Him who created you.

Therefore, with His grace He enlivens the weak and consoles the despondent .... He stands by His own, where the wrath threatens you .... If you show the Lord just a little love, He will bless you, and all the strength of the adversary against you will be put to shame ....For it will be a robbery of the flames who seeks to destroy you .... But you have to cultivate faith now and always and then also do not need to despair because God will help you for ever.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Humanity's need .... Warnings and admonition to accept God's word ....

B.D. 0323 from March 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Your will is enough to enter My kingdom ..... When you pray, you are with Me and I am in you .... because My whole being overflows into your spirit to strengthen your spiritual power so that nothing hinders you to accept what My will is. A small proof of this is that you are completely filled with Me as long as you send your thoughts to Me, and in this short time of your prayer your spirit revives in you still incomprehensible fullness, but not recognizable by your earthly body, innumerable threads go to all the spirit beings that effectively support you and satisfy your desire for spiritual food and strengthening by carrying out My assignment and satisfying your hunger. My dear child .... your spiritual work will have an infinitely delighting effect in the hereafter, do not abandon it .... that I may once receive you and bring you from earthly life to Me ....In which need and danger mankind is at present, is apparent to only a very few of you .... a recognition of the time in the whole extent would leave you frightened, because it now concerns everything .... regarding the existence or passing of your own life, it concerns spiritual life or death .... it concerns your soul.

Instead you chase after worldly pleasures and get caught more and more in the pitfalls of the adversary. So you only need the pleasures of this world to be happy on earth .... but woe betide you if you recognize the wretchedness of your spirit and if you have nothing with which you can cover your spiritual nakedness .... How shall I receive you into My kingdom, you who appear imperfect before Me and have done nothing on earth to be worthy of the reward for eternity .... It will cause you unspeakable agonies, you have to look back on the uselessly spent time on earth and are then in great emotional distress .... Have understanding, before it is too late ....

My warnings reach you again and again and again, but you do not want to hear Me and remain blind to My signs. So listen to the servants I am sending to you, let them speak and pay attention to their words ....; if they touch your heart, My Breath will touch your breath, for they are My words that My servants communicate to you in My Name .... And when you then accept My word, then you are helped ...., then My power has imperceptibly passed over into you, and it will have an effect in you until the end of your days. Because My word will not pass away until all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

The Word of God ....

B.D. 0324 from March 7th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

For time and eternity is the word that the Lord Jesus Christ gives to his people on earth. As soon as the people begin to doubt, they lose the connection with the eternal Godhead and will therefore not reach spiritual maturity because to attain eternal life, it is necessary to obey the commandments of God, but without the word of God you lack the power to fulfill these .... above all you lack the knowledge of the eternal-grace-giving source, and you grope in darkness and are weak, helpless beings .... [and that] while you can acquire brightness of spirit, power and strength without measure through the word of God.

It is a fundamental law, the importance of which man cannot rightly imagine, therefore it is still better to accept blindly the Word of God, unconscious of the great blessing, than to reject it and thereby cause immeasurable harm to oneself. For wherever the Spirit of God is an active, ennobling influence on the human soul, there the divine love and power itself guides you .... To accept with devotion, faith and trust what is lovingly offered to you from above is infinitely wiser than to first want to fathom with the human mind what could be true and what could not be true ....

It is the great mistake of mankind to arrogantly consider itself wise, to consider itself called to do research in that which can only be explained by the divine Creator and for which the human mind is far from sufficient .... And where one cannot fully fathom, it is better to accept a teaching that can never ever cause harm, but rather strives for the noblest in it's commandments and indications, and so can be called a true light from heaven.

To receive the message of God unadulterated is an immeasurable blessing for all of you .... you may refresh yourselves again with a water that flows purely and clearly from the spring .... you may receive words directly given to you by the Lord Himself .... so that you may feel the refreshment very beneficial and must recognize the value of God's revelations .... It was in his will to come to the help of countless poor earth children .... He lovingly offers them his saving hand and welcomes everyone lovingly, but you must find your way to Him and must not reject Him, but what you do if you do not want to hear His word ....

The Lord's vision goes far ahead .... In the beginning you may well be able to keep afloat with your teachings, which are the work of men, but soon you will realize that you lack the ground on which you can anchor .... you will be exposed to the elements and will not know where to find support in your distress. And then everything that is human work, fails .... Then only the Word of God alone remains, which was there from the beginning and remains until all eternity.

Do not let this most painful time for you come near in spiritual darkness, but turn still before this time to the word of God, which brings you salvation out of every trouble .... out of spiritual and bodily distress .... because only one can help you Who is above and to whom all work of creation is subject - so also you, who are created to strive for the union with your Creator and heavenly Father. The only way to God is through His Word, and only through this will you become one with the eternal Godhead ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Divine mercy ....

B.D. 0325 from March 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Only those who believes will fulfill My will, and so everyone who desires Me will also remain in My faith because his striving will always be to taste the food of heaven, and this food will give him what he needs for his salvation. And so they who diligently practices love will always recognize the word of the Lord and act upon it, because this is indispensable for an intimate union with God .... And without this union again no bliss can flow through the human heart, and only in this way it can remain in the blessing through the works of love, to which I Myself draw close ....

My dear child, your constant supplication for My grace is a consequence of love for Me .... You do not want to miss something that your heart has received until now, and so your richness of grace has increased to the same extent as you asked for it .... Only a little while, then all grace will be revealed on you, because I search in the heart and give according to desire .... And so you feel over and over again how I come to you because every thought in which you seek Me, draws Me to you, and so I also want to dwell spiritually in your heart, and you are to grasp everything that is spiritually transferred from Me to you ....

You must all recognize that the spiritual world is the epitome of the creation thought of the divine Master. What being could remain satisfied with only what surrounds it's earthly shell, once it has learned to look with spiritual eyes .... To whom would the earthly existence still appear of value, who has penetrated into the spiritual world .... who has recognized that all existence on earth has only the purpose of spiritual perfection .... And who would really want to spend his life still uselessly after such a realization ....

Most people say: We live on in our children .... and deny that they themselves are called to something higher and therefore have to follow a wise commandment of the Lord in shaping their life on earth .... But every erroneous view will soon become clear to them, and their struggle for brightness of spirit will not be easy, but the Lord usually pulls the lever where he wants to have a rich harvest and where God's wisdom has recognized that man's heart is purified through suffering .... there the divine power, the living word of God, flows through the hitherto rejecting earthly child and lets it find the way that leads to union with the divine Spirit .... for the struggle for every soul lasts until all eternity.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Divine Grace .... The Spirit of God ....

B.D. 0326 from March 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

The Lord grants grace to all to the extent that they are worthy of it. There is no limited law according to which the earthly being may enjoy the grace of God only in a limited way, but the source of grace is inexhaustible for you people, if you only follow the right paths that lead you to this source. Every being which has succeeded in the awakening of the spirit, will now be permeated by divine grace, and this will now flow to him continuously, to render him more and more mature and completed as long as the earth carries him.

The wise always only strives for divine grace .... what he alone never can succeed in, he can easily accomplish, being supported by God's grace; and you may draw as much as you want at any time .... because it is only up to you whether you ask for it .... your prayer for the grace of God will always be fulfilled. Therefore again and again try to present your spiritual need to the heavenly Teacher so that He has mercy on you and instructs you in His teaching, and no day will pass where you will not collect treasures and form your spirit according to the Father's wish and will.

“Ask and you shall be given ....” And your share will be pure truth and clear vision, and as you learn to love God and your neighbor with ever greater power, so your spirit likewise illuminates itself with ever stronger light .... because only man sets limits in earthly ability, but God, the all-embracing Spirit, allows unlimited spiritual maturation, and every being rises into ever higher spheres of spiritual enlightenment until the spirit finally unites with the eternal Father-Spirit.

And now summarize all your thinking, striving and acting, and compare your present activity with your past life, you will recognize more and more that everything around you is flown through by the Spirit of God .... Your thought often turns upwards, it always returns to infinity .... You remain in constant contact with the world in which your soul now mainly seeks it's abode .... And new areas are always opened to you, which distract your thinking from earthly worries and joys and form your spirit to completely different experiences ....

This extraordinary reshaping of your being is an influence of the divine grace granted to you in abundance .... It turns away from the world and towards the spiritual, everyone who only earnestly longs for it and asks God for help, and so everything is founded in it that has changed your life ..... Both the earthly and the spiritual activity is determined by the divine spirit when the human child submits to the divine will.

For what is your life other than a slow forming of your spirit, that you recognize to be subject to divine power and yet to possess free will .... so that you use free will in such a way that you seek the divine Father, the Creator of heaven and earth, out of your [own volition] and strive to come ever closer to Him. When you have recognized this, the Spirit of God will flood through you, and again and again you will live in His grace, and your end will be a blessed one.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Revelation from God Himself ....

B.D. 0327 from March 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

In the name of God an incomparable event will be revealed to you in a new form, and everything that is around you is subject to the will of the Lord .... and where the powers of the divine Spirit continuously pour out over a child of God, there the Lord Himself will reveal Himself, and then the gift will dwell in the heart of the child to proclaim the pure word of God without difficulties and inhibitions, because in him and through him the Lord Himself speaks. His delight is the Lord's delight .... and so in true bliss of the heart a child of God will only carry out the will of the Lord .... it will also work by virtue of it's love for the Lord in love and to the blessing of those walking on earth, to whom God's word is promised ....

The Lord demands the commitment of your life and yet gives you infinitely more if you comply with His demand .... For the sake of such things, which will point to a living faith without any action on your part .... which you do well, but not by your own power, but as executive instruments of divine will and divine power .... such things you must acknowledge as force majeure, and if you cannot explain them in human terms, a light must shine on you ....

And this is what the Lord wants you to aim at, that you begin to live .... the life that is to lead you upwards. All spiritual impulses in you are to be awakened .... the days are not to pass for you without peace and joy, but you are only now to get to know true happiness and inner peace. You shall also learn to recognize how stale the earth's goods are, how empty they leave your soul ....

If you want to enjoy pleasures on earth, you will always remain outside your destiny .... you cannot penetrate into regions that are only open to you when you seek the eternal Deity, because this is not to be found on earth in the midst of rushing pleasures, in the midst of lust and sin.

If your soul has the desire for truth and spiritual maturity, then you will never again be lured by the world's splendor and dazzle, then you will willingly turn your back on it and look up into infinity .... because from there the enlightenment .... comes to you and in an hour of solitude you experience the grace of the Lord on you. What is grasped by divine clarity can hardly again return into the darkness of ignorance, and an incomprehensible longing for light will now drive the soul, and also there the victory will be yours, in which you will then intervene to help [others] in the name of the Lord.

To show this way to people .... to light a spiritual little light in them, the Lord Himself will reveal Himself, and there will be astonishment and amazement .... He will shake the soul of many an earthly child, because His mercy and His love is so great that He wants to knock everywhere, so that the doors of the hearts may be opened to Him ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Rejecting the idea of survival after death ....

B.D. 0328 from March 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

It is an impossible to begin to want to point out to men at times of complete spiritual blindness that the state of their souls after death is one of their own choice or self-seeking .... but that they can never ever arbitrarily improve this state as soon as they have once stripped off the body-cover. How can one want to draw men's attention to such things when they reject any thought of a continuation of the soul after death ..... How is it possible to bring into such hearts the impulse to spiritual activity when they still shake their heads and dismiss everything that could point to a survival after death. How can one want to draw people's attention to such things when they reject any thought of a continuation of the soul after death ..... How is it possible to bring into such hearts the impulse to spiritual activity when they still shake their heads and dismiss everything that could point to survival after death. They believe in their blindness to simply sink back into nothingness and prefer this thought by far to the belief in survival, because then they would also be spared the responsibility, which they still shy away from, even if they do not want to admit it ....

Now the Lord Himself enters .... He still wants to gain access to people's hearts .... therefore all that develops through your hands is also an all-explanatory proof of the work of the divine Spirit. The Lord never lets those whose will is good, remain in ignorance, and these will be pointed out through unmistakable signs to the visible rule of God .... but one thing will always remain .... that man now also only strive to turn his spirit there from where alone he can be and will be given insight .... but this man will also find the way to truth, and the power of God will meet him with assistance, when it is earnestly implored for in prayer ....

Amen.

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Father's words of comfort .... Prohibition of books ....

B.D. 0329 from March 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Whomever draws near to Me remains in Me and I in him .... and whoever keeps My commandments from now on, he will not die in eternity, because it is I who awakes him from sleep and brings him home into My kingdom. And so insert yourself, My child, into the world-order created by Me, and do not sacrifice your present life to the world that threatens to destroy you and wants to capture you again .... you do not resist the temptation that will approach you. A quiet prayer to Me and I support you so that you feel My nearness and remain in Me ....

Such has always been commanded to man, and their heart's voice showed them the right way, but the longing for earthly desire was always far stronger than the will for spiritual perfection .... and the Divine essence therefore remained hidden from them. It requires full engagement at all times .... now however, it is an urgent requirement to gather all forces against the enemy of the soul ....

You are still only wading through murky water, but soon thick mud will make your progress difficult, yes, soon even impossible, and then, put your hands to work, because it will be necessary .... but the work is on your soul, because from now on you are only for a short time in full possession of your powers and can use these at your discretion .... but soon obstacles of every kind will prevent you from the execution of your will .... you get into a predicament and will not know which voice you are to follow .... the voice from outside or in your heart ....

And you will have to do violence to your own 'I', if you want to free yourselves from dark influences and external command. Begging the blessing of God on everything that you begin is your strongest weapon in the fight for your salvation, then the heavenly Father will lead you out of all danger. In the wisdom of the heart, each one remains, whenever he directs his thoughts upwards, from where alone help can come to you. The same will become apparent to you at a time when the earthly will will stir in you, which wants to lead you aside .... then take care that you do not stumble, My child .... the joys of the earth are many .... but all of them do not outweigh the inner peace of the soul, which is certain to the child of God, who only longs for Me ....

Only that which is of God must reign around you and in you, and only My Spirit alone shall enter your heart, and what comes from outside, flee from it .... In the depth of your heart, the divine spark of My love enlivens itself to an ever brighter flame, and what I have once ignited, I never let extinguish again .... All being and becoming is determined by My love; where this is missing, nothing can come into being because the ordering power, which flows out of divinity, is wisely only absorbed there where the being has striven for an intimate union with Me, and so it follows from this that an everlasting union with Me must also be of such blessing for you that your anxiously trembling heart is protected from every evil influence.

You still live to fight for your soul's salvation, and when you fight in trust in Me and take refuge in My love in every trouble of the soul, you will win .... for I only allow these fights against you for you to become strong; you are to mature in yourselves, and you are never to forget that I only await your call to be able to redeem you .... But whoever turns to Me in full faith and trust, need never be despondent .... he has consecrated his heart to Me with every thought and thus lives in My grace.

Now, My child, listen in spirit to My words: What is announced to you in writing and in print, you receive in the same way as if it came from Me and thereby make it your own knowledge which far exceeds your natural gifts. In this way your senses will slowly develop an image that is in full harmony with what was created in the universe by the divine Creator. And still life will often bring you opportunities where you will ask yourself why the will of the Creator has allowed that those spiritual works - given to man by Me - were taken away from them through prohibition.

This too was done according to a wise plan. Those among you people who hungers for it and demands refreshment, to him this shall certainly be presented .... but who believes he is able to destroy My works, he will see them rise again because My powers rule everywhere, and where I want, there also no barriers will be set by the prohibition because such refreshment will surely be found, by those who need it, because it is My will.

So you recognize more and more that I am with My love in your midst, that I lead every little heart so that it finds Me and remains with Me for eternity ....

Amen

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Judicial power ....

B.D. 0330 from March 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Bow to judicial authority, and always see in it the emissary of My will. But where the law announces to you that you are to deny faith, there obey the voice of your heart .... because I gave you these, so that you are to recognize what is right or wrong .... Who commands you to refute my word .... likewise indicates to him that you remain in My will, and you will exist before My eyes, and I will give you strength to offer resistance to such desire. In a dream I want to announce it to you what your office is so that you learn to understand which gift I intended for those who do not shrink from an earthly higher power for the sake of My word.

Because no matter what .... you are untouchable, because you go through this earthly life protected by Me, as long as it is in My will .... What should threaten you when I Myself am with you? .... And who resists My orders will hardly achieve anything .... but a full measure is granted to him who willingly follows Me .... because man reaps the reward of his deeds. And so the Lord lets judicial authority apply without exception, as long as it does not run against the divine order. What God sets as ruling over the people is to be recognized at all times ....

For to lead this people, the Lord commissions the higher power and gave it all justice and all power on earth over the people. Therefore be subject to this power, and you will fulfill the will of the Lord .... But if this power is used to act against God's commandments, the ruler has acquired a power that was never given to him by God, and he is rebelling, as it were, against the supreme power to which he himself is subject .... Then he forgets his duty, which was intended to fulfill him .... He does not guide the people wisely and justly, but leads them away from the right path .... He is not a representative of divine power to the people, but is rather in service of the dark powers ....

Then everyone must find the right way out of himself .... he must first and foremost strive to serve God .... to fulfill God's will and keep God's commandments .... And if he is prevented from doing so by the judiciary, he will have to fight, but always be supported by the Spirit of God .... by the Lord and Savior Himself .... For this world and the beyond, there is only one will, and obedience to it is and will remain the only task of every being until all eternity.

The demons try to influence and stir up everything against the Word of God .... But if they also take possession of the hearts of the leaders of a people, then the right to be right ceases to exist .... Then all truthfulness is transformed into lies and deceit .... Then the righteous must suffer, and the dishonorable will be honored. Then never again can a people prosper, but it will be deformed in thinking and acting .... it does not remain clean and pure, but becomes false and goes into delusion by wrong ways ....

But it will not last for ever .... the truth will break it's way through, My word will arise again anew among the people, and the divine order will be restored and what is of good will and believes in Me .... To those, I Myself will give My commandments, which they will faithfully fulfill and thus also save their fellow man from the night of darkness .... To send bright light to them, is My love's concern, and if the spirit searches for truth in Me and through Me, then brightness will come to him and he will recognize what is right and what is wrong, and he will know how to act right and follow what I command him .... because I alone rule now and always ....

Amen.

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Wonderful proofs .... Unbelievers have the same purpose ....

B.D. 0331 from March 14th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

God sends you His Spirit, and in the embodiment of this Spirit in your heart, the divine will lays the foundation for new wonderful proofs of His oversized love for people. Whoever once comes into possession of this divine grace can receive the fullness of divine teachings even for an unforeseeable time, without the divine Spirit ever exhaustively depriving Himself .... But in a number of years the proofs of such extraordinary testimonies of love on the part of the Lord and Saviour will be so widespread that even the worst enemy will be taken aback and will no longer look for an explanation on shallow ground ....

Only then does the effort and perseverance of the servants of God begin to bear rich fruit, and the Word of God will be welcome to those who seek their God in their hearts and strive for an intimate childhood in God .... The Lord places the crown of His love on everything that has been commanded so far and will give the unbelievers even more proof of His omnipotence and goodness .... Where man himself is confronted with incomprehensible things, there the sluggish thinking will be shaken .... there he will be made aware of a supernatural power in a conspicuous way, and then he will try to intellectually solve the riddle, but he will not succeed.

But these apparent teachings will still have an unspeakably beneficial effect on many earthly children, and many a one will willingly let himself be led by the divine Father's hand over to the right path. Because this is the purpose of the miracles which God works on earth for the salvation of mankind, and by this you will always recognize the Spirit of God, which wants to take possession of every man's heart ....

Amen.

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God’s blessing – earthly and spiritually ....

B.D. 0332 from March 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

There is no blessing from God for this world if man does not turn to the heavenly Father asking for it. For every action for earthly life already has it's blessing in itself in the fulfillment of bodily needs, and no farther blessing can be expected for eternity, because every action on earth is worthwhile in itself .... Only when man is able to separate the earthly activity from the spiritual, will he appreciate the difference, which lies in the blessing from the heavenly Father.

Every event, no matter how small, upon which the blessing is implored from above and which is begun with the same, bears it's fruits both on earth and in eternity. For there is a significant difference between blessed and unblessed activity .... A thought sent to God let the spiritual beings protecting man, take care of the human child immediately and guide him well and give him advice. And so a beginning, on which God's blessing rests, will not easily fail, and also the corresponding spiritual activity will be accompanied by success, since it is the most important thing assigned to the earthly being ....

Therefore, always turn to the heavenly Father, and do not start anything without having recommended yourself to His grace. And you will gain priceless goodness .... your earthly activity will be secured for you, and the Lord will also take care of your spirit and bless it as well so that it will be promoted for eternity .... In His name you will succeed in every work, and you can go through life untroubled, because the blessing of God keeps away physical worries, and you will become stronger and stronger in the spirit ....

Amen

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Reminder to follow the inner voice .... The cornerstone of truth ....

B.D. 0333 from March 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Know the will of God and always submit to it .... And when the inner voice admonishes you to consider your bodily welfare as second priority, you must follow this voice and devote yourself all the more assiduously to the care of your salvation, because only he who endeavors to fulfill the will of God, always remains in his grace. Thus you are commanded to work continuously for the salvation of the souls of countless children on earth .... And in this activity you will raise yourself up to perfection and this your calling will promote you spiritually and bring you immense advantages, but you should also accept every admonition the Lord sends you and then follow it fully and conscientiously, then the guarantee for beneficial activity is a given ....

But now pay attention to our words and let yourself be guided to see spiritually .... because there where you seek the truth, you will only then be taught when it has become completely clear to you that your spirit has to reach a certain maturity to be appreciated by the Lord, to penetrate into the areas in which the Lord himself wants to be teacher of His servants on earth. Great devotion .... great humility and modesty and faithful trust must be the cornerstones on which divine wisdom and bright cognitive light can then be built .... In order to achieve this, you only have to struggle and pray all the time, because any slackening in prayer weakens your spirit and makes you lukewarm and careless in your spiritual striving.

Therefore listen over and over again to the voice in your heart, which will always admonish you when you are in danger of going astray, and which will also whisper to you when you must pray for strength. Always pay attention to what the Lord speaks to you through the inner voice, then you will remain in His blessing and will not be forced to be afraid .... because with every prayer you strengthen yourself with new strength ....

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Hostility of evil powers .... 'Lead us not into temptation ....'

B.D. 0334 from March 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Be without worry, My child, you will succeed more and more and more to undo the forces of evil that still surround you and will not cease in their struggle, but the more intimately you strive for union with Me, the more ineffective is the power of this Beginning .... As the wise man has to defend himself against the attacks of opponents who want to diminish his fame and merit, so a man striving for spiritual truth is still far more exposed to hostile annoyances, because they try to make the soul snide, and to achieve this, these powers spare no means.

If you on earth now are so much persecuted by the opposing side, then your will and your strength must be extraordinarily great should you want to resist, because if you know .... you want to reach Me, then you must fight, otherwise you also cannot receive the reward .... eternal bliss you gain by seeing Me .... Will the road become so difficult for you when you know what immense happiness awaits you? .... Take everything patiently, do not let yourself be made small and fearful ..... Remain in prayer, and every temptation will pass you by, and the stronger you will walk out of every danger.

My will shall now and always be victorious. Whoever sees in Me to be his goal .... for will I let a child perish who stretches out his hands to Me and seeks Me? .... The earth is a valley of suffering, it was created for you, that you may reach your destiny on it .... and so also all evil powers must be given the opportunity to fight for you, so that you may test your strength on them, because otherwise you will not be able to reach what is intended to be your final goal.

But it is enough in every need of the soul that you call to the heavenly Father .... that you ask: "Do not lead us into temptation ....", then your will not to succumb to temptation will be regarded as accomplished resistance against all that you fear .... Remain always aware that a will to recognize true divinity will leave you at the mercy of such tests, if you do not ask again and again for God's help, which will certainly not be denied you. So pay attention to all your thoughts and acts so that it is not led by evil influences, that you may receive My teachings all the more pure and worthy. My blessing guides you ....

Amen

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Spiritual work .... Spiritual hunger .... Divine Grace ....

B.D. 0335 from March 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

A bright light of divine love is granted to all those who by virtue of their deep faith in the Savior, put themselves into a spiritual state which lifts them far above earth and which makes them completely unable to strive for the goods of the earth. Because such a child of God, drawn into the spell of his love, willingly giving up everything earthly, is purified more and more in the spirit .... It uses every hour for spiritual work and consecrates it's whole life to the Lord of creation. All moments of spiritual creation are blessed on earth, man persist as it were, in activity that leads him higher step by step .... one luminous moment is enough to awaken in the soul of this child of God to a knowledge that is decisive for time and eternity.

In such blessed moments the Lord Himself is in the heart to find admission, and therefore the spirit is also illuminated in a flash. The Lord and Savior lets the earthly child take a look into His kingdom .... often not recognized, but this sign of divine love does not remain without effect .... again others seek God and turn questioningly and pleadingly into the universe .... also from there will come enlightenment for them .... because the Savior tirelessly seeks His little sheep, so that they return to His flock which have gone astray. The true purpose of His unending care is always only to bring you children back to the Father ....

But sometimes the will of the Lord also allows that His children have to live in want until a hunger for the sake of spiritual strengthening .... This is then a sign of divine care .... for if you do not hunger for what is offered to you, you easily reject it .... But what you desire in the heart you will also joyfully accept, and only then it fulfills the true purpose. For if divine grace is offered to you and you cannot measure it's value, you will not know what it means to you ....

Only when you are in need and your soul feels almost forsaken, do you understand the great value of the grace of God .... you ask for it and are thankful when you are heard .... and only then does the Lord let recurring signs of His Fatherly love follow His proof of grace until it fulfills you and you long for Him from the bottom of your heart. Then you are won for eternal life .... then you can well be harassed by the enemy of your soul, but you will never again fall a victim to him, but the love of the Lord watches over you, He guards His little sheep that none will be lost to Him ....

Amen.

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Receptacle vessel .... Organic limbs .... Purpose of the heart ....

B.D. 0336 from March 17th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Behold, it is like a great sea of light, which is to flood mankind. Hundreds of years may well pass before a final enlightenment of mankind can be achieved, but if the Lord dwells among you, everything is possible for His will, and the vessels for receiving the light .... of truth and knowledge .... are set up in many places .... If one of you people has the longing to be united in deep love with his Savior, then he is very likely to be used as such receptacle, and if he then always subordinates his will to the divine will, then he invariably acts only as it is assigned to him.

And the Lord certainly needs many such willing workers in His vineyard .... where there is always only true piety, which has it's origin in the heart and in love, there the Lord works and is always close to him. In this way, the connection between heaven and earth is a constant one and also so obvious that everyone recognizes it if he only wants to want to recognize it and if he wants to try to look with the eyes of the heart, not with his bodily eyes, which, always - more directed to the material - hardly recognize the essence of the Godhead and his work. But it is then always up to them. Each organic member has it's purpose .... it carries out the purpose assigned to it by the Creator's will.

And so also the heart has to fulfill the destiny assigned to it .... to take up all spiritual, divine truth .... and so to remain in constant connection with the highest Being, the eternal deity .... All other functions of the human body have only the purpose to be beneficial to the bodily life, but the heart with it's actual activity leads to eternity .... it creates eternal values for man by taking up and caring for everything spiritual and is a carrier of every spiritual thought, which alltogether means true life to man and guarantees him first and foremost, further spiritual development.

If the human heart were not the receptacle of all that is divine, where would the real purpose of life to be sought for you humans? .... You would come and go from this earth like machine-made products of the earth .... then your dwelling on this earth would have no further sense than a continuous fertilization of the earth .... as soon as your body had gone into decay, it would have been dismissed for this earth. The uselessness of such an earth life in the sense of creation must be clear to you .... or do you believe that the divine creator did not execute His creation plan wisely .... to create .... as beings, which after a short time on earth melt into nothing .... Oh, how spiritually poor are you, who have made this erroneous view your own ....

Your realization will one day be a bitter one, because the holy will of the Creator can never be revealed to you on earth, if you do not consider yourselves to be what you are .... as children of the Father who went out from the Father, who are to reach the state on earth to be allowed to return to the Father again forever .... who have only one single task on earth .... to become like God, to be eternally united with the divine Father-Spirit.

The human mind fails because of such problems, and since it cannot fathom one thing, it immediately rejects everything and sees in it's existence nothing more than a randomness to which it owes it's earthly life .... If he knew the way of the flesh, which his soul had already gone before, and if he could live through all the stages internally in retrospect, the purpose of his life would probably be more obvious to him .... but then life on earth under a certain compulsion or in full insight of his task, would not be of such value for him ....

Man is to believe what he does not know .... his spirit is to develop to perfection .... he is to find himself in love with the Lord and Creator .... Therefore a human being who succeeds in freeing himself from himself .... of his own accord .... to free himself from earthly things .... Whose life will correspond to the purpose, will be allowed to enjoy the extraordinary grace of God. Endlessly wiser is he who already seeks the connection with his Savior for this short time on earth .... He has recognized his destiny because the Lord himself has lowered the light into his heart - and to now walk on earth in this light of knowledge, is blessing and beneficial for eternity ....

Amen.

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Constant higher development .... Missed life-stage ....

B.D. 0337 from March 18th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

As the creatures on earth must go through a constantly higher development, so also humans experience an ever progressing development .... And this must proceed forever if everything is to remain in divine order. That is why standing still or a regression in spiritual relationship is against the divine order, and from this you can assess how serious the consequences of such a persisting in spiritual darkness must therefore be for such a creature and how bitter and difficult it must be for the soul as soon as the soul realizes it's misguided life existence, when it has to recognize how many stages it already had to fight, even if unconsciously, just to reach the stage of embodiment as man, in which it then could form itself according to it's own will .... and it now faces a result that does not in the least meet the divine requirement.

See, it is incomparably better not to have first tried your hand at earth life, because then you are by far not to be condemned as much as having accepted the grace of embodiment, but abused it. As long as you receive warnings, the way to the light is still open .... but woe to those who stubbornly let all warnings pass them by .... That is why God's mercy is so great and His love so infinite, because He wants to lead all these beings over into the radiant, light-flooded eternity .... That is why he considers each soul and wants to point them to eternity through suffering and strokes of fate .... because otherwise a person cannot be made aware that there is a higher Being which holds his life, his being and becoming in His hand ....

The realization of how weak and powerless man is, should suffice to open his eyes - that he then also cannot be the ruler of his own fate, but must be subordinated to a higher Being. Then each man would have to do his utmost to fulfill everything that is demanded by this higher Being .... Is it then so difficult to willingly submit to the heavenly Father, who in His goodness and love does so infinitely much good to you and Whose only concern it is to win you for the eternal kingdom? .... Pray for illumination of your spirit, and you will be able to grasp to the same extent as your prayer rises from the heart to the Father .... The more intimately you pray, the more exhaustive the Lord will teach you ....

Amen.

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Why God allows pressure through greed - lies and injustice ....

B.D. 0338 from March 19th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Only some faith in God's righteousness will be enough to make you understand everything that is still inexplicable to you .... If people were impaired in their walk and could never find themselves out of their own free will in faith in our Lord and Savior, what would it be like among you? The Father's holy will indeed do allow at times measures which do not appear at all suitable for the promotion of the human soul and nevertheless so unspeakably much affect these, and certainly rather in a favorable than unfavorable sense ....

Look at the masses of people .... is there maybe one who had to miss the love and goodness of his Lord God, if he only turns to where it comes from? .... But the sense of man clings to external things, and this takes his heart completely captive .... And so the Lord must first let him recognize how trivial worldly events are, how often whole crowds of people let themselves be led into lies and deception - and the guidance from above, which wants to make people infinitely happy in real love and truth .... is so easily rejected .... is not recognized at all and therefore can also it's effect not be evaluated by the human children.

Once such masses have come through experience and thought to the point where the difference in rank does not at all protect them from base desires .... that in those circles greed, lies, injustice and many other things are just as present as in the lower classes, then all this will cause them hours of indignation .... this cause man to turn against such powers in his heart .... and the falling away from this in the innermost heart and the aversion against all these unfair motives of human actions, then frees up the ascending way for him ....

It seeks the opposite of what it must abhor inwardly .... it demands truth, sincerity and justice, and the sense of all that is noble is awakened in man, where it was not previously present .... He is born, as it were, in the abomination of sin, and (it = ed.) this recognition is far more beneficial to man than when man goes through life without being given the opportunity to know sin and it's worthlessness - yes, it's depravity. Mankind may well have to suffer hardship and distress through such times, but what are these earthly troubles compared to what is awaiting them in eternity ....

The Lord leads everything with wise counsel ..... What He permits, always has only one purpose - to lead mankind in it's thinking on the right path, and thus a service for the salvation of mankind is also indirectly rendered, where it languishes under pressure and rebels in righteous indignation. So seek to see in every event a means for the advancement of your soul, applied to you in love, and you will learn to bear everything in patience .... because the Lord alone knows what He allows everything for ....

Amen.

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Intellectual creation and reward .... Earthly work and reward .... Work in the Hereafter ....

B.D. 0339 from March 20th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Behold, My child, no doubt thousands try to form a clear picture of infinity and it's prevailing laws, and yet are not able to fathom it, but a single moment can be enough to give them a full and complete insight into the divine rule and work. And all men can prepare this moment for themselves when they direct their attention in their life only to strive incessantly for perfection. If then the human cover, the earthly body, falls away from the soul, then this sees the great miracle of God with brightest brightness and grasps as fast as lightning what a man on earth can never recognize here .... And to strive for this perfection, is your earthly goal.

When you now want to completely devote yourselves to the spiritual, then you thereby create a possibility for yourselves to also acquire spiritual foresight for your existence on earth, which again is beneficial to you in this spiritual work and effectively supports you in your spiritual work. Because once you have broken through the sphere that seemed to hold you back .... as if with chains .... to matter .... you will become light and free, and your work from now on will be purely spiritual; but the Lord advises you not to forget your earthly duties wherever you are needed.

Because as you always first have to fulfill your task set for the earth, the work of love will also await you in the hereafter, and a man educated in active creation will also there easily and conscientiously submit to the love duties awaiting him .... You test your strength with the work of the earth, the Lord gives you His support, so that you can master your task, and if you turn to Him in prayer for His blessing, He will not withhold it from you .... and you must never be despondent that you might lack the strength for your activity on earth, when spiritual work also captures your heart and the soul, full of desire, turns upwards ....

The earth's most beautiful reward is the consciousness of fulfilled duty on earthly territory, and heaven's sweetest reward awaits you after the end of the earth-time for your spirit's work .... And so let both unfold .... The earth demands of you as long as you stay on earth .... but everything will become easy for you, you do not forget the soul and your Lord and savior who is always available for you, who intervenes helping everywhere where you ask for his help. In His love you will find power and strengthening at any time ....

Amen

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Doubts about the deity of Christ .... Teaching of Christ .... Incarnation ....

B.D. 0340 from March 20th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Lay your heart trustingly at the feet of the Lord and Master, that He may bless it .... A moment of light leads you to the top and lets you see the glory of God .... And again the teachings come forth among mankind through countless messengers sent by God, for the Lord Jesus Christ dwells among you who want to serve Him ....

And your office will be to accept just care of the dear earthly brothers and sisters and to announce to them the Lord's instructions, because His holy will lets great things happen among you out of love for mankind .... And whoever follows His word will be called a disciple of the Lord and will work on earth as it were the task of the disciples in Jesus' time on earth. The world-historical event of the Lord's walk on earth still lives on only in your hearts, but you have distanced yourselves from His teaching and no longer know how to live in that purity which the Lord has commanded you, if you want to become His followers .... because for you the teaching has lost it's attraction, because you no longer respect the divinity in the Redeemer of mankind at this time, but only see man .... and the teaching of Christ as the work of such a one ....

And this is what separates you from the truth, which also separates you from the heavenly Father .... And so you will hardly achieve with this faith what your life goal should be .... For the time of earthly life your opinion would probably not be of great importance, but you stay on this earth only temporarily, and then the actual life in the hereafter follows, which however can also mean death for you instead of life .... And you must remain in faith in the Savior as the Son of God if you ever want to have eternal life and not fall into eternal death.

But then again the mediator to the heavenly Father will give you all the strength if you want to acknowledge Him for Who He is, and your way will be an easier one than without any help from Him, who after all has redeemed you from the deepest guilt of sin. If faith in the Son of God is to prepare for you the eternal kingdom, then the work of Jesus on earth in all it's fullness has shown you the way to it .... you just have to unconditionally acknowledge the divinity of Christ and must make His teachings your own and follow all the commandments that the Lord and Savior gave to His people on earth.

Under the influence of those who want to destroy the pure teachings of Christ, it has become increasingly difficult for people to accept the teachings for what they are .... more and more people distance themselves from the divine truth, more and more leave the teachings of the divine Saviour behind and instead turn to it's deformed versions .... but these increasingly slacken faith in the pure teachings of Christ and they finally lose themselves in the false teachings ....

And today mankind is confronted with an entity that very often deviates from the divine teachings of Christ and is therefore more and more easily rejected by mankind .... so that finally also the divinity of the Lord himself is more and more doubted, even denied .... And so we are now facing a time in which a strong struggle for spiritual goods .... for truth and for the light of knowledge .... will begin .... let it be well with him who still carries a desire to approach the truth .... to him it will come at the right time .... But how many throw all thoughts of the spiritual .... absolutely every thought which reaches beyond the earthly world, without further ado, aside ....

How many people consider such thoughts a ballast that only weighs them down and is therefore thrown away without hesitation .... To them the glory of God, eternal life, is still so infinitely far .... And for these the Lord lets His messengers walk through the valley of the earth .... so that they shall shake the hearts of those everywhere, because God's word shall be proclaimed again and shall testify for all times of the incarnation of Christ .... God's word is to break new ground .... nobody among you people should go through life on earth in complete blindness .... at the very least it should be tried to open the eyes of those so that then only the free will of man would be decisive of the extent to which the efforts of the messengers of God are crowned with success.

During this time, spiritual striving will be especially cultivated where the Savior descends to intervene on His own authority .... His blessings will be felt in abundance by whoever willingly submits to the divine will and whoever devotes himself to spiritual activity with the intention of serving the Lord. "Teach the weak", says the Lord .... and so He will instruct in all love everyone who submits his spiritual poverty to Him .... And the knowledge of such a child will be ever greater if it only always devotes itself to the Savior and is always ready to receive the divine teachings .... because not a wise man is to be taught, but wisdom is to flow to that child of God, who wants to receive it and pass it on for the right benefit of mankind.

In this way will the teaching of the Lord be spread among you people, regardless of whether you want to accept it or not .... For the vessels for reception are made ready and will be left there, that he who desires refreshment may label the contents. The will of the Lord rules the whole universe .... He rules the creature, and every creature will be subject to him for eternity ....

Amen.

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Divine Grace .... Spiritual Friends .... Dangers from outside .... Help ....

B.D. 0341 from March 21st 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Only a few hear the voice of the Lord, and therefore it is always necessary to remain in deepest humility and to beg for God's blessing .... Each one of us may well be working from the urge of his heart, but all these feelings must be directed towards the eternal Lord, and so he will also be blessed by the Savior to unfold all his daily work .... But where the spirit does not willingly submit to all orders, it will be difficult to be able to comply with the divine will. All of you who long for the Lord, put yourselves in His grace .... Not one of you will lose this divine grace if you follow the inner voice that will always show you the right way.

In all spiritual work, the spirit-beings surrounding you, participate with all zeal .... you are never abandoned, but in the loyal care of these beings - who are unceasingly striving to further your souls - and in this work fulfill their actual work in the hereafter. Only be careful that you offer resistance to all evil influences from outside .... the danger always lurks around you, you are always exposed to temptations that want to destroy your spiritual work and the work on yourselves.

Leave yourselves also there trustingly to your spiritual friends .... they repel everything from you, if you only yourselves ask for them and desire their protection. No earth-being can so form itself .... bring it's soul to perfection when it is not effectively supported by the spirit-beings, and this support will be given to you in such a rich measure when you are only yourselves willing to use this protection. Because otherwise help is impossible for you .... you must continually create the connection with them through your will, before they can support you most actively, and that in every way, both in the earthly activity as well as in the spiritual work, they stand by you helpfully and help you to accomplish everything for the Lord and Saviour and to work for His glory in eternity ....

Amen.

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Flee the pleasures of the world ....

B.D. 0342 from March 21st 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Without any danger you can leave yourself to us in all spiritual questions .... we know where it is necessary, and if your soul is still anxious, this is out of the deep desire to prove yourself worthy of the love and care of the Lord .... For never fear for the loss of an unpleasant possession. And so the Lord wants to revive you today in spirit ....

Flee all the joys of the world .... This is His loving admonition .... but not to take away anything that gives you joy, but only so that you are not incapable of absorbing spiritual teachings .... You cannot do both at the same time, because the senses of man so gladly turn to worldly pleasures, and these then leave no room for something that cannot be grasped by hand, but can only be absorbed with a spirit detached from the world.

In such diversity, these two terms will touch the human heart .... man with his earthly body will always have a desire for earthly joy .... but the more difficult it will be for the spirit to stay in his inner being .... Man directs all his desires towards worldly pleasures .... And the concession of the divine being .... seems far away and unreal to him as long as he has not yet understood that this can only happen as soon as a contact is established between the heavenly Father and the earthly child, caused by his own will to get in contact with the Creator.

This will arises or has it's origin in the soul of man, not in any organ of the human body. If this soul is now ready to submit to the Lord, the heavenly Father awakens that holy feeling in you to strive for the union with the highest Being, and as all will of man soon becomes action, so the union has also already taken place as soon as the human will has striven for this, and with the union a new life begins for man .... a life, which - beside the earthly life and completely for itself - forms the human spirit and lets it mature to ever higher perfection.

Existence on earth as it is, can indeed also occupy man sufficiently so that the fulfilment of all earthly needs is secured through it, but spiritual creation usually bears it's fruits only after completion of this earthly existence .... Where the human heart is imbued with the will to approach the divine Father-Spirit .... to be nourished by the love and wisdom of the Saviour, there the child of God will soon grow up with such a rich inner life that from now on, his greater concern will be to enjoy the spiritual joys .... It will no longer long for the world and it's joys, but all the activities of the world will appear stale to it, and desirable to it will be only that which spiritually refreshes and delights. And to offer you this, to give you true joys, the Lord warns you of the joys of the world ....

Amen.

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Danger of self-love .... Love for God and neighbour ....

B.D. 0343 from March 22nd 1938, taken from Book No. 8

In every time the Lord God has consolations ready for you, which He then gives you in full measure when you turn to Him in trust. Where the Lord Himself takes care of every being in this way, you experience his grace daily .... He directs your hearts steadfastly towards the Eternal when you strive only for this. But a tiny measure of self-love already weakens the great power of grace that the Lord conveys to you. For if one puts his own ego first, he will hardly enter the right way or remain on it. For love of God and of neighbor is the highest commandment that encompasses everything .... should you not first try to fulfill this commandment? ....

But then you must not put yourself in the foreground .... All you have and are is given to you by God; and in the same measure you are to give back to your fellow men .... you are to consider them with all that you value yourself, before you think of yourself, and thus love your neighbor as yourself. In the same way, you also have a share in the divine grace to the same extent which the Lord attributes to you as you have equally attributed to your neighbor. Try yourselves in this highest duty; life on earth will then still offer you such incomparably beautiful things .... in that the way to the Father becomes easy for you and you, always standing in the circle of light of divine love, can form yourselves for eternity ....

A short prayer for strength for all right actions will also make this commandment appear easily executable to you, and in a lively exchange of ideas with your spiritual friends, you will penetrate deeper and deeper into the love and wisdom of God, and you will learn to look at everything on earth with spiritual eyes .... The commandment of love will stimulate you to utmost activity until the end of your life, and then you have not uselessly walked the way on earth, but you have helped your soul to advance. What you have done to your neighbor in love, has already been richly rewarded to you in yourselves, so that through this you have reached a more perfect state and have earned the reward of heaven ....

Amen.

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The path of development is a constant struggle .... Struggle in nature ....

B.D. 0344 from March 22nd 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Start fighting with yourself and you will win .... These are the words of the Lord, which He sends to everyone who has the firm will to reach Him. At the heart of Mother Nature you recognize again and again the eternal fight .... everything wants to prevail. In the plant kingdom, the cover surrounding it breaks through the seed .... everything that lives on the earth and above the earth, always goes the way of development in a certain fight .... To overcome the old and to assert itself until something new has arisen .... whether in the plant or animal life .... the being will always have to do away with the old cover before it awakens into new life ....

Exactly the same way also that, which is meant to ennoble humans, is to be reached always only if all weaknesses and errors are fought, before and from these fights a new, better and purified life develops, which must therefore be the actual task of the earth-life .... The earthly body .... is as it were also only the outer cover, which encloses the soul, and this again is to fight against all cloudy, all imperfect, which still holds the soul captive .... If it can release itself from this outer covering .... If it can emerge brightly and clearly from the fetters surrounding it, it will soon succeed in absorbing the divine Spirit, and it is reborn to divine life ....

Therefore fight without ceasing .... because then you only discard of a shell which is hindering you to take up the full light .... you do not find peace in doing nothing, you do not find the true knowledge, the brightness of the spirit .... but your soul is cloudy, devoid of light and veiled as long as you do not work on yourself .... as long as you do not fight in the true sense of the word against everything that hinders you to be able to take up a light spirit in you ....

For many, the words of faith are indeed a sign from above, they fully acknowledge the divine teachings and yet do not make any effort to follow them .... they do not unite will and action with what they have to acknowledge .... for them, the teaching is like a ripe fruit, which is good and was harvested as that, but never enjoyed .... and therefore, despite all goodness, did not serve the people as food, thus also did not fulfill the purpose that was it's destiny .... It was the fruit of a gift of God, but it was not valued, but carelessly abandoned to destruction ....

Do not let the blessings of God pass you by .... Fight and take up into your hearts everything that the goodness of God offers you .... do not let the spirit be in want .... What you spiritually gain and even have to fight for, will lift you unspeakably above all earthly things. Therefore, always pay attention to how you can apply the Word of God to yourselves, do not avoid all adversity without a fight, but try to assert yourselves so that you create a soul in spiritual perfection, because constant struggle leads you to victory ....

Amen.

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The blessing of disease and suffering ....

B.D. 0345 from March 23rd 1938, taken from Book No. 8

My dear child .... blessed, whoever patiently bears his suffering, whoever willingly takes up his cross and is always ready to serve Me. From him I will avert every suffering in a short time. Pay attention to the health of your body and soul, because only then you can carry a healthy spirit within you. Physical suffering requires docile people, if it does not want to deform the spirit, but even if you are content with your fate to suffer, never forget that it is always the means to eradicate defects or weaknesses in you .... but you are also often to blame for the cause of illness and physical disorders yourself .... Likewise, the forces of darkness also use such means to make you stumble you on your way up.

Therefore, have much patience and often surrender, so that the suffering may pass over you in a beneficial way. I bless the suffering that cleanses man and puts the stamp of surrender on him. Therefore, do not fall into the error of rebelling against this, but also thank your heavenly Father for it, because it is again a step that leads you higher to Him .... And again prayer will bring you relief when it is time. For never does the Father lay a cross on you that would be too heavy for you to bear; he knows what is necessary for you and only leads you through painful ways so that you become perfect. Therefore praise the Father for all eternity ....

Amen.

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And the Word was made flesh ....

B.D. 0346 from March 25th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

"And the Word was made flesh ...." Hear the words of salvation, and give them again to all seekers, for in the embodiment of the Lord and Saviour on earth the wonderful happened .... the incomprehensible .... that God's glory was in the being of a man, to bring light to all beings on earth and in the universe .... For the state of the people was a very darkened one, the light of knowledge could no longer penetrate this darkness .... That is why God Himself placed His entire divine Being into the outer form of a human being and gave His entire fullness of light into it, in order to illuminate mankind's greatest evil, the night of the spirit - and thereby to clear the way for the soul of man to find it's way to true life ....

The whole universe with innumerable living beings, from the smallest creature up to the most perfect spirit being bend before the glory of God .... The most sublime and perfect divine being descended to the earth in the midst of His creatures and lived like them .... subject as man to all laws of nature .... and for His earthly career, the same regulations applied which accompany every earthly being .... from birth to death ....

A hard-working youth in full modesty and a God-fearing upbringing by God-fearing parents formed the bodily human being in such a way that immediately the divine spirit united with this outer man and God in all His fullness of light took dwelling in this human body, which had become perfect according to His will .... and now the Godhead on earth worked for the blessing of mankind .... to enlighten their spirits. No significant difference existed externally between Him and His disciples .... He was not enthroned as king over them, but lived as a brother among brothers. But His divine Spirit filled everything around Him with light and love.

The divine spirit encompasses the whole universe .... But He was not recognized by humans in His bodiless primeval form. No matter how willing a mind was, it was not able to make the concept of God it's own .... an unsolvable question was raised that transcended all human thinking .... and in order to solve the question .... to make this concept acceptable to humans, the eternal Godhead .... the Spirit of God .... the epitome of all existence and becoming .... the outcome of every thought of creation .... the eternal Light .... the Word .... in a human shell on earth .... And the Word has become flesh ....

Oh boundless adoration of this most Holy of the heavens and the earth! For it embraces the incarnation of God's infinite love for all creatures of the universe .... for no being remained untouched by it .... Wherever the divine Savior set His foot during His walk on earth, there eternity opened up and spread a bright light in the hearts of people, who were not yet completely under the power of darkness.

Such a work of divine goodness and mercy had to radiate and pour out over the souls of those who dwelt near Him. It had to come over mankind like a benevolent rain after months of drought, and everything had to breathe a sigh of relief, since there was no longer any danger of hopelessly perishing in the fire of inner distress .... For this short time it was sufficiently ensured that people of all nations came close to God, because the teachings of Christ had their origin where the Lord dwelt, but were to be spread over the whole earth .... One wonderful event replaced another, and the Word of God came alive in many people's hearts, because the Spirit of God gave them the power to recognize.

But just as evil is in constant struggle with good, so too was there a perpetual battle between the followers of the old doctrine and those of the pure teachings of Jesus Christ .... And this fight was permitted to complete the work of the Incarnation ....

Amen.

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But the greatest miracle is love ....

B.D. 0347 from March 27th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

But the greatest miracle is love .... And it's power goes far beyond the limits of human thinking. What you lack, the all-encompassing love of God will always turn to you. The Word of God is witness to this, which is revealed to you from the heights of light, for your comfort and edification in a living reorganization .... For the Lord does all this out of exceedingly great love for the children, to whom He wants to offer an eternal kingdom in heavenly bliss, and yet mankind pays so little attention to the proofs of His love.

The human will to live is so strong that he only thinks of the hour of death with discomfort .... and where again bodily need or worry weighs heavily, there man longs for the hour of death in the quiet hope of being able to escape all suffering .... to have life terminated .... If divine love would not be so long-suffering as to point people again and again to eternity, where would any human have any purpose in life .... and who does not gladly give his life, his life would pass uselessly, if the Lord would not let him again and again receive proofs of love. But the world cannot grasp the love of heaven in all its greatness the love of heaven ....

Man on earth knows well that love enlivens everything, but in his earthly state the understanding of divine love is only limited .... All that he is able to recognize when he brings up the will for it, is that the children on earth are continuously looked after by the heavenly Father and that they can pray to Him and are always heard when these requests are conducive to their salvation. But only few are able to grasp the unspeakably great love that moved the Lord to sacrifice Himself for mankind and its sins. In order to be able to appreciate this mighty event in all it's greatness, a bright light of knowledge must already shine for the earthly child.

(27.3.1938) He has to realize that all earth beings are to be granted heavenly glory one day and that God's wisdom over endlessly long times applies all means and ways to reveal this glory to these beings, for only what is perfect and God-resembling can enter the kingdom of God, and again much patience and love is needed to show the often resisting creatures the way which can only lead there where eternal happiness awaits them.

In times of need, man often believes he has been abandoned by his heavenly Father, and yet he is then closer to him than ever. Every deep need is a sign of God's mercy and love, although you cannot or do not want to see it as that .... For if you, forced by this distress of the heart, turn towards eternity, the love of the heavenly Father has not passed your heart without leaving a trace .... You have heard the call of love and have followed it ....

And so the love of the Lord and His infinite patience has been working since eternities and will never stop drawing beings to Himself by virtue of this love .... In His most agonizing hour, when the Lord suffered and died on the cross for mankind, the divine love descended upon the whole universe .... It embraced every being and let the divine spark arise in all souls, to give the possibility of a union with God, the eternal love, to every soul, which is of good will and is reborn of love in spirit ....

Amen.

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Reminder ....

B.D. 0348 from March 27th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

In such hours as now only one thing is needed .... leave yourself completely to the Lord and Savior .... then everything will come together for the good. Give only a little attention to how lovingly the Father guides you all, and your trust in Him will grow. For His eye watches over all of you who are His children. Let nothing distract you from fulfilling your most sacred duty, for everything else in life is only for the world .... but this is for eternity. And so the Savior instructs you in always the same love .... He continues to promote the soul-life by increasing your spiritual knowledge and helping you to recognize and follow His teachings.

In what condition the people often are to whom He bestows His grace .... how often does the heart tremble in earthly need, but if it finds the way to the Father, then he grants the earthly child all refreshment, which it needs, because no-one is to suffer, if the purpose of the suffering is fulfilled .... that the earth child has truly recognized the Father and desires Him only .... only a little trust .... and you can put many a care into the hand of Him who leads and guides you all.

If the Lord is to teach you His teachings, your ear and heart must listen attentively to receive this spiritual gift. But if your thoughts dwell too much on this earth, then it is far more difficult for you to succeed, and so the connection is now more difficult to establish because you lack the inner peace, for which you must fight and ask if you want to reach the goal .... Pray and you will be able to quickly re-establish the connection ....

Amen

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Mystery of the Incarnation .... God's grace and power ....

B.D. 0349 from March 27th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

My dear child .... An overpowering thought underlies the mystery of the Incarnation .... the Lord cannot make all His deepest teachings known to you, since the nature of man does not have the necessary powers of comprehension that are indispensable for understanding. Mankind is dominated by the one thought that the beings of the universe would be lost for time and eternity without the embodiment of the Son of God on earth .... and this thought may well be pure truth, but it does not exhaustively reflect how far the Saviour's love has sacrificed itself for mankind through this incarnation ....

There is no possibility of comparison which would allow you to approximately recognize which power was transmitted through this divine work of love to the whole universe .... to all beings, especially to the children on earth and their souls .... Grace was bestowed upon each soul to such an extent that man, if he makes use of it, can form himself into a God-like being .... Because the love that dwells in God then takes possession of every human heart .... it causes perfect beings to develop out of love, and God the Lord Himself has opened the gates to all this through the incarnation ....

He paved the way to eternal bliss for the earthly children .... He redeemed them from eternal death .... But this eternal life lies in your hand .... As you create it for yourselves on earth, so it will one day await you. The foundation stone was laid by the Lord Himself, on which you can build the eternal kingdom yourselves .... But remain immediately aware of how dearly the Father loves you, that He sacrificed Himself for you and to save you from eternal damnation and thus has accomplished the greatest work of love for you .... and seeks in this awareness to become worthy of this love, so that the Lord may become a true Redeemer from eternal death for each one of you and you may thank Him until all eternity ....

Amen.

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Candidates for the eternal kingdom ....

B.D. 0350 from March 28th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

The eternal kingdom is reserved for the faithful followers of the Saviour .... All those who carry the name of the Lord in their hearts will be admitted to the heavenly realms of eternal bliss .... who are faithful to His teaching on this earth and bear their cross patiently and for the sake of the Savior without grumbling. For all these, God has sacrificed Himself .... His path of suffering was not in vain, so as His earthly children followed Him, the essence of the Godhead became clear to them .... A thoughtless life is lived in vain for eternity, only the everlasting patience and longsuffering of the Lord protects the people who do not want to recognize it, from passing away quickly - and gives them hints over and over again that they should reflect on themselves and finally find the right way ....

Those who are of good will, are very soon able to hear the voice of the Savior and follow His call .... but whoever turns away, errs in the darkness of the spirit for a long time until also he will once come to knowledge, here on earth or in the hereafter; but the knowledge in the hereafter is almost useless for him compared to the blessings of light, which man has already found on earth. Life without light on earth is spiritual death .... But your goal shall be eternal life .... Therefore seek God, and let His word find entrance into your hearts, so that you prepare yourselves and make yourselves worthy for the eternal kingdom ....

Amen.

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Population Problems ....

B.D. 0351 from March 28th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

The world and it's demands do not need the Spirit of God. Yet no being can ever exist if it has not absorbed the divine Spirit in itself, and is so bound to Him for time and eternity. Hence people learn to know love, for in this time of love everything in them is noble, because everything good flames up in them and then the union with the divine Spirit is much easier than at times when they are only materially attuned and every soft impulse in the heart is suffocated, thus shows nothing of love, which is nevertheless a part of God .... the divine origin ....

Although embodiment is a necessity for every being in creation, it is not demanded to strive for a planned revival to life in a fixed period of time .... And yet it will be demanded that everything born to life is subject to a higher will. In this epoch man himself has no right to determine himself .... he will be forced to give himself up for the purpose of procreation without love and without inner urge .... his instinctive life will be strengthened, but his spiritual life will wither away or be completely destroyed if man is not strong enough to rebel inwardly against such measures.

And then the Lord Himself commands you: "Do not allow this desecration of yourselves .... resist and remain devoted to Me in spirit and in your hearts ....". You will not have to walk the path alone; the Spirit of God will accompany you and protect you from every danger. But do not lower your eyes before those who want to overturn the laws of creation and form true figures of the night out of divine beings. In this time many of you live with troubles and worries, and this let you betray the voice of your heart. But remain in prayer and adhere to Him who alone commands over everything .... He will avert all danger from you ....

Dear child, for these lines there is still a possible postscript, which the Lord still withholds from you .... give yourself trustingly to all words .... it is a wise decision, still incomprehensible to you today, but in a short time you will grasp the content. And now continue: Everyone of the many who work for procreation that goes against the will of God will experience in himself the absurdity of his command. It gives great joy to demons to see their work of destruction progressing in mankind , but soon the tide turns, and what follows, separates the pure from the sinful. The blessing does not lie in the nature of the blood alone, but in keeping the soul pure, which nevertheless is inherent in every human being ....

The Lord of man has put different ones into the world that you should love one another, and do not look contemptuously at one another. All times of humiliation are followed by times of elevation .... but very often also rulers and regents fall down from their heights when they do not want to recognize His will .... The same shall also be experienced by those who keep nothing pure any more and leave My commandments completely unheeded ....

The Lord does not let Himself be mocked by this sinful world, and He prepares the judgment, which for many is a world judgment .... for others, but also salvation from the distress of the soul. Remain in My teaching .... remain in My will, and I will save you from the night of darkness and lead you towards eternal life ....

Amen.

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Population Problems ....

B.D. 0352 from March 29th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

My dear child, do not be afraid, just believe .... It is the Lord's most holy will to give to His own, to test their strength in the Spirit. The deep attachment to the Lord assures you of the pure truth .... it is a sign of the indissoluble power of the Lord .... As you believe, so you will be considered. But the world is as you have been shown .... for a short time yet, and you will recognize the truth of His words.

But if the lines are not understandable to you, record the following: A change of life-reforms will demand that you all must change and disregard the commandment with reason. Mankind's striving will be to solve problems of population increase, and this will be regulated in such a way that the course of all events will be to you as horrible as you never thought possible. When two mate, love should to be the condition, but if the act of procreation is performed without any inner or soul-connection, this is contrary to God's order, and through this, man lays in the begotten beings the basic substance of all earthly vices and desires.

Because the being of man is destined for a higher purpose, and when already from the beginning of the embodiment the soul is covered so deeply in darkness, then it will hardly be able to free itself from the fetters surrounding it to follow a path full of light, and for the short duration of it's earthly existence, it has to struggle unspeakably if it wants to achieve the purpose of it's embodiment. In times of such aberrations, great signs from above will have to appear to point out to mankind the sinfulness of their beginning.

If people live side by side and do not completely fit into the order of God, the ground is always well prepared to receive bad seeds for the power of darkness. The Lord will take care of His own with infinite blessings, He will protect them from adversity. But your heart is to remain far removed from every doubt .... accept as it is commanded to you, and trust in the Lord who guides you rightly at all times, if you remain in His will. And hear the words of the Lord: "You shall all serve Me, that I may bless you ....".

Amen.

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The world endangers the salvation of souls ....

B.D. 0353 from March 29th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Nothing is more dangerous for you than the world with it's temptations, which want to pull you again and again into the whirlpool of life .... where you then forget the Lord and your actual destiny. In the foreseeable future an epoch granted to you in grace will be completed, in which you have been given sufficient knowledge of the will of the Creator through trials and tribulations. Whether you have now made use of this time, is the question the Lord will one day ask you at the end of your days.

Because nothing happens in vain, so also your further life on earth will still bring you enough hints, but man is in the habit of directing all his activity only towards worldly things and of taking little notice of the divine care .... Therefore, it will also become more and more difficult for him to get into contact with the divine Spirit .... A human will never be able to grasp the miracle of creation .... how much less will he realize that he can develop himself to the highest .... to the image of God .... if he himself has only the will for it. If you become servants of the world, then you will never ever be able to do so, but if you let go of this and it's temptations, then you enter into a bright state, which offers you incomparably more than what the world can ever offer you.

Therefore take care of your soul's salvation, take note of God's instructions, and above all receive them into your heart, then the soul will imperceptibly free itself from all earthly things that still seem desirable to you now, it will become free from the fetters of earthly desire and will of itself be left to a higher will, and what spiritual pleasures it then offers itself, replaces those of the world a thousand times over .... yes, the gifts of the spirit alone will only appear desirable to you .... you separate yourselves from everything that still holds on to your soul, and frees it's way upwards. In thoughts about the hereafter .... in good and noble living .... in striving for truth and in working in love you will from now on spend your life on earth ....

Rid of the worries of everyday life, you will receive many spiritual messages, directly and indirectly, if you only pay attention to your thoughts, to the inner voice and to everything that informs you of the work of creation of the heavenly Father. For none of His children has been created by the Father without the ability to recognize .... The idea of eternity can be awakened and brought to life in everyone who only raises his heart to the Father of the All and turns to Him asking for His grace .... And will recognize everyone who has only the good will to do what is right and corresponds to the will of the heavenly Father. The Lord Himself leads these from the bustle of the world to Himself into His heavenly kingdom ....

Amen.

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Faith ....

B.D. 0354 from March 30th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

And whoever remains in faith will always walk strengthened through life, because the Lord never lets those who believe in Him become wavering .... The harbinger of all bliss is faith .... And therefore everyone who willingly accepts it will prepare himself in all earnestness for eternity. The other regulated living without faith corresponds only to machine-like activity without any further value .... then man is only a living being, filling the earth's surface without any further use for itself. They can still serve other earthly children as a deterring example, but for themselves however no result remains, which could be of eternal advantage for them.

So the Lord puts Himself also here into the remedy, where deep lack of faith makes man unfit to care for his salvation. He wants to stand by him and forces him through circumstances, earthly need, illness and suffering of all kinds, to think about his own inadequacy. If man succeeds in freeing himself from his rigid view ...., if he feels that he is subordinated to a higher being and cannot achieve anything without it .... then he is saved for eternity.

Even if his state does not reach the degree of perfection, the further training of his soul in the hereafter with the knowledge which he gained on earth, will be much easier for him than when he enters the hereafter in complete blindness and obduracy. The wrestling and fighting of such a soul is so arduous beyond all measure that it .... would he know about it .... would make every effort to penetrate into earth-life into the miracle of faith with all it's blessings.

You find the connection to God only through faith .... Accept what you feel in your heart as truth, even if you cannot actually prove it .... that is faith .... And in this faith give yourselves unconditionally to the Father of creation .... What you are, you are everything only through Him who begat you, created you .... You must acknowledge this, because who else gave you life ....

If the wise teach you differently, then the purpose of life will be missed, because only through faith in the eternal God .... in Jesus Christ, who came into the world for your redemption .... you can reach the true life .... i.e. to grasp all spiritual in and around you, because what you otherwise pursue on earth, be it what it is .... without this faith, it is only vain work of creation, which is transitory and earns you only worldly benefits, but which is invalid at your parting from this world. And whatever you accomplish .... remember that the next day your life can already be over ....

Who has it in his power to prolong life one day, one hour, when the Lord calls him .... Imagine this urgently, and then it will seem more advisable to you to seek the connection with the eternal Father than the connection with the world .... For with the certainty of being a child of this Father, you walk through the valley of the earth much more easily and joyfully than without faith .... For so you are forsaken and only hang on to treasures of this earth, which only cover your spiritual emptiness .... but faith opens up heavenly joys and radiant treasures for eternity ....

Amen.

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30.3. (Hugo) ....

B.D. 0355 from March 30th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Those around you welcome you and give you advice .... Behold, there is one among us whose heart is connected with you .... he has thought of you all day and was near you, and now he is happy about the connection that is to be granted him for a short time ....

My love, your thoughts have been with me today, and I sense the power that emanates from you. I want to tell you some things that will bring you joy .... The world on the other side has many horrors for all of you who are still on earth .... but man can form himself so far on earth that the entrance into the hereafter is much more of a joyful event for him, and so you must imagine that I am staying in bright, light spheres where only you are still missing .... You find in your earthly existence so unspeakably much grace from the Lord, and in this consciousness also my life here in the hereafter has become a beautiful one, so that I fulfill my duties with joy and can also often tarry close to you. I observe all your work and give you hints as often as I can, for what spiritual work has come into being through you, bears witness to the Savior's exceedingly great love for people, and for this I thank Him daily and hourly that He has led you so lovingly on the right path. All of us around you want to stand by your side in days of evil and in days of inner struggle. But now your grandmother wants to tell you a few words. I feel your closeness, child, and offer you my farewell in yellow roses. Expect me the day after tomorrow ....

Where so many surround you, my spirit is also always close to you. It is an important day today, my child, the Lord's great goodness allows us to protect you, and this task makes us all happy .... we read all your letters and thereby gain so much .... And now the Lord has given us permission to be allowed to intervene in your life on earth to help you when it is necessary, and that makes us so happy, since we are to participate in all your spiritual work. We will support the work of your hands so that the spiritual work will not suffer any loss, and heaven's help will always be granted to you when your prayer penetrates deeply to the heavenly Father. Now we depart from you and ask the Lord to bless you ....

Amen

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Ermahnung zum Wirken .... Wille Gottes .... 7 Jahre Leid .... Vaterworte ....

B.D. 0356 from March 31th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

You shall find yourselves in My name and keep My commandments, so I will be with you in all needs of body and soul. Let the light shine and help those who are weak in spirit .... advise them that they will only get well in My love .... seek to ennoble them .... seek to point out to them the power of My will .... give them news of My work on earth .... as I always walk among you who want to be close to Me, as I am close to everyone who out of his love for Me also gives love to the neighbour.

You all do not yet understand which power is inherent in you .... as you can work in My will, if you only desire Me .... Because My will rules over everything, over this your life on earth and also over the hereafter. Nothing remains hidden to Me, and the quiet will in you who are My children, is enough to make use of My will for you .... You willingly give yourselves into My care, and I fulfill your will ...., so you are only allowed to want, and you can also carry out what you want. Overcoming the earth will become easy for you in My name; My spirit will enlighten you, and you will see what has been unreachable to you so far.

You will have to experience the seven years full of suffering, but they will pass you by like shadows, attacking and taking away the many who remained strangers to Me, who veered from their ways and did not want to settle into their true destiny .... To these the Lord will then be revealed in His strength .... but then such bitter suffering will darken their days that they come to realization in the last hour. If you now pray this news of My word in My name, you will make the way of suffering easier for them .... The trouble will make them docile, and then still many will accept the teaching of Christ, to their blessing.

My child, always immerse yourself in what My will spiritually created .... It is your life's work and will bring some things to maturity in you, if you just remain loyal to Me. Your senses and aspirations will only turn more and more to this silent work, and what will then be decided for you, accept everything as My mission, as My will and the expression of My love for you .... everything flows to you according to My command ....

You have nothing to fear as long as your heart turns to Me in love, and I will enlighten your spirit so that you will always recognize My will and make all My desires your own .... Because what I demand of you, I put into your heart and instruct you until you are completely in My will, and then you will be able to work in My stead everything I want .... Because nothing happens without My will, and in love I draw you to Me and make you into what you are to become ....

Amen.

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1.4 (Birthday) ....

B.D. 0357 from April 1st 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Begin in the name of God .... You will leave your body, and all around you will be clear .... all light will shine, you will lift yourself up into an area above the ether blue .... And when there is singing and ringing around you, then you know that God the Lord is near you .... that you have entered into His kingdom.

Wherever you find yourself in the gloomy days, hear the voice of consolation .... Your suffering is small compared to the joy that awaits you. And if you give your heart entirely to the Savior, you will draw immeasurably from His divine source of grace, for His children's desire to come to Him, is granted them abundantly. So always rely on the Savior's goodness and love, then your faith will bring you to a level that will certainly lead you to the heights.

Hear now our words: The Saviour urges you to care for the poor at all times, who are on the wrong track because of their faith. Communicate His words to them, for the power of these words flows unconsciously into such hearts .... Whatever may happen, a grain remains in them, even if the doubt is still great at the moment. But who else shall save them, if not the Lord through His Word .... Whatever gave you happiness and satisfaction and gives you again and again, will also find it's way into many a person's heart, because the Lord will give you the gift of serving His Word in the right place ....

It is hereby declared to you that the Lord wants to take possession of your body for the blessing of the many who find it hard to believe. Hidden in your bodily shell, the Lord will express Himself and thus give you the strength to carry out a ministry entirely in His will. You shall live and yet be at the commandment of the Lord, until He will one day take you to Himself in His kingdom. Trustingly place everything into the Lord's hands, do not be afraid .... only believe .... Then you will always remain in His blessing, and what the Lord offers you will make you infinitely happy already on earth, because His love is always with you ....

Amen

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Subordinating the will to the Divine will ....

B.D. 0358 from April 1st 1938, taken from Book No. 8

From the beginning of the world you experience the grace of the Lord .... As soon as one of you submits to the will of the Lord, the Lord instructs you in the history of creation, and now you are offered knowledge that can never be taken away from you. For it is the will of the Lord, that they may know who desires to know .... and that they may know the truth, who sees his Father in God .... A shallow faith never guarantees you a grasp of divine wisdom, but the deeper you stand in faith, the deeper you will penetrate into the wonders of creation and the more intimately you will be connected in spirit with the eternal Father-Spirit ....

For you come from Him, you are begotten in the eternal light .... you are yourselves as part of the light a part of the eternal deity .... If you endeavor to be children of God, your striving is a continued one and is eternally only for reunion with the heavenly Father. The primordial light that was your original being will remain in you, and it is even present as the tiniest spark .... Because it's nature will always remain the same ....

However, you must try to detach yourselves from what is a tribute to the world .... then you will be able to recognize the light; you will long to increase the luminosity of the light .... you will only want to walk in the light, and it will be brighter and brighter around you until you approach the Father of all light and thus the union with the Father-Spirit can take place, which first lifts you up to perfect, God-like beings, which you were from the beginning and shall remain until all eternity ....

Thus the destiny of man is predestined, and the Lord has chosen thousands who followed His commandments on earth to bring enlightenment again as light-beings to those who are still enveloped in spiritual darkness .... In the earthly stage, countless such beings stand besides the earthly children, wanting to enlighten the spirit of so many people walking on earth. All of us who are around you take an active interest in the nature of the spirit of these many .... Whoever does not bring himself into that state which enables him to draw continuously from God's source of grace, will hardly be able to attain the light of the Spirit .... For the power of God can only work where the precondition is fulfilled ....

The willing reception of the divine Spirit in itself .... only that alone brings the earth-being into the state where the grace of the Lord flows to it incessantly, because everything that arises in the will to reach God can also never perish or cease .... So too must everyone who strives for it with the Lord, be in constant possession of God's grace, .... an ever higher education of the human soul, so that it is receptive to the divine Spirit .... Behold, this is the whole explanation why he does what the Father in heaven wants .... subordinating his will to the divine will.

He will never need to fear a wrong action, thought or word, because how could he want the same as the Lord Himself and yet do something different .... The Lord puts this power into the heart of everyone, and only man's firm will lets him also get into possession of this power because this goes out from the Father and passes as if his own, into the will of man, so the earthly child only executes the will of the Lord. Consider this, whenever you give yourself to the Lord, that your inner strength increases and you must inevitably act according to God's will and therefore cannot go astray, if your heart turns to God, the Creator of heaven and earth ....

Amen.

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Patience and gentleness of the Lord .... His goodness endures forever ....

B.D. 0359 from April 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 8

We have the Lord's teachings ready for you at all times and give it to you steadfastly in His name, and so we want to teach to you today of the Lord's long-suffering and patience. His goodness endures forever .... With these words all is said .... A tiny fraction of a second would be enough to destroy everything you see in the universe, if it were the will of the Lord. And millions of beings would find their downfall at that moment.

But the Lord's creation exists since eternity, and also will the creatures, the beings of endlessly many kinds, exist eternally. But until all these beings have reached the state that they are completely one with the eternal Light, the divine Father, they have to remain

\- for you endless times - in the universe, in always new formations and always different possibilities of development. The first stages take place with the order willed by God, and the living beings - or rather their souls - slowly reach the degree that is a precondition for the finite embodiment as a human being ....

But then, after thousands of years of previous transformations of the soul through ever-changing external forms, it must shape itself arbitrarily to that which is it's destiny .... It is completely left to it to accept or reject the light of knowledge. But since it very often does not recognize it's destiny without retrospective consciousness, the heavenly Father tries with endless love and patience to help and thus point out the path which it is difficult to tread, through proofs of His love.

But the Lord is patient .... His kindness and love lasts forever .... As long as only a small spark in the soul of man reflects on himself .... as long as the soul feels the connection, however slight, with the Godhead within itself, the love of the Father is also concerned about this soul and stands by it's side in a helpful way until it has finally recognized and implores the grace of the Lord from within, of it's own accord, and then the way up is much easier .... then the knowledge is there, then man or his soul yearns by itself upwards to the Father, and to a yearning child, the heavenly Father is always close and will lead it safely towards the eternal homeland ....

Amen.

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Organized care .... Lack of charity ....

B.D. 0360 from April 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Try to follow our explanations, with which we want to increase your knowledge in the name of the Lord. In stead of the commandments instituted by God, people are now also given commandments with the intention to ennoble the people, but the wrong application of these commandments does not bring about a complete improvement of mankind, but only coercive measures, which at best can be an organized supply, but which do not generate active charity - which, however, would be always more beneficial to the people if they were more diligent.

Years of struggle had to precede to finally bring about such an organization, and material interests have always been decisive in every measure developed in such a way, which is supposed to be an apparent work of charity, but deviates very far from the love, which Jesus preached on earth. People should help each other .... they should alleviate each other's suffering and misery .... they should give to the poor, protect them spiritually and physically or save them from need and distress ....

But are the measures introduced based on this or a similar motivating force that has arisen from love for God and neighbor? .... Isn't everything rather tailored to raise up much manipulation, to be openly and generally admired and recognized, and which connect far more other interests with the apparent main purpose, but which are to remain hidden from the public world.

A kingdom that resorts to such means in it's construction will hardly be able to exist in the long run, because it wants to dismiss the commandments of God as residual and replace them with man-made commandments, only to make use of the power that has been acquired; and in order to let something completely new arise, everything old gets rejected and above all, the teaching of Christ is to be overthrown and branded as man's work, to dissolve this teaching and let something else arise in it's place.

The Lord will crush this effort .... He will not allow His Word to be disregarded and taken away from mankind .... He will rather announce it much more urgently to the people, wherever someone wants to listen to it, and less and less will be able to stand what man create in arrogance in order to deceive and blind their fellow man .... All spirit goes out from God, Who is good .... but the work of Satan seeks to find entrance in people under false cover ....

It also wants to be of good influence on mankind, but if one pays close attention to it, then one recognizes the origin and sees under the whitewash of the seemingly noble, the worthlessness of such commandments, which run counter to those of the Lord and can never have a beneficial effect on the soul of man. But every final victory is also preceded by battles that you have to pass .... Take up the fight against everything that wants to reduce or destroy God's word .... If all of you stand firm as one man .... then you can never succumb in a fight that you fight for Jesus Christ .... the Author of the divine commandments .... Because it is His knowledge that also recognizes the effects of this struggle with foresight .... What people create passes away .... but God's word remains in eternity ....

Amen.

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Loving Father’s words ....

B.D. 0361 from April 3rd 1938, taken from Book No. 8

And the ones who are Mine are to be blessed because whenever they call on Me, I give them the strength to strive for their salvation. There will still come times where everything around you appears shrouded in darkness .... Also then I am close to you, and you have nothing to fear .... Put your ear to My heart and hear: you are destined to receive the divine gift, My child, and so you will find an act of love performed on you, which is meant for all My dear earth children .... You remain in deep trouble on this earth and do not pay attention to the saving hand which I want to offer you, but as I am always close to My children who love Me, so I also stay near you, who do not want to recognize Me, and wait patiently until a quiet desire stirs in your hearts .... a desire for spiritual power and strengthening .... then I am ready for you.

If you now want to keep My name holy, you are blessed through and through. Let the world threaten, let it destroy .... Never will it's power reach up to your innermost heart .... This belongs to yourselves, you can confidently give it to your Savior and you will participate in the eternal kingdom with it's glory .... and you will well know how to do without the kingdom on earth, it's goods and dignities .... because My kingdom is not of this world .... But you, My child, I will always stand by you - your faith shall become strong and your heart shall beat only for Me in love .... this is how I reward the children who entrust themselves to Me and give them what they ask for ....

Compare your life now with before .... Are you not a thousand times happier in My love? .... And will this ever decrease as long as you give Me your heart? .... All words which I have prepared for you, are to give you news of My love, and all impulses which I put into your heart, go to you uninterruptedly from Me, because infinite is My love for you people, and I can and will make you infinitely happy. For the time on earth, your spiritual work will bring you such a deep happiness that you will never again give away this your activity ....

This is how I reward your endurance and your fervent desire to serve Me, My child .... Always consider love as the highest commandment, and unite all your thoughts with works of love .... and around you there will be a singing and ringing in the heart of those who feel your love, because everything you do out of love for Me, leads you ever closer to Me and will one day lead you into eternal heavenly bliss ....

Amen

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Loving Father’s words ....

B.D. 0362 from April 3rd 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Accept My words that I place in your heart and receive My blessings through them. A heart won by love to see itself lifted up to Me is the most beautiful reward for My efforts, because I desire you, My dear children, and I see in every little child that returns to Me the fruits of My love .... Your share is bliss, prepared for you out of My love. And My share is your heart fully turned towards Me, which I receive to Me in My kingdom for eternity.

There everything blossoms and greens, there so much beauty is opened up to you that you can bear all this only in perfection, and My nearness will agree with you to exceedingly great joy .... because all of us are then united by one Spirit .... one Light and one Love .... For this, My little daughter, it is advisable to lay down your life when it would be necessary, but your Savior shields you in every danger and averts all adversity from you when it is not necessary for the perfection of your soul.

My child, unite in thought with Me as often as you can, then your strength will grow, your love will become stronger and stronger, and your faith will be strengthened, so that your life on earth will already be completed in fullness of light, because My Spirit then constantly flows over into you, and you seek all happiness only in love with Me .... You seek to serve Me and to fulfill My will and out of this love turn your heart also to your fellow brothers and sisters in the same love. On these you are to test your strength, which I impart to you to have a beneficial effect on all My children on earth. Give only Me always your heart and your will to own, then your purpose on this earth will be fulfilled ....

Amen

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Inner voice .... Sovereignty of the soul over the body ....

B.D. 0363 from April 3rd 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Whoever wants to loosen the fetters that bind him on this earth must offer his sacrifice to the Lord .... he must surrender everything that connects him to the earth .... he must free his heart from everything that seemed desirable to him until now .... only then does he rise into a sphere where his soul can recover, where it can free itself from oppressive shells, where it can absorb the Spirit of God and transform itself into the image of God ....

The spiritual guideline will always be given to him once the urge for spiritual education has been awakened in his heart .... Then he may only always entrust himself to the spiritual leaders, who were given to him to protect him for life on earth .... these know best what is useful to him and necessary for the advancement of the soul. But also other opportunities will be offered to him by which he can develop himself higher and test his will .... because everything comes from God .... every hint at the deity .... every admonition to complete himself .... and every impulse for good will be put into his heart by God Himself, if he only always pays attention to the inner voice, which will always show him the right way.

That now again many do not hear this voice is the consequence of strong worldly stimuli, which try to drown out everything pointing to eternity; it is an inner fight which must be fought out beforehand, a fight for the supremacy of the body or the soul .... when the desire of the soul wins over the desire of the body then the soul is very soon given the possibility to detach itself from matter and now to fulfill it's actual purpose .... i.e., it will now be strengthened and supported by good spirit beings in the effort to receive the Spirit of God and will so be able to form itself to ever higher perfection.

Because only one thing is necessary: that man understands to place the soul over the body .... and that, if he has recognized this, he should not slacken in his efforts to give the soul the highest possible development possibility by doing everything that is beneficial to the soul and it's desire, even if he does not correspond to the world and it's requirements and is forced to go through a life of renunciation on earth. Because only one thing can be good for the soul .... the world with it's joys does not help it to progress, but only the connection with God alone will give it all that it needs for perfection on earth. Therefore man's endeavor will always have to be to turn to the heavenly Father as a child of God, full of trust that He will advise and help him, and this request will not go unheard ....

Amen

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The necessity of constant struggle .... Cleaning through the elements .... Storm ....

B.D. 0364 from April 4th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

We are with you whenever you need our strength. The most urgent necessity is to adapt to everything that the Lord lets you endure. For your soul is to form itself in all devotion into that which is necessary for it to the finite maturity of the spirit. Any clinging to unhealthy weaknesses or mistakes is an obstacle to it's progress. For a perfect spirit of light requires a flawless soul, freed from all evils, and man can come to this stage only through perpetual inner struggle and constant work on himself.

Search the comparisons in nature .... How often is a storm the means to remove all evil .... to chase away all clouds .... so that the sky will once again be a bright blue sky .... Unpleasant things always happen in order to let an improvement follow, because everything in nature, as well as with you humans, clears itself up through and after adversity .... Because the Lord in His wise counsel recognizes and determines that all existence in nature is only purified by elements that stir up rest, and so also man does not promote himself in a state of rest, but would in the inertia forget his destiny .... and is therefore subject to this law as well, that a purification, an improvement can only be achieved by adversity imposed upon him, which he is forced to overcome.

Only in this way is progress on a spiritual path possible .... The human heart must learn to decide for itself .... it must feel that every pressure that burdens it can become a blessing for it, if man can draw the benefit from it .... if he patiently bears what is imposed on him .... but if it does not have an ennobling effect on man, all of that is in vain.

So keep above all to the saying: What God imposes on you, you must joyfully receive from His hand, because the Lord knows what is good for you, and you must pass these tests if the Lord's love is to continue to consider you with His grace. But if you trustingly put all your worries to His heart, He will know how to turn away from you everything that seems difficult to you to bear. For his will is not that you suffer, but through suffering make yourself worthy of the eternal joy that He has prepared for you for all eternity ....

Amen

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Father-words .... Spirit .... suffering .... Love ....

B.D. 0365 from April 5th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

My dear child .... hold the instruction which I will give you, firmly in your heart .... consider that every hour is intended to give your spirit a higher development .... and that you must do everything to reach a state similar to Me. So everything that happens around you is designed to educate you .... Every word that reaches you gives you news of My will, and in your heart these words are to awaken an active excitement for all good and for love .... because My Spirit connects Itself with yours, and this can then never remain idle ....

Without your will for this, My teachings would be without result - but every word always refreshes you when your will follows Me in all things, in all circumstances of life, in joy and sorrow. I am with you and guide you, if you obey every quiet heartbeat, which is again a work of Me .... a sign of My love. When you give yourself willingly to Me, then you will also feel in yourself how closely you remain united with Me, because the soul that receives My Spirit never leaves Me; it is Mine, and it's days on earth are happiness, no matter how the heaviness on earth seems to sometimes press it.

A perfected spirit lives in a sphere which no longer lets him feel the suffering of the earth in such a way, that is why also an earthly child living in Me and with Me can endure almost unbearable phenomena for the environment without being deeply touched by them .... Because it remains in My will and therefore the excitement of the heart takes up everything spiritual .... and has little or no feeling for the physical, from which you can gather that My love is able to protect My children connected with Me from suffering threatening you from outside or approaching you.

If you give Me your heart so willingly that you do not hesitate and are not fickle, everything else - even what seems difficult to you - will bounce off of you .... You will not need to suffer as long as you give yourself to Me .... Only a little while longer, then I enter your life with such violence that you will shiver, and then your love for Me shall glow so much that you will willingly receive Me and will be ready for Me at any time. Suffering and bliss, unspeakable happiness and pain, everything will seize you, if you only want to serve Me always .... from now on your life will be a blessed one .... My breath will touch you wherever you stay .... and lifting your thoughts to Me, will bring you unspeakable happiness.

Because your love is pure and only wants to serve Me .... such announcers of My word will work as a blessing, and to whom you grant support in their need, they will also seek Me and know how to find Me .... You must banish every doubt from your heart .... I stand by you and give you strength, and if you get this at any time from My word, you are immeasurably rich .... But always pay attention to the purity of your heart, remain true and just, then you will recognize everything and will always understand My words correctly, because I give to the ones who are Mine as they are able to receive ....

The abundance of spiritual creation guarantees you correct thoughts .... if you want to remain in this creative power, then always go into yourself and seek to accomplish nothing, but to always unite all your thoughts and deeds with your Jesus, then you will be supported in every situation in life, because if you place yourself in My protection, you who are My children, no harm will threaten you .... for you see, I am with you every day ....

Amen

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God's warrior .... God's Word .... Granary ....

B.D. 0366 from April 5th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Thus, the work of a moment is capable of igniting a bright flare of the sacred flame in man .... Man leans on everything that gives him a hold in difficult days .... A peculiar feeling in his heart tells him what is right, and after a long back and forth, only one way remains open to him, the one he is not afraid to take .... when the full knowledge of the divine truth enlightens him, when he has recognized the heresies of the world for what it is.

Very few are able to receive what is offered to them .... people will often know how to assert themselves with little resistance when the Lord's most holy will intervenes, but what then speaks out of these people .... what flows out of these overflowing hearts is not a dead word, but true, living, deep faith in the eternal Godhead .... Those who will always hear this word, will profess this faith without timidity and without inhibition, .... Because God the Lord let the speech of those sound powerful and unbroken, and this will likewise find entrance into the human hearts ....

By this word alone the blessing of God can be recognized, without hesitation the warrior of God is ready to use it, because the Lord gave and took at the same time .... Out of His hand man received his highest office, and to administer it in truthfulness was his innermost motivation. And that's why recognition is also followed by action .... because whoever looks into God's garden of wisdom will not turn his gaze back, but he desires to enter, and his heart is longingly turned towards this gate ....

You will therefore receive teachings that are to convince you of the guiding hand of the Father .... that are to pass into you as living seed .... sown by God Himself into the hearts of humans, received by them in full will and guarded and nurtured in love .... So the word of God must flourish .... So it must bear fruit, and the harvest will be unspeakably great and rich. For the Lord instructs His messengers to give food to the souls that long for the bread of heaven .... You shall not be in want, but shall be fully satisfied with the bread of life ....

Whatever is given in spiritual goods will be kept in the granary of the heart, so to speak - so that the supply is inexhaustible .... however, thanks to the strength Donor until all eternity .... He considers those who hunger, and directs His attention to all who look forward to the future with a despondent heart .... Where will the love of the Savior leave you in need, who fight for His name? .... But confess Him before all the world, never let the holiest in you wither away .... faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God .... If you have this, then you have escaped from the world and death .... You will never die in eternity, but have eternal life ....

Amen

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Messages given by God Himself are indestructible ....

B.D. 0367 from April 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Everything that embraces the concept of the universe has been so arranged by God's wise counsel that it is useful for the further training of the individual beings who swarm through the universe in millions upon millions. The most sublime teachings about the miracle of creation cannot provide information in full depth. For where the natural thinking of man is limited, unlimited wisdom cannot be imparted. Thanks be to the Lord of Creation that He grants you people the extraordinary grace to take a look into a part of creation in order to show you the wonderful work of the Godhead ....

The blessing of these revelations will not fail to appear; a new fresh thinking will enliven the people, they will listen attentively and recognize the divine Spirit more easily and comprehensively than was the case up to now. The few indestructible values of this kind that God has directly communicated to mankind bear witness to the infinity of the universe, they bear witness to the Divine rule and to the love with which the supreme Being surrounds all other beings of the universe .... These works will remain, no human work of destruction will have power over the messages given by God Himself to His earthly children.

Let time pass over it, and you will know how wisely all His children are led, so that they may unite and carry out the will of the Lord in common action .... So only will it be possible to cleanse the earth from the teachings that mislead it, but never will an opposing power influence these words .... Because without the action of the Lord the world would have to put on a mourning garment .... it would sink into the deepest darkness, and boundless spiritual misery would seize the earthly children, if not the Lord in His boundless love took pity on them and through again and again new events, would create a way which would lead them out of all this spiritual misery and again onto paths full of light.

You leave darkness in the knowledge of His word, because you will be given so much strength through the word - which you receive in good will - that from now on you will constantly strive and pray for grace, and then your soul will release itself more and more from it's fetters .... it becomes light and bright .... it recognizes and accepts in grateful joy everything that is offered to it for strengthening and further training, and then the great need is overcome .... the way to the Father is paved, and His love draws the soul eternally to Himself in his Father's house.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Prediction .... Laws .... Earth Mission .... Teaching of Christ ....

B.D. 0368 from April 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

In a few moons the revelation will come true for you that a spirit will arise which wants to proclaim against the Spirit of God, and when he will set the words, just as it says in the Bible ...., then you will recognize by it that all old things will be rejected and something new will arise in the same spirit, i.e. under the same words, but this is not from God, but is given to the people by the adversary to destroy them. In this time some earthly children will ask themselves in tortures of conscience, how they have to place themselves to everything .... Then the serious admonition will go out to you all: Do not detach yourselves from faith in the Lord Jesus Christ .... He alone will show you the right way ....

If you accept His teachings and are ready to confess His name aloud, not a hair of your head can possibly be bent by other powers, because the Lord protects those who are His .... The true power and strength is only given to you through true faith .... And search for this there, where all salvation comes from .... above over the universe .... You will not find salvation of the soul in earthly laws. He who strives for the earth alone neglects to accomplish the most important task. Only following the teaching of Christ is the task that has been set for you for your lifetime.

When you now turn your attention more to worldly laws, when you seek to do justice to these in the first place, then soon the time of grace, which was granted to you for the maturity of the soul, passes by in useless work. You will indeed comply with your earthly duty, but to what benefit .... Where should the blessing rest there, since the heavenly Father alone can reward you .... but the earthly power can fulfill nothing of what it always promises you, if the blessing is not granted to you from above .... And how can the heavenly Father take care of a matter that is not at all in His will ....

How can something be good for mankind if it is directed against the commandments given by God .... if a teaching is rejected which is to be preserved in it's purity through millennia .... through generations .... Jesus Christ came into the world to redeem mankind, the work of redemption continues and lasts until all eternity .... but mankind wants to invalidate what has been until then, it wants to turn away from this doctrine and wants to form a new doctrine on worldly views, which is not what was given to mankind by Christ anymore ....

The more methodically such a teaching is built up, the wiser it is submitted to people, the less foundation it will have, because the Lord does not want it, that such powers concern themselves with the improvement of a doctrine which is far nobler than a work of God .... and that it is replaced by something worldly, which better meets the requirements of the people. Then the new teaching, which is man's work, will completely deviate from the true word .... and it's career will be equal to worldly measures .... it will arise .... it will be changed and supposedly improved, and it will finally collapse in itself ....

For this is the fate of every teaching that is not from God, and therefore can never again be under Divine blessing. For only the pure teaching of Christ can be preserved through thousands of years, and even if there is talk of alleged errors, these are only due to wrong understanding and wrong interpretation, but it will always remain the same and also cannot be eliminated by such reorganization. Because people forget one thing .... that a work of God cannot be arbitrarily dismissed, but rather prevails in all times and through every struggle unaltered and remains eternally unchanged .... because God's works cannot be improved ....

When people would strive for this, they are biased in great error, because the belief that they can act against God's commandments is already a completely misguided thought, which only the adversary alone can give to mankind, but will never be executable. God's Word .... the teachings of Christ, remains inviolable through all eternity, and people will never ever be able to intervene destructively without harming their soul. Watch therefore for the signs from above, which are unmistakable and give you news of the will of the Lord .... Follow them, that ye may be saved from unbelief, but turn yourself ever more intimately to the teaching of Christ ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Creative spirits .... Free will ....

B.D. 0369 from April 7th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

All thoughts are born from eternity .... An army of creating spirits fills the infinite expanse of heaven. But man is given only the possibility of animating a very small particle in infinity with his thoughts and ideas. Everything else is subordinated to the world of the creative spirit beings, which, always carrying out the will of the Lord, are untiringly active in the world domain. Matter in the whole universe is subject to these beings, and what is willed, happens ....

Such an army of these spirit beings also now surrounds the earth and intervenes decisively in all events on earth, but also leaving space and power to the forces that work against the will of the Lord, because the earth must be influenced from both sides, because otherwise the most important thing in creation would be eliminated .... free will .... A being cannot develop to godlikeness, if it's deeds and actions only has to be as a higher being determines it .... It has to keep the self-determination over itself, it must be exposed to both, the good and the bad power - and then be able to express it's own power of judgement .... an inner effort must begin, to be at the service of these or those powers ....

But the army of spirit-beings, which looks after you, remains immensely active in it's work .... what you take for granted in nature around you and above you, is constantly produced by these beings, who at the same time also thereby intervene in your innermost being, because they form you and constantly direct your thoughts towards creation .... they give you, as it were, insight into their activity .... they cause you to be viable in the first place, precisely through the sphere surrounding you .... that you must recognize that you can form from yourselves, in an environment created by God, what you are striving for ....

Imagine the question: Which of you humans is only given a one-sided possibility of perception .... which of you cannot recognize good and evil at the same time around yourselves .... which of you lacks the ability to distinguish good from evil? .... So where nevertheless both are present, also humans will be able and will have to decide necessarily for themselves what they desire .... and so the free will is first active, in order to clarify the desire of the soul. And again the great blessing is evident from this, which an intimate connection with the spirit-beings surrounding you entails ....

The more trustingly you subject all your thoughts to these, the more surely you will be guided and the clearer your thoughts will be able to perceive good and evil, you learn to recognize and turn completely of your own free will to that which guarantees you the highest perfection ..... You must then become perfect when you are guided by the most perfect beings who can ever surround you. You can never fail, because the power of good will have far more influence on you than that of evil. And that is why you will also certainly enter the way to eternal life when you devote yourselves to the powers and forces which carry out the will of the Lord, you therefore willingly submit yourselves to the heavenly Father.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

The disciples of the Savior .... The Jewish kingdom ....

B.D. 0370 from April 7th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

In all his time of suffering, no-one on earth was as devoted to the Lord and Saviour as His disciples, who loved Him and would have liked to keep every suffering away from Him, if it was in their power .... As many as gathered around Him, only a small circle was so imbued with His divinity that they recognized in Him their Master, their Divine Creator, and where all light from Him flooded into their hearts, soon even the slightest doubt was choked .... In Divine perfection of their being they soon saw the only goal of their life ....

In the purity of His heart, everyone soon realized that following Him was essentially the only important thing on earth .... they realized that none of them could reach this perfection unless the Lord Himself let His grace come upon them continuously, and furthermore they realized how important serving one another in love was for reaching perfection .... Their striving now was to make themselves worthy of the grace of God in deepest humility and self-abasement .... They left everything, they gave up the world and lived only in His teaching, which the Savior taught them in daily dealings with them. Thus, no other event than the constant dwelling in His proximity brought about that their hearts were filled with oversized love for the Savior .... that their knowledge of Divine wisdom increased the longer they experienced and recognized their Master ....

They received with the heart, and God gave them the strength and grace to understand all that He offered them .... For never would they have been able to find their way in these wisdoms without the help of the Lord .... never would they have become aware of the greatness of the Lord without Divine enlightenment .... and never would they therefore have recognized their teacher as the Son of God if their spirit had not been enlightened by the Divine light. In frequent tribulation of the Spirit the Lord came to their aid whenever they felt weak .... because the Lord saw only the love that made His disciples worthy of Him .... As a result, He did not leave His own and gave them comfort in every difficult hour, but also demanded their full commitment when He was no longer .... when He returned to what is His Father.

Because the earth carried an enormously vital people at that time .... It was the tribe that was destined to spread Christian doctrine, true Christianity .... it was the Jewish kingdom .... His desire to save this people from the plight of the soul did not resonate with them .... they laughed and mocked Him .... they were represented in exceedingly strong numbers to bring about the downfall of this Son of God, and never let themselves be moved to accept faith in Him as the Messenger of God .... They saw in Him an enemy of their teachings, they saw in Him nothing more than an exceptionally gifted orator who took advantage of His gift of speech to make the people apostate from the teaching of the fathers ....

And since they remained in sin and filth, they could not get the enlightening of the spirit .... they rejected any love of the Lord and repaid it with abuses and the final intention to seek His life .... And His mercy and kindness forgave them .... With angelic patience He directed their speeches to them, for His heart turned to each one and sought to save them. But the omnipotence of God left these people their will, so that the word .... that the Lord came into the world to redeem mankind .... would be fulfilled.

Amen.

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Anthroposophists? .... Poem ....

B.D. 0371 from April 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Softly the words of the Savior sound in your ear .... Become like children, and I will give you My blessing, and if you believe My words, you will never lack strength .... Show everything that could shake your faith, because only where the light born out of true humility shines, there also My Spirit will find entrance, but not in caves surrounded by stone walls .... these are the hearts drawing all their wisdom from artfully constructed and laboriously assembled human construction .... the endlessly many writings of arguably truth-seekers, but the childlike faith of averse humans, who created a doctrine themselves, which presents God as unreachable and of difficultly attainable nature .... who live in the belief that in the world it is always only man who is destined to come closer to truth and knowledge, who acquires knowledge himself through long, laborious spiritual work .... i.e. work of the mind, which in turn was acquired in the same way, but never has the pure work of love, humility and unconditional devotion to the will of God as it's basis ....

Only on this alone true knowledge can be built and acquired .... Everything else leads over time away from the actual truth, even if it has it's origin in the same way - and in the end it becomes an entity that no longer corresponds to My teaching .... Flee all that arises in times of spiritual arrogance .... this can not - never ever agree with the full truth, you will always receive the Word of God purely where you leave the guidance of your spirit completely to the Lord ....

You shall indeed strive .... unceasingly, but not for mere intellectual knowledge, but rather for your own perfection .... for the perfection of your soul, which you can only achieve when you are eager to form your heart first by practicing love, humility, gentleness .... and when you not least implore the grace of the Lord and gratefully accept it, because without this grace, your struggle is in vain; you are then like a cold, lifeless mass which does not feel the invigorating breath of Divine grace and without this cannot come to the life-warm maturing of yourself ....

You may well harbour a conscious spirit, but this spirit cannot give you the true life that the Lord alone promises to those who remain in Him .... Therefore no danger is probably as great as that of exaltation, because it excludes everything that is a precondition for the only true knowledge .... And the struggle of these souls will be in vain until they too surrender more and more to Divine grace .... until they have recognized the dead path their souls have taken ....

(The true light, the true life, is given alone only to those .... who find the Father as a child .... who alone only overcomes what opposes him .... But all of you who seek without God's source of grace, will not reach the goal .... Your spirit will only be light and bright when the world of your soul opens up .... if you ask for the grace of the Father in the manner of a child .... then you will recognize the spirit of love that leads you .... and you will praise Him to Whom this praise is due ....)

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Reasonable will to transfer .... Inner Knowledge ....

B.D. 0372 from April 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

A man of understanding will always make an effort to accept the teachings of the Lord, but if he lacks any will for it, then he never sees in these a gift of the Lord, even if he cannot unravel their origin. And so a barrier will always then be set to your endeavor when it is based on a mere intellectually correct will to transfer. Only then, when the soul resonates, when it succeeds to awaken innermost emotions so that through these the urge for union with God fills the people, also the Word and His teachings will fall on fertile ground, and then the activity of such a soul will find no limits to be in the will of the Divine Lord .... then the intellect understands as quick as lightning because the soul is simultaneously active.

So man may well strive to live himself into such problems, but if he still lacks the power of inner knowledge .... everything is still dead in him and can only then unfold and form when the teachings influence his thinking in a truly living way .... the process of recovery can only then begin when the mind of man seeks the Father alone and finds the right relationship with the Father.

But this should not take away your courage .... always there, where the resistance is great, loyal helpers support you, and you know that just as many spiritual beings strive for such hearts and thank you for all support. Because your words do not fade away without an impression .... So many words arouse interest of those present, these will cause a connection to be sought and found in further events, and if the person has taken the path of searching in this way, then success can no longer be turned away from entirely .... even if it seems a long way off.

What moves the heart of such a person the most? The history of creation with it's many questions, which seem unsolvable .... if now in this area a satisfactory explanation is given to humans, then already everything else loses improbability .... they then look for everything with the eyes of one searching God .... and success will not be absent, because who walks the way with God, confessing the true faith, will be correctly guided from that hour on ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Purpose of suffering - Trials .... Lethargy of the spirit ....

B.D. 0373 from April 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Many things in life discourage the human being .... it is like a bond which binds the heart of such a person. Time and again doubts in the goodness and mercy of God arise when grief and suffering occur too often .... and yet they only give you an inner maturity which otherwise would take much longer to achieve. And since your earthly life only lasts a short time it is necessary that such depressing or painful occurrences must take place frequently and sometimes one after another so that you may derive blessings from them, that you look upon your life earnestly and carefully and that your desire turns more and more away from the world and its attractions, which are a serious danger to you. Life often seems unbearable for the individual, sometimes such an earthly child tires and loses heart .... it drifts without making any effort to change this discouraged existence. And yet it would be so easy for you as soon as the right attitude towards God shows you the way you have to go. But consider the many seemingly insurmountable obstacles in your life .... would you have escaped from them if you had not been given help from above every time ....

But you do not always recognise this help as sent from above, yet every occurrence is a flow of God’s grace .... whether good or bad .... it always has the same purpose: to have a refining effect on you, My earthly children. If you can see in every test a means of improvement then you will also recognise your own shortcomings and failures, and with this recognition comes the quiet will to overcome them .... Then every trial has already served its purpose .... and therefore you must realise in every difficult situation that they are necessary to achieve a higher degree of maturity .... that they are steps on the ladder which leads the soul to perfection, so to speak. A life without struggle would only mean to stay on the same level, however, the battle against oneself is far more difficult to carry out than the battle against enemies who approach the human being from outside.

Every awakening from the lethargy of the spirit is a step forward .... the alert human being will remember his spirit and not let it starve, for lethargy is a relapse and cannot be called ‘enlivening’ in any way, it will defeat every urge to be active and can never have a beneficial influence on the soul. Therefore do not be alarmed when life’s difficulties seem hard to bear .... if they make you aware of your shortcomings and you fight them then they will disappear again in not too long a time, for the Lord only allows such trials until they have served their purpose and improved the heart of the human being. Because it is not His will that you should suffer except that through this you are made worthy of everlasting joy ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Divine Commandments .... Work of the spirit-beings ....

B.D. 0374 from April 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

Hear the Lord's instruction .... Thousands of beings live in His realm, to whom the pure keeping of the Divine commandments was given as law, but who never bother to fulfill these commandments. In such a case it can hardly be assumed that they could possess the same power of judgment .... that they can recognize the value of these Divine commandments .... the surrounding spirit-beings, however, have in their orderliness no further desire than to bring the most possible enlightenment to those who so dwell in the darkness of the spirit .... and therefore it is continuously shown to them how everything on earth becomes invalid when the commandments of God are not recognized.

The wrath of God hits all those who work against His Word, for they willfully destroy the cornerstone of all the building work for eternity .... Without this Word of God, even he whose will is good would grope around in blindness .... And so it builds up on only that which can make mature and perfect for eternity. In order to be able to obey the commandments of God, it is necessary above all to teach what the Lord demands.

No being has the gift of being able to penetrate into the deepest wisdom of creation without any instruction from the Lord .... Likewise, no being is able to subordinate itself to the will of God and then carry out this will if it is not informed of it's task, the fulfilment of which first guarantees it the state in which it then receives the gift of knowledge of it's destiny in the universe .... One cannot be without the other, one must properly follow the other, and so above all the transmission of the commandments of God is indispensable, because only then the work of man on himself can begin, because to climb the height, he must have fulfilled the preconditions ....

Who now believes, without such self-activity, without this work on himself to be able to fulfill his purpose on earth, is so immensely mistaken that the surrounding spirit-beings have a painstaking work to explain to these earthly children the adjustment into God's order and will, and this can only happen through hints and suggestions, which on earth concern the people themselves .... and which, seen on a small scale, establish exactly the same relationship as that of the child to the heavenly Father .... that therefore everything you owe to the heavenly Father, you also demand as a matter of course from your fellow men .... that you then touch yourself perceptibly when the fulfilment of such earthly commandments remains denied to you, and that you recognise by it how you still deny the same to the Father, who can expect it from you to a far greater extent.

So then the objection can never again be raised that man is not able to recognize the commandments of God as the teachings of God .... he cannot suffocate in his heart the voice that speaks to him, and he will therefore never be able to refuse that the same thing that he demands, must also be demanded of him if he wants to make himself worthy to live in the community of beings who are begotten by God and are to strive for the same .... the union with the eternal Father .... But this presupposes first a willing submission .... and in addition also the commandments of God are given that you - above all - place your will under the Divine will .... because only then you can be one with the Father when you are of the same will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Knowledge .... Inner life .... Difference in the value of spiritual and earthly knowledge ....

B.D. 0375 from April 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

An insightful person never has the desire to penetrate into God's deepest wisdom just to enrich his knowledge, but he will seek connection with God from this knowledge .... He will never be satisfied with just knowing. What seems much more valuable to him, is the relationship that connects him with the Creator of all miracles .... And once he has found the right attitude towards the Creator, only then will knowledge bring him the blessing ....

Because what use is all this knowledge of things to man at the end of his days if he has not made use of the value of knowledge in the time on earth. And yet humans demand again and again to enrich their knowledge .... This is also a gift that the Lord himself gives to him on earth .... The urge for always new knowledge is innate to humans .... Why would everything be in nature, in and around man himself .... Everything is again and again a reference to the eternal Creator, and his Spirit is active in man, when the thirst for knowledge begins to stir in the earthly child .... All these peculiarities point to an intervention of Divine power already from the beginning of the earth's existence.

The inner life of the human being is an area completely separated from the actual body. No violence from outside, no foreign will can have a determining influence on it, if the human will itself does not accept such influences .... The inner life is something which humans can always determine completely independently .... which it can richly and invaluably arrange .... he can also let it lie fallow or locks it up so stubbornly, that no beam of light can find it's way in.

That he therefore does not absorb spiritual knowledge but enriches himself in earthly knowledge in such a way that it fills him completely and he is then incapable to absorb Divine wisdom in himself, yes such appear to him as questionable, and he is therefore with all his earthly knowledge a completely unfit being when leaving the earth. If man is wise in heart, he will not overload himself with earthly knowledge, because this is useless for him, but if he lets the spiritual activity - the urge for spiritual truths - blossom in him, he will act immensely wisely, and the wealth of his soul will increase in imperishable goods ....

All knowledge which the Lord imparts to you, has incomparable value in the sense of creation .... but all earthly efforts for learning will not be recognized one day, when the value of the soul is judged and rewarded; for the wise of the world will be ignorant, and all earthly striving will earn them no reward, but will stand above them, who will always receive the gift of God - the Divine wisdom - with thanksgiving, for they will be blessed by the Lord ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Building and foundation pillars .... Printing of the writings .... Warning ....

B.D. 0376 from April 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 8

You must never despair; the Lord will always be with you who desire to live in His will. What the Lord imposes on you is only to strengthen your faith and to increase the longing for the Lord, because he wants you to be completely absorbed in Him .... He wants to build a house which firmly and unshakably defies all onrushes from the outside, and you must fit in with the will of God and take everything upon you in patience and submission and always let the Lord rule, then the building will be rightly done, for the pillars of which the Lord has chosen you ....

And now, My child, we want to satisfy your desire and strengthen you in an extraordinary reception, because the Lord wants to announce to you how your farther life should be .... In a short time you will be approached by someone whose will it is to contact you for the purpose of printing the writings .... This will be in a circle which you do not know yet .... the foundation of this circle is also to serve God.

And therefore everything that is undertaken there will be blessed by the Lord. In this situation you must then not doubt .... you must always know that the Lord guides you and leads you to these brothers and sisters on earth, that you are therefore completely in His will .... let the Lord continue to rule there, unite with them, and let your heart only always turn to the Lord, then the right thinking will always enliven you ....

But now you will have difficulties, which arise from the respective commandment that meetings for the purpose of spiritual training are not permitted .... Do not allow this to frighten you all .... where the Lord dwells among you, this commandment will be ineffective for you .... During this time some of you are filled with anxiety, fearing that the building will collapse .... But always trust in the Lord .... what He has given, shall be a blessing for thousands more ....

Do you believe that these signs of His great love for you human children can be destroyed by the hands of people when it goes against the will of the Lord? .... So just always make sure that no foreign being gains insight before the time .... So that the course of events is not made more difficult .... so that no premature intervention is made before the work is completed.

For you are always surrounded by enemies, and therefore extreme caution is necessary .... so that you do not trust indiscriminately everyone who approaches you .... But the Lord will give you signs in due time. And now trustingly put all your care, your thoughts and your spiritual work into the hand of God .... The greatest protection is prayer, which you trustingly offer to the dear Lord and Savior .... "What you ask for will be given to you ....", the Savior calls out you, who are concerned about the needs of the body and soul. Become like children and you will receive everything you desire ....

Amen

(Reference by Bertha Dudde to: "The great gospel of John", volume IV, chapter 79 (5)

5) Whoever of you will be a friend of the poor with all his heart, I will also be a friend and true brother to him, temporally and eternally, and he will not need to learn the inner wisdom from another wise man, but I will give it to him in all fullness in his heart. Who will love his nearest poor brother as himself and will not cast out a poor sister, whatever tribe and whatever age she may be, to him I Myself will come all the time and reveal Myself to him most faithfully. To his spirit, which is love, I will tell it, and it will fill his whole soul and mouth. What he will then speak or write, that will be spoken and written by Me for all times of the ages.)

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Transmission of intellectual knowledge .... The Lord sets barriers ....

B.D. 0377 from April 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

He who selfishly desires to be accepted into the circle of the knowing, abuses the goodness of heaven .... he who never tries to give of what he receives .... To these the Lord has shown His love, but they do not show the same love to their fellow men, and so the soul can also never detach itself from matter; this knowledge is then the same as that acquired by itself ..... It is not reckoned as progress of the soul, but only as a dead reception of what is lively transmitted to it.

Tell this to those who remain in matter for the sake of earthly advantage, refer them to the words of the Lord: .... The most important thing in life is to follow the teaching of Christ, and never can he follow this teaching who does not willingly give what he receives. In your immediate surroundings it will become clear to you how the following of the commandments of God works, but the one who willingly passes on the words of the Lord, will always remain in blessing.

People do not pay attention to the need of their environment, and so they do not give help where it would be so necessary .... Whoever lives in grace, knowing about the love of God, should be concerned to help them and, in the inner knowledge of his own need, learn to understand the need of the brothers .... The will is often not lacking, but some earthly children are close to their own well-being, but that of their fellow human beings does not particularly touch them .... This is not love as the Lord preaches ....

Self-interest will diminish such a man's own merits, and limits will be set for him from hour to hour in the recognition of Divinity. Self-love tarnishes the intensity of the light .... but it is required of the souls walking in the light to contribute to the enlightenment of the spirit of so many erring ones. And when then the hour comes which the Lord has chosen for justification, then many voids will be revealed, where active love was the innermost commandment. Only the consciousness of being graced by the Lord, always giving oneself full of love to one's task and to also allow others to participate in this grace, will give man the maturity that is necessary for love-work in the hereafter.

"Let it be My concern", says the Lord, "where I want to set the barriers of spiritual knowledge .... no-one is to believe that I will dispose of Myself and My will ...." And where restriction is commanded, there I will certainly intervene at the right time .... but those who I appoint to work in My vineyard - you must not command those who have not yet fully recognised grace.

But whoever will make an effort to accept My word, him I will admit to My flock; who serve Me .... I will guide them Myself, so that the way to faith becomes easy for them .... To give oneself in all love to the concern for the salvation of the earthly children will always be more beneficial than brooding over what human knowledge cannot fathom .... and therefore accept the words, given by Myself, faithfully and into your hearts .... then you go the right way ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Clarification of the precondition for the soul's union with God .... Help the erring ....

B.D. 0378 from April 14th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

If the Spirit of God stirs in you, then what was dead until then will live, the soul will arise and rise .... it will leave it's cover and always seek only the light, and what is then born of this light will never pass away in eternity .... And so the Lord has given all beings on earth the ability to receive the Divine Spirit, when only the desire becomes lively and man sees an extraordinary task in his existence. Because the connection with the Divine Father-Spirit must be established again and again in order to attain eternal life, the association will have to be preceded by laborious work .... the work of the purification of the soul, which is to finally receive the Spirit of God.

This purification of the soul can again only take place when it's desire turns away from matter, when it willingly gives up everything that has hitherto bound it, in order to exchange something far more delightful for it .... in order to enter into exactly this connection with the Divine Spirit .... Nothing may decisively influence the soul, it must reflect out of itself on it's task, it must want to progress on the way of the knowledge .... it must also simultaneously put the will into action .... to unite with the heavenly Father. The so formed will then always remains subordinate to the Divine will ....

Afterward the Spirit of God no longer permits a decline, but whoever once treads this path and is finally in the will of the Lord, remains connected with Him for time and eternity. The Lord will never leave such a soul to itself .... the first requirements are fulfilled, and now such a soul strides constantly upwards and remains in the Divine mercy-sun .... but there is one thing it should not miss .... to draw the attention of it's own kind to the warmth of this sun of grace .... For darkness so boundlessly shadows so many beings - that every child on earth who is gladdened by the Divine Spirit, is to turn to these full of mercy, so that the morning also breaks over these and many of them may go toward the light.

The Lord will reward you a thousand times over for the love that you give to these beings, because it is necessary to save all these from eternal damnation. And whoever has received the Spirit of God into himself will recognize how unspeakably difficult some souls are to untie, and will therefore meet them lovingly and give them what he is able to, so that like him, they may receive the Lord in brightness of spirit, to remain in Him for eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Divine powers .... Outflow of the love of God ....

B.D. 0379 from April 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Your life path will always be governed by the laws that your heart dictates you to fulfill .... You must walk the same way as all those whom I have commanded to stand up for My teachings. In the same sense you must also work for Me, but always let the concern for the salvation of souls prevail .... Beware of your own judgment of those who are in need of this care; I have destined all My children for eternal happiness .... as soon as these turn away from Me, My love is doubly concerned for them, and in this world the struggle is immeasurable, where it concerns these souls .... If divine powers rule around you, which have nothing in common with the earth, and you let their blessings pass you by, you will have to struggle again for a long time before such grace flows to you .... for what is of value besides what is of above .... and what desires entrance into your heart .... In such need of the soul the Lord has mercy, He gives what you are willing to take .... He fulfills your heart's longing and awakens the Spirit .... So everything that enlivens you in spirit is an outpouring of My love for you, and when you understand the deep meaning of My gift, then you are free of all cares.

Never leave the way because I Myself walk among you .... you will walk in My power, and where this works, your heart does not need to fear. The deed shall be important to you because through the deed you prove to Me that you recognize the highest in Me .... when you follow My words, you confess My teaching .... Then your work on earth is only visible by exercising My will .... Bring your life's work in harmony with My will, then nothing will frighten you anymore, because I want to dwell among you in such a way that you should recognize your Divine Master ....

Who only strives for himself, does not use the power given to him .... He searches for things that are hidden from him, as long as love is not active .... But if this is the driving force, then he can form himself, he will be able to use his knowledge for this time on earth in a joyful way .... he will willingly put himself under exile, which in turn redeems him .... he will know thanks to his Creator for time and eternity, because already on earth, fulfillment of his longing .... has become him to draw immeasurable grace from the fountain of eternity .... of Divine Love ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Word of God .... Power .... Grace .... Unlimited gift of the Spirit ....

B.D. 0380 from April 17th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Follow My instruction .... You will find everything confirmed what you were told .... that you are among people to whom the gift of God is inexplicable and who nevertheless long to hear the words. And now you experience in it the wonderful that the Lord makes contact with you according to necessity, because He looks into the hearts of those who long for Him. And where their thoughts turn upwards, there the Lord soon shows them the right ways .... Behold, it is the will of God that His Word .... be fulfilled for the future. You will always unite when it is necessary to serve Him, and for the time on earth you stand in His protection .... And again the name of the Lord alone remains the gate through which you enter His kingdom .... Because if you confess Him, you remain in His grace, but if you let His word die away and do not receive it into your hearts, then you lose this grace, and without mercy you lack strength, and you will tire in the struggle of life .... and the soul's burden is terrible .... it struggles and does not become free of its fetters when it lacks strength, and where then is the benefit of your existence on earth? How can you recognise the Lord where the Spirit remains shrouded in darkness? ....

The words of the Lord convey His grace, and His never-tiring love prevails visibly when you only beg the Lord for it, .... He does not deny this to anyone .... but again and again the desire must prevail to get into contact with the Lord; you can escape all evil, if only the will is present in you, and likewise you can receive the gifts of the Spirit if you have desire for it .... because God the Lord divides unlimitedly towards him whose desire is unlimited.

He has His word ready at any time .... who only wants to hear it and always opens his heart, will be richly considered and will no longer need to hunger and thirst for the truth, and in the same way the power will be received by whoever obeys this His word, because it then flows living strength to him, so that the promise comes true: "I will refresh you with My word ...."

Only a little trust, and you can achieve endlessly much, because the Lord helps you in every need .... And therefore do not resist when the reference to the Word of God enters your life .... then pay attention to this reference, and you will achieve everything to reach maturity .... only your will must be good and gladly submit to the Divine will .... and then you feel the hand of your Father in heaven, which stretches out towards you, and whoever takes hold of it will be rightly guided until all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Persevere in the will of God .... Revelation .... 'My Father' .... Reward ....

B.D. 0381 from April 18th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Blessed are those who always remain in My will. Behold, there is probably nothing of such value on earth as the everlasting perseverance in God's will. And as you have been given the power to think and act according to your own will, so it will be the merit of everyone to sacrifice this your will to Me completely .... But then you have chosen the best part .... so will increase your knowledge, your power and your faith, you will know how wise and how well you will be led .... You have handed over your responsibility to the Lord when you submit yourselves to His will, and now you are in good hands.

My child .... The Spirit of love will be revealed to you, so that the whole being of the Godhead .... fills you up. For such hours your heart gains a supernatural receptiveness and then everything that comes to you in spiritual teachings will delight you so infinitely ....

My child .... The Spirit of love will be revealed to you, so that the whole being of the Godhead .... fills you up. For such hours your heart gains a supernatural receptiveness and then everything that comes to you in spiritual teachings will delight you so infinitely .... You will be taught such teachings in a light and vivid way, which you cannot grasp in any other way .... but easily and understandably to your senses you will receive information about things that will amaze your mind and spirit .... The greatness of the Divine creation will be recognized by your spiritual eye in view of these revelations, and this penetration into Divine work takes away every doubt for you .... then the love of God will seize you with such force that your heart turns more and more in loving desire to your Savior, and the more closely you now desire Me, the closer I will be to you and protect your body and your soul.

My greatest desire is to completely possess your heart as well as the hearts of each one of My children .... then only when you have given this completely to Me, I can form it according to My will, only then has My love and grace influence on such a heart, when nothing and nobody except Me has a share in it .... what is offered to Me will be seized by Me and not given back .... because it is God's will that everything is subordinate to Him .... and whoever says "my Father" to Me with devotion is to feel Fatherly love in all it's fullness. What I have prepared for these My children is already destined for them since eternity.

But if you fall victim to the mistake that you already desire to receive the reward on earth and you do not learn to be modest in patience, then eternal happiness will hardly await you, but you have already been sufficiently rewarded the deeds on earth in the joys of the world. Therefore do not worry about goods of the earth, willingly give everything away, and with all your power and strength of will only strive for the eternal reward by you accepting My guidance and always only wanting what My will is. Because he who looks after you during your earthly existence certainly wants the best and most beautiful for His children ..... He does not want the soul to perish, but that it has eternal life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Resistance to evil through desire for God .... Spirit of light .... The Word of God as weapon ....

B.D. 0382 from April 19th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Anyone who always lives his life looking heavenwards will resist the dark forces. Just a single thought of the Saviour and you will be released by Him from such influence. It will immediately create a deep gulf between you and the latter, since everything .... Heaven and Hell .... is subject to the Lord. The enemy expects to find a willing creature in you into which he can transfer all vices and lusts in order to get control over it .... yet if he meets with the slightest resistance as soon as a person’s heart longingly turns to the Saviour, the power of evil will be broken and he will be released from evil forces without having been harmed. However, the power of evil shall make you realise how vigilant you must be if the struggle of improving your soul is not to be unsuccessful. Give preference to the beneficial spiritual beings surrounding you .... let them protect you and let them take care of your physical shell and your soul .... then the powers of darkness will have a hard time with you. They will try in vain to undermine your purity or to make you compliant for their disgraceful cravings .... Think of the Saviour in every danger and you will already have overcome the one who wants to plunge you into disaster. And therefore it is always advisable to comply with the Word of God during your short time of existence on earth, which in itself will give you strength and is protection against evil at the same time.

For it is given to you by God so that you shall reach the kingdom of God .... hence it must also be, at the same time, the best weapon against the darkness which is, after all, the most adverse power to eternal bliss .... Therefore beware of everything which, being opposed to God’s teaching, wants to throw people into spiritual darkness and thereby prevent them from taking a true insight into the Lord’s never-ending actions of love .... The adversary will always find supporters where dense darkness dominates, for everything that strives towards the light is shunned by him, and, if you sincerely appeal to the Father to enlighten your spirit, the power of evil will become increasingly weaker the more sincerely the human child is governed by its longing for spiritual light .... since darkness has never yet triumphed over light .... Consequently, it is also left up to your own discretion as to whether you take the path of light or darkness, but let it be a warning to you that the Lord is only with you in the light, that other forces preside in the darkness and that you must only ever strive towards the light and the eternal Deity if you want to escape the power of evil and be taken care of by the Father Himself. The spirit of light and truth will always reign over everything which is subject to darkness. The wise, however, will make an effort to become enlightened and once they are, they will be protected against all onslaughts by the enemy and will overcome the world forever.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Purity of heart .... Inner humility .... Self-knowledge ....

B.D. 0383 from April 20th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

You will be given a full measure for your earth career, the more diligently you must strive to prove yourself worthy of this measure, and so everything that is to bear witness to your love must also be applied where the spirit of discord prevails .... because can a child, which is in the grace of God, be worthy of it, if he does not always endeavor to express a pure sound, where the understanding for it lacks .... Spiritual connectedness is guaranteed to everyone who strives for it ...., but only those who cultivate the purity of the heart are allowed to know the deep truth.

It is of great value for you to be able to receive in boundless devotion what others still have to struggle for exceedingly, and in spite of everything, the inner voice must also announce to you if you are lacking, otherwise a maturing .... a perfecting of your soul might not be possible. To work incessantly is the only way to reach the state where union with the eternal Deity is destined for you. Instead of the realization of your own inadequacy, however, you must never again allow arrogance ....

This is the danger for every being exceptionally gifted by God, that it very soon loses it's inner humility and then loses grace. Beware of all things, for God's love of the Father has set you such a glorious task that you must do everything to remain in His grace. Only then, when you feel low and small, will the power in you grow beyond you. Then you will fulfill in the sense of the Lord what you are destined for.

Submit yourself completely to God's will, so His providence will always care for you, and you will still be able to work as a blessing, because everything that the Father does for His own, is arranged in wise foresight, to help them to light and knowledge. So the fruits of your labor will be given to you already here on earth and one day in eternity, but always recognize yourself, and strive for the purity of your heart, which always guarantees you the love of the heavenly Father ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Flower garden .... Heart of the human .... Virtues .... Poem ....

B.D. 0384 from April 21st 1938, taken from Book No. 9

In the garden of the Lord many flowers blossom that need diligent care, and all these flowers the Lord lets grow under His supervision. Every seed in this garden was sown by the Lord Himself, so that a noble plant would develop from it, which in turn would flourish and blossom for the joy of countless beings .... So also the Lord has chosen many a child on earth to lead a joy-awakening existence among His creatures, which also arose out of His power, like wondrous flowers that make people happy ..... They are nurtured and cared for by a loving hand and yet through their existence they exert an influence on so many hearts, which is equal to that of an exceedingly beautiful flower with it's scent and visual magic.

A human being seldom wants to do without the pleasures that blossoms and flowers in every species offer him .... so also the blessing, which emanates from such human children, will not be willingly missed .... just like many people who are depressed by the monotony of their life, who would like to make this life blossom and this is what such a being brings about by trying to intervene to help everywhere and to be, like flowers, active in the true sense of the word. Love your fellow human beings .... and give them joy. The greatest joy, however, is when flowers of love are planted and nurtured, singing honor and praise in ever more beautiful flowers of their Creator ....

So the heart of every human being should be truly adorned with flowers .... this heart should be a garden of God, where all virtues are cultivated and carefully guarded like flowers and blossoms, in order to then shine and delight both the eternal Creator and His creatures .... the children of the earth, who think they are already on earth in such an environment in paradise that pleases their eyes and heart, and who will always strive to cultivate such a well-designed garden carefully, so that it also pleases the Lord, who in His love has created everything beautiful, so that the human soul recognizes in it the great kindness of the Father and His everlasting loving care for everything that arises in the universe ....

(So all flowers bloom only for your joy on earth .... and every flower shall become for you a symbol of that .... that you complete yourselves more and more in color, form and fragrance .... that you - what every flower does - always turn to the light .... Those who never enjoy the scent of flowers are never chosen to cultivate such glory, born of God's love).

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Spiritual vision .... Distribution of the Word of God in it's purest form ....

B.D. 0385 from April 22nd 1938, taken from Book No. 9

The Spirit of God will fill you so that you can only want what is My will .... Thus the Lord speaks to you and will draw your heart more and more to Himself .... Everything that is subject to Him will have to fulfill the law, according to which every creature must, for the duration of its earthly existence, escape the world's bustle and turn to the eternal goal. If you can do this with an ever-lighter heart, that you give yourself completely only to the Lord and Savior, then you will learn to understand the Divine teachings more and more ....

Using all your willpower, you will also be able to gain insight into areas that require spiritual vision .... And this spiritual insight is the success of a heart that loves the Lord dearly and seeks truth .... You will be informed shortly .... But still you have to struggle continuously for the maturity of your soul, since the Spirit of God is to fill it and you draw from such union with the Divine Spirit a strength, which is necessary for you for further perfection.

Which work is still assigned to you, you can't imagine today, but the teachings of God must again be propagated from mouth to mouth for decades, in order to then again take possession of the innermost heart of mankind .... This task is the basis of your spiritual work .... the spreading of the Word of God in it's purest form .... The words of love should speak and reawaken love everywhere, because where the Lord Himself dwells through His Word, there it must come alive and force it's way into the hearts of mankind by it's own power ....

Humans want the bread of heaven at any time, but if it is offered to them as before, they easily refuse to accept it .... but what is offered to them in living representation .... what is offered to them so quite tastily and acceptably, they take up gladly and keep it in their hearts, if it once found acceptance .... Must not therefore the bringer of the Word of God also be led by the Lord Himself .... so that he is only the executive power of a higher will? ....

Can the Word of God be rejected when it is revealed to the human child with such visible evidence of supernatural intervention? .... Must not the worst doubter become perplexed and confess to himself that he want to deny a power that cannot now be denied? .... Has the love of the Lord ever expressed itself so visibly that it conveys to mankind what is so exceedingly beneficial to them? .... That the love of the Lord makes use of a willing human child to reveal this His work .... And the Lord is constantly active and instructs all His servants who are devoted to Him to announce His word because through this word all are to recover who until then walked through life on earth sick in spirit and did not yet recognize the purpose of their existence on earth.

Without this grace of God the darkness of the spirit would be much worse, but so the Lord seeks to bring brightness to the earth, and so many who are of good will already walk in the grace of knowledge. The will is free .... Infinitely rich is person who turns to God the Lord, sacrifices his will to the Divine will and now feels the outpouring of the Divine will constantly in his own heart. Happiness will certainly be granted to him on earth because he works from the hour of knowledge on with the employment of all his strength for him whom his soul loves .... for the Divine Lord and Saviour, who is also close to this earthly child in endless love until the end of his days ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Prediction .... Laws .... Earth Mission .... Teaching of Christ ....

B.D. 0386 from April 23rd 1938, taken from Book No. 9

In a few moons the revelation will come true for you that a spirit will arise which wants to proclaim against the Spirit of God, and when he will set the words, just as it says in the Bible ...., then you will recognize by it that all old things will be rejected and something new will arise in the same spirit, i.e. under the same words, but this is not from God, but is given to the people by the adversary to destroy them. In this time some earthly children will ask themselves in tortures of conscience, how they have to place themselves to everything .... Then the serious admonition will go out to you all: Do not detach yourselves from faith in the Lord Jesus Christ .... He alone will show you the right way ....

If you accept His teachings and are ready to confess His name aloud, not a hair of your head can possibly be bent by other powers, because the Lord protects those who are His .... The true power and strength is only given to you through true faith .... And search for this there, where all salvation comes from .... above over the universe .... You will not find salvation of the soul in earthly laws. He who strives for the earth alone neglects to accomplish the most important task. Only following the teaching of Christ is the task that has been set for you for your lifetime.

When you now turn your attention more to worldly laws, when you seek to do justice to these in the first place, then soon the time of grace, which was granted to you for the maturity of the soul, passes by in useless work. You will indeed comply with your earthly duty, but to what benefit .... Where should the blessing rest there, since the heavenly Father alone can reward you .... but the earthly power can fulfill nothing of what it always promises you, if the blessing is not granted to you from above .... And how can the heavenly Father take care of a matter that is not at all in His will ....

How can something be good for mankind if it is directed against the commandments given by God .... if a teaching is rejected which is to be preserved in it's purity through millennia .... through generations .... Jesus Christ came into the world to redeem mankind, the work of redemption continues and lasts until all eternity .... but mankind wants to invalidate what has been until then, it wants to turn away from this doctrine and wants to form a new doctrine on worldly views, which is not what was given to mankind by Christ anymore ....

The more methodically such a teaching is built up, the wiser it is submitted to people, the less foundation it will have, because the Lord does not want it, that such powers concern themselves with the improvement of a doctrine which is far nobler than a work of God .... and that it is replaced by something worldly, which better meets the requirements of the people. Then the new teaching, which is man's work, will completely deviate from the true word .... and it's career will be equal to worldly measures .... it will arise .... it will be changed and supposedly improved, and it will finally collapse in itself ....

For this is the fate of every teaching that is not from God, and therefore can never again be under Divine blessing. For only the pure teaching of Christ can be preserved through thousands of years, and even if there is talk of alleged errors, these are only due to wrong understanding and wrong interpretation, but it will always remain the same and also cannot be eliminated by such reorganization. Because people forget one thing .... that a work of God cannot be arbitrarily dismissed, but rather prevails in all times and through every struggle unaltered and remains eternally unchanged .... because God's works cannot be improved ....

When people would strive for this, they are biased in great error, because the belief that they can act against God's commandments is already a completely misguided thought, which only the adversary alone can give to mankind, but will never be executable. God's Word .... the teachings of Christ, remains inviolable through all eternity, and people will never ever be able to intervene destructively without harming their soul. Watch therefore for the signs from above, which are unmistakable and give you news of the will of the Lord .... Follow them, that ye may be saved from unbelief, but turn yourself ever more intimately to the teaching of Christ ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Prediction .... Daniel .... Wrestling of the spirit-beings from the sphere of light ....

B.D. 0387 from April 24th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Those who feel called to reform an existing world order will be judged before their end .... They will fulfill the prophecy of Daniel in the lions' den, who warns the world against interfering with Jehovah's will .... According to this, a lowly creature will defy the Lord and will want to rise above the Lord, and that will destroy him temporally and forever. Because as in foreseeable time everything will change .... as everything will pass away, which testified of former greatness, then also in the spiritual world soon a reversal will make itself valid, which will also noticeably affect the earthly children .... because the spirit-beings seek with all power to take possession of the thoughts of the earthly children ....

They make the utmost effort to gain entrance with them to make use of the short time, when they are allowed to work for the souls of men, in every conceivable way. A great harvest is to come, which the Lord wants to have, and although the world still holds innumerable souls captive with it's charms, the desire for spiritual goods will still become more and more active in them because under the influence of the good spirit-beings, a visible ennoblement of the human children is achieved.

For forces are involved, which have taken their way from the sphere of light to the people, and which are infinitely able to make souls compliant, and which never slacken in the struggle to win souls for Christ. In this way, however, resistance will also be given to the hostile powers .... those who have only the slightest will in themselves to enter the right path will be wrested from them .... And to direct the will in man to divinity, innumerable beings strive in tireless spiritual work .... and their reward will not be small, because every soul is of incomparable value to the heavenly Father, since it is a part of the eternal Deity and that is why the struggle for these souls is so tireless.

If the adversary now prepares a plan to corrupt people in droves, and if, in order to carry out this plan, a planned reshaping of Divine laws is striven for, then anybody who strives for this, inevitably falls prey to the judgment of God .... Because his action is despicable, for it is not only the ruin of his own soul, but also because he strives to lead thousands and thousands of people astray and completely excludes action according to the will of God ....

Because everything is subject to the eternal Creator, and so He will also know how to prosecute at the right time all those who are subject to the hostile power and presume to influence the spirit of man completely erroneously, so that God in His mercy must use extraordinary means on mankind .... that He must first give them through proofs of a rare kind a clear picture of the actual purpose of being human .... But the love of the Lord never ends, and it always finds souls that are turned to the Lord or have not yet found the right understanding in their hearts, but are willing to submit to a higher being .... The Lord lovingly cares for these souls until they have recognized Him .... He does not let them suffer harm, because His love and goodness lasts forever ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

The conscience ....

B.D. 0388 from April 25th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Conscience is the true guide to eternal life .... And the one who listens to it, as his inner voice admonishes and teaches him, will not need to fear going astray. And if one of the children goes astray, then it truly did not pay attention to what the Father demanded through the voice of the heart, and so it can only be explained when the call of conscience becomes weaker and weaker .... and finally every warning is stifled in man. Then man has to blame himself if it becomes so difficult for him to obey the commandments of God .... For his indifference to the inner voice threw him from the right path ....

The bodily ear of humans would rather receive everything else .... It does not want to hear any admonitions or warnings that came to it from within, from the heart. And so slowly this voice became quieter, to finally say nothing at all, because the call of the world was much rather obeyed and drowned out this inner voice. If a warning passes the heart and ear of man unheard, then also no excuse will be found, and likewise such a man who does not fulfill what the inner voice prescribes to him, will have to walk in darkness, .

God the Lord created man so that he can recognize when he wants to .... He has given him for this purpose a constant control of himself in the voice of his conscience .... If he listens to this, it will very soon be clear to him what the purpose and goal of his life is. And if he now conscientiously obeys this voice, then knowledge will also come to him .... it will always guide him, and man does not need any other signpost as long as he does not fight against this inner voice, but observes it as a constant reminder from the Lord ....

And how sensibly the Lord has created you that you are to form yourselves and for this purpose He gave you a constant companion and therefore none of you remained without the proof of His favour .... i.e. that each of you earthly children really understands this inner voice well and therefore cannot have an excuse to have remained without warning and admonition. You all can think, and don't you all have to feel in your hearts what is right and what is wrong? .... And will you not try, if possible, to always do what is right? ....

If you are constantly and repeatedly admonished, then you must be grateful to the heavenly Father, who makes His will known to every child through the voice of conscience, although it is correctly recognized by even a few. He speaks with every single one of you, and so the work of the Deity on you people starts .... through the voice of conscience, free will is not hindered because you can accept it or also not hear .... but then you will stifle the fine impulses, which connect you with everything spiritual, and your struggle on earth will be far more difficult.

The one who bends before the Savior with love will hear the loving words of the Savior in the voice of his conscience and will joyfully fulfill all His desires, and so the voice of conscience will be for him the true pillar of all spiritual thinking and experience .... .... because the one who obeys this voice will become more and more enlightened in spirit and heart, and he will never lack the strength to open the gate to eternal bliss, because he will then act exactly as the inner voice dictates, which is the voice of God ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

My guide and protector .... Spirit of Control .... Student - Teacher ....

B.D. 0389 from April 26th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Hear the words of your Lord .... Your life henceforth is established. A pure spiritual exchange will take place whenever your heart desires it .... You will hear Divine teachings, and the grace of the Lord will give you the full knowledge of what you receive. Because there are not few, which are ready to give to you .... who all would like to take part in your spiritual work .... they recognize ever more the task, which is given to you, and in eager striving they are anxious to obtain spiritual property through an intimate connection with you.

In the multitude of teachers and commissioned messengers of God surrounding you, there is one who corresponds to your whole nature and is very devoted to you. He turns to you again and again with full participation, paying attention to your work and encourage you in your striving. For his greatest task in the hereafter is for those who willingly consecrate their services to the Lord; he is constantly striving to develop them. Whatever spiritual teachings you now receive is conscientiously controlled by him .... and if he looks after you and your work, you are in good hands.

The various beings that surround you are equally concerned about you, since each one wants to work through you .... in order to exercise their love-activities on the ignorant souls entrusted to them through an earthly child that is compliant with them. The spiritual constitution of people is in urgent need of the support of dear spirit-beings, but these find so little hearing with men and still much less direct help through willing earthly children. If now a soul has so connected itself with the hereafter that it has become receptive and willing for spiritual teachings, then so many spiritual beings want to take possession of such a readiness .... All want to make themselves known and are therefore always near you ....

But your guiding spirit .... your leader and protector, must consider you according to your powers .... your will is probably good, but your powers are not yet strong enough .... The love of the Lord sends you His Word unceasingly, and so you will be trained and become receptive to Divine teachings and wisdom, which will soon come to you easily and effortlessly, if only you devote yourself to your work always with love and trustingly surrender yourself to your spiritual protector ....

He has taken it upon himself to submit to you all the teachings of the Savior, and his concern is for you without interruption ..... By virtue of his exceedingly great love for the Savior, his loving activity is also an extraordinarily moving one and encompasses all the souls who submit their will entirely to the Lord .... There he is able to have an effect on the hearts and to stir up love for the Divine Saviour in them until protector and protégé complement each other in this love in such a way that the mediation of everything spiritual only becomes easier and easier and the being on earth learns quite easily to understand the otherworldly transmission and dedicates itself in fervent love for the Saviour more and more devotedly to it's assignment.

Because the degree of love is always decisive of how far the Divine teachings are received in the human heart .... And if the transmitter of all spiritual exercises his work of love on a child willing to love, this child will become ever increasingly more passionate in love with the Savior and will then always receive all Divine wisdom, all teachings and instructions in the heart in such burning love .... And so such an earthly child must now form and develop ....

The student must become similar to his teacher. The only task that a teacher sets for his pupil is to be solved to the satisfaction of the divine teacher, and therefore the spiritual power that has been assigned to you as a leader and protector, and that performs it's office with great joy, tirelessly tends to and teaches you .... The being that always surrounds you, that guides your thoughts, is well-disposed towards you .... It is the Lord's dearest servant John ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Precondition for the degree of maturity .... Spirit of research .... Dream? .... The Father's care ....

B.D. 0390 from April 27th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

In this consecrated hour the Spirit of God embodies in your bodily shell and reveals to you everything that you are destined to receive today. You do indeed believe, and it is wise of you to persevere in the will of the Lord .... But for the experience of everything spiritual, for the complete penetration into the creation of God, a degree of maturity is a condition, which you must strive for daily, in order to sooner gain this great grace, to be initiated by the Lord into the miracles of the heavenly kingdom.

So today you will be given an explanation of how you can acquire this degree of maturity .... and what everything is necessary to meet the demands of the Lord and Savior, who distributes His grace immeasurably to those who long for Him .... You shall not lack His power, therefore follow our instruction and turn trustfully daily to Him for His support .... that He may strengthen your faith, your power of love, your humility, and last but not least, beg Him for His mercy - because without this, your struggle is too hard.

To the researching spirit the reaching of this degree of maturity is only possible to a limited degree .... it does not strive in the heart, but begins it's work intellectually and can only have success, if it has besides this a pious heart, which looks in the universe for the Father (in his heart). But to leave aside all intellectual desire to recognize and only deep in the heart struggle for the possession of true Fatherly love .... and from this arises deeply humble faith and make an effort to do everything out of intimate love what is pleasing to the heavenly Father .... that brings you into that state in which the light ignites you and will shine so brightly that you feel and recognize the Spirit of God in your hearts.

So the Lord by far prefers that you place yourselves under His protection, so that He can now work in you according to His will, rather than that you try to acquire a rigid knowledge through research in remote areas, but with which you neither delight the Divine Father nor bring yourselves into a spiritually mature state .... You will achieve much more and that much more effortlessly if you are aware of your helplessness .... For the Father in heaven considers all who feel poor in spirit .... To these He brings His gifts unmeasured .... and the abundance of these gifts ensures a spiritual knowledge to a high degree.

For your striving on earth, the Lord will grant you a grace as well, but it should be in your will to accept it .... He will make your gaze wander in a dream to that land, and you will be assigned a task there, which you may or may not be able to fulfill .... A heartfelt prayer for enlightenment sent to the Lord that you may find strength to choose and desire what is right .... Your heart may well hesitate in your concern for the welfare of your fellow men, but do not think of earthly worries .... Let concern for eternity always come first .... In such hat, in the protection of the Father, you leave yours behind ....

But if you find in the work of your soul such a blessing-filled, deeply satisfying activity that all other earthly worries are tiny compared with the spiritual riches that you reap, you go the right way. Let it be enough for you: The Father cares for all those who commend His true children to Him .... How then should He leave you in distress if you strive to serve Him .... and only Him. With all His love-fervor He will embrace you and be balm to your heart in earthly woe, but you must love Him in the first place and willingly give up everything else for Him, because you receive it tenfold and a hundredfold again from His hand, what you have sacrificed for His sake ....

So pray and wrestle without ceasing, that you may receive the highest blessing and be allowed to see the infinitely beautiful bliss prepared for you by your heavenly Father .... He alone can give you the most glorious thing, if you only love Him alone and are able to willingly separate from what is dearest to you on earth, and then the Spirit of God fills you and guides you, and then you reach the highest degree of maturity, which enables you to look into the glory of God ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Seclusion from the world .... Monastery? ....

B.D. 0391 from April 29th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Cast all your cares onto the Lord .... Behold, if you follow Me I will know how to take your suffering from you, and during days of inner contemplation you will receive the constant flow of strength that I always have at your disposal, and thus you will know that the Father is close to you if only you ask for Him .... because I want to give to you what you desire. Behold, My daughter .... The suffering of the world is the result of the sin of the world .... If you strive for God’s reward you will be far less exposed to suffering on earth .... then you will only have to bear what you voluntarily accept for the sake of other people in order to alleviate their suffering, and so I will doubly bless this suffering. If you believe that you will enter into God’s glory without having acquired your final maturity of soul .... thus, if you strive for the perfection of your soul but prefer to withdraw from all earthly suffering, you will hardly be able to enter the state which will elevate you to Godlike beings.

Anyone who participates in Christ’s act of Salvation, who carries the cross imposed on him .... who sacrifices all his suffering to the divine Saviour without grumbling and complaining, will thereby constantly move in divine grace and his departure from this world will be a glorious one. For this reason I did not instruct you to withdraw from the world, which is indeed perilous everywhere, rather, you should willingly accept your cross, let its dangers make you stronger, rise above them and as conqueror of this world become an example to others. You should try to gain the Lord’s loving kindness and His mercy which will equip you with the necessary strength and grace to cope with all worldly demands while nevertheless enabling you to free yourselves from your restraints. As I grant My grace to everyone, because every child may draw from My love’s fountain of blessings without limitation, you are also given the power to resist the world ....

Behold, My child, nature is governed by many different forces .... the Lord uses them all so as to give people the opportunity to mature. The purpose of these natural forces is to awaken and to shape the concept of good and evil within the human being .... The same applies to the dangers of the world which are also permitted for the sake of a final choice of direction .... either for good or for evil. This detachment of the soul from the constraints of darkness needs to be aspired to and done entirely voluntarily. For this purpose, however, evil must be able to exercise its influence too, for if a soul does not know evil, the state of perfection without a fight would be valued far less than if it were achieved by constant struggle .... Although there is sufficient opportunity in every situation in life to fight evil, the power of darkness will certainly predominate in the commotion of the world .... it will try to approach the human child from all angles, and the merit of such soul will be far greater .... The earthly children’s love for Me, their Creator and Saviour, is indeed a fine testimony for all those who want to serve Me, but a life in seclusion without this love would be a mere escape from an environment especially created for the purpose of humanity’s perfection, which then would not result in any blessing for the person .... because the criteria and stages of temptation would not be overcome but avoided .... And to maintain one’s love for the divine Saviour amidst the commotion of the world is very enjoyable indeed .... To renounce earthly joys and cravings due to this love will result in a child who is pleasing to God on earth already, who will also be carefully looked after by the Father and lovingly and paternally guided past all obstacles in life. You humans on earth should also consider that you yourselves chose this state of embodiment on earth .... That you were willing to accept every burden on earth in order to achieve the degree of childship to God, which is meant to shape you into Godlike beings ....

Although it is up to your free will to then withdraw from your designated fate, and your good intention to serve Me is not to be condemned either .... but you are depriving yourselves of the opportunity to achieve a degree of perfection, since you consciously abandoned this opportunity after all. The human being matures and shapes himself the more willingly he accepts the suffering of the world .... thereby becoming a bearer of the cross and voluntarily walking the narrow path, which has no boundary and can be easily exchanged again for the broad road .... the earthly joys and pleasures .... in contrast to the broad road which makes a crossing on to the narrow path impossible. And thus the former is indeed significantly more commendable for your soul, which is in need of deliverance and light.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Refuting doubts about writing .... Faith .... Signs ....

B.D. 0392 from May 1st 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Behold, My child, the regular receiving alone already gives you the strength which you need, and so every receiving is followed by the strengthening which you ask for. Because to a willing child I grant the grace all the time and stand by him, as his heart's desire is only towards Me .... It has an extraordinary power to turn to Me, and you will feel this power in that spiritual union where your heart separates from the world to offer itself to Me ....

A regulated activity like your earthly one at least allows the assumption that your spirit can form easily and thus becomes receptive .... i.e. understood in human sense, that a kind of knowledge of the mind - or as humans believe it, a kind of imagination has pushed itself into your spiritual life .... But these doubters or deniers only wanted to consider once how difficult it is to create a manifestation of this type in a natural way and how much thinking and brooding would be necessary .... and how then the contents could not withstand a serious examination when torn apart ....

They want to figure out how these your letters can be denied or not recognized probably due to a lack of knowledge or also from the feeling of "knowing everything better" .... yet however nobody will ever be able to exhaustively judge it, because it is not simply just about the contents. He may well deny it, but then always only because he does not want to accept it .... But he cannot seriously refute what you have written down, and he can never completely justify his refusal. A small hint would be enough to silence all these doubters, but how should the development of the soul-support for these people proceed ....

How often already a proof has been given to the people through regular communication of the beings of the hereafter with the inhabitants of the earth. For those who believe, knowledge shines, because only on this basis was it possible to maintain such a connection .... Faith .... deep faith, is a prerequisite, and only through this can progress in the spiritual be achieved .... For this world, it must be enough for you to share in the blessings of such a union only at certain intervals ....

It will be offered to you more frequently from now on, and you will soon become aware that these extraordinary communications are only of advantage for you. You let yourselves be ingrafted into a world view, which has nevertheless little and no value for eternity .... you do not see the course of the time .... Not how long it lasts, and you remain hanging on an unsolved question .... You will ask yourselves: Why such a wrestling during just this short a time on earth .... And you can give yourself the answer to this question .... You do not remotely consider yourselves to be what I want to see in you .... as My children .... how do you want to become a part of what the Father has prepared for you? ....

And therefore a non-acceptance of the Divine Father's words or a conscious refusal is nevertheless only a lack of spiritual ability .... How many recognize the Divine Creator from that which surrounds them, how many have realized what their relationship is to the heavenly Father .... and how many still do not have the right trust in Me .... these grieve Me .... They believe they can walk without Me and spend so many years uselessly on earth .... Oh what folly .... to ignore the hand of the Creator and yet to want to fathom what is well hidden behind all creation! ....

And if you do not take this path of faith, how will you be able to grasp the last explanations .... These are only to be accepted in your hearts on the basis of faith, otherwise all efforts will be in vain. Like empty sounds, the words fade away in the ears of those who cannot believe. How far away are they still from true knowledge and how far away from true love .... For once this love for the Savior seizes their heart, they suddenly understand, and what fruits faith then produces, you will once recognize by those whom I love ....

Remain loyal to Me .... be true apostles of My teaching, give to Me whenever you are asked to, and so grace will constantly flow to you, just as I bless everyone who not only loves Me, but also includes in this love all his fellow brothers and sisters on earth .... that he gives where he has to give, because his heart presses him .... but not out of self-interest .... because this does not entail a blessing. And so everyone will feel in his heart what his office is .... and he will also feel how he should walk on earth to complete this life pleasing to God ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Research - error .... Love - truth .... Master builder ....

B.D. 0393 from May 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 9

To those who love Me, I do good without turning away .... and therefore take care that you do not live in want one single day, and remain in My love. Mankind looks for a way by which it believes leads to the recognition of the Godhead, and therefore easily goes astray, because this way should be found in the heart, but not through research and fathoming of the intellect .... And so very few human beings find the right result .... it always undermines truths, but the spirit of the researcher will never be completely illuminated. I give those who remain in My love a teacher Myself, and then a full knowledge of the Divine truths is certain for them. So I lay the foundation stone for you at all times and wait only for your full will, that you would build on it ....

Does the Spirit of God move in you that you long to receive, that you accept what you have received into your heart .... that every day lets it flow to you anew, which lifts your spirit .... then the building will progress well and this can no longer be torn down by earthly power. For every building has it's master builder, and where this master builder is your Savior Himself, the work must also succeed and remain in existence for eternity. Nothing of what I Myself have given My blessing for and what has arisen in My will, can be destroyed ....

Let yourself be reminded of the words of the Lord: He who builds and works for eternity will not need to fear to see his work go to shame .... The most glorious result that can be achieved on earth .... an incomparable valuable .... is to be a co-worker of the Lord and to help countless souls to gain the Kingdom of God. Blessing on earth and heavenly bliss one day will be the reward for such work .... Your present work is in stead of activity useless for eternity, and for endless times the children of the world will hear the words which the Lord Himself speaks to them through a child devoted to Him.

This is an unspeakable grace for the earth, that the Lord cares for His little sheep and wants to give them news of His nearness and His readiness to receive these little sheep into His flock. Hear His call .... and follow it .... Respect His servants, and do not let all the admonitions the Lord conveyed to you through them go unheard, then you too will learn to recognize the nature of the Godhead and take the right path ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

World Life .... Faith .... Love of God ....

B.D. 0394 from May 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 9

It comes, as the Lord determines .... As long as man remains in inactivity, his soul will not be able to form. It cannot get rid of it's fetters and remains what it was at the beginning of it's embodiment on earth .... a being that has not felt the benefit of the light on itself .... In itself world life has little value and yet is regarded as the main thing in life, and a struggle for this worldly life keeps the soul more and more from going through the spiritual school.

And so the soul can also never speak of progress, if it does not express itself in such a way that it becomes ever lighter in the soul .... Then the splendor of the world fades before this light, and man has overcome as soon as he has rescued himself from the fetters of the world .... and has made his way through to an unshakeable faith and can now accomplish a reshaping of the whole being. Again and again the evil forces will try to bring about an apostasy .... but man must be strong in faith and ask the Lord for help, then the soul will be redeemed through the Saviour's great love, which is expressed everywhere where the earthly child does not turn away from the Word of God and where it confesses itself to the Father in all simplicity of heart as a child ....

The love of the Lord is immeasurable .... it reaches into infinite expanses .... it grasps innumerable beings .... and delights those who are deeply devoted to the Savior .... Thus the love of the Divine Father recruits incessantly among It's earthly children .... no human understands this for as long as he still stays on earth, as the grace of God is acquired directly through love and this then again brings the people on the right track .... how out of this love also a submission to God's will develops and how salutary the words of the Lord are, which the willing child may then receive .... All this must give man a strength that lets him go further and further and safely on the way to his eternal home ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Reminder to help the spiritually ill ....

B.D. 0395 from May 3rd 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Have mercy on every being that you meet walking in darkness, because it is enough to bless you, if you help them to find the way to the light .... Your lunatics are already suffering here and far more still in the hereafter. You will have no easy work on them, but the Father in heaven rejoices over every soul that you bring to Him. In these surroundings there are earthly children .... who are likewise in need of light. Walking on earth has been easy for them, they therefore did not grasp so firm a faith to find and enter the true way out of this faith.

It gave them the world at all times, and this was of little benefit to their spirit. The Lord instructs all who want to serve Him, to be active toward such people. Your creative power is strong and will be under God's blessing both spiritually and physically .... Never be content to accomplish only what is necessary, but strive unceasingly to reach the height, for only constant striving brings you upwards, and a slackening or a tiredness is always a step backwards.

Whatever is demanded of you, you will always be able to master .... But in the spiritual you yourself have to struggle to receive an always brighter light and also to be able to let this radiate onto your fellow men. Always pray for the other where you can .... This itself blesses, and soon you will be able to rule where you have served. You will understand it well when you consider the iron willpower that is your own and that you can use to achieve what you have set out to do. You had to endure a short period of servitude, but the duration of this is in your hands ....

The more you wrestle yourself, the easier the annoying shackles fall, and you are free. But therefore have mercy on those who do not recognize in which freedom-chains their soul still languishes. See, these souls will once thank you fervently, but the struggle for these souls is not easy .... it takes patience and love to point out their condition .... but God provides every willing child with strength, which use will be put on your heart. Therefore be creative and active. That you walk the right path, is the heavenly Father's concern, if you intimately entrust yourself to Him ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Feeling for natural beauty and it's purpose for people ....

B.D. 0396 from May 3rd 1938, taken from Book No. 9

You are ruled at times by beings that you attract through thoughts that are concerned with the creation of the universe. These are the beings who are granted the power over everything that surrounds you in nature on earth. They also put some of the sensation into your heart, so that it swells and gets excited as soon as nature around you is of special attraction .... You all know the feeling of happiness that takes possession of you, and this at every season of the year, but especially when everything arises anew and becomes green and blossoms.

The being tho whom all these are subordinate, connects a good spirit with the earthly children .... They are always excited to give mankind news of the eternal Godhead, and so every leaf, every flower, every blade of grass .... everything that delights the human heart in nature, is only a visible sign that points to the Divine Creator, to whom all creating spirit beings are subject. Where these miracles already emanate such a delightful power on your emotional life, there every thinking person must come closer to eternity, if he does not consider all these miracles as something commonplace and takes little notice of them, as the state of affairs has unfortunately taken the upper hand with people ....

These in turn will find it difficult to get the eternal truth explained through the miracles of creation .... The obvious signs with which the Creator works all this will make no impression, and the so hardened human hearts are evil .... because they lack the first basic concepts which make a deep understanding possible. So the heavenly Father puts the sense of beauty into the heart of all of you .... The more you cultivate it by learning to look at everything around you spiritually, the easier you will be able to understand that the feeling for beauty in you also triggers the feeling of happiness ....

But vice versa it will hardly be possible to offer you something if you cannot gain anything extraordinary from such apparent work of the spirit-beings .... When you walk blindly through this beautiful life on earth and are not able to recognize the thousand wonders, which surround you daily. The spirit-beings, which let everything arise around you, are well-disposed towards you .... their goal is .... like that of all higher developed beings, likewise the struggle for the souls of darkness, and they apply all means available to them, so that man is stimulated to think and through the play in nature a question forces itself upon him: .... What is the connection between man and all that surrounds him? ....

Once this question has been raised, then a slow recognition begins, which is vividly supported by these spirit-beings, because the concern for these people is also close to their hearts, and they are therefore constantly endeavoring to have an enlightening and pleasing effect on humans, in order to awaken the feeling of a union with God in these, from which then the light of recognition is ignited and now the earthly existence in such an enlightened state is exploited for eternity .... It is the will of the Lord that the emergence of nature each year stimulates you to think, that you reflect on why and for what purpose, according to the earth, splendor is brought before man's eyes and what is man's task in the midst of this environment ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Evil thoughts .... Knowing God consciously .... Degree of maturity ....

B.D. 0397 from May 4th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

"Get away from me, you evil thoughts!" .... Apply this sigh of impulse when you are afflicted by such, when your inner peace begins to waver, and you will be freed at once and will be able to turn to the Lord with confidence. Thus it eludes your knowledge that a respective persistence in such thoughts delivers you up to hostile power, and that you must therefore make every serious effort to escape from it. The means the enemy uses to win you are so many and varied that you truly cannot pray and wrestle enough to resist the attacks. A little word or even the smallest act of love frees you from such violence, because love is the strongest weapon against all evil.

So now turn your full attention to us and listen: The being that God created remains eternally imperishable. If now the Spirit of God wants to fully dominate this being .... If this being is to be nothing but a pure form of light, then the being must stand in such a degree of perfection that now the Divinity can take possession of it. But each being is subject to the same law of freedom, i.e. it has perfect freedom over itself, and is now able to use this freedom rightly and to turn to the height out of completely free will, it will find the highest possible support from above and will thus be able to form itself into a God-like being ....

The Godhead, however, who dominates everything in the wide world space, again lets those impulses have an infinite variety of effects on man, which awaken in him the consciousness of and the urge for the Divine .... Because an unconscious working begins already before the being embodies itself on earth. The soul initially forms itself to a certain extent only so far that it can then accept a physical covering, and in this only now the conscious fight with the hostile forces begins .... But the more the consciousness of a divine power now fills man, the easier he will find the fight against his corrupters.

And in order to now reach an extraordinary degree of maturity on earth, man is to make use of Divine grace, which is offered to him and flows to him continuously, if man makes an effort to do so. Everything must first be wanted by the human soul, only then it can work in it .... Man is completely free to accept what the highest Being itself offers him to support the struggle on earth .... or to reject it and not to make use of it.

What a small blessed effect the latter now has on you human children, you will understand, because not one is able to reach such a degree of maturity .... a stage of perfection - that the eternal Godhead could recover Himself in this being .... So you are commanded again and again to wrestle and implore the Divine grace, which is granted to you unmeasured and is unspeakably beneficial to you, if you want to educate yourselves in such a way, in order to achieve eternal bliss .... to be united with the Divine Father-Spirit ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Rock-solid faith need to be close to the Savior ....

B.D. 0398 from May 4th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

My dear child, why do you fear and tremble .... see, so many graces are granted to you that your heart should only rejoice forever, and yet you do not yet believe .... it is dark in your mind because you give room to doubting thoughts. Put all your worries into the heart of your Lord and Savior, and you will be comforted and calmed through life. Just one word and your heart will beat with joy .... because you do not yet recognize the power of Divine love .... You do not know what fire of love can consume you if you feel the closeness of the Lord only once .... Acquire this immense happiness by making yourself worthy of it ....

And to this belongs in the first place a rock-solid faith, because without this you cannot connect deeply inwardly with your Savior .... only what you experience from deepest faith, makes you worthy of the highest luck. The love of the Divine Savior wants to draw every human child to Himself; it also wants to let it gain insight when his heart beats so hot for the Savior that in this love, the Lord wants to give the earthly child fulfillment of all longing. But where is such a deeply believing human child who loves the Lord and Saviour above all else ....

They take offence at the slightest stone, and again and again they have to struggle for the grace to be allowed to dwell in the presence of the Lord .... And so you encourage yourselves too little where you give in to such inner doubts and thereby make yourselves unworthy of the love of the Father. He who has prepared a kingdom for you for eternity is always near you, but only when you voluntarily give your heart to Him, .... when you long in deep love for Him to enter your heart, only then can He take up residence and bless your heart ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Activity of love .... Sorrow .... The Savior is present in love ....

B.D. 0399 from May 5th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

"Those who are Mine will see the glory of God, and they will receive all the blessings of heaven .... Therefore respect one another and love one another, because through love you become that which makes you My children ....". You have many opportunities in every situation of life in which you can exercise this love .... but no-one will be spared to collect merit in the activity of love, therefore the Lord lets those who ask come to you so often on your life's journey and tests you how you behave towards them ....

And always in the voice of conscience a hint is given to you from above. If you now listen to this voice and thus make use of the opportunity, soon your soul matures in this love, and thus you again and again recognize love as the only true way to the heart of the Father. Remember His walk on earth where the Lord sought to win all people through love, you also have to make an effort to always only follow the course of your heart, which will always admonish you to be active in love. The guideline for this life is always the walk of Christ on earth ....

If you can follow this and His words, you will easily reach what the goal of infinite beings in the universe should be. You enter through love into the grace of the Lord because everywhere where love prevails, there the Lord Himself is among you, and in such nearness of the Divine Savior, His grace flows in you, and then this struggle on earth will become easier and easier when Divine grace supports you. This should all those who are pressed down to the earth with burden and sorrow well consider ....

If they turn more and more to the work of love, the Lord gives them so much strength that they soon recognize this in themselves and all the worries of everyday life no longer seem oppressive to them ..... They are far more likely to have these taken from their shoulders and life from now on is easily bearable. The eternal Creator wants to reveal Himself in all these worries of the earth .... Whoever walks through life without thoughts of the Godhead, should be made aware of a power that dominates him .... From which he cannot escape by his own strength.

If true love now underlies the actions of man, then he will also soon be able in this love to recognize God the Lord in everything, even in what presses and burdens him .... and once he has recognized this, then the Lord Himself pushes Himself into his heart .... since He always stays where true love is the driving force of all actions. When you now cannot recognize the Divine Creator and still act continuously in love, then your soul has already long since recognized, and it would be only a short time until your spiritual eyes are completely opened.

Therefore cherish love as the first commandment, take care of each other .... don't let any of your fellow men lack where you can give, and last but not least be concerned about their spiritual well-being; if you yourselves came to recognition, then help them also to come to this knowledge, and all this you can do only through love, which is an outflow of God, the heavenly Father from eternity to eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Leaving the mother church ....

B.D. 0400 from May 5th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

The biggest foolishness in life takes place when people withdraw from the church they belong to. The circumstances the clergy find themselves in nowadays are not easy .... they do everything possible to help the church keep its sheep and yet one after the other isolates itself and often no longer finds its way back .... It is then exceptionally difficult to influence the souls of such deserters even though this is and indeed should be every clergyman’s task. Now the Lord puts the gift of teaching into the hands of His chosen servants .... not to push the clergy out of office but to help them, so that people outside the church also receive the blessing of God’s Word. But who listens to and accepts the Word ....

It is indescribably difficult for someone having voluntarily separated himself from the church to submit to God’s commandments .... It is not as if he did not have the opportunity to walk the right path .... If his heart dictates what is pleasing to the Lord and he follows this voice he will very soon reach a level which can lead him to much further ascent .... but usually people who have separated from their mother church are not at all interested in purely spiritual matters. They deny everything and are therefore in an extremely unsafe position by delivering themselves to evil powers, since they give up all support which the church had still provided to them and are far more likely to become entirely unbelieving, and their whole direction of thought only applies to the present .... but they deny life after death, which is generally the reason why they have separated from their previous belief. If these people are confronted by great hardship one day they won’t know where to turn .... then they will look for their God and don’t know where to look for Him ....

The clergy will never again be able to keep up the old discipline, it has lost the strength which makes the task of the messengers of God’s Word easier, because they themselves often lack true profound faith as well .... They cannot any longer support with holy eagerness what they are teaching, and thus one thing explains the other. God’s Word has to come to life in the messenger .... anyone speaking to the people has to be permeated by true love for the Saviour. Then every word flowing from his mouth will be spoken by the Lord Himself .... then every word will also enter into the human beings’ hearts, and the small flock of people on earth which follows the Saviour and is willing to serve Him, will unite ever more closely. But anyone leaving the mother church surrenders himself to divine grace if he does not voluntarily bring himself in his heart to accept the divine doctrine .... Such struggle of heart is of immense value at the present time if you do not want to perish. The soil is being prepared wherever a community congregates to hear God’s Word, and if a person’s love is active as well the earthly child will soon feel the blessing of God’s Word by being able to penetrate the divine teaching ever more and by receiving the right understanding for God’s Word.

And thus the foundation of faith is laid in such a community, and if a faithful, God-serving shepherd is in charge of this community the Lord’s Words will soon take root in the hearts of the believers, and they will be correctly guided onto the path of ascent. Therefore remain faithful to your mother church and don’t leave it, for every church can give you the foundation for your own progress of ascent if you don’t just listen with your ears but also with your hearts to what your Heavenly Father is telling you through His servants. Therefore, when you hear God’s Word you should know that the Lord Himself is speaking to you .... you should know that everyone who serves the Lord has been chosen to proclaim the Word, that one day there shall be a great harvest .... and respect all workers in the vineyard of the Lord .... Any person proclaiming His Word has been given the task and strength by Him .... thus listen to him and the blessing of God’s Word will always come over you ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Decision .... Love on earth or sacrifice ....

B.D. 0401 from May 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

The ones who are Mine should be comforted at any time .... Thus I made you known and lead you safely through all trials of life. Those who respect My word go into My protection, and never does the Father allow that suffering be inflicted to their soul. And that's why I only remain in love towards Me, everything follows by itself, because ultimately, only one power dominates the universe .... My will .... and where I love, I want that everyone who longs for Me, will be protected. What other value would life have except that I am well pleased with My children? .... Everything exists and arises nevertheless only for these, and if the actual purpose of life was recognized only once in so far that the soul turns lovingly to Me, then I will not permit that this soul ever again goes astray ....

The will of the child towards the Father is decisive .... then all strength flows through you to remain faithful to this will .... Also I do not admit then any longer that this soul turned to Me, is seized by dark forces .... What is still allotted to it on cloudy days, serves only for the stronger development of love and to awaken ardent longing for the Divine Father, and [you should], in this knowledge, always patiently accept what is henceforth destined for you. You are still unconscious of love, otherwise you would be able to satisfy the desires of the heart .... Every work of the soul takes time .... It is up to you to rise in the most burning love, to sacrifice your life on earth or to sacrifice your earthly life to the Lord and to enjoy unspeakable happiness in the hereafter ....

In any case, your love will not be stopped, but you would become incompetent for earthly life with the all-consuming love in your heart .... This is the task that is left to you to accomplish .... I look upon you, My child, with infinite love and yet I must leave this decision to you .... What earthly happiness can be granted to the human child, is always an obstacle on the way to Me .... I Myself am the Love and the Life; whoever remains in Me and I in him, has eternal life .... the love for Me must dominate you if you want to enter My kingdom, and you must give away everything else willingly ....

The world is hard in it's privations and hardships .... To attain eternal life without resistance would not be meritorious, and many even stumble in this resistance. You, My child, My angels shall guard you and always direct your spirit towards Me .... But they must not influence your will, and therefore it is entirely up to you alone to obtain the heavenly crown .... Whoever lives in My love will also fulfill My will, so you should first seek to strengthen yourself in this love ....

A pure heart in fullest faith and a patient, always gentle nature, secure you My love, and this again inevitably pulls you upwards. Thus your walk on earth is blessed, if everything is based on love for Me .... To see the glory of God is the highest and for you the most incomprehensible happiness that awaits you in the hereafter. To share in this happiness, you must use every minute of your life and always obey My commandment of love, because true love alone paves the way to eternal bliss ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Dangers of the world .... False luster ....

B.D. 0402 from May 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

You must strengthen yourselves with the power that flows to you from the Word of God, and so the Lord tells you that no-one makes an effort to lead a life pleasing to God who continues to turn his thoughts to the worldly, because the soul can never find it's Creator where far more interest is devoted to the temporal life. In such spiritual poverty the spark of the knowledge of God is certainly not hidden. Man seeks to win from the earth everything conceivably possible, but no thought, however quietly longing, turns to the eternal Creator .... Anyone knowing the dangers of the current earth certainly foresee no good end ....

And so one day after the other passes by and brings no ascent to the human soul .... a long life passed by without any consideration towards the Divine - and is poor in Divine grace and edification, because where the heart does not ask for it, there it must be in need and thus loses infinite help and support. But the world with it's false luster blinds such a poor heart, and the more such a man longs for it, the more abundantly it will be fulfilled, because the world pays it's tribute to him who only longs for it.

So most do not recognize their purpose in life because the veil of ignorance is permanently before their spiritual eyes, and what now such a soul creates or does not create for eternity, is unspeakably sad. Thoughts of God indeed forces itself upon them at times, but then it is always only a mechanical merging in religion they are taught .... Their inside, however, knows little of it, and they do not try to establish a deep internal connection with the heavenly Father at all, because any spiritual compulsion is unpleasant for them, and they are still so far removed from a full recognition ....

Thus such a soul anxiously avoids the opportunity that could give it enlightenment, and prefers to cling desperately to the dead teaching rather than to give life to this teaching with a warm heart and bring itself into a state in which the spirit dominates the body and the whole fullness of Divine grace would make the way upwards so easy for them. Remember these poor souls fervently in prayer, so that the light of knowledge may be kindled for them still on earth and they may not have to struggle unspeakably in the world beyond ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Divine Power .... Energy .... Correct desire ....

B.D. 0403 from May 7th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Follow our explanations: The earth with it's surrounding atmosphere enlivens innumerable beings for the sole purpose that these can take care of their development and concentrate more and more on absorbing a force within themselves, which one can then regard as a culmination point and from which one can continuously strive for and achieve a transformability. Work this out for yourself: ....

It is given to man to acquire an extraordinary power; he only needs to want to and can then use it to put his will into action. If he will now unite .... he can decide inwardly consciously, to which goal this wanting is to be applied now, then he receives at the same time the ability to prepare himself for eternity, because he then brings his will in agreement with the task assigned to him and he then can no longer do anything else but to fulfill this task.

For this earth-life all people has been given the same task: the ennobling of their soul, to give it freedom out of it's previous power and then to prepare it to receive the Divine Spirit. The sooner this transformation takes place, the more effectively the power of the all-generating Divinity will influence this person .... So it is given to everyone to become a part of this power through a focused will. The evil influence of the earth will be weakened in the same measure .... The soul so to speak removes itself from the sphere of the world which holds it in chains .... it unites itself in higher spheres with beneficial and supporting spirit-beings and thus escapes the power of darkness ....

The right will has therefore brought about a transformation that fits completely into the order of God .... Every activity carried out at this stage is now aimed at the advancement of the soul, and the possibility therefore remains that the soul's further course of development takes place in such a way that it fully complies with it's destiny and fulfills it's task on earth .... it has taken on a covering which is able to contain the highest and holiest .... the Spirit of God ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

'Oh come all to Me ....'

B.D. 0404 from May 7th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Cast all your cares on the Lord .... and if the worries concern your spiritual well-being, you shall not remain in need for long. One thing above all is needed for you, that you do not consider worries too small or too great to entrust them to the Lord .... If you are always careful to trust in the heavenly Father, His love also always care for you .... because you would have to despair without His help, the Lord takes it from you immediately on your prayer .... because through this prayer you also increase your strength to bear what is imposed on you, and therefore it will be useful for you to turn to Divine love and mercy in every tribulation.

"Oh come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened .... I will refresh you ...." All consolation and all love lie in these words of the Savior, and not for a second should you tarry where the Lord's help is so dearly offered to you. The greatest concern of the Lord is that you would not need Him on your way of life, that you believe .... relying on your strength, to be able to do without His help .... then your spiritual progress will be very slowly because man is only able to do very little from within himself, but with the help of the Divine Father, infinitely much. So turn to Him in every trouble of soul and body; He will not let your prayer go unheard, and you will only win for now and all time.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Disadvantage of cultural development .... Worldly wisdom .... Forces of nature .... Charities ....

B.D. 0405 from May 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Out of such connection grows the greatest blessing for you, and therefore always begin your daily work with intimate prayer. The Savior of all the worlds is now again passing through the earth valley. His mission is to teach the world the true faith. But little has changed during this time. It is an extremely difficult beginning to put the belief in an afterlife into the hearts of people who deny everything supernatural in a truly sacrilegious way .... Today's cultural development has the large disadvantage that it produces innumerable worldly wisdoms and fights therefore from this perspective particularly against everything indicating a life outside of the earth.

And so the progress on earth is always a disadvantage for everything spiritual. The active striving and haste, which fills people day in and day out, leaves them little or no time for the development of the spirit .... for the work on their soul. They do not notice how fast their time is passing by, they follow their earthly activity unaffected that only now and then a thought turns to infinity .... And this is the most unhealthy foundation on which spiritual building can proceed. It is not only the excessively time-consuming earthly activity that hinders man, but rather the spiritual knowledge that such people believe to have and against which it is far more difficult to fight.

To open up a field of knowledge to a not so wise person is considerably easier .... but to want to convey spiritual knowledge to a person who is well versed in all knowledge, is far more hopeless .... The whole existence of this man depends in his opinion only on his earthly activity .... A thought of something higher, of an existence formed in any other form after his bodily death, is to him something that only requires a quiet smile of superior knowledge, and yet such a wise man on earth knows nothing .... His spiritual, soul-supporting activity shows gaps upon gaps ....

That is why the Lord has now taken care and has chosen His servants with the ability to confront them with extraordinary proofs of His power and will. It will be a desperate struggle for these souls, who often do not want to take the trouble to seriously examine an apparent proof of the Divine work .... But forces of nature will also bring them enlightenment at the same time, so that they try to turn their thought-activity away from the earthly and to penetrate into infinity ....

But what a struggle of the spirit-beings and the servants on earth has to engage in for these self-exalting earthly children .... The universe with all it's splendor, all phenomena around and above, are not enough to awaken even one small glimmer of light in these .... and the charitable institutions striven for in the world also deprive them of the last chance to cultivate a love-field for themselves, where the Divine Source of grace would be opened up to them through an activity in love and where they could then give food to the spirit within themselves out of love ....

That is why an ever wider gap lies between the children on earth and the spirit-beings active around them because love is so little practiced and without love, the spirit remains in darkness and a development of the soul can only be achieved with difficulty. Because the assumption that an earthly child attains a perfect spiritual state through an apparently civilized life on earth, is wrong .... The soul must be redeemed from within, and this only love can bring about, and only where this is active, the still existing darkness of the spirit is to be banished, and also the light of recognition will still shine for these people, when they only make an effort to cultivate love .... Then also the grace of the Lord will meet them lovingly and let them safely find the way leading upwards into the heavenly kingdom ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Father's words

B.D. 0406 from May 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Hear the voice speaking to you .... All the time, people are born who have the inner urge to submit to the Divinity in everything they do .... life is also only one step on the ladder leading to perfection. Therefore do not fear and tremble, you who want to reach the highest bliss of eternal life .... Your heart will guide you, you will hear the Divine voice calling out to you: "Follow Me .... and the suffering of the earth is overcome for those who remember only the Lord.

A moment full of joy is granted you, which exceeds the suffering of the earth a thousand times. If you abstained from the world, you now learn to know happiness in all it's fullness, because the love of God knows no bounds, and you can still increase this heavenly happiness to immeasurable heights, if you have become one with Him in the love for the Lord and Savior .... Therefore is the wrestling during time on earth necessary until the last hour .... Hear therefore the exhortation which the Lord sends to those who are His: You will be considered by My love, but make yourselves also worthy of this love.

Those who keep My commandments and follow Me, remain eternally in My love .... They will not feel the heaviness of the earth oppressive, when they are completely absorbed in My will .... The last will be first, and so also everyone who willingly serves Me, will rule over innumerable beings in the universe .... Because My power passes over into those children who are devoted to Me in love. See the earth as a unique schoolhouse that I Myself run .... and where I try to teach My wisdoms to all pupils and to give them knowledge of the work of the Godhead .... And see these children, how they receive differently what is offered to them .... how they partly hang attentively on My lips, but partly also listen completely unwillingly and want to escape My teachings.

And so only a small part will use what My love offers them .... But this small fraction of My earthly children is so willing that My fullest love is there for them and the stream of My love-glowing heart overflows into their hearts .... and so for these there will sure still come times of trial, but they will know how to rise again and again in My favor, surrender and follow Me loyally .... And so I never leave a heart so anxious for inner maturity .... I bless it and make it fully available to Me .... until I one day take it into My Father's kingdom ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Security of the truth .... Importance of knowledge .... Guiding spirit ....

B.D. 0407 from May 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

This may be said for your reassurance that neither spirit-beings nor people have the gift of conveying to you erroneous views, if you seek the truth in your heart alone. You yourself refuse to accept an untruth in your mind .... so no power will be able to transmit such to you. That's why your struggle for the truth is so blessed, because with this will, you are already eliminating a misleading force .... Then danger will only threaten you, if your wrestling slackens and you surrender yourself in indifference to the effects of all the elements ....

And that is why your prayer is needed, which gives you protection at all times and makes you receptive to all that is good and noble .... The goodness of the Lord lets you be steadfastly instructed; your attention is to be directed mainly to attain spiritual maturity, because for your farther life, a knowledge is necessary that makes you capable of every contradiction when the teaching of the Lord is challenged. Whether in this or that world .... diligent work will always be required if the words of God are to find their way in and be vividly evaluated.

It is not about absorbing the details, but rather about the knowledge of a continuous life .... about incessant work on the soul .... about the everlasting activity of each being .... This knowledge will spur you on to the highest possible perfection in your earthly existence, because it offers the greatest possibility for it and your continued life then exists for you only in your own blissful love-activity, while otherwise still another agonizing struggle to the finite height in the hereafter is destined for you, which you are given ample opportunity to avoid in this life ....

So now your protecting and guiding spirit tells you about a constant worry of the beings surrounding you .... Their activity consists mostly of conveying to you the true realization that you have been made receptive to our teachings. They care for you as it were continuously and watch over your thoughts. It is of incomparable value to be entrusted to such faithful guardians .... The right knowledge which they own, will also soon pass over to you and will detach you more and more from the earth's resistance. Thus cared for, your life path will still be a struggle, but a successful one ....

Only few are assigned such a task because the power and the will of every individual are so different, that the Lord chooses them Himself. Whoever grants Him entrance into his heart, will also place himself in his protection and now experiences the proofs of His love and goodness in the richest measure. But beyond that, a driving force is given into man's heart, according to which he must strive ever higher, and this driving force awakens wherever man engages in love towards his fellow men. Spiritual knowledge is hence indispensable to show the fellow men the right way to attain eternal life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Activity of the friend .... Effect on souls in the beyond .... Eager listener ....

B.D. 0408 from May 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Blessed activity is completely united with our will, and we are always waiting for the hour that will allow us to connect with you. It would be so easy to convey to the spirit what our task is, but your body-shell is still a strong obstacle, and it is only your constant striving that makes it easier for us to communicate with you, because where the will is strong, our power is also strengthened .... But the pure words of God can only be communicated to you through a Divine Spirit ....

We are present at every recording and take part in all teachings, but it would be impossible for us to announce ourselves to you, since this your connection with the hereafter is a serious teaching activity and we are not allowed to claim your strength and time for ourselves. But we remain constantly connected to you .... we bring you all compassion and only faithfully keep everything far away from you, which could be hindering you and your striving. Well, countless figures from other regions are moving around you and are trying to make you turn away from your task .... But the protective wall around you is so strong that you need fear nothing.

But it is now a rare privilege for us that we may communicate with you. Your friend urges you not to let yourself be distracted from this extremely blessed activity under any circumstances .... she wants to devote herself, like you, to the work in the hereafter with a zeal that she may one day receive you in the same condition .... Thus it has become her task to contribute to the ennoblement of the beings by pointing to this your activity. Countless beings already place their salvation on your heart, they unite around you daily and hourly and are happy to be allowed to stay in this sphere and to receive admonitions and teachings without interruption, partly through your spiritual striving .... but also through the activity that made it much easier for them to find knowledge ....

Some still err ignorantly in your proximity, and these especially are in the caring love of your girlfriend. It is infinitely delightful for the ignorant to point out to such helping souls can also be appointed to them, if they do not reject this help, .... What was missed on earth in the effort of love, is gladly and joyfully carried out there, and this effort is often not so easy .... because there are - just as on earth - very many stubborn and obstinate souls in the universe, who are averse to any instruction and ungraciously reject it. There also many a knowing soul must exercise itself in patience and again and again try to influence such erring ones with love.

There is an extremely faithful listener in your circle .... all your writings are accessible to him, and he already has the knowledge that he feels happy to have been so blessed. It is the Lord's will that all those who are yours and all who are near you may participate in the teachings that are given to you. For such is commanded by the Lord that everyone should be granted what he desires .... And whoever feels drawn into this circle, he will certainly not go away empty-handed and they will be commanded so much spiritual food and drink that they can strengthen and mature with it.

Through your work they have been offered such an active spiritual activity that they thank you eternally .... because your will to reach God also shows the right way to so endlessly many. In this hour we all experience the grace of the Lord on us and thus follow your work with true joy .... The Lord's goodness lasts forever, and His love is boundless .... He considers all His children and seeks to win also those who still reject Him. Thanks to Him until all eternity.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Regarding earthquakes and disasters ....

B.D. 0409 from May 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

A little while yet, and the Lord provides His own with great power and gives them authority to work in His name. Likewise, those whose hearts meet Him in love, will be overtaken by an undreamed-of measure of wisdom .... There will be thousands to be converted, and to give these a glimmer of the light of God, God must let extraordinary signs happen, because the blindness among mankind is too great.

And in a night of terror many will fall into the belief that the forces of nature have put an end to their existence. So there is still the possibility to bring about a recognition in such souls, because only that what happens outside the earth .... in which men are uninvolved, can bring about a change leading to good. The rule of the elements will make them realize that every being is subject to a higher power .... Hours of extreme trouble and distress have to precede this spiritual knowledge, and so also this is only a work of mercy of the Divine Savior.

As the forces of nature also have a purifying effect in the air through their activity, so also a great shaking of the earth will only have a positive effect on mankind in a favourable sense, because all earthly decay can be made good, but not the decay of the soul .... Whatever earthly valuables are destroyed, thousands and thousands of hands will strive to rebuild .... a building of the soul however will not be tackled so fast .... Only a small part of humanity will think of something better, and this will be greatly blessed by the natural activity and it's devastation ....

Thus the brazen voice of the Lord will sound everywhere, and wise is he who hears it and works to fulfil the will of the Lord .... The earthly valley that is so lovely for you can become a valley of terror, if you do not respect the grace to be allowed to dwell in it and only strive to fulfill your sensual desires. Where can be a life without actual activity .... which is determined for you and which consists in the eager further training of your soul .... ? God's forbearance and patience lasts forever .... but you would not reach your goal in eternities, if you never had the will to do so.

And so God gives you His will urgently .... He who has ears to hear, let him hear .... because the Lord warns everyone, so that eternal darkness may not cover him, but that he may enjoy the Divine light. You who want to serve Me, be ready for this time, because then you will have to exercise your office and announce everywhere the word of God, which will be comfort and edification for innumerable people in difficult times, but then will also be respected and obeyed ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

New formation of beings .... Army of creating spirits .... Problems ....

B.D. 0410 from May 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

The biggest problem for you to solve is .... how you can unite with the all-encompassing and love-giving Godhead, so that as a part of this eternal Godhead, you can also once possess unlimited, perfect power and join the army of creating spirits. Thus the wise plan of God is always directed towards the new formation of beings who always and constantly execute the will of the Lord out of their own free will in order to help countless less developed beings than these ruling powers to progress in infinity in a just and wise way, to let the beneficial environment arise for them again and thus to work united with the Godhead and yet unchanged by the Divine will ....

Integration into the Divine order already means a union with the eternal Godhead, because everything then happens according to the will of God and again for the purpose of the higher development of all beings originating from God .... That is why every atom in the universe .... was created by the hand of God .... and is never ever worthless .... The measures that are applied to bring about a complete dissolution of atoms are more or less executions of his servant spirit-beings, likewise brought about by the will of God, in order to penetrate even the smallest judgement of creation and to lead it to it's intended purpose.

Everything that people do to dissolve matter to a certain extent, or to form it differently, is an intervention of the Divine will, which frees the beings bound in this matter, and offers them again in another form the possibility to go through the course of development determined for them. It is of extraordinary importance to extract from nature, which is constantly changing, the rules of life that are useful and beneficial to every being. Considering this, man will always have to recognize a wise Divine plan in every change of form .... be it on the ground or in the air ....

Everywhere a slow but constant change is going on, which, however, always has the sole purpose to give the beings a redesign that develops them further. Nothing can stick to and on the earth in the long run .... The condition of a form is of a different duration, depending on the abundance of the life-spirits encapsulated in the form .... An employment of the Divine will changes the old form only when these life-spirits are able to fulfill their task in another arrangement of their accordint to their purpose .... and this always until they have reached the degree of maturity for the next stage.

Such change .... an emergence and passing, is to be constantly observed in nature, and exactly the same is also the condition of humans - the same law of God is imposed over the soul, according to which the soul can likewise leave this covering only then when it has reached a certain degree of maturity .... Life on earth has however only value if the reaching of this degree of maturity is consciously aimed at .... in contrast to all stages, which the soul had to exist in involuntarily before it's embodiment as human ....

And so it must therefore be of the greatest value to consciously enter into contact with the Divine Creator, so that the millennia of struggle before would not been in vain and man now lives up to his last task in full knowledge of it and of out of his own free will .... That he turn this his will to the Godhead and subordinate it completely to the Divine will .... this alone is of blessing to the spirit, that his striving to unite with the Divine Father-Spirit, may be fulfilled. For God's wisdom and love has a task ready for everyone, which awaits him in eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Activity in the afterlife .... Participation in the teachings .... It's value ....

B.D. 0411 from May 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

It will not remain hidden to you that also in the hereafter a still so small will-power is able to develop favourably in the spiritual. It is a regulated activity for the service of still ignorant beings, a permanent school of the spirit .... There too, as on earth, like-minded souls unite and exercise their activity mostly in a community, because a mutual stimulation for these souls is a need and again also stimulates the souls to utmost activity.

The free will is also here alone decisive, then nobody can find himself in a predicament .... everything that is done in the hereafter is the completely free will of the individual .... each soul holds an office, a place, where it fulfills it's obligations and is always anxious to carry out "more" than is demanded of it. Provided that this soul has already received the grace of enlightenment .... that it has recognized which work awaits it in the hereafter .... and that it can only reach a higher state through such activity in love for the other. Nothing is then too heavy or too laborious for such a soul .... Without rest, it remains busy and active for the great work in eternity, to save the lost or ignorant souls from need and distress.

If now such a connection is established as this your present ...., then the spirit-being concerned about lower creatures, brings an extraordinary ability to undertake this work of redemption .... Such beings, who enjoy this teaching together with you, can indeed constantly look after an immense number of souls in need of help and lovingly impart to them the teachings and wisdom they have enjoyed, and the strength will never diminish, because they may constantly draw from this source of grace, which opens up to you on earth as well as to the beings in the hereafter, an area that is inexhaustible - because the wisdom of God cannot find an end, as everything that is of God cannot be completed forever ....

The highest gift to a human on earth is the personal instruction by the highest messengers of God and the love of the Lord Himself .... To whom this is granted, he cannot praise himself sufficiently happy because his earthly power is not by far sufficient to receive such teachings and wisdom, unless the power of God expresses itself so visibly and wants to consider the willing child with the gift to receive and write down the thoughts of the spirit-beings.

It is a work from the heavens .... it is an obvious sign of the Lord's exceedingly great love for His children on earth .... it is still much more a making oneself feel the loving heart turned to Him, so that it may hear the voice of the Lord and now be graciously blessed. The school of life is built on Divine wisdom .... he to whom this school now brings or has brought the desired success, will henceforth be fed directly from heaven with further teachings, and his teacher will be the Savior Himself, who again blesses the earth through such love and wants to save it from destruction when they only accept what is lovingly offered to them from above.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Cycle of Things .... Rhythm .... Three times sun-effect ....

B.D. 0412 from May 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

One of the peculiarities of the day is also the eventful and extensive .... and extremely regulated effects of the natural forces on both humans and the animal world .... It is a cycle of all things predetermined by the Divine will as a basis .... according to which now each being is always subjected to the same events and everything regulates itself .... which would be of great consolation to humans, if they had directed their attention to it only a little .... Just as everything in the universe is subject to a certain rhythm, so too all events in life are animated by the same rhythm, so that an unmistakable rule of the eternal Godhead can already be seen from it.

Although you follow all your actions of your own free will, a certain regularity can always be recognized .... and always repeats the same thing at certain intervals, quite obviously and sometimes also hidden, but clearly visible to the person thinking about it. Whether on a small or large scale .... Everything is based on the Divine order, therefore it is natural that the eternal Godhead knows about the smallest world events and that every event is necessary for the development of the whole ....

If man would regard the whole natural life in this sense, then he could not at all avoid to take note of the all-directing and wise ruling Deity .... because no earthly ruler, however wise, can influence a natural event .... This is the sole responsibility of the Ruler of the universe, who from eternal times has given His laws to nature and all that arises in it .... The sun's effect is different three times a day .... in the morning, at noon and in the evening .... It's power acts on the living beings in a different way each time ....

In the morning, it practically awakens everything that sleeps .... it raises leaves and flowers, grasses and stalks and provides them with the strength to go through the daily stage of development .... to grow and flourish .... At midday the power of the sun is so increased that it has an invigorating effect on all creatures, as long as they are still growing. It then drives everything to the highest activity and thus in turn promotes the development of all living beings on earth .... But by evening, it's light is already extremely mild .... charitably touching everything and of mild luminous and warm power. And yet even this slow decline of their activity is wisely arranged to prevent the transition from the heat of the day to the coolness of the night from being felt so suddenly by all that lives on earth.

Likewise man must move in his so ordered cycle of all things, directed according to God's wisdom and will, and these regular repetitions of all events are the pointers to the rule of the eternal Godhead and an indication that man is therefore an inserted link in the chain that is passed through all eternities, forged by the Divine Master Himself.

Amen

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Father's comforting words .... Admonition to firm faith ....

B.D. 0413 from May 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

The breath of God blows around you, My child, when you turn to Me in intimate prayer. Try to always abandon yourself to heavenly grace, and soon the trembling in your heart will be banished, because you must know that whoever trusts Me, acquires an inexhaustible measure of love .... In no distress of body and soul I leave you alone .... because a heart that trusts Me is strong in it's faith. But the eternally highest, is faith .... If you can call a deep, unshakeable faith your own, then you yourself are standing much higher than the highest born man on earth. For those who believe in Me are My children, and those who are children of God are no longer of this world ....

Receive and understand .... I want you to acquire this deep faith, I also want you to present all your worries to Me with confidence .... and I want to take these your worries from you as a father keeps all evil away from his children. The more you trust, the further away all misfortune will be from you .... Your soul is still timid and yet stands in an excess of grace ....

Therefore, your effort to refrain from any timidity should always be to trust only your Saviour and put yourself in a state where you, deeply believing and with a joyful heart, surrender yourself to the Heavenly Father, for His care is your welfare .... and if the soul is well taken care of, then the needs of the body, which still press you, will not be felt and also of so little importance .... which you will only recognize when you have emerged from the body shell yourselves.

The Lord warns everybody against a too shallow faith .... you will feel the power of a deep faith even soon in yourselves .... you will be relieved of every pressure and every earthly heaviness when you only believe because the confidence that the Father in heaven does not leave you without help, will also make all heaviness much easier for you to bear, and so you come closer and closer to the eternal home. Because a true faith is the basis for correct action, and through this you will surely find the way to the heavenly Father ....

Amen

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Love .... God's Word .... Field .... Seed .... God's protection ....

B.D. 0414 from May 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Love one another .... This is the highest commandment, for it embraces all that the Lord God asks of you .... If you fulfill this commandment, you will also never be without the love for God .... and you desire more and more the power and grace that flows to you through the love for God and for your neighbor. Therefore, wherever you are chosen to fulfill a mission to your neighbor, this alone is already an inexpressible grace from the Lord, because a field of love has been given to you, which you shall never tire of cultivating.

To receive the seed through the Word of God, which is transmitted to you daily, is again a proof of the grace of Divine Love, and if you are busy and active in spreading this Word, and if you sincerely ask God for His blessing, the seed will sprout in the hearts of people and will then also lead them on the way of salvation .... All salvation comes from the Word of God .... so the doors to the heart are wide open and let in all the blessings that the Lord Himself has placed in His Word. Full understanding will only come to you when you make an effort to put the Word of God into practice; there is nothing as powerful as the active exercise of the Word of God ....

"I am the word, the truth and the life", says the Lord .... so everyone has received the Lord Himself by accepting the word of God .... he walks in the truth and will live for eternity .... And as only true love always unites with the word, so it certainly follows by itself that you are then in full possession of all spiritual vitality .... that you then need not fear anything - and no event, however threatening, can affect you, because the Lord rules with his love in you and around you, and he watches over and protects those who are His .... those who carry His Word in their hearts and live in love .... for these are His true children whom the Father will protect from all evils of body and soul ....

The active spiritual activity .... the search for Divine truths .... the walk of the spirit in regions outside the earth .... all this is already a proof of the everlasting company of the Lord .... His love is steadfast with these children who abide in His Word and in love, and makes them safely walk the right path that leads to the heavenly Father and through Him to eternal life ....

Amen

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Work of the demons .... Love as a weapon .... Poem ....

B.D. 0415 from May 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

The demons are poisoning the land ..... They are constantly trying to gain power over the incarnated souls walking on earth. They feel the need to transfer all the evil urges and vices they themselves indulge into the people on earth, and with all means and attempts they penetrate them .... A great power belongs to .... Self-conquest and recognition of your spiritual task to resist these demons. But every event has it's good side .... the beings who are aware of their task, join themselves all the more intimately to their Lord and Savior ....

Earthly children living in spiritual inertia often awaken and become active and busily working on themselves as children of God, and by using all their strength they will also be able to overcome such temptations when they always turn their heart in love towards the heavenly Father. The call of the Lord goes out to all: Be alert and pray so that you do not fall into temptation, never forget to strengthen yourselves for the fight that earthly existence means for you .... live in faith and love .... then you are already conquerors and winners in this fight because you overcome yourselves and defeat the opponent who wants to destroy you.

A little word of love, given to your neighbor, is always a weapon with which you protect yourself against all attacks of the enemy .... And if love moves you, you will never be defenseless .... this weapon breaks the strength of evil .... all evil influences are debilitated .... and you yourselves are growing an ever stronger and stronger force with which you can silence the whispers of such demons.

(In every danger, in every need, there is only one commandment for you .... let love dwell in your heart .... demons leave you, through love you fight your way up .... life on earth becomes easy for you; where ever only love is given .... there the heart is so richly considered .... Request this heavenly power. You shall be protected always .... you are always ready to love ....)

Amen

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State of readiness .... Submission of will ....

B.D. 0416 from May 14th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

He who rules everything in the universe will know how to control even the smallest creatures. But He leads, as it were, at His hand the children of God who completely surrender themselves to His will .... One's own wrongdoing is then never to be feared because the power of the heavenly Father is stronger than the weak will of the child, and, inspired by this power, the child also willingly lets himself be led and thus always comes closer to the goal. As soon as faith weakens the danger to stray is greater, but where subordination to God's will has occurred, there is also the basis for a firm faith, and only a complete separation out of free will would result in a reduction of the strength of faith.

This would only be possible, however, if we consciously work against God's commandments .... And such is an extremely rare case, so once an earthly child in possession of Divine grace is also permeated by the love for God .... That is why you, My child, need have no worries; the Lord protects you and always gives you warnings and also proofs of His Fatherly grace, which is to draw you constantly higher. In view of the willingness with which you always fulfil your spiritual task, the Lord particularly urges you to put yourself in a state that puts an end to your fears and doubts .... in a state of complete readiness to receive everything that is intended for you ....

You must always think that the Lord has taken you into His loving care and now you can do nothing else but to do His will .... But you must also always accept every phenomenon in life, every suffering and discomfort, all joy, all happiness, also as a gift of the Saviour, who thereby only constantly shapes you, in order to transform you into that which makes you worthy of His love .... which in you should still eliminate everything that connects you with the earth, in order to transform you only into a child of heaven .... If you can reach that state, then soon all suffering will no longer be palpable to you .... You are then connected in love with your Creator and no longer feel the pressure and heaviness of the earth.

This complete leaning on the Divine will then also completely excludes a falling away because the will to reach the Father will always be a protective wall against possible temptations that penetrate from outside. your serious efforts must be directed to .... making yourself completely free of fear .... thus to overcome the lack of trust in God to the highest degree .... This will make your life path extraordinarily easier and make you more and more capable for this task on earth. For God's blessing is upon you all the time.

Amen

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Grain - harvest - reaper .... Secular pleasures ....

B.D. 0417 from May 14th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Accept the gifts as they are offered to you, and make an effort to take an intimate part in them, and you will always be blessed. For the grain is not always ripe for harvest .... it must come in due time. But if the time has not yet come, then it shall be left to the Lord how He brings the fruit to

maturity. Likewise, your spirit is to receive what it is commanded by the heavenly Father .... Until the time of maturity has come, you must surrender yourself completely to the Lord, so that He may let the spiritual fruit in you come to maturity. Likewise, your spirit is to receive what it is commanded by the heavenly Father .... Until the time of maturity has come, you must surrender yourself completely to the Lord, so that He may let the spiritual fruit in you come to maturity.

Then only when the time of harvest has come, when the reaper needs many, then it will become clear how manifold the seed has risen, which the Lord Himself has sown. Pay attention to the coming time, everything that turns to the earth with it's joys cannot develop to spiritual maturity .... The fruits now being brought forth are perishable, worthless results of their earthly change .... they will be thrown aside as weeds at the great harvest, and the right fruits will be very few.

And in this time it will become obvious .... Man with his habits cannot so easily give up what has kept him imprisoned for years and has been of attraction to him until now. He tramples on the good seed that was sown, because he does not recognize it's value .... and so he already gave up everything to be able to count on a good harvest, because he gave up the foundation ....

(Break)

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The lovely earthly valley .... Clockwork ....

B.D. 0418 from May 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Acquire the right to God's grace, and it will be granted to you immeasurably. Hear the words of the Lord: The valley of life is for you people a rich and beautiful fragment of the eternal creation of God .... Where the children of the earth strive to find the key to all that is beautiful, the earth will open up to them .... it will reveal itself to the smallest detail and will thereby proclaim the glory of the Most High, His power and His glory.

Given this, the earth will be like a clock, finely constructed by God, whose movement is driven inexorably as if by a finely geared train. In the same way also the earth is kept in motion by eternally interlocking cogs, which are the eternally unchanging Divine order .... and every creature has it's share in participating in it's kind in the Lord's work of creation. Countless seed dust holds the fullness of light .... each grain of sand holds an atom of the universe .... but the wise of the world see nothing of it all .... they grasp only purely earthly, which they should recognize as a miracle of Divine creation. They have wisely calculated and fathomed all emergence in nature ....

Everything that testifies to the miraculous power of the Divine Spirit is, according to their understanding, a lawful force of nature, an emergence out of itself, based on the living conditions of the individual living beings. Just there where the working of the Divinity begins, there they stop .... they certainly deduce the presence of a divinity, but only in the forces of nature expressing themselves .... but not as an entity, which intervenes in all life and experience down to the smallest detail and which has set a certain task for the beings inhabiting the earth ....

Everything that the earth offers to your eyes can only be grasped in it's deepest wisdom and wonderful glory if one deeply believe in an eternal God .... without this you lack the key that will give you access to this wonderland .... and what your eyes see is only the shell that still hides the secret work of the Lord .... try to look with spiritual eyes and you will break through the shell .... you will look into a land that will reveal far more wonders to you .... you will soon be able to recognize the earth as that which the Divine Creator creates in the excess of His love .... as a clockwork of the finest construction .... which in it's regularity is such a meaningful institution for millions of people who betrays the direct contact of the Divine Master with His creatures .... and therefore thanks - praise - and honour are due to this Lord and Master until all eternity ....

Amen

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Reference to teaching activities .... The wise - the ignorant ....

B.D. 0419 from May 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

He who is faithful to the Lord fulfills his duty .... If the task was given to you to be a righteous fighter of Christ, then every word you speak for His glory is the right one .... and you will find in this task the fulfillment of life on earth. Thus a word for Christ is always better than an act without the blessing of the Lord, for this will be judged by the spirit that governs it .... but you will never be told what to do for the glory of God, but your heart must guide you and will always find the right form to advocate for the Lord. So pay attention therefore only to the fact that love of the Lord guides you, then also your will will always accomplish what your heart longs for.

It is a tradition that wisdom cannot be made even wiser .... therefore the Word of God will only be accepted where man seeks .... but not where he already believes to have the knowledge .... there only a shrug of the shoulders will follow your speeches, but where the earthly child has been occupied with similar questions, the process will begin, which is the only way desired by the Lord and also by the spiritual beings .... that a lively thinking activity starts about problems, which are otherwise easily rejected.

And so the wise do not find the key to the truth so easily, the ignorant however gladly receive a reference to the Divine Creator .... and much is already won, if an earth child devotes itself to this thought .... How this thought-activity happens, is not hidden from you .... it often is only the slightest hint of survival after death that makes people think .... And if the sense of eternity is opened to a true seeker of God, then knowledge is not difficult for him to attain .... The grace to dwell in the Lord is commanded to everyone in the richest measure, but innumerable people do not respect this grace ....

The world creates it's teachings as it needs them and as they are beneficial to earthly desire .... But these will certainly be hardly compatible with the Divine teachings .... they judge where they lack any knowledge and also any understanding .... they often make the views of others their own without possessing the right power of judgment themselves. And then they want to have an educational effect on others .... To prevent this is praiseworthy and pleasing to the Lord, and where the love for the Divine Lord and Saviour underlies this endeavour, words will not fall on barren ground, but will quietly begin to sprout and be supported by personal events, thought through again and again and finally heeded .... so that your efforts will be rewarded ....

Amen

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Present and past .... Redemption ....

B.D. 0420 from May 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

The past solves itself .... the present is always the ever-determining. Making these words understandable to man, is often met with hard resistance .... and yet this problem is one of the most important laws of creation, according to which the Lord never judges and punishes with eternal damnation whoever once has detached himself from the past sinful life and has now accepted true knowledge in the present. This is all the more difficult to accept because man is responsible for his deeds at all times .... so therefore for all the past .... but in God's wisdom and love it is reserved to every creature to be released from the deserved punishment when his innermost being can still be guided on the right path and be transformed ....

Then what he lacked before will never again be repaid, but will lovingly be forgiven him by the Lord and Savior. Therefore the Lord took upon Himself the suffering and sin of mankind; He suffered death on the cross to deliver them from this guilt of sin. Because it would rise into the immeasurable for humans, if they would want to erase all sin debt themselves one day .... Hence the Lord is so unspeakably interested in an inner conversion, because he wants to reduce the unspeakable pain in the hereafter for the children of the earth ....

And the struggle for such souls, which walk on earth in darkness of spirit for a long time, is tremendous .... therefore it is necessary to present to them the great mercy of the Lord .... That they are allowed to free themselves from their guilt when a finite recognition of the eternally Divine causes them to purify themselves inwardly .... when they in this knowledge repent of their past life and through this make themselves worthy of all grace that is now offered to them in rich measure. God's goodness and mercy is great; he wipes out all guilt on earth where the heart lovingly turns to the Father - then the love for the Lord has first become alive in man, then his previous life will appear despicable to him, he will remember his previous failed life in deepest repentance, and this repentance and the will to henceforth be devoted to the Lord, cleanses him from all guilt.

So the past will always dissolve into nothing when it is replaced by the present in such a way that this present corresponds to the true purpose and goal for which man was allowed to embody himself on earth. Such transformations of the past life are an inestimable advantage for the earthly man .... the strength and the grace of God is granted to him in such a measure that he can also carry out the complete detachment from the past life with good will .... Only remorse will remain with him, but this will only have a beneficial effect on the inner formation of his being.

Whoever once recognizes his sins and implores the Lord for mercy in his deepest heart, will be received very lovingly by the Savior as a repentant sinner, and in all mildness and goodness the Lord says: "Your sins are forgiven ....". He thus erases the debt of the past and takes the repentant child to His Father's heart .... He blesses it a thousand times over, because heaven rejoices more over one sinner who has recognized and found the Lord than over ninety-nine righteous people ....

Amen

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Success of the researchers .... and inner voice .... Link .... Predictions ....

B.D. 0421 from May 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Recognize the Divine Spirit .... In connection with the all-encompassing Divine love, by absorbing the spiritual truths, you acquire a treasure of spiritual goods that surpasses all human knowledge .... Never can the deep intervention of the Divinity into the life on earth be recognized with the earthly mind .... Only he who listens and ponders in the heart, will reach there where truth is hidden.

My child, put yourself in the position of a serious researcher and enlightenment desiring person, who in all love for truth does not find the right understanding from the simple tones of the heart's voice .... he has been offered an abundance of teachings, and his effort was dedicated to the full investigation of these .... The most childlike form, the most urgent heartfelt plea to the heavenly Father .... that is what all these researchers for the truth are missing. Years of work cannot bring them success, when the most intimate devotion to the Savior in a short time brings the earthly child .... Oh far above such wisdom researchers! .... Even if your sense and aspiration is good .... how easily could you achieve all this, and by which detours do you seek to reach the goal ....

For the spiritual activity is always only conditioned by love. Withdraw from life on earth, and desire to take part in the spiritual life .... and gates will be opened to you, and you will look into an environment which can satisfy you far more than empty science, which was built up and rationally explained only on intellectual knowledge. Thus the spiritual maturity begins to develop in you far earlier than can ever happen through wise and trained forces .... The Lord distributes where faith is deep, and only this inner faith guarantees you also the understanding of His teachings ....

For the number of those to whom this area is alien, who strictly adhere to earthly boundaries and could not yet feel the extraordinary power of the Godhead in their hearts, a day will also come when the truth will be revealed to them .... a day when everything that is normal, will be changed .... a day where their thinking activity stops and they will only look and not be able to understand .... and then the human mind will deal with these problems, and suddenly a wonderful experience begins in their hearts ....

The seeker will be considered and find .... The seeker will recognize, and all this out of love .... And to those who love, the Lord approaches and directs them in the wisest way. They fall under His spell, from which they cannot escape, because they must love when the love of the Lord embraces them .... Words of incomparable power and effect will flow from the mouth of him who lets himself be guided without hesitation by the love of the Lord .... and such a man must then do completely as the Lord prescribes .... Why then do you want to doubt, you who will then recognize the power of love in yourselves ....

That is man's noblest task, to be a link between heaven and earth .... to have no will of his own except that which the Godhead demands. These are the fingers of the Lord .... They convey the word that the Lord Himself gives to the children on earth .... they are the spiritual helpers for building for eternity .... Life on earth without Divine representatives of the highest will, would be much more difficult to live ....

The Lord has wisely mentioned the mediators between heaven and earth in order to speak through them to His own. The one who addresses himself directly to the heavenly Father in all intimacy also has the task of communicating the extraordinary grace that he receives to his dear neighbor. But it is precisely this task that is so rarely recognized .... The will of the Lord must visibly intervene there, and this will happen in a short time. Forces inexplicable to mankind will be expressed, but will bring enlightenment to the spiritual seeker.

Those who serve Me will certainly hear nothing else but My highest own voice, and no power on earth will be able to drown out this My voice .... And because this time is near, I again urge you all to pay attention to everything that comes from above .... and not to slacken in wrestling and praying .... Because this will give you strength to remain loyal to Me and to recognize every event as My will.

Those who are devoted to the Lord are indeed small in number .... but where they work in My name, they will achieve great things and spread light that will shine in a wide radius. They shall be strengthened when they need it because who fights for My kingdom will be strong against the enemy .... The power will continuously flow to him .... until evil is defeated and good has triumphed. And those whom I send to you, you shall hear, and you shall feel in your heart who are Mine. Because where My power connects with the earth, there the earthly child accomplishes extraordinary things through Me .... and when you hear these, you will want to enter My kingdom .....

Amen

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Connection between the earth and the beyond ....

B.D. 0422 from May 17th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

So begin and notice: It has always been the Lord's wise intention to establish a connection between heaven and earth, but one thing remains hidden from people for their benefit, that the world of spirits on the other side clearly reveals itself to everyone who longs for it. For that would not be in the Divine order. The connection can only be made when a completely mature man turns to the hereafter with sincere intentions. Therefore, attempts to establish communication will always be aborted and abandoned .... People lack full earnestness, spiritual maturity and the will to serve.

And again a whole army of spirit-beings is close to earth, which would like to make themselves perceptible to the earthly children in every imaginable way .... As often as these beings now have the opportunity to make themselves known to people, and a connection is established with them on earth, also lower elements crowd up, which likewise seek this way to be able to follow their drives, and just these are the cause that such connections soon dissolve .... in such a case, the good beings then seriously regret not being able to communicate.

The power of these beings can only work in agreement with the earthly children. If they have a really good will, then a good understanding is soon achieved, and the more intensely focused the earthly child concentrates on the pure-spiritual, the more perfect will be the announcements, which it then receives through the spirit-beings .... So the creature of God on earth has it perfectly in his own hands to create a spiritual connection with the hereafter .... which is of such extraordinary blessing to himself.

If man convinces himself that Godly power is expressed in every spiritual atmosphere, and if he accepts that only by means of this power a connection can be achieved, then it will be understandable to him that the beings seeking connection on this side as well as on the other side, must also be permeated by God if they are also allowed this power. Because the highest being with it's work cannot possibly place itself at the disposal of a God-averted being.

Therefore everything that is started and carried out with God and in God, will be crowned with the highest success .... While other motives are the cause and other God-averse forces intervene and are active, there the basis is given for error, for conscious deception and consequently for a rejection of faith in a connection from this world to the hereafter ....

Strive for true knowledge .... A being matured in this way then possesses an extraordinary wealth of power, because it may continue to draw this [power] from the connection with the good spirit-beings lovingly granted by God ....

Amen

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(Before the headland) ....

B.D. 0423 from May 18th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Behold, My child, for you the way is marked out, and every movement of your heart points you this way. What you are beginning, I have ordered wisely, since you want to serve Me. Now, however, many an hour it will seem to you as if you are distanced from Me and stand alone .... For every such feeling I have My plan, because only through perpetual fighting and wrestling, your will to reach Me is tempered .... So I also brought you here and record this day especially blessed for you .... What you receive into your heart, shall teach you love .... There will only be few who remain completely in Me, but these few shall stick together and be shone upon by My sun of mercy.

Physical well-being is so secondary if you can only quench your spiritual thirst and hunger. And in the vicinity of this My servant on earth, you will mature and always rise to higher regions because you are destined to stand up for My word, and again it is My love that brings you together and guides you. So try, My child, to accept every word received as spoken to you .... Behold, your spirit is willing, but you do not yet grasp the whole depth of My love. Every word will reach you only after firm will and constant struggle .... But if your heart first holds intimate love for Me, then you will hear what I want to convey to you .... And then you will tremble with happiness; an unspeakable feeling of bliss will fill you, and you will always only want to hear My words.

Now however still an unmanageable restraining feeling presents itself to your heart's door .... which has it's reason in a still insufficiently strong faith .... See, where you can strengthen this, you will also lose all inhibitions, the words will quickly and easily force themselves into your heart, you will receive them with brightness of mind and a rejoicing heart .... Oh seek to attain this faith, let yourself be guided and directed by all that I send you .... Nothing is without intention, therefore let go of all anxiety. I will also give you joy today and give you spiritual food, which is to strengthen you and bring your little heart closer to Me.

Release yourself from every doubt, put everything trustingly into the hands of your Savior, Who protects you and guides you safely on all paths. Hold on to only true confidence .... what My tongue speak is always only meant for the right ears, and these My words are to penetrate also there where it is necessary .... The best fighters for Me and My teachings I also have to give exceptional consideration because you humans fear and tremble even if you are of good will .... But I still know your troubles, and when you call on Me for help, then I am already for you and give what you ask.

I want to consider you, My child, richly and unceasingly .... just always insert yourself into everything what I let happen around you, and you will soon be on a height, which still today appears unreachable to you. When the day comes to an end and you surrender yourself intimately to your heavenly Father, a ray of enlightenment will be bestowed upon you .... then lift up your eyes to Him who desires the salvation of your and everyone's souls from the most deeply loving Father-heart. For His eye watches over all of you who are His children, and where your heart asks for grace, this grace is bestowed upon him without measure. Take therefore care of each other and you will mature .... you will recognize the Divine greatness more and more and can truly be called My children ....

Amen

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Father words ....Love .... Appearance .... Participation of those in the hereafter ....

B.D. 0424 from May 18th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Behold My child, in a short time you will see Me in the light .... you will be blinded by the light and your eyesight will be taken away for a few moments, but in your heart a flame will ignite that will never be extinguished. Thus I will draw near to My children whose hearts desire Me. See, it is so difficult for you to recognize only because all your longing cannot yet be found in the image of your Savior .... For the time of your earthly existence you are still held captive by an indefined trembling. You cannot yet comprehend the actual essence of love .... everything is still undissolved in you, and when love is not yet recognized for what it actually is, also the heart will not be able to free itself from the heaviness of the earth.

My will never allows a violent ignition of love .... it must be quietly drawn into the heart and yet anchor itself so firmly in it .... It has an oversized power, which it draws from the Divine Love .... Desire and fulfillment are one, because God gives unceasingly where His nearness is longed for. My child, let your eyes see what will make you happy forever .... Let your truth-hungry heart refresh itself with spiritual light .... The food shall be offered to it fully, and body and soul shall be refreshed ....

What shall man still desire, if he once enjoyed the favor of the Savior? .... What you then feel in the heart, will lift you above all earthly things .... And this moment will let you recognize the oversized love of the Father for His children .... and if this has become understandable to you, then there is no more fear .... neither about faith nor about love .... Then everything, everything will be only a proof of eternal grace ....

All those who are well-disposed towards you in the hereafter look forward to this act of grace with joy, they know that you have been accepted into the chosen circle of those who serve God on earth .... they desire to care for you constantly, and for their work they hope for a supporting power in you, if you, blessed by the love of the Lord, surrender to your office .... They all want to take care that your spiritual work progresses and has a successful effect on all who hear you. To possess the heart of the Savior .... To be made happy by His love is the most precious gift that the Father can give to His children, because in possession of this love, all life in this earthly valley will appear miraculously lovely to them. Their own spirit will unfold and only always strive for union with the Father-Spirit, because everything unites in Divine love.

The farther work will become easy for you, if only love dwells in your heart. So prepare this your heart that it may receive Him who will offer you an unspeakable happiness and receive you to Himself .... Who wants to take you into His Divine heart and teach you love .... The eternal sun will then rise in you and fill you completely with it's mild light, it's warmth and bright shine and only then will you realize that the greatest wonder is love .... Therefore, My child, take not of when the Divine Being approaches you and receive Him deeply, humbly and in holy faith, and offer Him your heart willingly and without restraint, then you will be filled with fervent love-power and your faith will strengthen ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Shaping the youth .... Intervention by God ....

B.D. 0425 from May 20th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

You will be faced with a task that requires great willpower to solve, and therefore it should be strengthened again and again through our teachings. Thus today the Saviour has given you a teaching that refers to the inner development of all political measures, which have the sole purpose of strengthening power but depriving the people of all their freedom. These are the measures that are used in order to fully get hold of the youth.

Just in these times, where the young person should reflect on his inner life .... where he should begin to look at nature in a Divine sense .... where he should learn to look at all the wonderful things in the world with spiritual eyes .... It is precisely during this time that he is called upon to perform mechanical exercises that suffocate or atrophy all spirituality in him .... A world-view is forced upon them, the whole purpose of which is to eliminate everything of the future from their thought-life, that could have a positive effect on the refinement of the soul ....

They start with the idea of forming a completely new line of thought .... this results in a degeneration of all spiritual thinking .... The train of thought of the youth will only move in those areas that are much more in accordance with the trivial demands on the youth .... but they can never bring the maturity of the soul. Because the youth knows nothing of a soul and it's destiny, or sees such an enlightenment only as a fable, to which a person of the present time do not need to pay any attention, the task which is placed today on the youth, misses the spiritual sense completely ....

Everything that is striven for is only development for the earthly life, but not in the least a promoting influence on the spiritual constitution of the young person. The still existing reasoning is remodeled without consideration .... the responsible youth leaders consider their work full of satisfaction, consisting of a completely earthly shaping of the youthful soul, but blocks the way to the free search for the truth and deprives it of every opportunity to find or strive for food beneficial to the spirit. How are these earthly children to be guided .... how is the work to be accomplished in them, which opens another direction of thought for them ....

Depending on the length of time, these people take root in a soil that is not very suitable for developing of the right spirit. On the contrary, they will use everything to expose any teaching that bears witness to God and to the descent of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, to earth for the purpose of the redemption of mankind. They will strive to present this His teaching - which should be the most holy for all - to be completely invented, and this is the worst time for the youth, which should be opposed with all power and will. And the Lord will therefore also with this, pull up the lever ....

He will also bring judgment against those who are up to such a deforming of the youth .... Where should God's love reveal itself more vividly than with those who are entrusted to Divine love and whom the enemy is now trying to wrest .... The Lord does not let go of them so easily .... He will protect the young mind .... He will also put the question into their hearts: What is the purpose of the whole earthly existence in the nature of man? .... And with the help of the Lord, this question will not be lightly dismissed. But this question will be answered in their minds, and the systematic extermination of all spiritual experience will suffer a strong blow through the will of the Lord.

And then .... take note, you unbelievers, how ever more strongly the impulse will become apparent in the youth to recognize a higher Being .... take notice that an ever stronger resistance will make itself felt and finally demands freedom for all inner life .... Because God does not forsake those who remember Him, and will especially take care of the youth, so that they do not suffer harm to their souls. Therefore wait for the time which is no longer far away and will free you from the gagging of the spirit .... Because all this happens in the will of the Lord, who will gather His children around Himself, to give them knowledge of their actual purpose, so that they may pursue it and escape the banishment of the world through it.

Amen

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The sages of antiquity ....

B.D. 0426 from May 21st 1938, taken from Book No. 9

The greatest sages of the world were hidden in antiquity, and yet the laws of creation were closed to them as a book with seven seals ...., like the secret code that inspired posterity to think diligently and yet could not be deciphered. As versatile as their knowledge was, the eternal problem between God and humans was unsolvable to them .... an enigmatic veil covered everything that reached into the mystical .... Even the wise Socrates completely wrongly concluded that there were undeniable natural forces, which, however, acted from within themselves, uninfluenced by any power that determined them ....

The Divine work as such and the conscious ability to serve this Divinity was, according to the opinion of these sages, something completely unproven and had to be denied, because in no epoch of time was the urge for truth stronger than in that very time of the sages. At that time God also awakened people who at certain intervals brought a glimmer of light among their peers and expressed themselves as follows: that the world with all that lives and exists witnesses to the work of a Deity and that this Deity expresses Itself in all life .... from the smallest creature up to man ....

The opponents could not argue against such wisdom, since they very clearly recognized the extraordinary power inherent in those who proclaimed the truth. This power was always used where people were in danger of being subject to a complete supremacy of matter .... In times of deep spiritual blindness, when spiritual night surrounded mankind, a ray of light broke through again and the Lord found His way into the hearts of the people. Thus each epoch has also felt the nearness of the Lord on earth, both before and after the great work of redemption of Christ ....

At all times, only few remain devoted to the Divine Lord and Master in such a way that they are able to hear the voice of the Lord. But these have always been blessed at all times. By the will of an earthly child showing such a readiness which is expressed in receiving Divine communications, the truths of the eternal creation was made accessible to people on earth, and therefore the earth did not remain unconsidered since antiquity .... it was always and eternally the same .... Brightness of spirit is given to those researching the deepest depths of their hearts, and the eternal Godhead was also always recognized by these, although this truth could not be passed on as a teaching, but had to be recognized again and again by each person himself.

So still a number of beings have attained spiritual maturity at all times, which now again and again continuously teach the children on earth and let them receive every suggestion to also seek and research in the heart for the eternally immutable and all-wise ruling Deity ....

Amen

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Undermining the teaching of Christ ....

B.D. 0427 from May 22nd 1938, taken from Book No. 9

The Lord's vision goes far ahead, and the threads of fate run together everywhere into eternity. Put the axe to the roots of a tree, and you inevitably have to cut down the whole tree .... and in the same way a whole building will collapse if you would break down the foundation walls .... and where work is constantly being done to undermine the building of God, which is the teaching of Jesus Christ ...., there the whole of humanity must inevitably perish, because eternal life is based on this teaching alone ....

What once the Lord and Master clearly expressed to mankind, was the constant commandment to follow all His teachings. During the time when He walked on earth, His teachings accompanied and supported countless miracles and gave the unbelievers visible knowledge of the fact that God's Being and supreme power hid Himself in the human shell of Jesus and spoke through it to the people.

A work as powerful as the teachings revealed to mankind through Jesus could never be the work of a human .... the Divine power of His words, combined with the deepest love for the people, testifies to the fact that it was the Lord Himself who spoke to the people .... and such a work, the Word of God .... which existed from eternity and will remain in eternity .... shall now be destroyed through the will of man .... The world itself will rather fall apart before mankind would accomplish this ....

And where someone nevertheless wants to lend a hand and will try to tackle the work of destruction, there he will rob himself of the vital nerve and slowly perish both psychologically and physically. For would you then fight against the Lord with your own hands and not be defeated? Like false friends, you will be advised by those who think they are justified in having an enlightening effect on this earthly life.

These are themselves so selfish beyond all measure that they also seek their own benefit in this striving .... that they themselves presumptuously issue commandments in an unmistakably calculating sense .... that they furthermore selfishly want to make people understand that God Himself never gives Himself to the earthly beings to recognize, except through the visible activity of nature .... a people spiritually impressed like this, rendering the connection of God with humans through Jesus Christ only credible in such a way, will be robbed of the power of their own will and the energy of this people would be weakened for unforeseeable times.

However, this view will presently not allow for unlimited power, for the people would rather keep the commandments of God in mind if they believe .... and they would live strictly according to them. But this would then be a disadvantage for the earthly rulers who want to dominate everything .... it would set a sure limit to their power. They therefore seek to present all Divine work as an earthly illusion in order to campaign against it. According to Divine counsel, Divine teaching must endure this admission in order to rise again purified and with renewed strength - and to assert itself all the more strongly in distant future times. And whoever shall lay hands on the word of God, shall perish in body and soul. But His Word will remain unchanged until all eternity ....

Amen

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Explanatory note to no. 410 ....

B.D. 0428 from May 23rd 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Thus walking on earth is nothing more than a transition into the eternal regions, and again and again it is man himself who determines his own condition in those regions. If he has spent his life on earth in constant striving for spiritual goods, he will never have to fear that life in the other world will be a burden for him .... he will never have to fear the hour of death and will only leave the valley of the earth to swap it for heavenly realms, which will appear incomparably lovely to him.

But the inner return to God must have taken place .... the union with the highest Being must have preceded if man is to reach this state of mind, which guarantees him a complete dissolving of his covering. In the other case, however, the human shell will not separate so easily from the soul .... Although the soul has left it's earthly body, it is still not free ....

The spirit's covering still clings to it .... it is not completely free, but still prevented by the same fetters as on earth to be able to swing freely up into higher regions, and this state will then be the same as the state on earth, because the soul in the beyond still walks in the same ignorance and obduracy .... it is often unconscious that it has already left the earthly valley .... Therefore your spirit always finds the sphere equal to itself, and when the soul has already reached the state of maturity on earth, then it also, at the time of bodily death, immediately enters light-filled spheres ....

It then does not first have to go the endlessly long way of struggle in the hereafter, which is similar that of the earth, but cannot be overcome as easily as on earth. Do not fall therefore into the temptation to believe that over there the possibility still remains for you to mature the soul .... This is far more difficult, and unspeakably remorseful is the recognition of the unused time on earth. So it is always more advisable to remember the hereafter with horror as an unfinished being and then to restlessly strive for the greatest possible perfection already on earth, than to indulge in inertia in the hope that one can make up for what has been missed here ....

Life on earth with all it's misery and suffering is nothing compared to the struggle of such imperfect souls in the hereafter; for you are not given such possibilities as on earth .... Your struggle will be far more difficult until all human earthly things have completely separated from your spirit and then your spirit has reached the degree that it can be absorbed into a new kingdom of light. Thus it is to be understood that the state of the human is passed on to the soul until it has reached the degree of maturity determined for it ....

Amen

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Love ....

B.D. 0429 from May 23rd 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Those who love Me are in My grace .... My child, in your heart the embers that have Me at their center, have not yet been kindled .... The fire of love is a very tiny flame for the children on earth, to whom the highest and holiest is still hidden .... for those who have not yet grasped Me in My whole Being. As much as the intimacy with which I draw all who are Mine to My heart is still unknown to you, so also is the power of My love still unknown to you, and when this will expresses itself, heaven and earth will be opened to you, and love will ignite in you with such violence that you would almost believe yourself to have perished ....

Such a desire for your Redeemer will befall you that life on earth seems unbearable to you and you no longer demand anything but to be united with Me. And then it is to show itself whether you are able to bring Me a sacrifice .... whether you are content for the time on earth with the consciousness of My love turned towards you and want to be active for Me on earth for the sake of this love when your time has come .... I will not, never ever leave you and am with you always, but you must first acquire on earth that measure which is to bring you the highest reward in eternity .... the sonship of God with all rights handed down from the Father and most indescribable bliss.

If you want to carry this life on earth, I will give you strength through My love .... but you must first recognize who I am, only then will you be able to love Me, as all My children are to love Me .... You, My child on earth, walk in such exceedingly gracious ways, and portals will be opened to you, which will reveal to you much hidden things .... You walk in the light and seek Me daily and hourly .... I will let you find Me, and I will open the sight of Your eyes for you, that they may know Me, that thou may henceforth love Me with all the heat that thy heart is able of .... I must first completely take hold of you ....

I must let your desire for Me become ever greater .... only then will I quench your thirst and come to you Myself .... and awaken in you the holiest feeling .... burning, irredeemable love, which lasts until all of eternity. Those who seek Me will find Me .... and those who want to serve Me are not to rule, yet nothing is possible without love, because it alone brings you closer to eternity. So desire only warmly and dearly to know Me, and I will answer your prayer and give you a taste of heaven's bliss, so that you may eternally desire nothing else but to live and die for your Saviour ....

Amen

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Infinity .... Eternity .... Size of the work of creation .... Creative spirits ....

B.D. 0430 from May 24th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

The heavens praise the eternal glory .... The world is, spiritually speaking, an edifice of unimagined greatness and power, for the Lord has created everything on such a scale that millions upon millions of beings are lost in it as nothing .... Often the opinion is held that in view of this immeasurable size the army of creating spirits has only a limited effect .... that therefore this infinity is not everywhere created with beings and their necessary environment, that this creation of God is rather a further completely lifeless space which must only correspond to it's purpose in many millennia and only then host countless beings ....

The people on earth cannot grasp the enormous size of the work of creation .... just as little the determination of each particle of the universe. Where the Deity works, human comprehension is insufficient to grasp this work in it's full magnitude. The earth holds only the tiniest part of the beings and creations of God, but infinity has countless such small worlds, all created by God's power and will .... and not one of them will need to do without the wise guidance and constant care of the Divine Creator; everywhere the Deity is equally active, always again and again training beings, to whom the same strength, power, and willpower is inherent and to whom then the same work is incumbent - to continuously create in the spirit of the eternal Creator.

Thus all walk since eternity in the same law, and this will take its progress into all eternity .... An endless enlivening of all worlds will never let the Divine Creator rest idly, and it will be left to every being to form itself in such a way that it can create and produce in the same way and through this again becomes a part of the eternal Godhead - and thus the same power dwells within it, which is expressed in the miracles of the Divine creation.

Thus the terms infinity and eternity will become more easily comprehensible to you, because an endlessly long time is necessary to reach this state, and again a limit cannot be set by a limited space for the development-potential of the beings .... The voice of the Lord constantly calls out to all these beings, and whoever hears this voice will be a true child of the Father, be with the Father, and will work like Him for eternity ....

Amen

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Appearance of the Lord .... Strengthening in suffering .... Suspension Railway ....

B.D. 0431 from May 24th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

See, My child, everywhere My power rules .... every second, innumerable spirit-beings are active, which place themselves into My service for the salvation of the souls of people on earth, and I am before all these with My will, directing and intervening in all events. Who there hears My voice, is a child cared for by Me, which can be sure of My help at any time. You are standing at a time of inner disruption on earth, and this time requires many armed forces which stand up for Me, and only the greatest love for Me enable these fighters to take upon themselves all troubles, which is the lot of My followers.

Then I Myself will appear because they need extraordinary power, which only I Myself can and want to give them. Do not be afraid, you who want to serve Me, your lot will certainly appear difficult to the world, but I Myself keep pain and suffering away from you .... You have Me .... and he who has Me in his heart does not feel any suffering and does not fear bodily death. He longs only for Me and in this love, he can achieve unbelievable things .... This shall be My consolation for you and for your love-desiring heart .... The time is near, and your heart will rejoice when it is fulfilled ....

All of life resembles a suspension railroad .... Where on rugged, uneven slopes often no-one's feet can pass .... where people are effortlessly transported high above the ground .... which means that the will of the Father also promotes the spirit of those who entrust themselves to Him, where in a natural way a stop is required .... where the spirit is gagged and can hardly find it's way up. Let the heavenly Father take care in all things ....

His Fatherly love creates paths for you everywhere which lead to Him, if you only pay attention to these paths and shrink back from no danger .... But the essence of the Godhead will remain hidden to no-one who only calls for Me in the heart .... It will be revealed to him to his highest bliss, and from now on fight for the Lord and Saviour, who has taken up My image in himself .... And this fight will be a victorious one, because My fighters are blessed by Me ....

Amen

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Recognition in the Hereafter .... Disguise of the light-beings .... Self-reproach ....

B.D. 0432 from May 25th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

At all times you are to remember those who have already long since left the earthly valley and had to enter the hereafter in an immature state. They has indeed landed a hard lot; they cannot find their way in the surroundings granted to them ..... they quarrel with themselves and are so very unhappy, that Love must meet them to redeem them .... i.e. to help them to find the right way out of their darkness also there .... Where now there the soul fights for light, it is guided rightly and inevitably advances.

But the time until recognition is so unspeakably hard for this soul. Here on earth, God gave them grace upon grace, so that they should find themselves in faith in the Lord Jesus Christ .... There they must still, much more from own strength, strive to reach .... i.e. with own will strive for this recognition, because the strength must as yet be supplied to them by the loving activity of the higher spirit-beings or by commemoration in love in prayer on earth. There is such a great difference between a perfect spirit-being and the soul entrusted to it, that out of such fullness of light it would be impossible to charitably influence the soul around which is still the darkest night.

It would inevitably declare the light, but it has to perish under such sudden fullness of light, and a complete purification of the soul would not take place. So the light-being is commanded to accept a disguise, which makes the interaction easier for the poor soul .... And in this garment, which is only slightly lighter than that of the erring soul, the light-spirit achieves to connect with it and now seeks to bring it into recognition of it's situation .... Many possibilities are offered and described to it, which are useful for the improvement of it's situation. The soul, which has already become so hopeless in it's darkness, embraces everything with the most intimate desire to just free itself from the present situation, and so the aspiration after the light begins ....

The condition of such naked souls are often pitiful; they are left to themselves, and remember their failed lives in agony and self-reproach. And an exceedingly great work of love is done on these beings when a little help is brought to them, which people can do so exceedingly easily and abundantly if they remember in prayer these lightless, hard-pressed souls, which on earth, sure out of their own fault rejected all favours offered to them and now exceedingly gratefully accept every smallest help, which makes their situation more bearable for them.

If you want to acquire an extraordinary measure of gratitude, then come to the aid of these souls. They languish in darkness and cannot redeem themselves without it .... and they will also never be admitted to circles of light until they themselves have the firm will to wrestle themselves from darkness with all their strength and striving for bright regions .... And in order to be able to summon up this will from within yourselves, you are to be helpful to these poor beings and, in perpetual concern, remember them in prayer, so that the light may also penetrate there and innumerable beings may be redeemed through love ....

Amen

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Closeness of God .... Earthly goods .... Renunciation and sacrifice ....

B.D. 0433 from May 25th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Bring to the Lord all that is dear to you and worthy of you, and you will be allowed to exchange them for far more beautiful things and receive them from His hand. But those who take pleasure in earthly things and do not want to give anything away will also be chained to matter .... They live one day at a time, but their hearts will never find the sweet peace that is only given to those earthly children, who willingly part with everything that is earthly ....

To become worthy of nearness to God, is such priceless goodness that all earthly goods collapse into nothing before it. Blinded by the fictitious goods of the earth, people find it difficult to separate themselves from it; they only always strive to increase these goods, and do not see thereby that the spiritual death accompanies these .... that they are led through a long, dark tunnel, which often have no end during their time on earth ....

The sun, the brightly shining daylight, they carelessly give up for a dazzling work, which however brings their spirit a dark night .... and thus the spiritual death - if humans do not come to the spiritual realization and sacrifice everything for this in order to attain for it the light of the Divine mercy-sun. Heaven's highest honors will be bestowed on those who never sought honor on earth .... and heaven's highest pleasure will be their share, who on earth willingly gave up for the sake of the Lord ....

Thus the Lord repays a thousand times what is sacrificed for His sake, and He considers each one according to his deeds on earth .... but each one will have to consider that he does not prefer the goods of the earth to those of eternity .... Because earthly property caters only for the well-being of the body and provides you with purely bodily pleasures .... it gives you reputation only before humans .... for eternity, it is completely worthless, yes far rather obstructive, because it will make the way upward more difficult for you .... but a heart that gives everything and has no joy in earthly possessions and recognizes only the Lord as a desirable possession, will be considered in all fullness in eternity and will increase it's spiritual possessions and wisely provide for all the needs of the soul, and it will, because it gave, receive unmeasured what will bring it highest bliss ....

Amen

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Will - Faith - Knowledge ....

B.D. 0434 from May 26th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Only the most perfect being of light will be able to penetrate into the deepest depth of Divine wisdom, but mankind will be granted an extraordinary favour when it is given knowledge of things, which otherwise remain hidden from the world, and this is allowed for the purpose that all those human children to whom the wisdom of God grants a view into infinity, are to find themselves into ever deepening faith. Faith in it's strength can do everything .... Those who are willing to believe will be helped so that their weak faith will reach the strength of a wall, and only the unbelieving mind will refuse to accept everything that the Lord God dearly offers to His own.

Look at nature, how everything is formed in a regular course according to the will of the Creator and passes away again .... and how many people pass by it carelessly .... All these miracles give them not even an indication of the Divine work. To these, signs of even much greater kind could be given, they would also experience all wonderful things without any impairment of faith as long as there wants to be any human - i.e. earthly - explanation for it. Because what then would force their faith, would be useless for their spiritual progress.

That is why the Lord always chooses the earthly children for His revelations, who are willing to accept .... who want to believe and so the precondition is given for researching in the wisdom of God. These also have to master the doubts wanting to shake the faith again and again as the strongest enemy .... but the will to have faith is stronger, then it will also soon overcome all counter-currents .... and then there will be no borders to investigate the depths of Divine wisdom.

Very few are able to realize to what extent a strong faith helps them to acquire undreamt-of knowledge about things that are hidden from the earthly man who lives without faith .... And that is why the number of those who live in ignorance will always be far greater, because only a small part of mankind is able to penetrate to deep faith. But you have this in your own hands .... it is always prayer that takes you up step by step .... and where you cannot believe deeply and yet are of good will, there pray out of a sincere heart. If you still have faith in the power of prayer, you will be helped .... The help of the Lord and your own will go hand in hand .... And you must achieve what you ask for.

The love of the Lord is so great that it very eagerly fulfills the wishes of the earthly children on earth, when the driving force for these wishes is the will to reach the Lord. And what knowledge is imparted to you, has to form your faith deeper and deeper, and so you reach through the grace of the Lord, knowledge about things which otherwise remained hidden to you, but are imparted through deep faith to everyone who wants to extend his knowledge through Divine wisdom. And what is offered to you is always only an outpouring of Divine grace to make the path of life easier for you who believe - and to make you into beings of light in all reverence and love for the Lord ....

Amen

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Agreements from acquaintances ....

B.D. 0435 from May 26th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Do not let your faith in your God be robbed from you .... the Lord and Savior knows better what is necessary for you, and He will therefore never hesitate to intervene by means of His power and to raise up an army of warriors who are to defend His word and His name on earth. This is why the call has gone out to willing children on earth, and the wise followed the call.

The earthly valley accommodates many people who want to extinguish the glimmer of light that shines for them because they shy away from the light and believe they are walking more protected in the darkness. Because the light illuminates too glaringly their errors and weaknesses .... they wrap it with the coat of darkness, then they feel better and can follow the wrong better. Suffering for these humans is if they are made aware on their wrongful life, and they would far rather like to remain in the old condition than to think of a serious transformation of their inner being. Then the greatest light has no ennobling influence; they prefer to withdraw again into their twilight state and are only ever active when it is necessary to achieve earthly success. The spiritual progress of the soul is not particularly important to them ....

But you must resist temptations of this kind. It is not any spoken thoughts that reflects eager reflection, but the contradiction is based only on the concern that constant writing might deprive you of the ability to be active in the same way as up to now. The commandment of charity is to be applied and obeyed, but where will a person who thinks only of himself observe such things ....

And already this love for one's neighbor should express itself there, then every proclamation would also have the power to penetrate there .... the words of God would have to resound in the hearts and trigger a feeling of well-being, but then people put themselves into a kind of resistance and then turn away inwardly because the truth does not seem quite so bearable to them and they therefore prefer to remain in the previous ignorance where they feel more comfortable. Therefore leave them the will until they confess it of their own accord, but continue to do your duty, asthe heart and love of the Lord commands you .... for the blessing will not fail to come ....

Amen

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De-religionizing the State ....

B.D. 0436 from May 27th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

So the people want to initiate an unmistakable de-religionization of the state that will promote every evil. One should always bear in mind that the State must necessarily collapse in itself when the simplest teaching about God and His justice is torn from the hearts of the people. All earthly order is first of all the consequence of the inner order of God. The peoples of all nations know that none of the laws given by the state could be fulfilled if the mentality of this people was not first judged by a doctrine of the God-being above all earthly, so that it complies with a fulfillment of the laws.

A hard being will always resist all desire for a higher power .... Now first transform mankind into compliant, willingly conforming beings, then they will also comply with what is desired of them. And nothing else can make a person as soft and pliable than the doctrine of faith. And so a God-fearing people will also always strive far more to fulfill all earthly laws than a people from whom one has taken away the belief in justification before the eternal Godhead and retribution after death.

Just a brief reference that such people will also soon no more fear an earthly punishment is enough, because in it each sense of responsibility is slowly suffocated .... This depends on the attitude towards God .... a higher being might still be feared, but not an earthly force .... if all faith would be taken from the people in retaliation. Then the passions would rather violently ignite in a human soul, they will want to seize equally unbound elements of all possession or unrestrainedly also destroy everything, because the urge for destruction is far more characteristic of such a faithless being than the urge to preserve ....

The further consequences of such a de-religionization would be that soon there would be no difference between people who are now still differently constituted. Because they would be averse to a supernatural Creator, i.e. they would no longer want to acknowledge Him, soon every soul would also develop only purely materially, there could never be any talk of spiritualization, and there would therefore also be no striving to reach a higher spiritual level .... So everything would remain unchanged soul-wise on earth and be influenced by earth forces and their unfavorable radiations. And the end of these beings would be a complete spiritual death after their earthly death.

But never has any authority been given unlimited power to have such a destructive effect on the soul of the earthly children and for this reason activity will begin in order to make people aware of the dreadful consequences of such a project .... What the peoples of the past had built up in ignorance and complete blindness as the doctrine of Deity, was infinitely more valuable than today's plan to tamper with an already existing Divine doctrine and try to eradicate it. Oh what misery this earth still has to suffer .... what misery the human children must still endure, so that they again will turn completely to this pure teaching! ....

And what a most evil crime is the planned destruction of this teaching .... to fight against everything that up to now has saved people from evil, if it was only recognized and fulfilled .... the many attempts of the alleged purification of teachings harmful to the people will fail, but what exists since eternity will arise again in clear purity, and cannot perish .... the pure word of Jesus Christ, the truly Divine teaching .... which alone can bring only blessings to mankind and lead them to their true destiny .... to eternal life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Sacrificial works and works of love ....

B.D. 0437 from May 27th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Always do only good, and you will find recompense in Me because you draw Me closer to you with every good deed. It will simultaneously be given to your heart if you want to acquire Divine grace in unlimited measure, only you must always combine love with every good deed .... I regard only good works born in love ....

My dear child, how laboriously an understanding is often reached, that must make you think that your willingness is not always the same. In place of daily prayer you must also sometimes do an act of love, and the strength to receive will flow to you much more easily from this very work. What you people can achieve when you only want to practice love more actively, is so boundless, that you are already blessed by it on earth, but unfortunately you take far too little advantage of the opportunity to obtain such blessings ....

For the heavenly homeland you need so many works of love, because they help you there to enter the Kingdom of God .... Through love you all gain an advantage, but you cannot expect without works of love that the Lord speaks to you as a father speaks to his children, so pay attention to this .... If you offer one sacrifice to the Lord out of love for Him, you will also receive the strength to let others follow this first sacrifice, and your spirit, your faith and your confidence will be strengthened .... You will love the Divine Savior and will hear the words of love through Him.

But it must always be your heart speaking, it must be endeavored in recognition of the Divine truth from extremely noble motives to stop the need and misery of your fellow man, it must always only seek to alleviate suffering, to give peace and to serve .... people on earth and always, the Father in heaven .... Only he who serves, will become great in spirit - and he who exalts himself will be humbled. Only when you strive to serve yourselves in this way do you learn to know the power of love in all it's effects. You are destined to be allowed to rule a kingdom .... administer and create on earth in moderation according to earthly needs, but take care of the soul without interruption ....

And so you also have to be uninterruptedly active in love because without this, no-one can become perfect and also very little Divine favour can be granted, but favour is so valuable for you and it is so difficult when you miss it, that you therefore have to acquire it through the works of love if you want that the Father in heaven to let you feel His love likewise. It will be a wide field of activity for everyone, if love is to be carefully cultivated and to produce the fruits that will be beneficial to us both on earth and in the hereafter .... And now put yourself in God's care and trustingly place all your worries in His Divine Father's heart .... He will know how to comfort you and will not deny you His help.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Flowers .... Transformation of the beings .... Work of creation ....

B.D. 0438 from May 28th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Accept the garden of the Lord as one of His dearest creations. The flowers in their oversized number and kinds, point you to the Lord's immeasurable power and love of creation. As often as a being embodies itself, a form is conditioned by the will of God, in which this being can dwell and work. In the same way also all the beings, to whom the power of God has made a visible work a duty, are again and again brought into forms, according to their activity determined for them. That now thousands and thousands of such beings have an exceedingly short life span, has it's justification in the fact that everything in the world must exist simultaneously .... the destructive urge on the other hand however, again causes a permanent change of these.

But since no concrete destruction of a being can take place, it must necessarily embody itself again and again in another form .... Therefore the rapid change in nature .... the eternal emergence and passing of all living beings .... (All heliotrophic plants embody the beings determined by the Father of the universe as carriers of the Spirit of God in the plant kingdom ....) Such a wonderful shaping of all creatures on earth has become the need of the creative spirit beings that they can manifest themselves in a thousandfold manners and diversities.

The all-time task of every being is to enliven the form so long until it itself has matured for the new formation in another form, and with the embodiment in every form also to fulfill the purpose of participating in God's work of creation, even if without will and unconsciously. Continuous reshaping then results in ever higher tasks, and such a being separates itself also ever more from the still clinging force downward .... it strives toward the light in every embodiment ....

And in manifold forms such beings are therefore given the opportunity to proclaim praise and glory to the Lord of creation, because every form is a true miracle .... but the human mind .... just because it is not able to recognize, often does not even pay attention to these miracles .... Where has the great love of the Lord expressed itself more gloriously than in the manifold design of that which covers the earth over and over .... be it in field and forest, on the mountains or in the valley, be it on the ground or in the air .... it is an immense work of God's omnipotence, which the Lord has put on display to mankind, and in the multiplicity of flowers alone lies hidden such a deep meaning that any one of them could occupy man's mind beyond all measure.

As humans who carelessly passes them by, you always want to consider that you have not recognized the value of flowers, but that all of you have also gone this way and you have also received your present form only after a long, long struggle, but that you first could only find the connection with the earth through your participation in the work of creation of the Lord through the embodiment in such smallest forms and smallest creatures. Therefore respect in every flower, in every blade of grass the eternal creator of heaven and earth .... and respect also the smallest beings, who through their embodiment serve the Lord of heaven and earth ....

Amen

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Danger of worldly pleasures ....

B.D. 0439 from May 28th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

The best weapon against evil is prayer, for already the request for strength saves you from being defeated. Everything on earth is a certain danger for man because it easily distracts thoughts from striving for eternity .... But the world must influence the senses of man with all stimuli, so that he can try out his resistance to it. But the easier the will to find the spiritual back, the more ineffective is the power of the earthly .... In all seclusion from the world, man can often prove himself far less than when the dangers rush at him from all sides, because spiritual power cannot develop and strengthen itself in such a way when little resistance is offered to it.

On the other hand an easy-going response to all temptations of life is an earnest danger for the spiritual state of man because this will always result in a flattening of the soul-life because never can one's intention be directed towards both the earthly and the spiritual life simultaneously. But in the true striving for spiritual maturity, the earthly child will always entrust itself to the Lord, Who leads it safely and lovingly through all dangers, and an overcome temptation is always a rung further towards the spiritual height ....

That is why we so often issue warnings and admonitions to you, to hold you back from everything that could be a hindrance on the way up, and you will always only have to recognize His loving care for you from this, because not one of you can pass these temptations without the power of prayer. The whole world with it's charms, on the other hand, will no longer harm you if you are so inflamed with love for the Divine Lord that you no longer demand anything on earth for yourselves, but seek and find fulfillment only in this love.

Then the danger of worldly pleasures is over for you because you then only know the one desire - to be near Him .... Every child longs for the Father, and His great love draws you to His heart .... but the world with it's joys is then no longer desirable for you .... pray that you may overcome all temptations .... pray ceaselessly for strength and for Divine grace ....

Amen

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Strong Faith .... Power of Judgement .... Prediction ....

B.D. 0440 from May 29th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Those who remain in Me will not need to do without My help .... says the Lord, and so also your heart will be cleansed from all doubt, so that a strong faith takes possession of you and you furthermore will stand completely in the service of the Lord. the Lord considers those who are His without distinction, but their own will can let them rise unbelievably high in the spiritual. Whatever will threaten you, the enemy can never harm you as long as you sincerely implore the heavenly Father for protection, because His will stands above everything, so also above the hostile powers, which are hindered to carry out their shameful plans as soon as in the child on earth ask for God's help - even if only in thought - when he begins to feel disgust for it.

Therefore never tremble and put yourselves trustingly in God's protection, and you will remain victorious in all temptations .... In the more distant decades, strange things are going to happen on and above the earth .... so the earth will gradually rebel against any excessive transformation through human hands .... This is a sign of the effect of the Divine will, which wants to point all consciously living beings the earth carries, upwards. This can only happen in such a way that also all these unusual phenomena have an inherent order .... because only by this one will recognize that one cannot escape from these things, and only then begin to notice and to think differently.

But only few will do this because the masses of humanity will also again try to give scientific explanations and will not draw any further benefit for their salvation from all these phenomena. It is up to each individual to decide where his mind wants to turn .... If the Lord would proceed too obviously, then soon everything would freeze in captured will .... as long as humans are able to think, they will also possess the power of free judgement and will express it at their discretion ....

A being on earth can never reach maturity if this power of judgement would be taken away from it or it would somehow be judged, because then free will would be switched off and spiritual maturity can no longer be striven for .... But how differently it behaves with those humans, who live only for the present .... their strength of judgement weakens significantly, they leave it completely to the world around them to judge what is uncomfortable for them .... They also thoughtlessly accept their judgement, but still again act according to their free will ....

And so again will only a small part be blessed .... and all phenomena will be beneficial only for this small part, but then these are to turn with all zeal to their actual purpose, because it would be only a short time, and unbelievably much and high can be achieved, if striving begins seriously. Do not let the hungry starve .... and enlighten all who are in darkness, who desires light from you .... You will be approached to hand out the bread to the starving, and it will be good because this will satisfy all who long for it, and it will give the strength to stand by their soul from now on, to redeem itself from matter and to turn completely to the spiritual.

These events will be such that many of them will try to start another life, because the recognition of an active Deity will come so suddenly over these earthly children, that also their whole thinking and striving will seem to have become different .... And then it just applies to utilize this condition of the people and to point everything out to them, which can anchor them firmly in the faith .... Heaven will give its blessing when you work for the glory of God and want to bring many sheep to Him .... A good will will always be blessed and bear good fruit ....

Amen

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Spirit of God .... Germ of the love of God ....

B.D. 0441 from May 30th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

Desire the Spirit of God .... Then immediately everything in you will become active .... the soul will turn away from matter, the flesh will renounce the fulfillment of it's desire .... love will enter your heart, and so you will feel how everything in you becomes light and bright. And all this, if you long out of your own free will for the union with God .... every being carries within itself the germ of the purest love of God .... Once it has risen in the heart, it then continues to grow, because the food that this little plant needs is supplied to it in the Word of God, which in it's purest form forces it's way into the hearts of people, where it is taken up and put to best use.

A heart fed in such a way will during the earthly existence certainly not need to live in want, it maintains itself in vitality and only needs to love with all the fervor it is capable of, then it will also soon be filled with the Divine Spirit, because the Father of the universe wants to reveal Himself to such people .... He nevertheless always selects those to such office, who carry the germ in themselves and care for the development of God's tender little plant. The Divine Teacher Himself taught His disciples on earth never to let themselves be captured by matter, and so often gave them proofs through the most diverse people, on whom He fulfilled His work of love and introduced them to His wisdom and teachings.

The greater the flame of love was in the hearts of the disciples, the brighter their spirit received what the Lord preached, and soon the disciples were so imbued with the Spirit of God that the work of the disciples on earth only expressed what was inherent in the Divine Master Himself .... an unknown power that expressed itself in deeds and words. Completely ignorant, simple people reached a degree of faith and maturity of the soul that undeniably surpassed their natural gifts .... but with them was the Spirit of God, and a visible influence of this Divine Spirit was everywhere where it was necessary to lead erring souls onto the right path.

So the Spirit of God is always needed where a people is to be awakened and guided, because man would lack all power, who would strive to bring teachings and wisdom only out of himself, which without the Spirit of God, would be only pure human work and as such transitory. Thus man can accomplish everything, the Divine Spirit works through him, and it will therefore always be man's most desirable task to prepare himself so that he is destined to receive the Divine Spirit - and full power then dwells within him, through which he can then accomplish what is pleasing in the will of the Lord and to himself ....

Amen

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The sun .... The spiritual sun .... The Divine mercy-sun ....

B.D. 0442 from May 31th 1938, taken from Book No. 9

A sunny spring morning will revive the spirit and give it the right food. For it is prophesied in the Lord that the Divine Voice will be heard, which stands in the Divine sun of grace .... and so, as a sunny day delights the heart of man, so the soul is highly happy when the sun of Divine love shines upon it .... It is an inexplicable process for you that the sun does not always express itself with it's power in the same way .... that it irradiates the earth valley at times with light and heat and again at times nothing of it's power and beauty can be noticed.

This is due to the fact that the earth is surrounded by atmospheric shells which prevent the sun's rays from reaching the earth or reduce their light and heat-power, so that the beneficial effect of the sun's rays is weakened and is felt only slightly by the earth .... It is exactly the same with the spiritual sun, which in it's elemental power wants to penetrate the human heart, wanting to shine through it with light and the warmth of love, and which often cannot work it's way through because of the many shells in which the soul languishes.

As the forces of nature .... Severe weather, rain, wind and storm .... have a purifying effect in the atmosphere surrounding the earth and allow the sun's power to penetrate, so must the human heart .... the soul .... remove all the dross around and within you and clear the way for the Divine mercy-sun to feel the effect of this invigorating and refreshing in the spirit.

To provide the spiritual sun unhindered entrance to the heart is a task, which should be quite recognized in life .... because you people on earth certainly long for purely physical sunshine and warmth .... how great is then the desire of the soul for the spiritual sun, which can come to it again only if the human will cooperates. How wonderfully the soul will then be able to unfold, and in what shining light it will stand .... and how soon it will then be receptive for the Divine Spirit, which can only stay in a completely purified and sun-clear soul. The sunlight and it's power cannot be replaced in equal effect .... and so nothing will be able to replace the power of the Divine mercy-sun ....

Amen

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Passions ....

B.D. 0443 from May 31th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

People's passions often bring about such strong clouding of the soul that again days pass until it has freed itself from the effects of these, and then the soul's fate is a struggle for strength. Do not forget, you people on earth, that you yourselves can considerably contribute to the equinamity of your feelings when you just would always consider this state of your soul which causes you pain and suffering.

In the excitement of the human being, these right-off malevolent powers take possession of him and seek to stir up all hatred and bitterness in order to dissuade the human soul from the previous path as far as possible .... And only prayer for help from these temptations, weakens their power. Every minute of your life should serve to snatch you from the power of these forces, by practicing meekness, humility and patience.

But those who give free rein to their passion, does not pay attention .... He has only to fight again to find his way back to the former state, and with a good will he will also succeed, but which has only took the soul a step backwards. Therefore first try to get rid of all violence .... to thereby turn off in all gentleness and to escape the temptations which approach you .... because how small are often the causes to large aberrations of the soul ....

Every earthly power is given the power to decide according to it's own discretion .... If it's actions are not good and wise, it will have to answer for itself one day, but you, who are subject to this power, follow everything to the best of your ability .... so in such a case the blessing will still come to you, and you will also be able to cope with what is demanded when you beg the Lord for the necessary strength. After all, the Deity is constantly concerned about you and intervenes with help where you ask for help.

The earthly law must remain a guideline as long as it does not violate the commandments of God and the entire Divine order. For then the Lord Himself intervenes to judge and raise up all who go astray. The voice of the Lord is penetrating and will be heard when the time comes, but you who walk on earth, will have it easy to fulfill everything and to comply with what is demanded of you in the world, if you keep the commandments of God ....

Amen

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Forgiveness of sins .... I.

B.D. 0444 from May 31th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Take stock of yourselves and recognise your sins .... And if you transgressed, appeal to the Lord for forgiveness and His grace .... only that is pleasing before God. But if you believe that incessant prayers will reach God, which do not arise from deep within the heart .... if you believe that the Lord only forgives those who deem themselves to be closer to the Lord in their life due to privilege .... who have devised a scheme by which all sins will systematically be absolved within a specific time .... the Lord will teach you otherwise .... Through the Saviour's divine love you acquired the right to be able to release yourselves from your sins if you recognise them in your heart of hearts .... genuinely regret them and at the same time implore the Lord and Saviour for His divine mercy to release you from these sins .... and then firmly decide to avoid these sins for love of the divine Saviour. Everything a person recognises to be wrong must also be abhorred by him in his heart, and this, in turn, will result in his intention to avoid sinning again. If he confides, like a child, his serious intention to his Father that he will never want to sadden Him by committing such wrong again ....if his abhorrence gives rise to profound remorse and the intention to improve himself .... then the Lord will lovingly draw the remorseful sinner to His heart and forgive his sins. However, customs and traditions have been established in the world by which a person can quite automatically be absolved from his sins .... And thereby an even greater evil and sacrilege on the human race has been promoted. For the absolution of sins became a truly faith-destroying bad habit because it occurred in such a way, that the sincerity of heart was indeed mentioned as being essential... but that the least of the sinners made an effort to enter into complete contact with the Lord .... that all formal conditions were in fact observed but that the actual act of the remission of sin left people under the impression of having complied with their duty .... even though the person's heart had not yet fulfilled the conditions needed for the forgiveness of sin through the Lord. And thereby a misguided teaching became increasingly more prevalent which, in its basic principle and intention, is indeed good and noble but merely gets people into the habit of performing a dutiful action whose profound depth is not understood seriously enough and yet is so infinitely essential for humanity's salvation of soul .... (Break)

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Forgiveness of sins .... II.

B.D. 0445 from June 1st 1938, taken from Book No. 10

No human being is given the means to redeem himself from his guilt of sin .... he will always require the divine Saviour's love for this. Neither has a person himself the power to forgive other people's sins .... only if he acts in his ministry as a representative of the eternal Deity on earth and the other person's heart is utterly sincere, that is, if the latter appeals to the heavenly Father for forgiveness in complete realisation of his sin. Hence, the earthly child's will is only ever the decisive factor, and the action of God's representative is merely a symbolic sign of the act of grace .... Therefore, the act of confession of one's sins will therefore also always be utterly useless, even if a duty has apparently been fulfilled, if the same confession of sins is not sent to the divine Father in a most heartfelt prayer for forgiveness at the same time. And, alternatively, such a remorseful confession of sins to the Father will also result in true forgiveness of this sin without this ceremony. People are often no longer aware of how distant they are from the actual Deity, even though they comply with all expectations imposed on them by the church on earth .... Something that should be a sincerely heartfelt requirement has become an entirely mechanical act .... And thus, such compliance with duties cannot always result in the same blessing .... People's hearts must find God, the intimate contact with the Creator and Redeemer must be established first, then the Lord will provide His earthly children with an abundance of grace, so that they will come ever closer to Him and soon no longer want to live without their Saviour on earth. However, the person must take the first step .... everyone knows when he has sinned .... And just as he has found sin by himself, he must also find inner reflection .... if he recognises his sin, he will also learn to abhor it, and then follow remorse and the wish to be released from the guilt .... but in that case his prayer for forgiveness will come from the heart and will also reach the ear of the One Who alone redeems all guilt on account of His great love ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Doubt .... Faith .... Will .... The Word of God ....

B.D. 0446 from June 1st 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Follow My words, and you will draw refreshment from the right wellspring, and you shall not be thirsty and have to starve when I Myself feed you. My dear child, your timidity is the result of inner doubts .... How little do you rely on your Savior, Who only means well with you .... What you lack on earth is the fully faithful trust, and if you do not have this, doubt will always arise in you and let you fight inwardly ....

But always hold yourself upright to My words .... it will approach you from above, which is to convince you of the love of the Saviour, and then your heart will turn completely to Me and you will be strong in faith .... Those who seek Me, will find Me, and those who build on Me, to them the way will be easy ...., but everyone must penetrate to knowledge in himself .... I indeed add and direct everything that the earthly child needs to notice and will recognize My love for him in everything.

But every earthly child has his walk through the earthly valley assigned to him by Me .... at all cliffs My love warns, and in all storms and troubles, I stand by him .... But I cannot look after those who carelessly pass Me by against their will .... those turns to Me is under My protection and will also once dwell with Me in eternity .... But I express Myself to all these so inconspicuously and still they take Me in ....

And so I want that My children find regarding Me, that their faith is deep and they never doubt the truth of what I reveal to them, be it through word or the most insignificant signs around and in you .... You always have to believe that I am in everything that surrounds you .... and if your heart wants to tremble and searches for explanations, who could give you these better than your Savior Himself? .... Ask and desire .... and you will always receive .... ask and you will receive and answer .... but deny doubt an entrance into your heart .... For is this not distrust towards Me, Who still only want to instruct you in truth and wisdom? ....

I - the essence of love Who love you as My creatures - commands you to help each other .... do I not have to help you if you would only do everything with Me and for Me? .... And so you are to draw strength from My word .... it will teach you and also help you where you waver because My Spirit is in this word, and this Spirit will preserve you as long as you remain loyal to Me and in you is the desire for truth and the longing for the union with your heavenly Father ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Suffering (a necessity) .... Divine will over the power of evil ....

B.D. 0447 from June 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Let the Lord prevail at all times, He will make it right .... The many miracles in nature give you a testimony that nothing can change anywhere, except by God's will .... And just as always and eternally the same will remain the same, as far as the growth of plants, of animals and of humans is concerned, so also God will know how to direct all events in such a way that they always correspond to a purpose and so, whether apparently good or evil, will always serve mankind in a promoting way.

Thus the heavenly Father has reserved it for Himself, to without exception consider humans with suffering, and thereby performs only a work of love on them .... You people do not grasp this because you see only the dull hours that this suffering causes you, but not the often considerable change of the soul, which is a consequence of this suffering .... If you consider this, then a single moment can be enough to reveal the Lord to you in your suffering .... You can suddenly understand that you will be spared long periods of groping in darkness through a single day of suffering .... And you must recognize it's great blessing. Therefore seek to recognize above all the necessity of such tests, then they will also no longer burden you so oppressively .... But the Lord bless you and give you strength ....

See, in the wide worldly realm, there is only one will .... Never in infinity two ruling powers - good and evil, but the power of the eternal Godhead is unlimited and also commands over darkness .... To the worldly wise, the influence of good and evil appears to be of equal power and strength .... yes, he even denies that the good could ever win, and thus recognizes the power of evil as predominant .... In this world on earth, evil is so strongly predominant that the danger is very great of having complete victory over man.

But in times of greatest trouble, the work of the Godhead is intent on awakening in people a sudden recognition of evil, and this breaks the power of such power of darkness. God has given man free will, and this unfortunately turns far too often to evil. But the power of love is nevertheless stronger in it's effect than the power of hate of the underworld .... And so, even without coercion, the human soul will not completely fall under the spell of hostile power.

Every good deed triggers infinitely more blessings than the act of hatred can bring about in terms of destruction of the soul .... And where the Divine Love embraces the whole universe, it can never ever fall completely under the power of the opponent .... And even if the struggle lasts for thousands of years and eternities .... love will always take souls away from the enemy, and every heart dwelling in sin and darkness, will be purified by the fire of love, if it only has the will to pass from darkness into light ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Acceptance of faith without recognition .... Living faith .... Blessing ....

B.D. 0448 from June 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 10

If you take part in all events, you will also continue to gain experiences, which will always only serve you, because you will either have to reject or agree, and in any case you have sharpened your power of judgement, without which recognition is not easily possible even in the spiritual ....

The patriarchs taught the silent, unquestioning acceptance of faith .... This sure is good, if man can confess himself inwardly to it, but it is never good to accept something blindly without own judgement, because this has as good as no value at all .... This acceptance would then be less of one's own will, but rather a certain indolence of thought, and such a belief can neither have a beneficial effect nor become stronger in itself .... It will therefore never be able to act as a force .... and hence the blessings of such a faith are very limited.

Only when man himself has awakened, when the spirit becomes active in him and he deals with spiritual questions, faith also begins to come alive .... Everything that was dead words so far, when not rejected .... comes to life and constantly stimulates the spirit .... It must now inevitably begin an eager striving to put into practice everything that faith teaches .... The connection with the Divine Father is established, and now the earthly child is supported by Divine grace in it's striving, and no opportunity passes by to take up spiritual food and to strengthen itself through it .... because the Father considers all those who seek Him .... and wants to pave their way that leads to Him.

So the faith that becomes a deed is first the real faith, everything else is dogmatic .... whatever does not find the way to the innermost heart, is worthless until the power of the Holy Spirit could have an illuminating effect on a willing human child .... Only then does the Father give His blessing to this child and helps him to strengthen in firm faith .... and to learn through this faith to regard everything he encounters on his earthly career as a wise act of providence of the Father, and the heart can then approach the Father much more intimately, because deep faith also brings him knowledge about his relationship with the heavenly Father ....

The rest of life will then always only be a leaning against the Father's heart, which embraces this child with deep love .... and if faith has brought about this, then the earthly child is never abandoned, because it finds in Him all help in need, Who always provides it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Book of Life .... Summarizing Commandments ....

B.D. 0449 from June 3rd 1938, taken from Book No. 10

The Lord lets every minute of your life pass you by in a way decisive for eternity .... Everything that you do and think is recorded in the Book of Life, so you must always be mindful to fill page after page of this book with good works and good thoughts .... you are responsible for all your actions and deeds .... but if this always corresponds to the will of God, then an undreamed-of bliss will be the reward of your deeds and your walk on earth. Therefore pay attention:

Never let your neighbor ask in vain, but give and fulfill any request that touches your ear as far as you can .... Respect no man, however lowly he may be, and give him the respect due to him before God .... Be a counsellor to your fellow man in physical and spiritual need, if he goes astray on his path of life or finds it difficult to come to God the Lord .... Always forgive them from your heart what they do to you, and do not think of retribution, because the Lord alone is doing this, but you shall love your enemies as well ....

Remain humble in heart, and always recognize the infinite greatness and love of the Heavenly Father, which is inclined towards the smallest beings of creation - including you - to draw you to Himself .... Remain united in deepest love with your heavenly Creator, and beg Him in prayer for His grace and His blessing on all your paths of life, so that you may grow in strength to be active according to His will ....

Practice gentleness, peaceableness and mercy, for only through these can you become a child of God and as such be able to hear the voice of the Lord .... Recognize how everything around you longs for salvation, and be ready to help where hearts need to be opened for the salvation that comes from the Word of God alone .... Commemorate with all love the deceased, who - like you - are striving for perfection .... Give them through prayer the strength and support they need ....

All this can bring you into a state of mind that the Lord's work on you is visibly expressed, because only those who can receive Divine grace in all it's fullness - because they make themselves worthy of it - will also receive the grace of the visible work of the Lord .... if the Lord can sojourn in a heart that has formed the love for God and fellow man in such a way that the pages of the Book of Life record only ever noble and good deeds and thoughts. The Lord will cancel the guilt or avenge, depending on whether the earthly child has turned to Him or not .... Therefore seek to ennoble yourselves where you can, and to walk the way on earth pleasing to the Lord, that you may not be judged, but have eternal life ....

Amen

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The voice of the Lord .... Faith and unbelief ....

B.D. 0450 from June 4th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

And so continue then: Know that you are a wise among the wise, where the voice of the heart sounds in you .... where the Lord himself teaches you through His messengers. If you hear this voice, you also obey every time the call that is addressed to you from above, and this connection creates great blessing for you and us, because all beings around you listen and at the same time receive all teachings that are offered to you. Pious people will now not hesitate to recognize the value and blessing of these words, and will therefore endeavor, like you, to apply them to their lives, likewise all will accept them without hesitation as pure truth of God .... but only these can also be granted the great blessing, because whoever does not believe there, does not accept the words as sent from above and will therefore also not feel the benefit of these in themselves. Whereas all suffering on earth could be prevented and reduced by accepting and following these teachings.

See therefore the immense misery among mankind .... the sole cause is the lack of faith .... the unbelief in a force which can give help .... the unbelief that they could attract this to themselves by thanking and acting .... the need will become ever larger, because the final goal of humans is exactly this faith .... and so infinitely many troubles and worries must come over mankind in order to bring people to faith, because only these can still have a changing effect on people, if signs and words from above are not recognized and accepted.

The deepest darkness currently surrounds mankind, everything languishes in the chains of matter, only a tiny part reflects on itself and gives glory to the eternal Lord and Creator .... But according to the commandment of God, the earth will have to become the valley of suffering to increase the number of those who recognize Him, and all suffering on earth will have a promoting and delightful effect in eternity. Therefore do not fear what comes over you .... it is temporary, and all suffering will one day bring you blessings .... but whoever escapes suffering on earth, will have a hard time in the hereafter ....

The voice of the Lord drowns out all the hustle and bustle of the world .... it will also penetrate where no concessions will be made to the existence of a Deity .... it will also cause confusion, fear and suffering there, to plant His seed also there, so that it may grow and bear fruit until maturity .... Whoever hears this voice and obeys it will be wise .... Only he alone will know about things that remain hidden from the other .... Understand this and act accordingly .... The more intimately you seek connection with the Godhead, the sooner and more helpful He will meet you - and the deep will alone to do the right thing and to correctly fulfill the purpose of earthly existence according to the will of the Highest .... only this will brings you closer to the truth and thus the goal .... of union with the eternal God, the Father of all light ....

Amen

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'By their fruits you shall know them ....'

B.D. 0451 from June 5th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

By their fruits you will recognize them .... This word must serve you as a signpost that the one who walks in the Lord is immediately outwardly recognizable, and from this you will see how the promises of the word of God are faithfully fulfilled in those who also live according to it and are active in love. The danger for man is always the fact that some people believe that they are fulfilling the commandments of the Lord by simply listening to them or by fulfilling the required duties outwardly .... But they lack the intimate entering into the teaching of Christ, and a knowledge of the Word of God alone can never produce the fruits that the Lord promises to those who love Him and eagerly strive to fulfill His commandments.

So the danger exists that man does not recognize himself properly or that his whole way of life remains in spiritual inertia without fruitful success. How can a person who never practices love himself speak of the commandment to love one's neighbor and also want to understand it .... How will a person in humility be able to bow before the Lord, who never tried to put this humility, as it is taught, to work on himself .... who exalts himself over his fellow men, but with it takes up the Word of God and expresses himself pleasingly to others ....

It is so difficult for people to get their hands on the work of their own transformation into a new human being formed entirely according to God's will .... They find it so hard to part with the old and put on a new garment, and yet they approve with their lips everything that the Word of God teaches them .... And if the Word of God does not contribute to ennobling man in such a way that the fruits of his efforts are recognizable ...., the promises of the Word of God will also not be able to be fulfilled in these. Empty the words are accepted and empty the words will fade away again .... The blessing will not come unless a serious effort is made to fulfill the commandments of God.

It certainly requires self denial, firm will and overcoming .... but the fruits of it are unmistakable spiritual success .... And the one whose striving is blessed by these fruits will also be able to have an unspeakable influence on his fellow man .... For only he who himself practices love can teach love .... he who himself lives in humility can preach this virtue to others, he who himself is gentle and peace-loving can point out to others the blessings of it, and his example will always have an encouraging effect on people and would someone strive to follow such a servant of God, recognizable by the fruits, all this will be achieved through firm will and great love for the Lord .... Therefore ask for the strength to will and to love with all your heart, that the Lord may hear you and bless you.

Amen

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School .... Consequences of disbelief .... Miracles of strong faith ....

B.D. 0452 from June 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

People's lot is unbearable when they remain in unbelief. Evil will await them on earth, and in the hereafter the soul remains in constant agony because it lacks the ray of light and the source of grace, and it's fate is spiritual death. Compare the earth with an orderly school, which is ready to give everything in wisdom and whose pupils need only to take which they are commanded through teachings .... the pupil however who stubbornly refuse acceptance of all teachings, shut himself rather stubbornly down and such humans leave this school as good as completely untaught and ignorant .... so the following path of life will be able to offer him only little due to his ignorance .... he will face everything completely poor in experience .... his knowledge will not be sufficient to accommodate that world and it's requirements .... as completely unfit, he will not be able to do any work, but he will be receptive to all the vices of that world, and this will lead to his downfall ....

Therefore, consider the human soul, who refuses to accept the teaching from above ...., who also stubbornly rejects the Word of God, does not collect spiritual knowledge and even less tries to give his spirit any beneficial nourishment .... How is such a soul supposed to be able to find it's way both here on earth as well as in the hereafter when it lacks all understanding .... when everything is dark and empty inside and it also cannot carry out any spiritual activity in such a state, because deep darkness embraces such a soul.

Then his life in the hereafter will become torture, and when the mercy of God does not take care of such a soul, this torture would be endless .... and yet so easy to avoid .... because faith alone puts the soul into the state that every step up can be taken without effort. All power is rooted in faith .... Faith gives you a capacity which in turn puts you in a state of full and true recognition .... so that work on earth as well as in the hereafter, will be a perpetual activity in love .... And out of this activity you will one day be able to redeem yourselves and countless beings from the power of matter ....

You do not yet understand this, but times will come when the meaning of these words will be clear to you and you will try to fathom what it means with strong faith .... and then you will have achieved great things and no power in the world will be able to dispute your knowledge, because you can do more than the wise of the world .... And give yourselves over to faith in things that seem mysterious to you in this time; you will soon feel the influence of a truly strong faith and thank the Lord from the bottom of your heart that He gave you the strength to believe ....

Just ask, and the Lord God is ready for you and choose everyone who believes in Him, to be His warrior .... And then you do not fight alone, but always with the Lord and therefore you are able to do everything .... But when you become wavering in faith, you are in danger to deviate from the right way ...., therefore ask incessantly for strong, rock-solid faith, and place yourselves in the protection of God. For He who watches over you, will not let your faith be put to shame ....

Amen

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Strange phenomena for unbelievers .... The plight of the Earth ....

B.D. 0453 from June 7th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Oh see the earthly children's distress! .... It is only understandable to a few that the Lord comes to His own, and in no way do people come to meet the Lord .... that is why He wants to call them and make Himself known, but they also do not want to recognize .... And so the fight for each soul is not a small one .... If the Lord asks the ones who are His to fight for Him, then this is also certainly necessary ....

The great need of the earth can only be reduced if a diligent work would begin, and this again is only then possible if the Spirit of God works visibly, because people's lack of faith is so far that only enormous signs are able to get people's attention .... All things ordinary can no longer dissuade them from their current thinking .... Only strange, inexplicable phenomena can cause them to pay attention, to start thinking about the most important problem .... about the eternal Godhead.

How far humans have themselves removed from the right faith, can only He alone who stands over everything, know .... And because the Divine Father-love has mercy, it intervenes and shakes people awake .... Often probably against the will of mankind, but always for their salvation, if only the slightest attention is paid to the loving intention of the heavenly Father. The hints given to people will never contradict what the Lord demands of His own. For example, no advice and instructions will be given that is against the Divine commandments .... but the will of the Lord will always be expressed in every announcement, which again is only intended to work with enlightening effect for the doubters and unbelievers.

The greatest commandment is also here the love .... Who tries to guide his fellow men on the right path in love, remains always merely an executive instrument of God .... He does everything what the Father Himself would do as if He were visible on earth among the people. But this is how the Lord uses a servant in the flesh .... to bridge the gap between Him and the earthly child, to make it more trusting and to move it to accept the truths and to adjust itself affirmatively to everything Divine.

Life on earth is short and painful, but so full of grace, for whoever desires these graces .... And the Lord aims at nothing else than that the earthly children do not reject this grace, but may draw from it the strength to unite with the Lord in spirit and through all actions on earth .... Woe betide anyone who does not recognize this .... and therefore has to struggle so unspeakably on earth and later in the hereafter.

But now the proofs of Divine favor will visibly appear on earth, that also the most unbelieving will waver in his views .... that also he will deal with such thoughts and only needs to follow his heart, which already shows him in the right direction .... And he will be allowed to receive all the graces and proofs of love of the Lord .... For it is His will to refresh and consider all who are of good will, and that is why He works ceaselessly with (and through) His warriors on earth ....

Amen

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Effects of the spirit beings on thoughts ....

B.D. 0454 from June 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Never leave the right path, God will always be with you. Hard times have come upon you and your souls that a whole army of spirit-beings is constantly striving to work in a way that is useful for your souls .... but you still throw the thought of possible helpers far from you. What does not seem comprehensible to you, you do not want to accept, but you only need to realize that the world of the beings on the other side is in direct connection with the earth and it's inhabitants ....

You need only imagine that on earth as well as in the hereafter, the same laws prevail .... that everything acts according to free will, is subordinated to the law of the highest and that here as there only love and it's energy works where it is necessary to rise from darkness to light ....Therefore, if in the hereafter all this is the same as on earth, why should not the forces invisible to you be able to have the same effect on you? Since they are only executors of the will of God - or rather, their own will is completely equal to the will of God .... all events are directed by them in such a way that man is always instructed to follow the path of good by means of a work of love ....

There are many occasions where people can do good deeds .... The more people on earth is active in love, the more he is driven from within and supported in his actions by the grace of the Lord, and so a good deed brings about so many moments of blessing .... The thoughts of people begin to turn to the regions, which are outside of life on earth, and also this is a direct effect of the spiritual beings on the other side.

If only people would embrace all these thoughts suggested to them by their protective beings .... it would be much easier to give the human soul the necessary assistance .... But so people willfully prefer to reject these thoughts which seemingly force themselves upon them and which they should draw more attention to in their inner life. Man - whom matter still keeps too much tied up - wants to avoid the spiritual, and that is why he often mockingly exalts himself over such things which touch the inner life.

But such thoughts will impose themselves on every human being .... more definitely on those who accepts them and begins to think about them instead of unwillingly rejecting them. These are the first steps on the way up .... if a person dares to do this, help will come from all sides. The walk on the path taken will be increasingly easier to continue and even then much more joyfully .... But you will one day feel so grateful for the active help of the spirit-beings, because you also have to be guided in love, where you yourselves are too weak ....

(Break)

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Grace incarnated .... Earthly time .... Time of Grace ....

B.D. 0455 from June 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Those who believe that they can enter through the gate to eternal bliss because they have apparently lived righteously on earth and fulfilled their outward duties will be severely disappointed to realize their error .... For the goodness of the Lord lasts forever, and He does not let His own undiminished in their reward .... but those that does not come to Him, do not receive a reward.

People very often need a reminder not to deem their physical life so important, but to turn more to their spiritual life. But such admonitions usually fade away unheard and unheeded. If now the heavenly father demands total commitment from the earthly child and the child does not comply with the Divine demand, then it can also never receive the full reward and will have to be content with little or try with all it's strength to make up for what it has missed in life on earth.

The Father's great kindness grants also in the soul's beyond the grace to be able to strive and to put such an attainable goal into it's hands .... but it should always be considered that an earthly child who are already faithfully devoted to the heavenly Father, has to be in far higher esteem, because it has applied the time on earth justly in love towards the Savior and has won a step, which is far more difficult to reach in the hereafter. The time on earth is a time of grace .... the embodiment on earth an unspeakably great grace for the soul .... But the human being, which makes use of this time of grace, must be infinitely dear to the Lord, and his reward will again be love, which makes him immeasurably happy and brings eternal life.

But how is it to be understood that the Lord has less consideration for those who disregarded His Word and whose hearts were not so filled with love for God .... They can receive only a small reward, and they must strive with all their strength to reach the same level, if they want to attain the same degree of eternal bliss, which is granted to the true children of God .... who have striven for the childhood of God on earth and are thus also richly considered by the heavenly Father until all eternity ....

Amen

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Purification of the teaching of Christ ....

B.D. 0456 from June 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

There are helpful beings turning to you from all sides, who want to make your task easier, so that you do not become tired in your spiritual work. In this way all beings unite to one task, which in its magnitude is not yet fully clear to you .... You have a work to do that extends over a wide area, both in space and time. The epitome of this work is a thorough cleansing of the teaching that is now preached on earth as the teaching of Christ.

Reforms have been given again and again .... and each was based on the will to remove any abuses and teach only the truth. But the human being is always keen to create a complicated as possible teaching .... it was already like this in old times and is still the same today. The actual meaning of Christ's teaching is veiled, and man places value on external actions and things that can only diminish the value of the teaching, but never help to establish the simplest and most childlike relationship with the heavenly Father, which is the very first necessity ....

Likewise, the followers of such complicated teachings will soon themselves no longer be able to distinguish how much more Divine a teaching in all simplicity is, but will always direct their attention only to the fulfillment of outwardly working duties. Because for itself, out of own drive, humans do the least .... the effect their actions have on the fellow men, is always the greatest motivation of it .... And yet everything with purely external effect, should be avoided in the teachings of Christ ....

Each man must be busy with himself and always only want to bring this own I to the Father in heaven .... the world however should be completely excluded in order to be connected with the Divine Creator, and his life in the midst of the world should always be arranged according to the will of the Father .... in avid love-activity .... This teaching is so simple and so easy to carry out with good will, but people often make the way up, difficult for themselves. Everyone must seek the connection with God in his heart, and do this at all times .... Where however a schematization of the spiritual work is striven for .... where one outwardly does this work by the hour, and that also mostly not in an effort to serve God, but only to fulfill his duties .... there the blessing is hardly to be expected, which the Lord promises to those who love Him and serve Him.

So the desire for spiritual nourishment always only moves where the true union with God is striven for .... and to these the Lord gives news of His will .... that this teaching represented among the people should be purified and arise anew as the Lord Himself has announced it to His own on earth .... The teaching of Jesus Christ remains always and eternally the same, but people add or change .... of their own accord and a teaching changed in this way must be purified according to the will of the Lord .... So that people can find themselves again with Him and deeply inwardly accept and follow what helps them to eternal bliss ....

Amen

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Willpower ....

B.D. 0457 from June 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

See, My child .... Over endlessly long times the human soul has acquired the right to claim - during it's stay on earth - a willpower of his own, which he can develop at his own discretion. Such a soul therefore also has the possibility to form itself in this earthly time when he uses this will-power wisely and in such a way to bring itself into a mature state. It is given so many possibilities to engage in an activity which is of charitable and supporting influence on the soul ....

Every expression of the soul's senses must be observed and, if possible, followed, if it is to move completely in Divine wisdom .... It will then always simultaneously carry out the will-power which the will strives for, because unbelievably great things can be achieved and effected by this power .... The soul can completely detach itself from the matter surrounding it and become a vessel for receiving the Divine Spirit. A so-called redeemed soul then also reaches it's goal, which is the purpose of it's embodiment ....

The whole purpose of existence is fulfilled when the soul, after the death of the body, is completely free from matter, when it is spiritually enlivened through and through and has thus become the bearer of the Spirit of God. And exactly this Spirit of God will take up residence in a soul that has become free through it's own will, and the union with the Divine Creator will take place, and all that the will-power can achieve - which has been given to every creature for the time on earth - is only recognized and used far too little.

When already a being in freedom of the will can choose which content it wants to give to life on earth, then it is evident that the love of the Lord considers all, looks after all and still also again lets all decide of it's own accord to either unfold to become a high Divine being, or to not make use of the power and to always remain on the same low level of development and to let the time of embodiment pass by completely unused.

Here is a struggle, which the being on earth must endure, but it willfully avoids it, and the soul always remains the same what it was at the beginning of it's embodiment, and can never develop higher, because the will-power is broken, because the inner drive to the heights is not strong enough. And soon the time of grace is over .... therefore consider how you can use it and how free will can express itself in active labor of love and thus unfold to full power .... and you will walk your life on earth according to it's purpose - and pleasing to the Lord.

Amen

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Bliss .... Union with God ....

B.D. 0458 from June 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

To walk in a manner pleasing to the Lord, is the most important task of life, for only in this way can you achieve that the heavenly Father receives you as a part of Himself and you become worthy of the light and all the delights of heaven .... Follow Me, My child, into that land which is exalted above all beauty on earth.

An vision will open up to you that will be given to the truly pious when they close their eyes on earth forever, to awaken over there in the hereafter. An incomparable desire fulfills all these souls .... the environment is so exceedingly attractive that each soul in devoted disposition looks forward to the fulfillment of the desire, which only the Lord Himself can satisfy with His nearness .... The longing of all these souls is one that transcends all human concepts, but the fulfillment of this longing is completely incomprehensible to a human mind, for it exceeds in bliss all comprehension .... It is pure heavenly wonder, delight and incomprehensible bliss ....

That which seems incomprehensible to people .... the pure union with the highest Godhead, is the epitome of that which all should strive for, because only this is followed by siuch a delightful reward .... because only in the union with God, the most perfect state is reached and because this is and will be the only goal of all beings from the beginning of the world until all eternity .... that all beings ever separated from God find their way back to unite anew with the eternal Father as His true children .... and such a union can only take place if the earthly child never does anything other than this will through obedience to God's will .... if it thereby reaches a state of perfection and makes itself worthy of being a child of God .... For only in this way can you enter the realms of heavenly bliss, and only in union with the heavenly Father can you be granted the glory of heaven for eternity ....

Amen

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The redemption work of Christ .... The guilt of sin ....

B.D. 0459 from June 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

The time of suffering of Jesus on earth was the greatest sacrifice ever made by a human being on this earth, because the Lord did not suffer for His own, but for the sin of mankind, whereas all suffering that hit mankind deservedly came through them .... The soul of the Lord was spirit of the Spirit of God .... it was one with the Father .... But the body was earthly and hence suffered the most unspeakable tortures on the cross, fully blameless .... only out of love for humans, in order to erase their sin guilt. So this death on the cross became the work of redemption of Christ ....

And if man now asks why the Saviour had to endure such unspeakable torments, Divine Love itself will answer him: .... for the forgiveness of your sins .... That you may be exempt from punishment, if you confess your love for your Savior .... These few words say it all .... Through every sin the earthly child perishes from God, the Creator of heaven and earth .... But no being can measure the greatness of the guilt that lies in rebelling against the purest, highest and most loving God-being ....

And yet every sin is rebellion against the Godhead. A debt, which is now so exceedingly large .... how should this ever be paid off by humans in their short time on earth .... and how incredibly heavy would such a debt be in the hereafter .... if any debt would have to be paid off by the earthly child itself .... Whoever does not recognize the eternal Godhead, whoever does not recognize Divine Love, has to atone for his guilt without measure .... But those who have found the Lord, who repentantly confess their sins to the Lord and ask for grace and forgiveness, to them every sin will be forgiven, because the Lord has accomplished the work of redemption for them ....

Otherwise it would never have been possible to look upon the face of the Father with the greatness of guilt that makes every being unworthy of such grace and bliss. But the love of the Divine Redeemer towards mankind was so infinite that he carried out the greatest act of mercy with His suffering and death, but which is not recognized in it's greatness, not before the earthly child first receives from the Lord Himself the grace to be able to spiritually understand this greatest sacrifice. Only then will he be able to understand and be grateful to the heavenly Father with all his heart for this greatest gift of grace, through which the Lord has protected mankind from the death of the soul - from it's spiritual destruction ....

Because the soul is to live in the light .... it is to see the face of God and is to be able to become a child of God, if it has only the will for it. For for this the Lord died on the cross and willingly took upon Himself the most bitter death of the body, out of great love for sinful mankind. Recognize this, and bow down in deepest humility before the Most Sublime .... and know that He died for you .... to redeem you .... Make yourself worthy of this work of redemption .... so that you may enter into eternal glory ....

Amen

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The love of the Lord for His own ....

B.D. 0460 from June 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Because the ones who are Mine I love beyond all measure .... They are therefore also to be aware of the crown of life and bear for Me all suffering of the time on earth .... I see in them My children; I want to possess their hearts completely; I want to bring them home to Me in the house of the Father. And then the lot of these will be a glorious one .... their souls will rejoice in the glory of God, love will overwhelm them and transform them into blissful spirit-beings standing in all fullness of light ....

And so I reward those who build on Me, who seek fulfillment of their life on earth in My name and who are willing to bear the cross in surrender to Me .... For the suffering imposed on them also simultaneously erases the guilt of sin and contributes to it's diminishing. And whatever you do to the least of your brothers, you have done to Me .... If you willingly take the suffering of these on your shoulders, you also do this for Me and for the work of redemption for all mankind. All of the earth's debt must be paid off, the eternal light is to shine for all these earthly children one day .... Whoever participates voluntarily and out of love for Me in the work of redemption already on earth, for him, the crown of eternal life is sure ....

But the spirit-beings in the hereafter have mercy on the others, who take care of the lowly souls in all love and concern, because everything, everything is a work of love .... to redeem the world from all sins and so to raise everything out of darkness to the light. Behold, who follows Me already on earth is a blessed disciple of My name .... he works through the power of My words and is likewise My messenger who speaks to the children of the earth in My stead. Words are his weapon in the fight against evil, and love is his power .... And My blessing escorts them on the earthly path. Who now therefore walks the earthly way in My protection, must find themselves ever closer to Me .... My love draws him to Me, and if he does not resist, his walk to Me is quite natural; his heart can only lead him towards Me because these are My children, who desire the Father.

You, My child, will shortly receive a picture of Him Who was and will be in you for all eternity .... Be on your guard that you do not lose what is most precious .... the purity of the soul .... because only that makes it possible to look into all glory .... The voice of the heart will tell you when the time has come that I will consider your heart and make it capable of love for all time .... Jesus will be close to you as a shining figure of light .... He will give glory in your dreams .... Then your walk on earth will remain a constant longing, but with love for Me in your heart, you are immune to all evil and will always be faithful and devoted to Me until your perfection .... And that is My will until all eternity that the ones who are Mine in Me and for Me, should live on earth to one day be allowed to stay very close to Me .... because I love you beyond all measure, you who long for Me ....

Amen

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Divine Grace .... Necessity of prayer ....

B.D. 0461 from June 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Grace flowing to you is in itself a proof of the Lord's love, for without Divine help, you yourselves would not be able to free yourselves from the fetters of matter .... But the constant struggle and prayer for strength gradually removes you from the earth and it's desire ....

As a bird swings high into the air, leaving everything that sticks to the earth far behind it, so the soul will also rise more and more in spheres where the pressure of the weight of the earth no longer touches it so noticeably .... The body still resides on earth and must pursue the earthly activity, but this activity is no longer the main thing in life, but will take care of itself, perceptibly supported by the spiritual protective structures given to man .... those who do their utmost to preserve the soul of the earthly child in those spheres, and who want to prevent the decline of the earth with all their strength.

At the time of inner maturity, the soul will separate itself and always only desire spiritual surroundings .... it often leaves the body and stays predominantly in spiritual regions .... i.e., the world of thoughts in which such an earthly child prefers to stay, will from now on be purely spiritual, and of the earth and it's requirements, it wants to know little or nothing, but always has the desire to take up spiritual food in the form of spiritual truths.

The surest feeling of a higher development, is always the desire for spiritual food .... Whoever is still held on earth, does not long for this .... his sense wants other pleasures, and only where the soul has already refined and purified itself, it is anxious to penetrate into unfathomable things. Such a desire will then also be encouraged and supported by all beings in the hereafter, which look after such a soul during it's time on earth.

Nothing is more dangerous for the soul than an everlasting saturation with earthly pleasures and joys .... it is completely unable to accept spiritual teachings and thus deprives itself of the greatest grace .... so it cannot pray - and, recognizing it's imperfection, begs the heavenly Father for help. The Lord commemorates such people especially lovingly by leading them over thorny paths, through suffering and sorrows, so that they should finally find their way to the Father when they need help in great need and distress. Once they have taken refuge in prayer, their eyes will be opened and this is already a grace that can lead them to the progress of the soul, when man himself has only some good will.

Never should man forget prayer .... As long as he can unite with the heavenly Father in prayer, the source of grace is open to him, and nothing will be too difficult for him in his life on earth if he makes use of this Divine grace .... by means of which he can also lend a hand in the work of shaping himself according to the will of God. Without Divine grace, man can do nothing .... but with it, infinitely much - so pray that the Lord will consider you with His grace, and you need not despair .... For God's goodness endures eternally ....

Amen

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Complete lack of faith .... Deepest fall ....

B.D. 0462 from June 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

If you want to make the way easier for your own people, it is often enough just to point out the Lord's love and care, and they will recognize that everything that happens is not without a wise purpose .... where the heart should recover from hardships and turn to Him. But such events are often ignored .... Man thinks of a higher being as long as he is in need, but not on carefree days, and that is why again and again suffering must be allowed over people, because the Lord's care is not valid [only] for the time on earth, but for all eternity ....

Therefore never let yourselves be pressed down. Would you know the value of such sufferings for your souls .... you would gladly take them upon yourselves, for they are only tiny compared to the glory that awaits you. Blessed is the hour that brings you the knowledge .... and blessed is the day that you find your way to the heavenly Father completely in your heart .... Endlessly far is the way you had to go until you reached this time .... but do you want to stagger so close to your goal .... do you want to have made it all the way here in vain, do you want to cover this endless distance again ....

You do not recognize the body that you are wearing for what it is .... as a grace that you have asked for and that has been granted to you .... So you will also never be able to grasp on earth what unprecedented time of grace has been bestowed upon you .... where you can gather treasures upon treasures for the hereafter, for eternal life .... if you only want to and turn fully to the Lord. So unbelievably many reminders and warnings goes out to you humans .... the Lord is incessantly concerned with turning people's sense towards eternity .... but if they persistently rejects everything .... if they persistently only follows the world and finds the fulfilment of their wishes in it, how can the sense of man then be turned and correctly guided ....

This is not possible otherwise than through suffering, and this is more and more difficult the more persistently the soul remains in defense. Yes, it must even go so far that people are inclined to completely lose faith in God. Because often man can only then pull himself up to a firm will, when he has experienced the deepest fall .... If he can no longer go any lower, then the desire for the heights comes twice as strong, and then man clings again to something outside of what he understands .... He seeks to obtain contact with this force, which he suspects and senses .... He will not be left without help .... but had to go this way first, since he could not develop upwards by his own strength, without faith and grace .... only in deep need he had to gain and ask for this strength ....

Such a man experiences therefore a total transformation of his whole thought process, and this brings him the greatest blessing; where, on the other hand, man deals only superficially with thoughts of an afterlife, these thoughts will never be able to take deep root in his heart .... and the human being whose thinking is lukewarm and indifferent, is far worse off, the Lord's graces passing him by without a trace .... also then suffering again necessary, in order to turn such a human child towards a serious way of thinking .... And so the suffering will always remain a giver of blessing for countless earthly children, because nothing is more detrimental to the soul than an inactive state, extending over many years and so the time of favor of the embodiment is considerably shortened because the time of sluggish living there without work on the soul, is completely lost for these people.

And if you want to escape suffering, then your time on earth is also uselessly lived, if you do not unite yourselves with the heavenly Father out of innermost drive and feed yourselves through prayer and intimate union with Him at the source of grace - and thus reach the height which you are to strive for .... Who has grasped this with all his heart, suffering will no longer press him, because he then willingly bears this for the Lord and Savior, the Divine Redeemer of mankind ....

Amen

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Warning against arrogance and conceit ....

B.D. 0463 from June 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Be careful of everything that can arouse the pride-devil in you. The demons persecute all those to whom the commandment of charity gives cause for activity in love .... they always try to counteract there by slightly trying to disfigure the motive .... that man in his action deviates from the actual task of helping, which is to be regarded as the principle for charity. A small part of self-conceit has the danger that from such an action is no longer pleasing to God, but that the influence of evil forces is visibly felt .... Wherever self-conceit is only a driving force in the least degree, the good work has little or no value. Therefore beware of pride above all, lest you suffer harm to your soul ....

(Break)

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Mystery of love ....

B.D. 0464 from June 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

See My child .... no matter how much the mystery of love worries you, you must nevertheless remain faithful to Me, even if you have not yet penetrated it. Behold, I want My children to know that they must acquire it all by themselves .... I put everything into their hearts that is necessary for this, but they will only be able to love Me completely when their nature has become completely love, and so the highest bliss of loving Me is always something they can create for themselves all by themselves. I will stir up the desire for it in My children's hearts and then it will be up to them to penetrate the great secret .... Whenever you do a labour of love you will feel that you are coming closer to Me and then your heart will also feel bliss every time, and this is an outflow of My love for you. Now, My child, practice love at all times and you will prepare for yourselves an unspeakable feeling of happiness which is not like any earthly love and yet gives you all delights. In the connection with Me through deeds of love the only necessary thing is established, for love inevitably brings together those who want to love each other .... What you cannot grasp in this way will suddenly become understandable to you if you remain inseparably connected to Me through deeds of love .... An incomparable blessing falls upon the earthly children who are faithful and devoted to Me .... I never leave these children from Me .... save them from all adversity and always hold My hands protectively over them .... but they must prepare all love for themselves, because I can only give love where the heart is capable of love .... where it only ever performs deeds of love. So know, My daughter, that your body on earth had to renounce earthly pleasures of love in order to belong to Me in ardent love .... know that you will be much happier one day when earthly deeds will have an effect .... And that time is not far off, My child .... Therefore do all your works with diligence, that you may serve the lord of heaven and earth to the best of your ability, for as you serve, so shall you one day reign .... but for this earth a constant deep longing for Me will be your lot, which I will fulfil in abundance if you give Me your heart for eternity ....

Amen

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13.6 ..... Antonius? ....

B.D. 0465 from June 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

You walk through life in safety, for the lord is your guide .... your heart can never be separated from Him, Who grants you everything that is necessary for your eternal salvation. And because you desire the divine saviour's love, His power will work infinitely wisely and be expressed in your activity on earth .... teaching there, pointing there, but always for the blessing of humanity, for where the lord is, there is His spirit .... and where the spirit of God is, there is also light .... but in the light there is life .... and whoever has this will be blessed for eternity. But the gift of the lord also imposes duties, and these require strength .... but to give strength to those who trust in us is our joy and blessedness .... if you turn to us, you will grow stronger; in God's stead and on His behalf, we consider you, give your spirit inspiration and provide you with knowledge of divine wisdom .... In the depths of your mind you will learn to feel, every word is refreshment for you and will become more and more so the longer you place yourself under our protection. For we also protect you from the distress of your soul, we lead you carefully past cliffs and again and again to the divine saviour .... And we know your needs, your faults, your pleas .... and are always ready to save you wherever your call reaches our ears. The sun once sheltered us both .... I gave the father a pledge for you, which you held dear to me, and now I honour it and bring the lord a child willing to serve, who receives His words and eagerly strives to do the divine will. The earth's misery will pass away, in our protection you will overcome it .... the saviour will dwell in your heart, and we will all sing praise and glory to the lord, Who cares so lovingly for the children of the earth and Who draws you up to His fatherly heart. In this hour of consecration, your spirit brightens and receives what heaven gives it, and where your gaze is turned upwards to the lord with trepidation, He instructs His faithful servants to come to their aid. And so we all work tirelessly for the lord out of this power of God and speak to His own and tell them of the saviour's immense love .... You only need to take all this into your heart and the spirit of God will be active wherever He is fervently implored, for the lord considers His own with all love, all grace and all comfort .... He who allows himself to be remembered and whose heart remains in the lord until his last hour on earth, when we will take him up into His heavenly kingdom ....

Amen

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Work of redemption .... faith in it necessary ....

B.D. 0466 from June 14th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

What you are commanded to do is the lord's will, and so today you receive an announcement which touches on the great problem in a comprehensible way, which is so difficult for you humans to understand .... The majority of humanity is in a considerable error if it believes that it can gain merits in the hereafter and yet has not done its part on earth to maintain faith in Jesus Christ as the son of God. A person may well be lawful, he may have always faithfully fulfilled his duties on earth .... he may also have acted as a brother towards his neighbour .... but he has denied Jesus Christ .... then his reward will truly be very little, for since he does not want to acknowledge the divine saviour, he will never be redeemed from his guilt, for only faith is able to set him free, and in Christ all the threads of life will always and forever come together .... And where this faith turns away from the idea of redemption .... where the divinity of the saviour is doubted and denied, there the Godhead itself also turns away .... A person's legal thinking will undoubtedly be recognized, but until the heart of such a person professes Christ, the rebirth of the spirit will not be able to take place and without this the path to eternal bliss will never be paved. Anyone who has therefore been brought up in the faith in Christ but does not want to and cannot profess it will have to go a long way in the beyond .... And his search for the truth will be arduous and very protracted. No amount of strict adherence to God's commandments will achieve what the clear realization of Jesus' divinity can bring about in a short time. If only one thing were always to be considered, that the lord walked on earth because of mankind's guilt of sin .... how clearly understandable it is then that precisely this guilt of sin of man cannot be redeemed as long as he does not want to recognize such a work of redemption, but rather sees it as a human sacrificial act, which, however, lacks any divinity. Thus such a person will never be able to feel the graces and blessings of the work of redemption in himself .... He will only recognize the signs of divinity when, in case of doubt, he begs the heavenly father for enlightenment, which is gladly and willingly granted to him, and he is then so obviously pointed to the true work of the son of God on earth. In His indescribable goodness, the lord seeks to come close to everyone .... He wants to give everyone full understanding and will also always come to help where man alone is paralyzed, but the will must be good .... he must not reject what is incomprehensible to him but must ask for enlightenment, which is then willingly granted to him. But without faith in Jesus Christ it is not possible to enter the father's kingdom .... the gate to this kingdom has only been opened through the work of redemption .... but how can he enter through this gate if he doubts the divinity of the saviour .... It has been sufficiently made known to people what the purpose of the saviour's descent on earth was .... not wanting to acknowledge this but then still expecting His blessing is completely unthinkable .... And you humans have no other option but to acquire the kingdom of heaven through faith .... however, without faith you are so far away from it that your other struggles are in vain. You can certainly endeavour to live a good life, you will thereby acquire many graces, but these graces will always help you to find and strengthen this very faith in Jesus Christ, only then will your walk on earth be crowned with real success .... only then will you be able to enter the eternal kingdom which was opened to you through Jesus Christ our lord ....

Amen

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"I am in your midst ...."

B.D. 0467 from June 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

My dear daughter .... Try to accept everything offered to you into your heart and reject all negative thoughts, for those I bring together are tested by Me and remain in My love from now on. And what has reached your ear emanates from Me and shall resound in you, and thus you will experience that I dwell amongst you and am so close to you that you will feel My nearness when you completely devote yourselves to My words. And what is still strange to you will become familiar to you .... what, however, is against Me you will feel most clearly everywhere. For I will deny Myself where there is a wrong mind among you .... but speak openly at all times where My children offer Me their love. And now complete your daily work and be blessed by Me. See My guidance in everything and trust completely in your saviour, Who loves and guides you in all your ways now and always ....

Amen

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False doctrines .... intervention of God .... hardened ....

B.D. 0468 from June 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

There are so many misguided teachings which are all capable of shaking humanity's faith to the core .... which are also to blame for the fact that people have been seized by a nameless indifference towards everything that would be beneficial for their salvation .... In such adversity the lord has mercy, and it is only up to the will of the individual whether the true teaching of Christ finds its way back into people .... Every era has its manifestations .... so it is particularly remarkable how little man is concerned with spiritual problems .... He only has a sense for earthly advantages, for enjoyment and well-being and the increase of his earthly goods .... And with such materialistic thinking, a spiritual direction can never be taken. It will never be possible to unite the two, as only the one is conceivable without the other. That is why the lord Himself puts Himself in the middle .... He destroys where too much earthly construction has taken place .... Only when a person is completely thrown off course does his thinking begin to change .... All wise explanations about the origin of the divine teachings .... which people like to bring in order to present them as the fantasies of spiritually limited people, will collapse into nothingness when they are countered by the words of God .... given by the lord Himself .... There is only a short time left until the lord Himself will make Himself known in His power .... that this will work immediately and then a slight resistance can easily be broken .... on the other hand, the hardened must be struck with heavy blows if he too is to become pliable as wax and willingly submit to God's will. This will require much patience and effort on the part of the lord's servants .... The chosen ones will have to work in all gentleness and love and consider all those who go astray with explanations and loving references to the goodness of the lord and His care for all human children. But everyone will live who hears this word and believingly closes it within himself .... He has found the true stream of life that leads safely upwards .... But to many the lord must give trials of His power and might before they also confess the One and only highest over heaven and earth .... The world will first have to go up in flames before such hardened ones recognize the hand of the lord and try to completely change their inner life .... Yet the return to the father's house is never too late, and the more diligently a person now searches for the truth, the less he spares the effort to gain clarity of spirit and the more trustingly he turns to the heavenly father for His help and mercy, the more successful his search for the truth will be, and in recognizing his task in life the person now also knows how to focus his whole life and endeavours on creating imperishable values for eternity. And the lord's love and mercy has once again wrested a soul from the darkness and thus led it towards the eternal light ....

Amen

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Help the hardened ....

B.D. 0469 from June 17th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Just a little patience and you will experience an unexpected sign of divine love .... The events of time are constantly moving according to the lord's wise plan, even if often unrecognized by you humans, and yet the lord has to intervene where the human being allows himself to encroach upon His power and His will. It means an extraordinary favour for you men when the lord inclines himself to you in such mercy that he embodies himself again in the spirit of those serving him. It is an indication of such significance that this alone should be enough to open your eyes. But the human being, who is always cleverer or thinks he is cleverer, does not grasp the supernatural. Therefore, his thinking will mostly move in what he sees and hears .... he does not recognize spiritual activity. Thus the power of God Himself overcomes these people by expressing itself and becomes so visible to them that only the very hardened will even see a working of nature in it .... The others, however, will feel the closeness of the deity, but afterwards they will also separate again into the truly willing and those who, having overcome danger, will again surrender to the world and forget their physical and spiritual hardships as soon as they are over. The lord must come to their aid again if they are not to perish in their blindness. Every time has its signs .... pay attention to these, and you will easily recognize when the lord Himself is approaching according to such signs made known to you .... Do not lean back where life is hard on you .... But listen within and without to see if you hear the voice of the lord. You must not live in fear that the lord will abandon you when you desire him .... He is always ready to help those who need and call upon Him. And with this help you can confidently face even the most difficult times .... it will only bring you blessings but never harm your soul .... but offer up all earthly sorrow to the lord and you will be comforted tenfold by Him, your divine saviour. For if you only come to Him in distress, He must allow this distress to come upon you if He wants to call His little children to Himself. And many will be in such distress on earth .... We proclaim this to you for the sake of your soul's salvation .... The lord is never far from you, the time has come near, but the world does not want to hear the voice of the lord .... It wants to suffocate and destroy everything that should give news .... it wants to educate people in spiritual blindness, yet this is the work of darkness which you, who are able to recognize and have free will, must learn to regard as such and save yourselves from such blindness of your own free will. For God gave you understanding, use it correctly and where you cannot see clearly, ask for enlightenment and for the father's help .... But never reject everything that can awaken you spiritually, for this is the most important thing in life, for which everything on earth and your whole life itself is for .... that you recognize that you have received earthly life from the father in order to shape your soul in Him, so that it will find its way back to the father from Whom it originated ....

Amen

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Death in the lord .... mourning .... poor souls - prayer ....

B.D. 0470 from June 17th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

A blessed death is to fall asleep in the lord and to awaken in the beyond in fullness of light .... What you are given in life will be much easier to bear if you accept it with a view to eternity, for then you live, as it were, only for this .... also know that all suffering will come to an end in a short time if you measure it against eternity .... but that you may enjoy the fruits of this suffering for an eternity. And so you should always take comfort in the fact that your end can be a blissful one and that your entry into the heavenly kingdom will be even more blissful. So you bury your dead and weep for them, and yet this day should be a day of inner joy for you if you consider that the soul has only exchanged this earthly life for a far more beautiful one, that the human being has stripped away all suffering and now enters a new life carefree and redeemed from all suffering, which outshines all earthly things in beauty and happiness .... Why then do you want to mourn? So try to attain such a fate in the beyond already on earth, try to detach yourselves from everything that binds you to the world and you will easily be able to depart from this earth .... But whoever loves the earth too much will also find it very difficult to part from it .... he does not want to part with the goods of this world, his heart is all too attached to earthly things. And this person will not find a place prepared for him over there either, where he can continue the good life of earth. He has neglected to work for such a life in earthly life and must now serve for a long time before he is worthy of happiness in the beyond. There the human being then has the right to mourn such a soul .... but not that it has departed from earth, but only that the soul must now agonize unspeakably in order to become partaker of what it should acquire on earth .... Pray for this soul .... give them your strength through prayer, which they so urgently need .... Whoever truly loves such a soul will be able to save it through this love, for love will be constantly active for such poor souls who did not recognize their life correctly and now have to live in want until they are redeemed from their guilt. The lord's care applies to you incessantly, so let your care also be given to those who are grateful to you from the bottom of their hearts for every help .... Bear in mind that they, too, were erring people who, having been led onto the right path, struggle and fight in order to finally enter the kingdom of light .... But you, who still walk on earth, use this time wisely and only ever long for the lord, so that you will not taste death but live for eternity ....

Amen

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Recognizing oneself .... love ....

B.D. 0471 from June 18th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

In this life, as in the afterlife, the only thing of lasting value is that the soul recognizes itself; only then will it be able to take the path upwards. Progress without this realization is completely impossible, for in spiritual darkness every action, whether here or in the beyond, will only have a material effect .... i.e. it will always be based on material interests, and such interests can never promote the salvation of the soul. It is therefore of little value if a person only commits good deeds on earth for the same reason. Such deeds are not recognized by God, because their power is low .... What is not done out of love is also not pleasing to God .... It is only tribute to the world .... With active spirit, man will have to recognize that the earth with everything that exists on it is always only the means to an end .... That therefore the goods of the earth itself should never be desired, but only everything in the world should serve to be recognized as earthly, shunned or used to be able to perform deeds of love through such .... The lord gives you so many means which can lead you to the eternal goal .... But you use them for yourselves, you delight in them and lust after them .... and so these means become works of the devil for you, through which he tries to draw you into his snares .... But if you recognize the worthlessness of all earthly things and recognize yourselves, then you will be victorious over such temptations. Giving up everything you possess in order to help your neighbour is the greatest blessing. If a person's spiritual realization has matured to such an extent that he can now start working on his soul, then he will also pursue his endeavour with great zeal, and the thought will always be his guiding star that he will come close to the saviour through his endeavour, that everything he voluntarily gives on earth will one day be rewarded by the saviour's closeness. The more unconscious the urge towards the saviour is, the more it fills the heart out of deep love, the sooner this longing of the heart will be fulfilled and the more His nearness will make the earthly child happy, for everything, everything is rooted in love .... whoever has this is already blessed here on earth and will one day be blissfully happy in the lord's nearnes .... where everything is pure love. Only when love completely fills your heart will all your thoughts and actions on earth be such that they correspond to the meaning of the eternal deity .... Therefore cultivate love, and a measure will be given to you in eternity that you are blissfully happy in the nearness of the lord ....

Amen

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Serve .... love .... task ....

B.D. 0472 from June 18th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

An alert mind will be given to those who devote themselves to the lord at all times. Just as a dewy meadow waters all its grasses, stalks and flowers, so the heart will also be blessed with divine grace so that it can constantly draw the will to live from it, and it will also never need to fear that it could ever lack strength, for where the lord wants to train willing servants for His teaching ministry, He also provides them with the necessary strength at all times .... By the task the lord gives you, you will recognize His degree of love. You have already received many a proof of love and must thank the lord for this love with ever more selfless devotion, and then the mystery of love will also become clear to you .... then you will only ever have one path that leads to God .... to serve Him with all your strength and will .... If you make this your concern, you will soon be so united with your saviour that everything in you will have become love .... And then you will recognize everything with your heart .... You give love and kindness everywhere and receive the saviour's love in return, and your work for the lord will become ever more zealous. For He Himself spurs you on to do so by placing warm feelings and a desire for labour of love in your heart. Whoever gives love will receive love twice over. He who serves the lord will be exalted and one day reign over many .... and whoever desires to see the lord will be recognized by the lord, but first you must free your soul from its oppressive covering .... You must make your heart worthy to receive the lord, only then can He make you happy, but then you will glow with love, and your endeavour will henceforth be a more diligent one to live to please the lord, to serve Him in all reverence and to love and worship Him with all your heart as the highest and most perfect being, as the divine creator of heaven and earth ....

Amen

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Divine grace ....

B.D. 0473 from June 19th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Very few of you appreciate the grace of the lord, and people believe that they can achieve by their own efforts what should be the goal of all of you. And yet they can do nothing without the grace of God .... This is why people so often take the wrong path; their own will drives them to .... they pay no attention to divine grace, do not desire it in prayer and are thus left to their own devices. And then their behaviour is purely human and earthly. Those who entrust themselves to divine grace and the lord will always progress far more quickly. For it is easy for them to recognize, they will attain a sharper power of judgement .... The innermost instinct of the heart will always guide them in a way that is pleasing to God. And the willpower will be strengthened to carry out what the heart dictates. Thus divine grace works ever more intensely the more it is implored in prayer, and what then still burdens the soul are always only trials of a lighter nature in order to strengthen its power of resistance. For the time on earth, devotion to the lord is completely sufficient to secure all kinds of means of grace, for the lord will not abandon anyone who merely trusts Him .... He wants all children to turn to Him and will therefore also provide for them abundantly so that no one's path on earth shall be too difficult. And with this help in mind, earthly life will also bring the human being the success which is the goal of his soul .... What now seems inexplicable to you humans, what is incomprehensible to you or creates doubt in you .... put all this to the heart of your saviour, He will give you clarity in all things, for you may speak like children to the father and you will never be left without an answer. But one thing is necessary .... that you truly feel like children of your father .... that you are full of faith to find all strength from the heavenly father and also to be granted all help if only you make an effort to do so. Without faith you cannot ask from the heart, and then divine grace cannot be granted to you either. For faith will always be the first .... If you believe that there is a father in heaven, that He cares for you as His children .... then it will also be easy for you to ask Him for His help from the bottom of your heart, and then you will be blessed with grace forever. Heaven's greatest joy is the joy of willing, trusting children .... Faith and good will are the prerequisites for a God-pleasing life on earth .... The lord's grace supports all endeavours and reveals the spiritual truths to the earthly child, and thus the path upwards will become increasingly easier as long as the will and the heart are always turned towards the father. And standing in His sun of grace you have nothing to fear on your earthly path which could harm your soul .... For the body may perish but the soul shall be able to enter the heavenly kingdom unharmed at the end of days ....

Amen

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Compromise .... acceptance of faith .... help in worldly need ....

B.D. 0474 from June 19th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Times will pass until the words of the lord are received by people, for in their blindness they do not want to recognize the work from above. And so God's wise plan is to make people receptive to consolation through constant pressure .... Man never wants to be made aware of difficult times when he is happy, but when he is unhappy he willingly lends his ear to the consolations contained in the word of God. You should hear what God's judgement has decreed for the children of the earth .... A complete change of laws has the consequence that man is forced to make so-called compromises in lack of freedom of his will .... On the one hand, he rejects the faith that teaches a continuation of life after bodily death .... but on the other hand admits that the highest power belongs to a divine being .... and that this divine being can intervene where the pressure of earthly power seems unbearable to people. There will come a time when the hardships of the measures will be of such a magnitude that a real resistance will be offered .... In such a situation the earthly child will then seek help from that supreme power .... The lack of faith will then be replaced by a confidence which expresses itself in such a way that the inner resistance to the divine teaching will break down and the word of God will be accepted with all fervour. Earthly power, on the other hand, will have to be content with only worldly things, for the deity has extraordinary means at its disposal where it is necessary to bring about clarification in the spiritual realm. God will never concede that in such a difficult time, when a person surrenders to His word with trust in God, he will be deceived in his confidence .... He will have to fulfil man's desire and visibly intervene in order to shake the earthly power, so that faith in the deity will be strengthened and souls will be brought to God the lord in great numbers. And when these have found the right path, the power will also have to give way .... it will break in the faith, which has become far stronger than before. For what people still lack today will still come to them with God's help .... even if it takes some time, because the father in heaven knows what His children need .... And if they immediately believe that they can achieve this without God's help, they will soon be taught otherwise and confess of their own accord the true faith in Jesus Christ, the son of God ....

Amen

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The task of small creatures and humans .... earthly and spiritual activity ....

B.D. 0475 from June 20th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

You will draw an immeasurable blessing from your work, therefore continue steadfastly on this path and overcome all temptations of the evil one, for a child of God must be truly faithful and trusting if he wants to achieve great things. Today the lord will give you a gift that will give you strength. A pleading thought to your saviour will help you in every affliction, and so begin: An army of spiritual beings is tasked with creating the environment that makes your existence on earth possible again; consider this and then try to imagine how often the picture in nature changes .... How many things only exist for one day and then fall prey to destruction again .... how countless beings embody themselves differently again and again .... how grasses, flowers and fruits fulfil their purpose on earth and pass away .... in order to rise again to new life in a different form. This is a process that is repeated in the same way with humans, only over a much longer period of time. If the lord now sets these small beings and formations a task, either to please the eye of man or to serve nature, to support the development and to carry out all the small and smallest activities that are necessary in creation and that guarantee an everlasting existence .... it is already clear from this how much nobler and more comprehensive the human being's task on earth must be, how it should be fulfilled in the spirit of divine creation and serve the further perfection of every human being .... To utilize the short span of time, which encompasses even a long earthly life, in such a way that the actual purpose is fully complied with, is something that cannot be recommended to you seriously enough. In every situation in life the human being, from a purely earthly point of view, sees himself confronted with tasks which he should fulfil .... and he will also understand the necessity of these demands made of him; however, it does not seem so obvious to him that spiritual work is also incumbent upon him .... that he should fulfil it even more conscientiously and that the work assigned to him by God, his creator, should be precisely that which should occupy all his thinking and striving on earth .... This is not so tangible because it is purely spiritual, whereas the earthly task promises him material benefits .... Now earthly life goes its course without interruption .... whether the human being fulfils his assigned activity or not .... only for himself will the benefit be greater or lesser. In exactly the same way, a person's spiritual attitude will not be beneficial or detrimental to God's entire work of creation, but success or failure will only have an effect on his soul .... Physical well-being, which a person can increase or decrease with the task he fulfils on earth, is only a temporal concept; with bodily death everything that once served your well-being has become worthless and void .... But the soul cannot create an end to its situation at will .... It has to bear its state, whether completed or not, and it has to struggle unspeakably in suffering if it wants to improve its state, but it cannot end it arbitrarily if it does not suit it .... And therefore the human being should recognize how unspeakably important it is for him to live according to his actual purpose on earth and not strive for any other goal than to gather possessions for eternity ....

Amen

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Contact with the lord .... maturity .... teaching activity ....

B.D. 0476 from June 20th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Has there ever been anything more precious on earth than to have found an intimate contact with the lord and to be honoured by the most divine saviour with a loving address? This is such a priceless good, and every child on earth cannot praise itself happily enough in such proof of God's love. An existing relationship of this kind should be utilized and exploited to the best of our ability, and that is why we want to make the most of every hour. You must pay attention to every little stirring of your heart, then you will succeed in receiving our messages in a far shorter time, and so now continue:

The degree of spiritual maturity is decisive for the teaching activity of an earth child .... Every thought directed towards the spiritual brings progress, and such progress cannot be achieved without effort. A well-groomed appearance will always have a beneficial effect on the environment in human life .... How much more will a well-organized inner life have a beneficial effect on everything that comes into contact with the spiritual aspirant. Thus the human being should first try to come to terms with himself .... i.e. he should try to separate all that is noble from that which is ignoble .... thoughts, words and works, so that it is clearly recognizable how a person's nature can be transformed by working on himself, i.e. on his soul. In such refinement of himself, many a man finds his way back to life, who until then had despised it .... He learnt to see with spiritual eyes, to recognize his purpose, to love his divine creator and found the will to serve. And so the eternal deity came closer to him, honoured him with a high task, the fulfilment of which makes him extremely happy .... If you contemplate this development in yourself, profound gratitude to the lord and saviour will fill your heart, for you will sense that a thread has been woven from you to the beyond which links you to the heavenly father for all eternity. The teachings that the father gives you must give you a completely new view of the goodness and love of the lord. It will not be enough for you to simply write them down .... You must take them into your heart with all seriousness and good will to live according to these teachings and to make them accessible to your neighbour as far as possible. Then the blessing of this word will have an ever greater effect on you .... You will be enlightened in spirit, you will find strength and comfort in the word of God and will only have the desire to devote yourself entirely to love, to be completely absorbed in doing good and to strive for an ever more intimate connection with your saviour .... And so every reception will be a seed that will sprout and bear much fruit. And this work of yours will be infinitely beneficial for you and your fellow human beings. It will strengthen you to ever new deeds of love and you will be conscientiously and richly provided for by the lord, so that the earth will once again harbour a treasure of heavenly wisdom for all who want to have this treasure ....

Amen

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Wise men of the East .... love of the saviour ....

B.D. 0477 from June 21st 1938, taken from Book No. 10

My child .... whoever, like the wise men of the East, offers all his treasures to the little child in silent adoration, the little child blesses him and gives him His love .... And he who possesses the saviour's love is unspeakably rich .... But if your saviour now gives you the task of working for Him and spreading His teachings among people, of giving them knowledge of the caring love of the heavenly father for His children, then the same thing will happen to you as to the wise men .... a star will shine for you, leading you towards the saviour .... Dear child, you will find Me if only you long for Me .... Every little sacrifice you make to Me in time and labour will earn you the love of your heavenly father .... and every line you write down in this love is a great work of mercy for mankind. Seek to receive My words wherever you can .... use every free time for dialogue with Me, Who cares for you all .... And you will win for soul and spirit .... For the spirit of God will fill you and open the gates for you, which you are only remotely able to sense today. Likewise, you will increasingly recognize the spirit of love that rules creation. And if you then believe that you have found the right path to Me, then I will come to meet you on it and let you see into My glory. The father's house shall receive His children, therefore strive to become children of God so that the father can fetch you home to Himself into His kingdom and eternal bliss will be granted to you in all fullness .... that you may bask in the love of the divine saviour and be His children forever ....

Amen

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Air, fire and water spirits ....

B.D. 0478 from June 22nd 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Behold, the power of the most high over heaven and earth is veiled in the ether blue. What you see all around you is His work and His will .... you cannot fathom what you see above you. It is a structure of vapour, light and air that expresses itself in various combinations and connections in various phenomena. The whole atmosphere that surrounds you is already a veiled expression of God's power. The clouds pass by you in the most incredible images, constantly changing in their forms .... the clouds in turn are a composition of deposits that arise through the perpetual activity of the spirit beings in the air and make themselves visible to the human eye, sometimes dissolving, sometimes clumping together. You could all easily gain insight into the atmospheric work of the spirit beings, for this happens constantly before your eyes, that what you call weather is constantly changing. The activity of such beings consists of all air, water and fire spirits uniting and co-operating and in such joint work constantly enlivening the layer of air surrounding the earth .... soon all substances are banished, and the spirits of light and fire work more intensively and permeate all the material surroundings of the earth .... soon the air and water spirits become fully active, dissolve the banished substances and appear as wind or rain .... soon both fight with each other and try to assert themselves .... Thus the activity on earth and around it is equally lively, nothing remains unchanged, nothing remains inactive on one level .... Everything presses inexorably forward, and this activity expresses itself again and again in other phenomena, so that an observer of this must fully confirm an orderly activity .... which he would like to dismiss with the simple word "natural phenomenon". Yet every natural phenomenon must also have an explanation and can never ever arise by itself .... i.e. without the creator's will, but must always correspond in cause and effect with all laws of creation, otherwise it would bring about complete destruction but would not result in an orderly continuation of the earth .... (interruption)

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Elemental forces and their effects ....

B.D. 0479 from June 22nd 1938, taken from Book No. 10

The forces that express themselves in all natural elements are, so to speak, only the activity of as yet unbound spirit beings that gather in the atmospheric environment of the earth and express their presence in precisely this way. Every such free being seeks embodiment in some form or other. They have extraordinary powers at their disposal, because through these again countless determinations have to be carried out on earth, which all more or less have their reason in God's work of creation. However, such elementary forces must adapt to the respective divine order, which has regulated all the activity of such forces according to a wise plan of creation and to which everything in this order must submit .... In other words, a force cannot express itself arbitrarily which, for example, lies completely outside the season .... which requires a certain season and certain natural laws to carry out its activity .... Where such elements become active outside their actual purpose, there the causes of catastrophes of all kinds are found .... These unbound beings then become active in such great numbers that only the greatest love of the spirit beings concerned for the children of the earth can stop these natural elements in the will of the lord. In such catastrophes forces will indeed also appear which unrestrainedly destroy everything that God Himself allowed to come into being through His will .... but such destruction will also be God-willed to a certain degree again for the purpose of enlightenment for humanity. Such events can also result in unspeakable good, but God's will will always be decisive, and the active activity of such spiritual beings can be temporarily permitted by God, but they can also be stopped at any time .... for the will of the lord alone will rule now and always, and everything on earth will bow to this divine will ....

Amen

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God’s messengers and their work ....

B.D. 0480 from June 23rd 1938, taken from Book No. 10

The willingness of an earthly child to receive God’s Word has the effect that God’s messengers agree to help at all times; thus all who are willing to serve God unite within a short time .... The work on the other side as well as on earth is solely intended for those souls who are still misguided and walk the wrong way .... The Lord prepares every admission and gives to the children according to their spiritual ability .... Everyone with the interest of earthly human beings at heart takes part in this association between the earth and the beyond .... They all have loved-ones left behind on earth or have a bond with them by virtue of God’s will and are now constantly striving to guide them onto the right path. This is a very difficult undertaking as long as the human being believes that he can walk alone. Every misguided soul’s desire for help will be granted gladly and willingly .... every soul’s pleading prayer will be heard and every struggling soul will be given assistance. God’s messengers are capable of doing much because God’s will is working through them .... And thus you, too, shall receive all the help you desire because all the beings surrounding you endeavour the same .... to work for the Lord and Saviour .... to lead souls to Him and to save countless souls from hardship and anguish. Wherever your work serves the same purpose you will be supported whenever you pray .... with every proclamation one more message from above has been passed on to you .... every single message will have a beneficial effect on earth .... and its contents will always serve to awaken hearts and bring light into the spiritual darkness .... There are many such straying souls on earth, all are invited by the Lord .... and all will be given the information about the eternal Deity but only few desire the light. These few should be approached with as much love as possible so that they may find the right path and remain willing to continue on it as long as they live on earth. Every moment is light that guides your thoughts to the Deity .... And every path is right when you take it with the will to reach God. The will alone is sufficient for God to send His messengers to meet you .... then, always following the voice of your heart, you can no longer go astray. You don’t know how much easier earthly life will become when you have found God .... and how little you fear death afterwards .... because there will be no more death for you .... you will indeed live in eternity when you live and die within the Lord .... then death will only be a transition into eternal glory where you may see God face-to-face ....

Amen

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Wrong relationship with the ather .... Recognizing Jesus Christ ....

B.D. 0481 from June 23rd 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Jesus walked on earth in the fullness of His divinity .... Nothing has moved the lord but His immense love for humanity and precisely this love you must recognize, and then you will also commit yourselves to the fact that the lord Jesus Christ is the only true path to eternal bliss. In an endlessly long struggle you awaited the grace of embodiment on earth .... you were close to the deity in the beginning .... you can only come close to the deity again through union with It .... you cannot receive God into yourselves if you reject the same deity .... and God the father and Jesus Christ are one .... But how can you want to call God your father and at the same time reject Jesus Christ .... Try to absorb the following explanation: A father conscientiously sets aside a sum of money for his child, which he wants to use to train this child in all arts and crafts .... and now this child will suddenly take a dislike to the father .... Can it then still demand to be lovingly cared for? Will it not rather, if it thinks legally, either try to overcome the aversion or have to do without any support from the father's grace? .... If the heavenly father now wants to bestow all graces on the earthly child in order to procure eternal bliss for it .... and the earthly child rejects the one Who acquired this bliss for it on earth .... it will either have to renounce all glory completely or it will have to overcome itself and learn to love the lord God and try to establish a cordial relationship with the father .... But the conscious rejection of Jesus' divinity establishes a hostile relationship with Him, and God can then never ever repay such a person for its deeds on earth in the beyond in the way the earthly child expects, for it does not feel itself to be a child of the Father .... It does not accept what it could receive from the hand of the saviour .... It cannot share in the blessings of the work of redemption and therefore cannot reap what it has not sown. Through Jesus Christ, earthly life has only become what it should be .... the station of knowledge. Yet anyone who fears knowledge and consciously remains in darkness will not be able to achieve success in earthly life either, for the lord promises such a person through His teaching alone .... but who wants to accept the teaching and reject the teacher? .... And so, without faith in Jesus Christ, life on earth may be pleasing in the eyes of men, but it will not stand up before God, for God Himself came to earth for men and gave Himself to them through His word .... Those who hear and accept it will be blessed, but those who reject the lord Himself will also never be able to accept His word, and their part will be a terrible struggle in the beyond until they have found realization there and also finally thereby their divine saviour and lord .... Jesus Christ ....

Amen

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Power of God .... inner vision .... desire ....

B.D. 0482 from June 25th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

The more intimately you seek union with the lord, the easier the proclamations will come to you, for spiritual activity is always synonymous with the strength that flows from the lord into the human being. If now the lord can work through willing beings completely absorbed in Him, then this power will also be able to express itself more and more strongly and will finally be able to work as directly. This is a process which is equivalent to the distant effect of the sun's rays. The power of these rays is not always equally strong .... if they first have to overcome many obstacles, the power is weakened and arrives on earth in reduced strength .... likewise, the power of grace that radiates from the lord will touch the heart much more strongly and intensely if it is, so to speak, completely open to the lord. Sometimes a single moment of inner devotion can attract the divine power so strongly that this one moment opens up knowledge to the earth child through inner vision .... In such a moment all physical and spiritual obstacles are overcome, and then the working of the divinity in the human child is so obvious that all doubts are banished from such a heart for ever. The human soul wants to be supported, it wants to be continually nourished by God's grace, without this it is unable to take up the fight against its spell of enveloping .... But where God's grace expresses itself in such a way that it is granted a glimpse into the spiritual life, there the will of such a soul is overwhelming .... and it reaches its goal beyond all obstacles.

The deity only has a desire-satisfying effect as the granting of heavenly bliss .... but otherwise only desire-fuelling .... The more ardently and longingly the heart beats towards the saviour, the brighter it may look, but always only in order to kindle an even hotter longing for the divine lord. However, this longing will only be satisfied when the earthly child has entered the eternal kingdom. In His unspeakable love and kindness, however, the lord also temporarily opens up the realms of bliss to His children on earth .... He hears the subtlest stirrings of the heart, and where the mind is so prepared that He finds it worthy of extraordinary grace, there the divine sun of grace shines with undiminished power and fills the heart of such a child.

Amen

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Tests .... resilience .... live or die for the lord ....

B.D. 0483 from June 25th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Behold, My child, the lord is testing the children of earth as to whether they will persevere and remain active according to His will despite opposition and apparent difficulties or whether they will despondently abandon their endeavour and thus fail to comply with the lord's will .... Every resistance has the advantage of stimulating a child of God to fight, and whoever fights for the lord must be tested in his power of resistance so that it can also withstand the temptations. That is why you receive so many teachings which you should first use to strengthen your faith, and indeed you must wrestle for this strong faith yourself .... For if you are inactive, even a strong faith will weaken and become weak, whereas a faith that has been hard-won will not waver so easily. An ever easy acceptance would certainly make you secure, but in the storms experienced by God's fighters you could easily damage your faith .... therefore I must stimulate it more and more and let you fight for it until nothing can make this faith waver, and then you will mature for your mission. Therefore suffer and fight and put your trust in Me .... you must always and constantly know how carefully I nevertheless look after My own, even if they also feel My closeness less .... I must keep Myself apart in order to be sought and desired, for sluggishness of spirit can destroy everything that My love has established .... But fighting keeps you awake and alert .... and so shall My fighters be.

Your task will be to always carry Me in your heart and thus, strengthened for every battle, to convey the word of God to people where it should no longer be publicly offered .... And then courage and holy fervour for this word of Mine must enter .... then the heart must be inflamed with love for the teacher of this word, it must be willing to die for the divine teacher, i.e. to give up its body, if the word of God cannot otherwise penetrate people .... And all this can only be brought about by faith .... only those who stand firm in faith give everything for their saviour .... because for them there is then only one goal .... to serve his lord as it is in His will .... to live or to die .... The earthly child must gratefully accept both from the hand of the divine father. Living for the lord is divine law, and dying for Him is blessed, for giving everything for the divine saviour makes the earthly child worthy of the promises of Christ .... and the lord Himself takes him into His kingdom. The lord places boundless trust in His servants that they will recognize His grace and strive to fulfil their task with all zeal .... However, this requires a deeply believing heart, and out of this deep love will also be born, which is the prerequisite for spiritual vision .... which in turn will make the earthly child unspeakably happy who shows himself worthy of this grace. And so first take care of rock-solid faith, then everything else will be granted to you as a result of this faith, and you will not need to fear that you will have to live in want or that the grace of your saviour will be withdrawn from you .... For those who persevere in the lord are eternally in His favour ....

Amen

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Trust increases the ability .... condition for supernatural work ....

B.D. 0484 from June 26th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

It will be of great benefit to the great work that is to come into being under your hands if you always look up to the lord with faith. He will guide you through all dangers, and His ways are always chosen wisely and purposefully, and if you adopt this view, your inner being will become calmer and you will devote yourself more and more to your work. At the gate to eternity your retrospect will be a blissful one, if only you have always worked for the lord and on His behalf, for this activity requires great devotion, diligence and always faithful trust in the lord. The saviour considers you in such a way that you must recognize His love from it .... Acquiring this love will make you unspeakably rich already on earth and will also make you ever more capable for your work. The lord has chosen His own so that, like Him, they may take care of those who go astray .... He will guide you and you need fear nothing at His hand .... you will speak according to His will .... you will act for His honour .... But you must always be subject to Him in love and submit your will to Him. The lord only needs your full will .... Then you will only ever be His representatives here on earth, who proclaim His word and hear God's voice. You will place yourselves in a state, depending on your ability to love, which will already shape you into supernatural beings on earth, so that you feel, see and hear what other people are unable to feel, see and hear. For the lord's love provides you with all these gifts if you only use them for the salvation of your fellow human beings' souls and only in faith in the divine saviour .... You will be able to carry out deeds in fullest faith in Jesus Christ, the son of God .... And you will always and constantly receive His grace and through this you will be able to fulfil your activity, which the lord has imposed on you, in the most exhausting way. For the lord Himself is with you in all your ways. He shields and protects you, He guides you along the right paths as you are to fulfil your task .... And He will always surround you with His sun of love and grace, even where it appears that the sky is darkened by clouds of all kinds .... He will always be close to you if only a thought calls Him, and He will inseparably unite Himself with you if your heart is receptive for the divine saviour, for your teacher and guide, for the most loving father .... Where your heart desires to love, there the eternal deity, the creator of heaven and earth, will unite with His creatures, who are eternally His children ....

Amen

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Faithlessness .... obstacle ....

B.D. 0485 from June 26th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Nothing is more detrimental to people than a perpetual persistence in faithlessness. Not only do they lack the strength to be spiritually active but they are also deprived of the opportunity to strive for spiritual realization at all. How should this endeavour be awakened in such people if they only concern themselves with purely worldly things, if they have no faith whatsoever in a mission, which is the real purpose of their life on earth. Only everything tangible, visible and explainable with their intellect has any influence on these people .... but everything else, the inner life, spiritual thoughts and a possible continuation of life after death .... they indifferently reject as fantasies, and so all that remains for them is an extremely empty life, which is completely filled with the pleasures of the world, with all kinds of desires and vices, and thus allows no further thoughts to arise in them. However, by God's wise decree, every living being is embodied in one form until the soul of the being is ripe for a new mould .... for further development in another shell. What is the life task of every smallest creature must of necessity also be the task of the highest living being on earth .... the human being, and earthly activity can never suffice to secure a certain degree of maturity for it .... This earthly activity only benefits the body, which passes away in a short time on earth .... but not the soul that inhabits this body. How can the soul ever develop to higher maturity if it is not offered the slightest spiritual nourishment .... if the human being does not endeavour to help it to free itself from its burdensome shell, matter and its chains. The soul of a person who does not make this endeavour will remain on a low level, it will suffer unspeakably if it is not helped in earthly life and will have to bear an extremely difficult fate in the beyond. And all this only because the human being lacks the belief that he himself must take responsibility for everything he does or fails to do in earthly life. It is up to the human being to do or not to do what he wants, since he was given free will. But such an unrecognized and unused earthly life will never dissolve into nothingness, rather, after its earthly demise the soul will recognize the injustice in all its gravity and bitterly regret the useless past lifetime and try to climb one step after the other in arduous struggles and battles, once it has become aware of the eternal deity .... And so you know that faith is necessary and can never ever be replaced by wisdom and the intellectual will to recognize creation .... A childlike faith combined with the most heartfelt love for the saviour alone can lead you to eternal bliss, but without it you remain dead creatures, even if you move in the midst of the world's hustle and bustle .... You are poor in spirit and can never partake of the blessings that a firm faith can give you .... but you will walk in darkness until you desire light of your own free will and believingly accept it. Only then will you be able to fulfil the purpose of your embodiment ....

Amen

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Will to serve .... awakening of the inner life .... wanting ....

B.D. 0486 from June 27th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Life's true joy is always only the will to serve, for if the deity demands that you subordinate your will to It, it will thereby give you an activity which will make you exceedingly happy .... for it gives the earthly child the most heartfelt joy to place itself at the lord's service, to renounce all earthly pleasures for His sake and to be able to absorb the teachings of heaven. And so the will to serve will give the earthly child an abundance of gifts, for he who serves God is far above all those who rule on earth. The lord gives His instructions to all creatures and each one carries out the lord's will, yet unconsciously, through the activity which is given to it as a task in life .... However, the human being is not forced to fulfil his earthly task .... it is entirely up to him to freely create his life and in the midst of this life to choose the path to God or not .... whether he wants to serve or does not recognize God and only believes himself to be shaping destiny .... but denies an eternal judge .... The slightest question of thought in good will about the truth will help you on the path of realization, for the lord gives all seekers the right clue. But it will be difficult for those who are completely without faith .... who stifle every stirring of their heart for spiritual realization .... who only see the world and its joys or sorrows and who can never separate their thoughts from the purely earthly. Where there is still a spark in them that longs for truth, where a thought is still able to soar into spiritual regions, the person will not be left alone and his spirit will receive the ray of light that shines into the darkness of the night. Then he will begin to understand everything that has happened to him so far .... He sees his life passing by as a mirror image, and then thoughts awaken in him that are far removed from his actual views .... He scrutinizes and weighs and compares .... And he finds many a true word from the teaching of Christ, which only now becomes understandable to him. The soul now treads a new path .... But just as all seekers are plagued by doubts, a spiritually orientated thought will also be rejected again and again at the beginning until it nevertheless asserts itself and is now firmly accepted in the heart and thus the inner life of the person has awakened to lively activity. Many a step has to be taken again and again, but such a striving earthly child will be supported once it has turned to the question of the supernatural of its own free will. Only the one who rejects everything spiritual cannot be helped so easily, as otherwise free will would be put out of action and therefore a furtherance of the soul could not be achieved. The constant groping and searching for spiritual truth will also make an earthly child receptive for every spiritual strength coming towards him .... Where a person desires to be enlightened, the spark has already been ignited .... It is only a small flame, but it stimulates more diligent research and the power of darkness is broken. Every human being only needs to have taken the first step of their own free will .... to lift his thoughts into infinity with the desire to come closer to the truth .... Then he has broken the spell that kept him bound to earth until then, and from then on his spirit soars into light heights .... You children of the earth only need to want .... everything else comes to you so naturally through God's love and grace that you only ever need to obey the subtle stirrings of the heart, which so surely guides and points you towards the eternal deity .... and if you serve Him you will receive, and that to the same extent as you are willing to serve. For God promises to all who serve Him that they shall one day reign for all eternity ....

Amen

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Appearance of the lord pictorial ....

B.D. 0487 from June 28th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

In indescribable light .... visible only to a God-like being, the supreme being hides Himself and can only visualize Himself to the children of earth, for an earthly being would never ever be able to bear this fullness of light .... Therefore the lord has decided to give His fullness of light a form which enables you human children, when you are inflamed with deepest love for Him, to see Him tangibly before you .... but even then only as an appearance of short duration and so shadowy that afterwards only a dream-like memory of it remains for you. Any more would be intolerable for you, who still dwell on earth, for it would make you unfit to fulfil your earthly duties .... No human being, since it is still so far removed from a God-like state, can endure the direct light of the deity without being completely destroyed in it .... Yet the lord constantly dwells on earth close to the human being, often unrecognized but perceptible to His own through His gracious activity .... And this abundance of grace also occasionally expresses itself to the earthly children in such a way that the lord lets them feel His greater than great love in the form of an apparition brought close to them .... but that these earthly children have to make themselves worthy of this love in purity of heart and fullest observance of His teaching, but that they are thereby equipped with an extraordinary power for the time of their earthly life and should use this again to win the salvation of the souls of their dear fellow human beings .... (interruption)

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Collecting earthly goods obstacle ....

B.D. 0488 from June 28th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Any service rendered to the lord .... be it to spread His teaching or to instruct the erring, will be pleasing to the divine saviour, for every serving heart is a willing child of God, and it therefore fulfils its earthly task with all zeal. Whereas humanity is only concerned with acquiring earthly goods, an emptiness will soon make itself felt there, which really characterizes the vanity of the world .... Every earthly gain is limited, transient and completely worthless for eternity. But whoever serves here on earth will soon discover a realm that is inexhaustible in wisdom and everywhere reveals the divine creator. Poor people will find no joy in spiritual activity, the world gives them completely what they desire, they walk the path on earth in complete ignorance but are fully satiated with earthly pleasures and do not demand any enlightenment for the time of their earthly existence which could curtail their worldly enjoyment. If earthly advantage were to be derived from such, then they would also become followers of Christ's teaching for the sake of it .... I.e. outwardly they are often regarded as the most zealous representatives of the word of God, yet they do not associate spiritual thinking with this pure word of God in the slightest .... but their position, their existence and their sense of acquisition are always the only decisive factors. But where this should be put on the back burner, people prefer to give up their faith with a light heart .... However, any progress in the spiritual, no matter how small, must become invalid if man's interest is solely focussed on the acquisition of earthly goods. Yet such people will still be given the most powerful and varied advice so that they will learn to recognize the futility of collecting earthly goods. But then these people will have to make great efforts in order to also make progress in the spiritual realm in a short time, which should make their stay in the beyond easier. For the lord cares for all .... He does not forget those who walk in darkness .... He also wants to give knowledge to those who are all too much children of the world .... if only they pay attention to these signs and receive everything from the father's hand in good will .... then it will be a blessing for them and they will increase the number of those for whom eternal life has been prepared through Christ our lord .....

Amen

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Animals and humans .... activity .... power ....

B.D. 0489 from June 29th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

The inner life of man is not always of the same nature .... man often has to struggle and fight in order to fully embrace an opinion once it has been formed .... there will always be moments when doubts seize the human heart unhindered .... These will try to destroy what has been achieved so far, and a complete apostasy can arise from this if the human being indifferently abandons himself to these doubts .... However, such spiritual trials cannot affect someone who is seriously striving for the truth. Only an ever more resistant faith is formed as a result, a firm conviction will soon take the place of the tormenting doubts, and this is another step upwards. The world and its pleasures will always arrive at such times and want to subjugate people .... Great caution is then always required .... for if everything works together against the earthly child, it will be far more difficult for him to resist such temptations. But then turn with trust to the one Who alone can help you and your worries will be taken away from you.

But now you shall receive an announcement of particular value, if you are able to follow our thoughts:

Look at the world of animals and consider their peculiarities. Does not each one have certain peculiarities that are repeated in all others of their kind? .... Consider the horse, a noble domestic animal that serves man and is superior to him in strength and vigour. It would never occur to anyone to keep such an animal without putting it to some kind of work, since it can fulfil so many different requirements and is useful to man in every way. Whereas, for example, fish of all kinds only serve as food for humans, but no other use would be conceivable. This raises the question for people: Can a more highly developed animal being possibly feel man's striving for spiritual good, and will this remain without influence on such an animal? .... Does a spiritually active human being exert an invisible force on the animal beings, who are already at the last possible stage before embodiment as a human being, which then benefits the animals in their stage of development? .... And how does such power then manifest itself in these beings? ....

To this the following answer is to be sent to you: The lord provides all beings with a power which is beneficial to them, which is to facilitate the beings' actual destiny so that they are worthy of a new form in the shortest possible time. Only man is to ask for this power. But now that all beings in the universe must draw their strength from God, animals and humans will not be so distant from each other in their purely spiritual activity .... At certain intervals even the human soul will unite with the animal beings because of a complete transformation, the powers of both beings will then unite with each other, and both the human being and the animal will benefit from the fact that the power of God has an extraordinarily strong effect and thus the spiritual perfection of both beings can be achieved in a short time .... that the animal can leave its covering and embody itself in a new form .... the human being, on the other hand, has also reached a higher level and owes this to the interaction with those forces, but the interaction of the human and animal souls is such that it is very rarely recognized by people and requires a precise explanation, which will still be given to you through the love of the lord ....

Amen

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Suffering as a proof of God's love ....

B.D. 0490 from June 30th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

What do the people of the world strive for most .... They all try to make life as pleasant as possible for themselves and do not think about working for the salvation of their soul, and therefore life on earth will have to be made increasingly more difficult for them, otherwise they will never realise the purpose of it. Where the deity wants to love and instead has to use means which put the earthly child into a state of suffering, the human being often has reason to doubt the eternal deity and yet only his lack of understanding prevents him from recognizing this .... What would become of you humans if God did not use these means .... How could you ever be awakened to the sense of infinity, to the wise working and reigning of the eternal deity, if everything your heart desires were to be fulfilled for you on earth? This would never bring you closer to God in your hearts, you would only ever pay homage to the goods of the world .... and your souls would forever remain in the night of darkness. If your existence has proved to be deceptive according to your purpose, then you will seek the light of life elsewhere .... You need comfort and hope and seek these in infinity. And then help can also come to you from there, but you will never want to pay attention to it if earthly life grants you everything and satisfies you. To present suffering to man as a proof of love from the heavenly father is often a futile labour of love. He believes that love only has to express itself in happy signs and does not recognize the wise foresight of the lord, Who can judge the cause and effect of every event much better and therefore guides the fate of every person so infinitely wisely and lovingly in order to finally bring him to the place where he shall finally enjoy the glory and joy of heaven. Where no less than the lord Himself reveals Himself, there every doubt shall be eliminated and complete trust shall be placed in the lord .... and if the lord imposes suffering on you, then also recognize His great love in it, for otherwise you cannot be shaped according to His will .... And if you are unable to recognize it, then place your whole earthly life childlike trustingly into His hands and accept it as He offers it to you and believe that He, Who dwells above you, knows what is good for His children .... that He loves you and wants to lead you to eternal bliss ....

Amen

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Caution regarding doubts .... Loving admonition ....

B.D. 0491 from June 30th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

You, who are My children, should always remain devoted to Me, and thus I will bless you and bestow My grace upon you so that you will live for eternity .... Yet you, My child, will always be protected by Me in every adversity .... since the will to turn to Me sprang forth from a pure heart, and in this union with your Creator the strength will constantly grow for ever new activity, for realising the whole truth and for being of service to Me. Always enter into contact with Me with a joyful heart and all difficulties will fall away from you, after all, I Myself Am guiding you and will not let you tire in your striving. Nevertheless, be cautious of all doubt, this is a danger you must always recognise .... for nothing will last for long which doesn't have My blessing .... Doubt, however, is apt to reduce My blessing if you don't fight against it. I have so many teachings in store for you and only wait for you to become strong in faith .... Always remember that every doubt is an obstacle to reach Me and you will overcome it because you want to be with Me .... I constantly convey the knowledge of things to you which are far removed from others, and every proclamation shall strengthen you .... yet if you allow doubt to enter your heart you will diminish the strength flowing to you from such proclamations. Therefore, meet all doubts with the firm conviction that you will be helped by your Saviour. Don't let them arise in you but suppress them with all your strength of will for they deprive you of the greatest blessing .... your profound contact with your Saviour, and this is what you must wholeheartedly strive for .... Nothing must be too difficult for you to become worthy of this bliss, for it will release you from all burdens and will make you abundantly happy. The love of heaven takes uninterrupted care of the earthly children who work for the Lord .... no enemy will have power over you unless you concede it to him yourself. Draw comfort, strength and faith from the teachings of the Lord .... and being thus strengthened you will overcome whatever stands in your way .... You will emerge victoriously from such inner battles because your Saviour stands by your side and protects you in every walk of life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Announcement about divine intervention ....

B.D. 0492 from July 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Many a person will be given the truths, but he will reject them in disbelief because everything in him longs to go through life free and unbound. If the lord draws his attention to this and his spirit stubbornly turns away and strictly refuses to accept such truths, the lord will then only have the right to compel him to seriously reflect on his purpose of existence through trials of all kinds. And yet very many do not follow such advice .... They prefer to face all adversity with contempt for death, but do not change their own views in the slightest. The lord will also have to come up with special signs for these particularly stubborn children of earth so that their theories of life will be shaken and they will suddenly find themselves completely at a loss when faced with the workings of nature. And in His mercy and gentleness the lord tries to influence all who walk on earth. The world has already appropriated too much for itself .... it has already become so independent of God's grace .... it only accepts its earthly knowledge, its earthly explanations for everything incomprehensible .... it wants to instruct people with a view that deviates far from the truth in order to make them submissive to its material desires. For where a doctrine is established today that first gives God the honour and first prescribes man's duties towards God, there earthly power is being compromized, and this is to be prevented at all costs.

(2.7.1938) And so it will happen that soon the doors will open for the word which the lord himself has taught on earth. Not a single person will be able to resist this word who has made it his task to enter into contact with the lord of heaven and earth .... Everything he previously denied will suddenly become comprehensible to him, for the human being's will to do right will henceforth take effect and express itself such that the human being will desire spiritual nourishment, and the word of God will be the right food. And thus faith in it will be stronger than faith in earthly power .... They will be much more likely to change their views before an earthly person familiar with the word of God separates himself from it. It will be of no consequence what you are offered from the earthly side .... everything remains completely worthless compared to the one thing that the lord Himself gave you .... which you are to keep as given by God for all eternity .... The last judgement promises mercy to those who have been ignorant of God's teaching, but the number of those will be small, for now attention is being drawn everywhere to the great question about the relationship of the earthly child to its creator .... and about the divinity of Jesus Christ. Will anyone be able to remain completely ignorant of the current endeavours to destroy everything and create something completely new instead? .... Is not everyone so interested in this because the salvation of each individual soul is at stake? .... The whole mystery of Christ's incarnation has just been revealed so obviously that people need only keep their eyes and ears open and this burning question will not pass anyone by. Although everyone recognizes the importance of this question with equal seriousness, whether they are aware that their salvation depends on the solution to this question .... that they will sacrifice everything for the new age if they do not come closer to the heart of the matter .... is solely up to the will of each individual. God gave people prophets at all times, He also let them pay attention to them and made Himself known through events of all kinds .... yet the wiser humanity thinks itself to be, the more stubbornly it closes itself off to such indications and revelations from the world beyond. After all, it is much easier to turn people towards a new thing through earthly promises than to lead them to the light with purely divine truth, for this does not glisten and shine like all the earthly advantages offered to people. The simpler and more natural a teaching is, the less popular it is. Christ taught people nothing more than love .... love of God and neighbour .... and in return offered the most glorious .... eternal bliss. But since this is not tangibly before man's eyes, his earthly good life is more important to him .... he endeavours to elevate and improve it and does not consider the soul's misery after death. And so he gives in to the desires of the world in everything and becomes more and more captivated by the world. He lets earthly advantages be the driving force of his actions and thoughts everywhere and abandons faith, which offers him nothing tangible for his lifetime. But every power, when it senses this, seizes the opportunity and arrogates to itself all the rights to which God alone is entitled. Anyone who thinks about it will also soon realise that nothing earthly is permanent ...., no matter how well and brilliantly it is established, for the lord over life and death still has the sole right and power to destroy matter or let it pass away. And so the battle always begins when the supreme being feels compelled to intervene against encroachments that are directed against the supreme deity, against the commandments and against the teachings of this deity.

A person truly does not need faith for earthly life alone .... for what would be the point of a shorter or longer life if it ended with the death of the body; whether a person had completed life in this or that view would be completely indifferent. But can you furnish the slightest cogent proof that life is then really ended? Think of this in every argument, whether it would be possible for you to provide evidence for your views .... think of the fact that you can also never provide evidence of the worthlessness of Christ's teaching .... And if you are not quite sure, then turn to the almighty so that He may give you a little light, and He will truly not let you ask in vain. But what you want to initiate out of your intellect is dreadful error .... which will envelop your soul in deepest darkness and make your redemption from it unspeakably difficult. Gratefully accept from God what He sends you and pay attention to the signs and words that come from above .... and do not judge where you lack the gift. And so watch out for the next time when the lord sends you visible warnings to guide you onto the right path, you who are about to enter the path into the abyss .... and then call upon the father in heaven for enlightenment ....

Amen

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Extinguishing the light .... sign of divine favour .... earthly power ....

B.D. 0493 from July 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 10

Everything that is evil will exist and find favour in the world much sooner than that which is good. Thus we teach you again and again that in a short time evil will have gained such a foothold among people that the lord will have to intervene in order to bring people back into divine order. If the noble wants to prevail then a battle must precede which will have a terrible effect because humanity will not willingly follow the lord's instructions but will rather appropriate everything that earthly rulers present to it as commandments. And thus it will succeed in extinguishing the light everywhere, and God will have to fight for these souls with all love, patience and perseverance if they are to be accepted again into the circle of those who will be lifted out of darkness into the light. What happens during this time will be an unmistakable sign of divine favour both to the fighters of God and to the still blind creatures of the earth. The former will recognize the reign of God with gratitude and awe, the latter will feel the hand of an eternal God full of wonder and fear, and the grateful will accept the light and turn away from the world. But there will only be a few of them. The world does not so easily let go of those who have first savoured its joys. They do not desire what eternity offers them because they are without faith and yet expect nothing for themselves after bodily death. And where all faith is destroyed by the authoritative side it will also be ensured that the human being remains as spiritually blind as possible .... so that he does not turn his thoughts to a problem whose solution could be detrimental to this earthly power. The person with true deep faith can never give himself fully and completely to the world .... But what is demanded of the world and its rulers is an unrestricted surrender as a pledge that they recognize this power unconditionally. However, where faith in God is deeply rooted in the human being, the earthly child will only surrender to the father alone, it will serve Him in all things and therefore often come into conflict with the task given to it by the earthly ruler, and so the views already clash there .... only one will can reign .... but where the power ruling on earth opposes the divine power, there the adversity will have to come upon people from the lord Himself .... only then will the earthly child be faced with the decision to leave the lord God or to belong to Him eternally. And let this be said to you, you people on earth .... your stay in the valley of the earth is not long if you do not want to accept the lord's teaching .... The time of grace is soon over, therefore use it wisely .... seek to come close to the lord and pray for the strength to always and constantly think and do what is right, then you will be blessed and recognize, and a light will be given to you that you are going the right way, which leads to the goal .... towards the eternal home ....

Amen

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Closeness of the lord .... childlike trust .... simple form ....

B.D. 0494 from July 4th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

The days of your life will pass in regular activity so that you will never have to worry about your physical well-being, for you will always be given what you need for life on earth. Yet in all your activity you must never forget the lord .... what is around you will pass away but what is above you will remain for eternity. And that is why the salvation of your soul alone should be important to you as long as you live on earth. The saviour is always with you, therefore you should always try to make yourself worthy of His presence. It is up to you humans to approach the lord full of trust or to stay far away, but the one who seeks the lord's closeness will always be at an advantage, for the saviour receives him in all love .... He rejoices in every child who seeks Him and comes to Him with childlike trust. And without hesitation He will take such a child to His heart and make it partaker of all graces and heavenly joys. He will impart all wisdom to him .... He will give him light and irradiate him with His sun of grace and gladden his heart in every way. And every good work that this child does bears witness to his good will. But where the lord recognizes the good will, He comes to meet the earthly child with all help and grace and takes care that this child remains His. He will give him the most distant vision so that his spirit will dwell far above the earth and, although he still dwells bodily on earth, he will turn back into the spheres of the eternal spiritual beings .... Help will be offered to it from there when the earthly child is less able to cope with the demands made on it by spiritual life. For this is their task to consider every earthly being with utmost strength once it has found the realization of an eternal God .... When the lord Himself expresses Himself He always does so in the simplest form, for the earthly child should never be inhibited in its childlike trust .... and that it finds simple words to the father as His most faithful, most devoted and most loving child. And this child will then be richly provided for .... it will never need to live in want, neither physically nor emotionally. It must only long for the father with all its heart .... it must not shy away from any effort and accept every adversity on earth patiently and devotedly, as if it were imposed on it by the father .... it must recognize that all these are only useful for the salvation of its soul and therefore only ever a proof of love from the divine saviour .... Then it will surely reach its goal .... he will take the lord into his heart and never leave Him, Who will not abandon His child for eternity ....

Amen

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Sun systems .... Fire-spewing mountain .... Eruptions ....

B.D. 0495 from July 5th 1938, taken from Book No. 10

The whole of the solar system is also in accord with the great work of Creation. Were you to envision all the sun systems, your intellect would truly be unable to cope, for these dimensions would surpass the human being’s thinking ability. You deem the measurements of Earth alone considerably more extensive than you can rationally take in. Yet the Earth can be called tiny compared to the size of the smallest sun systems. But countless such sun systems exist in the infinite space which differ in their dimension, composition and kind from each other, yet in their final purpose they all serve the same objective .... of furthering the steady higher development of the beings which, having emerged from God, separated themselves from God and shall return to God again. Every solar body is an infinitely enlarged similar work of creation as Earth .... Only a few people can understand that the sun can be compared to a fire-spewing mountain .... However, this comparison will only be understandable if one considers the fact that the Creator very wisely also designed the interior of such a mountain so that it can be the abode of countless beings .... and that the activity of these beings consists of producing endless eruptions through which the whole composition of the mountain undergoes constant changes again .... so that a proportion of beings can shed their cover again and open up their path to other regions on and above the earth. Consequently, such eruptions happen with the Creator’s full approval, and the activity of anyone who loses his earthly life due to such occurrences is limited and they will move on to a different opportunity for development. The solar worlds are likewise creations which the Lord has placed into space for the purpose of constantly new arising heavenly bodies. Every sun is continually active. In its interior rage unimaginable forces whose elementary power continuously throws parts of their interior into space, these are seized again by spiritual beings and shaped into entirely independently active heavenly bodies which are equipped with everything that is required by the living creations which are intended to live there again. However, each of such heavenly bodies will always be in a certain connection with the sun from which it had emerged. Just as the mass thrown out by a fire- spewing mountain always falls back to the earth’s surface again due to gravity .... so will the released matter from the sun always remain within the vicinity of this sun due to this sun’s gravitational pull .... and will also be constantly nourished by this very sun with light and warmth, without which no heavenly body in the universe would be able to survive. Merely the purpose of each world will vary, insofar as constantly different living conditions will also result in constantly different achievements, and such an abode is precisely what is required by those spiritual beings which, in a certain sense, need to continue their development .... which are sent there by the Creator of Heaven and Earth in realisation of what they are lacking. The universe is endless .... countless spiritual beings exist .... and thus time and again the opportunity must be offered to all of them to attain their set goal .... Space is infinite .... infinite is the power of God .... and infinite is His love for His living creations .... For this reason everything has been created out of God’s love and power.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Influencing weak people by ignoble spirits ....

B.D. 0543 from August 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

The spirit world, which the demon has kept too closely bound to matter and which is therefore unable to free itself from the desire for the goods of the world, is predominantly found in the immediate vicinity of the earth. It is a perpetual struggle of such souls .... they cannot free themselves and in turn cannot find the fulfilment of their desires .... and so they continually try to seize the will of weak people and tempt them to fulfil their tormenting desires, and thus such spiritual beings in the environment are extremely harmful for the souls on earth who are themselves very inclined towards such desires. They will always run the risk of being seized by such ignoble forces from the spirit world if they themselves do not endeavour to master their urges and desires, which they can certainly do if only they want to and draw the necessary strength to resist from prayer and take refuge in the good spirit beings who are only too happy to comply with such desires. In the activity of the evil as well as the good spiritual beings alone it can already be recognized what power is inherent in all these beings and that it is always up to the free will in man whose power he wants to use. The greatest danger for the human soul is the inclination towards the world and its goods. The like-minded spiritual beings make great use of it, and the danger is ever greater the more willingly the earthly human being enters into it until he finally becomes so entangled in the bonds of such evil beings that he can hardly free himself and only divine grace can ever grant him assistance if only he longs for it .... As great as the dangers of temptation are for human souls, helpful beings are nevertheless also on hand to the same extent, it is just that one's own will must always be active to seek contact with them and they will then never be left without help. For the heavenly father's kindness and love constantly cares for His living creations, and in a short time a complete transformation of such a worldly-minded person can take place so that the world's splendour and transient possessions no longer make an impression on him, because the soul has turned towards its actual purpose and recognizes the futility of the earthly world from the start .... Then the influence of the evil spirit beings is also very small in realization of the resistance which is put up to them from such a side, because a strong influence can only ever take place where the will of man meets them, but never where such weaknesses and desires are fought against out of free will. Thus the world of the spirits in the beyond is also constantly plagued by opposition and shall also mature in its realization and learn to understand the vanity of the world, which is all the more difficult the deeper they still languish in the bonds of matter, yet the hour of redemption will strike for them too, to which people on earth can contribute infinitely if they repeatedly try to demonstrate to these beings in spirit how futile and damaging to the soul all earthly possessions are and how much more successful striving for spiritual possessions is for the soul.

Amen

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Unification of the spirit with the soul .... separation of body and earthly activity ....

B.D. 0544 from August 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Behold, My child, not all people have the will to renounce the world and there will always be a slight longing to perish in the hustle and bustle of the world, for this alone seems desirable to them. But where a little child is faithfully devoted to Me, there the will is also strong, and to such I convey the strength and give nourishment to their spirit. The food of heaven, My word, is the bread of life and I teach them to understand all wisdom .... However, if the earthly child wants to lead a purely spiritual existence, all My angels hold their hands protectively over it. The slightest plea to Me will be heard .... The world will be taken away from such an earthly child, and My breath will pass into his heart and fill it with longing for Me .... The flames of love blaze brightly, a bright glow of light envelops the soul, its spirit awakens and a covenant is made for eternity with all spiritual strength.

This soul can no longer bear to remain on this earth, it walks as it were with its eyes turned heavenwards and looks for a place which is more pleasing to it .... yet the body carries the burden of earthly existence until My call fetches the soul home and strips it of its body shell. All this has become clear to you, and if you are now active for My name your soul is far away from matter and thus in those regions which are more appealing to it, and soon the body will lose the right connection with the soul where the soul has created a sphere of activity for itself which distances itself from matter. And likewise, the soul will unite itself more and more with its spirit and then only want to be purely spiritually active .... and thus the human being will master physical activity with the help of otherworldly friends without actually needing the soul's activity or help, for the lack of strength will then be compensated for by the support of these spiritual beings. The earthly child can then devote all its willpower to spiritual life, and the soul can continue to carry out its spiritual work and thus leads an existence separate from the body, even though it is still earthly connected to the body .... Thus a real separation of soul and body has taken place, but only in the spiritual sense ....

The soul's desire is completely different from the body's desire, and since the soul's desire finds God's full approval according to divine order, it can also take this path without damaging the body or rendering it unfit for its earthly task. And so the body carries it out, but under the influence of good spiritual beings. Do you understand this, My child ....

If a union of the spirit with the soul is to take place, the body must withdraw anyway and is only an insubstantial shell in itself .... However, the spirit does not need this shell, it only seeks to win the soul for itself, and if it has succeeded in doing so but the human being's earthly task has not yet been completely fulfilled, it will be continued with the help of external spiritual forces and the soul can then fulfil its spiritual task without restraint.

Thus the world is no longer a danger for such an earthly child .... Whoever eats My bread and drinks My wine will remain in My grace forever, for he wanted My strength and so it had to become his .... he will satisfy his spirit's hunger with this bread at all times and quench his soul's thirst with the wine .... for My word contains truth and eternal love, and he who only remains in Me will always be strengthened for all eternity ....

Amen

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Voice of conscience .... warning spirits .... rejection in danger ....

B.D. 0545 from August 14th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

The purpose of all worldly endeavours is to remedy the hardships of life, to lead an orderly, carefree life and to do the body every conceivable favour and thus turn life on earth into a life full of joy and pleasure .... But what seems beneficial to the body is true death for the soul. No force on earth is able to save the soul from this danger, only the human being alone must ensure that the world does not have a fatal effect on the soul. There are so many opportunities which give man a hint that he himself has to take responsibility for all actions and omissions. He is also given intellect and will so that he can consider everything and can also avert danger of his own accord if only he summons the will. Quietly and almost imperceptibly the voice in his heart stirs, which sounds louder and louder the more attention is paid to it. This voice is the vigilant warning signal that always alerts a person to danger, and if he heeds this secret admonition from his heart, his soul will be grateful to him for protecting it from danger .... In cases of great adversity the voice is so strong that a restlessness seizes the whole person and he will not attain peace until he has heeded this voice, for everything that is good in man seeks connection with good spiritual strength, and this in turn seeks to make itself heard in the human heart, so that the intellect stimulates the will to be active .... Thus all people receive daily warnings and admonitions from above, and anyone who understands them correctly and obeys them need not fear falling prey to spiritual death, but if the human being isolates himself and silences this voice by constantly rejecting it then the support of the warning spiritual beings will become less and less, the inner ear will not hear the voice, the outside world will drown it out with its call, the temptations will be followed and the soul will suffer unspeakable hardship as a result .... For the shell which surrounds it and from which it strives to detach itself will become ever denser and more impenetrable, soon not a single thought will apply to the spiritual world and the path on earth will be devoid of light despite all the glistening splendour from outside. For the soul's core will remain untouched by spiritual nourishment and will only ever have to fulfil the body's desire, and thus the human being will distance himself ever further from the truth and soon no longer have any connection with everything that is purely spiritual and could contribute towards the soul's upliftment into regions of light. The human body shell has become materialistic through and through, it seeks finery and trinkets, is addicted to pleasure and tries to gain attractions from everything in life, arouses the spirits of pride, wants to rule and is always averse to the true task. Its behaviour can put it in an agitated state, it finds all words of rejection and tends to erect a wall between every spiritual demand made of it and the earthly desire .... which man much prefers to fulfil because it seems beneficial to the body. And he only ever has the one will to deny the soul's survival in order to be relieved of all responsibility for the time of earthly life and to have an even greater right to the pleasures of the world. And countless people today have fallen prey to such erroneous views .... all attempts to convince them and to turn their mind towards eternity fail, and only a great adversity can still have a fruitful effect if it does not even then rather drive people to obstinacy and let them drift towards the abyss completely without will. You must recognize by the oppression of individuals which path some have to take so that they become soft and submissive and humbly submit to the creator. All suffering will be taken away from them if they entrust themselves to the father's care with deep faith, but they will be increasingly burdened by their earthly lot if they remain obstinate and do not want to take hold of the father's merciful hand. Only suffering makes people compliant, and only through suffering will they come to their senses, for all fulfilment of longing only leads them away from the path that alone leads to the father .... Man should bow down and look up to the heavenly father in deepest humility, only then can he partake of the grace that leads him towards the father .... For God wants to give everyone .... if only he has the desire to receive the gifts of the lord.

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

New laws .... teaching of Jesus Christ ....

B.D. 0546 from August 14th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Consider how many forces surround you, good and evil .... and that you are exposed to both, depending on your attitude, whether you affirm the good or the evil. And then imagine the great responsibility you have taken on for your soul .... Consider that you can achieve infinitely beautiful things but that you can also plunge your soul into ruin and that this is always your free will .... Then you must get an idea of how concerned the divine fatherly love is for the well-being of your soul and how He therefore tries to warn and restrain every person from taking the step that could lead to the soul's ruin .... And how He therefore wants to make you understand that you should only be concerned about the soul in order to be able to enjoy bliss without moderation one day. Thus the heavenly father has continuously sent admonitions to His earthly children and made sure that every soul becomes aware of His will ....

He has focussed the attention of all mankind on the question of the divinity of Jesus Christ .... He has caused the battle to break out which the world and its followers are declaring against the son of God .... And the fact that He allows all this to happen is only out of true love for this very humanity, so that it begins to investigate in its heart what it still only superficially recognizes or even denies. Although people think that they can free themselves from the old teaching, which God Himself revealed to people during His life on earth, without evil consequences, this endeavour will bring them such dire consequences that the earth will still see much suffering and sorrow and this through their own fault.

The new law will be proclaimed and give people a certain religious freedom, but the after-effects will not fail to appear, for the heavenly father must seriously draw people's attention to the fact that they are walking on a completely wrong path if they try to free themselves from faith in the lord Jesus Christ and His work of redemption. The same situation would then arise again among people as before the saviour lived on earth .... Mankind would remain in the same darkness in the same great sinfulness, and the saviour from the distress of the soul .... Jesus Christ .... would be rejected again as before His death on the cross .... The way is open to all .... to heaven or to hell .... but whoever does not confess Jesus Christ can never find the way to his eternal home; he can only take the path to hell, for he simultaneously rejects all means of grace which the lord has made accessible to the earthly children through His act of salvation, and since the human being alone, without divine grace, is too weak to reach the right goal on earth, he is then no longer given the opportunity to partake of eternal life by his own strength, for the divine saviour acquired all this for us through His death on the cross .... But how should he be allowed to enjoy these graces who rejects the pure teaching of Christ and tries to replace it with worldly moral teaching .... When the hour of reckoning comes, he will have to bitterly repent and realise his great error, and only in the absence of any knowledge could his guilt be forgiven .... but if he knowingly rejects what is absolutely necessary for his beatification, he will never be able to reach the degree of perfection that will enable him to enter the father's house. And so let each one examine and pray to God from the bottom of his heart for enlightenment when the world tries to destroy faith in Jesus Christ as the son of God .... the father in heaven hears those who call and will never let their prayer go unheeded .... He will lovingly grant help and establish faith there and guide people into the truth so that their faith will become all the stronger and they will have to recognize the redeemer of humanity in the divine saviour and His teachings will forcefully take root in people's hearts in order to be spread anew across the whole earth .... And the divine saviour will give His blessing to this, as it is a matter of guiding countless souls onto the right path and bringing them closer to the kingdom of heaven .... And the multitude of His followers will proclaim His name loudly and fearlessly, and the lord will bless them for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Bridge to the spiritual world .... conditions ....

B.D. 0547 from August 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

My dear child, see how the spiritual powers turn towards you according to your will, how all beings endeavour to impart light-filled truths to you .... and how thereby an ever more active thought activity sets in .... you will recognize from this that the will is able to do everything and that you will be guided more and more into the kingdom of truth through this will the more vividly My word is received by your heart and the more you strive to put it into practice. With the help of your willpower, which I want to increase, a bridge will soon be built to the spiritual world on which you can enter the land of the spirits in the beyond unhindered and where you can gain a wealth of impressions which will enable you to defy all opposition and to immerse yourself in a pure spiritual state at any time .... that the soul can detach itself at any time and may take a bright look when it is necessary. So set yourself this goal and strive for it by endeavouring ever more diligently to keep My commandments .... to give love and to help bear suffering, and never fail to implore the strength through heartfelt prayer, for without divine help you alone are too weak, and without your supplication this cannot be granted to you for such a gracious experience, for many are called but few are chosen, and in order to belong to the latter your heart must drive you to Me with all fervour, you must sacrifice for My sake and only ever want to seek and find Me .... for the fountain of life .... of true life .... am I alone, and from Me comes all strength .... Whoever I give this strength to receives Me Myself and will thus be a true child of his father. And I have promised them all bliss and will already prepare this bliss on earth for My own by announcing to them when I will take up residence in their hearts .... so that they can rejoice and never forget Me again until they are partakers of eternal bliss through their union with Me forever.

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Admonition to unite .... Peacefulness .... Love ....

B.D. 0548 from August 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

You, who are in contact with each other on earth, should learn to get on together .... you should respect and love each other, you should share your worries and make an effort to muster mutual understanding, all of you are, after all, your Father's children, all of you are a small part of the eternal Deity and therefore you are all the same living creations of His love .... And if you deem yourselves entitled to consider yourselves better than another you will hardly be pleasing to God, for it will become a stumbling block for you on your path to perfection. You must establish a relationship with each other which corresponds to God's will .... You will truly reap far more love where you sow love, and every heart you meet with love will lovingly turn to you. It may mean overcoming yourself each time, yet the advantage for your soul is extremely valuable. Neighbourly love should be cultivated and never be neglected or even disregarded, for your own strength will grow to the same extent as you consider your neighbour. Therefore, don't let discord arise between you, live in love and strive to balance everything with love, and don't offer the other person any reason for unkindness. Your whole nature should become pure love; hence, you must also take care to always give love in order to receive even more. And judge not, so that you will not be judged .... Time and again you should bear these few Words in mind if you run the danger of making judgments about your fellow human beings .... Everyone has faults and weaknesses, and many don't even recognise themselves and therefore treat others arrogantly, yet anyone who practices gentleness will also approach such fellow human beings with the greatest patience and peacefulness and leave the responsibility of judgment to the Lord, for He alone will make sure that these, too, will recognise His power and bear the last burden of their lives with profound humility .... Yet you yourselves only ever ought to fulfil your task with greatest love, which consists of uniting with each other .... of overlooking another person's flaws and only aiming to serve the Lord in everything you do, so that you will establish a relationship which only serves the purpose of proclaiming the kingdom of God to your fellow human beings .... and all your efforts will be successful if you only ever make true love your driving force. If you make an effort to give love, it will fall on good ground and awaken love in turn .... yet love can never thrive in discord but provide the evil power with ever more influence .... For that reason, try to abstain from all unkindness if you want to unite yourselves with the One Who is true Love Himself ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Preparation of souls by the powers beyond ....

B.D. 0549 from August 17th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

May the name of the lord be praised for all eternity .... So receive today an announcement, which the lord wisely dresses in a form that it is well understandable for you .... A special task of the spiritual beings is the preparation of the souls for their spiritual activity, and those powers which the lord has appointed for teaching activity in the beyond work undauntedly. What is to be conveyed to people is, as it were, given by the lord Himself, for the spiritual beings only continue to carry out the divine will. They are the connecting forces from the beyond to this world, and their activity consists of continuously announcing God's will to people on earth who are particularly receptive to it. And they do so in such a way that they influence people's thoughts, transfer spiritual knowledge to them as it were and constantly stimulate such a willing person to continue receiving .... For there are inexhaustible areas which it is the task of the spiritual beings in the beyond to open up for the earthly child, which they gladly and eagerly fulfil out of love for the divine saviour. In such a connection all those again try to make themselves felt who carry an unsatisfied desire to bring souls to the lord .... who are also connected to earthly people in a certain way and thus bear a kind of responsibility for their souls. If such spiritual beings can now communicate with people, then a path has been taken that is infinitely successful for the children of earth .... However, people often deprive themselves of this extraordinary favour .... the spiritual beings then have a difficult time. They want to give and rarely find a child who accepts these gifts and adapts to the type of communication or proclamation .... Sober earthly thinking will always destroy incipient works, and spiritual experience is so distant to people that they are simply not able to stand up for it because they do not understand it or do not want to understand it. God let an extraordinary power work at all times, and this power caused that on the one hand a hunger for spiritual nourishment became perceptible in man and that on the other hand this could be satisfied through the will of man .... and thus the will was the cause that the bridge was built from the beyond to earth .... that suddenly the human being was not only able to think earthly but that a completely new spiritual experience also made him receptive for an activity in the beyond .... Although it will now always be the task of the individual to cross the bridge to the beyond as often as possible, a realm has been made accessible to him which is unfathomable outside of such a spiritual connection. The human being demands to know, and he is completely free to fulfil his desire .... but it will first be examined to what extent people's real free will is predominant. Once a spiritual being has established the connection it must then, of necessity, be active in order to keep the human being's desire alive .... to allow the questions to arise in him which it is the task of the spiritual beings to solve and which are intended as instructions for all those to whom spiritual knowledge seems more desirable than earthly wealth and earthly wisdom.

Where the interest in such questions has awakened, the spiritual hunger will no longer diminish .... the human being will try to satisfy it and feel unspeakably well in doing so, for he is already receiving the heavenly food, the bread of life, which is the lord Himself .... He will be satisfied with food prepared by the angels of God themselves and given as refreshment so that the human being will not tire in his spiritual labour, which is the most important thing on earth. This activity of the spiritual beings is ordered by God Himself and is again a labour of love for the children of earth. The beings undauntedly try to influence people and thus take possession of the souls which they now form according to their wise realization .... They try to set these souls a task and motivate them to fulfil it, and thus they contribute towards the soul's ascent into spiritual regions so that the work on such souls .... influencing thoughts .... becomes increasingly easier for them and even finally the state can be reached that the human being recognizes this connection with spiritual forces as the only true purpose in life and does not let any opportunity pass by to cultivate it, and thus the activity of these spiritual beings in the beyond is crowned with success and the earthly child is completely reshaped in spirit and soul ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Preparation of souls by the powers beyond ....

B.D. 0550 from August 18th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

In the spiritual world, all beings mean the same .... No soul is valued less and therefore the endeavour to win it for eternity is always the same .... For every soul is a part of God in its original substance and can therefore never be devalued. If an embodiment of the soul has now taken place on earth, then the soul will also want to participate in the transformation to the good to the same extent as the earthly body undergoes this task. The body and spirit have to work equally so that the soul will achieve the highest advantages through earthly life .... and since every soul is equal before God, every soul will also be given the same opportunities to reach the highest state of maturity .... i.e. not one soul will be given less consideration or be deprived of a field of activity which could help it to mature. And therefore every soul will have itself to blame if it does not reach the state of maturity, for it is then its own will or spiritual sluggishness which hindered it on the path to perfection. Where a soul seriously devotes itself to work, it can never again speak of being disadvantaged .... It will be considered in the same way as all spiritual beings .... Embodiment is granted to them as a favour, and so every soul can also develop immensely high in the time of embodiment, only it is up to it how it uses the time for eternity. If it allows itself to be guided into the spheres of its actual destiny then it must also reach that perfect state which is characteristic of all spiritual beings in this sphere .... It will hardly be able to do anything else but develop into a God-like being in every respect, because it has the awareness within itself of being a particle of the eternal deity itself .... And such a God-being which recognizes itself correctly must also be offered the greatest possible help by the spiritual beings, and therefore it will never be able to succumb, even if the resistance sometimes seems great. For the value of the soul remains unchanged .... Everything that is God's remains unalterably the same, it does not lose value and therefore cannot be considered differently or less when it comes to achieving perfection. Only the kind of influence on the souls is different and must also be different, because every soul also has its own conception of the purpose of earthly existence. And as long as it has not yet recognized the pure truth it has to be guided by external influences so that it begins to recognize .... It has to be prepared for the reception of divine truths, and until this state is reached many a soul needs a long time, indeed, it often rejects everything at first and thereby makes the path of realization difficult for itself, and therefore many an earthly person has to fight a difficult inner battle before he is enlightened that every being is nevertheless destined by God to enter into union with Him and that this can only happen if it is completely absorbed in its task which was given to it by the divine creator ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Commanding nature .... acquiring the power of God ....

B.D. 0551 from August 21st 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Far from the world you will hear the voice of your heavenly father and will realise that the most blissful peace beckons you when you are alone with Him .... So hear: If My grace has so far protected you from the evil influence of the world and awakened in you the feeling to seek true joys elsewhere than in the hustle and bustle of the world, your gaze will now turn even more towards the only true goal and you will now only find happiness in being united with Me. And thus you will already prepare heaven for yourself on earth, for the desire will captivate you to such an extent that every minute will seem like a lost minute which will require other activities from you. But know, My child, that in a quiet hour you will receive so much that your heart will feed on it for a long time and you will be able to meet life with joy and ease. For the father in heaven always has His gifts of grace ready and distributes them among His children. And thus you will also find the strength to let everything happen to you and heaven will bless your work .... And because I also want nature to obey you, banish this rain immediately through your will .... and take the strength for it from heartfelt prayer, for I want it so ....

And remember, My child, that .... whoever commands nature in My name .... yet makes My will his own, and this is his power .... I have everything to give you if you only want to receive .... So do not deprive yourselves of grace and believe .... for faith strengthens your will and connects you with the primal power of all being .... In nature you see My working .... what prevents you from also seeking the same power in yourself, since you are a part of Me .... the awareness of being a child of God must raise you so high that everything must be subject to you if you subordinate your will to Mine .... And thus the human being is also able to do everything because he works through My strength, which passes into him when he is intimately united with Me. Only if you stand outside through too weak faith will My strength not enter you, and then you will fear and doubt and thereby grieve Me, for I want to call children of strong faith My own. Just as you now imagine which life rules you .... if you can completely immerse yourself in the thought that My strength and My will alone are the origin of your life .... if you try to regard this life of yours as the same strength which wants to express itself within you .... then you will also be able to make My strength your own, for then you will allow this strength, which is within you, to break through the weak shell of resistance and it can then work out of you .... so that you thus work through Me .... Dear child, submit to My will so that I can give you great power, persevere in prayer and implore your inner strength .... Let Me reign in you just once and do not resist your desire, which after all only seeks Me and has only not yet found Me through your own weakness of will. Revitalize your spirit by continuing to seek Me .... and walk confidently on the path of truth .... the hour is not far off when you will see the right light and see with full will ....

Behold, My child, miracles happen at all times but you pay no attention to them; but when I come to you today then your heart will be imprisoned for eternity but you will no longer be able to fulfil My will on earth. And so your longing will only be fulfilled when your earthly activity has come to an end. Yet I am so close to all those who fight for My name and suffer for My name's sake that they will feel it tangibly, yet for the time on earth you will always draw strength from My love, and by virtue of this love you will also behold Me unconsciously .... but this applies to your soul, which will then also remain with Me forever and influence the body to surrender to Me. You first have to love Me with all your soul so that you will be able to endure great things for the sake of this love. And then you will never be able to do otherwise, you will have to make My will your own and remain unchangingly in Me. And when you have reached this degree then you may also behold Me, and that for eternity, for My ardour of love embraces you, and you will merge with Me and become pure love, and only then will you learn to understand why My greater than great care and love applies to you earthly children .... for you truly do not live for the world .... The spirit in you is My share, which I woo with all patience and love .... to guide it to eternal fullness of light is the only meaning and purpose of life. You must hear the sound of the heart and listen to its sound within you and hear what the lord God speaks to you, then you will certainly not desire the precious possession in vain .... you will hear the word and be informed of your task .... you will receive advice and help through this word and attain eternal bliss ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Inner voice .... but never compulsion .... child learns to use will first ....

B.D. 0552 from August 22nd 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Everything done on earth will be judged according to the degree of love that dominates the person at the time it is carried out. And the reward will also be measured according to this. If you now have the desire in you to be helpful to a person and you carry out a good deed in this desire, only ever out of love for your neighbour, then such a deed will have an effect for eternity as it were, because a divine power is inherent in it, by virtue of which the soul spiritualizes itself and separates itself from the desire of the body. Although it still dwells in its shell, it has nevertheless moved considerably closer to the divine spirit and can now be strengthened by the divine grace which overflows into the heart capable of love.

Every activity of love is preceded by the quiet voice of God .... it will always admonish the human child to do what is beneficial to his soul. However, as soon as opposing forces take effect which want to determine the heart to only do that which could bring the person earthly benefit, then he now has to endure an inner battle and free will is compelled to express itself .... And thus every action will be preceded by a directive from God to do what is right, yet the person's own will will be decisive and therefore he can never be forced into doing what his will does not approve of. He therefore learns to use his will far sooner than he hears the divine voice within himself and will therefore also be responsible for his actions. The very first decision is often decisive for the later development of the soul.

A child which turns to love of its own accord will not run the risk of ever going astray, for the soul turned to the good of its own accord, was supported by grace and therefore did not easily lose its connection with the good spirit world, the strength is granted to it time and again and it produces new works of love again. Whereas a being which only nourishes self-love within itself will seek every advantage for its body but creates a bad state for the soul because it lets it starve and without divine grace it hardly becomes aware of its actual purpose and therefore its activity of love is truly very small .... whereas a loving soul cannot do enough for itself, for the spirit of love is constantly at work in it. Every good deed is an inexhaustible source of grace .... it provides the human being with the strength to work in love, and therefore every good deed also has the blessing in itself that it awakens love where such is still dormant and thus a single deed of love can have an infinitely happy and beneficial effect on the soul ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Protection against earthly power through God's power ....

B.D. 0553 from August 22nd 1938, taken from Book No. 12

I will give My children great strength if only they ask for it in the most inner humility. Behold, My children, I promise you eternal life and will give it to you in all glory .... And if you now trust Me with faith, you will never be left without help where you need it. And that is why you shall bear witness to the world how far your strength reaches when you trust your lord and saviour and in His name stop where people want to harm you as My disciples .... You have not the slightest power of yourselves, but in My name you will be able to do everything, with strong faith and full trust in Me, your God, your creator and saviour .... Whoever wants to master the world must be authorized by the divine teacher and equipped with full power .... and if I want to give you both, then you should never hesitate to accept this, and you will be able to do extraordinary things when it comes to spreading the word of the lord through it .... and so each one of you, who stand up for Me and My name, will have the right and the power to defy and resist the world and its desires if these desires are directed against My teaching. The slightest confidence in My help will make you so strong that you will be able to defy earthly power and you will never need to fear being abandoned by My love .... I am close to you and will not tolerate that you are harmed in soul or body. But each one of you has the duty to serve Me faithfully, you only have to honour Me alone and that all the time .... for no-one can serve two masters .... and if you make concessions to the world your strength will diminish accordingly and you will waver in faith and trust in Me .... Therefore beware of becoming unfaithful to yourselves .... And bear in mind that the world will use all means to bring you down .... Then remember your saviour, who also resisted the tempter .... A pure heart never has to fear that the evil influence will gain power over it, if only it remains in this purity .... For I Myself dwell in such a pure heart and will never tolerate that the unappointed presume to destroy My work .... From such hearts My spirit speaks .... My love dictates these words .... And My willing children accept the words and make them their own. If this word is fought against, it is fought against Me Myself .... How should I now be defeated in the battle when everything is subject to Me from eternity .... And so I call out to the world: Leave My own untouched, for what you want to inflict on them will only fall back on yourselves .... You yourselves will have to endure everything you want to do to My own .... You will have to suffer if you want to make My own suffer .... for because I give them power they will also exercise it against you and you will then have to recognize under what protection My own are .... for I will always protect them from earthly power and only My will will be able to rule over them, but not the will of those who act contrary to My name and want to deprive humanity of the most beneficial teaching .... But such people will soon be exposed and reap the reward of their shameful behaviour on earth. So let everyone use the power I bestow on him in the best way .... If it is used in the best way, it will be a blessing for the believers .... but a sign of eternal glory for the unbelievers .... it will be a sign of admonition and warning to the erring and a welcome protection to those who live in the lord, love Him and serve Him .... for these the lord protects as long as they dwell on earth, so that they can fulfil their task and never need to fear earthly power ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Transition to the spiritual world .... will .... spiritual powers ....

B.D. 0554 from August 23rd 1938, taken from Book No. 12

If the desire arises in the soul to serve only the lord of heaven and earth, then all good spirit beings will support and encourage such a soul in order to soon bring it into a state where the soul unites with the spirit. Under certain conditions the soul will turn more and more to the spiritual, and this happens to a great extent when there are no obstacles in its way caused by the more worldly desires of the body. The further the world is removed from the senses, the more unhindered the soul can pursue its activity, and only in such pure spiritual work will it find its satisfaction. However, people who are unable to separate themselves from the world, from matter, will not be able to reach this state, for such people lack the inner urge, and this is indispensable for the promotion of spiritual activity. Wherever the opportunity presents itself to escape the worries of the world and to replace them with concern for the soul, success will be achieved that is infinitely more valuable than the benefit that earthly activity can ever bring to a person.

There are not many who can so completely turn away from worldly duties, worries and worldly pleasures .... but these few are to be called unspeakably rich, as they are in full possession of their spiritual abilities .... and can utilize them profitably for eternity. But once a person has made the transition to the spiritual world, the earthly world no longer seems desirable to him .... he may walk through the earthly valley until the end of his life, but without gaining any attraction from it that could be harmful to his soul life. Only in view of eternity, in recognizing the divine creator and His works, does he look at the earth and all creations with spiritual eyes, and this only brings him benefit for his soul .... for it increases his love for the father of all being .... it awakens unlimited reverence and unconditional submission to the divine will .... And thus the soul offers itself to the heavenly father by completely subordinating itself to Him and striving for union with the divine spirit in the will to attain God. In a short time it will also succeed in doing so because the will is always decisive, and thus the will of a human child alone will always be assessed and this will also be complied with as much as possible .... and the deeper and more intimate the desire is, the more certain the desire will also be fulfilled .... For whatever you want, you will receive, if only you ask from the heart .... Thus man prepares for himself the state in which he finds himself .... for he will always receive what he strives for in his innermost heart and he will therefore not be able to blame anyone other than himself if his situation is not satisfactory. After all, he has it completely in his own hands to shape himself, and the spiritual power that he draws upon through his will will always come to his aid .... the good or the evil .... But where a person allows himself to be guided by love, there will be no need to fear going astray, but every action will result in a separation of the soul from the body, i.e. from bodily desires, and nothing will stand in the way of the soul's union with its spirit. God's love is infinite and also seeks to intervene wherever the soul still walks in blindness, and if only the human being then willingly surrenders to the silent guidance then he will be given full light on earth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Destiny .... free will ....

B.D. 0555 from August 26th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Whoever of men resists to hear the word of God will remain in long darkness of spirit, because when I preached such to men on earth they received the light from the heavens. But now the time has become much worse .... There is almost no human being on earth who is not offered the true teaching, and yet most of them close their hearts and ears to this teaching and only know how to talk about uninhibited enjoyment of life. And that is why My teaching remains so distant and incomprehensible to them, because the slightest hint of restriction of their enjoyment of life makes them unwilling and they would love to reject and deny everything. But divine power also has its means, for it always pursues the same end and therefore does not want to abandon any earthly child to its chosen fate. Admittedly, people call this coercive measures which completely counteract the desire which appeals to them and they therefore do not fully recognize free will .... However, they must consider the extent to which they themselves are responsible for what they now perceive as coercion and how easily they can escape it with only a little goodwill. They could always remain in the same relationship of a child to the father, who after all only wants to provide them with all the comforts and whose harshness they would never feel as long as they want to be closely attached to the father and intimate love unites them both. In the same way the heavenly father rules and keeps His children, who love Him and detest all injustice, away from all evil, oppressive and tormenting things and only uses these means when this relationship has suffered a blow and the earthly child now acts contrary to the father's instructions, Who nevertheless loves it and wants to give it everything that delights the child's heart. Every child is entitled to the blessings of faith and love .... if they do not accept them, indeed, if they obviously act against them and disregard them, then everything that is then perceived as coercion must come upon the earthly human being as a countermeasure .... Then the human being believes that he has been placed into creation completely unfree .... and has only himself and his hardened heart to blame for everything. And so it is precisely these people who are most likely to fall into the temptation to absolve themselves of responsibility, always with the good excuse of being forced to carry out everything, but this is only ever the result of their previous wrong actions. Every person is given the opportunity to freely choose a different path than the one he has taken or is taking .... who is preventing him from doing so .... but he chose this particular path precisely because he thought it was good, and so the effect of his actions will always be as it was the person's wish and will .... If he then realizes that the success is different from what he wanted, he now wants to blame another power for his supposed failure so that he does not have to recognize himself as the author of it. Those who endeavour to look within themselves for the starting point of all events that affect them will very soon come to a different opinion of "fate".

Although the paths he has to take are marked out for him, he is left free to do everything himself, so that everyone can find the right nourishment for himself or his soul in every situation in life to ensure its spiritual upswing. And thus no event in life will have to somehow hinder the soul .... but the human being will always contribute to whether every event has a favourable or unfavourable influence on the soul .... and thus the human being can never again want to make the degree of maturity of his soul dependent on the situation in life assigned to him, which in itself is not in the least decisive for what the human being thinks in his innermost heart .... feels .... and wants .... Only man's thinking, feeling and willing brings about the maturing of the soul, but all the circumstances surrounding him are only suited to bring thinking, feeling and willing to their highest development, so that man can decide freely .... But not that man is forced to act differently than his will dictates. This can certainly be applied to purely earthly activity, but never to the inner life, which every human being can form at his own discretion. The only difference is that he must bear the consequences even if his thinking, feeling and willing violate the divine order. For God gave people the intellect to be able to recognize .... and again and again hints where the earthly child threatens to go astray ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Light .... rebirth of the spirit ....

B.D. 0556 from August 26th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Revitalize your spirit with thoughts of your lord and saviour, and you will never need to be afraid of an emergency of the soul. It is always the same thoughts that you give room to, and yet only your heart needs to long for Him, and every danger is over for you. Thus, all people should only seek their saviour and divine redeemer and they will never be violated by the powers of darkness. For this alone protects every soul .... He who longs for the sky will not be swallowed up by the depths .... his flight will only go higher and higher, and the spiritual light will protect him from the darkness surrounding his soul. And thus the true disciples of Jesus are destined to walk in the light already on earth, to proclaim the light on His behalf and thus spread bright, radiant light around them and let it shine for those who follow the ray of light which cast its light on the dark path .... The brightness will do every soul good and it will constantly bathe itself in the light of spiritual truth .... And this light will awaken the slumbering spirit to life .... just as a new day dawns, so a new way of thinking will awaken in the heart. The darkness of the soul is broken through by radiant brightness, and every little flame of love ignites in the heart and brings to light an undreamt-of power .... Everything that lives in man takes part in the rebirth of the spirit .... An unspeakable urge for spiritual gifts makes the heart restless, and it only finds peace in granting this desire for spiritual food .... The soul incessantly urges towards the spirit of God, and when it has completely become the bearer of this spirit of God, the human being experiences spiritual rebirth, and all his will and endeavour is only for his perfection, and he will be introduced to all wisdom and be enlightened by the eternal light, which is God Himself .... Surrounded by the densest darkness it will nevertheless be light and bright around him, and whoever is taught by him will likewise be enlightened, because it is God's will that the light shines far and wide, and thus the lord has also wisely arranged that His kingdom is opened to all who walk in this light .... Countless souls certainly remain stuck on earth, and the blame is always to be sought in the fact that they were denied the light of heaven for the simple reason that the light of the soul could not shine there, where one only pays homage to purely worldly pleasures and has not the slightest understanding for spiritual light .... and a complete darkness must surround such souls, which rather shy away from the light than seek it .... And although their activity on earth is extremely lively it will nevertheless be of little benefit to the spirit, because no spiritual nourishment whatsoever can enable the soul to serve the spirit as a place of residence, and thus the earthly child's train of thought is purely worldly under such circumstances .... and such a being can rarely be given the light from the heavens because it feels more comfortable in spiritual darkness, thus it avoids everything that could contribute towards the soul's enlightenment and therefore all actions and deeds remain groping in spiritual darkness. Only when a person who has advanced in realization makes an effort to draw such erring souls' attention to the blessing of light will they slowly become a little brighter and feel the beneficial effect of such a light of grace, but before such people attain spiritual rebirth they still have to travel an infinitely long path which they will hardly find on earth and therefore will also hardly be able to achieve the rebirth of the spirit in earthly life. However, the few who set this goal first in life will be blessed a thousandfold, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven with all its glory ....

Amen

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Comfort .... indirect help of the spirit beings in abandonment of the soul ....

B.D. 0557 from August 27th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Behold, I am with you always .... and I stand close to My own and give them strength .... It is an infinitely reassuring thought to know that you are protected by the lord of creation, and therefore people who see the lord as their friend and protector and their father will also be able to complete their journey through life in peace. Become like children and entrust yourselves to the father! .... He hears your prayers and stands by you in your needs, for it is His will that you be saved from heartache and find your way to Him without it. Every soul receives such wonderful proofs of His love through God's grace and will be allowed to enjoy these proofs of love more often the more it turns to Him. It is all the more understandable that the right union with the lord arises when His love embraces the human child and expresses itself in such a way that He promises power on earth, equal to divine power.

You will recognize that an invisible unification of the spirit with the soul takes place when you become aware of this strength within yourselves, for God allows this extraordinary grace where one's own will strives for perfection and where continued work on the soul puts it into such a state that the spirit can unite with the soul and consequently all constraint of matter falls away from it. It is an unparalleled battle which an earthly child has to fight if the soul wants to shake off the chains of matter .... without God's grace this would be impossible, for the human being's strength is far from sufficient, yet every soul has just been offered immense means through the lord's love .... Every desiring thought causes these means to be given to the soul, and thus again the path is an easy one when God's grace is implored .... yet if people do not pay attention to prayer they will very soon become negligent in their possible endeavour to ascend .... they achieve nothing through their own strength, become weary and soon abandon their endeavour altogether. Yet the soul fears and dreads this sluggishness and suffers unspeakably when the human being's will weakens. But little help can come from the spiritual world either, for its inhabitants also wait for the plea before they are allowed to intervene .... In such abandonment the soul will often feel compelled to commit an obvious breach of faith against the body. It will cause the body to enter into the most severe inner conflicts and cannot spare it spiritual depression, so that the body, despite living well and fulfilling earthly desires, finds no rest and spends its days in true self-weariness, and this influence of the soul on the body can sometimes determine it to let go of worldly desires and turn its thoughts to the spiritual life .... If people did not let such inner warnings, bad moods and agonizing self-reproaches pass unheeded, they would often come to their senses much sooner, and the soul would thank them for it. Only in the constant harassment of the body does the soul find support from loving spiritual beings if they are not called upon directly for help. Every failure, every annoyance and every unpleasant event is, as it were, a help from above to support the soul, to make the body compliant, so that soul and body devote themselves to working on themselves together. And again, such joint work is indispensable if the soul is to reach the degree of maturity to be able to harbour the divine spirit within itself. For where the body does not follow the same path, matter is an insurmountable obstacle to the unification of the soul with the divine spirit. Every work of the soul must be carried out by the body at the same time, there must be complete agreement between body and soul .... and without resistance the body must carry out what serves the soul alone ....

Amen

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Participation of the world beyond in the writings ....

B.D. 0558 from August 27th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

You all will not reach that state which brings you brightness of spirit. You still have to wrestle very much against the power of evil, which still holds you captive and controls you in such a way that you still resist the light of truth .... Try to awaken all love in your hearts, then your thinking will also spiritualize .... you will only still physically walk on earth but in spirit you will rush ahead towards true life .... However, if you still observe the earth's goings-on with keen interest, the soul has no part in the spiritual experience. And without this it does not progress on the path of realization ....(preceded by a debate in the family)

And now hear: Do you know who directed your words to an area that gave rise to such speeches? .... You were surrounded by so many spiritual beings whose thirst for knowledge sought you out. It was another day of unrivalled blessing for your surroundings. These beings are still ignorant, and their desire, like yours, is to draw from the source of grace lovingly granted by God .... to absorb His sanctified word. Every line holds infinite value for all these seekers, and your work can be so extraordinarily beneficial if you make it known to these beings. And all friends on the other side thank you especially for your kindness and in turn protect your work from unappointed powers. But it is the regret of every soul that the same joy does not reign on earth over the writings, which are after all a pure work of God and should have an effect full of power and strength of faith on everyone who only takes note of them. Just as the lord constantly distributes to everyone who asks, so His gift should also be constantly accepted with gratitude and yet finds so little resonance in the hearts of the children of earth. Every single topic touches on the inexhaustible problem of God's love and wisdom .... As soon as this expresses itself through His word, the problem is solved, and easily comprehensible for all people .... There is nothing that cannot be grasped, and so whoever has the will to do so can penetrate such wisdom .... No prior knowledge of any kind is required to understand this wisdom. But if such a work is dismissed without examination, then good will is lacking .... the most indispensable thing to be able to receive the word of God. And this is why the lord only teaches those who are of good will .... And His work finds lively participation in the beyond, where a crowd constantly gathers around you .... it is important to be able to accept as much of the teachings as possible as spiritual knowledge in order to educate yourself as much as possible through divine wisdom. Such friends who are willing to accept are always numerous in your neighbourhood, and the opportunity brought it about that this subject had to come up in order to give salutary instruction to the hardened or completely ignorant in the beyond as well, which should lead them closer to knowledge. It corresponds to a completely wrong way of thinking not to go into the essentials but to want to reject everything without examination, but that is why the beings in the beyond turn to you with the remark that the truth will never find entrance there where the desire for it does not exist. Pondering and researching is indeed futile if both are not connected with deep love for the lord .... but not seeking the truth at all can even less lead to realization. This will inevitably lead to a certain spiritual emptiness .... The human being will only ever pay attention to what happens in the world, but will have little understanding for purely spiritual occurrences. And any further activity in this area will only ever be of use primarily for yourself and for the spiritual beings surrounding you, who will need these explanations just as much in the beyond. Give them all your time as often as you can, for their desire for spiritual truths is great and at the same time they will give you many suggestions and guide you so that you will willingly follow them .... Yet they will not forget yours either .... what you do for them today through your will to help them will be rewarded in your loved ones one day, for love works with increased strength in the beyond.

Amen

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Receive without interference ....

B.D. 0559 from August 28th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

You must obey the inner voice and thus accept what is offered to you. It took a long time before the words became audible to you, which always happens when matter is too opposed to spiritual endeavour. And this was the case because of the food, which did not yet allow the body to fully rest and therefore also had a hindering effect on the spiritual experience. Full rest must first occur in order to guarantee the reception of spiritual gifts without disturbance. Every material substance is in opposition to the spiritual sphere, and so an unhindered reception of spiritual goods can only take place when all bodily heaviness falls away and the spirit can and will only occupy itself with spiritual things. As soon as a certain calm has set in and the body can be completely switched off, absorption is also considerably easier and therefore you will have to reckon with resistance and heavy absorption as long as you still pay too much attention to the body and its needs. If you can put all such things to one side and immediately place yourself in the state of absorption, then every burden on the body will soon disappear, you will become insensitive to physical inhibitions and complaints, and you will be completely detached from matter for the duration of the absorption.

If you try to reach this state by surrendering yourself with full will to the spiritual power alone, without paying attention to your surroundings or the body that hinders you, this endeavour will be crowned with great success and your work will only become more and more perfect. Jesus gave His disciples an extremely valuable teaching on the Mount of Olives and tried to make clear to them the concept of the unhindered penetration of God's power into the believing earthly man who withdraws from the world.

And it happened while He was speaking that they all felt the power in themselves and were thus able to follow Him spiritually without any actual effort on their part. This power will also pass into you if only you expect this power in full faith and desire to accept it. And so turn today to the truths that are to come to you on behalf of the lord:

Every soul has within itself the urge towards the eternal deity, but it is prevented by the body from fulfilling this urge. An eternal law determines the soul to the same activity of the body assigned to it, and this law has to be complied with until the body, as mere matter, separates from the soul again, i.e., until the soul becomes free from the earthly cover. However, for its time on earth every soul chooses for itself the body in which it can best attain the necessary maturity .... for in every soul slumber the instincts of so many unrefined nature spirits which, after thousands of years, have finally united to form a spiritual being in order to strive for their final perfection in the human shell.

However, just as those nature spirits were previously active in creation, they will also have to fulfil a similar purpose in the human body .... certain characteristics will always appear at equal intervals, which find their explanation in the soul's previous life. And so the body will often have to adapt to these previous states, which is why there is often talk of heredity. The more versatile the human being is as such, the more different soul particles his soul has to show and the more difficult the battle will be which such a soul has to endure in earthly life, for the body enters into every desire of the soul and both soul and body must now try to become master of all these peculiarities which are therefore inherent in the human being during the time on earth in co-operation .... And thus the human being must always bear in mind the body's relationship to the soul .... just as the body's activity should only ever serve the soul's redemption, so that such a redeemed soul will find its way back to the deity. But how, on the other hand, the soul suffers immense agony when it is held back from its true destiny by the body's resistance and its worldly desires and the dark shell around it becomes denser and denser .... All efforts of such a soul to break through the burdening shell are in vain if the body does not help it, for the body alone creates or removes the obstacles surrounding the soul. And in this realization the human being must constantly endeavour to serve his soul incessantly, i.e. to support it with all his strength to get rid of its shackles, and thus the body must always defeat itself where the soul's characteristics can be felt particularly strongly .... for the body has the greatest power to fight precisely such characteristics, since the nature of the body has been allocated to the soul in precisely the way it needs it ....

Amen

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Warning against worldly pleasures ....

B.D. 0560 from August 28th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Behold, My child, far from the world only you can find Me .... I will never dwell where people pursue their earthly pleasures and these will always stand like a wall between Me and the children of earth. All the offerings of the world cannot replace what I can give you, and if you don't want to completely distance yourselves from them you will remain distant from Me in your heart. And thus you deprive yourselves of what is most precious to you, for you allow yourselves to be tempted and fall too easily into the snares of the world which, after all, is not and cannot be My true life .... And behold, you are in such danger .... you must pass every test, for I send them to you to test you .... The world does not offer you much, it is only apparent pleasures that do not last, but what you give is far more .... And so I earnestly admonish you not to allow yourself to be beguiled by such temptations of the world if you want to remain in My love .... and devote yourself all the more diligently to your work .... Thus you will also be given the strength to overcome yourself, if only the full will strives for such. You should not give up heavenly blessings and My love for the sake of earthly pleasures, for these can never be a substitute for the gifts from above. And so remember, My child, that even today only My love admonishes you and seek to become and remain worthy of it ....

Amen

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Attempts of the world against faith .... spiritual vision .... prediction ....

B.D. 0561 from August 29th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

So prove your will by openly confessing to be a representative of My name on earth and thus I will guide you through all adversity, for the misery of the world is unspeakably great .... and in order to save the few who want to acknowledge My name I send out My servants and messengers .... and if there are many of them, the harvest on earth will also be great. In the rebuke of these servants of Mine on earth you will also recognize My love for them .... Whenever they threaten to waver, I revitalize their spirit and thus continue to promote their activity, for nothing is more detrimental to the spirit than a weary sinking into sluggishness. So let you also be a faithful servant of your lord and stop at nothing, then your strength will also grow and enable you to achieve the seemingly unbelievable .... The world tries again and again to trample all My teachings into the dust, and it finds more and more followers among people because they are very far removed from the true faith .... from faith in their saviour and in the love and omnipotence of an eternal God. All this has become nothing to them .... a legend .... far from all probability, and so they judge the work of redemption as nothing more than a legend and do not recognize the terrible lack and backwardness that speaks from such faithless judgement ....

What is the value of their lives and what a suffering afterlife do these people face .... And I see this suffering and want to save them from it .... That is why I need willing labourers in My vineyard, I need servants on earth to sow My seed so that it will sprout before it is too late .... I have chosen these My children so that they should bring salvation to people and not miss anything in order to save souls from great adversity. And the hustle and bustle of the world is the greatest danger for these My representatives .... They are to belong entirely to Me and only carry out My will and completely separate themselves from the world .... Only in this way can they work in My name and hear My word in their hearts.

The speed of thought carries your soul to Me if you turn to Me in fervent prayer. Every good intention bears fruit and every teaching resonates in your heart.

All My disciples on earth shall be strengthened by Me in the same way, and My words will never lose their effect if they are only heard in the heart, for what only reaches the ears passes them by like an empty sound, but what has once taken root in the heart will outlast everything .... and will always and constantly give strength to those who hear this word with faith. Therefore hear:

Behold, your heart tells you quite powerfully that I am near, and it cheers me tempestuously .... If you now hear it sounding within you, I have completely entered into you and will always work in you and through you. So nurture your heart constantly and keep it ready to receive your lord and saviour, and know that My love embraces everything that only longs for Me. In the chamber of the heart is hidden that which is Mine .... the divine spark of love .... and awaken this to the brightest flame, then you will come alive in the deepest sense of the word, you will live only for Me and the love for Me, and nothing and no-one will have access to your heart except Me .... And so I will give you what you have been promised and a new life will open up to you .... in clearest brightness you will see My kingdom in the midst of the spiritual world .... you will hear the voice of the spirits and will be taught by them in a way that is beneficial for you. But this will only happen when the time of blossoming is over .... when the body has completely changed and is no longer exposed to earthly temptation. This wise foresight must prevail in order to spare you other things that could be detrimental to you. In the following night you will recognize the task that has been set for you .... Leave your soul to Me and give it to Me completely, the more I can protect you and make you completely My instrument. For now all events of My life on earth will be repeated .... all those who want to protect My name will be persecuted .... those who advocate the pure doctrine of My love will be taken captive and those who confess the saviour in Me will suffer .... But do not fear, no harm will befall you as long as you recognize Me as your lord. This has already been announced to the world before, that nothing can shake My power and that My will intervenes wherever people take up arms against My own. You fight for Me, your lord, and will never be able to be defeated, since I go into battle at your head and know well whose victory it is. So take everything upon yourselves and trust in Me, your lord and saviour, and you will be strong, even alone .... I am with you always and forever .... hold on to this word when danger seems to approach you .... you are never alone, but always protected by your saviour, Who loves you and to Whom you should give yourself completely and forever in order to work for Him and help save countless souls from trouble .... to lead them out of spiritual night into the bright light of day ....

Amen

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The gift of speech .... backtalk .... willpower .... truth and will ....

B.D. 0562 from August 30th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Words which reveal the divine truth will reach you without interruption, after all, you turn your thoughts believingly to the heavenly father and try to fulfil His will. Yet the gift of speaking can only be granted to you at the time of your ministry .... i.e. when your knowledge is so great that you can distribute what you have received. For the world will always speak back to you and it requires a great gift of oratory to be able to respond to it consistently. However, all doubt will disappear when every objection can be refuted, and to reach this maturity of knowledge requires much devotion and strength of will, which you should constantly wrestle and pray for .... There will come days when a simple word of refutation can already weaken your strength of faith, and then you will have to take refuge in your saviour all the more intimately, and you will emerge doubly strengthened from such danger. Love should prove its strength there too .... Everything you do in love makes your strength and your faith stronger. And so the heavenly father wants to confront a new time with all power through His servants and therefore only needs the good will to be truly ready to serve the lord. Then all the necessary prerequisites will be clear and understandable to the earthly child, it will recognize its task and be able to turn to it without hesitation. All compulsion of the soul is eliminated, the child turns to the father completely voluntarily .... in the will to serve Him, and from then on its actions on earth will also be completely free because the will to serve provided it with everything it needed. For the will subordinated itself to the divine will, and thus the earthly child is protected from wrong influence. The future events will always be in accordance with divine will, for the spirit of God reveals them to the human being and he now directs all his steps according to divine will of his own accord. And thus he only ever hears within himself the instructions God sends to him .... He thinks and acts according to the truth as long as the will is in him to serve the deity in truth and pure love. The lord's greatest grace is to impart Himself to an earthly being, and in full possession of such grace only truth can truly exist in a person .... And then the divine will can also work unhindered through him, for the heart willingly opens itself to everything divine and thus remains constantly under divine influence. There is often unexpected resistance on the one hand .... and energetic support on the other .... and this both from the spiritual world .... yet the good spiritual forces will be able to express themselves unhindered because the will of the human child longs for truth and consciously turns away from all counter-currents. The more the will strives to come closer to the deity, the more the deity passes into the human being .... and thus the spirit of God unites ever more intimately with the soul .... and from this again the soul draws strength .... (interruption)

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Earthly and otherworldly happiness in love .... sphere of light .... looking inwards .... war...

B.D. 0563 from August 31th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Detach yourselves with all your might from earthly pleasures and remain in My love .... this will replace a thousandfold what you give up for My sake. And thus heavenly peace will unfold in you .... you will find all happiness on earth in My love and be indissolubly united with Me. Let this be your principle that you give up everything for My sake, then you will receive infinitely more than you have given away, for if I fulfil you, you will truly desire nothing else ....

And you are in great need of refreshment for the salvation of your soul .... you do not know the joys of heaven and therefore do not appreciate the value of My promises, yet you will revel in unspeakable bliss if you follow My words .... What does the world offer you in contrast .... Only illusory goods and illusory happiness .... But true happiness is only with Me alone, Who created you .... You only have to know this much, that you create that blissful state for yourselves for an unlimited period of time .... without end .... that you will always feel the same longing for it and that this longing will always be satisfied by My love .... and that you do not know how to measure and evaluate such on earth, but will be desired by you in eternity. This fulfilment of your longing is incomparable, and for this you will have to endure earthly life with all its pain and suffering .... My love is constantly endeavouring to make this blissful state of happiness accessible to you, for God's glory has existed for an infinitely long time and will continue to exist for all eternity. The more intimately an earthly being can feel for its creator .... the greater the love of the earthly child for the heavenly father, the more varied the spiritual experience on earth will be. If the human being already dwells on earth in spheres of light, if he cherishes love for the divine saviour in his heart and if love has thus been kindled to the highest fervour, then the lord is in the fullest form of light in the midst of his heart .... a look inwards lets His image shine, and from an overflowing heart a heartfelt prayer rises to the father, Who so richly provides for His child. Behold, My child .... compare that time of My life on earth with the endeavours of the present time .... Everything that opposed My teaching at that time was from the realm of darkness. Those people who accepted My word were indeed extremely willing, but it was only a small proportion compared to those who rejected My word. In later years, however, the number of My so-called followers increased, but these followers were not My true disciples .... They had moulded themselves into something according to My teaching, and in the following centuries war after war arose over this teaching. The cause was always a certain struggle for My word, and that in itself could not be the right teaching instituted by Me, for the sake of which bloodshed arose among mankind. But the advancing age became weary of faith .... and soon no longer recognized the purely divine in this teaching either, but it moved further and further away from the right faith instead of accepting My unadulterated word, which repeatedly reached people according to My will. However, in order to guide humanity onto the right path of realization a great shattering of the entire religions or the teachings represented on earth, which were supposed to be My work, had to occur once again .... and this upheaval should now lead to humanity seriously questioning what the eternal deity demands of it. Thus My teaching shall arise again amongst people and this will not be confirmed by any war or the like, nor will any religion fight the other but only that will be decisive as to whether people will want to acknowledge Jesus Christ as saviour of the world and accept His teaching as the only truth or whether they intend to banish everything true into the realm of legend and renounce all faith in the saviour. But this will never again be a matter of dispute that could lead to war. The living example of these words of Mine is in any case the long prepared battle against all faith, which is certainly raging everywhere but will only be decided in the hearts of people .... Everyone will outwardly fulfil the will proclaimed by earthly power .... but I fight for your hearts .... I do not want outward faith .... I want the deepest inner experience and your true devotion to Me .... This battle must be fought in the heart and will never relate to worldly events but only ever to the acceptance of My pure word or its rejection. Now the world has become far too entangled in earthly interests and will only ever stage a war over such, but the question about the eternal deity will never tempt people to evoke a war. People today are so far removed from spiritual experience that they would not make it the centre of a world conflagration, whereas material interests are extremely prevalent and these alone can be the cause of hostilities.

Thus those predictions (John 16:8) essentially refer to the wars arising from spiritual causes and a final elimination will not be possible until the whole of humanity has entered a more spiritual state, which then also guarantees a completely different spiritual attitude. However, all phenomena of the present time point to a de-spiritualization of the generations and the state of peace, which encompasses the whole earth, will still be a long way off. This, My child, shall restore your inner peace and in full faith you shall accept the words .... as pure truth and given in love .... for light shall become yours if you ask for it ....

Amen

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Insight and inability .... work of love without knowledge of the value ....

B.D. 0564 from September 1st 1938, taken from Book No. 12

And you will be immeasurably rich in experiences, and your knowledge will cover areas which all earthly intellect cannot reveal to you, for you are active as spiritual beings yourselves in contact with the divine spirit .... At the moment of reception no earthly matter prevents you from receiving spiritual things from spiritual regions, and thus you will also remain active in spirit yourselves, providing that you do not fall back through your own fault. Insight and inability are two factors which are in conflict with each other, and yet a person can attain full insight without actually having the gift of being able to clearly judge something which is beyond his knowledge. A living representation of the spirit of God can hardly be given to people, but a person will then feel this spirit of God within himself, provided he only fulfils everything that is required to awaken the inner spark of life. By forcibly tearing himself away from the earthly, the spirit slumbering in the human being breaks through the shell surrounding him and awakens to life .... i.e., it now works powerfully in the human being. The mere persistence of thoughts in the spiritual realm is the soul's greatest helper, for now spiritual forces flow inexorably towards the soul and allow the spirit's activity to become ever more active, and a human child who surrenders to every impulse which leads closer to the eternal deity remains untouched by dark power and completes his career on earth with the right success .... that the soul has become the receiving vessel of the divine spirit and such unification of the spirit with the spirit of God is the final goal of life on earth. All earthly endeavours are as it were dead ways for the soul, not the slightest of such work benefits the soul, only what love produces in man can be of use to the soul .... Faith in the strength of such good works can be the cause of inner transformation, for if the human being practices them he will unconsciously receive the strength and grace to continue this activity of love and the soul will also have found a connection to the spiritual world. What it now does without actual knowledge of the value of such works of love is reserved for eternity, and one good deed will soon be followed by others, for he who has love will never lose it and will shape himself even without the realization of spiritual truths. However, the person who consciously strives to ennoble his being will work on himself much more diligently and .... mind you .... feel a significant relief in earthly life through the conscious utilization of the good spiritual forces, which has both spiritual and physical effects. Existence on earth remains a struggle for every human being, but since support is granted by the eternal deity it should also be requested and utilized as far as possible, because from now on the spiritual beings will take care of the support of a requesting soul .... whereas the one who walks through earthly life without all spiritual knowledge has to struggle far harder and has to generate such a strong strength of love within himself in order to be able to likewise provide the soul with the necessary help in earthly life .... And if the path is now smoothed for you humans so that you can easily attain the kingdom of heaven, then consider this well and investigate and ponder what could be the reason that the heavenly father carefully looks after you and wants to protect you from failures and wrong paths .... and only recognize His infinite love therein, which embraces all human children, and know that this love can never ever end and that it is eternally valid for you, His creatures .... and that this love is constantly courting your soul .... so that it may find its way back to Him, the all-father of light .... eternal love Himself ....

Amen

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Word of God .... grace through it ....

B.D. 0565 from September 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 12

So always turn your gaze upwards full of devotion and let all hymns of thanksgiving resound in you to the glory of God. For His love is infinite and only ever watches over His earthly children so that they do not suffer harm to their souls. And so begin: worlds will arise and pass away again, but God's love, which expresses itself through His word, will never pass away in eternity. But you must keep to this word in order to also partake of the lord's great love. For remember that the lord makes all His laws known through His word .... remember that He instructs you and admonishes you to follow all His teachings .... remember that through this word you come into the full possession of God's grace and that all the promises of this word will be completely fulfilled in you if you live and act according to His words. And then you will also know what an immeasurable blessing lies upon the divine word and how little you receive God's blessing if you do not hear His word and thus cannot draw any real vitality from it. The overwhelming awareness of an unutilized gift of grace will always trigger an inhibiting feeling, a remorse which is difficult to make up for .... For anyone who considers that the time on earth is only of such short duration and that the spirit must be on a very high level if the earthly child wants to become a true child of God will realise that every opportunity which can lead to the soul's perfection must also be used, and thus the blessings are first and foremost indispensable for the human being, and these blessings are offered to the human being in so many different ways and should by no means be regarded as dispensable .... For they are always loving favours from the heavenly father Who wants to make His children's task on earth easier by providing all kinds of aids which all serve to further the soul. Only with the help of such favours does the human being have the opportunity to ascend from level to level, and thus countless proofs of God's love have been provided, all of which should enlighten earthly people as to the lord's concern for His living creations so that they can all come close to Him .... for His love is boundless.

Amen

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Lies and truth ....

B.D. 0566 from September 1st 1938, taken from Book No. 12

The greatest evil is lying .... If you recognize the truth and yet pay no attention to it, you allow the spirit of lies to gain power over you .... and its power is greater than you believe, for it poisons your whole thinking .... it robs you of all power of judgement and always has a myriad of vices and bad habits behind it, all of which have their origin in lies. If the light is to shine for you, you must remain in the truth, for where there is falsehood, there is also darkness. No soul likes such darkness, but it is inevitably pushed into it where the truth is not respected. All tribulation comes from lies .... The lie opens the door to evil passions and desires .... it is often so inconspicuous in itself and yet it destroys all good instincts in people. And so all corruption is rooted in the lie, for it is a product of darkness. And so listen up: as long as you do not endeavour to cultivate the purest truth within you .... as long as you take refuge in even the smallest paraphrases or untruths, the spirit of truth will never be able to enlighten you, for you can only unite with the eternal deity when you are completely pure of heart and detest lies with all your heart. And now you see the consequences of a lie swelling to enormous proportions .... You do not know how enormous the effects of the lie are .... how it creates evil and reproduces itself, always giving birth to new lies .... And that is why the lie is the death of the soul, just as the pure truth is the light from the heavens for it. But if you stand up for the truth, it will remain light and bright in you and you will defeat the lie .... For just as the lie is mighty in its power and constantly brings evil in its wake, the pure truth is nevertheless much stronger and can illuminate the night of lies with the brightest light by virtue of its power .... And if mankind only wanted to seek the truth, it would force the lie to its feet and bring infinite blessings to the earth. But as it is, too many opposing forces prevail and are fought little or not at all, and the lie spreads across the whole earth and brings about incredible destruction .... And this is one reason why so little credence is given to the possibility of a pure spiritual connection between the earth and the beyond. What is not so easy for people to understand, they immediately throw into the realm of lies .... They do not scrutinize, but immediately reject, because they know the lie and its accompanying phenomena only too well and know that its devastation extends over all areas .... Pure truth is a lie in their eyes .... they are much more likely to accept the lie unchecked .... If they were to turn to God for enlightenment, they would soon lose all doubt and their powers of judgement would be sharpened, and they would very soon know how to distinguish truth from lies. There would be light in their hearts and they would flee the lie as the most shameful work of evil .... But as long as mankind does not take refuge in prayer .... and plead for knowledge of the truth, it will remain subject to the lie, and that through its own fault .... For the lord imparts the pure truth to His children on earth and wants to offer it to all people .... But who accepts it? .... Only a small part, but the others grope in the blackest darkness and remain children of lies of their own will, and so they will hardly attain eternal life, for only the truth guarantees them this ....

Amen

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Lies and truth ....

B.D. 0567 from September 3rd 1938, taken from Book No. 12

So follow the voice within you which calls you to order and do not fall into the error of following any request which is not audible in your heart but only comes from outside. You will soon recognize the essential difference of what you hear if you only always give honour to the truth ...., i.e. do not allow yourselves to be beguiled by blind words, but only act as you should deem right. You can always find a pleasant side to any matter by deviating from the truth or making concessions .... But then the person does not take the right path of knowledge, but remains in spiritual error until he has taken the path of pure truth. For only through this can the degree of maturity be achieved that is the condition for entering into eternal bliss. In full realization of the truth, straying onto the path of lies is doubly painful and harmful for the soul. For man was given the intellect to recognize .... And he should inevitably also act in accordance with what knowledge dictates to him through the inner voice that tells him exactly what God's will is. If the voice is heeded, it becomes a friend of man .... it helps him out of every need and danger. Like a faithful guardian, it is concerned about the salvation of man's soul and protects him with all seriousness from going astray.

And if a person is fully accountable to himself, he will also listen attentively to the inner voice .... he will cultivate the truth and never deviate from the path of truth .... and eternal truth is also accessible to a truth-loving child, but never again to a child of lies. Man must give an account to himself, the voice of the heart must be his own judge, and he must take a sharp and unforgiving stand against his offences .... he must recognize himself and try to improve, and he can only do this with the fullest sense of truth in his heart .... For the lie whitewashes everything and will never accuse him of wrongdoing .... It will only ever excuse him and never spur him on to ever greater love of truth .... So you must never fall victim to this vice, you must seek the truth, even if it is sometimes harder to bear .... You must not make any concessions, but must remain strictly truthful .... if you also want to partake of divine truth .... for God, as the eternal truth, can only communicate Himself to a thoroughly truth-loving child who detests lies and never takes advantage of them .... You yourselves will gain the greatest advantage from it and will be considered unabridged, and thus you will also be able to proclaim pure truth again, and such will remain forever ....

Amen

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Mercy ....

B.D. 0568 from September 4th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Just as all creatures bathe in the sea of divine love, so divine mercy is also indispensable to them, for without it everything would have to vanish into nothing .... People also need it without ceasing, for many withdraw themselves from God's love through their own will and can only be preserved through God's mercy .... Although mercy is also an act of divine love, it only brings happiness to the smallest degree, whereas love provides all bliss in abundance to the being that is worthy of this love. God lets no being fall forever, time and again divine mercy confronts this being and saves it from the worst .... the complete downfall .... as long as there is still the slightest possibility of bringing it to a better state. Mercy is therefore also the virtue that you humans should practice to the best of your ability. Anyone who can empathize with the misery of his fellow human beings has God's spark of love active in his heart .... and the noblest work of neighbourly love is to help where the greatest misery has befallen a person. It is God's will that man should be merciful who himself avails himself of God's mercy .... and is there one among you who does not need it? .... Therefore, be merciful too and help those in need, even if they have made themselves unworthy of your love, for the lord will judge them, but you should also love your enemies and show them your full mercy if they need it.

All blessings come from above .... so every work of mercy will also be blessed from there .... God's love therefore wants unfulfilled wishes to remain open to people, and if you practice works of mercy, the lord will also consider you in His love .... for the need among humanity is nameless, you can be active in neighbourly love without limit if you want to serve the lord God through it and make yourselves worthy of His blessing. Do not harden your hearts and give where it is needed .... help where your help is required or needed. For the father in heaven also continues to show you His mercy and therefore demands the same from you .... For as you measure out, it will also be measured out to you ....

Amen

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Omnipotence and wisdom .... not arbitrariness .... arrogance ....

B.D. 0569 from September 4th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Everything created by Me on earth is based on a wise intention, and in order to understand this I will guide you into the sphere where you will learn to understand spiritually .... And even if it seems to you that God only acts arbitrarily, one look at the divine creation is enough and you will realise that your thinking was far wrong .... If you connect yourselves with spiritual strength, all earthly heaviness will fall away from you; likewise, all spiritual work will proceed better and better if the spirit is able to separate itself from all matter. Now you will noticeably receive those powers that make you capable of achieving extraordinary things .... In the same way the spirit of God reigns in nature in the same relationship to the things that stand outside of the directed creation .... i.e., the omnipotence of God will always express itself in matter, but the wisdom of the divine creator in the spiritual .... Since wisdom and omnipotence are manifested in every work of creation, each of these works will not owe its existence to the arbitrariness of God, but will have been created for a specific purpose and meaning.

Everything will correspond to a wise meaning and thus radiate and testify to the wisdom of God in both spiritual and material respects to every thinking person. However, all references to such a kind of well-planned creation are not enough for the human being to fully believe and trust in divine omnipotence, but the human being always quarrels with God about his fate imposed on him and does not recognize all measures of the eternal deity as wise and well-considered .... He grumbles and complains and yet cannot comprehend in his small mind how little power of judgement he himself possesses .... Can a person even presume to criticize or condemn what ever happens through the will of God? And yet man so often transgresses the commandment to love God .... In deepest humility he should accept everything that comes upon him, whether good or bad, and always bear in mind that everything corresponds to a wise purpose. If he strives to develop his spirit, he must soon realise that he experiences such a visible intervention of the eternal deity in all events and that all threads of eternal creation emanate from this deity .... Thus the entire universe is proof of the divine love which manifests itself in all things on and above the earth and testifies to His infinite wisdom and omnipotence ....

Amen

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Releasing the mind from the body .... answer to all questions ....

B.D. 0570 from September 5th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

The spirit's power penetrates infinity, but the body can only absorb what is conveyed to the mind through the spirit, and so it will always be a question of how far the body grants the spirit within itself the right to separate itself from it, and this through the willing yielding of the body .... through the occupation of the thoughts with the spiritual. All matter will interfere between spirit and body. If the body can now detach itself from matter as far as possible, the path to infinity is cleared for the spirit within it. All problems that affect people and whose solution seems important to them can now be presented to the spirit, and immersion in purely divine miracles of creation soon results in a clear solution to such questions .... for there is only one truth, and this can only be grasped with the spirit, which is God's, but never with that which still belongs to the earth, the purely human mind .... Only when man's thinking has subordinated itself to the spirit within him can he be guided into the truth .... For God gives him knowledge when man has given himself to Him and strives to fulfil his task on earth. Man may approach the greatest problem and he will receive answers to his questions if only he always desires them in order to attain a state of maturity. It is not permissible to combine earthly interests with it, for everything spiritual must be completely separated from materialism in order to be purest truth. It is given without reservation to those who see their mission in life as serving God and fulfilling His will. The lord gives them unlimited .... they may only ever turn to Him in order to be fully heard, for a willing soul on earth is an instrument in the hands of God .... it is called to participate in the lord's work of redemption on earth, will therefore gladly and willingly fulfil all its tasks and thus again work as a blessing for its fellow human beings, for the connection with the heavenly father will guide it into eternal truth ....

Amen

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Power of God .... revelations in the heart .... instrument of God's will ....

B.D. 0571 from September 5th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

You will find enough divine strength within you to achieve everything you ask for in prayer. Behold, My strength fills every heart that seeks and loves Me .... No being passes through the valley of the earth harmed when love for Me, its creator and father, has awakened in it. And this grace is the overflowing of My strength into the human heart .... Every thought you send to Me is now already proof of this strength, which expresses itself in such a way that everything that comes from Me longs for Me again .... And thus your heart harbours an endless number of revelations, for they are already written into it by Me and come to your awareness through your ever new will to serve Me. The power of God is likewise expressed in these revelations, for the human being is unable to penetrate My truths from within .... he is unable to hear My word if the power of the spirit does not permeate him. And so it is entirely up to you whether you are willing to serve or whether you want to close your ear to My word in sluggishness of spirit .... So you are only allowed to want and you are in full possession of divine power .... It is still up to you to do or not to do the duty that has become dear to you .... but the days will come when, as a faithful servant of God, you will have to carry out God's will .... For once you have passed the test as such, you will willingly give yourself as an instrument and then act on My behalf as My representative on earth, as it were. And then your will, which you have subordinated to Me, will only ever have to act according to the highest commandment. The opposing power is inherent in all matter, and everything that persists in love for matter will be subjugated by it .... But spiritual power is born out of love for God, it revitalizes, awakens, ignites and strengthens everything it flows through .... If this divine power is to truly enliven the human being, he must completely free himself from material thinking and entrust himself in all devotion to the divine father's heart, then those opposing forces will be completely eliminated and only the divine power will flow through the earthly child and have such a powerful effect in it, that a noticeable progress in the spiritual is achieved and no inhibitions oppose the so spiritualized, but the heart longs more and more to the father and therefore strives ever more eagerly for the union with the spirit of God, and so you will also become aware into which spiritual sphere your will places you .... In a short time you will not be able to live without the power of God, for it is lost in matter .... but eternally this divine power permeates everything spiritual and can therefore only be granted to the spiritually striving .... Therefore, whatever spiritual good you ask for will be granted to you in full, for your prayer is conditioned by love for God .... and God returns this love a thousandfold, and with His elemental power He will strengthen all those who love Him and long for Him ....

Amen

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Power of prayer .... flee the pleasures of the world .... body and soul ....

B.D. 0572 from September 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

So try to put yourself in a state where you only direct your senses towards God, and if your thoughts want to stray, call upon Him for help. You will then hear every word we say brightly and clearly, for the power of prayer is unspeakably great, you just don't know it yet .... In worldly things the fulfilment of your prayer becomes tangible to you, but in the spiritual it is not so noticeable to you, yet the soul derives immense benefit from it when you turn intimately to the heavenly father. And that is the blessing of prayer, that you develop higher and higher and the pressure falls off the soul more and more. The soul lifts itself up and no longer takes such an interest in earthly suffering, and this also allows the body to bear suffering much more easily. In hours of earthly hardship, the soul returns to the body and gives it the strength to patiently accept everything in view of eternity, for body and soul struggle together for inner peace. Flee the pleasures of the world .... This admonition cannot be given to you often enough, for only then will you be able to truly realise your spiritual existence. Raising your thoughts to God is far more valuable than devoting them to earthly pleasures, and at the same time you begin the separation of the soul from the body. Guided into our spheres, such a possibility is offered to the soul that it soon makes contact with the spirit slumbering in it and earthly existence is only a means to an end for it. It will only ever stimulate the body to fulfil its earthly duties and to fully commit itself to a work of love in .... to cultivate love with all its strength and thereby supply the soul with ever new strength, which is again directed towards the union with the spirit of God. Diligent labour of the body with the soul must have spiritual success. It therefore only requires blessing from above, which should be implored in fervent prayer. Every sigh of relief, sent to heaven in childlike trust, also assures you of heaven's support, and in spiritual concern you will not make any request in vain. For everything is revealed to the deity, including the innermost corner of the heart, when a cry for help to the father comes from there ....

Amen

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Eternal kingdom .... bridge .... pillar .... distress and tribulation ....

B.D. 0573 from September 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Hear the divine voice and prepare yourself to receive a proclamation which shall completely captivate you .... Behold, an eternal kingdom will arise for you, but it will never be understood in earthly terms. All power in the universe, which is divine power from the beginning, will unite to extraordinary work, and indeed, a bridge will be built from the beyond to earth, which all My children shall enter in order to reach Me. Where the state of the spirit is close to maturity, there I will erect the pillars of the bridge and I Myself will descend to you in order to be among you at all times. But this time is no longer far away, only a cloudy period of time still has to occur first in order to bring about clarification as to who wants to confess Me as My child or denies Me .... This time of adversity and tribulation will take on unimagined proportions and some will tremble who believe to stand firm .... yet no anxiety will arise in My ranks, for those who come to earth with Me will always be with My own as a source of comfort and strength, and those who always carry My word in their hearts will enter the kingdom of peace. But when the lord of heaven and earth Himself will enter the bridge that leads to you, then all those to whom I have promised this will see Me .... Then a time will have dawned upon you that will bring manna and refreshment .... comfort and peace to those who hope for this from Me. But woe to those who have turned away from Me and to whom My voice will not resound sweetly .... When the time is near, My love will remain among you, who are Mine, to help you against those who deny their lord. Every hour will then be precious, for I will save everyone who calls out to Me in his distress. And I will send out My messengers so that every stray sheep will be found when only the will still longs for Me. Mankind still has to experience visible hardship before it turns its eyes to Jesus Christ, the crucified .... and therefore the earth's time of suffering is not yet over. But you should recognize from everything that the father in heaven remembers His children and leaves no stone unturned to win them, therefore let yourselves be found by Me and listen to My call from above .... I will make you happy forever if you love Me and follow My voice. The eternal home is only with Me, and anyone who wants to build an eternal kingdom on earth has to ask for My help, yet this eternal kingdom can only be the father's kingdom alone, the father wants to receive you there, therefore constantly care only for this and leave all your earthly worries behind, for they are not of the slightest use to your soul .... And so continue: legions of angels from heaven will descend to earth and try to bring light to people, and the whole army of these spiritual beings will stir up a storm among people .... Everything that can think will be drawn into a world conflagration, but it will only apply to spiritual chaos .... There will be no end to the disputes, the battle will rage everywhere, for the activity of God will be faced partly with amazement, partly with rejection, yet forces will express themselves on all sides and God will make Himself known through people .... and people will begin to think who until then paid no attention to the spiritual direction. And this time will be the time of maturity .... and blessed is he who sowed at the right time .... When then the hosts of heaven will come, then the new time will begin .... the time of eternal peace ....

Amen

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Matter - banished - evil .... concept of good and evil ....

B.D. 0574 from September 7th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

All protection from above is granted to you, for like you, countless spiritual beings are struggling for the souls of the children of earth. A spiritual resistance opposes them, and to break this power requires much effort and patience. But the ways of the lord are wonderful, and many a person will still have to recognize that he is guided by a higher will. But now listen up: living beings always have the destiny to offer a soul an abode and are therefore always carriers of the spirit of God .... which means that in every embodiment, no matter what kind, the divine creator Himself is active .... That therefore all work of creation again harbours the eternal deity within itself and thus can also never completely pass away, only changes in its external form. The external form is likewise spiritual, which, although it originated from God, has turned away from Him .... And this spiritual substance was banished into form, which is now subject to perpetual change and transformation through millennia .... in order to slowly return the spiritual substance within itself to the eternal deity, so that after an infinitely long time it can leave the banished state and develop into active spiritual beings in living beings. That is why all matter is also from God, but, as it were, the banished evil which, originally created good, fell away from God and .... in order to finally return to God again .... must travel an indescribably long path, the last station of which is existence on earth. Thus the concept of 'good and evil' will perhaps be incomprehensible to you at times, since everything is from God and should therefore only be good, but the original spirits created by God had free will just as much as God Himself, and this brought about the apostasy .... Thus, however, free will must now also strive for ascent again, but God in His great mercy does not allow a single being to fall into ruin. Although the path of return is unspeakably difficult and arduous, such a measure of grace is nevertheless accessible to it through the embodiment on earth that it can easily reshape itself into the highest being of light if only it has the will to do so. But precisely this will is often sluggish and misses so many opportunities to mature the soul .... And evil also lures the human being downwards, so that he really has to wage a battle if he wants to achieve victory over evil .... over matter ....

Amen

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Floods of love .... palace of the rich .... hut of poverty ....

B.D. 0575 from September 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

All those who comply with the divine will and only endeavour to save their souls may immerse themselves in the floods of divine love. Whereas mankind is only concerned with daily worries and lives thoughtlessly, the strengthening bath will be sorely lacking, for without divine love it will never be able to free itself from worldly desires. But love is so easy to acquire .... Just a loving thought for the one Who gave you life .... just a thank you for it and the desire to always do the right thing on earth in the spirit of the one Who created you .... And you will already be seized and guided by God's love, and this for as long as you are of good will. But if you turn away from the thought of God .... you want to carve out a life for yourselves as you see fit, then God will also turn away from you, for He loves everyone dearly who recognizes Him but does not impose His love on anyone who wants to walk alone on earth. How easy people could make life for themselves if they walked with Him in all situations, in joy or sorrow .... how much happier joy would be and how easily bearable suffering .... if you wanted to share everything with Him, the lord and saviour, Who is always close to you with His love. If people see their God in earthly possessions, they will only find a hard heart there, for earthly riches are not suited to ennoble human hearts, but all bad habits and vices are rooted in the desire for gold and good .... for earthly possessions .... Where can you find divine love in this? The lord dwells where He is called, but the call to Him rarely comes from the palace of the rich, but more often from the hut of poverty. The darkest need often forces a person to take refuge in God and turn to Him for help, and a person who is not attached to earthly possessions can offer himself fully and completely to the heavenly father. How mercifully the love of God now descends on such a human child .... But those people who revel in riches and do not find their way to the father must live in want despite all their wealth .... although they snatch everything from the world that it offers them, they are in great spiritual poverty, for their spirit and soul suffer unspeakably because they lack the love of God. Worldly splendour and worldly power do not replace the power of grace of divine love, so you humans must be all the more anxious to acquire it, since it is accessible to all of you and everyone can step into the floods of divine love so that he is strengthened in body and soul and finds strength in abundance for the task he has been given for his earthly existence ....

Amen

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Foolish Vvirgins .... woman in the night .... earth wanderer ....

B.D. 0576 from September 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

People are given so many opportunities to ease their way upwards, and so everyone is inevitably capable of mastering life if only he always lets the lord God rule. Yet people often presume to exercise judgement before they have seriously examined .... are therefore often very close to the source of grace and do not find it because they believe they can do without the refreshment. If the heavenly father takes pity on such earthly children and wants to make it very easy for them to find the way up and encounters stiff resistance, then the valley of life is henceforth a vessel without content for these people .... their lot will continue to be a barren emptiness of the heart, which they try to banish through worldly interests. Your fellow human beings who do not grasp the father's saving hand are also in such need, and their behaviour is like that of the foolish virgins who go into the darkness and leave the light at home. Where such a bright light shines that it can shine far and wide, and yet this light is shunned, there the love of the divine saviour can do just as little until the day comes when they remember you with repentance .... And in this hour a parable will be sent to you, which should explain the father's love for His own quite vividly .... In the darkest night a woman wanders through desolate streets and carries within her the longing to be at home. Longing and hope drive her to hurry, and soon she sees a shining light in the distance .... In her heart she prays to God that this light may shine for her on her way home. And God answered her prayer, and bright light broke through the darkness of the night .... He gave her strength and did not let her tire until she reached her destination .... And this bright light was faith .... strength was love .... and her steps were the will .... As soon as she turned to the father in supplication, she was helped, the night became day, for faith and with it love entered her heart. Who among you earth travellers does not need this bright light? .... Who among you can find the way to the eternal home without faith? .... And where you lack the strength of love, there you resemble a wanderer who never endeavours to advance .... who only ever quarrels about the long path and yet makes no effort to reach his goal.

He lacks the will, and without it he remains in the same place time and time again. Man always remains on the same level if his will does not become active in order to then break through the dark night through faith and love and walk towards the bright morning. Let it be said to all the world that without will, faith and love the eternal home is unreachable .... that without these the traveller remains weary on the path, that the money in his pocket is of no use to him if he does not recognize the abyss in the darkness and strays from the right path .... On the other hand, the brightest light of grace will shine on the earth traveller who calls to the father in childlike faith, and the path to home will be easily and quickly accessible to him. For God's love protects him and gives him the strength he needs ....

Amen

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Soul chooses its own whereabouts as a human being .... people as creating power ....

B.D. 0577 from September 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

The path that the soul has to travel before it is worthy of the lord's presence in its mature state is endlessly long. Regardless of this, however, the soul takes this fate upon itself, initially without its own will, only obeying the will of God, but before the birth of the human being it chooses its place of residence in free and clear realization of the environment in which it is most likely to reach its state of maturity. Although this is also an order from God, she submits to it with full will and without hesitation it now takes the path which brings it final liberation from the rigid form, matter, and this in a time which it can determine itself .... depending on how it fulfils its earthly task. To an indescribable extent, it now has the opportunity to live only the liberation from it last shell .... It only needs to will and submit to God's instructions, which it can also resist by virtue of its free will. And its state becomes ever lighter and purer and moves towards spiritualization. Where the soul now faces resistance, God's help will not fail to materialize by strengthening its will, which demands upwards. Only the completely unwilling .... who have not the slightest will to reach upwards .... cannot receive this power, since it arises from love for God .... but love for God also triggers the will to come closer to Him ....

Thus the human being only ever needs to recognize the greatness, omnipotence and goodness of God, then love will also take root in him and this will again generate the firm will to ascend to the proximity of the heavenly father. Thus all endeavours in the world beyond will always first aim to make the miracle of creation clear to the earthly child .... and through this he will enter into living contact with the creator, then a deep reverence will take hold of the human being and creation will teach him ever more thoroughly .... For everything in the world happens only for the sake of man and exists only for the sake of man .... Thus the eternal deity is also prepared at all times to allow the earthly child to participate in the work of creation, for it also gave man the power, in a small measure, to create on earth and to bring things into being .... and this power should already allow the ignorant human being to recognize his relationship to the divine creator, that he is in the smallest detail the same as the eternal elemental force from Whom he emanated. The power of creation is inherent in every human being, even the unrecognizing one. Everyone has a different ability and can thus work completely independently on earth, partly creating .... partly by fathoming cause and effect and utilizing his knowledge for the creator. Thus divine power dwells in every human being, only how he utilizes it is up to him. The presence of God's power in man should lead to the realization of whose creation he actually is.

But anyone who blindly passes by all that is wonderful and believes in self-conceit that he has placed himself on the level of earthly existence through his own strength, his soul will still have to walk the path of embodiment or bondage for a long time, for matter will hold it captive until it has recognized it. God always presents man with new questions, events and decisions, and innumerable possibilities are given to him where he can find the connection to eternity, to the heavenly father. When he has to recognize in his weakness that his power alone is no longer enough .... All resistance would then have to be broken if man would humbly bow his will before Him to Whom all power belongs .... It is man's boundless self-love that makes the path to the father so difficult to find .... man always wants to make himself the centre of attention, and everything around him should serve him to fulfil his wishes. Instead of serving the lord and creator of heaven and earth with everything that is his .... This will one day bring him greater reward than he can ever achieve with all his endeavours on earth and will return him to his original state, which will make him free and infinitely happy for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Turn of the century .... power of God .... healing the sick ....

B.D. 0578 from September 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Behold, My child, many of your spiritual friends have gathered around you and are giving you news of My will. So remember that you are also one of My faithful ones and have a task to fulfil which requires your whole devotion. But I want to increase your strength and strengthen your faith as you desire. So unite with Me in spirit and listen:

You shall come alive and see My kingdom in the spirit, and you will experience miracles and feel the power of My love in you. Only rarely does a person have the stamina required to fulfil such a task on earth, and therefore I want to stand by you in every situation in life so that you shall always feel the closeness of your saviour. Keep a pure heart and give love everywhere, then you will receive My grace and this will make you truly alive .... You will be able to draw strength from the source, and in future you will be offered food and drink so that you will never need to hunger or thirst for spiritual nourishment. But now be attentive and lend me your ear:

At the turn of the century you humans think and then believe the time has come when I Myself will come to earth .... But then you would no longer experience this coming of Mine on earth as earthly people .... But you are called to be witnesses of My glory and harbingers who are to prepare humanity for it, for the day is not far away. Behold, I am still giving you time and delaying it further and further in order to avert the great suffering of millions and millions of people. And that is why I want to endow you with immense strength so that those who want to see the morning when the first rays of the rising sun illuminate the universe will still be awakened from their sleep. This is why prophets are sent to people time and again to warn and enlighten them .... who are to save souls with love and thus vividly proclaim God's love to people. And thus in this time, which precedes My coming, there will be such an unspeakable struggle for the lost souls, and no-one will remain on earth without spiritual guidance .... I impart the pure truth to people and let them gain an insight into My entire creation and make sure that all My strength will flow to you, whom I have called, and will be at your disposal if only you want something in My name out of love for your neighbour. The proof of My words will soon be given to you and then pay attention to .... What you start early in the morning will always be blessed. For you will then work in all your strength. Therefore, always let the sick strengthen their aching limbs in the morning and then lay your hands on them in My name and you will succeed in restoring their health and all infirmities will fall from them .... This is what I lovingly lay on your heart, My child, that you act as your father asks of you .... Once your will has steeled itself, you will achieve great things and shall do this for Me and My name in order to give news of My return on earth. Behold, it is now already two weeks that I have announced to you the way in which you can attain a firm will .... You must take this deep into your heart and endeavour to put the words into practice. You will not be left without help, but your hesitation must be overcome and you must unconditionally accept what I bring to your attention. Behold, so few earthly children give Me their full will and perseverance .... But I need them if I Myself am to be able to work through them among My earthly children. I have no other goal than to make an infinite number of people happy and therefore need your help on earth because you are My instruments through which I can speak to people unhindered and yet be listened to by them without shyness. But as long as you do not have the firmest faith you will not carry out what I ask of you. You shall receive everything from Me in order to be able to stand up for Me, and I will give you My strength so that you can accomplish incredible things .... to proclaim My name to the whole world anew .... for the time is drawing ever closer which I have proclaimed to My own for the rising of the spiritual morning sun. And if you, My servants on earth, want to fulfil My will then only ever keep to the words I give and have given you .... for I am eternally the same, I am the truth and the life .... whoever has Me will never die in eternity, and whoever works in My name will be strengthened by My will and by My strength which will overflow into him and enable him to work like Me .... for I have all power from the beginning and for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Diversity of earthly existence .... You would pray for suffering ....

B.D. 0579 from September 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

You see, My child, in the world of your parents you accepted a destiny that allowed you to mature considerably and your earthly life was rich in experiences which stimulated your thinking, and the way to ascend could be revealed to you more easily. Although people’s circumstances of life are often even more difficult and with far greater poverty and aguish but then their souls are even less mature and can only purify themselves in such hard conditions; and thus people’s burdens are as different as are their results. Before its incarnation as a human being each soul longs to utilise its embodiment as quickly and as successfully as possible and therefore inhabits a body which has a predetermined difficult fate. On the other hand, many souls must go the path of purification which requires other circumstances of life .... which leads to their goal sooner through an easier and more pleasant existence but where other dangers have to be fought which the soul has to overcome.

This is arranged by the Heavenly Father in His wisdom even if people on earth can’t yet understand it and often become indignant about the uneven distribution of earthly wealth. But He Who knows all, Who understands every deficiency of the soul and would like to see the same perfection in everything also knows to offer the right help and only places upon each human being what is necessary for the benefit of his soul. Every day is a step closer to happiness .... so take care that you climb one step after another .... and not step back ....

You will eternally thank Me, your Creator, for every sorrow that I have put upon you and will praise the wisdom of Him Who created you and Who wants you to be near to Him forever .... You should always know that the Father does not want to lose even one of His children and that He cares for every being. And this care often necessitates methods which seem hard to you, since you cannot imagine the magnitude of the calamity that threatens you .... if you could fully understand you would pray for suffering only to avoid this adversity, but you must live your life without knowledge of your situation and strive to ascend of your own free will and in order to achieve the highest reward ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Answer in love .... explanation for suffering ....

B.D. 0580 from September 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Where there is much light, there is also much shadow .... People often harbour an unusual hatred towards their creator, Who loves all souls equally without reservation. Nevertheless, people do not know how I share, as it were, in the suffering that oppresses them and how I take it upon Myself to offer them the healing potion that makes their fate on earth more favourable. They can partake of every grace and every relief will be granted to them if only they want it .... Yet in such a hardened state it is difficult to turn their will towards Me, and yet I must respect everyone's free will .... I must not intervene arbitrarily and change destinies, which would only have the opposite effect .... a strengthening of their self-consciousness .... because this would move these children further and further away from me. If a permanent state were to arise in which the human being on earth were to be liberated from his suffering, immense selfishness would soon take hold and the soul would find it difficult to free itself from its shell, for every spiritual question would remain unanswered by people, since life in carefreeness would offer enough to satisfy the human being's thoughts. It would indeed be incomparably better for the earthly body, yet it will pass away and nothing of the pleasures of the world will remain for the soul, but it will pass into the beyond naked and freezing and have to accept the same battle there .... .... yet far more difficult .... which I would have spared you in earthly life out of false fatherly love. Do you not believe that your father, in His wisdom, recognizes everything and always determines what is best for His creatures? Should it not be left to Him, to Whom all creation is subject, which path He marks out for the individual being? Would you know the torment that awaits you if I let you live unrestrainedly according to your wishes? Or can you judge what bliss awaits you if you correctly value the life imposed on you and live according to My will? Do you believe that I take pleasure in seeing you suffer.

O you fools, My love suffers with you whom I have created .... and yet no longer want to be Mine. The desire for you is unspeakable but My power is of no use there .... you must voluntarily find your way to Me, and this cannot be achieved again through a comfortable and carefree life .... In eternity you would then not find the path to Me. For I Myself am love, patience, truth and mercy .... How can you reconcile this if you believe that I want you to suffer .... If you confess Me you will feel My love like mild balm on your suffering and My grace will constantly help you .... and all suffering will be taken from you when it has fulfilled its purpose .... the connection of the child to the father's heart ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Renegades .... honour and glory .... earthly reward .... gods ....

B.D. 0581 from September 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Woe to the apostates who recognized Me and yet left Me again .... Their fate will not be easy in the hereafter .... They rejected, although they recognized what was right, and now bear witness against Me, for they are more tempted by earthly power and favour than by the crown I promised to My own .... And so their life on earth will certainly leave nothing to be desired in terms of honour, fame and prestige, yet they sacrifice their soul to it and depart from the world in poverty .... Whoever claims fame and honour for himself will be without My grace, for only the humble are entitled to it .... everything that pays its tribute to the world must also receive its reward from the world, and this will be meagre for the soul. If you are offered the food of heaven, you will stand high above them, for you will be granted divine favour where they crave human recognition. There are no people so great before God that they should be celebrated like gods .... Everything breathes only self-love, imperiousness and pride .... The free man feels this and turns away, whereas the slaves of the world and its rulers unite and offer their gods the sacrifice of their subservience ....

Thus countless people do not see the coming time as a spiritually revolutionary turning point .... instead, they only pay attention to earthly goings-on and do not focus their attention on the most important thing, how God Himself relates to all earthly events. How many thoughts people give to trivial problems and how unimportant the one problem seems to them .... the question for what purpose they are here on earth .... And it is certainly such a desolate time that they would have to turn their attention to their inner life and would like to pay full attention to every time phenomena, in what connection these are with the eternal deity. Life's only task is to redeem the soul .... it is infinitely more important than to raise perpetual questions of controversy which have absolutely no connection with spiritual fulfilment.

O, what strength these people waste on trivialities and how poorly they consider their own soul .... which is far more in need of help in adversity and misery .... As a result, live peacefully side by side, you who are all My creatures, and make no distinction between the value of the peoples .... Have I not created them all, and who will presume to be the most valuable of their kind? If you had grasped the true meaning of life, then the noble instinct should prevail in your hearts, which turns to protect the oppressed and abhors the oppressor. The time of suffering on earth will still teach you many things .... But before you do not become humble and stretch out your hands, pleading for help .... until you first give glory to God and recognize Jesus Christ as the son of God, the suffering on earth will not turn away from you, for He Who took all guilt upon Himself and suffered on the cross for mankind .... He was one of the least of these and had all power to exalt Himself as king of the people .... He remained poor like His poorest brothers on earth, He was a friend and saviour of all the poor, and His redemption was the ignominious death on the cross .... Whoever on earth becomes a partaker of worldly honours is far inferior to the lord Jesus Christ .... He must first descend from his throne and humbly bow his knees before Him, the crucified .... before the ruler of the universe and all creatures .... so that He may raise him from the dust and draw him to His father's heart ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Freedom of belief .... natural explanation .... joyful labour of the soul .... reject ....

B.D. 0582 from September 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

If your prayer is to remain unconstrained, unite yourself in spirit with your heavenly father and let the thoughts come to you, then every mechanical exercise will fall away and you will pray to God in your heart. The lord hears everything, every thought and every longing for Him, and words are therefore not necessary .... On the other hand, all truly good thinking and willing will be blessed.

This connection with the world beyond is the only way through which the lord can make Himself known in such a way that people retain their freedom of faith. An obvious proclamation from above would put them into a state in which they would be forced into a faith even against their will .... And such a directed faith, an acceptance of the doctrine of God through certain coercion, is without success for the soul. This is why God's messages must be conveyed to people in such a way that they are not forced to believe in any way .... The lord certainly has many means to make Himself heard, but as long as the human being has a purely natural explanation for it at the same time, he is completely free to decide to regard something as an act of nature or as God's openly expressed will and then to take a stand on the eternal deity. It is extremely difficult to restore faith to people who have dropped it after a brief examination and wrong judgement, and it takes unspeakable patience and perseverance to steer them again and again towards an area to which they are more hostile, and therefore it always remains a tremendous task to teach such apostate people the profound knowledge of God's love. On the one hand, extremely strong evidence is required, and on the other hand, this evidence must still be within the realms of possibility, because otherwise there could no longer be any talk of faith but the person would have to accept what is obviously presented to him ....

The soul has a wide field of work .... without rest it must be active as it has to utilize earthly life appropriately .... With profound faith and clear realization it has to use all its strength to reach its goal. Yet if it loses time by neglecting its work on earth for lack of realization, it will have to struggle increasingly harder the later it has found it .... It will have too little time for its actual activity and only an extremely strong will will succeed in making up for what it has neglected and working on itself with increased vigour. So now the lord wants to come to the aid of those and give them hints, so that they easily accept faith and through this acquire means of help .... (interruption)

But again there are so many dangers which threaten such a soul if it unwillingly approaches the work which is only meant for its advancement. For it remains in a constant battle with evil forces as long as it does not strive joyfully upwards .... Only when the strong urge to always do only that which is pleasing to God can be felt in the heart will the influences of the evil powers become weaker and finally no longer be able to bother the earthly child at all, for then this power is broken by the heartfelt desire for light, which can only come from above. If the soul is aware of its weakness in its desire for God and sincerely asks for strength, then it will be carried upwards, as it were, by spiritual power .... A soul that asks will have everything at its disposal that is conducive to progress, and once it has realized its task, it will follow it joyfully and eagerly. However, the stronger desire can also apply to matter, and this is the decline or death of the soul .... and completely useless is the time on earth, where only the body comes to its supposed right, but the soul languishes and languishes. And then no thought will turn to the spiritual, rejection, mockery and contempt towards all spiritual subjects and complete emptiness of heart are the characteristics of such erring souls languishing in the shackles of matter. They do not recognize the lord's great goodness and are too far removed from the father of the space .... And if the divinity also works visibly, they prefer to close their eyes and remain in spiritual darkness .... All will see the signs of heaven, but they will only mean what they are supposed to mean to a few .... warning signals of greatest distress .... Those who heed them are not in danger of being completely engulfed by the devastating torrent of fire that is now to pour over humanity .... (interruption)

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Inner humility .... fright and panic for the obstinate ....

B.D. 0583 from September 14th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Above all, take care that you do not fall into the error of valuing yourselves higher than you are in relation to the deity .... This will always mean a lack of love for God, for only those who feel small can find the highest concept of love in God and become a true child of God. It is still up to man to create his own relationship with the eternal deity .... The way he looks at himself will also be the way he acts towards the deity. A child with the right will can completely hand himself over to the father and can then only ever, under the influence of divine love, utilize earthly life powerfully for eternity .... Cast all your cares upon the lord .... If only you would take this to heart .... To know that there is one Who can avert everything .... and then to be able to make yourselves worthy of His help is a comforting thought that makes life on earth far easier to bear .... There is still time for inner repentance, for God's mercy and patience have no limits .... Time and again it tries to draw people's attention and intervenes here and there through strokes of fate in the ranks of people, so that everyone should pay attention to an invisible hand and a supernatural power .... Anyone who only ever gives a little space to such thoughts which point upwards will also find it easy to recognize, yet there are so many who cannot tear themselves away from the world even for moments .... who accept everything with the greatest matter-of-factness and never seek a spiritual explanation for all occurrences .... There it is unspeakably difficult for the spiritual beings to make contact with them in order to be able to work spiritually. In order to come to the aid of these countless souls, even worse things will have to happen on earth if a small spark of light is to light up for them and their thinking is to be stimulated. Behold, there the lord must intervene with increased power .... He must awaken the sluggish from their slumber and instruct them to do their work so that they do not perish in spiritual sluggishness. But even then only a small part of them will seize the lifeline and allow themselves to be guided by knowledge .... And so in the near future the obstinate will be exposed to nameless misery .... Terror and panic will reign among the sluggish, for all these are God's creatures .... He wants to save all of them from their misery and can only do so in such a way that the freedom of will in man remains inviolable. If the lord has expressed Himself so obviously and people carelessly pass by this call of mercy, then the gate of life will remain closed for them and their portion will be death and destruction, for they carelessly rejected God's love ....

Now mankind has been given a clear picture of what will befall it at all times, and yet it has remained the same in its actions and behaviour because it does not respect the word of God for what it is .... But when this word will be fulfilled, then there is still the opportunity to repent, and you will be accepted in the last hour .... Therefore, when the Lord speaks to you, open your eyes and ears and pay attention to His words .... For His word is truth and life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Work of the spiritual forces .... inner life .... grid .... mercy of God .... necessity of sorrow ....

B.D. 0584 from September 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

It is in the power of the most high to create whole worlds .... and it is also possible for Him to dissolve everything into nothingness, but what is of God will never perish, and even if the earth and its inhabitants become entangled in the deepest darkness, it will never be destroyed, but the good forces will immediately seek to win back all beings on earth. An endless battle will be waged against all those powers that oppose this endeavour of the good spiritual forces. Such an endeavour will certainly extend over thousands of years, but divine love will never cease, and this love will ensure that no being will forever distance itself from the supreme deity but will gradually approach its starting point again, albeit over a truly endless period of time .... Without question, the spiritual forces find themselves in situations where all their efforts and labour seem hopeless, but thanks to their perfection they can approach the most difficult problems .... they can initiate people into everything, both in the earthly and in the spiritual realm .... they can first train him to become a person capable of thinking and judgement, put questions into his heart that he seeks to fathom .... they can make the wonders of creation clear to him so that the spirit in him becomes active .... and after a person has been prepared in this way, they approach him with the most important task of life .... They direct his mind upwards towards the eternal creator, and now an awakening of the inner life begins in the quite pre-formed earthly man .... a searching and questioning .... a feeling and sensing. And once the human being has come this far, he is no longer lost for eternity, then the heavenly father Himself puts him in a position to nurture this inner life so that it grows and flourishes and bears fruit. Once a person has reached this stage, he can no longer fall back, for he has eaten the bread of life and will eternally desire it and yet also be satisfied. Only to the weary and sluggish is ascent tremendously difficult, for just as he does nothing to expose his body to any exertion, so he also leaves the soul in permanent inactivity, which is like death. For a spiritually active person is, as it were, at the source of life where he finds refreshment in abundance, yet, as in a desert, no refreshment will beckon to the sluggish person, he will only ever carelessly walk past this .... has no desire for spiritual strengthening, and therefore his soul is constantly in need as long as the body is empty of divine grace. Thus the soul does not leave its shell so easily .... (interruption)

(15.9.1938) This is, so to speak, like a lattice which can only be opened through the mercy and love of others .... If a person does not make himself worthy of this mercy, he cannot be assisted, but again the slightest deed of love is enough to give the soul God's mercy and love. In the sphere of the world beyond only mercy and love can intervene to help, for the soul is unable to do anything on its own .... it must only have the will to separate itself from matter and long upwards .... otherwise, however, it is completely dependent on the love of other spiritual beings or the prayer of earthly people, whereas its earthly existence gives it daily or hourly opportunities to cultivate a field of love for itself which will again bear rich fruit for its life in the beyond and it need not go hungry there. Either the soul leaves earthly life with a treasure of imperishable goods, such as works of love for its neighbour .... Or it stands completely empty at the entrance to eternity and remembers with remorse what it missed out on earth. The state of their helplessness is so extremely oppressive that, if humanity knew about it, they would never be so hardened as to prepare this state for their soul .... but even if they are told, they do not believe it and still remain unteachable, for all otherworldly messages disturb their enjoyment of life and therefore they prefer to deny everything and easily ignore things which come from the realm of the invisible. The world wants to be dealt with harshly .... with all love and kindness alone the divine saviour achieves nothing, for they do not hear this voice of love or deliberately ignore it .... then only such events can still bring help which shake the calm of man, that he only then realizes that he does not live arbitrarily on earth, but that everything must have its well-considered reason and final purpose .... If God is not heard in His love, then He must let the human being feel His power so that the resistance will be broken and he will recognize the greatness of the one Who created him ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Word of God .... work .... bread of life .... power ....

B.D. 0585 from September 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 12

Whoever believes Me in everything will always be blessed .... But work on yourselves is a prerequisite for this, for only through this will it be possible for you to recognize. Behold, so many have the will to enter into eternal glory but do not consider that they must also strive for it immediately and that the incomparably beautiful reward must also be attained.

They only take everything in with their ears and put it aside again at will, whereas they should allow My words to penetrate deep into their hearts and only ever live by them. Only then is My word the true life .... And that is why a true master of his life can be called the one who takes My word as his guiding principle and endeavours to fulfil My will, to keep My commandments and thus cultivate love. And then My word is the source of all his vitality .... it is My guiding word which introduces him to eternal truth, which he now recognizes because My word gives him the strength to do so. Thus you need only always endeavour to listen to Me and you will be guided into all truth through My word and will no longer be able to go astray. Through the ether waves you will hear the voice of the one Who is in you, around you and above you .... And you walk as it were as receivers of this voice on earth and have no idea how the spirit of God already embraces you, no longer leaving you out, you who give yourselves to Me .... If only you are willing to hear My word you are accepted into the circle of My angels and will henceforth be able to do nothing against My will if you trustingly hand yourselves over to Me .... Put your ear to My heart and hear the voice: under your hand the work will arise which shall testify anew to the world of My love, and you are instructed to let the divine spirit speak in you in order to bring the promised solution to a new world of peace, which is that everyone shall share in the glory of God who lives according to My word. For he will see no boundaries between earth and heaven .... he will be able to walk unhindered from this world to the beyond, he will be allowed to let his gaze wander into all glory and nothing will remain hidden from him, for those who have My word have the strength and this strength allows them to overcome everything that stands in the way between earth and the heavenly paradise. And this word of Mine will endure for all eternity .... But you endeavour to absorb it as the true bread of life, for it will lead you over into the spheres of paradise and prepare eternal bliss for you ....

Amen

Lorber Great Gospel of John Volume 8 Chapter 189/Verse 20, read on 22.9.1938

"For truly I say to you: A pure and spiritually strong man is a lord of the spirits of nature, thus also a lord over the elements and also over all animals, plants and minerals, whatever kind and species they may be. For if a soul is filled with the spirit of God, in whom dwells all power and strength from God, he can also command all nature, and even the mountains must bow before the power of his will and his undoubted faith and trust in the one true almighty God."

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

The great of the world .... Security for life .... Struggle for the soul .... Prayer ....

B.D. 0597 from September 26th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

And the great ones of the world will realize that they are small and powerless and cannot do anything on their own that could improve their situation. And if they do not reflect on their origin out of God, they will not find a way out of their misery ..... Only the one who is aware of this has the means in his hand, because he will trustingly turn to the One who created him and present his plight to him .... and also find there the help he hopes for. The others, however, wander restlessly through hardship and danger and find no way out, because they close themselves in false pride.

The condition will be especially agonizing for all those to whom the world has offered a lot so far. Their only concern is to find an adequate security for the later life, and they do not consider that this life can already be finished another day .... they do not consider how much more valuable it is to provide for the peace of the soul than for the security of the body. For in the former, they can leave life every day with the guarantee of exchanging it for a better hereafter ..... The security of earthly life, however, never guarantees the same in the hereafter.

And so such a soul will always leave earth in need and find an empty place over there, wherever it wants to take up residence ..... In the struggle for existence on earth, it is always advisable to consider the soul first and to lead the struggle primarily for the soul, then the body need never fear to be considered disadvantageously on earth, because then all sufferings are unnecessary for such an earthly child, which without these, already finds it's way to the Father and has recognized the advancement of it's soul as important.

Therefore, earthly knowledge, earthly power and reputation will not bring any advantage to the soul, but every human child must strive for this equally eagerly, whether high or low, whether poor or rich. No-one can easily or carelessly gain entrance into eternal bliss ..... All face the same work, which only free will can overcome and accomplish. And every human being can only be helped to fulfill his earthly task by heartfelt prayer .... Whoever thinks himself too exalted to ask God for help, will certainly be great on earth, but one of the last in eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Response to Catholic clergy .... Poem ....

B.D. 0598 from September 28th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

As you are instructed, so you shall walk your way on earth. You may face many dangers, but these are permitted from above for the purpose of strengthening the will, and so only move all your worries in your heart before God, and leave yourself to His protection, and all these dangers will prove to be small and will be victoriously overcome by you. And now lend your ear to the Divine voice and hear:

The same way will be shown to all those who are prejudiced against Him today, and therefore know that the will of the Lord directed you and you only carried out His order, which should also bring a light to those who have the will to always do and teach what is right. And how often will the Spirit of God therefore still descend on the people .... The truth will be desired and searched for, and people everywhere will not be spared inner soul struggles, and this is what the eternal Deity aims at .... that man lifts his thoughts to God and asks for the light of truth from Him. If you only teach each other in the doctrine adopted from your fathers and do not consider that the Lord alone guarantees you pure truth, you will only always remain in error .... For the Lord has placed all power in His Word, which came forth from Himself, but has not extended the same power to subsequently changed teaching under His name.

How manifoldly the Lord reveals Himself and His will, and how little these revelations are accepted. The will of man opposes His teachings, and the call from on high goes unheard ..... And the few, who follow him, find no faith with the people. And so the Divinity will now express itself even more visibly, and the willingness of His, will support Him with full will ..... It will therefore by no means be an act of complete expression of will, but only a complete subordination to the Divine will of one's own accord. Every experience of the individual should be an indication of the incessant activity and work of the Godhead ..... Thus, God must also distribute His power and grace where purely spiritual and Divine problems are to be clarified.

And everyone should consider this and make full use of the Divine grace for himself, which always happens through heartfelt prayer. If the Lord has given you prayer, you can also be without worry ..... He keeps His promises and promises strength to those who ask Him for it .... Seek and ye shall find .... Knock and it shall be opened unto you .... Where would the Deity be, who would let a child call for help in vain ....? This God is only in the sense of those who have not recognized Him correctly. But the Father, Whom the child calls, bends Himself lovingly towards him at all times and does not let his prayer go unheard. And if you do not trust, you cannot be helped, in faith in Him lies the power and the fulfillment of prayer.

Have God before your eyes and in your heart .... These words contain everything .... Take insight into His creation, and you will receive Him faithfully into your heart .... And if you can embrace Him with your heart, He will also embrace you with all power and will no longer let you out. And then you will understand everything that the world cannot understand .... His goodness, His long-suffering, His mercy .... you recognize your weakness and become strong in it .... from now on you are safe at the Father's heart ....

He protects you so that you do not stumble, and abides in you with His grace. And therefore you shall not fear, for you are incredibly strong in the Spirit of the Lord. He helps Himself to your mouth, if you willingly give Him your heart, and whoever serves Him with his whole soul is His instrument here on earth. He directs your steps according to His will, He lets you speak according to His will and also grants you His power to confirm His word. And this is His love, which expresses itself through eternal times .... which asks for you and will never stop until all eternity ....

(If your heart has quietly turned to Me .... Then My will leads you to the promised land .... For your days on earth it shall be your light .... So that you will not lack the strength to follow Me .... I will guide you on the way to eternal life .... And help you that your striving is eternal .... Only the transfiguration of Jesus .... as the Son of God .... Whom all angels serve at His throne .... That you now and forever .... Only Him you are ready to serve .... Who will reveal all glory to you .... Who then fulfills all your longings .... That you may behold His face .... That you may be with Me in the light ....)

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Depression .... Spiritual and physical apathy ....

B.D. 0599 from September 30th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Pay attention to every depression affecting you and always regard it as the means used by the Lord in order to submit the soul to His will. Behold, you humans would yield to a certain amount of spiritual sluggishness without a second thought were you not subjected to moods which affect your thinking. To discover the reason for depression in order to resolve it can only ever be spiritually beneficial, for the human being's task is to be constantly active so as not to diminish in his vigour, and this applies both to the body as well as to the person's spirit. Once the state of diminished vigour has occurred, spiritual as well as physical activity is likely to wane and this would always signify a decline, which divine wisdom seeks to prevent, providing the earthly child willingly complies with every encouragement and prevention. The danger of such a decline is too great to be overlooked; on the contrary, it must be fought by using all available means, which therefore very wisely happens by subjecting a person to depressions which, in turn, give cause for reflection and exert an invigorating effect on body and spirit. Someone who always regards and understands such depressions as a revival for spirit and body will derive utmost benefit from them .... He will monitor from which side he is at risk and protect himself even before the state of inertia occurs .... This is how the Lord protects His Own from weariness and at the same time combines it with an educational purpose .... of increased vigorous activity .... with thoughtful introspection as to how small and inadequate the earthly being actually is, and in so doing the human being regains his inner humility when he is at risk of losing it. Divine wisdom must frequently intervene if the soul's improvement is to progress steadily. You humans are so weak and without perseverance .... Were it left up to you alone, without the support of divine grace, any progress would be hard. Nothing in the world lasts forever .... eternal alternation and alteration keep everything continually active. The spirit must therefore also be constantly stimulated and God deals with this in a manifold and frequently changing way. Yet always bearing the benefit of the children on earth in mind and taking care of them according to their need, often in painful but also in uplifting ways .... However, the only decisive factor is the effect the events or feelings exert on the human being's spirit. A person rarely succeeds in overcoming all hurdles in life with the same ease .... Many a time his strength will leave him and then visible help must come from above, but it frequently expresses itself such that it is not gladly welcomed .... that is, in the shape of emotional depressions which so burden the earthly child that it will try to master them and thereby liberate itself from the impending danger of inertia. Then it will try twice as hard to fulfil God's will .... it will aim to attain a state of inner peace again and can only achieve this through increased activity. Consequently, every depression, if it seems to burden the earthly child, also includes a certain blessing providing it is recognised as such ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Faith...

B.D. 0600 from October 1st 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Behold, My child, you must have complete trust in Me if I am to perform the miracle on you and train you to be a teacher of My Word, for the power of My Word can only fill you if you accept it in deepest faith. See, what reveals itself to you is always only my spirit. But how can I take residence in a heart before it opens itself to Me in deepest faith. My Spirit should be felt by you as completely true to life .... every little word should tell you of My love, only then will the essence of the Divinity reveal Itself to you, and only then will the power of God work in you.

All awakening of the spiritual powers in you is only an expression of the Spirit of God; where man cannot completely devote himself to faith, a stagnation will occur until faith is strengthened. Now your will is exceedingly strong and always helps where faith becomes weak, but if you accept My Word as unbroken truth, you will grow beyond yourself and be a blessed disciple of My name. Behold, My child, first observe the conduct of a faithless man ..... Does he not have every reason to despair of life, if nothing teaches him the connection with the hereafter? And how deficient is his trust in help .... how empty his life, if faith does not sustain him?

But a true child of God accepts everything from the hand of the Father with surrender, he believes and trusts and is therefore never without help. And so faith and trust is the first thing that has to be won by man, only then he can build up all spiritual knowledge on it. That My will directs you, is likewise only to be understood through faith .... How else would you like to prove this? You must be pointed to My love and My care for you by faith .... again you have no proofs for it, only the firm faith ..... Faith is the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Because without faith, you don't recognize your end and also don't live for eternity .... but you only see life in it's real condition, which only makes you highly dissatisfied during your earthly existence.

But through faith even the deepest sorrow is soothed, the greatest suffering is alleviated and hopelessness is transformed into confidence. That is why you will only learn to love Me in all fervor when you believe with all your heart. What else is faith than recognising Me ....? If you believe that I am, then you are in the middle of knowledge .... and then everything else will be easy for you .... you will show Me respect and honor by striving to do My will and keeping My commandments .... you will show Me love, and your most fervent desire will be to be united with Me .... But you will achieve all this only through My Word .... accept My Word .... let nothing else work in you but this My Word ....

Then you must believe and therefore also love, and then you will be My children forever. For if an earthly child sees the Father in Me, it's faith is not easy to shake .... every word, which comes to it, it accepts without doubt, because the Father considers his child truthfully. He will not lead it on the wrong path or let it go the wrong way .... Therefore, My child, let your will be followed by action, immerse yourself in My Word and believe that I protect every one of My children from all danger of body and soul when this child is filled with desire for its Father .... and always pay attention to the inner voice which sounds sweetly to those who love Me, because My love reveals to them how they reach Me and remain Mine until all eternity.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Words from Father .... God’s teaching .... God’s children ....

B.D. 0601 from October 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 13

So you, My children, see everything on earth summarized in a doctrine which is not very convincing to you and you are not able to make it your own, because in listening to this doctrine alone, wisdom can never be imparted to you, but first you must try to get rid of all earthly thoughts which are completely apart from My doctrine and which also can never be brought into harmony with it. Everything that is from God also presupposes a Divine attitude ..... But what is of the world, will always only condition worldly thinking, and thus all Divine gifts are without deep effect on the human heart as long as it is not received with spiritual striving.

The more insightful his thoughts turn to the pure teaching of God, the sooner man is also able to live according to this teaching, and as soon as My word is also followed by action, it has truly come alive and is of such power that you also recognize it as the pure Word of God ..... That you can never resist this teaching and accept it in your heart without reservation, that you serve Me with all love and are thus spiritually reborn to My infinite joy. For who has found to Me, is received by Me with joy, and his share is light from the eternal Light.

As children of God, you remain eternally close to Me and work with Me and through Me continuously according to My will ..... And so I guarantee you fullest entry into My glory, if you only accept My teaching and never turn away from it, whatever may threaten you from outside. You dear little ones do not consider the great danger you are in if you separate yourselves from Me ..... My love will always and forever seek you and point you to the only way of faith in Me, your Lord and Saviour.

Oh hear My voice .... Do not let yourselves be beguiled by the world, which only robs you of your time, which should be dedicated to the work on your soul .... The hand of God guides you all and again to where you hear My voice .... Give in to the urge of your heart and stay where I call you .... because I will touch your heart that you also feel My nearness, and when a quiet thought arises in you that you are protected in My care .... when you feel that your heart wants to lean towards Me, then know that I speak to you and offer you My love .... know that now the Father desires you and wants to receive you as His children into His kingdom.

And turn away from all earthly desires .... let all your thoughts and aspirations be for the return to the Father's house .... turn your prayer to Me, and I will refresh you with My word and refresh you with My grace .... I want to give you all My love and draw you to Me, and your whole earthly life will be easy if you only use it to fulfill My will, to keep My commandments and to come close to Me ..... My love will take hold of you with all power, and you will be blessed in this love already on earth and one day in eternity.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Earthly dispositions .... God's destiny .... Distress and calamity ....

B.D. 0602 from October 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Everything goes the course of it's destiny according to God's wisdom, and if the world believes to be able to act on it's own authority, it will indeed do so as far as it is authorized to do so by free will, but this action will always have an effect on the individual according to God's will. Therefore decrees can still be made and yet ..... These will only ever affect the human being if such is permitted by God, and thus he who closely unites himself with the Father need never fear, for his protection will protect the earth child from every evil.

Only those people fall victim to the earthly orders who rebel against the Divine Lord, because these have to ask for help against it from above by pressure and hardness on the part of man, and therefore those are also admitted although they do not find the approval of the Divine Lord in themselves. The more the hustle and bustle of the world turns to earthly interests, the more shallow will people's thinking be .... and the less will God oppose His will to the hustle and bustle of the world, which through compulsion and hardship, plunges mankind into distress and misery. As long as the spirit of love does not rule on earth, no improvement can be achieved, and tribulation and hardship will be the only means to bring people to their senses and to direct them to faith in a true God of love.

People try in every possible way to put themselves in possession of goods, because they regard these goods as the epitome of their striving on earth. And the more they drive the soul into the danger of losing itself completely. With all the distress of the soul, only one means is to be used, to come into the state of complete helplessness through great bodily distress, so that a glow of bright light may then shine on man in the darkest night, he may pursue it and, with good will, be completely enlightened. And so the Divinity cannot protect you completely from physical misery and disaster until you reflect on yourselves, on your earthly task and on your relationship with the heavenly Father.

Remember these words in times of trouble and call to the Father ..... In His mercy, He will at all times hear the call from the depths and save you from all harm, if you are concerned not only about your physical well-being, but first about your spiritual well-being. For this alone the Father lets all suffering come upon you .... but will also take it away from you when the soul has recognized and the earthly life is not of value to man, whereas he fears for his soul's salvation .... Then the Father will intervene and let you come out of all hardship without harm, and you will bless the suffering that brought about your salvation from eternal death, and there will be no end to praise and thanksgiving to God ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Cause and effect from spiritual experience ....

B.D. 0603 from October 3rd 1938, taken from Book No. 13

All spiritual experience is cause and effect at the same time. The attentive man can observe at any time that the spiritual experience must be preceded by some event, according to which his thought-direction has just taken the way to the height ..... From this thinking then a spiritual immersion in questions arose, concerning the eternal Godhead .... such questions forced the human being to believe in a power, which so to speak expresses itself in every human being .... Faith ignited in the human heart the God-spark of love, and by the love, the spirit was again animated. Only a few realize how blessed is the path that an earthly child walks in the beginning of recognition ....

To have entered the bridge which reaches over into the eternal kingdom is of incalculable advantage for the earthly child, for it is spared the unspeakable struggle in the hereafter, and on entering the hereafter it can also soon pass over into regions of light and leave behind all suffering on earth. But now the question forces itself on humans, which fate is given to those, which separated themselves always willingly from the matter, which demanded nothing from the world and it's joys, but stood also just as indifferently opposite to the spiritual world ..... These were both spiritually and physically sluggish and found their satisfaction in the state of complete inertia, their body was indeed little captivated by earthly desire, but also their spiritual well-being was not particularly close to their hearts .... but they were content with the most meager life on this earth.

Such people must have extraordinarily strong inner experiences which shake them out of this lethargy of body and soul, so that then the actual activity begins and they now devote themselves fully to their task. Once the spirit has revealed itself to them, then the person also attentively takes in everything that follows .... He observes now attentively all events around him, begins to think and draws now from each experience his use for the soul.

And then the state sets in where the spiritual experience works itself out in diligent activity on himself .... on his soul, and then man will not make a one-sided judgment in every situation of life, but he will always be mindful of the fact that all threads go out from God, that therefore nothing is sent or permitted by God which does not serve spiritual maturity .... thus every earthly event should also simultaneously set the spirit in activity to finally be guided by it into all wisdom and to be able to completely fulfill the task already on earth. For what man already achieves on earth, is immensely beneficial for the soul and will be felt extremely beneficially when leaving the earthly shell, so that the soul may enter the eternal kingdom without any obstacles .... the kingdom of peace .....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Intelligences ....

B.D. 0604 from October 5th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Through the universe, incessantly spiritually impressed material intelligences buzz, which possess an immensely quick comprehension and perceive every spiritual current and use it for their own best interest. These intelligences are also endowed with a power which is expressed in the formation of new beings ..... It is like a secret mission, which grips all these entities, that they must be active in the new formation of beings, in order to establish so-called bonds between spiritual power and material embodiment. All these intelligences have one thing in common - they join every form without resistance - in order to penetrate it completely little by little and thus to form spiritually animated bodies, whose sense and purpose is to produce continuously out of themselves the tiniest living beings and thus to animate the universe with innumerable creatures.

If now the people oppose this process with doubts, then also every further explanation will appear unacceptable to them because in the end nothing in the universe is so simple in it's origin that the human with his capacity could understand this, and nevertheless creation has so many inexplicable phenomena to show, that man as such is too small to form for himself a truthfully clear picture of it, and all effort would be in vain if the spirit in him did not unveil such miracles. What remains now to the human being but to believe or to have to stretch out the arms ....

If he resists faith, then only one solution remains - to set the limits of earthly knowledge there, where seeing and hearing has an end. Only then he will also have no urge to prepare himself, i.e. his soul .... for a higher goal; He remains with his thoughts on earth and fathoms only that what is comprehensible for him, but remains completely far away from a spiritual experience. And nevertheless man is carrier of innumerable intelligences and is occupied by them far more than is apparent.

For even if man refuses to acknowledge spiritual power, even if he rejects with full consciousness a supernatural activity .... he will not be able to prevent that also his own thoughts digress into infinity, because the very intelligences hidden in him drive him to it .... because the actual life in him are effects of those very intelligences. It is from this fact that so many people find satisfaction only when their thinking becomes spiritualized.

What nothing in the earthly life brings about .... to give man an inner peace .... those beings can bring about to a great extent, as well as they can determine man to give his thoughts the direction upwards .... The power of these intelligences sometimes goes so far that the surroundings of man are also permeated by them, especially when all resistance in man is broken and he willingly yields to the strong urge. Then there is eternally no decline to fear, because everything spiritual strives towards the Spirit of God .... it finds the soul back to the eternal Light .... to the eternal Divinity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Work of love towards enemies ....

B.D. 0605 from October 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Let it be your concern to do good also to your enemies, and take heed that every work of love, no matter how small, is blessed threefold .... It helps you to remove the sting of enmity .... it helps you to grace yourselves, and it reawakens counter-love in those to whom you do good. And you thereby make a sacrifice of self-conquest. You have time and leisure enough to prepare yourselves for such an act of love for your neighbor, wherever you are in enmity with him. It may be difficult for you at first, but gradually the inner voice will make it easier for you. It will speak to you well and will not be silent until you have carried out the work of love .....

And the only danger then is that you do not realize what an unspeakably beneficial effect such a work of love has, if the adversary does not want to admit that your love benefits him .... then you are easily discouraged and inclined to refrain from further works of love .... and do not believe how erroneous this view is. You do not recognize the spiritual blessing so clearly, but for the soul it is of unnameable value, and any lukewarmness of which you are guilty, you will one day bitterly regret. In the spiritual world, work is constantly being done to shape people into peace-loving beings, to bridge enmity and to transform hatred and unkindness towards each other into love and kindness.

As valuable as the work for each other is, it is unspeakably damaging when people stand opposed to each other in hatred and enmity. This destroys all spiritual fellowship between people, and souls who turn away from each other always in an effort to harm each other get so deeply entangled in the nets of the adversary that it becomes more and more difficult for them to free themselves from them and this is only possible through mutually performed works of love. Striving upward with enmity in the heart is not easily possible, first it must be eradicated .... man must try to remove all hatred and resentment from the heart and then establish a good relationship in the same measure.

Then all assistance will be granted to them, and for the time of their earthly life, they are ensured of the help of the good spiritual forces, which protect them from renewed hostilities and thus also the soul from setbacks in it's work on itself. Therefore, always observe this commandment to love your enemies and do good to them, so you will gain immeasurably in spiritual treasures for eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Function of unbound entities .... Life-awakening activity ....

B.D. 0606 from October 7th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

The further life will be shaped in such a way that you will not lack the will to do what is the order of the Most High. And so you will certainly let your will speak, but in full agreement with the will of God. Therefore, no misgivings will hold you back from your spiritual activity, no doubts will worry you, but you will completely submit to the will of God and thus also find the strength necessary for all your actions. All work will then be carried out in the manner as it is in the sense of the heavenly Father, therefore only always keep full of trust in all words that come to you, and remain fully assured that the Lord guides you wisely and does not let you go astray.

But now begin: Where in the atmosphere a permanent life expresses itself, this life is promoted incessantly by forces which are subject to the will of God. These are mostly unformed .... i.e. unbound beings, to which the task falls to work animatedly. The natural instinct, which is inherent in the smallest creatures, is a function of these unbound entities, and thus here again a spiritual power comes to light, which is difficult to make understandable to you humans. Only this much you know - that all creatures carry out an always constant busy activity, but all in different kind. You watch the activity of the smallest living beings .... you must recognize a regularity of their activity assigned to them by the Creator and yet you cannot explain to yourselves the immediate cause of this activity.

This is only understandable if you accept the explanation that for the awakening of the smallest life-spirits, the direct influence of the Spirit of God is conditional .... that everything what lives in this world is seized by the Spirit of God .... and the innumerable most minute entities out of God must fulfill their task in the whole of creation ..... And each of them eagerly fulfills this task. The term "life" always includes a further development .... but never a persistence in it. What lives, must change continuously, both in it's external form and in it's spiritual nature. Thus also the smallest creature must go it's course of development from the moment of emergence, up to the end of the life ....

It goes the way of it's prescribed development, and has reached the highest degree in this embodiment, then the life as such is finished, and another form waits for the already more mature spiritual substance to be revived by it. And innumerable such soul substances again unite into larger living beings, and always the atmosphere is filled with such souls looking forward to embodiment .... and therefore also the atmosphere surrounding you humans filled with life, because the life-giving power is in everything always surrounding you .... in the air, in the water, in the rain, in the wind, you take in this power with every breath and become physically fresh and strengthened by it, because it provides you with the substances you need to live ....

All the well-being which you feel when you abandon yourselves in the open air to the good effect of such influxes from outside, is a proof of the life-awakening activity of all these entities, which, in a bound state, drive innumerable living beings to their activity willed by the Creator .... yet exert a favorable influence on all large and small living beings in an unbound state, securing for them the supply of all vital elements which they need for their existence.

There is not one of such beings without activity, the omnipotence of God drives each one to carry out the will of God, and this consists in the continuous animation of all creative activity. The Lord, Who gave life to every being, unceasingly ensures that this is also preserved, even if in an ever different form, and this uninterrupted activity is also at the same time a perpetual ascent .... who rightly recognizes this, will then look at himself in the same sense, and his attention will be directed to the miracle of life, which reveals itself in every individual .... And he will sing honor and praise to his Creator, Whom he now recognizes in all greatness ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

The Lord's co-workers .... Precondition .... Chosen people ....

B.D. 0607 from October 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Whoever thirsts for the truth, the Savior gives him words of eternal life. A pure heart and a receptive mind are the prerequisites for hearing these words. Likewise, all senses must be directed to God, then the thinking of the earthly child will be spiritualized in such a way that the Spirit of God can now make Itself known and from this connection of the Spirit of God with the soul life of man, an undreamt-of advantage arises. It is always only a question of time whether man wants to take the deepest wisdom from these proclamations or is content with less ..... Working on oneself, also increases receptivity. The firm will and deep faith are also necessary to be able to penetrate into the depths of Divine wisdom.

And so the whole being of man must undergo a slow transformation, if he wants to be active as a co-worker of the Lord on earth, to be instructed by Him and to be guided into all wisdom. Thus, only the right perseverance is needed to achieve the greatest success, because every work is worth it's reward. But the blessing that pours over the earthly child from such work, is unspeakably great. Few will be able to fulfill such an office, because the things that cannot be grasped with one's hands, make them falter again and again and therefore they do not devote themselves to this work full of confidence. Then, of course, it cannot be expected that the first attempts will bring high results to light, but man must practice diligent work, patience and perseverance, if he wants to be a faithful co-worker of the Lord and receive heaven's reward. There have certainly been people on earth at all times who stood in the most intimate relationship to God, and these had been made recognizable by God at all times through extraordinary work, so that His grace was visibly expressed.

Those people, however, were mostly standing outside the church, i.e. outside of what mankind had built up in false knowledge. They had found the way to God in their innermost hearts and in the deepest attachment to the Divine Savior, had placed their lives completely in the will of God, and to these the Lord revealed Himself and gave them the crown of life already on earth. These were in most cases confessors of the pure word of God, but abhorring all externals, all pomp and self-love, and so in the midst of falsehood and lies, they found the right way to God and were therefore also strengthened by extraordinary proofs of grace at all times ....

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Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

True disciples and their lot .... Sandy Desert .... The fountain and the birth of Life ....

B.D. 0608 from October 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

But at any time also these My true disciples were opposed by the people denying Me, wanting to destroy My teaching. Many a false presentation of My teaching caused mankind's mind to turn away from it and My true disciples were not listened to, who could truly offer them gold instead of stones. Where the presumption of people went so far that even My name was used as a cover for false teachings, there no pure teaching could be preserved, because the foundation had become dilapidated and what was built by human hands could never claim My blessing. Quietly and eagerly, believingly and with a loving heart, however, My true disciples preached Christianity .... and whoever accepted this teaching, entered My kingdom ....

The work, which now arises under your hand, is again based on My will to make the source of life accessible to mankind. The wrong ways, which lead you away from the right way, will lead you into the sandiest desert, where burning thirst, weariness and agonizing death is your lot ..... But you may refresh yourselves at My spring ..... You will then continue the right way without effort until you enter the gate of eternal life. Therefore pay attention to the signs .... pay attention to those who show you the way to the birth of life and do not remain in the sandy desert where then the fountain .... the pure Word of God .... is so close to you. It is announced to you humans again and again that you are God's creatures .... so recognize Me as your Father, so that I can consider you to also become and remain My true disciples until all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Activity of the beings .... Reminder .... Love ....

B.D. 0609 from October 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

To remain in always the same environment, would let the innumerable beings become inactive, therefore again and again another place of stay is determined for them, in which again new tasks wait for them and they can develop higher in another direction. Therefore these beings do not always remain in the same activity, but only as long as a certain spiritual stage is reached, which then allows a transition into another sphere. Thus, even the smallest living being, apart from the task of enlivening God's work of creation, has to fulfill the far greater task of perfecting itself. It is forced to fulfill it's task, it cannot fight against God's will and has to go the way of higher development.

The soul is also deprived of any recollection when it takes residence in the human flesh-body as the last embodiment. For the consciousness of it's previous long walk would put it, so to speak, into a state of compulsion, in which man would then fulfill the will of God out of fear and dread of having to go this way again and thus, as an unfree being, could never reach the degree of sonship with God ..... and therefore also not to become similar to God, what however should be the first and last striving of every man. So you now also understand how wise the orders of the Divine Creator are, that all knowledge about the before and the after is veiled to you ....

A complete knowledge of it excludes a free, uninfluenced way of acting of the human being. Man will always try to get the greatest benefit from everything he does. But his walk on earth should be guided by love, which does not seek any earthly advantage ..... What is done for the sake of a reward, is not valuable before God - but what man accomplishes out of love, is blessed and will also bring it's reward. The simplest event in human life can, because it is permeated with love, outweigh years of work of earthly value, and likewise, no man can avoid working on his soul .... He must, if he wants to reach the goal, be continuously active ....

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Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Incorrigible .... Curse of Mammon .... Love ....

B.D. 0610 from October 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

It is My most holy will that from now on, only one name rules the world empire .... no power of the world shall be able to boast to have power over the earth and it's inhabitants because My love will stand by all. Only where the urge downwards is so strong that My love is rejected, there the darkness shall hold it's harvest, because these are not worth mercy, since they spurn My hand, which wants to save them from the abyss of hell. All resistance would have to break through My love all-power, and only beings of truly devilish mind, spurn this love. What is incorrigible, must bear the consequences of the rigid mind and remain banished from Me forever.

Behold Mammon and it's danger .... It contaminates mankind, and it gives itself into the hands of evil, and nothing can save it from this but love. As soon as a loving heart approaches such a lost soul and dedicates itself to it, the power of evil is diminished, and deep love wrests this soul from darkness. And therefore only love can be the true helper in such trouble, only love is the overwhelming power which wrests the souls from the adversary and leads them to the light ..... And this power is so strong that it will triumph over all power of evil.

Wherever your weapon is love, you are victorious against the enemy, and where My love calls you as fighters, an army will arise, so strong and powerful that the enemy will tremble, that in his ranks, confidence is shaken and the power is broken. For even if hatred is strong, love is far more powerful .... Where hate destroys, love rebuilds .... Where hate wounds, love is healing power .... and where the kingdom of God is to be destroyed by the hatred of the enemy, there love will build it up and fortify it, teach God's Word and spread it .... Love will sacrifice where hatred consumes, it will know no other goal than to serve God. And so love will overcome everything because it is the power out of God. The more intimately you love Me, the stronger I will penetrate you ....

I will draw everything to Me so that the world with it's efforts will be put to shame and the enemy of light, pushed into the utmost darkness, will not be able to harm those who have not yet completely fallen prey to him. For I want to meet them with My love, and if they recognize Me, they will willingly follow Me and escape the snares of the adversary ..... For no-one resists the power of My love .... and this love lasts forever and does not let any of My beings perish, which only hold the smallest spark of God's Spirit in them ..... My love grasps these and draws them to Me .... And from the power of evil I want to redeem all souls, because My love does not want that what once was light from the eternal light, would be lost forever ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Earth Destination .... Spiritual experience .... Prayer and Will ....

B.D. 0611 from October 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Man has only one destiny on earth, but this is so important that man must not become careless and should only live what corresponds to this destiny. Nothing in the area of the spiritual is unimportant, because only through the spiritual experience he can achieve what he is on earth for. The placing in earthly things, completely separated from the spiritual, must first let him seek, and the Spirit out of God, which dwells in him, will also always urge him to be spiritually active, but man must give his consent by virtue of his free will, only then can the spirit detach itself from it's cover and pursue it's ultimate goal, the union with God.

And this is the real earthly work of man, that he, although bound to matter, voluntarily loosens the connection and instead seeks the closest connection with the Spirit of God .... As the spirit formerly detached itself from it's Creator in the desire to rule and usurp all power, so now the same way is to be gone back in all humility and love to the Father of the universe .... The soul should find it's way home to the Father's house, and that is why life on earth was given to it. In order to be able to fulfill such a task, however, the power of man is too small, because that which surrounds the soul and holds it captive, is also a power which opposes the Divine power.

So now the Divine power must be called upon as assistance, so that it gives strength in the fight against the hostile power. And this goes thereupon in inexhaustible measure to the earthly child. Therefore, prayer to the heavenly Father is the first and most important thing, without which you can never find the way up. It is the weapon in the fight, your power and your strength. And if you use prayer diligently, then you can also never be defeated, because now also all other aids are offered to you .... you are made attentive, how you can easily and quickly free yourselves from the power which still holds you in bonds. You only need to always pray and want, and the assistance will be granted to you so obviously by pointing out your task and the way how you can reach the eternal home.

Only pay attention to the spiritual in you and distance yourself with full will from matter, the pleasures and temptations of the world, then man pursues his true destiny on earth and can achieve infinitely great and valuable things .... the reunion with the Spirit of God, from Whom he separated in false knowledge. Let this serve as a reminder to you that you should never forget to pray, but turn to your Father daily and hourly in the spirit, so that He may provide you with strength and grace to fulfill your destiny on earth .....

Amen

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Fight against Christianity .... Submission questions to God Himself .... Responsibility of the soul ....

B.D. 0612 from October 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

The Lord has decided to take the greatest possible retribution when His will is no longer acknowledged and His name is mocked ..... For among mankind, all reverence for the eternal Godhead has been extinguished, and only earthly power, wealth and rank still rule. One applies force to the true confessor of His name and believes to be deprived of any justification towards Him .... Certain circles even try to shake the foundations of Christianity by denying the Author of it and questioning His existence altogether. At present, they have countless followers who find such an explanation pleasant and comfortable and therefore do not hesitate to adopt this view and likewise reject everything that is connected with Jesus Christ as the Redeemer of mankind.

These people give themselves such a great indictment of poverty, they do not give themselves an account, because their inner voice would guide them in the right direction .... In return, they let something be taken from them that everyone should first submit to their own judgment. Only if the human being connects a serious striving with the will to fathom the truth, he can get clarity about what is the doctrine of God and what is the doctrine of man ..... Who lets this great question resound in the human heart .... who seriously strives to acknowledge the Divinity, if He proves Himself as such to the earthly child, he will not be left without answer for a long time, because the heavenly Father sends help to such searching souls very soon ..... He also lets them find the way where they will get clarity about such and similar questions.

Whoever earnestly desires to be enlightened about the nature of Christ, will soon receive such a clear and comprehensible picture of the Savior, that his doubts will vanish and he will surrender to the teachings of Christ with full conviction. And so only people should present this question to the heavenly Father Himself, so they would not get into the danger to turn away completely from the Saviour of mankind. Everything breathes God's goodness and love .... where man asks in error or ignorance, there he is lovingly led to the way of truth .... but to reject out of one's own intellectual wisdom, will lead to ever greater error ....

But what the human being believes to recognize as an individual, is left to him .... who however wants to talk up his own opinion full of conviction also to the fellow human being, is a great sinner before God and the people. The lot of his own soul is unspeakably sad if he is on the wrong path; But to have been responsible for the fate of fellow human beings is irresponsible, and God's judgment will be sent to them while they are still on earth, so that they will realize that the Lord does not allow His name to be mocked and does not tolerate the salvation of countless fellow human beings to be endangered.

For if you take earthly goods from man, this is not right before God .... But how will you answer for yourselves, you who take the eternal kingdom from your fellow man .... He who is weak listens to his fellow man and thoughtlessly accepts what brings him the greatest harm for his soul .... Therefore beware to persuade these weak in spirit of your opinion, if you do not want to be punished in the most sensitive way still in the earthly life .... because the Lord has the power over everything in heaven and on earth .... He will also know how to protect His Word, and this will not pass away until all eternity and will bear witness to Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Redeemer of mankind ....

Amen

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Heavenly locks .... Adversity .... Father's Words ....

B.D. 0613 from October 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Leave all your worries and only trustingly devote yourself to this work. See, whoever is active for Me, I already direct him according to My will, and where resistance arises purely outwardly, I am near you with My care and love. These heavy thoughts come to you only to spur you on to ever more intensive activity, for lukewarmness and carelessness do not promote this work, but only willing absorption at all times can ensure progress. Leave all your worries to Me, I want to take them from you, but they are sometimes necessary to cheer up the spirit. So also today a proclamation goes to you, in wise foresight of what is coming, destined to give you comfort and strength:

The floodgates of heaven will open anew, and whole regions will be in trouble and distress. The Father's mercy only sends this distress upon the earthly people in order to save for eternity those of good will. In this time, all otherwise active forces in My order .... will freeze, all confidence in the rule of nature will dwindle, people will be at the mercy of the powers from above, so that hearts must turn to God if they want help from their misery. The thought of death in the middle of life is so terrible to them that they will certainly ask for the preservation of life, and those who takes their refuge in Me, will also be saved, because just for these I let all adversity come over the earth, so that through this, they would come into living contact with their Creator, because what is still slumbering in them now, shall be awakened to active life .....

The apparent worship which they believe to perform for Me today is only a vain habit, neither animated by right thinking nor by deep, undoubted faith ..... The intimate relationship with the Father will only be established in greatest distress, even if people want to rebel beforehand and doubt the rule of a Deity ..... When they are no longer able to do anything on their own, they will go into themselves and recognize the true Father. And in such an hour your faith must be firm and unshakeable .... You must not then waver or become despondent, for I am always near and await every call. Therefore, remember, My child, do not let doubts take over in you ....

It is such an incomparable blessing to maintain this connection that you can cover your days of life in the fullest confidence and will always feel the helping hand of your Saviour even in earthly worries. I want to see you, My children, strong in faith and trusting in Me ..... And every anxiety shall leave your heart. That is also why the tests for your soul are allowed, but which you can easily pass if you immerse yourself in My Word and remain in believing, intimate prayer. Never neglect to commend yourself and your actions to your heavenly Father and ask Him for His blessing, then you can face every day without worry. To defeat yourself is the most beautiful victory .... but to fight for your Lord and Savior, nothing must seem too difficult to you, so that My love may always take care of you ....

Amen

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Spiritual bridge .... Inner vision .... Loving Father-Words ....

B.D. 0614 from October 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

The heavens praise the Eternal Glory .... and from now on the song of praise shall resound in infinity .... He who gave you life also heard your call to Him, He sent His angels to escort you into His kingdom. Now follow us, the messengers of God, and bend your will under that of the Most High, for you have found favor in the sight of the Lord, and His eye rests favorably upon you. And His goodness and love constantly sends you teachings, because dark night makes it difficult for people to find the way to the Father .... What you now receive is a Divine gift full of wisdom. Human intellectual acuity is not to be measured by the content of these teachings sent to you from above, for who among the people would want to fathom through their own strength what God has conveyed through His messengers to those who love Him ....

Where would be the bridge that leads from earthly knowledge to spiritual truths .... It is tangibly not there, but spiritually there is no unbridgeable gap, because this bridge has been built from the beyond through the angels and servant spirit-beings to earth, accessible to everyone, but used only by the fewest. If the world knew how easily and simply the spirit can swing up into spheres physically inaccessible to you .... what measure of bliss would be accessible to you, if you would only follow the will of the Lord, which is a precondition for entering this bridge.

In order to gain insight into the realms of the hereafter, the Lord wants to open up the inner vision to you, and your spiritual eye will behold incomparable beauty, and you will find your way in this magnificent environment, because your task shall be to teach people on earth the belief in a hereafter, in a retribution, and therefore an infinitely important task on earth. And you will be able to teach everything from fullest conviction, therefore the Lord lets you see things that are beyond the earthly life.

Hear what the Lord says to you: My child, flee the world, then you will see Me .... defend yourself when temptation approaches you, and begin everything in My name .... If you love Me, then My Word will be everything to you .... the morning and evening prayer .... the food of the day, the light of the night, the word of love .... it is My Word, I Myself to you .... Take Me into your heart, and with Me satisfy your hunger and thirst .... then I will dwell in you immediately, work in you and speak through you, and all who hear you will hear Me, and so I dwell on this earth again, where love prepares a dwelling for Me, and I am with My Spirit among My Own .... and those who seek Me will find Me .... those who want to hear Me, to them I will reveal Myself ....

Those who desire to see Me, will have My image placed in their hearts so that they will be blessed already on earth. This is also intended for you, My child ..... You will see all glory and, remembering My words, you will be a zealous proclaimer of My teaching and a true disciple of My name on earth. You will praise God's power and glory, you will proclaim His love and mercy, and you will sing praise and thanks to Him for all eternity ....

Amen

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Intellectual property .... The impact of thoughts ....

B.D. 0615 from October 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Try to absorb spiritual goods today, which is to be imparted to you in all simplicity and purity. On earth as well as in the hereafter, those forces remain unused for the progress of the soul, which are too much active in worldly things, or in the hereafter, are not yet able to detach themselves from matter. All power, which is wasted in such a way, turns again to matter and strengthens it in it's existence. In order to make this comprehensible to you, you must know that all power is nevertheless spirit ..... Spiritual power therefore turns again towards that which is to be diminished .... Matter is to be defeated, but in this way the human being contributes to it that spiritual powers are again given to matter and thus gains strength and durability.

This is the saddest process in all worldly desire and fulfillment. Imagine how everything spiritual had to be available according to God's will, in order to gradually shape itself in such a way that it was finally allowed to be embodied in man and that this power is now released again, but to the opposite effect .... that it helps to increase the power of evil instead of fighting against it. When you humans thus look at your life and consider how much you strive to keep earthly goods together, and how you fear every earthly loss .... how you, on the other hand, care so little for the spiritual, the true wealth of the soul, so little cared for and indifferent to great losses .... when you consider that this lost property is condemned to travel the same road again, and it is in your power to prevent this ....

It is difficult to make clear to you the concept of "spiritual good" as long as you still languish in worldly bonds. Only the immersion in spiritual things awakens in you the understanding for how spiritual forces express themselves and how valuable for eternity, for the redemption from deep night, the working of these spiritual forces can be and how therefore all attention should be directed to the correct use of this most precious good. Every thought of man is spiritual power, and so it is already to be understood from this, that every thought would have to turn upward, if this power is to be applied in the sense of God, but that all thinking of the earthly and especially the desire for it also requires this spiritual power, which, however, is not applied according to it's true purpose.

Without distinction, people would find support from above with good will, because the spiritual power itself attracts this support .... but just always according to the will of man .... because likewise also the counterforce is anxious to grasp the spiritual turned towards it, to strengthen itself. And every effort of this power is unsuccessful if man himself is addicted to worldly desires and strives too much for earthly good, which excludes an absorption in the spiritual. So also in this respect, man's thoughts are extraordinarily responsible, and it has an effect already on earth favorably or unfavorably whether spiritual power is increased or reduced ..... He who has his will upwards, his spiritual good will be increased .... but he who strives for the goods of the earth, will lose ....

Amen

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The Word of God - Flesh and blood

B.D. 0616 from October 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Receive everything that is offered to you in your heart, then it will truly enter into you, strengthen your faith and destroy all doubts. For it corresponds to the will of the Lord that spiritual food is received in all humility, but with the greatest zeal and fullest devotion and thus finds entrance into the heart of man. Thus also all strength will communicate itself to this .... the spiritual food becomes good, strengthening food, by which the earthly child becomes suitable for the life in eternity. It promotes physical health, who always supplies the body with food and drink in the right measure ....

But only the Word of God is healthy and beneficial food for the soul .... it is food and drink at the same time .... it is the flesh and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself .... "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood, has eternal life ...." If you are strengthened by the Word of God, you can never fall into the death of the soul, but you will live forever. And if the Lord has promised you this, you need not fear bodily death, because the soul, which took it's nourishment from the Word of God, only leaves it's physical shell to enter eternal peace. So do not shrink back from the death of the body, for this is only the entrance into eternal bliss for you.

When the Word of God is offered to you in an unadulterated form, the Lord Himself gives you the right food that your soul needs, and so it is only up to you that the gift of heaven is received by you in the fullest sense as the flesh and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ ..... that you not only desire to hear the Word of God, but obey it and live by it .... so all power and blessing will flow from it, and you will truly eat His flesh and drink His blood, and thus have eternal life ....

Amen

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Heavenly bliss .... Transience of earthly goods ....

B.D. 0617 from October 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Go with God to the daily work and try to make the closest contact with everything spiritual, by always only adapting every way of acting to the divine commandments. In this way, the Lord's teaching will be put into practice, and every day can only bring blessings for the soul. Bear all adversity in patience, and give love everywhere, because only through love, man redeems himself. Now follow My words: What does the world know of heavenly bliss .... it would strive with all it's senses for the joys of heaven, were these only obviously apparent to it .... But so their senses are directed only to that what seems to them tangible and possible to gain.

Therefore the effort of the spiritual world goes first to make clear to the people the transitoriness of the earthly goods .... they should recognize from it that they chase after dead things with such a life as they lead it. They should realize that every substance decays, that it can dissolve like air under their hands, if it pleases the Lord of Creation. They should learn to despise and reject everything that is visible to them, to fight against it and to strive for what they cannot see, but can grasp in their hearts and keep forever. The Divine Creator knows every current of the heart ..... Everything is apparent to Him, the longing and the desire .... whether worldly or spiritual, and therefore considers the people according to this longing. He has prepared the most glorious things for His creatures, but those who enjoy such bliss, must also be God-like.

And again they must be offered to overcome all temptations of life, in order to test themselves and to be able to form themselves into beings similar to God .... to detach themselves from the pseudo-goods and to make themselves worthy of the Kingdom of God, which has infinitely more glory to offer than the earthly valley .... And even if you humans grumble and complain about it .... you cannot be spared the suffering .... You must willingly separate yourselves from all earthly things - only then can you enter eternal glory. Only suffering can bring about this willing separation, only through suffering can you be shown the way upward, and only through suffering will you share in the glory of God ....

Amen

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Rejecting and accepting the spiritual truth ....

B.D. 0618 from October 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

All power is in vain if the free will resists to accept My gift, but in the immediate vicinity of the resisting is often spiritual help, which stirs up the desire for truth in man and does not let him come to rest. The motives for refusal are not always relative. Such opportunities can also often be missed out of fear of falling victim to a false teaching. There the person then stands in opposition to himself ....

Then he only needs to give in to the inner urge of the heart, which is the influence of the good spiritual beings who want to promote man in every way. But the intellect always has a say, and it is much more likely to be listened to than the voice of the heart. Let people examine, that they may be able to discern good from evil, but how can he judge who does not examine, but immediately rejects .... And many will be in the position of immediately accepting the teachings of man and rejecting the words that the Lord sends from above ....

(Interruption)

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Free Will .... Recognize .... Submission to God's will ....

B.D. 0619 from October 14th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

My dear child, visualize My nearness, so you remain indissolubly connected with Me. See, what is destined by Me to animate the earth, also goes the way on earth according to My will until own will is given to the living being, then My will is only active as far as I guide man so that he himself can draw the greatest possible benefit for his soul. Only then man recognizes this My providence when he has neglected to use it right .... Then he also knows how strongly his will worked against Mine and how he has used his free will to the detriment of his soul ....

And yet this realization is advantageous for him if he henceforth endeavors to subordinate himself to the Divine will; the inner voice often shows him the right way, and if he then gratefully accepts every situation in life from the hand of the Creator, then he will still derive great benefit from it, for I give all earthly children the opportunities which are most conducive to their development. The difficult situations in life are not disadvantageous for the soul; on the other hand, the favorable circumstances can often have a negative effect, but only if the free will switches off the connection with the eternal Godhead.

Now man is spiritually enlivened through the influence of higher spirit-beings ..... The concern for the erring people lets them be incessantly active, and so the train of thought of man is again and again influenced from this side, and with not completely hardened earthly children, the spirit-beings mostly succeed in reviving the thought of the Divinity, and it is now the further activity of these spirit-beings and also of success in most cases. For man - when he recognizes the Divinity - is far happier in this consciousness and then no longer drops this realization. He endeavors to make the concept of God his own in such a way that soon all thinking is spiritualized, that he now seeks God of his own free will and also surely finds Him, because God can be found by everyone who only seeks Him ..... Even the most unbelieving recognizes a higher power, but does not know how to form a proper concept of it ....

The commandment of charity is the ladder on whose rungs knowledge is to be sought. Only rise in the observance of this commandment, and it will fall from your eyes like scales .... you, who still have it difficult to recognize. Suddenly you will understand that God is only in love .... and that He is close to you, if you only love your neighbor as yourself and thus God above all. And if you have recognized, then the Spirit drives you further upward and your will follows without resistance ..... You have now subordinated your own will to the will of God and are thus guided into all wisdom. What was unclear to you until then, you begin to understand the deeper and more powerful love works in you. Thus My will has guided you, but by virtue of your free will, you took up contact with Me and gave Me this free will and thus made it entirely your own, and this alone is the right path you should take in order to reach eternal life ....

Amen

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Struggles of life necessary for the maturation of the soul .... Souls that want to embody ....

B.D. 0620 from October 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

As soon as you pray, you will be fulfilled, for your spirit is willing .... And everything you start on earth for the Lord will be blessed many times over, for the Lord is with all who are for Him. And so today the proofs of His grace go to you anew, as we carry out His order and instruct you.

The souls waiting for embodiment dwell in the immediate vicinity of humans. They are unfinished, and their desire to be able to pursue the career on earth is understandable, because they hope for the release from matter through this embodiment the liberation. They believe that the form as a human being is not so oppressive, and they estimate their strength high enough to be able to overcome all resistances on earth, although they know that they have to struggle with difficulties in earthly life, both spiritually and physically. But they take up this fight with full will, because it is important to exhaust the last possibility for eternity.

If the human being would be spared the struggles of earthly life, the embodiment would be completely pointless, because the soul would remain in the same condition as when it entered the body, since an earthly existence without struggle does not bring about an inner maturation. The soul has to strengthen at the resistances, but an indifferent letting go would only let the soul become weak and be exposed to the influence of lower powers. Only the constant fight can lead to the height, and therefore the danger is too great, which lies in the earthly quiet life ..... Every soul also has the need to remedy the state of suffering it does not like as quickly as possible and will therefore also be restlessly active.

If, however, it devotes this energy only to earthly purposes, i.e., if it seeks to reduce only the unpleasant things in the body, it will remain in darkness of the spirit ..... But if it attaches the greatest importance to the reduction of spiritual obstacles, if it works continuously on the salvation of it's soul and if all it's striving on earth is directed only to this goal, then it will soon become bright light ..... It's condition will be freer and freer, the strength for it's work will increase, and it will now also be able to master the earthly life, but without the use of special strength, because the Father in heaven assures His earthly child the care for the earthly welfare, so that it's endeavor is solely the promotion of his soul.

Indescribably valuable is therefore the diligent work on oneself .... Whoever fights against his desires, whoever practices meekness and patience, whoever gives love to his neighbor and always strives to fulfill the will of God in everything, remains uninterruptedly in the grace of God .... and to live in the grace of God means to be able to surrender to Him without worry, to always be taken care of by Him, the Divine Father, and to be able to face each day without fear or worry, to be protected in all dangers of the body and soul, and to be strengthened again and again for His destined activity on earth, which is for both the body and the soul.

If such a measure of grace is accessible to man, then he can go through earthly life without worry, only always remembering that he should not forfeit this devotion of Divine Love but always prove himself worthy of it .... that he should not neglect the work on his soul by turning to worldly interests, and that he should never forget prayer, which again and again grants him protection against the temptations of the world. Thus, man only needs to consider that he is a child of the Creator, then he will trust in Him as his Father and ask fervently .... and his prayer will be heard ....

Amen

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Arrogance .... Thoughts of a deceased .... Their pleas ....

B.D. 0621 from October 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

The biggest enemy of all truth is the arrogance of man. Thus, people will always close themselves to the truth, who cannot oppose their own opinion and only ever hide behind empty, high-sounding words to cover their lack of own knowledge. Likewise also humans, who do not want to tolerate a neighbour as standing above them .... Even modesty and humility are so far from them that they will not look for them in their neighbors .....

But they can only be countered with love, otherwise success is impossible, and even then such people will hardly convert to another view, because their own opinion is considered unsurpassable, and they do not depart from it, or they believe to be able to hide the lack of knowledge behind melodious speeches. Serving also means patiently accepting offenses, and so always be equally patient in such a struggle, and resist all temptation through prayer.

And now let your soul fade away in the memory of your loved ones. In loving harmony and in loving care for you, they are always concerned to promote your progress and to keep you on the path you have taken. It will always be easier for you, and you will still be delighted with the wonderful gifts; But in every way your striving has a favorable effect, and the benefit which is shown to the souls in the hereafter is alone worth the effort and work ..... In the kingdom of the eternal, the souls count the hours and minutes that still separate them from your respective spiritual work. Every spiritual thought is a stimulus for their activity, they remain in perpetual connection with you and always seek their stay where they hear spiritual claims or feel thoughts.

And for these souls, your spiritual work is unspeakably beneficial. The slightest spiritual stimulation is enough to spur them on, and so they also feel all love which a thought turned towards them produces. Their weakness is so great, their situation often so pitiful, that you humans would be seized with pity if you could see the misery of such souls. And a dear thought is an unexpected benefit for them .... you do not know how grateful they are to you when you remember them in love or send a prayer for them to the Father .... They only ever want love .... Love lessens their suffering .... Love gives them hope and strength to strive .... Love also brings them final redemption ....

And such souls woo your love, they seek to penetrate your thoughts, and when they have succeeded in this, they wait for the help which is already granted to them by the fact that they are not unwillingly rejected, but that man willingly surrenders himself for a short time to the thoughts of such deceased, who bring themselves to their memory. It is so unspeakably beneficial and soothing for the struggling soul in the beyond, that it draws new strength again for it's work of liberation. Therefore, do not let the souls ask in vain .... pay attention to every admonition and comply with it willingly by sending a short prayer in love to the Father, who hears such requests and sends spiritual help to the souls so that their struggle will become easier and they will be led to the light .....

Amen

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God’s Spirit ....

B.D. 0622 from October 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

The Spirit of God is the direct radiation of the Divine power .... it is the concept of all creation .... it is life in itself .... it is past, present and future at the same time. The Spirit of God is the natural consequence of everything that has gone out from God, the original power of all existence. Nothing in the universe remains untouched by it, everything is seized by this power and animated, and everything must obey the will of Him, Who is the Carrier of this power since eternity. The emanations of the Divine elementary power are nowhere to be denied.

All development phenomena in nature, in, on and above the earth, find their explanation in this expression of power, which certainly also no man will deny, only the Source of the power is recognized differently according to the perceptive faculty. As long as the power of God works obviously, a source of power cannot be denied, but where this power of God is only weakly recognizable, there man is inclined to deny any spiritual power ..... He does not know which power is inherent in himself, which rests unused and unawakened in him and therefore cannot express itself until it is released by the will of man and then also appears visibly.

Such a visible proof of the existence of the Divine Spirit in man, is the reception of spiritual material from higher regions every time. Spiritual forces from there get in touch with the Spirit of God hidden in man, and since nothing is alien to the Spirit from God and it can penetrate into the secrets of all creation, also all these wisdoms can be taught to man exhaustively by the Spirit of God self-acting in him. So this is the most understandable explanation, which can also be received with the same doubts or the same defense. But it is only misunderstood because man did not give the Spirit in himself the freedom yet and therefore judges only purely physically and intellectually something what can be explained only purely spiritually.

But people often need a very long time to reach the inner maturity, and just as long also the spirit is not free in them and therefore also cannot express itself effectively ..... On the other hand, spiritual powers will be available to a man in an unprecedented short time, if he only enters into connection with them, and then man can accomplish things on earth, which lie outside the natural talent of man, and thus not man, but the Spirit in him works, which has gone out from God and remains indissolubly connected with him, if it is only his will .....

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Prayer in the name of Jesus .... Sight in dreams .... Love and wisdom ....

B.D. 0623 from October 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

What you ask in My name, will be given to you .... Thus I have given you the assurance that you will receive what you need on earth, and every prayer will be heard if it is for the salvation of your soul ..... Therefore also My love will be eternally with you, who implore this My love. And if you now believe that you secure every help for yourselves by calling on My name, why do you still fear?

Behold, My dear child .... if you believe in Me, then every help is certain for you, because I do not leave Mine and do not want that they are helpless in fear and worries. And how much more will I listen to the plea which is meant for the salvation of the soul of an earthly child. You have prepared a dwelling place for Me in your hearts, and where I dwell, suffering and distress is banished. Only let Me always take care of you, only keep your heart pure and trust Me, then all suffering will turn into joy, and you will always come closer to Me on earth already and one day in the hereafter. And now listen to what your Savior announces to you:

Your spirit shall walk on sunlit paths in the night when your soul detaches itself from it's bodily cover, and the sufferings of the earthly time will be forgotten in the sight of the unimagined glory in the hereafter. Thus the spiritual sphere will become familiar to you for the purpose of the maturing of your soul, so that you can carry out the activity on earth fully and completely in deepest conviction, because My workers must be extremely strong in faith, if they want to defy the resistances .... they must be absorbed in love for Me, because this love will give them strength in the fight for My name.

Wisdom alone without love, would be dead words - but you shall stand in love and wisdom, and countless will receive and adhere to the teaching of God through you. Living faith will follow this love, because he who loves Me with all his heart, also believes in Me, and he who has faith, stands in My grace, and so he who walks in My grace recognizes the Spirit of God, because he no longer clings to the world, but lives in Me and with Me, and I accompany him on all ways.

Strange to such an earthly child is the sight of the heavenly glory .... he sees and yet does not grasp it .... his eye beholds light and does not think it can bear it, and his lips form only a prayer of thanksgiving, and full of love and gentleness, the gaze of the Savior is directed toward this earthly child, and the longing in his heart grows immeasurably .... But it must return to earth and leave the dreamland again, because the earthly task is not yet completely fulfilled .... but the strength is increased, faith is strengthened and love flares up to highest embers .... The will to serve is the most holy resolution of the earthly child .... it gives itself completely to the Divine Saviour, because My love has seized it with all force .... In blissful absorption you will then fulfill your task and be a faithful servant and proclaimer of My Word .... And My love will bless you ....

Amen

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“Time and space ....”

B.D. 0624 from October 17th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Receive the gift that is offered to you with a believing heart, and see in it the constant love of the Lord. In the union of the work of all natural forces, man sees a regulated activity of all spiritual beings, respectively of the spiritual forces expressing themselves in nature. All these carry out the one will that commands them, and they act partly guided in an imperfect state, partly self-willed, but wanting the same, if their spiritual state already corresponds to perfection. Thus, the respective activity of the spiritual beings will now also adapt to their state of maturity. There is so much in God's work of creation that requires the activity of the spiritual beings, from the animation of the smallest creatures to the spiritual advancement of the human soul.

Nothing exists that can do without this spiritual power, because all existence is inevitably connected with it. Thus also the terms "endless" and "innumerable" are to some extent comprehensible, if one considers everything in nature and connects it with the working of such spiritual forces. Then it becomes clear to the human being that also never and never the term "time" and "space" can find application in the work of creation of God, that everything is from eternity and can never pass .... that nothing can be limited and is therefore endless .... and that the creative power manifests itself in innumerable formations which are in constant, not-to-be-destroyed life.

This is so tremendous that all human intellect cannot grasp the greatness and significance of the creation ..... But God is eternal Spirit .... All things are subject to Him .... He knows about everything and sees everything .... His will and His love comprehend everything, and His power is so mighty that it can animate and sustain everything for all eternity .... Everything is likewise subject to the spirit out of God, provided that he has brought about the unification with the eternal Godhead. Then all power is given to it and it only always works according to the will of God.

But the will and the power of God extends also to the spiritual world, which is still separated from Him, and also there assigns it's activity to every spiritual power, the fulfillment of which, although subject to the will of God, nevertheless means ascent for this being. The entire work of creation is therefore as it were the working place of innumerable spiritual beings .... it is the school of the spirit which, guided by God Himself, is to form beings to God-likeness .... because the power out of God is infinite, and his love never stops, and this love is constantly meant for His creatures which He wants to endow with His power .... So the goal of all spiritual beings is only the God-likeness ....

Amen

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Form faith .... False worship ....

B.D. 0625 from October 17th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Pay attention to the words which are sent to you today .... Your thoughts so often move heavenward and therefore lead you much more surely upward than an earthly child, however willing, who makes a point of listening to Christ's teaching, but afterwards gives no thought whatsoever to what he has heard. People do not know that they stand in immeasurable riches, if they hear the word of God and live according to it ..... They are familiar with the teachings, but they do not grasp the deep meaning, because only the ear hears them, but the heart does not try to understand them. And so the faith is outwardly not to be touched, but inwardly the man is empty and hollow, and the Word of God finds no echo in the human heart.

And to such people it is not given to speak a judgment ..... They believe to be deeply initiated, and yet do not harbor the slightest wisdom in their hearts, from where alone all understanding of the doctrine of God can come. If a person wants to devote himself to the Word of God, the first condition is that everything around him is silenced so that the heart can absorb .... , i.e., that no temptations from outside are a reason for the person to divert his thoughts from the Word of God. Only where man is immersed in the Divine teaching, the heart will be considered, and only there is also full understanding for the gifts from above to be presupposed.

Nothing is more unwholesome to man than the external affirmation of faith. It lets man become sluggish, because he is so conscious of his value and his fulfillment of duty, that striving is out of the question, and so man remains eternally on the same level, because the Word of God goes unheard by the heart, and therefore such an earthly child cannot feel the blessings of a deep, living faith in himself ..... Knowledge will be so far from him .... and .... since he does not strive of his own accord to come close to Divine truth .... he will have no spiritual progress to record .... And yet, what is the worst, living in faith, completely fulfilling his duty.

Therefore, an unbelieving person is even more likely to be guided on the right way than a person who satisfies all ecclesiastical forms, because he is on the wrong way, but remains on this way mostly in wrong or lacking knowledge ..... He thinks himself to be on the right track .... he believes to serve God, but his worship is superficial .... it lacks any depth and is therefore only a form-faith which does not contain the Divine blessings .... And My words will not seem acceptable to them, because they demand greater self-denial and a strong heart willing to sacrifice ..... And all wisdom will therefore remain hidden from them until their own will drives them to internalize ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Emotional life of people .... Trust in God ....

B.D. 0626 from October 18th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

In the depth of the human emotions, so many things are hidden, and you cannot understand the miraculous work of "human" out of yourself. And yet you again lack the firm confidence in God .... If you apply the standard to the daily events alone, then you will soon have to recognize that the emotional lives of people are very different. What presses one beyond all measure, is easily bearable for the other and what one overcomes in a short time, can torment the other for a very long time. All people are created equal, but their emotional lives are different ....

The soul is, as it were, endowed with various types of resistance to purely external things, depending on how the stations of embodiment have previously increased this resistance. Nevertheless, the lack of resistance can very easily be acquired in earthly life through trust in God, and therefore all suffering on earth can also be reduced where there is a strong trust in God .... All sufferings can then only help to refine the inner life, so that all spiritual feeling comes to the fore and not so much attention is paid to physical suffering, because hope in God's help is consolation in difficult hours.

The Father's unceasing concern is the ennoblement of the soul, and His means are often such that they appear outwardly hard and unloving, but are true balm for the soul .... that they influence the inner life of man in a beneficent way and thus suffering can also be a blessing. If man, in times of distress, realizes that God has given him the strength to overcome all suffering up to now, he will also now again take suffering upon himself and only ask for Divine help in the firm belief that he will be heard. For the love of the Father is great, He heals all wounds at the right time. And so His orders are according to the highest wisdom never to any harm of man, but the soul will know thanks to it's Creator for eternity .....

Amen

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Prayer .... Call upon Me in time of need ....

B.D. 0627 from October 18th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Trusting in the Father's help will make everything in life easy for you to bear, for all suffering is sent to you by the Lord and Savior, so that you may find your way to Him .... If, however, you go out of the suffering only hardened and embittered, then you deprive yourselves of all help from above. You may take refuge in prayer at any time and thus have the greatest confidence that you will be heard, because whatever you are destined to do .... there is nothing so bad that the heavenly Father could not turn it into a blessing. Every child has the right to turn to the Father in supplication. Those who turn to the heavenly Father in humility, will never make a wrong request ....

But you all use the power of prayer too little .... You must first find yourselves in great need before you approach the Lord for help. And yet every day, every hour should bring you blessings .... you should not undertake anything without having implored God's blessing .... you should turn upwards in sorrow and joy .... you should use the power of prayer at all times, because your soul constantly needs help so that it already reaches the goal in earthly life. And also in other respects you lack strength .... alone, without prayer you can do only little, but since you are entitled to the grace of prayer, use it as far as possible, beg for help in need, for purity of heart, ask for grace, for firmness of faith, for energy in charity .... ask with all your heart that the Lord may give you His love and take care of you with His care forever.

You can ask without ceasing .... if you pray for your soul's salvation, you will find an answer, because if you recognize what you lack, every requested support will be granted to you. "Ask and it will be given to you ...." , says the Lord. He invites you to turn to Him in your need .... , so heed this call and lift up the treasures the Lord promises you .... . Only do not fall prey to the mere form .... , for the Father never hears those who only appeal to Him for help with their lips .... and whose hearts are far away. And if your prayer is not answered, then inquire what you have not done right .... whether the prayer was sent up from the depth of the heart or only came from the lips and therefore did not reach the Father's ear .... inquire whether you have asked for earthly things which the Father withholds from you out of Fatherly insight and wisdom ....

And always be careful to submit your will to the will of the Lord in every prayer .... For the Father knows what is good for you and necessary for your salvation .... He will consider you in a right way, but never will He grant you something out of false fatherly love, which is only to the detriment of the soul. Therefore submit yourselves to His will and believe that He always only thinks of you in such a way as is helpful and beneficial to the soul .... And if you faithfully call upon Him in earthly trouble, His help will not fail to come .... So that His word may be fulfilled: Call on Me in times of need and I will hear you ....

Amen

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Arrogance…. Those who raise themselves into lordliness, will be made humble .... Feeling oneself superior to others

B.D. 0632 from October 21st 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Depending on how strong your will is, you will receive grace to a measure that can put you into some kind of inner peace, for your calling the Lord in agony and emergency will not die unheard. The weakness of your ghost and your inner discontent results from lacking of love. And thus, increased love alone will rebuild your old relation to your heavenly Father. And it will always be your own will to come to Him that will increase your love activities…. And so your soul will be cured from sickness and illness that has brought you into inner emergency…. So, be full of attention now, devote yourself to our influence and begin:

Those who raise themselves into lordliness, will be humiliated. And those who strive to shine before the world will once, in saddest loneliness, think back to their own lives on earth. It will be extremely important for you to go your own earthen way in modesty and to fully recognizing your own weakness, for that will be the only way to be led to heights. It is just that fighting against lordliness that will bring fruit for your life in eternity. For that pride and lordliness has been the reason for having fallen from God and for the fact that life on earth has been and will be the greatest danger for your soul. Whenever a human will hold his own personal “I” in such a high esteem, his fundamental base for a higher development will be lacking. And so, as to make a human child recognize how little it can fullbring out of itself and how empty and vain it is without God’s help, it will have to endure many events which are immeasurably painful.

All arrogance and lordliness will dwindle and vanish, as soon as a human faces it’s own death. Then, however, a human cannot take enough benefit out of that recognition anymore. For, the time that it was given by God’s grace will have passed away. And it will not have succeeded in gaining any fruit for it’s soul. human should always have thorough thoughts as to what any glamour and wealth, all terrestrial honour and secular prestige will be of worth to it, if you are suddenly forced to leave your earthly vale…. It is not before recognising it’s own weakness that it will surpass yourself and receive the grace of the Lord…. What will a human be able to fullbring out of the power of its own…. Raising lordliness more and more, he will see his soul fall more and more into darkness. And so, then, darkness will destine his soul’s distinction increasingly…. The first will be the last… that is what the Lord says. And those who will follow these words in their belief in God, will certainly think of a good one on earth….

Every talent is a gift of the Lord…. What the human is and what it has – it only owes that to God solely and must be thankful to God therefore. And thus, it cannot to the least claim that talent as it’s own merit. It cannot give itself any honour therefore, either. And all sense of superiority will be a sign of a blind soul. As a consequence, the Light will not come to them, before they recognised how vain and invalid their earthen treasures are and before they give up striving for imperishable wealth. Giving up grabbing and demanding for everything. Keeping distance from glory and honour. Devoting itself deeply to the wonders of God’s creation. It will not before then a man’s inner eye will be opened; and only then will he recognise God’s greatness and his own unworthiness…. He will ask for, and he will receive…. and, following this way, he will return to his Father to whom he once turned his back .... Amen

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Prediction .... Destruction of God's Word and Scriptures .... Prayer ....

B.D. 0641 from October 27th 1938, taken from Book No. 14

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Word shall remain forever. And anyone who believes in this Word will never ever die, for everything that belongs to Me has eternal life .... And yet you will have to struggle and fight for this Word of Mine. You are approaching a time which will demand utmost responsibility from you, you will have to demonstrate that you are living creations of the Deity and not the children of evil. And if you produce this evidence you will be blessed for all times. My Own will have to fight and must indeed very much defend themselves against the enemy, for all earthly powers will oppose that which came forth from the eternal Deity and will not shy away from any means to achieve its complete annihilation. Yet even during the darkest night the light will shine for all those of you who hold on to My Word, and you will be able to take the path without worry of going astray.

And thus listen: Wherever the world intends to work against Me that is where I prepare the counter-offensive, and this will make the earthly power's resolve waver, for it will suddenly behold the Lord's avenging hand in the sky. And this will only show itself after their regulations and laws attempt to utterly eradicate My teaching .... thus, when it is clearly recognisable that the teaching of Christ may no longer be offered to people .... Only then will I intervene in order to safeguard My fighters who are working for Me from the worst danger at the same time. So wait for this time calmly and confidently; when the need is greatest I will stand by your side with My help and will certainly know how to stop the host of My fighters from becoming dispersed or destroyed. Everything is subject to Me, in heaven and on earth .... Oh, what folly it is to oppose Me! .... And if they don't believe in My might then it must be visibly proven to them. You should use your power on earth truly wisely for the glory of God and your own salvation of soul and not try to establish a kingdom on purely earthly desires and advantages which can only be described as a kingdom of Babel if you overestimate your own power and, with total lack of responsibility towards the divine Creator, believe yourselves able to issue instructions which oppose the Lord's will .... At the moment it is still left up to individual people to deal with this issue, which is decisive for eternity, in their hearts .... But soon you will be given guidelines as to how you ought to be thinking .... The world and its representatives will endeavour to curtail all knowledge about the teaching of Christ .... It will be most strictly demanded that the still existing documents and Scriptures must be handed in, and people who won't let go of My Word will suffer serious inner conflicts .... And then I will remember them in their adversity ....

Anyone who wants to keep Me in his heart will never be abandoned and earthly authorities will not be able to touch him, for My power is greater than theirs. The instigation of the world which concerns the total destruction of God's teaching will be recognisable both in its consequences as well as in its defeats, for at first I will allow it to happen in order to draw everyone's attention to it .... Only when the effort is clearly identifiable, when no more doubts regarding the seriousness of such plans exist and when the distress of My Own is greatest will I reveal Myself and stretch out My hand in judgment against the deniers of My Word, and when this hour has come you, who are faithful to Me, will realise that you are visibly guided by the Father's hand. Regardless of what the world imposes on you, you should only ever look up to Me and in firm trust of rescue from adversity look for My spirit .... which will equip you with strength to resist and will never ever let you move towards ruin. In order to protect your soul from danger I will constantly work in the midst of you as a sign of My presence ....

Amen

Let the heavenly Father's Words gently end in a prayer, which all of you should send up to Him whenever you suffer adversities: ....

Let Your peace be with Me ....

my dearest heavenly Father ....

Give me strength to fight down here ....

and fortify my will.

Grant me Your grace at all times ....

show me the right path to go ....

Let me always and without hesitation

be of service in honour of You ....

And when I come upon difficulties

let my faith grow even stronger ....

Hold on with Your love to me,

your weak earthly child ....

Help me to find My Saviour

through the flurry of the world.

Protect and look after me ....

always and forever ....

Amen

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People without suffering .... Suffering is love ....

B.D. 0646 from October 30th 1938, taken from Book No. 14

Those of you who long for it in your heart shall always hear My voice. Behold, My child, your life on earth is indeed a constant struggle and has to remain so until the end of your life, for this will uphold your strength of will; were you to find complete fulfilment of your wishes on earth already you would slow down in your endeavour to reach Me, and therein you can always find the explanation for days and hours which weigh heavy on your mind. Nevertheless, My love is close to you and protects your soul from being harmed. The state of constant satisfaction on earth is extremely perilous for the soul .... and My love wants to avert such danger from you and nurture ever greater spiritual activity and longing for Me in you, for this is the true driving force for the spiritual work of improving yourself .... And I Am always close to all of you, but you often fail to recognise Me and do not look for Me nor listen within yourselves, where I affectionately speak to you .... Just persevere and don't let your longing for Me diminish, then I will take complete possession of you and give you blissful peace one day, when you have victoriously overcome the battle of life.

And thus let Me tell your heart the following: To taste of unmixed rapture here Is never to a mortal given .... This frequently used saying describes the state of suffering on earth in a nutshell, and anyone who enjoys many pleasures in earthly life is truly not considered by the heavenly Father's love. He can only ever speak of true Fatherly love if he also gets to feel the Father's strictness .... unless he so willingly gives himself to the heavenly Father that the Lord has already blessed him in earthly life. Yet anyone who is loved by the Father will also have to purify his nature through the fire of love or through suffering .... If his heart is willing to love and ready to lend a hand then the suffering will not depress him, in his anguish he will even look up more to the heavenly Father and become pure love in earthly life. Yet anyone who is spared suffering is indescribably poor on earth, and this as a result of his own fault .... He did not love his fellow human beings and therefore will not receive the same from the Father either. His earthly life of undisturbed enjoyment and untroubled days will indeed be far more agreeable to him, yet the state of his soul is lifeless and agonising beyond words ....

His alienation from the Father's heart will noticeably express itself in the fact that all his thoughts and wishes only apply to his greedy striving for earthly pleasures, for due to his heartless nature he becomes subject to the power of adverse forces, turns towards them increasingly more and will be drawn by this power into the whirlpool of the world with all its temptations, glamour and sensuality. This is why you should never envy people who are apparently well-off in earthly life .... their life is so unproductive .... They gather nothing for eternity, do nothing for their soul .... yet everything for their downfall and spiritual death. And earthly life is short but life in the beyond is infinitely long .... they have forfeited much and received little on earth and are poorer than the poorest people on earth who have to endure suffering and troubled days. The more lovingly active you are on earth the more you will also be fraught with suffering .... your own and even more so your fellow human being's suffering, for a loving heart also feels his loved-ones pain .... Yet all suffering is love again .... your heavenly Father's tender love Who thereby wants to make you worthy of His presence and the heavenly paradise .... And if you are in a position of suffering then you should know that you are also loved by Me .... know, that you then should take only your Saviour ever more into your heart so that all your suffering will be changed into blessings ....

Amen

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Patiently bearing the cross .... 'Lord, Your will be done...'

B.D. 0648 from October 31th 1938, taken from Book No. 14

Look within yourself and recognise your failings and appeal to the Lord for His help, then you will grow in strength and succeed in enduring all tests of life gently and with patience. After all, the Lord's will only sends these to you for your own advancement .... A person will rarely submit to the suffering imposed on him without grumbling, and yet precisely this is a willing submission to God's will, when the human being gladly and gratefully accepts all suffering from the Father's hand and so only ever acknowledges that whatever happens will be right for his soul's salvation. When the pain increases, the Saviour is placing a small cross upon you which, for His sake, you should carry patiently. Such days will make the soul infinitely happy, for whatever is tolerantly carried by the body is removed from the soul and it will enter an increasingly more liberated state. The body's suffering is the soul's greatest help, and if the human being bears it gladly, the soul will be grateful for it and, in turn, will use every opportunity to help the body through inner suggestions which benefit the human being's earthly work. All suffering will only have an ennobling effect if it does not cause bitterness in the person against the One Who inflicts this suffering upon him, and thus it will only ever benefit the person's soul. And if the temptation is great to revolt against God's will, then remember the Lord's suffering on the cross .... How unspeakably painful was His death, and how humbly did the Saviour accept all suffering upon His shoulders out of love for the sinful human race. If you bear this in mind, then you will also gladly carry you small cross, for the Lord will not impose anything upon you that you are incapable of carrying. And the right love for the Saviour will sweeten your every suffering .... One day the significance of suffering will dawn on you and your soul will rejoice, if you were willing on earth and gained many merits through the bearing of suffering, which has an extraordinary effect in the spiritual world. Your lifetime on earth certainly burdens you with much which seems insurmountable to you at first, and thus you quarrel with God and want to object to His most sacred will; nevertheless, God's love will soon teach you otherwise .... it will let you realise that it is only in your best interest when He allows you to suffer, and your earthly existence will be richly rewarded if you have realised it. Therefore, always pray from the bottom of your heart 'Lord, Your will be done ....' and your suffering will turn into joy .... and you will gratefully accept the reward which, one day in eternity, will compensate you for all the suffering on earth ....

Amen

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Even suffering is grace ....'Father, Your will be done ....'

B.D. 0659 from November 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 14

Abide by your inner voice which will always remind you to do what is right, and remember that the Father will in fact instruct His child correctly if only it wants to hear it. For there is a far greater possibility that an orderly accomplishment of the work will no longer be possible, but all means will nevertheless be at your disposal, and therefore you should not worry about obstacles which the Lord will be able to remove time and again if it is conducive to the work He wants to be done.

And now draw closer and receive our message: What can possibly happen to you humans if the Lord keeps His protective hand over you .... He will protect your body and soul from being harmed, He will guide you according to His will, and whatever is inflicted on you for the purpose of overcoming it only serves to benefit your soul. Therefore, don't worry, and submit yourselves to your heavenly Father's guidance with complete confidence. Everything on earth has its purpose; no human being knows the eternal Deity's plans and therefore cannot easily recognise how well and wisely everything has been arranged for people's benefit. His severity, which people often consider cruel, is always just a loving means in order to offer you something incomparably more magnificent one day. And since you do not voluntarily want to make yourselves worthy of it, it is the Lord's will to lead you by way of suffering and sorrow to the path which makes these glories accessible to you. One day you will realise it and wholeheartedly thank the Father for every reprimand in earthly life. People on earth constantly receive God's grace and even suffering is grace .... which is still incomprehensible to you humans. But if you completely entrust yourselves to the Lord you soon will feel the blessing of suffering on yourselves, you will realise how infinitely lovingly you are being guided by the Fatherly hand so that such suffering will have a favourable effect on you even in earthly life, however, the benefit on your soul's life will be incomparable. And therefore meet everything the Father sends to you with complete submission, consider that not one sparrow shall fall on the ground without your Father's will, and that everything he sends to you is only an expression of His will and mercy, the full extent of which you can only comprehend when you have become perfect. For at the moment you are still incapable of judging what is helpful to you or what is to your disadvantage, you must only ever devoutly sacrifice your will to your Father in heaven and in all suffering and sorrow pray to Him in your heart ....'Father, Your will be done ....' Then you will also always be comforted ....

Amen

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The activity of natural forces according to God's will .... Disaster ....

B.D. 0661 from November 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 14

The laws God gave to the world from the beginning as being necessary for the beings' spiritual development are always applicable for the human being's journey through life. Forces often actively oppose them, but these are subject to a superior invisible Authority, they will always experience the effects of their adverse actions as being detrimental to them and will either turn around and work according to God's will or, if they maintain their malicious nature, experience God's power increasingly more severely. Hence, the activity of natural forces, too, is always and forever subject to God's will, for were this left at the mercy of the opposing power everything would soon be a total work of destruction, since the opposing forces only ever cause destruction, whereas God's wisdom and will applies to the preservation of all created things. Where natural forces manifest themselves destructively nevertheless, it is always the work of God's will, but this destruction is by no means the permitted action of evil forces. In that case there are carefully considered reasons for God's intervention which, however, only ever help the advancement of spiritual beings or the development of human beings. Even destruction has its good side in many ways. It releases natural spirits from their indescribably long state of constraint .... other natural spirits may become extensively active and thereby comply with their purpose .... and it arouses sleeping spiritual beings from their tranquillity, which can do nothing but harm to them. The fact that the effects of such destruction are often regretful for humanity is also permitted by God, it refers the complete unbeliever to His existence and is a touchstone for believers, whose strength and faith shall be fortified by it. For only such extraordinary phenomena, which natural catastrophes will always be, can place a person into a state of reflection .... When all human power is not enough to stop it, and rich and poor , high and low are equally subject to such God-intended disasters, then the question may still occur to this or that person as to why humanity has to suffer such a judgment and to what extent a divine power is noticeable. Such questions could lead to a complete turnaround of his present way of thinking and guide the human being to the path of realisation. Every natural disaster is preceded by smaller events which make such thinking easier for the human being, and each previous inner state is, in a manner of speaking, a preparation for the ensuing experience. Would the human being only once realise that all worldly power cannot achieve the slightest change in such elementary effects of nature .... that all those within the vicinity of a natural disaster are at the mercy of it .... he would have to turn his thoughts upwards and try to attain a spiritual explanation ....

However, the human race has already become far too arrogant .... at best it will describe such evident activity by the eternal Deity with the words: Activity of natural forces .... and will thereby try to dismiss everything which disagrees with its spiritual attitude. It deems itself knowledgeable and considers everything it does not understand merely an inherent manifestation of nature .... but very rarely a visible intervention by a divine Being. Their most acceptable explanation of all natural phenomena is the continued development affected by the sun's rays which, again, are still an unexplored source of strength in the universe and which manage to achieve all life on earth, but, in accordance with that, people are nothing else but living beings having been brought to life through these natural forces, who have their beginning and end on this earth. The fact that one Being is in control of the whole universe, Which, in accordance with Its wise plan, through Its will and omnipotence, has placed each one of the living creations, from the tiniest creature to the crown of creation, the human being .... on this earth for a specific purpose .... cannot be grasped by such uninformed people. They do not acknowledge such a Being and, therefore, will never regard the activity of natural elements as the manifestation of God's will. Those who are further away, who are not affected by it, don't pay any particular attention to such disasters; they only ever quote similar instances and thus quickly dismiss such events. And God must use increasingly more obvious means .... He must ever more quickly let one disaster follow another and have a serious effect on people if these phenomena are to make an impression. It is regrettable as to how seldom the suffering of fellow human beings triggers true sympathy .... and how habitually a hint from above is taken in. And so the signs will have to take on ever greater proportions are they to arouse people from their tranquillity. Only when their own lives are in danger will they attach importance to something, and thus much suffering and fear will still have to be people's fate .... and things will have to manifest themselves which draw people's attention to a will which cannot be resisted .... Yet even exceptionally unusual natural phenomena will be explained and accepted with the greatest of ease, because worldly scholars are instantly willing to give a completely natural explanation for everything people cannot understand, yet such an explanation will never refer to God's reign and activity and His will. They deem themselves superior to this and therefore have a completely misguided point of view which cannot be of any benefit to the people they are instructing. Many a person will still change his attitude and, therefore, will still have to make many sacrifices until he gains completely realisation, and in order to precipitate this, the Lord will now intervene more than ever by rattling and shaking the world so that all those living on it shall take note and pay attention to the divine voice, which informs them of God's will, of His omnipotence and wisdom, and anyone who looks upon every natural phenomenon and the turbulent reign of the elements in this sense, will recognise these as the voice of God and make an effort to always do what is right before God ....

Amen

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The eternal Trinity ....

B.D. 0662 from November 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 14

Always be aware of the great blessing you receive and always remain willing to carry out the task given to you, and the Lord will bless you. The message you receive today is intended to briefly explain the eternal Trinity to you. This is a problem you humans find difficult and yet it is so very easy to understand, for only the Deity is everything in one Person. It unites wisdom, love and strength of will within Itself. Whenever a Trinity is spoken of, it is always just the quintessence of love as the Father, of wisdom as the Son and of will as the Holy Spirit. For the Father's love brought everything into existence .... God's wisdom subsequently put every creation into its rightful place and allocated their tasks .... and the spirit of will animates everything and assures its existence ....

Only in this way, that everything is united within the one eternally unchanging Deity because God is forever the quintessence of love, wisdom and might, can the most comprehensible solution to the problem be found, but people often came to the wrong conclusion and, as a result, gave the misguided explanation of three deities. The living relationship of the child with the Father makes it easy to find the right explanation that God is everything in One and that no separation whatsoever is possible .... that therefore everything also has to unite itself in God. People's limited intellectual capacity also tried to apply human limitations to the eternal Deity and imagined an entity which was intended to represent the Eternally-Divine and this in line with their own opinions and concepts.

Any personification of God is a wrong concept .... for a Being Which unites everything within Itself and Which is incomprehensible in Its abundance of light and strength cannot find expression in one person. But to enable people to form a mental concept this eternal Deity embodied Itself in a human being, so that they are indeed able to conceive an outer appearance of what became comprehensible to humanity as the Son of God. Love and wisdom, will and omnipotence were also united within this Son of God, and again nothing was separated from each other.

Through Jesus' death on the cross the power of death was broken .... that is, it now became possible for people to conquer evil by using their will .... Will became strength at the same time, and from this time on the willing person on earth also received God's strength to turn his will into action and thereby release himself. This strength of the Holy Spirit in turn is an emanation of the all-embracing Deity again, yet it is never a person in itself .... Intending to ascertain this kind of problem intellectually would only ever lead to ever greater misconception, for you humans have devised something that is far too human and comes nowhere near the truth if you try to imagine the Deity in triple form ....

Amen

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Abuse of power ....

B.D. 0665 from November 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 14

Anyone who is given authority on Earth shall administer his office wisely, for My will gave him the power which he should now use according to My will. People often place great value on exercising the latter with as much pomp as possible and forget in the process that the plenitude of power by no means rests in this and that they can be relieved of it at any time. Acting in opposition to My will is always a dissent against the One Who appointed them to this office of judge. And if whole circles unite to commit adverse deeds, the guilt of the ruling powers grows exponentially and every pressure exerted by them will result in enormous responsibility. Let Me tell you: The days of anyone who rules in the world to humanity's horror are counted, and whoever believes himself to have sole right of existence on Earth is very much mistaken. It is not you but I Who have placed people into this world so that every soul shall mature during the course of its life, and that which is your share you should also allow the other person; don't let countless people fall prey to great misery but prove yourselves with them. I Myself put right where it is needed, and My judging hand is just. You should never consider yourselves entitled to throw the whole world into turmoil .... you should by no means exert your authority with pressure but act as wise and charitable judges, so that one day your actions will be rewarded leniently and wisely, because .... judge not, so that you will not be judged.

Your actions on earth have such appalling effects in the beyond that you, if you knew the fate that awaits you, would be so horrified that you would be incapable of living. Do not forget My love and mercy which gives itself to all beings on earth .... I alone have the power on Earth and in Heaven, I will know how to punish those who so exceed My laws that fear, misery and horror are the consequences of their orders. The Last Judgment will affect everyone, regardless of where they come from, and then it will show who walked his earthly path righteously and who refused to recognise and follow My will. For all power is given to Me in Heaven and on Earth .... The human race will be seized by terror and those who disregarded My will shall then be stricken, and I will severely punish those who so opposed Me and in heartlessness and injustice do as they please on earth. Try to reform people, then you will exercise the judicial office according to My meaning, and not that you impose inhumanly cruel punishments on them which will never be a blessing for you, neither in this nor in the other world. For your action is merely revenge and retribution but not a just exercise of your power. You incessantly only consider how you can increase your authority and don't shy away from using means which dishonour you, and thus you will never be able to find mercy before My eyes, for your activity is sinful and detestable. You certainly appear to benefit humanity's physical well-being, yet your soul will perish in profound darkness if the driving force of your conduct is not love and compassion, and thus the misery of people you oppress will fall back on you a thousand fold, for I indeed gave you the power but not the right to abuse it for acts of violence which are far beyond My will ....

Amen

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Worthlessness and transience of earthly possessions ....

B.D. 0671 from November 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 14

The greatest problem in this present time is the seizing of earthly possessions. It is truly growing in a frightening way and infinitely long times will pass by until the consequences of such projects are cancelled out again .... Intervening in public life is only possible to a limited extent, for countless followers of mammon might take advantage of this again by unlawfully trying to acquire what God's mercy wants to take away from the human being for the sake of his soul's salvation. For earthly goods must exist in order to test the human being's strength and to divert their will and craving from it, for only the voluntary rejection of such enticing stimuli can cause the soul's separation from matter. If therefore the arm of God reached out to all owners, taking or destroying their possessions by force, then this spiritual level would never ever be reached through a deliberate voluntary rejection, and for that reason all temptations for the soul need to remain in the world, to enable the human being to rise above himself and to detach himself from the longing for whatever the world has to offer. If, therefore, people strive for money and goods in such frightful way that they only consider this but never their soul's salvation, then a time like this also poses a terrible danger for the human race, and only the Lord can counter this danger by making people aware of the transience of all earthly possessions through natural disasters, ailments or other events which reduce all possessions and more or less disintegrate them completely, without having been touched by any other hand, so that the incentive for sin will diminish and people can easily recognise the Originator of their supposed damage.

It certainly makes sense to think about it when the intervention of a higher Power is so very distinctly perceptible. That which the human being believes himself to own with absolute certainty and which he anxiously wants to protect from the world and his fellow human beings has to be shaken time and again. For this need for sole ownership is detestable before God .... Anyone who willingly shares his worldly goods with his neighbour if he owns only little .... anyone who uses his surplus to support the poor, his goods fulfil their true purpose and will be protected for the person, yes indeed, even be increased .... And a person need never fear to experience great hardship if he always makes an effort to alleviate the hardship of the poor .... For the measure you give will be the measure you receive .... Someone who always thinks of himself and his good living standard first has to be prepared, for the Lord will make His presence felt and take hold of him where he is most sensitive .... by losing his worldly goods and putting his supposedly good living standard into question, and only then will the soul have to prove itself by finding its way out of the physical hardship and doing everything on its part to live a pleasing life before the Lord and to strive for spiritual possessions. Money and possessions certainly signify power on earth but not in eternity .... Everything will be null and void there, the souls of those who regarded power and wealth as their God will exist in a very lowly state, while those who were disinclined to worldly goods and recognised their worthlessness will be placed into an elevated position ....

Amen

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Wolf in sheep's clothing .... Forerunner of the Lord before His return ....

B.D. 0685 from November 26th 1938, taken from Book No. 15

The adversary has an easy time when he moves about in disguise like a wolf in sheep’s clothing fascinating the people with his looks and words. He will use every opportunity to cause damage to humanity. Anyone who falls victim to the claws of the wolf will be mercilessly torn to shreds after he has gained power over the soul.

Therefore let Me tell you: you will recognise him who walks across the earth with the fiery sword of his tongue .... No one will doubt his word as it will be divine and an emanation of God’s deepest love. But do not search for him in splendour and magnificence; his name is humble .... unknown .... although he calls himself John his mortal body does not present the appearance that graces him spiritually. He walks amongst you and teaches by word and deed and will be a forerunner of the Lord before His return to earth. Thus his word will testify to the love of God wherever he is, and he will awaken in the hearts of humanity a deep longing for truth and light.

Do not believe the voices of the present time which intend to mislead you, which intend to dull your senses for the good and noble .... leave them be and only hold on to what the Lord sends to you from above; because the inclination of the adversary turns towards the world and not away from it towards the eternal Deity.

Whoever listens to John’s words will hear the Lord's Words directly and his spirit will proclaim the true salvation. And whoever hears him is completely convinced by his words. He comes in the light of truth, nothing worldly will adhere to him. The country that shelters him, however, is blessed by his presence .... When he appears the hour of judgment is not far .... he will accept all suffering with patience and only hear the voice of the Lord. Remember these words when he is apprehended to seal his fate on earth .... However, you humans will never be able to prevent God's advocate from carrying out what he has taken upon himself for the sake of humanity. You will never be powerful enough to fight against him without punishment .... Yet his eyes will rest upon you, who want to hurt him, with gentleness .... for his love and patience include all those whose hearts oppose him .... And he will win many for himself because the strength of his words and his love are great. And the world will suffer a loss .... The souls will be divided into those, who recognise him as their saviour from deepest distress and those, whose only share is the world. And their end will be the death of their body and soul ....

And thus you are given light to see the deeds of those who ask to descend, who shy away from all light from above and strive to extinguish it so that the adversary can seize the souls during darkness. Those of you who ask for light shall receive light, the Lord will not let you suffer in darkness and He will protect you from snatching wolves who sneak amongst His flock in disguise and strive to cause confusion. Read His Word and notice the first signs of the confusion .... And whoever has ears to hear shall listen: Not the world will bring you peace but only He, Whose kingdom is not of this world. And His peace will be an eternal peace and nothing in the world can destroy it and yet it will also extend across the world .... across those people who hear the Word of God from the mouth of a pure disciple of Jesus .... whose love wants to help people and who proclaims to them God’s eternal love .... He will bring peace to all people of good will ....

Amen

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Blessing of ill health and suffering ....

B.D. 0687 from November 27th 1938, taken from Book No. 15

The state of suffering often obliges a person to take a closer look at his whole life on earth, and this is both beneficial for the soul as well as very often favourable for the body, since the human being, in recognition of his wrong thoughts and behaviour, will frequently endeavour to change his nature. This can also have a positive effect on his body in so far as that a decent way of life can considerably contribute towards maintaining a healthy body or curing a sick one.

The body often has to be afflicted by illness or infirmity, precisely in order to make the person realise that his conduct had completely contravened God's order .... For all reprimands and warnings sent to people by the Lord won't achieve what ill health can often bring about. The human being has no option but to turn away from the world and its pleasures and see earthly life in a completely different light .... He sees the body's frailty and helplessness, and his personal sense of weakness, his inability to escape this condition, will automatically direct his thoughts towards spiritual issues. He will then be far more inclined to deal with problems which are far from a healthy person's mind, and such thoughts can induce a change if he does not oppose them, and thus the spiritual beings can start with the work on such a person's soul by influencing him ever more into asking questions, which will then be answered by the spiritual beings in the form of bright ideas, and thus he is gradually guided into a spiritual sphere which he finds agreeable and which internalises him. To come to the same realisation within the commotion of the world would have taken him a very long time, which would have passed in vain for the soul .... this way, however, a short time can suffice and advance him considerably. And thus, suffering should not make a person unhappy, instead it should equally be regarded as a demonstration of the eternal Deity's love, which the human being will soon understand if he, through suffering, has taken the right path and subsequently can move on by actively working for the salvation of his soul ....

Amen

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Prediction of a devastating event ....

B.D. 0694 from December 1st 1938, taken from Book No. 15

It is very beneficial for all of you to read the words of the Bible, and you will realise that the Lord in His time has announced His coming. The forthcoming divine Judgment is not the Lord's will but solely the will of humanity, which endeavours towards an almost complete separation from faith which will result in descending further into spiritual darkness. Purely to put an end to these goings-on and to save what has not yet been entirely taken in by the night, the Lord will fulfil His Word .... For His spirit foresaw the present as well as the approaching time, and in His kindness and gentleness the Lord has left no stone unturned in order to be able to prevent the divine Judgment. Everyone presently living on earth will be informed of it beforehand and able to avert the judgment from himself, insofar as that he will be protected from every danger by the Father's invisible hand, if only he trustingly turns to Him and thus acknowledges His power and love .... The many events preceding this in order to wake people up will also show you that the time is close at hand.

This time will not pass any person by without a trace, and there will be many signs which are intended to arouse people from their spiritual lethargy and draw their attention to the visible intervention of an eternal Deity. And the adversary will have his hand in everything and influence people everywhere to listen only to the thoughts and words of the world and to reject everything spiritual, for in their dominance and arrogance people are so convinced of their own strength and power that, by necessity, the evidence of their own weakness and inadequacy has to be demonstrated to them through misfortunes which human hands are unable to prevent. At first they will certainly accept such strokes of fate without experiencing any particular effect to their thinking .... Yet the events will happen increasingly more often and even make arrogant people inwardly tremble as they realise their vulnerability. And one such event is being prepared by the Lord ....

He will intervene in people's arbitrary activity of injustice and perceptibly express His will to them .... This time will numb all emotional souls, for the scale of the event will be too powerful as to be considered coincidental. And in case of the event repeating itself many people will wake up from their sleep and prefer the dawning day to the darkness of spirit .... and to preach the Word of God will be the rewarding task of God's servants on earth, for nothing in the world happens without consideration .... Nothing is hidden from the Creator's knowledge, and thus the Lord's visible intervention will not be without purpose and meaning for many people, but His intervention will be recognised as the helpful hand of the Heavenly Father which everyone should be willing to grasp. For the time is near of which it is written in Word and Scripture ....

Amen

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Earth’s state of peace depends on spiritual attitude ....

B.D. 0703 from December 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 15

The peace which one day shall make the people on earth very happy is still far out of sight. Too many demons are still interfering in world events and find too much cover behind people’s spiritual attitude; consequently, a turning point in earthly life will only become apparent when humanity’s mentality turns more towards spiritual experience .... The promises of the Lord will therefore only apply on earth when the earthly children’s faith in Him comes alive in their hearts. Everything of a spiritual nature does not, in a manner of speaking, walk with the world but next to the world .... Only one or the other can dominate a person entirely, and the world will lose to the same extent as faith wins. When the spirit tilts the balance in its favour then peace will bring joy to the world and all earthly hardship will come to an end. Yet humanity’s yearning is still far removed from this. Worldly desire keeps a firm hold on them, sacrifices will always only be made for this, and almost all interests merely apply to temporal joys. The broad, passable path, which leads to the soul’s downfall and into disaster, is preferred to the narrow path, which is indeed full of thorns but it will lead to the goal with certainty .... to eternal life in all splendour and glory. And as long as people’s intentions and thoughts don’t change, as long as their thinking does not become deeper and more internalised, world events cannot change either, because they shape them themselves through their will. For as long as their love purely concerns their bodily satisfaction, they will draw their strength for their endeavour from the materialistic spirit world, and this can only result in an increase of all secular cravings and never a decrease of the same. On the other hand, the strength for good will grow tremendously if people do not apply their love to themselves but to their fellow human beings and therefore to the all-retaining Creator again .... Any support which now flows to people is beneficial spiritual strength, which will always result in the desire for the spirit and an assured spiritualisation of human thinking. Hence people themselves will reshape world events and are therefore the bearers of the spirit of peace if they undermine their inclination towards the world and seek fulfilment in spiritual experience and perfection. Then a peaceful state will bring joy to the world .... there will neither be discord nor envy among the nations .... No-one will try to curtail the other’s wealth but always share with him, and a life of love among each other will help people to attain highest spiritual maturity. For the world is part of the dark power .... Anyone who desires it also hands himself over to this power, yet he who detests it will be seized by the blessed spiritual world and, continually receiving strength, can entrust himself to it. And so a state of peace will make those earthly children exceedingly happy who have utterly discarded their longing for the world and completely turned towards the spirit. Yet only the one who has recognised this can participate in the co-operation of bringing eternal peace to earth.

Amen

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Fulfilment of the Scripture .... Eruptions .... Ocean and mainland ....

B.D. 0704 from December 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 15

Those who see their Father in Me are well protected in My care. And so, My child, hear the Words of the Gospel .... Blessed are those who love Me and hear My Words .... for I Am the way, the truth and the life. And if you are being nourished by My Word, you will have gained all possessions of the eternal life. For this reason it is of utmost importance that you listen to everything I proclaim to you, for there are many who dare to drown out My Word. However, in view of the spiritual situation it is necessary to teach My Word time and time again, because you have no idea how poor you are if I don’t impart spiritual wealth upon you. You would have to go extremely hungry and the soul’s adversity would be indescribable. But refreshed by My Word you are strong enough to resist all hostility. And so I want to inform you that the first signs of My will are beginning to appear and that people are accepting My Word in all places. No event is in the slightest coincidental; instead, it is entirely arranged by My will and My omnipotence .... And the core of Earth is incessantly active within itself and will produce eruptions of huge proportions, so that you will be in utmost danger of losing your life if you don’t keep Me in mind .... The more humbly you humans accept what I unleash upon you, the more mercy I will show you .... I only want your love, and if you offer it to Me, you will be saved for time and eternity. Thus wait a little while longer and pay attention to My Words that the Scripture will fulfil itself to the very last letter, for what the Lord proclaims is truly irrevocable .... Pay attention to the happenings in the oceans and how the mainland fares .... Take notice of the sun and all elements of nature .... Keep the Creator in mind, and become humble when you look at yourselves and how infinitely tiny you are in this work of Creation .... And then consider the Creator’s greater than great love for His living creations and that He, in His love, uses all means which contribute towards regaining your souls. Once you have pondered this in your heart, look up to Him and appeal for His mercy .... and you shall be saved from all danger of body and soul. And this happens through My Word which points out the time of terror to you and at the same time assures you that I will always remember My Own. And so let go of all sorrow and faithfully hand yourselves over to the Father in Heaven, He alone holds your life in His hand, He will let you keep it if you ask Him for it.

Amen

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Passing through each form is necessary .... (Microcosm?)

B.D. 0716 from December 19th 1938, taken from Book No. 15

Your friends from the other side lovingly turn towards you to fulfil your desire, and thus receive:

The world as such has only one purpose, namely, to lead the many living beings, who are carriers of spiritual substances, towards higher development, which can only take place in an environment where all manner of conflicts occur, of which the world offers an adequate amount. Be it on earth or on the many other celestial bodies, living beings everywhere have to face unforeseeable difficulties and need all their strength to overcome them. However, such strength is present in every living being, since every living being receives strength to exist in the first place. Further development therefore always depends on how this strength within the living being is utilised. That means, the sooner any activity incumbent upon the living being is carried out, the faster the spiritual intelligence is released from its surrounding form and the next stage of development can begin.

Now it is possible to ask, which form guarantees the fastest development for living beings .... And the answer to this question can only be that it is vital to pass through every form .... and that a limit can only be set where the unification of innumerable small particles of soul result in one whole, when all substances of soul are present to give life to the final embodiment .... the form of the human being. The most subtle movement in the human being, the most gentle emotion is only due to the finely tuned soul, which in turn is composed of even more subtle particles of soul. These are a most important requirement in the construction of the whole as they, in turn, guarantee the completed soul the most delicate emotions and perceptions for the smallest miracles of creation by divine love. If these tiniest of components did not exist the human being would not understand current and future miracles of creation .... he simply would not be able to see something that is not already alive within himself .... he must have everything that exists in creation as the smallest components within himself .... that is, every substance must be a part of his soul, only then can he also observe what is outside of himself.

This instruction in turn raises the question as to what kind of components the small living beings consist of, and this is easy to explain: they all carry substances of yet smaller living beings within themselves but accordingly can only instinctively feel what has already progressed further in evolution, yet at the same time they control what already exists in these living beings as substance. Knowledge of this important information in the doctrine of creation is of greatest advantage for the human being because from this he will learn to understand the complex composition of human nature .... On the basis of this fact he can judge that the human being is indeed the crest of divine creation, so to speak .... that he, i.e. his soul, is so delicately constructed within himself, that it is impossible for such a work of art to have been produced by a wise Creator merely for the duration of earthly life, because everything he sees in nature, be it in the region of mineral, plant or animal life, exists in atoms within himself. The human being incorporates the whole work of creation in miniature within himself.

Therefore, he also has to overcome within himself the opposition that approaches him from outside .... from the world .... which means that countless external dangers motivate the human being into strongest resistance .... while likewise the spiritual atmosphere is stimulated by the continuous resistance and permanent struggle of the different substances of soul and only can become stronger and the soul open to higher truths of light in this way. Just as every living being, even the smallest, has to perform a specific task so has the human being, as the carrier of all these substances. And this task consists first and foremost of spiritualising all substances of soul that are still in harmful opposition to their real task, who would still prefer to perform the earthly task which is their nature due to their past earthly duty in an earlier form. For this reason the human being has to fight against many faults, mistakes and bad habits since the character of the substances bound in the soul repeatedly comes through and would like to seduce the flesh, the earthly cover, into compliance, which should be strongly resisted during earthly life. And only in this way can it be understood that the human being has an extraordinary responsibility during earthly life; that there must be a continuous struggle to triumph at the end of the day truly spiritualised as victor against all dangers and to have resisted all temptation. After all, how often indeed is the spirit willing but the flesh weak ....

Amen

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Willingness to transcribe .... Receiving the living Word .... Authenticity ....

B.D. 0718 from December 22nd 1938, taken from Book No. 15

Infinite wisdoms are given by the Lord to those who are faithful to him. It often takes years before a child that is willing to transcribe offers its services to the Heavenly Father again and this also explains why such scripts remained incomplete for so long and that only the willing devotion of a new scribe made the imparting of new spiritual knowledge possible. The will was good, and thus ensued a work which was pleasing to the Lord, for it expresses His spirit and His love just as clearly, even though the wording has different characteristics. Anyone who understands the right meaning also recognises the Lord and attaches no importance to the style of writing as such, yet it is also advisable to exercise the same care in the assessment of spiritual issues .... It always has to be remembered that many a person indeed believes himself to be called and yet does not possess the necessary qualifications for such an important task .... to only devotedly and truthfully want to fulfil the Lord's will. Anyone who makes every effort to strive only for that will also be welcomed by the Lord as a servant. Receiving the living Word is a responsibility in itself for the servant too. He must constantly check himself as to whether his will is totally subject to divine will .... he must accept the spiritual knowledge without resistance, make no personal judgment whatsoever while he is receiving it, and keep everything away from his heart which might weaken the spiritual power .... he must keep his heart pure and make himself worthy of a personal relationship with the Lord .... only then will he directly receive the Lord's love in the form of His Word, and only then will he be able to be completely convinced of the truth of what he had received and transcribed.

The sentence structure of whatever the Lord gave to humanity was, at all times, so worded that it combined profound meaning with intelligibility .... so that everyone looking for truth and being lovingly active could recognise it .... Anyone who has different motives for wanting to investigate the authenticity of God's Word and His revelations will hardly be able to find clarification as to what extent the scripts are of divine origin. For whoever endeavours to live in His spirit, whoever truly wants to be of service to Him and humanity will never again need to fear the spirit of lies, for his aim and striving solely applies to the Lord, and therefore the Lord will also protect their work and will not allow it to become detrimental to humankind. Hence, anyone who strives to remain subject to the Lord's will has also the best guarantee of remaining in truth, and therefore only the spirit which rests within the Word will be crucial and not the wording by itself .... Anyone who therefore lives in love for the Lord will also recognise the Lord if He reveals Himself through a human mouth or in writing. Only ever pay attention to what your heart reveals to you .... whether the received Word kindles or enlivens your heart or whether it leaves you dull and indifferent and makes no impression on you. Your heart will always tell you what is lie and what is truth .... if you look for and desire truth. And don't worry that the Father will let you fall prey to error, He is, after all, Truth Himself and always wants to give to people and therefore would not allow the God-loving earnest seeker to go astray ....

Amen

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Serious admonition .... (Discord and unkindness ....)

B.D. 0720 from December 24th 1938, taken from Book No. 15

Where discord dwells inside a heart I Am unable to enter, for the master of the house is not prepared for My arrival. And thus I advise you to purify your heart first and banish all feelings of unkindness from it, for this contains the seed of evil. You must make a serious effort to comply with My admonitions if you want to be granted the grace to receive Me and My Word. You will receive so many countless hints which you should heed and live up to and your heart will ever more easily surmount that which, at the moment, still seems insurmountable to you. The feeling of longing for Me is always a sign of My loving activity in you .... If it is to be satisfied too then you must banish everything from your heart which has nothing to do with love .... You must only nourish the sacred and pure feeling of love within you and abhor every impure feeling, for it will merely increase your distance from Me ....

Everyone lives his own life and is absorbed in his own point of view, and thus everyone's nature has to be considered and taken into account, consequently everyone has to endure his fellow man with tireless patience and try to adapt to his nature; and if he cannot succeed in doing so he must appeal to Me for My grace and help and he will receive the strength to rise above himself, he will emerge victoriously from all minor tribulations of life providing the love within him always keeps the upper hand. For I especially put you into this sphere of activity so that you would mature and control the weaknesses and faults residing in you. How much must you practice becoming patient if you want to become worthy of My patience .... And how much love you must give to your fellow men if you always want My love to be present with you .... And therefore you should always be lovingly united amongst yourselves, one should take loving care of the other, and don't erect barriers between each other, for all these little temptations are merely the means to an end .... How can you become perfect if you don't learn to overcome yourselves .... Remain in love if you want to remain in Me; know yourselves, then you will also know Me and make yourselves worthy of My blessing ....

Amen

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Only love recognises the Deity .... Seekers of God ....

B.D. 0721 from December 25th 1938, taken from Book No. 15

Only in love will you be able to recognise the Deity, and a tremendous urge for truth will arise in you if you are lovingly active. God will reveal Himself as Love Itself to people. Consequently, anyone who lives in the light of truth must be embraced by love and fit in with everything that is wanted by God's love. Hence someone who fulfils the Lord's will and strives for ever increasing perfection will, in a manner of speaking, base his every action on God's love and thereby, having emerged from God, unite himself again with the elementary Power of everything in existence, with divine love .... All subsequent activity must therefore reinforce his inner strength of love. Henceforth the human being will inevitably draw all spiritual strength to himself which, in turn, will increase his will to love and stimulate him to put it into action. For all strength of heaven and earth originating from the love for God as the Love Itself will unite.

Therefore, all God-seeking beings on earth will first internalise themselves such that they, through their acceptance of God's Word, which is the outpouring of divine love, become capable of knowing God. And from this realisation, love will emerge and continue to grow, and since God is Love Itself, the search of an earthly being will truly not remain unsuccessful, since the longing for God alone is already love, the human being is just not conscious of it, because the Lord in His love takes hold of every being looking for Him. If you want to understand this you should look around in nature where a perpetual coming into being testifies to the tireless creative will .... to God's constantly vibrant activity of love .... Everything that comes into being shall live in order to reach God .... and even if its path is an infinitely long and arduous one, the being will nevertheless have the final opportunity of living in the flesh as a human being, and this shall result in his perfection providing his free will does not oppose divine will. Thus, God's love will understandably take hold of the human being where just the slightest will to advance becomes apparent, and the yearning of anyone wishing to recognise God in his heart will truly not remain in vain. And all spiritual forces will come together in order to intensify the hitherto isolated strength through the influx of spiritual strength from the beyond, and thus a truly God-seeking person will never be prompted by the feeling of his own weakness to abandon his plan, but his obvious constantly renewed willpower will let him pursue the path of realisation and finally lead him to the goal ....

Amen

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Grasping and discarding thoughts according to God's will .... Fear of death ....

B.D. 0722 from December 25th 1938, taken from Book No. 15

All thoughts flowing to you are grasped by your will. The true, God-devoted will always eliminates that which is not intended to be written down. Therefore, you will only receive such proclamations which utterly comply with God's will, yet partly only intended for you and partly given as a pure doctrine to humanity. The more diligently and devotedly you carry out your work, which is intended to be a blessing for the human race, the more worthy will you become of the grace to receive God's Word. For every happening has a wise meaning with God .... He is incessantly at work to open those earthly children's eyes who are still blind, for the Lord's love for His living creations is infinite. Anyone who entrusts himself to this love is constantly protected by Him and carefully looked after. Life offers the earthly children most diverse changes, but they only contribute towards not forgetting their Creator. They would like to spend their days on earth without worry and not needing to fear an end for their body .... And thus they only ever strive for material goods and gladly push any thoughts of death far into the background. Even so, the former is detrimental for the soul; death, however, becomes a thought of fear or unease as they grow older ....

And this is not in line with divine order. Anyone who bears his soul in mind on earth will not be frightened by death, for he will only look at it as a liberation of his soul and an entry into everlasting peace. The Creator is simply and solely concerned with making the earthly child understand that the earthly activity is only the smallest part of preserving the divine creation and that the work of improving the soul is a person's most important task on earth. Everything which helps to maintain the body and a good living standard will sooner or later fall prey to transience, yet what a person does for the salvation of his soul is everlasting, just as the soul itself is everlasting. The soul can never cease to exist; however, it is of paramount significance in which condition, that is, in which state of light, it will enter the beyond, because the respective state of light is the decisive factor as to whether the soul will suffer or enjoy heavenly bliss. It is incredibly painful for the soul to desire the light and having to do without it due to its own fault. And then again, it will make the soul extremely happy if it is allowed to enter the regions of light and thereby take part in the heavenly Father's nearness ....

Amen

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Loving Fatherly Words ....

B.D. 0723 from December 26th 1938, taken from Book No. 15

The fullness of My grace will be granted to you so that you can fulfil your task on earth, providing you are fully committed to coming close to Me and to keeping My commandments. You do not realise that I only await your return into the Father’s house in order to accept you with much love and that I want to help you where your strength is failing .... You have in Me the most faithful friend, the most loving Father and most watchful Protector for your life on earth. And you can hand yourselves over to My protection without qualms if only you feel that you are your Father’s children and grant Me your heart for time and eternity. During the time of My return to earth you will all receive an abundance of blessings, for I Am so close to all those who desire Me, that they feel My presence .... Oh, you should all make yourselves worthy of My presence .... do not let Me court your heart and love in vain, but open your hearts instead in order to receive Me .... Allow Me to enter when I want to take abode in your hearts. And from that moment on your way of life will be blessed, for where I dwell grief and worries are banished, because I protect My Own who have recognised Me. Every right thought, every will inclined towards Me results in an abundance of My grace. I want to strengthen your faith and increase your willingness to love and open your spiritual senses for everything that comes from above .... Because I love you, My children, I want to save your soul for eternity .... One day I would like to make all beatitudes accessible to you and therefore want to guide you into true realisation.

Amen

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'I Am the beginning of all things ....'

B.D. 0750 from January 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 15

I Am the beginning of all things .... Take this to heart when you are moved by the slightest doubt about the creation of everything you see around and above yourselves. If My power is thus sufficient to call every life form into being, what kind of strength would then be necessary to oppose this creative will? An equally destructive will perhaps? .... In that case a second Deity would have to be at work next to Me, whose expression of strength would run contrary to My own activity. Anyone who imagines the Deity as an imperfect Being can truly place many such gods next to this One, yet he will not have the right kind of concept about the one true Deity, Which has created everything and controls all. Anyone who wants to recognise Me must believe .... and subordinate himself as a creation to the Creator .... And he will become enlightened, and in this light he will see Me as the Ruler of the universe .... He will realise that no opposing force is able to counteract Me by working destructively where I Am creating.

Only the physical transformation of the earth's surface has been left to the human being's free will, so that people's creative urge, which I likewise have placed into their hearts, can occupy itself. Thus they can more or less act at their own discretion but they nevertheless will always have to recognise their own inadequacy and always be dependent on the omnipotence of the Creator and the activity of natural forces and cannot oppose them arbitrarily. Thus nothing is more understandable than wanting to ascertain the almighty Creator and yet nothing is more impossible .... Human intellect is not sufficient by far to fathom Me in My full elementary power .... and it will be even less possible to categorise Me, that is, to put My Being and Becoming into any kind of form which seems acceptable to the human mind. This is a hopeless undertaking which could never produce a satisfactory result, for I was, I Am .... and I forever will be an inscrutable Spirit Who harbours within Himself everything that can be found in the entire universe .... to Whom creation is subordinate because it originated from Him .... and Who is the beginning and the end of all things .... the Spirit of Love from eternity to eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

3 years test of faith .... Christianity ....

B.D. 0754 from January 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Every task involves a certain commitment and the earthly child should always vigorously strive to meet this and not allow mediocrity to creep in since a work such as this demands great dedication and is too vast to be likened to daily routine work. And thus you are advised to give all your will and devotion to this work that it should not suffer any loss on account of trivialities. And now begin:

It will take three complete years for Christianity as a whole to pass its test of faith, to either become strong within itself or to completely abandon its faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour of the world .... And during these three years a clear separation will be distinctly noticeable because the world and its followers endeavour to achieve a total separation from faith, whilst the others unite ever more firmly and devote themselves ever more deeply to their Saviour and Redeemer. The latter flock will be much smaller indeed and for this reason great hardship must still afflict the world to save what is not yet completely bound by Satan. The large community of those who deny the Lord are approaching a dreadful time. The Lord is without mercy when His Words and advice are no longer heeded and are ridiculed and laughed at. It is of vital importance to realise that time after time the Lord seeks to approach the human being with love and kindness and that He meets ever more hardened hearts .... that His intention always concerns the return of His fallen children and is not understood, thus leaving only one way to soften their hearts, and all clemency and mercy would be in vain, as these are ignored. Human beings can only return to their Creator by way of much grief and distress, even then it has to come from the heart because the Lord takes no notice of empty prayers, and after that there will be another separation which can yet deceive the ignorant in the final hour. A heartfelt sigh towards the Father of infinity suffices to deliver a child from gravest peril .... But those who are not praying in spirit and in truth will call in vain as their call cannot be heard; and thus there will not be many who acknowledge their relationship with the Father in the last hour, but for the few it will truly be a blessing ....

Amen

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Veneration of the virgin Mary .... The birth of Christ ....

B.D. 0756 from January 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Jesus' life on earth required a normal birth. The Deity wanted to incarnate Himself in the body of a human being on earth, consequently this body had to have a natural origin .... it had to come forth from a woman's womb. However, in Jesus' time everything extraordinary was quickly explained .... as being in cohorts with the devil .... A natural explanation was certainly searched for yet if it couldn't be found by simple means this very conclusion sufficed and thus gave countless people the reputation of being God-deserters. Judging by human standards Jesus' birth was likewise an act which lacked all preconditions and, for this reason, the same explanation was intended to be applied to a virgin which everyone knew to be exceptionally devout.

The extraordinary occurrences at the birth certainly struck many as strange, yet most attached little importance to them. And so only a small circle received the news about an extremely unusual kind of birth .... about the awakening of a life which lacked all natural prerequisites and was therefore an event caused by God's will and omnipotence. This was subsequently exploited in a way that people used the figure of the mother Mary to create a being which receives their veneration, devotion and love to such an extent that it detracts the human being from his most important task on earth .... to establish contact with the Lord and Saviour Himself .... This applies to the exceptional demands for intercession as well as the illogical devotion which lacks all justification, for the mother of Jesus was chosen as a result of her piety .... but by no means aware of the immense grace which was bestowed upon her .... she was God's chosen servant and therefore only God alone deserves the honour, for all beings are His work ....

Amen

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Fatherly Words .... My name ....

B.D. 0763 from January 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

All willing children carry Me in their hearts and search for My spirit because their souls had recognised Me. And you, My child, will hear My voice whenever you sacrifice your time to Me, and My work will not be without success for you. The hours during which you fear that you lack the necessary strength to do My work will diminish. Very soon you are given a mission which you can easily carry out with My help. Your faith, love and will become great because I Myself will be your reward .... and eagerly you will strive for this.

My child, everything that shall be revealed to humanity through you is hidden in your name:

Buße -- B - They shall atoneErkennen -- E - acknowledge their originRastlos -- R - work on their soul ceaselesslyTätig -- T - be active with love.Horchen -- H - listen to the voice in their heartAllen -- A - deny all worldly pleasures

Demütig -- D- humbly submit themselves to the Father in heavenUm -- U - constantly pray for graceDienen -- D - serve the Creator of heaven and earthDienen -- D - serve their neighbour with loveEhre -- E - and give Me, the Father in heaven, honour for all eternity

Understand that those who seek the world cannot find Me but those who look for Me I will meet and reveal Myself to .... Whoever surrenders to Me shall possess Me, and whoever prays for My grace is in My grace, because to truly understand My Word is My love’s gift of grace .... So prepare yourself to receive My gift as a sign of My love. Take care of your soul, My child, acknowledge My love and make an effort to feel the purest love for Me in your heart because all impurity has to be removed from the heart in which I shall live, since I only find pleasure in pure love, in love which does not demand and only gives itself .... which is willing to do everything in order to serve .... Pure love is as precious as a jewel, it brightens its environment with its light, it brings happiness and just wants to give at all times .... When this love has taken possession of your heart you will accept Me in yourself and keep My image in your heart, and this will be a supreme blessing for you even while you are still living on earth. Whatever is destined for you while My love takes care of you has yet to be hidden from you because you achieve the degree of maturity only by constantly striving for My love. It is to your advantage to call upon Me and My presence from the bottom of your heart .... when you commit yourself to your Saviour in earnest prayer .... I will appear .... unexpectedly .... and move into the abode that your love prepares for Me and bring blissful happiness to those who believe in Me and love Me .... I will not let My children, who give themselves to Me, live in want and will reveal Myself to them at the right time ....

Amen

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Last Supper ....

B.D. 0764 from January 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The motto of your life should be ‘To serve the Lord in all things will be my constant endeavour ....’ and His blessing will be with you wherever you go. Now hear what is intended for you from the Father: The most holy sacrament of the alter was given by God, but its meaning will have to be understood wisely. You are now surrounded by a protective shield of spiritual friends who will keep everything that is wrong and misguided at bay, so that people may receive clarification through you about a question which has become a frequent matter of dispute. Over a period of time people’s correct thinking had been infiltrated by an entirely wrong point of view which caused further conflicts and divided opinions. Without first having asked for consent from the divine Lord and Saviour a directive was issued which is contradicts the divine teaching.

The living portrayal of the Holy Communion is always the acceptance of God’s Word in one’s heart .... Whoso eats My flesh .... i.e. who receives My Word with a hungry heart .... and drinks My blood .... i.e. who receives the truth with My Word and lives by My Word entirely truthfully .... he receives Me. And My Words ‘This is My flesh .... this is My blood ....’ should be understood in this sense: Just as the human being needs bread for the well-being of his body, so the pure Word of God is needed for the preservation of eternal life .... And just as wine will give strength to the weak, so shall the truth from God strengthen the soul, providing it accepts it. And when it is said that the bread and wine are transformed into My flesh and blood then the correct understanding of this should be that My Word will bring Me Myself close to the person at the same time, if it is complied with .... i.e. if it is eaten and drunk, and that, therefore, the human being accepts Me Myself with My Word, because My Word teaches love, and I Myself Am love ....

He who loves Me will sincerely accept Me in his heart and thus will be filled at My table by My bread and My wine .... by the Word of truth and life. The meaning was in fact understood correctly. However, it was decided to ceremonially intensify the impression of My Words but then greater significance was given to the ceremony, so anyone not complying with it was declared to have lost all blessing. And thus the formality was observed first, but the deeper meaning became lost, Communion increasingly became a formality, divine truth could no longer enter into people’s hearts. In contrast, the ceremony has been preserved to this day, and the human being believes to have fulfilled his obligation sufficiently by approaching the Lord’s altar with faith ....

But how can I take abode in a human being who has not changed himself to love first, who will not comply with My Word and keep My commandments? Anyone who wants to receive Me physically and spiritually and carry Me in his heart has to eat My bread and drink My wine .... he has to desire the bread of life as nourishment, which comes from heaven, and he has to drink the wine, the living truth, which flows to him who is thirsty. Only then will he eat My flesh and drink My blood and he will live eternally, because then he is in Me and I Am in him ....

Only in this and no other way should the Communion be understood which I inaugurated with the said Words, but which you humans have interpreted at your own discretion without recognising the deeper meaning of My Words. The more eagerly you try to observe only the ceremony and the more often you merely externally receive My bread and My wine, the less I will be present Myself, and thus you will not receive Me Myself but you will only be close to Me in your imagination. Because I Am only present where profound love for Me expresses itself by fulfilling My commandments and living in accordance with My Word .... For he eats My flesh and drinks My blood who complies with My will and serves Me .... who bears witness to Me before the word, he will truly be My disciple with whom I will take communion and whom I will fill, to whom I will give his share .... he will be nourished by Me and receive the bread from heaven in all eternity ....

Amen

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Love .... Hate ....

B.D. 0765 from January 31th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Behold, My child, I come to meet with open arms those of you who want to accept My gifts. Your heart's yearning will convey My love to you, My love for you demonstrates itself in your desire for Me, and this will also be your state in the beyond, you will constantly long for Me, and My love will grant you fulfilment without end. Behold, I placed love into your heart so that one day you should delight in beatitude when your love will be fulfilled. But I also placed the opposite impulse into you because you can only attain a state of beatitude by overcoming this impulse, and thus your endeavour on earth should especially apply to the fight against hate, the feeling of intense animosity, for hate poisons your soul in a very destructive manner .... hate destroys everything that is created by love ....

A person with a feeling of hate in his heart will never ever be able to achieve perfection, for hate is part of evil after all .... Hate is so disastrous and so unspeakably depressing for the soul .... it is the worst evil .... it is the enemy of every good attitude .... it is a vice which quells everything good and noble .... it is the origin of sin .... A heart having succumbed to hatred is incapable of any noble feeling .... Where hatred rules no virtue can be exercised. Humility, gentleness, forgiveness and mercy .... these are completely alien concepts to a heart controlled by hate; for the person has no knowledge of love at all, and this is necessary, after all, if he wants to live in a virtuous, good and God-pleasing way.

The appalling effects of hate can be recognised by the person in the beyond .... how it has distorted the soul of someone who was under the influence of hate in his earthly life. If only people would consider that the opposing power gains complete control over a hating earthly child so that it will find it ever more difficult to withdraw from this power and its influence, that it will also find it ever more difficult to find its way back to love again, and that such a person cannot be rescued by any other side unless he genuinely strives to liberate himself from the power of evil. As long as he does not withdraw from this influence with the firm intention to apply love it will be extremely difficult to become free. It is certainly understandable that the human being is often virtually pushed into a feeling of hate when he looks at and reviews other people's heartlessness and observes their injustice and apparently successful conduct, but he always has to remember that there is a God in heaven Who will repay every iniquity in due course .... He also has to counter this with the fact that Jesus Christ even lovingly forgave those who were to blame for His death, and that a feeling of revenge at no time got the upper hand in Him, but full of love, He only ever responded to the earthly children's conduct with understanding and compassion. Love should, after all, defeat hate, and therefore the children on earth likewise have to make an effort to stifle the feeling of hate when it begins to arise in the human being .... and only ever repay it with love even if the temptation to feel most bitter hatred against the oppressors of people is too strong. Most people err since they deem themselves extremely superior and believe that they have to express their power over their subordinates in a very blatant way, yet the individual should not respond with hate, instead he should resolve to educate the other person with love.

He should first consider his own soul which should be protected from the danger of hate, its struggle is at times so dreadfully difficult, yet overcoming this most detrimental attribute for the soul will lead to perfection, for then love will have triumphed over the opponent .... Hate will have been rendered harmless and destroyed by the strength of love, and the soul will be grateful for such effort since it will have been released from bitter anguish ....

Amen

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Correct thinking .... God's guidance .... Stars ....

B.D. 0772 from February 10th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Someone who always practises love will soon reach that degree of perfection which enables him to always recognise what is right and to remain entirely within My will. Behold, my child, your every thought seeks what is right and effectively always remains in contact with the benevolent spiritual world, for this takes hold of everything that desires Me. For this reason, straying onto wrong paths and misunderstanding Me need not be feared. The best guarantee is always the heart's longing for Me, I protect every child which directs its thoughts in willing love towards Me. I sharpen your mind, I guide your soul, I let the voice of your heart speak to you and if you pay heed to it you will do what is right at all times. And thus you merge your mental knowledge with the spirit of truth, for you recognise all proclamations by the fact that they will touch your heart benevolently. You cannot receive anything wrong once the will is exclusively focussed on the pure truth. I take you by your hand, and you can confidently entrust yourself to My guidance, I recognise your will .... and a heart which longs for Me will soon distinguish Me clearly .... And it is My spirit which seeks contact with Me, it is part of Me and therefore the spirit of truth. Let the infinite number of tiny stars in the sky testify to My power and glory .... And then ask yourself whether the Creator of such magnificence, Who maintains the orbit of all celestial bodies, would be not be able to guide a human child according to His will? .... And thus leave yourself confidently to My guidance and then watch which paths I let the children who love Me travel ....

Amen

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Jakob Böhme lecture .... Answer?

B.D. 0773 from February 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Let your spirit arise and listen to the Words from above: It is incredibly foolish not to utilise the blessings of the Lord's gifts and thus to seek in vain and to fumble about in the dark during this time on earth. After all, it is so extremely important to establish really heartfelt contact with the Lord and Saviour, but this cannot happen if people do not become tangibly and perceptively aware of the Lord's proximity. It is now intended to make people understand that they should not seek the Lord in the distance, that they should not look for him so far away from their heart; instead, He will move increasingly closer to them the more tirelessly and sincerely they strive towards moving closer to Him. Every time has its symptoms .... so at the present time it is noteworthy that countless opportunities present themselves to people through which light can be brought to the darkened minds, and yet people's train of thoughts is an entirely internal one .... that is, they certainly desire what is right but don't seize it when it is offered to them, because it seems too easy to them and the human being is unable to believe that the Lord turns to His children at all times and with the same love. He who has ears to hear, let him hear .... But don't desperately close yourselves in order to perceive sounds in the distance when a delightful sound arises close to you, when the cornucopia of divine love would like to shower you with an abundance of grace .... Grasp with your heart what you have already intellectually ascertained and do not worry that you might distance yourselves from the true knowledge. That which has so far remained hidden from you, which you do not experience first-hand as yet, will gain you life .... you will only be guided into the real truth if you surrender your opposition. For the Lord's gift shall universally be understood and accepted so that you all will be enlightened and your activity will also be richly blessed. And the more sincerely you unite with the Lord the more alive you become .... only then will the spirit begin to flourish and look for new nourishment, and this will be offered to you in abundance, for it is the Lord's will that His children shall long for Him in order to be able to lovingly take care of them. The Lord will advise you to immerse yourselves in His light and His grace .... you shall be allowed to draw from the eternal font .... you shall partake of the divine grace and in the midst of the world stand on the mount of realisation and feel comfortable in the divine Fatherly generosity. Whatever you desire, you will possess in abundance, spiritual realisation and inner experience .... nevertheless, that which today still slumbers in you lifelessly, must come alive .... The divine spirit wants to be liberated, yet you keep it gagged as long as you merely study rather than giving yourselves gladly and full of love to the Father in heaven as His Own. Listen to His voice which coaxes you and lovingly makes you understand how you can become His Own, and your struggle on earth will not be in vain ....

Amen

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Canonisation ....

B.D. 0783 from February 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Being so securely protected you will truly not run the risk to offend against divine will, because countless spiritual beings are making an effort to safeguard the success of this work and your spiritual well-being and thus also guarantee their protection, so that you may receive what is spiritually offered to you, unimpeded and without hesitation. Many a question shall still be answered for humanity through you, many a problem shall be resolved and many a doubt removed, and thus your devotion and diligent work will constantly be required. The more willingly and joyfully you do this work, the easier it will be for the helpers in the beyond to make themselves understood, and thus a message is intended for you today which concerns a very controversial subject:

Canonisation is arousing the indignation of many a person, since it is, from their point of view, an interference with divine law and divine judgment. But those who felt entitled and destined to establish a community of Saints have in fact assumed to possess a competence of judgment which undoubtedly far surpasses human abilities. Because they will never be knowledgeable enough .... to conduct such canonisation in complete lawfulness. What do people know of another person’s inner life? .... Only God can look into a person’s heart, only He alone is able to measure the earthly child’s degree of love .... Only He can dispense in accordance with merit and knows to judge the innermost nature, the maturity of soul ....

Hence people established an unlawful spiritual community which as such became the centre of admiration and prayers, which truly cannot have been intended by the Heavenly Father, because it is more likely to result in the earthly child’s separation from the Father than in a heartfelt relationship with Him. The human being no longer approaches the Heavenly Father Himself in prayer but attempts to reach his goal through intercession, and this will always hamper the right relationship with the Father. The spiritual beings who take care of you are certainly always chosen by God for this office, they also stand by you with all their spiritual strength, they guard and protect you and are constantly concerned for your spiritual advancement; however, it depends on God’s will as to who is chosen for your protection, because you humans would not have the right knowledge to decide whom to turn to in order to mature spiritually and to obtain the greatest benefit for the salvation of your soul. When people on earth presume to anticipate the eternal Deity’s judgment, when they feel entitled to canonise or to condemn, it is similar to an anticipation of divine Judgment .... it is a supposedly irrefutable testimony of an honourable way of life which is pleasing to God, the evidence of which, however, can never be produced by a person ....

As long as he lives on earth the human being will err, and therefore his judgment will not be irrefutable either. Anyone who outwardly portrays himself to live in a God-pleasing way is very often still far removed from it within himself, and equally, a person passing by unnoticed in earthly life will very often be enlightened, with a pure inner life and a heart that became love on earth. And so people should not wrongly assume a right to which they are not entitled, because this canonisation is not beneficial for humanity, rather it is misleading those who are seeking the truth ....

Amen

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Divine guidance and direction .... Spiritualism .... Truth ....

B.D. 0793 from March 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Anyone who consciously turns to the Lord is in direct contact with the spiritual forces and will not need to fear interference by unauthorised powers. If you remain true in your heart to the divine Saviour, you will soon spiritually rise above your surroundings and be able to accept spiritual knowledge without interruption. And so you are requested to carefully listen to the voice of your heart, which wants to proclaim what the Father intends to give you. Every event happens with permission from above, yet you do not always understand it. Nevertheless, people are offered so many opportunities to embark on the only path that leads to the goal. Where the right kind of trust accompanies all events, their purpose will soon become obvious to them .... Behold, the path is not as clear to everyone that they would enter it without reservations, it must be pointed out to them, and this can only happen though wise guidance and direction of all steps which, in turn, in the eyes of a person, happen again by coincidence. However, if all of you remain in contact with the Lord, He Himself will show you how important and beneficial it is to utterly entrust yourselves to His guidance .... how you only ever fulfil the Creator’s wise plan if you don’t resist His instructions. One link of the chain glides into another, and you are merely the Creator’s visible implementers, He constantly works through you on earth .... He attempts to awaken the human hearts and introduce them to His actions of love. Consequently, you will take no step without consideration, and only someone who entirely avoids God withdraws himself from the divine Father’s loving guidance. Yet all of you who strive to fulfil His will are used by the Lord in order to save other souls again and lead them towards the eternal light. Therefore take note that you should always entrust yourselves to the divine guidance without resistance .... that you should let yourselves be impelled by the voice of your heart .... Pay attention to every stirring which wants to direct you, always accept the urging of your heart as a spiritual admonition and comply with this urge, then you will at all times be willing helpers for the Lord’s tireless act of love for His children .... And now try to accept spiritual knowledge without resistance, for a clarification needs to be given for a teaching interspersed with errors, which can never have originated from the eternal Deity.

People have often attempted to enter the spiritual bridge by spiritualistic means, and this has always evoked objections by all believers and those who want to believe without, however, having complete knowledge of an area which hitherto was concealed from them. Present day spiritual adversity considerably contributes towards the fact that people nevertheless digress into this area in the hope of finding some kind of help from there. Whatever the human being undertakes in order to find the truth, purely with the desire for this very truth, can never be sinful before God. This has to be said for clarification to those people, who only want to look upon all spiritualistic experiments as misconduct and transgression against the divine will. People on earth are often driven by the inner urge to ascertain the truth, and the doctrines of the church do not offer them enough certainty .... or, they love and hunger for the truth far too much as to unhesitatingly accept something they do not consider sufficiently reliable. They want to take the direct path, in a manner of speaking, they want to draw from the source .... they also want to believe if the truth seems acceptable to them and this thirst for knowledge is not always only the desire for something extraordinary .... It is not in connection with a worldly purpose but merely intended for clarification, and therefore the activity of such people thirsting for truth will never be wrong before God, i.e., it will never be a sin. Whereas each similar attempt relating to worldly desires .... which also includes contact with the dear departed, since this likewise contributes towards a person’s everyday happiness .... or which intends to satisfy a sensational hunger, can never find God’s approval because then .... please take note .... a purely spiritual exchange, which intends to guide the earthly child into truth, cannot take place and because the connection from the beyond to earth is only permitted to reveal the pure truth to the earthly child if it proves itself worthy of the privilege. That the latter is the first prerequisite for spiritual contact from the beyond to earth is already obvious by the fact that not each and everyone can establish contact with the world of the beyond, and so, on account of the extraordinary danger this poses to both the earthly child as well as the still immature spiritual being, such connections must very seriously be warned against ....

Hence the partly correct point of view, that spiritualism very often opens the door to lower forces. Therefore, all such connections must be refrained from if the necessary spiritual maturity for it is non-existent and the will to first and foremost serve God and attain the truth is not exclusively the reason for such a beginning. But how wrong people’s point of view is to reject all contact with the world of the beyond can be seen from the fact that all spiritual beings have the power to express themselves, but that all these expressions, whether good or evil, will only be perceived if the human being wants to perceive .... that in each and every case the human being’s consent is a prerequisite .... in a manner of speaking, a certain willingness for reception .... then every being will also be able to clearly express itself. Admittedly, this does not happen in a way that a person receives tangible or visible information from the spiritual being, instead, it will always take effect in the form of thoughts .... and so are the proclamations by beings in the beyond within spiritual circles more or less thought transmissions from these spiritual beings to people’s minds. The person, as it were, willingly accepts what is conveyed to him as his mental knowledge, and can shape these proclamations according to his state of maturity .... With profound desire for truth he will only be informed of absolute truth, because through his desire he will only attract the spirits of truth or, as it were, call upon them for their tuition. And thus no offence should ever be taken concerning the reason for this work .... People must not claim the right to criticise what God the Lord in His wisdom has permitted, because a human being with profound love for truth appealed to the Father in Heaven for enlightenment which, in turn, could only exhaustively be given to him in this way.

Amen

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Spiritual chaos .... World conflagration .... Messiah .... The forerunner of the Lord ....

B.D. 0801 from March 9th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

And it will come to pass in the world as precisely as it is written, that no stone will remain on the other, for in these days the world will experience a complete breakdown of everything that has been preserved for thousands of years. All traditions will be opposed; it will mean incomparable chaos in a spiritual as well as in an earthly respect .... People will no longer be able to differentiate to what extent their opinions are right or wrong. They will allow themselves to be driven beyond all bounds, and in the end it will be a spiritual waste-land. The most incongruous rumours will emerge regarding the second coming of the Messiah, and a huge world conflagration will throw humanity into extreme adversity and despair.

Yet this crisis can most certainly be controlled by indisputable faith in Jesus Christ, the divine Redeemer. The path of anyone who has chosen Him as a leader through earthly life will bypass all distress and, protected by His love, the earthly valley with all its horrors will only vaguely touch him, yet the adversity will be indescribably great for all who do not carry the divine Saviour within their hearts, and the suffering on earth will appear unbearable for him, he will torture himself with all kinds of physical and spiritual problems.

And into this chaos a light will shine, giving everyone standing in this light much comfort and hope .... In these days a bearer of spiritual truth will arise amongst you. He will proclaim the Word and fill people with much hope, he will be a powerful speaker before the Lord and announce His second coming and, permeated by love for humanity, eagerly preach the Word which the Lord Himself had taught on earth .... And he will be a forerunner of the Lord. Yet his hour will come even though people will try to stop him accomplishing his mission. The world will show an interest in his fate on earth, some of the world will recognise his assignment and working as God's will .... yet the majority who live in utter spiritual darkness will demand his death.

And during this time the earth will rumble and the Lord God will warn and admonish humanity with a stern voice to turn around and consider the salvation of their souls, and the suffering on earth will be extensive and is intended to show you humans that the hour of Judgment is close. You ought to look within yourselves and remember the Lord Who proclaimed this time to you in Word and Scripture ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Spiritual feeding .... truth .... revelation ....

B.D. 0802 from March 9th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Accept the spiritual feeding as the greatest gift of grace from the divine saviour and make yourselves worthy of this grace. And whoever has been given the office of being a mediator, who is allowed to receive these graces in order to pass them on to people on earth .... who fulfils this office with joyful giving .... his spirit will be restlessly active and gain insight into all creation. He will be introduced to the divine creator by Himself in living contact, and everything that was veiled before his eyes until now will, as it were, emerge as a clear bright image before his spiritual eye, and the human being will be knowledgeable and recognize the pure truth. And thus a new time will also have to .... A revelation will soon become known which the lord also gave to people for this purpose, so that they will recognize any intervention of a divine being. Whoever now recognizes the truthfulness of His words in a state of compulsion and derives the benefit from it by affirming himself and fulfilling all the requirements of His word has likewise been seized by the power of the divine spirit. He is now without any doubt .... it is no longer difficult for him to believe .... his heart turns to his fellow human beings in love, and from that hour his spiritual treasures increase ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Freedom of the spirit .... otherworldly auxiliaries to earthly activity ....

B.D. 0803 from March 10th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Lift up your spirit and let it rapture itself from the earth and you will hear the language of the almighty creator. Experiencing a visible sign of His omnipotence opens the way for you, for your faith will be strengthened and through profound faith you can now also grasp the works of the creator which are not visible to you. It is therefore a tremendously important task to grant the spirit in you unhindered freedom to rise into the realm of divine activity. Admittedly, the outer cover of the spirit is not able to do the same, which is why a separation of spirit and body has to precede, which is only feasible when auxiliary forces are at the body's disposal which have a determining influence on its activity when the spirit of the same swings itself upwards. This is to be understood in such a way that, as it were, all actions which the body now carries out require a certain driving force and this driving force is precisely the working of the helpful spiritual forces. This activity cannot be felt by the human being in any other way than that he is spiritually active at the same time and also fully fulfils his earthly task .... He will be able to receive and give at the same time, he will be strengthened mentally and physically unhindered, since eager spiritual striving need not result in a reduction of physical activity if the latter is trustingly handed over to helpful beings. It is always and only the human being's will that he, if he is receptive, is considered in every way. Anyone who is continuously active for the shaping of his soul remains in constant communion with good spiritual strength, it is at his disposal at all times if he desires to use it. If the human being has recognized this and willingly entrusted himself into the care of his spiritual friends, he need not fear a failure of the strength he needs for earthly life and earthly activity. Divinely, the human being is never asked to do more than he is able to do, and there are always unlimited resources at his disposal. Anyone who in this faith makes use of all these means for the full development of his spirit is also relieved of all burdens of earthly life .... he now still walks on earth, as it were, but has already stripped himself of all fetters if he seeks the supernatural in lively spiritual activity and is able to mentally separate himself from earth with full will. Such an entry into higher spheres makes the earthly state immensely easier for him and brings the soul the necessary maturity in a far shorter time .... and thus the human being should cultivate spiritual life within himself with full will, he should not allow himself to be deterred by the earthly task set for him .... he should always remain aware of the fact that countless beings are willing to help him fulfil it if their help is consciously requested. For only in this way can the soul be granted assistance, and all spiritual strength is always ready to provide it with this assistance ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Essence of the Godhead .... fathoming-wanting .... indifference ....

B.D. 0804 from March 10th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The essence of the deity is unfathomable to people as long as they dwell on earth, for an infinitely wise spirit hides behind the concept of God .... a being Which is incomprehensible to the human being and yet is in closest contact with him again. Only the state of perfection of the human being or his soul enables it to penetrate the greatest problem and solve it. Even then not yet in the most exhaustive way, but then explicably revealing the most sublime divine being to a being of light. But the human being on earth is never able to come closer to the solution of this question .... a limit is set, as it were, which cannot be exceeded in earthly life, and when the human being begins to sense the greatness of the deity it is only the reflection of Him Who can never ever be recognized in all greatness and sublimity. And thus all striving for truth concerning the divine creator Himself would have to be completely futile on earth, since this question can never be completely resolved. However, a desire to fathom the eternal deity will be pleasing to the father in heaven because it presupposes a desire for Him and thus also an acknowledgement of this deity as the creator of all things and the beginning of all being. A complete indifference towards this question will also exclude faith in the deity, and such people will only reach that state of light in an inconceivably long time .... after endless long struggles and suffering in the beyond, yet on earth they are still very far away from asking spiritual questions, and the question of divinity in particular will only force itself upon him when a certain degree of maturity has been reached and the soul frequently rises into spiritual regions. However, as long as the human being is still too attached to matter the soul will be held in bonds, it will neither seek enlightenment about the highest being nor strive to spiritually unite with this being, and therefore the soul's state is still a very desolate one, it has not yet recognized its origin and remains wandering and lightless as long as it does not enter the spiritual bridge which points it into regions of light ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

New creations .... change of forms .... cover and substance of souls ....

B.D. 0805 from March 11th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

It is a law from eternity that the spirit of God embodies itself in all creatures, that therefore nothing exists which does not contain the divine spark, and therefore the whole universe with all creations is spirit of God and therefore cannot be transient, which is why a perpetual regeneration in nature is the same law, which is comprehensively clarified with the imperishability of all spiritual which animates nature. Therefore, even if a perpetual change of the external form takes place, the animating element of this form always remains, because otherwise the whole of creation could not exist, but where the spirit from God does not want to indwell a thing, it would have to cease to be. It is indisputable that the spirit of God is also at work there, when new formations of all kinds become noticeable .... where, so to speak, the most marvellous new creations arise out of nothing, which, however, are already conditioned in themselves and spring from an old form that is apparently close to dying. One can constantly observe in nature that all changes of form always occur when everything that exists is already in a state that visibly shows a dying off .... And from this dying off everything that comes is born to life. The awakening to new life always results in the slow death of the old, and this is therefore already proof that the spiritual strength only leaves the outer shell in order to continue its progress in a new shell, and this usually in a completely different form, so that a permanent higher development of the spiritual entity is connected with it and thus the outer form only serves this purpose. The state of maturity of the being can already be recognized by the nature of the form, for the tinier the external form is, the more undeveloped is also the soul-substance animating it .... In larger living beings innumerable such soul-particles unite again and thus strive upwards together. And thus it can be seen how necessary the recurring transformation and resurrection in nature is for the progress of all spiritual beings, and how all coming into being and passing away is and must remain a law arranged according to plan by the creator, precisely in order to guarantee the higher development of all spiritual entities and at the same time to allow the work of creation to exist and to constantly enliven it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spirit bearer .... purpose of all created things .... growth of plants ....

B.D. 0806 from March 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Everything created has the primary purpose of serving as a spirit carrier but at the same time also contributes to the preservation of the whole, for one is, as it were, created for the other and necessary for the existence of the latter. No thing in creation was created completely without purpose, rather, it will always mean a complement in such a way that either one draws the vitality from the other or the work of creation corresponds to other needs but has some purpose for the benefit or preservation of the various creatures. It is only to be observed that all spiritual, which enlivens this creation, is not touched by the outer purpose of the form enveloping it, that therefore all spiritual is active in itself completely irrespective of earthly activity, while the outer form always contributes to the perfection of another form and therefore remains equally active in the earthly sense. What is taken from the earth for the growth of the plant is, so to speak, always the outer cover of some soul substance, which is now taken up into the plant world, where it brings about a new form for the same purpose, while the spiritual substance always takes up residence again in the new form, increases through the soul substance taken from the previous form and thus shapes itself into ever greater beings, which likewise have their purposeful destiny in the whole of creation ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Long-distance effect of thoughts ....

B.D. 0807 from March 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The human being is most likely to recognize a supersensible power in the distant effect of thoughts, for then he must see all human intervention eliminated and admit that something is at work which he would otherwise want to deny. But if something obviously comes to light which thoroughly shakes the other will to deny .... if a person is mentally influenced to carry out something which does not correspond to his own will at all, then the proof is given that another power makes use of the human being's will in order to express itself. This, too, is often denied and people try to explain it by saying that the human being's weakness of will is a pathological condition which is used by the strong-willed partner. Even this explanation, however, does not rule out the fact that one person can still have a mental effect on the other, but is rather a confirmation of it .... for both the weak as well as the strong-willed person stand as completely separate individual beings, seen purely externally, in creation, which, however, does not rule out the fact that one power can determine them to be active in some way, and that this power, if it is required to a great extent, can also be imparted. Every thought is spiritual strength, it can therefore be requested, received and passed on .... and this could be used far more on earth from person to person if love were inherent in people and a certain state of spiritual maturity eliminated the misuse of this strength. But where this strength is used in spiritual maturity the thought life of a fellow human being can be strongly influenced already on earth .... Recognizing this, great attention has to be paid to the transmission of thoughts, for this is evidence of the working of a strength which, seen humanly or earthly, one would like to deny ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Fellowship on earth and in the hereafter for the salvation of erring souls ....

B.D. 0808 from March 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

This is the creator's will that a community forms on earth as well as in the beyond which is willing to serve Him and thus is active in the lord's will for the salvation of erring souls. Anyone who is of service to Him has the task to devote himself wholeheartedly to the lord, for only then can he accept the lord's will, then also act accordingly and be active as a helper in the community of spiritual striving. All demands placed upon him only concern the salvation of the soul. Anyone who is able to eliminate earthly desire and earthly worries will certainly be suitable to administer his office as a mediator of gifts from above. He can receive spiritual goods, absorb them and also pass them on and will be an industrious worker in the vineyard of the lord. And the lord needs many such labourers, for time is pressing. The more you are active the more threads will be spun from the beyond to earth and an unbreakable bond will be woven which connects all willing earthly children with the spiritual strength .... The bridge is built from earth to the hereafter, on which the earth children reach the father unhindered, if they only desire Him. And because this has become indispensable, because people on earth will urgently need the lord very soon, the spiritual cooperation of the good spiritual power on this side and on the other side is an equally urgent necessity, for otherwise humanity would be at the mercy of the raging of the enemy power without salvation and without help if the same precautions were not taken on the part of the creator to offer resistance to the evil activity and to build a wall which shall be impregnable to the enemy. Everyone who is spiritually active and willing to enlighten and preach the gospel to people on earth contributes to the building of this wall .... As a fighter for Christ he will defend the wall, he will help to fortify it and he will try to gain victory over everything that is spiritually hostile to him. And this will increase the power of the multitudes of God's fighters .... the more they will unite in order to live solely for the aim of bringing souls to the divine saviour and to wrest them from the opposing power, the greater will be their success, for their power also lies in the unity of God's fighters on earth .... they have the divine lord and saviour Himself as their leader and He lead them through all dangers to victory .... He shapes them according to His will, He gives them strength and power, and thus equipped, success must be certain, for everything that fights for God is based on love .... And love must and will always triumph over evil .... The violence of hatred will be of no avail against the power of love. And anyone on earth who desires to be accepted into the community of those who faithfully serve the lord can certainly expect the greatest help from spiritual friends who, with the same love and willingness to serve, endeavour to increase the army of God's fighters on earth and continually offer Him their help. And thus the willing servants will also have much success, all good forces of heaven and earth will work together and their work will only be aimed at one aim, the winning of erring souls for eternal life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's protection to the fighters for His word ....

B.D. 0809 from March 13th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Anyone who follows Me on earth is worthy of My love, and his whole life takes place in the security of My love. Whatever suffering and sorrow touches him is only a sign of My steadfast love .... it is the means to bring his heart even closer to Me, for then he will take refuge in Me in all adversity and tribulation. Behold, My own are strong in spirit, they know no weakness in faith, they stand firm and allow nothing to make them waver. And so you too, My child, shall stand in faith and become a firm support for Me on earth. Only when the heart has completely accepted My truths can faith no longer be shaken. Anyone who lives in faith also keeps My commandments .... Anyone who keeps My commandments is again in love .... Anyone who is permeated by love feels My spirit within himself, for I Myself am with him in love .... and anyone who has My spirit is inevitably and eternally devoted to Me and thus can no longer waver or be in the slightest doubt .... And his courage will grow accordingly, for he will be able to defend everything .... He will be able to proclaim My word, for he has profound faith in Me and My love. He will be strong in spirit and this will also enable him to fulfil his office on earth, for as My disciple and servant My support will always be granted to him. The burden of the body will no longer press him and therefore the body will no longer suffer to the extent it seems. For I strengthen the soul so that it does not pay attention to the suffering and only ever remembers the lord and His suffering on earth. This gives the soul strength in excess, and if the human being is granted hardship for the sake of people, his spiritual state will help to reduce all suffering, and he who carries Me in his heart will always be assured of My help. And so take note of the following: Anyone who gives himself to Me in order to be My helper in the hard struggle for souls can also always know that he is protected by Me; for My might is so great that I can avert every suffering, and I also know everything that oppresses you .... I want to help you to become strong in spirit, yet if you recognize My love for you every doubt will also fall .... then you will stand in the midst of the battle, yet with strength and courage, and fight for Me and My name, for My word .... And My love will bless you and support you so that you will always be able to resist all hostilities which certainly threaten you from outside but which cannot touch your heart and therefore can never make you waver. For My love accompanies you from time to time, and in this love you will go through life well protected ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Bearer of the word .... search for the truth .... training stations .... researcher ....

B.D. 0810 from March 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

All forces unite for the great work on earth, and no strength may remain unused if My word is to be conveyed to people on earth in all purity and truthfulness. Therefore, anyone who desires to live in truth should not focus on the external world; he should constantly listen inwards, present his questions to the creator of heaven and earth, be right with himself, always research with God-directed thinking in all love of truth .... and all doubt will fade away, the whole of life will become explainable to him as a training station and he will fetch all wisdom from God Himself, Who will not withhold it from him. Only in this way alone is it possible to recognize the meaning and purpose of life .... only in this way is it possible to see the highest and most perfect being in the eternal deity, and only in this way is it possible to banish all wrong ideas and self-constructed concepts from the heart and only accept that which truly originated from God, as the eternal truth Himself. If this path is marked out for you and you have the will to do what is right, it will be easy for you, for I am with everyone who wants to find Me. Thus it is only too obvious that neither wise researchers nor systematically trained teachers on earth can give a clear, truthful picture of creation and God's essence as long as they have not yet penetrated the truth themselves, and that on the path via Me. Whom I Myself cannot instruct by consciously turning his will towards Me will always pass by the pure truth and will never ever be able to advocate the infallibility of his wisdom. And thus My love gives you humans proof again that you can always be bearers of My word if it is in your will. The search for truth has always been peculiar to people, only the path has not always been the same .... Anyone who considers himself the starting point of all wisdom, anyone who tries to penetrate unfamiliar territory by virtue of his ego, his research can never lead to the right aim .... for I Myself don't want to be ignored when it comes to fathoming My creation .... I am the lord of everything you see .... and it is therefore understandable that anyone who wants to enter My kingdom in spirit must also come to Me ....Then I Myself will open the gates for him and grant him full insight, and he will never be able to go astray but stand in profound truth .... Whoever, however, wants to bypass Me will walk blindly despite all efforts to find light. You, who are all My living creations, can only be what I have intended for you in union with Me, for if My strength is to permeate you then you may not flee from Me and avoid Me. And your earthly life is truly an escape from Me. The separation from your creator is what makes earthly life so difficult for you, and until you find your way back to Him your suffering will truly not diminish .... And thus the call from above comes to you again and again and yet you don't hear it .... you remain in the abyss, although the path to ascent is marked out for you and shown to be so easily passable .... And you revile and ridicule the one Who courts you with all love, patience and mercy ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Faith - protective wall .... divine sermon ....

B.D. 0811 from March 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

And you should hear the voice of the most high and be aware that there is no other path to the father than to keep His commandments and practice love. And if you obey Him you will also be devoted to Him in love .... Then His will will be fulfilled by you and you will be in His grace. In the time of adversity which afflicts the earth you have the right support, for you know one Who is concerned for you and protects you from all dangers. For if you believe firmly and without doubt, this faith is your protective wall against all dangers of body and soul. Only someone who has such a deep faith that nothing can shake it will also be spared all danger, for he trustingly gives his life to the heavenly father and is therefore in good hands, for the father does not abandon His own.

And so today a visible sign of divine love shall be given to you, for you shall receive the word of divine preaching:

You shall build a sanctuary for your lord and saviour, you shall erect an altar for Him in your heart, you shall prepare a dwelling place to receive the divine redeemer therein .... you shall do everything to purify your heart so that He alone may dwell therein and remain with you for all eternity .... "So behold, you My children on earth, how I, your saviour, woo your love .... you are My creatures from eternity, you are spirit of My spirit, destined to create and animate like Me .... But your senses are for matter .... your longing is earthly good, honor and fame and you forget that you are My beings and turn to darkness .... Detach yourselves from the world, then you will recognize what is worth desiring .... First if you give up the world you will receive in far greater measure, for I prepare heavenly imperishable goods for you, I want to shape your life in eternity into unspeakable happiness .... I want to give you everything if only you willingly give up the world for My sake. Don't hide from Me .... seek Me so that I can let Myself be found and use your free will to follow Me, for the eternal home is with Me .... and true happiness .... true peace can only be found with Me Who is willing to give you everything and can give your heart eternal peace. And if you have found Me I will protect you from all attacks and temptations of the enemy .... But you must give your will to Me and let Me rule and reign in your heart, and you will be unspeakably happy now and also for eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Protection of the saviour .... togetherness .... living God-connectedness ....

B.D. 0812 from March 15th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

To know that they are under the protection of the saviour in hours of need is the most beautiful consolation of all believers. His love embraces His own, and the soul finds peace in the security of this love. Whoever consciously places himself under His protection will experience the miracle of divine togetherness .... he will feel most clearly that he no longer walks his life's path alone, but that the lord and saviour is his constant companion. People are inclined to deny and reject such a miracle because only their own will can prove it to them; but a child of God who has already found the path to the father will be able to feel the truth of these words in himself and stand in the midst of the miracle, ridiculed and scorned by his fellow human beings, yet unspeakably happy, unaware of them .... And the covenant with eternal love will deepen, and the earth child will never want to escape from this covenant .... it will desire divine love in time and eternity, which is the fulfilment of its deepest longing. It is possible for everyone to stand at the bridge to the beyond and the path will always be shown to them, yet how seldom this grace is received, how little use is made of the opportunity, and how much more difficult the path to the eternal home is for the human being as a result. With utmost patience the lord tries to awaken the human being's desire for spiritual food .... He gives him the opportunity in every way to establish a connection with the heavenly father .... through suffering and worry, through spiritual exchange with more mature earthly people, through imparting spiritual messages .... through miracles of creation of every kind. Again and again people are touched by problems for the solution of which they only need to ask for God's help and precisely through prayer the connection with Him is established. But the human being believes he can solve all questions without divine help and is therefore often still completely off the right path and will never find it on his own. And the beings in the beyond who are willing to help so rarely hear the call for assistance and yet would so gladly grant it to all erring people who misjudge the right path. They want to give but no-one desires to receive; they want to assist but people don't desire help; they want to instruct but people don't know hunger and thirst for spiritual refreshment and have no need to increase their spiritual knowledge either. The living bond with their creator would shape them into God-like beings, yet they prefer a life on earth in alienation and separation from the creator to this bond and don't consider the immense blessing which arises from it. The few earthly children, however, to whom the lord gives His word because they are willing and ready to receive for love of Him, are, as it were, constantly under His protection .... They are visibly protected from harm and need not fear the dangers of body and soul as long as they fully entrust themselves to the divine saviour. For they have grasped the purpose of life and strive to fully meet the requirements .... they use their strength to serve the eternal deity, they want to assist their fellow human beings and likewise favourably influence their thoughts, they want to do what God requires of them and thus also actively support the word of God, the name of the lord .... they want to overcome all resistance in order to free the soul from all worldly desires, and finally they want nothing more than to give love and receive love. And thus the living union with God must first and foremost lead to spiritual maturity and shape the soul as it is denied to do from eternity .... into the image of God .... and to bridge the separation from the father in order to finally be united with Him for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Self-redemption of the soul .... striving for union ....

B.D. 0813 from March 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The soul redeems itself, which longs for spiritual nourishment. The awareness of its departure from God causes the desire for spiritual nourishment to arise and grow ever stronger, for it feels within itself its belonging to God and an indomitable longing. Being united in the state of light and being able to be in closest communion with the divine saviour lets it strive for spiritual maturity with all its strength, and it consciously and in a short time separates itself from all matter and only ever strives for pure-spiritual contact and exchange of thoughts with the friends in the beyond, and its effort will also soon be successful because so much support is now offered to it, and it is instructed and satiated with food and drink from the heavens and thus remains in constant contact with spiritual strength. The soul is now anxious to utilize everything it has absorbed in order to attain the state of maturity as soon as possible, and therefore also consciously turns to the right source of spiritual knowledge .... to the divine father Himself, and if the nourishment originates from Him, the earthly child will already be able to free itself from every material bond in a short time. It will fetch refreshment ever more often and not miss any opportunity which could earn it the saviour's presence, and thus it is always and at all times willing to exchange life on earth for life in the beyond, always in the belief and hope that it will thereby put an end to the separation from the father and be eternally united with Him. A soul which endeavours to redeem itself by gladly and willingly renouncing all pleasures of the world and remaining completely active in love will already make contact with the divine creator Himself in the foreseeable future; it will, as it were, be seized by the spiritual strength which tries to influence on earth what does not exactly show itself reluctantly. The more willingly the human being approaches the efforts of these givers of strength the more obviously the overall effect on the human soul can be recognized, and if the human being asks for the strength to let the will become active and at the same time be at the service of neighbourly love .... the soul will find full satisfaction in spiritual work and be willing to give up its stay on earth at any time in order to be able to be completely absorbed in spiritual striving in the beyond, freed from its previous fetters, and to serve the divine lord and master in humility and love. Once this desire has awakened in the soul, the earth and all worldly pleasures will be completely disregarded and its mind will only turn to the divine creator and strive ceaselessly for final unification with the heavenly father ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Mental influencing of the spiritual in matter ....

B.D. 0814 from March 17th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Observe creation in its design, see its versatility which is expressed in the varied formation of form, and then try to imagine all images which present themselves to the eye spiritually enlivened .... consider everything you see not as dead matter, but only ever see the spiritual entity through it .... and you will soon grow so intimately together with everything that comes before your eyes, you will sense life in everything and be intent on nurturing this life, and thus contribute to the increase of the spiritual in all matter through the meaningful uniting of creations that are related in essence. I.e., anyone who sees nothing as coincidence but recognizes God's will and omnipotence in everything will bring about a transformation of the outer form. But this again presupposes a firm belief in the development of spiritual beings in every form. Just as the human being, by virtue of his will to shape, has it in his own hands to let the most incredible creations come into being on earth, it must also be possible for him to connect every work of creation with his spiritual task and to likewise impart spiritual strength to the spiritual beings hidden in it through mental transmission, and this strength must express itself again in such a way that all external form remains in constant activity and thus fulfils its earthly task in the shortest possible time and then also devotes itself to new activity again in new shaping ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Explanation to book 17 No. 0814 .... effects of strife for the soul ....

B.D. 0815 from March 18th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

People demand justice and don't have the right standard for their own actions, and if every person were willing to take the feeling of justice into account all disputes and quarrels would soon be resolved, but people often consider themselves more entitled to demand consideration for themselves but to deny it to their fellow human beings, and thus the latter provokes their fellow human being's displeasure and peace is considerably disturbed. And this results in people becoming hostile towards each other again, that they reduce the love within themselves and build a wall between themselves, and such a state will never contribute to the soul's advancement, rather, it will be forced into a kind of standstill, it will lose itself in thoughts which are completely useless and worthless and thus deprive the soul of precious time of work which would be conducive to its advancement. When you humans thus consider the effect of an argument, it will have to be your serious endeavour to avoid all such hostilities and rather take an injustice upon yourselves than cause far greater harm to the soul by endeavouring to settle a dispute. You use your willpower on completely unimportant questions and their solution and don't consider that you don't derive the slightest advantage for the soul from a favourable outcome of an argument either, and this should always prevent you from debating useless matters, after all, they only cause harmful effects for the soul. To leave all rules of such questions to God is far more reasonable and leads to far greater success.

(And now listen to the voice of the heart and take up a closer explanation about the communication incomprehensible to you, which concerns the mental influencing of the banished spiritual in creation .... As it is obvious and understandable to you, the creation, i.e. everything visible to you, nevertheless only serves the purpose of granting stay to the spiritual, and thus every thing is spiritually enlivened. This applies to everything that is visible to you. So now the spirit bearer is exposed to the human will to shape .... thus all matter, which so to speak serves the human being again as material to be reshaped in his hand .... the human being for his part now has the possibility to also influence the spiritual power, which is inherent in matter .... and he can so to speak influence this spiritual power so that it can finish its course of development more quickly and leave this very form. Hence it must be the human being's endeavour to recognize the banished spiritual in all matter, to assist this spiritual and, if possible, to ensure that a permanent change and utilization of matter releases all spiritual within it .... that the human being, as it were, contributes to shortening the lifespan of matter in unchanged form .... that he must realize that nothing in the universe retains its form for a long time and that a constant change of external form helps the spiritual entity to ascend. Anyone who looks at everything in this sense and is willing to help by seeing shells of spiritual substance in all works of creation and is therefore active himself in order to permanently reshape these shells, and this in full awareness of assisting the spiritual entities, his task is only thereby properly fulfilled, after all, he is not only active for himself and his spiritual well-being but at the same time for the helpless entities which are not yet able to liberate themselves consciously, whose path is then considerably shortened. For if the human being believes that all creation is and remains a spirit bearer, he will also be aware of the fact that he, as a likewise spirit bearer, must find a connection with the spiritual entity by subjecting the external form to frequent change and that everything which comes into being under the human being's hands is, as it were, always permitted by God's will to form a new external form which is again entitled to receive the spiritual substance within itself. Only the will of man is needed for this. And only the belief that all creation is spiritually enlivened, as well as all striving for love which is meant for the release of spiritual substance, is an auxiliary factor for these beings which cannot be valued highly enough. And every work you tackle in this awareness will also carry God's blessing within it; for all His spiritual co-workers are active for the beings' redemption, both on earth as well as in the beyond ....

Amen

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Transformation of the outer forms .... change of the spiritual ....

B.D. 0816 from March 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Just as a constant transformation of all forms takes place on earth, just as nothing constantly remains in the same form, so all spiritual beings sheltering in form must also experience the same transformation which, although it is not visible to the human eye, is clearly recognizable in the spiritual world. The spiritual beings very soon notice when such a spiritual transformation upwards takes place and use every opportunity to promote this higher development by lovingly taking care of the spiritual being striving upwards. Again, it can only be explained that all spirit bearers on earth, i.e. all matter and all living beings, always show spiritual progress when they allow themselves to be mentally influenced by higher spiritual strength, for then a united, thus strengthened spiritual strength is active and as such has correspondingly greater success to record. Wherever a spirit bearer is favourably influenced he must strive upwards, and everything striving upwards unites again, as it were, and contributes to the increase of spiritual strength .... A substance which is enlarged in such a way must understandably also have a form externally adapted to it, which is why every transformation of the spirit also necessitates the transformation of the external form. And thus, to a certain extent, it is clearly recognizable in all works of creation to what extent the spiritual substance is inherent in them, for the outer form will also be correspondingly larger and more perfect the more developed its soul, i.e. everything spiritual in it, is. It is now also understandable to the human being why the body, i.e. the human being's fleshly body, has many similarities with the already fairly developed animal bodies, for the soul is already so far formed in the latter that it only needs to unite with the substances it lacks in order to be able to fully meet the demands which are demanded of it for embodiment as a human being, which is why the human being's external form also unites, as it were, everything which has been taken from every form it has passed through so far. It is not possible for the human being on earth to comprehend this, for there are countless entities or soul particles which have formed themselves into a whole during their stay on earth .... but the human being does not possess the ability to intellectually think through all stages of his development, nor does he have the capacity to comprehend the versatility and creative ability of a human soul .... He will certainly be able to be convinced with good will that the soul has attained human form through endless transformation, but he will never be able to grasp this spiritual miracle in all its greatness and sublimity as long as he remains on earth ....

Amen

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Active will .... freedom of will ....

B.D. 0817 from March 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Every thought directed into the spiritual requires the human being's full will and is therefore the human being's will which has become active, irrespective of whether the activity expresses itself mentally or in the exercise of works of love, which likewise first require the human being's thinking. The human being always has to turn to everything spiritual of his own free will by means of the willpower at his disposal. This willpower expresses itself in every action which is then carried out, and if every action is determined by love, the willpower will become ever stronger, especially if it is requested consciously and faithfully. Then all resistance must also be overcome, the human being must also overcome himself, for he becomes strong in spirit the more his will becomes active in him. The human being directs his gaze upwards, he finds contact with the spiritual world, this imparts spiritual strength to him which in turn strengthens his will and allows him to become active, and thus the human being himself contributes to the integration into divine order, if only he has the will to acknowledge such at all .... that he occupies himself with spiritual things is always a concession of his belonging to God, he demands back to desires to that which is his origin from eternity .... he will .... And his will is the basic condition to reach his aim. When the will has become active in the human being, then there is no longer an obstacle, for God has provided him with enough helpers which a willing earth child will now use in order to successfully pass the battle on earth. For it has passed the test, it has used its freedom of will in the right way by consciously turning towards the father in heaven ....

Amen

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God's work of education .... spiritual inertia .... purpose of sufferings ....

B.D. 0818 from March 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

You, who still live on earth, are approaching a time which will be unspeakably painful for you and you will have to assert yourselves in the face of all the hardship you are destined to experience. What the creator of heaven and earth allows is only ever a means by which He wants to spare His living creations the spiritual suffering one day, which will have far more painful effects in the beyond and which the human being can avert if he humbly accepts the suffering on earth and emerges from it purified and matured in soul. Man in his short-sightedness, which is the result of faithlessness, cannot comprehend the work of education of the heavenly father. He grumbles and complains and is not infrequently inclined to deny an eternal deity altogether because the work of Him seems incomprehensible to him. And he does not recognize the love and patience of his creator Who has to choose this path because His loving admonitions and words from above are not listened to, and time has become ever more serious, the human being ever more sluggish in his spiritual work and only ever concerned with fulfilling earthly duties, regardless of how this fulfilment of duty affects the soul. Now the spiritual world must also be extremely active and must in turn give people on earth evidence of its activity in and around it. For man no longer finds the connection to his creator. A tremendous shaking of his principles of life must first force man to think again about his 'self ', his origin and his end. In a completely calm time there is only a greater danger of living in spiritual inertia, but where the human being is forced to carry burdens of whatever kind he ultimately asks himself what meaning underlies his whole life and which path he could take in order to be relieved of earthly worries and suffering. And then he will certainly timidly grasp the father’s hand which is lovingly offered to him and which first wants to snatch him from the spiritual hardship of the soul. This purpose is the only reason for all the coming time of suffering ....

Amen

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Completion of spiritual .... maturity state .... protection ....

B.D. 0819 from March 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Everything spiritual must complete itself .... It must, so to speak, be brought to the highest development and grow to a degree of maturity in which it is worthy to unite with the eternal deity. In order to understand this, the human being must have already reached a certain spiritual level .... he must have penetrated spiritual truths and must have learned to understand the human being's development, his task and his aim to such an extent that he now begins to sense what God has destined His creatures to do from eternity. He will now want to give the spiritual substance within him maturity with full zeal and of his own accord; he will work constantly on himself in order to place his spirit into that state of perfection .... But he will now also have to struggle with increased resistance, because precisely the existence of such a struggle is extraordinarily beneficial for the soul. Victory over temptations of all kinds, asserting oneself in all temptations and last but not least surrendering to all trials is an ascent from step to step in order to reach perfection. And the soul has to fight this battle all on its own, no other spiritual being can ever relieve it of the task or fulfil it for it, but it can only ever help with assistance if this assistance is consciously requested. Thus no soul can achieve a degree of maturity through protection which it does not deserve; instead, it must be fully active and completely fulfil the task set for it if it is then also to receive the reward which is set for such striving .... eternal beatitude in union with the divine father. Thus the spiritual entity in the human being, the soul, has certainly been burdened with the greatest responsibility but it also has to expect the greatest reward .... it has to do all the work in order to receive unspeakably glorious things in return, and it is undoubtedly exposed to great dangers in earthly life, yet the bestowals of grace help to reduce and overcome these dangers so that the soul can very well fulfil the task given to it, if it is of serious will and able to imagine the incomparable beatitude .... but otherwise it is offered no opportunity to enter the eternal kingdom of peace, and it is the father’s eternal decision that He wants to form His living creations into God-like beings which shall one day rule the universe with Him and in His will and continuously enjoy the highest beatitude ....

Amen

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Danger of becoming lukewarm .... regression .... extreme struggle of the soul ....

B.D. 0820 from March 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 17

It is a long way to perfection. Once the soul has asserted itself in resistance to the power striving for its downfall and has recognized its exit from God, it certainly remains in the permanent care of its spiritual friends who stand helpfully by its side, but its striving for perfection must find the driving force within itself, its will must remain active, as it were, without interruption in order to reach perfection. Every deviation from the right path, every sluggishness and carelessness must be made up for by double devotion and work on oneself and cannot be replaced by external strength or help. With its own will the soul achieves everything, without its will nothing .... Therefore no standstill may occur in the desire to reach the height, for a standstill is tantamount to a decline. A person whose soul is no longer active for its eternal salvation will certainly turn to the world again just to have some kind of activity and re-establish the connection with matter instead of separating from it, which is his actual task. And thus the danger of regression is always far greater than that of standstill, for the latter only lasts a short time, and then the human being again pursues his spiritual work, or he distances himself from it, which everyone should anxiously endeavour to prevent. For the opportunity of a step backwards is immediately taken advantage of by the bad forces which always lie in wait for him and for their part affect such a soul with all the means at their disposal. And the struggle begins anew and demands the fullest power of resistance and readiness for action. Every soul should therefore only ever take care that it does not tire in its striving upwards, it should daily assure itself of divine grace through constant prayer and in every adversity and in the danger of becoming lukewarm trustingly turn to the father in heaven for help. This already presupposes the earth child's will, and as soon as the will becomes active precisely through prayer, the soul remains in constant work on itself, and the danger of regression is eliminated. Its struggle has already lasted an inconceivably long time, and even if great demands are placed on the soul in earthly life, the soul should nevertheless wrestle tirelessly precisely now in order to pass the final test and to be able to leave its state of compulsion and, as a free light being, to behold all God's glories and to find eternal happiness in union with the supreme being. And therefore it should consciously renounce that which still connects it with the world and matter, even though its body still dwells on earth .... but the soul can hurry ahead into the realms of supreme bliss if only it continues to let its will become active and prevents or fights against any slackening of spiritual striving ....

Amen

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God is love ....

B.D. 0821 from March 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Remain faithful to the ancient teaching which admonishes you to love God above all things and your neighbour as yourself. And so listen: Nothing in the world will be able to destroy the word of God, for it is given by Himself and thus endures for all eternity .... And this word of His teaches you to live in love, and if you comply with this commandment you will enter the kingdom of heaven. And thus you must also acknowledge the one Who is love Itself from eternity, Who sacrificed Himself for people out of immense love in order to redeem them from the deepest guilt of sin. And anyone who lives in love follows Him .... and people want to deny the son of God because love no longer dwells in their hearts, for anyone who loves has the divine saviour within himself and his heart will joyfully affirm Him .... and in this affirming joy of life he cannot help but also love his neighbour, for love, which is God Himself, fills his heart with such power that everything that comes into contact with Him is seized by it. Love is the greatest of miracles .... It redeemed humanity from death, It brought all creation to life, It brings temporal and eternal joy .... It is life and strength .... longing and fulfilment .... It is the epitome of everything divine and connects heaven and earth with each other .... And if you humans live in love you will become perfect, just as the father in heaven is perfect, for everything is rooted in love, It originates from God and leads back to God again .... for God is the eternal love Himself ....

Amen

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God’s word as protection against all adversities .... power of faith ....

B.D. 0822 from March 22nd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

As the world attunes itself to My teaching, so will the events take place which are destined for earth. My teaching contains everything the earthly children were given to do, and if they make an effort to comply with My commandments their fate on earth will also be a bearable one; yet anyone who denies Me and My word has to fulfil his task in a different way .... he has to find the same path through suffering and difficult days so that he acknowledges his creator and judge in Me .... he also has to accept My word in a roundabout way, and this path will be more difficult and more thorny but it can also lead to the aim. How easy earthly life would be for you if only you would always pay attention to the voice from above which announces itself in you. And what suffering you could keep away from yourselves by fulfilling My commandments, which I convey to people again and again in all purity. The more intimately you accept My word the more you will also accept the strength from Me, and you will be armed to face all earthly suffering .... Consider this, if you desire to reject My word as a human word, you thereby take away the strongest protection against all adversities of life. Anyone who does not acknowledge Me and does not carry My word within himself .... anyone who does not honour Me and does so by obeying My word, cannot be granted protection by Me in severe adversity, for he rejects Me and does not see in Me the one Who can help him .... I am always ready for My children on earth and will not let any call in vain, yet if they reject My help .... if they do not recognize in Me the almighty of heaven and earth .... if they lack faith in My love and My omnipotence .... how can I then bring them help? All your strength lies in deep faith, but without faith you are weak, helpless creatures. Whoever has My word and lives according to it also stands in deepest faith and is thus strong against all hostilities that come from outside. He will not feel the suffering of earth like that and will also never be without help, for he has Me and lives according to My word ....

It is indisputably proven that the world has dealt sufficiently with the problem of a detachment from Me and that thereby unspeakable suffering has already come upon humanity, for the whole earth has become a source of fire, so to speak, and the same battle against My teaching rages everywhere. People don't know how to distinguish between My teaching and the statutes of men .... their battle is directed at one and extends to the other .... they want to destroy everything and destroy faith in Me as the redeemer of the world and in My word, which I have taught at all times ....

Amen

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Father words .... God’s word refreshment from the heavens ....

B.D. 0823 from March 22nd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Love for you has moved Me to send you My word again and again, and thus you stand in great grace and pay no attention to it. I am your God from eternity, I am your creator, your father and at the same time also the redeemer for you who became man .... And anyone who recognizes this and believes in Me is cared for on earth by My love until his end. I know My own and My own know Me .... and well to those who see their saviour and redeemer in Me, who have My word and can build themselves up on it. What is a person's life on earth without this faith; how forsaken does he feel in great distress of heart, for he walks his difficult earthly path without hope of help and only becomes more aware of his loneliness when he has to go through suffering and affliction. Then I will always bring My word close to him, I will show him the right path with love and care .... And now I will again give people on earth the advice to seek contact with the one Who holds all fate in His hands .... But who hears My words, who pays attention to the signs, who gives Me the honour and longs for My love .... There are only a few who fully grasp the meaning of life, and these few shall be My helpers on earth, servants through whom I want to work and guides who shall fight for My name. Mankind wants to renounce Me and does not see the disaster which this plan entails .... it thinks it knows and yet is unspeakably wrong .... it thinks it is progressive and always goes back. And that is why I am active everywhere and announce My word to those who seek connection with Me in faith in Me, and I see their hearts, which are ready to receive, and give them constant thought, so that whoever is in trouble and wants to recognize should lift himself up at this word received from above, so that he who desires such shall fetch wisdom from it. The refreshment from heaven shall flow to people on earth in such abundance that it will truly suffice to revive the spiritually weak and give them strength for their life on earth. For only My word will protect people in greatest adversity, only in My word can true salvation be found, and only in the word can the father be recognized, for His word is always the same .... it is love, truth and life .... it is the word I Myself ....

Amen

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Climbing the mountains .... striving for spiritual height ....

B.D. 0824 from March 23rd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Behold, if you aspire to climb the mountains, you must not lack strength of purpose, for everything that is high up must, as it were, be climbed. A sluggish man cannot easily reach his aim, for he must apply double strength in order to look down with double satisfaction and bless the path he has travelled which has led him to the heights. Spiritual striving must also be regarded in this way. It is likewise a perpetual desire to climb to the summit, which is spiritual perfection. The tireless wanderer ascends the heights with certainty, if he does not allow himself to be distracted by the toils and efforts which the path brings him. His gaze is directed upwards, he spares no effort and strives only towards the aim. If the walk on earth takes place in the same way, if the human being with his gaze turned upwards also takes every effort and strain upon himself, if he does not let himself be distracted by the momentary pleasures of the world but sends his soul ahead into the upper regions and uses all his will to reach the spiritual height, he will one day be able to look back with satisfaction on his earthly path, and he will never regret what he has sacrificed to reach this aim, to stand in the light and be relieved of all suffering. Anyone who stands on top of the mountain and feels free from all earthly burdens, who believes to be closer to his lord and creator, as it were, who can now let his gaze wander over endless vast regions and behold everything in its splendour and beauty, will be able to roughly imagine the spiritual freedom in which the soul can behold everything that exists around it after having completed its ascent, how it feels free from all earthly heaviness and, standing in the light of the divine sun of grace, may enjoy unspeakable delights. And even if the ascent is arduous, the reward is so incomparably glorious that it outweighs a thousandfold all the sufferings and renunciations that preceded it ....

Amen

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Goings-on of the underworld .... stubborn deniers of God ....

B.D. 0825 from March 23rd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Words of love continue to come to you and well-meaning beings unite to make you receptive and prepare you to receive the teachings from above.

And thus you will also hear an extremely important teaching today which shall give you information about the goings-on of the underworld, by which is to be understood everything that rebels against the good spiritual beings and strives to work against them. These beings particularly avoid all opportunities which could serve them for higher development, and their constant intention is to draw what is not yet in dark night into their spell and thus to increase the flock of those who turn away from God. Thus it seems as if the number of dark beings is increasing immeasurably, since earth and its inhabitants are resisting the good spirits' efforts and are increasingly turning away from God. However, there is also a limit to this dark power where its strength can no longer have an effect, and this is always the case when spiritually mature beings take care of people in a particularly loving way, so that equally strong good forces oppose the efforts of the evil forces and their effects on people can be felt, even if they are not entirely successful, but they nevertheless put a stop to the evil activity. Thus there is a particularly fierce battle between the good and the bad spiritual beings in the present time of spiritual adversity, but the power of love outweighs that of hatred. And this is a blessing for the erring souls .... Thus a person who becomes weak in spirit due to a certain lack of knowledge will be particularly lovingly protected by his spiritual friends, and it will not be easy work for the adversary to draw him into his circle of influence, in contrast, the persistent God-denier .... who has had countless opportunities of acquiring knowledge of spiritual truths will be in greatest danger, for the dark power will seize him with all cunning and seek to even strengthen his will of rejection and to deprive him of all understanding for spiritual truths in order to gain a firmer hold on him. And therefore it will be considerably easier for an earthly person who is not particularly knowledgeable to attain God and realization than for an arrogant representative of God's deniers who is convinced of his knowledge yet disregards God's commandments .... The enemy tries to get hold of him, and then the good spiritual world will also be powerless, for such a person voluntarily places himself under the overlordship of evil and thus does not give the helpful spiritual forces permission to take care of him, and without the human being's intervention through his will an attempt at salvation cannot be carried out, and thus this person has to bear his spiritual hardship alone .... He either has to try to free himself from the enemy's fetters or he will be a hopeless slave to him until time immemorial ....

Amen

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Hour of death .... without preparation .... agony of passing away ....

B.D. 0826 from March 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

In the middle of life, man begins to think about questions relating to his bodily end. During this time, he is haunted by thoughts of a sudden end .... he tries to avoid them at first, and yet he will always listen to them. It is like a constant urging to keep these questions in mind, it is like a continuous admonition to remember his end and to take a stand on it. Every moment the spiritual power uses to remind the human being of this, and it is truly only beneficial for the soul to pay attention to such thoughts. An unnoticed moment can already bring existence on earth to an end, and no-one has the power to prolong his own life on earth by one hour when the time of his passing has come. And therefore everyone should be prepared to give up earthly life at any time in order to enter the eternal kingdom. He should consciously concern himself with his continuation of life after death, he should adjust his earthly life such that it is completely in harmony with his earthly task and thus is only a time of preparation for the actual life in the beyond. If he constantly checks himself as to whether his earthly life corresponds to the divine commandments, if he makes it his business to serve the creator of heaven and earth .... if he always seeks contact with Him and thus consciously prepares himself and works on his soul, then the thought of death will not frighten him, he will find it rather pleasant and learn to regard the hour of death as the hour of liberation from the body shackles. People, on the other hand, who fearfully ward off every thought of it or who let the admonitions pass by completely indifferent, will indeed sometimes have an easy earthly life because they will not bother themselves with anything that could shake them out of their calm; they will live straight into the day without any sense of responsibility .... They will also never impose any restrictions on themselves for the sake of a possible continuation of life .... they will reject everything that is held up to them as a task in life .... yet with the approach of death they will fall into a dreadful restlessness and then get to taste all the horrors of it in full, if they have not previously been made accessible to other thoughts through a long time of suffering. The hour of death will not be welcome to them, they still cling to earthly life with all the fibres of their being and do not desire to exchange it for another because they are not prepared for it in the slightest. But the hour of separation comes for all, and often unforeseen. An unprepared person feels all the agonies of passing away, and his end is truly not enviable. And yet, every person has it in his own hands to make this hour an hour of salvation if he always lives his earthly life in such a way that he need not fear the responsibility .... that he can return his life to the father in heaven at any hour with the childlike trust of finding His mercy and His love, because this earthly life was lived in constant contact with Him ....

Amen

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Time of judgement near .... concept of time .... present ....

B.D. 0827 from March 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

"The song of praise of those who serve Me resounds without ceasing, and the hosts of heaven join in, and they praise and extol Me ...." Time hurries on earth, but measured against eternity, the course of man's life on earth is equal to a moment, it means, as it were, in earthly life an event in the long run, when an event is spoken of in the future, and it does not particularly touch man because it seems to him an eternity before such a previously announced event occurs. Now such a concept is not easy to make comprehensible in any other way and a prediction of an event cannot be given in terms of day and hour because this would not be beneficial to man in any way on the one hand and on the other hand mankind itself also determines the time of such an event through its own will or its lack of faith, which is the cause of the event occurring. Thus many years often pass in apparent tranquillity so that people lull themselves into security and never believe in world-shaking events, for they only ever pay attention to such events which have their cause in earthly disputes. And therefore it may seem unbelievable to them that the eternal deity should make Itself known in such a way that a judgment will come upon the whole of humanity and have such a dreadful effect. Humanity rejects such a prospective judgment or believes that the time has not yet come because it completely lacks the very concept of time and the human being cannot relate the time in which he himself lives .... the present .... cannot be related to announced future and therefore everything remote is understandable to him as always remote and this concept of time seems more acceptable to him. If the people of the present time could grasp how close this time of judgement is, they would never live their lives so calmly .... but would be seized by fear and despair to know that this time is so near. And again the lord has mercy on the children of the earth, and He would like to call out to them all that they may prepare themselves for this time. The hour of the righteous has come, for he will find his way through the spiritual chaos, he will also await the lord and the Judgment will not take him by surprise .... But all the rest of you who think the time is still far away, your spiritual sleep will be followed by a dreadful awakening .... you do not consider that you cannot escape the horrors of this time .... you do not consider your powerlessness in the face of the unleashed elements .... and you think even less about it, what can bring you salvation from every adversity .... for you do not remember the lord .... And you will be completely helpless in that hour, afflicted by fear and anxiety and abandoned to the forces of nature without faith in God ....The time is near when the will of humanity will consciously turn away from Him, and thus the time is near of which it is written that the earth will bow before the almighty and that fire will fall from heaven and that those who ignore their creator will tremble .... For what the lord has said will be fulfilled to the last letter.

Amen

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Depressions .... suffering is the father’s love ....

B.D. 0828 from March 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

An indescribable longing will awaken in you if you strive for perfection and think of the delights of heaven. And this desire will contribute towards removing the soul's fetters, for the desire for the world and earthly pleasures will decrease to the same extent, the desire for earthly possessions will dwindle and only that which signifies happiness for the soul will be desired. And if you are in this state all depression will also disappear, for all worldly things will no longer affect you, the soul will become free and disregard the body, and then nothing will be able to weigh it down which causes it pain in a less perfect state. And so accept this comfort and only work undaunted on yourself, then you will also overcome such hours where the pressure of earth still weighs too heavily on you. The father in heaven knows about the hardships of His children, and yet they cannot stay away completely; they should spur on what is tired and purify what is not yet clean. Keeping this in mind, every day will bring you its blessings, and you will come ever closer to the state of liberation. So often the soul lets itself drift, it sways to and fro and is not yet firm in itself, and then it needs such depressions to strengthen it and to stir up the desire for its creator. When it has overcome such moods, then it will again be light and clear within itself, and it lives with double concern for its liberation.

It sometimes remains incomprehensible to people how God's fatherly love often expresses itself in a way that touches people painfully, they cannot find an explanation for it because they are unable to judge what unspeakable misery their fate would be if only beautiful and joyful things always awaited them on earth and that this misery would be far more painful than the earth's suffering. The father’s infinite love is only ever willing to give and has never wanted people to suffer .... as long as they do not violate divine order, every suffering would stay away from them and they would only ever feel God's kindness and love. But if their own will impels them to violate divine order and thus they would have to endure unspeakable suffering in the beyond, because God has to be a just judge after all and cannot deny people's sense of justice out of love for them, He will try to convince people of their wrong thoughts and actions while they are still on earth .... He will try to influence them favourably and make them compliant with divine will, and this in every way .... through His word, which makes His will known .... through admonitions and constant references to the suffering and misfortune of fellow human beings and precisely through suffering which affects the human being himself .... but which can only be called minimal compared to the suffering which awaits the incorrigible human being in the beyond. Man on earth is not receptive to the exceedingly great love oft he lord .... The love of the world has taken such hold of him that he, blinded by its splendour and shine, does not recognize the warm, mild light of divine love .... for the adversary fights with violent means. He seeks to awaken the love of splendour and magnificence in the human being, and if the human heart succumbs to this love it will no longer feel the breath of divine love. And if the father in heaven still wants to bring Himself to people's remembrance, He can only do so through suffering .... for it is in suffering that people are most likely to find their way back to Him, and suffering can then become an unexpected blessing, where otherwise the love of the divine saviour on earth is not respected ....

Amen

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Coming event .... transformation of earthly life ....

B.D. 0829 from March 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

And those who work in silence are blessed before the lord .... of whom you can be certain that He will approach you in every form, that He will come to you at all times and help you carry what is troubling you. And whoever carries Him in his heart will also feel Him and completely surrender to His strength. Let the heart speak: Your hour has not yet come, for everything wants its time, and deep faith wants to be won. He Who has loved you since eternity also directs your steps towards unification and wants to shape you into His image .... He wants your stay on earth to be a blessing for you, and therefore life has to bring you obstacles which require your full strength to overcome. All wisdom from above would be useless without your active will of self-liberation. And it is very important that your will does not slacken, for not one day has been given to you in vain, every day is to be used for the soul. If the human being lacks the impetus, if his will is weakened and he does not pay attention to the dangers which result from spiritual sluggishness, he will slacken and not complete the path to ascent. Thus the day with its resistances must stimulate the human being to be restlessly active, and he must not fear them but face them with full faith and trust in the help from above, then his spirit will grow stronger and no day will have been lived in vain. And you must succeed in banishing all anxious, doubting and oppressive thoughts from your heart and look up to the lord of heaven and earth in all spiritual freedom ....

And now your spiritual friends give you a message concerning the forthcoming event which will cause you terror and excitement in the very near future: The time has undoubtedly come which requires intervention from above, and it is of utmost importance that you learn what influx of spiritual strength will be passed on to people in order to prepare them for this event. For one thing is particularly necessary today that the human being recognizes the direct influence of higher power in everything that happens. After all, it is only a matter of the spiritual maturing of people living on earth, and for this purpose the earthly course of events must fit in such that the development of the spirit can be taken into account. When the world becomes suspicious of events which undoubtedly come from other than the human side, when a complete transformation of earthly life has to follow as a result .... when a time begins which can be called a completely new one, then the spiritual attitude also has to undergo a change, for the human being has enough reason to think about the most diverse problems, and this is the ultimate purpose of all events, that they stimulate the human being to let his spirit become active, for only now can the work of the spiritual beings begin once the human being has made contact with them through willingly giving in and inserting his thoughts in the direction of thought taken by his spiritual friends. This time will be so exciting and burden all minds, yet anyone who is able to look with spiritual eyes will also understand the purpose and meaning of all events, for nothing happens without God's will ....

Amen

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Time of drought .... rocks .... little fountain .... word from above ....

B.D. 0830 from March 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

You shall hear the voice from above which warns you to be an example of those who betray the lord. Behold, it costs infinite effort to establish a connection from the beyond to people on earth, and such a bridge is unspeakably beneficial so that the gulf can be crossed. If the lord Himself condescends to show you earthly children the way, then nothing more is required than the human being's strong will to show himself worthy of this grace, and he will hear the lord's words at all times. If now people's resistance cannot be broken and they remain in defence despite all hardship of the soul, this, however, is no reason to take a stand on everything which the intellect cannot grasp, and thus everyone must struggle for the realization of truth; he must try to imagine himself in complete blindness and now trustingly let himself be guided by the divine lord and master. The greatest danger is to want to judge everything according to a pattern .... Which spirit can possibly guide a person into truth? .... But only the spirit from God .... And he will stand in truth who consciously surrenders himself to the eternal deity .... who submits his will to the divine will and who deeply and humbly begs for God's grace. The one who receives the word is truly not striving for the splendour and magnificence of the world .... nor does he strive for spiritual recognition .... he only wants to serve God and people by conveying to them the truths he has received from God. Does this not already show how unspeakably mistaken the person is who doubts the outcome of this word? The strict rejection of the divine word lies like a stone before the door of the heart .... for people create an obstacle for themselves by blocking the clear source of knowledge and disregarding the strength-giving refreshment. The time will come when there will be great drought on earth, when only here and there a spring will seep and humanity will be close to dying of thirst. And when the lord wants to control the nameless misery of this time by letting fresh drink flow from the rocks and opening little fountains which shall refresh His children with living water, then do not waste these springs but thank the lord Who wants to save you from adversity and misery. The transmissions from above are purest, purest truth, recognizable to the earthly child who sincerely asks God for enlightenment and trusts Him for the answer. If the answer is already given to oneself, all error is encouraged and people then lead themselves onto the wrong path. Yet the lord protects those who fulfil His will and persevere in love for Him, for many labourers are needed in His vineyard ....

Amen

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Matter as spirit carrier .... will to create .... dissolve .... compose ....

B.D. 0831 from March 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Everything on earth serves the spiritual development of the human being. Nothing is visible to the human eye that was not created for this purpose .... All spirit from God animates matter, and again only so that it may one day become free from it and create and shape the same out of itself. Thus, for example, the form, which is in itself insubstantial, is only in connection with the spiritual what you are able to see it as and what is only then visible when the spirit has taken up residence in it. For all external form also consists of substance taken from the spiritual. Simply nothing can exist that is not spiritually enlivened, and a constant change of external form only has the purpose of uniting the different spiritual substance until a complete whole, the human soul, is formed. And this whole must then mature within itself and strive towards perfection. Thus earthly life is, so to speak, the station of formation of the spirit .... it is in the same proportion as the earthly activity of the human being is a constant reshaping of everything that is again accessible to the human being as matter .... since it continuously contributes to the human being's revival and thus constantly supplies the soul's external form, the human body, with vital substances, and all spiritual substances in the air are, as it were, absorbed by the body in order to then unite with the soul, so that the human soul is likewise increased. All form in itself is increased by the very supply from outside which conditions its life .... but so-called dead matter is increased by the human being's will to shape, which again puts together the most diverse spiritual carriers and thus creates a whole from them again. Thus, either a great spiritual power can become active through the joining together of matter or spiritual power can be released through the dissolving or crushing of matter, which then again seeks its abode in another external form, and through joining together likewise in increased power. Therefore every matter has some purpose in the earthly sense, for if it were left completely unused the spiritual substance in it would have no possibility to mature in this external form ....

Amen

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Vacuum ....

B.D. 0832 from March 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Thus, outside the earth is a vacuum, the determination of it is, to capture the spiritual beings, so that they demand back for the shape, they want to escape, and therefore have to be in the immediate vicinity of earth. This space is a separation from all, that still remains in the matter and of the matter itself .... and the spiritual realm out-of-matter and will already therefore externally isolate the earth completely in the space of all creation, that is indeed the same way as the earth is alive, but is moving in completely different laws of compulsion, as they are understandable for the inhabitants of the earth. Therefore it is impossible in any way to overcome this vacuum of human hand and to make it passable through inventions of any kind, because whose task is taken spiritually, to roll back all from the earth outgoing to earth again .... but taken earthly this space would not save the necessary fluid for human life, which is indispensable for the body of people. An attempt to conquer the limit drawn by God’s will will inevitably also mean the earthly end of the attempter, because everything can remain living, beings and matter, as long as it is in the area of such a life and matter sheltering earth, but outside this the conditional elements of life are missing, out again wise thoughtful welfare by the creator for everything spiritual, that seeks to escape his destiny and would prolong his way of purification just endlessly. The air-void dominant spiritual world is in a certain state of maturity, in which it resides with the function for such defence of all earthly things. The farther the beings develop themselves, the more responsible richer is its task, but this is always based on the welfare of the take care of beings and therefore is achieved with zeal and love. But never the man as such will succeed, to get a usable area, which completely contradicts the nature of the earth and therefore also does not offer the slightest possibility of life, and all research of this area will stay unsucccessful, respectively will result in the physical end of the researchers ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Arrogance .... faith paired with sharpness of mind ....

B.D. 0833 from March 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Unspeakable misery is caused by people's lack of faith, and even if the heavenly father in His mercy would like to control the misery through obvious evidence of divine activity which is intended to make it easier for people to believe .... it is a futile effort on the part of people who are imbued with their value. The lord enters every person's life in so many different ways .... again and again they are given the opportunity to enter into a childlike relationship with Him .... And if people would let their hearts speak more and listen less to what their intellect advises them, humanity would truly be better off and its faith would be far deeper than it is now. Man is not to be taught who seeks to explain and dissect everything intellectually. Intellect without faith is to be valued at zero, faith alone will be pleasing to the father in heaven, but faith coupled with intellectual acuity is beneficial for the human being beyond all expectation, for only now will the right light shine for him, only now will he stand at the source of all wisdom, and his heart will widen in the realization of what abundance of spiritual goods is now offered to him and how successfully he can now use his intellectual acuity, which is inseparably connected with profound faith. Therefore, the source of wisdom must be constantly drawn from, for a spring which is opened for humanity to refresh itself will not run dry unless it rejects everything and does not appreciate the refreshment and strengthening offered to it. The greatest error and also the grossest offence against divine order is people's self-conceit .... for truly the lever cannot be easily applied there. He who is small and thinks himself great also loses all appreciation of the value of truthfulness .... He who is not thirsty for truth in himself will also never be able to judge and will not be able to distinguish truth from lies, if it is offered to people as a spiritual good. Whoever wants to assert himself and his reputation first and foremost is not at all interested in fathoming the truth .... more is the truth inconvenient for him, since it first demands self-knowledge and the human being would have to descend from the high pedestal he has ascended himself .... And thus only the one who respects truth as the highest virtue can stand in the light, for pure truth can only be received by a truth-hungry person, and this with deepest humility of heart .... God's grace does not approach arrogance, yet anyone who lives in humility is always and forever in God's grace .... And thus the human being must first recognize himself, and this realization must make him aware of his own nothingness, then the human being will humbly bow before his creator and the divine grace will not be withheld from him, which helps him to stand in the right light ....

Amen

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Rhythm .... natural phenomena ....

B.D. 0834 from March 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The strangest phenomena repeat themselves in the same rhythm, and divine activity is already evident in them, which has made this uniformity a law of nature. If everything in the life of creatures, in nature and its phenomena, were a disorderly, arbitrary expression of spiritual power, then unbelievable chaos would soon be the result and the existence of individual creations would very easily be called into question, for only in the regulated activity of the spiritual powers influencing nature lies the security for the existence of creation. Precisely this regularity of all natural processes is a factor which must be taken into account and which conspicuously reveals a lawgiver Whose wisdom and omnipotence must be supreme in order to be able to guide the whole of creation with such regularity. And that further these laws of nature have remained unchanged since their existence, that the development of living beings always takes place in an unchanged form, that likewise the human being always and constantly remains in existence in all bodily functions, and this since the beginning of creation .... is indisputably proof of an unfathomable perfection of power and should therefore, with some thought, already put the human being into a state of faith, for to guide the entire universe in an always constant order is truly something which should not leave the human being in doubt that there must also be a ruler of the universe, to Whose will everything created is subject without exception. And the belief in this also gives rise to a feeling of reverence and love towards this controller of the universe .... The earth with all its natural phenomena is already a miracle to the thinking human being .... but how endlessly versatile is the whole of creation and how precisely the phenomena which are absolutely necessary for the existence of the whole take place in it and can be recognized again and again in the same rhythm ....

Amen

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Divine love .... anode .... contact ....

B.D. 0835 from March 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The sea of divine love pours out over all creatures. And whoever believes himself to be lonely does not respect this love, which replaces a thousandfold what he gives away or misses. For God's love includes everything, protection and care and constant accompaniment on all paths. Those who enjoy divine love can never feel lonely, for in the connection with the lord, which everyone is able to establish himself, the human child is already relieved of loneliness, and to find constant protection and shelter outweighs all earthly happiness, for divine love with its eternal fire outshines all earthly splendour a thousand fold, for a light emanates from this love which is incomparably blissful for the one who stands in this light. The living contact with the divine lord is like an uninterrupted line to the anode, and the human being remains in constant benefit of divine love as long as he himself keeps in contact. Therefore no human being on earth is so pitiful despite all kinds of tribulations, for he always has the one advantage of being able to provide himself with comfort and help, happiness and joy through the connection with the divine saviour, Who in His infinite love takes care of every being, deservedly and undeservedly, yet always giving love in such abundance that the abundance of love could already give the earthly child unlimited bliss on earth if it were consciously received. Yet the human being has no idea of the strength of divine love .... he lacks all understanding for the divine creator's comprehensive all-love, he only knows the term 'love' in a temporal sense which, however, is predominantly a desiring love and rarely only a giving love. And so the feeling of happiness is also developed in man far more in the love of possession than in renunciation and giving. But whoever wants to know true love in its deepest happiness must first renounce all love of possessions, only then can he feel divine love as the most delicious thing his heart can receive. To practice love oneself is the first and last commandment .... and the human being redeems himself through love, he becomes free and now feels the delights of love which the saviour Himself bestows upon him .... which is delicious and unlimited, which contains all the delights of heaven within itself .... which is as pure as gold and which enraptures every creature with the brightest rapture .... which cannot be replaced anywhere or by anything, which is the highest, the eternal bliss .... and yet is available to everyone again who only longs for the saviour's love ....

Amen

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Adaptability .... activity urge .... awakening the spirit of God ....

B.D. 0836 from March 30th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

All spirit from God has the ability to adapt itself and is therefore also able to work differently in every form which surrounds it, i.e., the activity of the spirit always corresponds to the task which the respective form has to fulfil on earth. Consequently, the spirit bearer, the external form, also has to carry out a constantly changing activity in order to serve the spiritual within itself and to fulfil the living conditions of the individual beings which are intended in creation. Although similar activity can often be observed in the various small living beings, the spiritual being from God brings a certain order into every activity, and this is also its spiritual activity in particular, so that precisely this order is established and maintained in the overall creation, whereas without it an incomparable confusion and arbitrary utilization of strength would only result in an indescribable chaos in creation. The different living beings' urge to be active is not always equally strong, because the spiritual power animating them is also of different strength and therefore the same active ability is also not inherent in the beings as long as the spiritual substance is not in the same proportion to each other. Only the human being has a completely identically shaped soul in his external form, which is only different again in itself precisely because of the human being's spiritual maturity, which again is only a result of the awakening of the divine spark, the spirit of God in the human being. Spiritual substance is everything that animates matter and therefore forms the soul of the human being after a long journey of innumerable soul particles through innumerable embodiments .... The spirit of God, however, is first placed in the now fully developed soul and must now be awakened by the will of the human being, i.e. through one’s own conscious cooperation, and completely unite with the soul .... This is the human being's spiritual task on earth, which is completely separate from earthly activity, for the latter has been entrusted to people on earth in so many different ways, whereas spiritual activity, the awakening of the divine spirit, is every person's destiny and is also completely independent of earthly activity, or rather, every earthly activity provides the same opportunity to mature and unite with the dormant spirit of God within it. Thus spiritual maturity can never be made dependent on the earthly task, but every human being can contribute to his inner development in every situation of life and thus also be responsible for it ....

Amen

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Bliss in the hereafter (house) .... exhortation for this work's progress ....

B.D. 0837 from March 30th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

In the far distance stands a house in the midst of a beautiful garden. It lies like a cloud a shimmering breath over the whole surroundings, and this home, which is flooded with light and truly glorious to look at, is ready to receive and awaits its inhabitant .... And a deep silence surrounds him, if he is led into the house, a silence which charitably touches the one moving in, who has left the earth with all its burden and torment .... See, this is the place where the heart finds its way back to the heart, where love is felt in all its sweetness, where years of separation are forgotten and a new life begins in the harmonious union of loving beings. And if the soul's earthly change has brought it maturity, it will already be received by beings of light upon entering eternity and conveyed to its present abode. And the soul is free and untroubled, and where it stays there is light and love .... and what it thought long forgotten awakens to new life, what slumbered deeply in the heart on earth rises to the height in unimagined abundance, and the soul now only lives true life .... it stands in love. And when the hour of liberation from body shackles has come, then the soul is awaited and led over into the eternal kingdom, into the new home, which is the fulfilment of its deepest longing.

There are still many steps to take until you stand at the door of the little house .... but you shall always see the home before you that you are heading for .... For behold, he who awaits you looks full of love towards his bride .... He sees you standing in the sunlight, his eyes turned towards heaven .... it is his plea and his beseeching that the father’s hand will always guide you ....

So many friends have arrived who want to help you, for the reception is disturbed today by ignoble spiritual beings who find your perseverance unbearable. They try to make you unenthusiastic and make every effort to keep you away from your spiritual work. But equally the good beings are at your side and strengthen your will for ever new devotion. And thus your attention should be drawn to the fact that you may only be informed today of the bliss awaiting you in the beyond for a very special reason, that it should spur you on to be ever more diligent in this work, for there must be no stagnation, which is why you will also be given renewed strength to work for the lord. Don't let yourself be affected in any way, and reject all distractions from you, for spiritual knowledge has to be gathered without fatigue; the reception shall not be interrupted, and many a gap in your knowledge shall be filled with wisdom from above, which the heavenly father sends to you in all love. And where your body threatens to become weak, replace this weakness spiritually, unite with the divine saviour in heartfelt prayer, and He will give you the healing potion in every physical affliction. If the saviour takes care of your suffering there is no danger, neither physical nor mental, to fear, yet you have to come to Him in prayer, you have to request the strength from Him, Who is always willing to help the one who trustingly turns to Him. And if this faith is firmly rooted in your heart, you will be relieved of all physical suffering and can then work doubly beneficially in the service of the lord ....

Amen

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Spiritual self-discipline .... mastering earthly work dependent on the spiritual ....

B.D. 0838 from March 31th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

To persist in untiring spiritual activity also guarantees the soul's continued higher development, and therefore those striving for ascent will always have to make an effort of constant spiritual self-discipline, they will, as it were, have to let all spiritual work take precedence and not let earthly duties hinder them .... for a far more precious good has to be attained than can ever be achieved earthly, and if the human being believes that he can be held back by earthly activity he will indeed not be prevented from doing so from above but he can only be afraid of acting regressively in a spiritual respect, and thus all will should first be directed towards maintaining spiritual activity, then the human being will also be relieved of all earthly worries. Morning work will always remain irreplaceable to you and should therefore continue as far as possible, for all powers are at your disposal at this time and are also able to penetrate your thoughts more easily. So always bear in mind the following: Whatever comes your way is only permitted to test and steel your will. You must not fall prey to these temptations, for it is solely up to your will that countless beings stand by your side and grant you support if you only intend to do spiritual work. Relief is offered to you in every way, even if it is not always obvious to you, for spiritually you receive many things which you don't feel physically but which are gratefully felt by the soul. The same vigour of thought in earthly work is likewise a spiritual strength imparted to you, so that you are therefore supported in such a way that earthly work becomes surmountable for you and you therefore owe every success to the simultaneous activity in the spiritual field. Leave your worries about how you will cope with the earthly tasks .... for the increased willpower you devote to them is certainly not the guarantee for their success, however, if you always put the spiritual work in the foreground all success will be yours. And thus it is far more valuable to leave yourselves in complete trust to your spiritual guidance than to want to achieve a set aim through your own utmost effort if this is only seen in the accomplishment of earthly activity.

Amen

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Blessing of deformity ....

B.D. 0839 from March 31th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The human being has to undergo an involuntary yet very beneficial test of life if he, due to his external appearance, is unable to enjoy earthly pleasures, i.e. if the opportunity of undivided enjoyment of life is taken from him due to some kind of deformity and he is forced to give up earthly joys. He could then be in great danger to think of his Creator in bitterness or even reject Him completely because the will of a Deity who, in his opinion, imparts gifts to His earthly children unfairly, is incomprehensible to him. However, if he remains faithful in spite of his misfortune, spiritual progress will be possible for him much sooner since he will find it easier to resist the world and its temptations and in absence of worldly pleasures will be far more able to occupy himself with spiritual problems, which will lead him to the state of maturity much sooner. Consequently, such human beings often achieve the right understanding of their life in a short time .... They no longer demand complete fulfilment in life and patiently await the time when their earthly existence comes to an end, convinced that only then true life will begin and that their time on earth will have an appropriate effect in the beyond.

Hence, a deformed person on earth has a certain advantage in as much as the denial of worldly pleasures is easier for him than for a well proportioned person who is constantly confronted with the temptations of the world, but only if he contributes towards it himself, that is, if he, in submission to God's will, accepts his imposed destiny and thanks his Creator that He had given him life. If such a human being is spiritually active he soon will no longer consider his body a misfortune but consider spiritual life a desirable goal. He will always strive to increase his spiritual knowledge; he will also love his fellow human beings and not grumble at his fate or even fight God ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Father words .... simple living .... sham property ....

B.D. 0840 from April 1st 1939, taken from Book No. 17

All your requests shall be granted, My child, and you shall see and feel how intimately your saviour's love embraces you, for anyone who strives for Me will truly be seized by Me and guided and cared for with all love. Behold, My child, the human being's heart is destined to receive Me and it will shiver with such abundance of love when I dwell within it that it will truly no longer desire earthly joy. When I therefore approach the earthly child, all desire for the world will have disappeared and it will only live for Me and My love. To desire in all simplicity what gives you deepest happiness is far more valuable than the everlasting care for earthly needs. You will have in abundance what your body needs if only you first take the needs of your soul into account. And thus I especially bless your devotion to this work and always remain close to you in order to protect you against all hostility from outside. The urge for truth will always be a nuisance to those who have fallen prey to the prince of lies, and they will try to destroy what, as a work of truth, could be a hindrance to them in earthly life. Yet I will always stand by your side and warn you where your zeal could cause harm .... put the right words into your mouth and don't allow yourself to get into danger, for My fighters are under My protection and may never ever feel abandoned by Me. All striving for truth is also a thorn in the side of those who have separated themselves from Me for selfish reasons .... who do not find fulfilment in the simple way of life which My commandments demand of them and therefore want to make a completely different law their guideline than the one contained in My teaching. And yet, you humans don't understand how much more of a hindrance your planned way of life is for your spiritual development .... You don't see the disadvantage for your soul but only ever consider the body and what it is promised .... If you now take a path which considerably leads astray and I don't want to send you the truth which will instruct you correctly, what should the success of your earthly life look like? It is incomparably more difficult to reach the aim if you increase the resistances instead of reducing them. You desire so much that distracts your senses from the pure spiritual, you are in constant loneliness despite the most imaginable distractions the world offers you, for all these only serve the body but never the soul for its salvation. You weaken your power of resistance and remain completely uninvigorated, for you spend your life's energy on useless things and are slaves to your urges instead of controlling them .... And if the truth is offered to you it is not palatable to you and therefore you don't want to hear it but are much more amenable to teachings about (worldly things?). Just imagine for once that you deprive yourselves .... that you give up a much more beautiful life in eternity, for the sake of the short time on earth, when you lived it wrongly and contrary to your purpose .... And then imagine for what trifles you have forfeited the glories in the beyond .... and consider that I will truly not leave you without warning during your earthly life in order to protect you from precisely this error which has such severe consequences. Why don't you accept the truth? .... Why do you prefer the short earthly time with its sham goods to eternity, which can give you true fulfilment .... Life is given to you by Me so that it will be a blessing for you when used correctly, and I Myself give you the instructions as to how you can derive the greatest advantage for the soul from this life, yet anyone who only thinks of the body will not make use of the gift of heaven, for He Who gave you earthly life wants to make the eternal kingdom accessible to you through it ....

Amen

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Different reception capability .... form and content of the recordings ....

B.D. 0841 from April 1st 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The different receptivity is the explanation of the different receptions as far as form and content are concerned. If the spirit is completely collected and can easily detach itself from earth and the worries and pleasures associated with it .... and desires nothing more than the spiritual exchange with the friends in the beyond, these will find entrance to the human heart considerably easier and be able to convey their thoughts to the earthly child without hindrance or disturbance. If, however, the soul again and again strays from everything spiritual, if it cannot sever the connection with the earthly or a certain careless attitude weakens the spiritual receptivity, this will make itself felt that it will take a longer time until the spiritual strength can make itself understood, and this immensely weakens the willpower, for a great success will understandably spur the will to be active again and again, whereas a small success will only let the human being become even more sluggish if the urge to be active is not exceptionally active and tries to increase a small success with all its strength and fights the weakness of will with all means. Thus, for example, the recordings in increased receptivity will testify to a deeper wisdom and will also differ in their form from those which are received, so to speak, in a certain weakness of soul. For the lord demands complete readiness of commitment and reception, He demands unrestrained devotion and undivided attention, but He will then also reward them by imparting divine wisdom which fully compensates the earthly child for sacrifices of many kinds and also makes it unspeakably happy and spurs it on to ever more eager striving. It is a comforting thought that the lord distributes according to need and that the human being's longing is therefore fulfilled at all times .... that the divine spirit descends in all abundance if it is desired from the heart .... and that the human being can therefore enrich himself with spiritual treasures and is completely in control of increasing the reception if he wants it .... It is a comforting thought, to know how easily the human being on earth can enter into an intimate relationship with the heavenly father and thus be instructed in the most exhaustive way, and that, if he fights against the world and its charms, he can determine the state of his knowledge himself, for the heavenly father gives according to the earthly child's strong desire for wisdom. And if it desires to receive from the bottom of its heart, the deepest divine wisdoms will also be offered to it in abundance ....

Amen

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Divine judgement no end of the world .... transformation of the earth ....

B.D. 0842 from April 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Take care of the sick and the poor who are in spiritual distress. And wherever it is your will to help them, it will be given to you to speak according to the will of the lord. For His blessing will be with you if you work for Him. And so hear the voice from above: A struggling soul has to fight so hard to be united with Jesus Christ, for its will alone is too weak, and it also no longer finds a right connection, so that it only longs for rest, tired and apathetic. And so it has to be helped by directing its attention to Jesus' suffering on the cross. The thought of helping the lord to bear this great suffering will make the suffering bearable, and the soul will find its saviour, its redeemer, and the final union with its creator. In nameless sorrow the lord remembered on the cross all the sins of mankind and spoke the words: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do ...." And so this hour of death became the hour of mankind's redemption from sin. And if the hour of death is now also granted to man and he remembers the suffering and death of the saviour in this hour, the guilt is also taken from him and his gaze is directed heavenwards, he no longer feels the suffering of the earth and is freed from unspeakable burdens, for he is free from the guilt of his sin. The gates of heaven open and grant the earthly pilgrim entrance into the eternal kingdom.

And now lend us your ear and receive: The inner nature of the earth is of extraordinary resilience, and therefore the earth is destined for eternity to shelter the spiritual beings for the purpose of perfection. And therefore it will never be possible to speak of an end of the world which means a complete destruction of the earth. Local changes can certainly occur to an extent which signify a kind of destruction of this very earth's surface, yet the earth will not be completely destroyed as far as people are able to think .... And thus the coming judgment is also an event which will claim victims in large numbers everywhere, which will also shake the surface and shake it up so that the earth will subsequently show changes of the strangest kind. The end of time will certainly have come for many and for them it will be like the end of the world, but anyone who, with faith in the redeemer, will overcome this time of terror and emerge from it in one piece will see a picture of a reshaping of the earth and recognize the greatness and omnipotence of the creator, for everything he now sees is so changed in its nature that the slightest doubt about the designer and awakener of these miracles of creation will disappear in order to give way to a firm and strong faith. After an endlessly long period of testing, man is confronted with the choice of being allowed to be an inhabitant of this new world or to perish with the old design. And since time immemorial this event has been planned for the purpose of the final clarification and separation of all spiritual beings who desire God or have committed themselves to darkness. Only humanity does not believe that this time has come yet and is therefore in greatest distress if it does not await the coming of the lord in preparation. For with this judgment the lord will also appear on earth again, clearly recognizable to His own. And only that which is proclaimed in word and scripture will come to pass ....

Amen

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Disregarding the commandments .... fulfilling the expressed will of God ....

B.D. 0843 from April 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

You must not disregard the lord's commandments. You are in an incomparably dangerous situation which you cannot escape at will if you don't obey the divine commandments, and even if you believe but don't prove this faith by willingly following the lord's instructions, this faith is of no use because it is only outwardly accepted but not rooted in the heart. Thus you believe yourselves to be protected by the lord, and this is also assured to you at all times, but if you waver in your faith you will lose divine protection, for it is precisely your profound faith which guarantees this. But anyone who forsakes the lord by not persevering in faith must also be forsaken by the lord, and he will have to travel difficult paths until the lord turns to him again. Contact with the world is quite suitable to promote faithlessness. Let people go through life alone and they will find the way to the father much sooner than in contact with the world, where one would rather turn the other away from the right faith than try to win him over. And thus every step into the world is always a danger for a person of faith who has not found inner stability through intimate contact with the divine lord and saviour. And what suffering still lies ahead for these many who do not go into themselves and remain without realization of their life's task. If suffering were not sent to such people, years and years would pass in vain, for in the peace and tranquillity of daily life they could never come to realization and the voice from above would go unheard. Then people would need no help, no comfort and no instruction. All care for the soul would be an incomprehensible concept to them and would only strengthen their will to reject, the earth would offer them enough beauty and they would not need anything more. But when the transitoriness of all earthly comforts is made so clear to them, when their life only ever becomes heavy and unattractive through suffering and sorrow, then people look for a substitute which disappoints them less and also find it with the right spiritual attitude, i.e., as soon as they turn their backs on everything earthly and concern themselves with the question of spiritual life, with life after death. And now the process of a complete transformation begins when the human being has approached this problem. He will also always find the right answer if his will is to fulfil the divine commandements, if he recognizes them .... if he wants to do everything that corresponds to divine will, if this will is revealed to him. Hence every revelation is valuable and must also be complied with, for all spiritual threads are tied in such a way as to be of use to people on earth .... and if the earthly child does not fulfil the expressed will it has no claim on the father’s loving guidance, for it acts according to its own discretion and thus also has to bear the consequences of its way of acting. People are to be helped in all spiritual adversity, for earthly adversity can be called little if the state of the soul requires help. Earth's time of suffering will pass but the soul will take its suffering with it into eternity if it is not completed. Therefore remember it in prayer, so that the lord may strengthen it and give it the light of knowledge ....

Amen

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Charity .... ten commandments ....

B.D. 0844 from April 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The commandment of love for one's neighbour encompasses all demands made on people, and love for God is again conditioned by love for one's neighbour. Thus the human being on earth will completely fulfil his task if he is absorbed in love for God and his neighbour and builds his life on this basis. Where the heart can make happy in love, there the enemy has lost power, for love is of divine origin, it makes happy and enlivens, whereas the enemy's power seeks to destroy what love builds up. Yet unselfish love for one's neighbour will only ever take care of his well-being but never do the slightest thing to harm him, for this would truly not be true love if it resulted in disadvantage for the human being. Therefore, it can only be in the spirit of the divine creator to take a stand in the service of neighbourly love on the ten commandments which the lord has given to human beings, namely for a more detailed explanation of the individual commandments which, in turn, each correspond to the demand to love one's neighbour as oneself and thus, in summary, are always based on unselfish love for one's neighbour. The spiritually equal attitude can also result in all who are of the same spirit uniting in love, or that the love which has become strong in the human being expresses itself precisely in such a way that the human being wants to give to his fellow human being again and again, and that without wanting to achieve the slightest advantage for himself, for as soon as the interest in an advantage, no matter how small, is predominant, every work of love for the neighbour remains a kind of speculation but is never what was taught to people by the heavenly father in the commandment of neighbourly love, instead, all calculation is only based on one's own desire for gain, and only in those few cases is active neighbourly love practiced in the spirit of God where the human being is only ever willing to give but never wants to take or possess ....

Amen

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Divinity of Jesus .... strange sign of Jesus' suffering and death .... admission against christianity ....

B.D. 0845 from April 3rd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

An immense amount of work has to be done if the misguided souls are to find their way back to faith in the divine redeemer, for the view is already too deeply rooted that the saviour on earth was indeed permeated by profound piety but that He was of purely human origin and that the concept of His divinity was formed by overzealous followers of His teachings and has persisted for centuries. It is very difficult to begin to make people understand the error of this opinion and to refute it, for throughout time the memory of His deeds has faded considerably .... they are only remembered as legends, and thus the miracles of the saviour on earth can no longer contribute to awakening or strengthening faith in Him. Humanity today is so used to sober thinking that it has no understanding for this and therefore gives up faith in Jesus Christ as the son of God without any hesitation and summarily portrays everything extraordinary that would like to point to Christ's suffering and death at the present time as the spawn of sick people and thus rejects it. But now the world will have to take notice of an event which will obviously and evidently make people aware of Jesus' suffering and death, and they will be given evidence of such a strange kind that it should be easy for them to believe if only they use their will correctly. Yet human science will again try to solve or explain this strange phenomenon and will try to shake and destroy all faith in the lord and saviour anew. Yet God's love is constantly intent on helping people's spiritual hardship and sends them hints upon hints, and the more attentively the human being pays attention to precisely this problem of God's incarnation, the more convinced he can be that he will be pointed to the right path. But where one is completely indifferent towards Him, turning to Christ is unspeakably difficult and the spiritual powers of the beyond do not have much effect either. That is why it is extremely successful and important that the general indifference first changes into the opposite .... that what has been up to now, the mechanical practice of the so-called divine service, has to suffer a strong shock in order to stimulate people to think and to cause them to make some kind of decision. Only when there is the danger of having to give something away does the human being realize to what extent such a thing is valuable to him .... he either parts with it easily or begins to fight for the possession, and this is also the purpose of all the fights against christianity, which are permitted by God precisely for the purpose that the human being should decide freely and pay attention to the problem in general. The number of those who profess Jesus Christ is truly very small compared to those who willingly or consciously renounce Him, but many a hint will still be given to them in order to save from destruction what is walking in blindness. And it will still be necessary to struggle unspeakably for the souls, both on this side and on the other ....

Amen

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Insects ....

B.D. 0846 from April 3rd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

By virtue of your willpower you can penetrate the secrets of creation and, as it were, immerse yourself completely in all the wonders of divine creation. And so your teacher on the other side will give you an account of the origin of insects, without which the earth would be inconceivable to you. You can already recognize from the industrious activity of all small living beings that they are likewise assigned an activity which is not always comprehensible to you. Every being has again countless kindred accompanying beings in its vicinity, i.e., a being of any species will never appear isolated in nature but will always become visible to people in the majority, thus a so-called tribe will be found in every animal species. In order to let a new being come into being, only the will of the creator is necessary, He places the impulse to unite in a pair of the same kind of being, this follows the impulse and thus, as it were, begets new living beings according to divine will. The tiniest beings are therefore only the creator's will that has taken shape, they have received their external form and the spiritual strength that animates them and now likewise integrate themselves into the entire work of creation by carrying out the activity assigned to them, likewise according to the creator's will. All life and animation in nature corresponds to some wise purpose, but for the most part incomprehensible to man. Let the simple fly explain to you the purpose of its existence, and you would be greatly astonished at the important task incumbent upon it in creation. Its activity consists in the continued improvement of the air, and indeed in a certain purification of small and very small insects which are more or less harmful to people, which are again taken up by the fly as food, and therefore not one of these tiniest living beings will enliven creation entirely without meaning, for they always stand in some spiritual connection to the whole work of creation .... either as bearers or conductors of spiritual power or also as an intermediate station only of very short life, so that the respective outer form is again increased to be able to take up the same power on a larger scale. The smallest and smallest living beings already unite in themselves to form larger beings capable of life, and thus even the smallest insects are carriers of spiritual power and are also always wisely added to the work of creation by the lord of heaven and earth for the purpose of transferring and transmitting spiritual power. The human being of the present time must pay particular attention to how significant all these small insects are and remain in the whole of creation and how the existence of each of them so meaningfully serves the preservation of another work of creation, how not one of the smallest beings is without significance, both in an earthly as well as in a spiritual sense ....

Amen

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Vermin .... technical aids ....

B.D. 0847 from April 4th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

It is of extraordinary importance to know that the countless living beings must fulfil functions of their own accord which contribute to the preservation of other living beings. This is the case, for example, with all flying insects, because at the same time their ingestion of food is the cause of the transfer of the finest dust particles and thus serves to fertilize the plant world. The finest tools must serve the living creature for this activity, and this also explains the extremely finely constructed physique of such a being, which represents a true miniature work of art in God's creation. The beings' reproductive activity is not always so obvious to people and they are even less able to recognize its purpose with their physical eyes, instead, they have to take refuge in faith and be convinced that nothing in the whole of creation is without purpose, that rather one always contributes to the existence of the other and is therefore necessary. Even what you humans call vermin is in a certain respect necessary for the continued existence of other living beings, and incidentally they also have the spiritual task of being bearers of infinitely many spiritual entities and not least to test the human being's necessary power of resistance through their earthly activity. Life must offer the human being resistances of all kinds, since he can only mature by overcoming them. What sometimes seems unbearable to you can, on the other hand, even serve to increase your well-being physically, for you again do not know the many dangers to which the body would be exposed without the small and very small living beings that are constantly active to reduce them, some of which you are not able to see with your physical eyes. The surface of the earth, the water and the air are the abode of these beings .... Through the technical inventions of men the presence of the smallest living beings, which are invisible to the naked eye, has been established, but your knowledge only extends to a part of the infinitely many living beings, for creation is, as it were, composed of the tiniest living beings, which again are in themselves a pure work of wonder and illustrate the wisdom and omnipotence of God to him who is able to see with spiritual eyes and to the perfect spirit standing in the light ....

Amen

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Arrogance .... fall .... spiritual bridge in danger .... deception ....

B.D. 0848 from April 4th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

This is told to you, that all pride leads to a fall and that it is much more difficult to reach the height again where a fall has preceded. Behold, My children, I warn you, for I see the inner nature of the hearts and I see with concern how the tempting arms of the world reach out to you .... I see that you are indeed hesitant but nevertheless willing to let yourselves be taken hold of .... I also see unselfishness getting lost, I see how you suddenly want to ascend but in an earthly sense and no longer think of your spiritual task. And this has the consequence that the bridges to the beyond are in danger, that the pillars become shaky and I, as the lord, have to speak a word of power to avert this danger. Behold, when this danger is approaching, a sign shall be given to you so that you will not waver and go astray. For the world offers you nothing I could not replace a thousandfold, no joy of the world will be deep and lasting, and all worldly happiness is only deception and appearance, and whatever you think you can achieve on earth is deception and without any spiritual benefit .... And thus is expected a spiritual weakness for those who want to gain worldly honour and glory. They can by no means expect help because they don't even strive for what the help from above assures them. Their purpose in life is only ever earthly life and its fulfilment, and everything spiritual remains alien to them, all inclination is directed towards earthly possessions, yet they don't think about eternity. How can I intervene with blessing where people turn their backs on Me .... how can I bless those who deny Me? And he denies Me who rejects My word for the sake of earthly ascent. Anyone who wants to climb high and does not seek the spiritual height is about to fall, and his struggle will be considerably more difficult if he ever still seeks the truth on earth. Only heartfelt devotion, humble prayer and eager activity of love will protect the earthly child from the danger of becoming apostate, and where it is in danger of becoming weak it should call to Me for help, and I will assist it in every adversity, for I know My children and therefore I warn them in all love not to give away something precious in order to exchange a worthless treasure for it, which consists of earthly reputation, happiness and wealth and yet leaves the human heart so destitute when the soul falls into darkness as a result. Therefore, shun the world, shun ostentation and remain humble, simple and modest, and leave all externals to those who believe they cannot live without them .... they have their kingdom of heaven on earth and will have none to expect in the hereafter until they willingly give up everything and content themselves with little for the sake of their soul's salvation ....

Amen

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Purpose of the work of creation .... no total annihilation ....

B.D. 0849 from April 5th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

With the destruction of the world, i.e. of all visible creation, all spiritual substances would remain undeveloped, they would, so to speak, no longer find any material to stay in and would therefore always and forever remain in the same state, since they would have no task through which the spiritual substances could be brought to maturity. It was therefore in the creator's purpose to redeem this spiritual substance from inactivity on the one hand and from incompleteness on the other hand .... it was in His purpose to draw all spiritual substances to Himself, which was never possible in this immature state; He therefore gave it countless opportunities to mature and thus creation became, as it were, a means to an end. Creation in itself is not the purpose and aim of the creating divine power, but the final unification of all spiritual with God, which again only became possible through creation. Everything that is visible to the human eye has the great task of leading the spiritual within it to the eternal divinity, for in all matter the spiritual struggles upwards. If the divine creator at times abandons any works of creation to destruction or annihilation through His will, then this is well-considered insofar as it releases the spiritual that is sheltered within itself, which can now take up residence in still existing or newly emerging creation .... But the whole annihilation .... a downfall of all creation would be eternal punishment for everything still immature spiritual. However, the divine creator's love is not of such a nature that He allows everything that has come forth from Him to remain in such a state which does not correspond to the creator's perfection. Therefore, a complete destruction of creation will never come into question, only a permanent change of everything that exists, as far as it has an association with matter. Matter, as the carrier of all spiritual substances, must be subjected to permanent change in order to ensure permanent higher development; only with the entry into the spiritual kingdom is matter no longer needed, but it still exists in the imagination of the imperfect spiritual being until it has freed itself from the last desire for it and then only lives in love, which is the epitome of all spiritual substances. The moment of union with God can only occur in complete separation from all matter, and thus all creation must have been lived through .... the soul must have conquered every form, every work of creation, it must have worked its way through everything visible, it must have taken everything spiritual from it, increased itself with it and now stand before its creator in all perfection and long for the final union with Him. Then the work of creation will have completely fulfilled its purpose and the spiritual will have been delivered to the heavenly father and creator from eternity ....

Amen

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Sensual frenzy .... begetting .... purpose ....

B.D. 0850 from April 5th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

What people resist the most is the acceptance of the teachings of a civilized way of life, which means renouncing all bodily sensual intoxication that does not have the will to awaken a new life as a prerequisite. This urge is so strongly developed that it can test the greatest will to resist, but very few people fight against this desire of the flesh. They give in to the physical urge and strive for everlasting satisfaction and thereby cause so much damage to their soul, for they can no longer be purely spiritually active where the will to overcome this desire is so weakened. The entirely natural process of the human being's procreation is combined with physical comfort by the divine creator in wisest insight in order to repeatedly induce him to procreate and thereby give the souls awaiting embodiment the opportunity to enter into existence on earth. This is the sole purpose of the union of man and woman and should be well considered and, through strict restraint and self-mortification, every sensual intoxication should be controlled as far as possible. Instead of this, one tries to avoid the greatest earthly task and gives oneself unrestrainedly to bodily desires, even to let these soon become the mainspring of life and thereby prepare an insurmountable obstacle for the soul, which does not let it find its way upwards. It is held to earth by this desire of the body and cannot swing upwards of its own strength, again and again it sinks back and has to struggle immeasurably due to the body's urge to fulfil its desire. The human being's organs do not absolutely need the desire to be satisfied but the human being can very well educate himself to abstinence and to overcome his desires, for the desire increases the more it is satisfied and can also be tamed to the same extent if the will is strong and the human being is aware of the damage he causes to the soul when the body is completely satisfied. But people don't want to accept such things, they don't want to impose any restrictions on themselves and therefore rage against their own soul in order not to let the body live in want .... And they completely disregard the actual purpose of their body, to beget human beings again, thereby not only harming themselves but at the same time denying the souls which want to embody themselves entry into the human body and thus preventing the new birth ....

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Immersion in spiritual problems .... flying high .... idleness of life ....

B.D. 0851 from April 6th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The only possibility for the human being to leave the valley of earth matured and completely is to consciously immerse himself in spiritual problems, for only then will the spirit in the human being become active through free will, and the distance from the divine original spirit will then decrease to the same extent as the human being complies with the desire within himself which is directed towards the father of the universe. And thus it follows that the separation from the earthly child to the father is not insurmountable and that it is only up to the individual's will to bridge this gulf, and this through precisely that flight into spiritual spheres which can be completely successful if the earthly child consciously devotes itself to this work. Anyone who only sees his earthly task in spiritually distancing himself from earth, who believes he will find his true home far above earth and who, through the strength of this belief, seeks contact with this spiritual world, will again and again have the opportunity to increase his knowledge of spiritual things, and he will be introduced to everything he needs to know and can thus undertake the high flight in complete certainty of reaching the final aim. Thus the earthly world can only ever be looked at with worldly eyes, it fulfils worldly desires and is also exploited in every respect in a purely worldly way, whereas the spiritual eye can wander into endless distances and what it sees there satisfies the spirit's longing and is therefore desired and striven for again and again. People do not consider what spiritual attention is at their disposal, they disregard that which exceeds all earthly value .... they chase after pseudo-goods and carelessly pass by real wealth, and their end will be that they will have to recognize the idleness of their life. They will leave the valley of the earth in the poorest spiritual state and will have to struggle bitterly in the beyond for what they could easily acquire on earth and rejected through their own fault where it was offered to them ....

Amen

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Source of truth .... spiritual community .... spiritual light ....

B.D. 0852 from April 6th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

You are introduced to completely unknown fields and therefore have an extraordinarily versatile knowledge. This alone should make the doubter wonder why a person can be considered to be versed in so many areas in such a short time, yet he can continue to draw from the first source and, as it were, never reach the bottom of all knowledge, for even if he draws and draws, the source is inexhaustible, it will only ever let the living water flow out, and anyone who wants to draw and drink from the source of truth will remain eternally grateful to the heavenly father for His love. Thus there remains an everlasting spiritual community, a circle of spiritually striving and spiritually instructing beings, which continuously receive and give and only for the purpose of furthering the soul. Only those who profess this community will also remain in contact with the beings in the beyond who want to place the human being into a state already on earth which will bring them closer to the divine saviour. The light which emanates from the sun visible to you has the power to have an invigorating effect on everything which is exposed to the rays of the sun. But now the spiritual light has the same task to an even greater extent, it is intended to have an invigorating effect on all people's thinking and ultimately should also be passed on to the willing earthly children, for its strength is unbelievably strong and fills everything with life, it gives right content to people who desire to stand in this light. And therefore it is advisable to cultivate spiritual knowledge, i.e. to consider it the only important thing in earthly life and to use every opportunity to enter the circle of light of divine grace, which is nevertheless offered to people in the very form that the spiritual world of the beyond places itself at the service of the lord and instructs the human being in His will without restriction, only adapted to the will of the recipient, who alone determines the extent to which spiritual knowledge is imparted to him. For the human being's will is determining .... he can accept and reject, he can be eager to receive and also sluggishly or reluctantly accept the gifts from above, and the human being's spiritual success will also be accordingly ....

Amen

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Jesus' suffering and dying .... Hour of death ....

B.D. 0853 from April 7th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The soul suffers if it loves. And therefore the Saviour has exemplified His suffering to you, and this for love of the people. When you remember His hour of death, your heart will also feel profound pain if you come aglow with love for the Saviour and have offered Him your heart. During the agonising hour of death His body was subject to intolerable pain; He suffered the disgrace of His elevation on the cross twice as badly, because His own children had nailed Him to the stake and shouted scorn and mockery in His face .... No other human being on earth ever suffered what Jesus took upon His sanctified shoulders for love of humanity, no-one ever concluded his earthly life in such torment and, yet, the divine Redeemer did not resist His suffering and death .... He took it voluntarily upon His shoulders and thereby acquired eternal bliss for people. And so you, too, will have to endure suffering and sorrow if you want to participate in the great act Salvation and its blessing. Bear in mind that you must present your guilt of sin to the Saviour as well, that you must appeal to Him to take pity upon your guilt of sin, then the Lord in His love and gentleness will graciously dispel your suffering, He will keep everything away from you and redeem you from your guilt of sin, for His goodness and gentleness are beyond description, He includes everyone in His love who wants to belong to Him and reveals their suffering to Him with complete trust. To them He is a Saviour from all adversity, He protects them from all tribulations and transforms everything depressing into a state of freedom and redemption, the soul will be released from its burden and, in cheerful anticipation and relieved from all worries, the earthly child hands itself over to the grace of the heavenly Father .... And it will not appeal to the divine Saviour's help in vain if only it faithfully, and with profound empathy, remembers the Lord's hour of suffering and is willing to bear its suffering in God's will for the redemption of humanity from the sleep of death into eternal life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Spirit of God .... revelations .... science and true scholarship ....

B.D. 0854 from April 8th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The most varied opportunities present themselves to men, and each one should be used in the most exhaustive manner. For the strengthening of the spirit take up the following: As far as the eternal Godhead allows it, people move in the centre of the divine activity of love, and only undivided attention allows this to be recognized. However, where the divine will has created a field of activity which cannot be overlooked from a human point of view, only the spirit of God awakened to life is able to find the right explanation, for what comes to light exceeds the human ability to comprehend .... people think they can unravel on their own what, however, is the intervention of divine love and therefore only comprehensible to people when they are also in love. They know how to solve the strangest entanglements of human experience and explain them intellectually, but it is impossible for them to regard what appears incomprehensible to them as divine activity and to try to grasp it spiritually. And thus an ultimatum has been set for them .... the lord demands complete submission and compliance with His commandments from and at the same time assures them of higher knowledge, so that every person can acquire spiritual knowledge if only he fulfils his duty towards God. A general standstill has occurred which has the effect that the divine commandments are no longer respected and that the spiritual state has thus experienced a certain decline .... People close their eyes and ears to the gifts from above, they prefer spiritual blindness, and this leads to complete alienation from God and a certain inability to recognize everything divine. All indications in this respect are in contradiction with human thinking, and a scientific explanation which runs counter to divine revelation is accepted without contradiction, while the truth is superiorly rejected. Thus, today everything is under the sign of science, people are constantly pondering, calculating and researching without finding a completely satisfactory result, yet people pass by the pure truth and therefore constantly remain mistaken and entangle themselves in contradictions. Limits will therefore be drawn and true scholarship will only be found where divine working is acknowledged and thus the eternal deity Itself works in the human being. And the result of all human research will truly deviate considerably from the wisdom given to those who research in God. And thus the lord considers all those who desire Him and does not allow them to fall into error .... Understandably, however, He will also remain distant from those who rely on their own strength and withdraw from the divine sphere of activity; they travel the earthly path in vain and their spirit will not be awakened to life since they flee from divine strength ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Father words ....

B.D. 0855 from April 8th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Behold, My child, there is a reason for your restlessness. The soul seeks contact with its saviour and longs for a permanent bond with Me, and therefore everything earthly hinders its unification .... it still feels its bound state, as it were, and longs for liberation. And if this longing has become so strong that it only sees its saviour in Me, that it also sees the aim of its longing in Me, if it only desires Me and has turned away from all earthly things, then it has passed its probationary period on earth and only waits for the day when it will be called into eternity, where it will then receive complete fulfilment of its longing. Yet as long as it is still responsible for the earthly fulfilment of its duties it will still have to wear its body's shackles, yet its spirit will be able to unite with Me. And this will also be a blissful state for it, even if it cannot be felt by the body on earth. And thus be patient and accept the advice as a sign of My love, which shall also give you inner peace: Always and constantly seek Me and desire to receive Me into your heart .... and your longing will be fulfilled while you are still on earth, for anyone I delight with My love will have his longing satisfied and yet increased immeasurably again. And thus you look forward to the hour when your heart will tremble; whatever the body still has to overcome, the soul will only grow stronger through it and join ever more intimately with the one Whose love it longs for. In the hour of union, even the body is no longer an obstacle, but completely devoted to the soul. And for the rest of its earthly life the soul has no struggles ahead of it, for it has reached its aim in the union with its lord and saviour. It can complete its path of life in the certainty that it has entrusted itself to the right guide and is loved by Him for all eternity ....

Amen

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Father words .... audible voice .... trust and firmness of faith ....

B.D. 0856 from April 9th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

You shall follow the voice of your heart, My child, and you will be wonderfully strengthened in all adversity and danger. And if you receive the admonition from above not to become lukewarm, it is not least for your own sake. Therefore, never fail to listen inwardly for every question you put to your creator, and the answer will be offered to you brightly and clearly if you desire to receive it and do your part to receive it, i.e. listen to the voice sounding in your heart. And so hear the following: I am always close to you and know about all your worries .... why don't you entrust yourself to Me without limits? I want My children to come to Me with every concern, for I want them to go through life light-heartedly, and this is within their power if they entrust all suffering to Me so that I will help them bear it. I want them to be one with Me, I want them to come to Me in sorrow and joy, I want them not to take a single step without Me, I want them to consult Me in all adversities of daily life. I want to be the one Who reigns in them, to Whom they take refuge with every concern .... I want to be everything for them, friend and brother, and they shall never shy away from coming to Me, no matter what oppresses them .... For only when the soul keeps seeking Me and can never be without Me will the heart be ready to receive Me and I can take abode in it and remain with the earth child for all eternity. So you, too, desire nothing but the final union with Me and you will always and constantly hear My voice and it will soon sound in you audibly and clearly proclaim My will to you .... If you want to hear Me, then only ever listen inwards .... Surrender to firm faith and everything you want will happen .... My child, if this assurance is given to you, why don't you surrender to My words with complete trust? Surely He who created the whole world will also be able to accomplish this and express Himself to you intelligibly? If you trust your saviour wholeheartedly, all gates will open to you and what you desire to know will be revealed to you. My spirit has loved you from eternity, it has embodied itself in you and strives for unification with Me, because the separation from Me is a painful state for it .... if you now believe, firmly and without doubt, every separation will be bridged. The spirit from God unites with Me again and also achieves the same .... it formulates and shapes as it is its will, because this will is the same as that expressed by the divine spirit .... And thus firm faith must also achieve that you overcome the burden of earth with ease; it must be so strong that you can master everything through your will, for the power lies in faith alone .... it is the right faith itself, the power from God, by virtue of which everything undertaken in such a state of faith must succeed. (Here three lines are inserted in shorthand, we cannot read them = ed.) Take refuge in prayer and remain intimately united with your saviour and redeemer, so that He may strengthen you in the spirit ....

Amen

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Fulfilment of the predictions of scripture .... receiving the word ....

B.D. 0857 from April 10th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

"Search in the spirit", says the lord, "and you will stand in the truth ...." Who is better able to guide you into truth than the lord and master Himself .... It was through His will that the door to the spiritual world was opened. He let the call from earth resound in the beyond, and those who asked for an answer were given it, for all wills are fulfilled which the spirit expresses.

Thus began the new time which will take its course. The lord referred to this time, He mentioned it during His life on earth, He also indicated the time when humanity's spiritual decline would begin and great hardship would befall the earth. He mentioned all events which precede the difficult time and also pointed out the visible strengthening which is offered to His own from heaven so that they should not perish without protection and desolation in the general chaos .... If you now pay attention to the appearances of the present time, you will also know that the time is near .... and you will also have to understand that the predictions which point to the connection from earth to the beyond must also come true, and all this will no longer seem so improbable to you if you realize that only the scriptures will be fulfilled. The visible help offered to you is only intended to restore the faith you have already lost, the faith in the eternal deity Who dwells visibly and tangibly amongst you, recognized by those who love Him and keep His commandments. It shall give you faith in His immeasurably great love with which He wants to bestow upon every earthly child if it does not resist this divine love. And therefore He announces Himself in a form which is intended to stimulate human thinking and at the same time testifies to His constant care for His earthly children. Whoever pays attention to these announcements, whoever receives them as daily bread from the heavens, whoever lets them become his sole purpose in life, whoever desires to live in fullest truth, the lord is close to him at all times. And he need never fear that the lord could restrict His bestowal of grace or completely revoke it .... on the contrary, it is pleasing to the father in heaven if the earthly child desires wisdom from the heavens. Every spiritual desire will be granted, and the lord blesses those who desire Him and His word. The one who feels drawn upwards is seized by the father’s love and carefully gives him what he needs for his flight upwards .... enlightenment in all things, advice and help, strength, comfort and everlasting grace .... and where love for the heavenly father is the driving force, the earthly child will soon be granted knowledge, which sufficiently explains all divine miracles of creation to him and yet is also extremely comforting for the human being still living on earth who makes himself worthy of the lord's great grace and endeavours to inform erring humanity of God's visible working. And thus this proclamation will also be understandable to people who long for God, whereas the person who does not acknowledge the divinity will never grasp the profound meaning of the words from above and therefore will not feel such a desire for truth within himself, for this alone is the prerogative of the person who gives himself to the father in heaven with all love, that he receives the words of love from above ....

Amen

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Audible inner voice ....

B.D. 0858 from April 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Try to hear the inner voice audibly, My child, and often devote yourself to inner contemplation so that you can, so to speak, spiritually experience everything that is given to you as a task. Hearing My voice in this way is far more vivid and brings you faster forward on the path of self-liberation from earthly fetters. Behold, on that night which preceded My death I instructed My disciples in the same way and gave them fullest knowledge through the audible inner voice. But My suffering and death on the cross robbed them of all certainty and doubt entered their hearts again. And thus, as it were, a barrier to direct contact with Me was formed again. If I now desire to speak to you in the same way and it only depends on your will to hear Me, then it must be your innermost endeavour to put yourself into a state which allows you to audibly hear My voice. For then a considerable path of ascent will, as it were, have been overcome, this is progress which brings the soul an inconceivable advantage that it can enter into unhindered contact with Me at all times ....

To use the spiritual connection in the most exhaustive way must constantly be your first desire, and every opportunity must also be used in order to be able to work on earth in such a way, as it is your destiny. The content of life is only completely satisfying when all and every possibility is utilized which brings about the maturing of the soul. And this includes the extraordinarily willing acceptance of the revealed divine will and the utilization of the divine grace abundantly offered to the earth child. And it is such a grace when the lord audibly expresses Himself to His child. From a spiritual point of view it will then have the opportunity to receive again and again .... it will no longer need to make the reception of the divine word dependent on external circumstances which often made the connection difficult for the earth child, but it will be able to establish this connection at any time and always be certain of the divine word. And thus you are admonished to overcome all inhibitions and unreservedly entrust yourself to the father in heaven so that He can instruct you in a blissful way, so that you will enter into even more intimate contact with Him and be able to hear His word directly .... Such happiness on earth alone is worth striving for, regardless of the spiritual advantage, which is inconceivable ....

Amen

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Enlightenment and instruction from above .... time of suffering for unbelievers ....

B.D. 0859 from April 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

It is a special privilege which the lord bestows upon the earthly children that they are constantly honoured by His word and constantly instructed in eternity-related teachings .... It is not earthly life itself which is important but how it is used for eternity .... This alone is worth paying attention to. But if people are given explanations from above they remain unteachable, for they simply don't accept the divine teachings for what they are .... And thus, with irresponsible carelessness, earthly life is only used in an earthly sense but eternity is hardly thought of. Too much attention is paid to earth and for this reason connections are made which aim at exactly the opposite, as an intimate union of spiritually kindred souls .... Measures are taken which result in a strong upheaval in the spiritual sphere. If all those who instinctively incline towards the teaching about a higher being would correctly recognize the danger humanity is heading towards, all divine wisdom would soon be desirable and it would be accepted wherever it was offered to humanity. But if everything possible is done to eradicate all faith amongst humanity and again and again it is pointed out that only a few can intellectually fathom the most profound knowledge, such spiritual emptiness will soon be widespread amongst people .... and nothing will be able to alleviate the spiritual hardship on earth, for the recordings, which are purest spiritual knowledge, will be ridiculed and scoffed at, they will not want to be examined first as completely improbable, but will be rejected immediately with the reason that humanity has always gone the same way and there can be no question of justification in the sense of tradition. Now, in the coming time, the time of suffering will also begin for the unbelievers, so that in this time the human being will assert himself and take refuge in God, as the sole creator of heaven and earth, and, if the word of God is then offered to him and he receives it, he will be able to control the spiritual adversity through the grace of the lord. The human being will also be allowed to receive the word of love, comfort and divine mercy in the same proportion as he wants to perfect himself, without which he would truly walk his earthly path in vain; he would only ever want to pursue the tranquillity and comfort of daily life and by no means be able to grasp the sole meaning of human life or not correspond to it in the slightest and thus have lived life completely in vain. Yet God's infinite love and goodness has compensated for this and mercifully accepted humanity by taking care of the revival of His earthly children, and again it is only up to the individual's will to partake of this great grace, for the lord would like to help everyone .... but anyone who still rejects this help cannot be helped anymore, can no longer be helped, for it is not good to preach repentance to an obstinate sinner, and if the human being does not want to accept the word of God then he is like the obstinate sinner who would rather remain in his guilt of sin than take the path of repentance if he is lovingly made aware of the fact that this is the only path to eternal life ....

Amen

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Signs of old age .... striving for physical elasticity for earthly reasons .... violent event ....

B.D. 0860 from April 13th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The earthly task is easy to name when the price is set against it; for only a short time of struggling is necessary in order to be able to enjoy the glories eternally. The older the human being becomes, the easier it will be for him to make the sacrifice of renouncing earthly pleasures and thus the attainment of eternal bliss will also be more promising. And again, it is only his will that he puts a stop to desire, that nothing in him longs for the world any longer and that he thinks of life after death. The wise of the world, i.e., those who believe they are, place earthly fulfilment in the foreground until old age. They are, as it were, anxiously concerned not to let .... this very urge for fulfilment be lost their attention is directed to being able to meet the same demands as youth for as long as possible, and this is erroneous human thinking, for man should rather know gratitude to his soul, which no longer demands fulfilment of life .... The so-called signs of old age should be joyfully welcomed, for they are steps towards the right aim .... In unrestrained enjoyment of life, however, it is impossible for man to mature; it is never possible to meet both the demands of the world and spiritual progress. And thus it is only regrettable if people anxiously endeavour to maintain a certain physical elasticity until old age .... The body can certainly carry out its earthly activity, and it will also be given strength to do so as long as this activity is merely the fulfilment of duty and serves the good of humanity. But if it only wants to be done in order to be able to indulge in the undivided enjoyment of life, and the body only wants to remain young and efficient for this reason, such a desire for strength and constant elasticity can only be called purely earthly and can never be approved of in a divine sense. What is good for people once they have established the spiritual connection will already be given to them by the father in heaven, but striving for it with all earthly senses and means is worthless, for the human being primarily thinks of temporal but not of eternal well-being and does not consider his transience ....

A tremendous event will soon make you aware of the transience of all earthly things .... And blessed is he who from that moment on evaluates his life differently and strives spiritually. As soon as the world is confronted with an experience which does not fit into its plans and calculations at all, the opportunity is also offered for a complete overthrow in the spiritual sphere, for the human being will be brought out of balance in his thinking, and if he now seizes this opportunity this world event can have an unspeakably beneficial influence on the human being's soul and thus also on his fate in eternity. Only the will to do what is right has to be his own product, everything else is taken into His hands by the heavenly father in loving care .... He now so visibly guides the human being, whose will became active on his own authority, that the seeking soul recognizes divine rule and willingly surrenders to this guidance. However, anyone who only ever places himself and his physical well-being in the foreground, his will is only directed towards earthly advantage, and such a person can also never be forced by the eternal deity into realization or right thinking, for the human being's will is free and will not be touched in eternity, so that every being shall seek and find the right relationship with God in fullest freedom of will ....

Amen

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Care of the inner life .... contemplative hours of leisure ....

B.D. 0861 from April 13th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Anyone who always wants to enjoy divine grace will never go empty-handed, and thus a spiritual being will communicate with you today with the fullest will of the lord. A representation will be given to you which relates to the inner life and its correct formation. It cannot remain hidden from you how little people concern themselves with spiritual questions just now. They all fear a certain knowledge and therefore avoid it. And precisely this evasion is the evil that brings the greatest harm to man. The constant attempt of spiritual forces fails one after the other; they do not succeed in making the human heart hungry and preparing it to receive divine gifts, and such avoidance is even less helpful for the soul's inner shaping .... A person without faith can also explainably not have a distinct inner life, or rather, all his thinking concentrates on purely earthly things which fill him up again sufficiently so that he never finds the time for a contemplative, inner hour of leisure. And every person should allow himself such an hour of leisure .... an hour that is spent in intimate contact with the divine saviour and used accordingly. A person should at least sacrifice one hour a day to his saviour and this hour will be blessed a thousand times over, for such a contemplative hour can result in extremely pious thinking, the realization of one's own 'self' can make the earthly child realize its worthlessness, and this can stimulate the willing person to cooperate in God's kingdom and have an extremely beneficial effect. And this is what an hour of reflection on spiritual problems brings about, and even the non-pious human being sometimes sends questions into the universe which at first only arouse his purely scientific interest but which, in time, inwardly change the very person and also bring him closer to the question of his outcome, which can now be of inestimable value for a believing mind, in that the spirit which still slumbers unawakened in the human being now begins to stir and only awaits the earth child's willing devotion in order to become active. Everything that happens outside of the human being sometimes keeps the soul from its beneficial task, therefore the human being should immerse himself in regular contemplation, he should leave everything earthly aside during this time and only think about such questions which concern eternal life .... he should deeply think of the creator in his heart and regard himself as His created being and demand clarification about his actual purpose. And once this has become his, he should investigate himself, remove all impure thinking from his heart and make it homely for the highest and best being .... he should strive for perfection .... he should connect all earthly activity with profound questions .... concerning the soul's salvation he should look at himself like a creature alien to him so that he will completely recognize his faults and weaknesses and relentlessly strive to conquer them .... he should continue to leave no stone unturned which could contribute to awaken the same striving and desire in the fellow man .... he should seek spiritual exchange as often as possible and thus continue to care for the shaping of his soul, so that the heart will be presented to the lord as a receptacle of divine truth in such a way that He will henceforth integrate it into His obedience, that He henceforth takes it into His care and protects it from every danger from outside .... For as the human being cultivates his inner life, blessings will one day accrue to him, his spiritual alertness will bring him success, and he will no longer pay attention to the world, so that he will be granted insight into spiritual spheres, because he first paid attention to his inner life ....

Amen

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God's blessing .... prayer and success of the work ....

B.D. 0862 from April 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

It is irresponsible carelessness if the lord is not thought of before any work is started. If it is at a person's disposal to receive the lord's blessing, which then makes all work easy and successful for him, and he does not pay attention to this blessing, then all burden and responsibility rests on his shoulders alone and he will therefore have to toil and strain much more, than if he entrusts himself to the lord and appeals to Him for His assistance .... However, where the work on earth is successful even without the requested help and the human being believes he does not need God's blessing, good spiritual strength is not always involved in the success of the work but often arises with the support of opposing power in order to prevent the human being from turning to the creator of heaven and earth in prayer for assistance. Therefore, an apparently successful striving on earth without recourse to the divine lord must not be misleading or misjudged .... the fallacy must not be drawn from it that the human being can very well do without divine help without suffering harm .... only as long as he is completely ignorant and thus does not consciously neglect the divine commandments to ask for blessing, no disadvantage will arise for him and he will be protected from the influence of the opposing power, but if he acknowledges an eternal deity and recognizes His creator and controller in His earthly existence, yet intends to carry out his earthly activity without His assistance, he will then often be offered resistance .... He will have to recognize his powerlessness through failures and difficult successes; He will have to realize that he is not always in control of the success of his work; he will feel a certain resistance from above which he can overcome himself through right thinking. And if he has used his thoughts correctly and trustingly revealed himself to the father in heaven and entrusted his work and its success to Him, he will be honoured with blessings from above and need never fear that they will be withdrawn from him as long as he desires to be blessed by God and expresses this through prayer and trusting devotion. To stand in God's blessing means to be able to go through life light-heartedly, to be relieved of earthly worries and to be able to hand over everything difficult to Him .... And this awareness lets the human being go through life joyfully and cheerfully, he no longer bears the responsibility alone but has handed it over to the lord, and only, where the human being falters in faith or becomes negligent in prayer, the hardships of life approach him again and drive him to renewed reflection on his own weakness without divine help, so that the human being clearly recognizes that his earthly path leads astray if he does not avail himself of divine help and consciously asks the father in heaven for blessing ....

Amen

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Spiritual influence .... direct connection .... thoughts transmission ....

B.D. 0863 from April 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

To influence people's thoughts requires great love and patience on the part of the spiritual beings assigned to do so. The more distant people are from spiritual problems, the quicker they reject sudden thoughts which are the expression of those spiritual forces and hastily turn to thoughts which relate more to their earthly life. Consequently, spiritual strength has little influence on such people .... their duty is to only work in the spiritual sphere, to only convey purely spiritual thoughts and teachings to people, and precisely these meet with certain rejection in most cases. And therefore this office has to be exercised with utmost love and patience if any success is to come to light. A spiritual being cannot always express itself in direct contact from the beyond to earth and is therefore only rarely consciously listened to. Thought transmission, however, is far more difficult to carry out, for the human being often resists precisely because he rejects spiritual instruction as long as he does not consciously concern himself with it. The thinking human being often asks questions of the deity and may also receive the answer at any time, yet in a different way than is customary amongst people, and it requires faith and trust in God to also accept this answer, which comes to him in the form of thoughts, as a divine answer. Anyone who truly desires the truth will also receive the truth .... and anyone who recognizes supreme omnipotence and love in God will not doubt that an answer will come to him from above, from where alone the human being can receive enlightenment. Many things are so simple and only document the intimate love of the heavenly father for His children. But the human intellect picks everything apart in such a way that the simple can no longer be properly recognized. Then the human being tries to fathom in the most complicated way what can be explained to him easily and comprehensibly if he only pays attention to his thoughts, which truly provide him with the right answer in the quickest way. For spiritual strength makes use of the earth child's willingness to receive, i.e. it is immediately ready to give and to work where the slightest question concerning spiritual matters also reveals the human being's will to attain the truth. The spiritual beings welcome it extremely joyfully when they can be active and instruct a truth-hungry heart. However, what is mentally revealed to people will rarely be spread as pure truth .... Many a person certainly forms a judgment on the basis of this mental influence which also corresponds to the truth, but he will very rarely be able to convey his thoughts, which are supposedly the product of his own brooding, to other people as truth, because the human being also regards all thinking as unreliable, thus no proof of truthfulness can ever be provided for the expressed proclamations. Only in the direct connection from the beyond to earth lies a possibility to be able to give credible proof to the unbelievers, i.e., also only when they seriously desire the truth. And this work is intended to be such evidence for humanity, anyone with the slightest desire for divine truth should be able to gain an insight into it. And when he realizes that a human being's ability and knowledge is not enough to continuously write down such announcements, he himself will recognize a higher power in it .... he will now also increasingly feel the spiritual influence of well-meaning spiritual beings and likewise be guided into truth, for it is his will which longs for divine truth ....

Amen

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Work of creation .... solid matter .... atmosphere .... plants ....

B.D. 0864 from April 15th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

In God's visible work of creation all strength passes into matter, as it were, and works there to enliven everything that is destined by the creator for higher development. Creation therefore only has this purpose, that the beings sheltering in it perfect themselves. The more versatile creation has been shaped by God's love and omnipotence, the greater the number of embodied beings in it, and the explanation for the countless variations of divine miracles of creation will now also be found .... It will now be understandable that in such diverse structures of divine creation the being also has every possibility to develop in all directions, that a certain adaptability must be inherent in it by virtue of which it can fulfil every task in every embodiment. Thus the forms of creation are, as it were, destined by the divine creator to make the most diverse demands on the beings striving towards higher development. Every being has the urge to leave its present form as soon as possible and therefore pursues each task with an increased drive for activity. The stay in every form is limited in time but of very different duration. In solid matter the beings are often banished for an incredibly long time and often have to endure the most agonizing state until their liberation, so that they expect their liberation with longing and then mostly stay in the atmosphere in an unbound state until the urge becomes stronger in them to go the way through the plant and animal world, which guarantees them a becoming free of all matter. The desire to come close to the earth expresses itself through all kinds of weather precipitation, and (it = d. Hg.) thus the beings which have so far resided in the atmosphere enter into direct contact with the earth and through it penetrate grasses, plants and flowers, and thus the course through the plant world begins, which again lasts endless times but shortens the stay in every form through innumerable transformations and thus the being, which has thereby also increased considerably within itself, passes into ever greater form in order to undergo the same process of higher development after a certain maturity in animal life. This is of such grave importance, and it is only the knowledge of it that allows the divine wisdom to be properly recognized .... only when the human being subjects his previous life to this contemplation is he able to assess the responsibility he bears in earthly life, that this infinitely long path of his previous development has not been travelled completely uselessly, which would nevertheless be the case if the human being did not also fulfil the last task which is now set for him in earthly life. To know that the whole time before would have been lived through in vain by the spiritual entities which then united to form a whole, his soul .... should fill the human being with a sense of responsibility that he will muster all his will and all his strength to likewise completely solve his task on earth and to bring his soul final liberation from matter ....

Amen

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Suppression of desires advantage for soul .... commandments .... renounce ....

B.D. 0865 from April 15th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

To act against divine will can never be of use to the soul, even though the body gains an advantage from it. And therefore the divine commandments will almost always be an obstacle to earthly well-being; they will always demand a certain renunciation or relinquishment from the human being and will therefore rarely be accepted where people try to enjoy life to the full. But indisputably a benefit is done to the soul where the commandments are fulfilled with physical pleasures being put on the back burner. The soul tries to dismiss everything that hinders it and feels unspeakably good in a free state, which, however, is not beneficial for the body during its time on earth, for all advantages of the soul only have a purely spiritual effect and therefore cannot be felt by the earthly body. And therefore the soul's life must be completely separated from the body's life of feeling. But the soul's repeated consideration of the body will to a certain extent harm it, for if the body's earthly desire is satisfied, matter will increase at the same time and therefore also the bondage in which the soul still languishes. And the human being should redeem himself from matter, he should avoid everything and withdraw it from the body in order to only become free from matter which has held him captive for thousands of years. Anyone who considers this will also be able to appreciate the danger which lies in the fulfilment of earthly desires .... He will use all his willpower in order to be able to resist the body's desire, and he will assist the soul in its adversity and help it to free itself from the bondage of matter. In every earthly situation the human being naturally seeks to exploit the greatest possible advantage for himself, he always first thinks of making his earthly existence bearable and does not see the danger which lies precisely in such endeavour. If he would think of his soul first and consider the possible consequences for it, it would certainly become much easier for him to forego many earthly advantages and be satisfied with the advancement of his soul. But if the human being pays little or no attention to all spiritual thoughts he will only ever be interested in making his earthly life as comfortable and carefree as possible and otherwise reject everything spiritual in the mistaken opinion that he is thereby relieved of all responsibility. That is why the busy work of the beings in the beyond is always aimed at clarifying the human being's actual destiny. Once this has become clear to the human being he will see an advantage for his soul in the suppression of his own desire, he will be more active for the very salvation of his soul, to the same extent he will also lose his desire for the world and for the sake of his soul he will also renounce where he lusts for the fulfilment of his desires ....

Amen

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Sunday sermon .... deity .... natural power .... knowledge and faith ....

B.D. 0866 from April 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

"Blessed are those who seek My love .... to them I will reveal Myself ...." Thus says the lord and at all times lets His voice resound audibly to people for the salvation of their souls. And those who pay attention to His voice will draw living water as often as they desire it, and in the hour of adversity and tribulation they will be strengthened bodily and spiritually through the love of the heavenly father. And so the lord always and at all times gives you His grace and does not allow anyone who trusts in Him to be without help. He knows all hardships and He knows the hearts of the suffering .... He will refresh them according to their worthiness .... He will not abandon His own and will always dwell near them. He will let the sun shine upon the righteous and the unrighteous, and He will also make His word accessible to all people on earth .... yet the blessing of His word will only be felt by those who accept it in faith and love for the lord .... who humbly plead with Him for His mercy .... who confess their weakness to Him and ask for strength .... who long for Him with all love and commend themselves to His goodness and mercy. Divine love is close to them and is their constant shelter and protection, and His children will never ever be abandoned, for He knows them and lovingly guides their fate so that they can find the path to their eternal home and one day enter into the father’s house ....

In fullest unity all good spiritual forces pursue only one aim, to lead all spiritual imperfection towards perfection, and it is therefore their eager striving to first inform them of God's omnipotence, love and goodness and of the destiny of the earth being and its relationship to the creator. Only when the earthly being has understood this, can the work of a slow transformation of materialistic thinking begin ....

And therefore faith in a deity must first be awakened in the human being in order to be able to build on it, for where faith is lacking all teaching which points to eternity is invalid and given to people in vain. Those who have faith recognize an eternal deity as a power in direct contact with the human being, to Whose will they are completely subject. And this faith is the first condition for all further striving. Anyone who understands the deity to be a force of nature which certainly expresses itself in unchanged lawfulness, which thus also caused the human being to come into being but does not determine his fate and activity, cannot be influenced by his thoughts in such a way that he shapes his life with a view to eternity, to his life after bodily death. And that is why the spiritual world of the beyond is first of all responsible for instructing the human being in the right faith, and this requires unbelievable effort and patience at a time when humanity has worked out a teaching for itself which seeks to make everything that the whole of creation contains understandable in a purely natural way. And overzealous scientific research is the death of faith. People think they know and therefore no longer need faith .... but they believe they have fathomed everything through science and therefore have the wrong faith .... For this faith is of no use but only confuses all human thinking, whereas pure, childlike faith in an eternal creator as the controller of everything in existence also introduces people to knowledge and does not leave them in error. The more close to God the human being endeavours to remain on earth the brighter he will also look at creation, and profound faith only gives him confirmation of what he recognizes as truth, for he is offered evidence of a different kind than human science can provide .... Evidences which only strengthen faith but appear little tangible to the one whose faith is still weak .... Profound faith is the first condition, and only then can the human being work on himself in order to attain the highest perfection ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Redemption through love .... rebirth of the spirit .... overcoming death ....

B.D. 0867 from April 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Love for humanity moved the son of man to take suffering and the guilt of sin upon Himself .... Love for humanity is once again the motive for His extraordinary activity on earth. And love for one another shall likewise make you His co-workers, for only through love can you redeem yourselves and your fellow human beings .... The will to help each other is truly already an act, for you thereby confess yourselves before the lord as His servants, you, as it were, carry out the lord's will .... is to give love where it is needed .... The lord will bless your effort and not abandon you if you are in need of help. And thus love alone is salvation, for love is divine, and if you are active in love you free yourselves from the power of evil, you have escaped its control and found the lord .... for if you love you are one with Him .... He is with you in every work of love, for He is love Himself .... So make frequent use of His grace, which He promises you .... Love so that He enters your hearts and His nearness makes you infinitely happy .... Help each other who still live on earth .... give to the poor in spirit .... Do not let the hungry suffer where you can feed them with the bread of heaven .... Recognize the divine guidance in every event .... Willingly follow His guidance and only ever live in love, which is the epitome of all being. You will be able to book the most beautiful success if love drives you to alleviate people's suffering .... for then you will work with the lord Himself .... you will, as it were, take part in the lord's work of redemption, for you will willingly take the suffering of your fellow human beings upon your shoulders if you strive to reduce this suffering and become absorbed in love for each other. Let this be your endeavour, that you seek to do good to one another, that you never think of your neighbour in unkindness if he has to live in want and suffer, but that you sacrifice your own well-being if you can thereby free your neighbour from hardship. The lord's work of redemption was synonymous with the rebirth of the spirit .... through the divine work of redemption the spirit in the human being could be awakened to life, for this happens through love. He, Who overcame death through His great love, thus made love the awakener of all dead life .... He took away the sting of death .... he who lives in love can no longer fall prey to eternal death, and truly man finds eternal life through love ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Soul care of the otherworldly spirit beings .... freedom of will ....

B.D. 0868 from April 17th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The soul fulfils its task without contradiction if love dwells in it. And because the area of care for the soul is so infinitely extensive, the spiritual forces take every opportunity to influence the human being's thoughts and make him compliant to follow their whisperings. But every soul has its freedom of will, and this must not be infringed upon. On the contrary, it must be worked towards that it remains so, which is extraordinarily difficult for the spiritual beings in the beyond, since they are in knowledge and the urge is inherent in them to guide every earthly being onto the right path. This would be very easy for them if they did not need to respect the human being's will, but then the earthly purpose would also be missed, for although the human being may be mentally pointed to what is right he must nevertheless do everything else himself to also carry out these thoughts in order to reach the state of perfection as a free being. If love animates the human soul, it is, as it were, the human will that has become active. A heart which has become love will not resist the efforts of the otherworldly forces but follow their whisperings with full will. And this is what the spiritual forces strive for. They look after the earthly beings in everlasting care, and this in manifold ways. They are God's messengers and His willing helpers who intervene wherever the earthly beings threaten to succumb to the battle against darkness. They endeavour without ceasing to win over erring souls and seek to give their thoughts that direction which is successful for time and eternity. They themselves are beings of light who have become love, who are able to assess the hardship of darkness and would like to rescue all souls still on earth from the power of the God-opposing forces, and again and again their love and patience let them take care of the erring ones anew. They establish connections between people which are beneficial in a spiritual sense .... they guide people and draw their attention to things which should make them aware of the working of the eternal deity, they support or favour earthly activity as far as it is beneficial to people for the advancement of the soul, and they intervene helpfully wherever the human being is in danger of losing himself. And love copes with all this .... it seeks to awaken love and thereby reduce resistance and thus make the soul receptive for all influences from above ....

Amen

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Holy scripture .... word of God in unveiled form ....

B.D. 0869 from April 17th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

What you are taught in the Holy Scriptures is to be accepted without doubt, yet it will not always be comprehensible to you, for you must seek the key to the right knowledge of the divine word in the strength of the spirit which is alive in you. Anyone who only grasps the mere sense of the letter will find it difficult to penetrate, and if he does not implore divine grace and pray for the brightness of the spirit, many things will remain incomprehensible to him, for the lord made His will known in a form adapted to people's nature .... with a closed sense to those who superficially let His word sound to their ears .... but with a bright understanding to those who receive His word with the purest intention of serving God. This is said to comfort you who are in doubt about the truthfulness of the old tradition. You are at a spiritual turning point, you will have to give up what was your sanctuary, and yet you will not have to live in want, for He who knows your longing remembers the far-off time. He lets the same word arise anew, He lets His voice resound again and opens the fountain of life anew .... and everyone who desires the word of God shall find refreshment at its source .... And it will continue to be offered to you unveiled .... you will be able to grasp it with the intellect and with the heart, it will be given to you in a new form, as it were, what always and forever was .... the divine truth .... His word, which will endure for all eternity. And you will recognize divine love from it, you will be able to draw strength in severe adversity .... And because the lord remembers His own He wants to refresh and revive them even before the time so that they will strengthen their spirit and prepare it for resistance .... For everything will come to pass as it is written .... not one stone will remain upon another .... everything that has existed until now will be destroyed and shattered, and humanity will require utmost strength if it does not want to perish in the adversity of the time. Anyone who is armed, i.e. who stands in faith and love, has the word of God within himself, he hears the lord's voice and will obey Him, and thus he does not need what people want to take away from him. He will nevertheless remain strong and be a firm support for the lord .... but he who is still weak in spirit needs strengthening, and the word of God is still necessary for him .... If he is to lose it, he will fear that he lacks strength, and the lord remembers this time and will not let His children go hungry. And if you are now perplexed that the lord God should choose this way, remember His words: "He who has much will still be given, but he who has little will also have his little taken away ...." Remember that His word was disregarded and only found acceptance in very few hearts .... and thus He takes where He is disregarded and gives where He is desired, and the divine word will be of incalculable advantage .... the world will not be able to take offence at it, for He who gives it, quietly consider His own with this gift .... and you, who want to receive the sign of His infinite love, you will grow stronger in faith and recognize that He has blessed His word with His strength ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Prayer for the deceased .... help through love ....

B.D. 0870 from April 18th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Blessed are those who feel in themselves the strength that comes from love .... Whoever works in love, his strength increases and never lets him become disparaging, his spirit rises and never demands to return to its envelope. And now turn your gaze upwards and think of those who did not find the salvation of the soul in earthly existence. The more intimately your prayer ascends, the lighter their burden becomes, for they are in constant need of the help which is imparted to them through prayer. The sufferings of their imperfect state are immeasurable, and yet they must go the path through all heaviness if the purification process is to succeed and enable them to pass into the kingdom of light. Those poor incessantly appeal to people for help and find so little hearing, and yet it is of extensive importance to them whether their call for help is heard or not. Every day countless souls send the call for help to earth, for they are in constant need. And these souls cannot be sufficiently remembered in prayer if they are to be released from their torment. To give people a picture of their sad fate would burden them immeasurably and let their distant path of life on earth walk under appalling pressure, yet you should nevertheless know that you can contribute an unspeakable amount to alleviating the fate of these poor, that you should only appeal to the father in heaven for help for these souls with love of heart in order to thereby reduce their suffering and impart strength to them, which has the effect that the will of those poor turns towards the light and can now also be complied with on the part of good spiritual beings, which, however, first need this will in order to be able to intervene helpfully on their part. If the human being errs on earth and recognizes his error in the beyond, then his situation will not be so appalling, for he will now strive with full will to improve his lot and also find active support; however, the ignorant and spiritually completely blind souls, who crossed over without any realization, endure unspeakable torments for the sake of their obduracy .... Help is also ready for them if only they are willing to accept it, yet in complete ignorance nothing can help them but people's heartfelt prayer, which also gives strength to those souls by making them feel the love and its strength in themselves and through this benefit become pliable and compliant and now in turn pursue the cause of this relief and thus slowly come close to the light .... Bringing help to such souls is a work of love which is pleasing to the lord ....

Amen

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Purpose and future of this work .... exhortation to the struggle of the soul ....

B.D. 0871 from April 18th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

This is your duty on earth to serve the lord by dedicating your strength to this work and to accomplish your daily work without delay, for where you lack strength for earthly activity a remedy will soon be found, only this work must not be interrupted or neglected, for it is important to create a comprehensive work in all perfection which shall be preserved for posterity and serve to strengthen faith and to make the task of life comprehensible in all and every way. This work does not only have a temporary purpose but the word of God shall continue to exist as the lord Himself sends it from heaven to earth; it shall proclaim in all truth the great love of the father in heaven .... but it shall also point out the dangers of daily life which may well be able to rob humanity of all faith in the eternal deity and therefore must be fought against most diligently. Times will certainly pass until this work is brought to its true purpose, but during this time many will still draw strength and reinforcement from the word of the lord, which, through His grace and everlasting willing cooperation on your part, shall continue and still bring unspeakable blessings to people. But the sufferings of the coming time will not depress you too much if you have grasped the deep meaning of your earthly work. And where an apparent decline occurs, this is only for the purpose of inner spiritual maturity, which you still have to struggle for, for without this struggle your cooperation is certainly beneficial in itself but not the complete guarantee for spiritual maturity; in order to attain this the human being also has to live through his soul's struggle, and it will cost him double effort, for the slightest deviation from the right path is an obstacle in the work for the eternal deity, and the soul's struggle continues to be a difficult and responsible one. In full possession of his spiritual strength the human being has an extremely courageous heart which is ready to fight, yet the danger of spiritual weakness is far greater than the human being believes .... as soon as he ceases to fight for spiritual supremacy his will becomes weak and the urge for earthly goods gains strength, and this has such an effect that everything spiritual only dimly touches the human being's mind, whereas previously it held the human being's entire thoughts and aspirations captive. This should be prevented with all diligence, the impulse for spiritual work should continue to work in you and every hour should be used in the same way as before. For where the will to serve God outweighs everything else, you are assured of every kind of support and earthly life with its demands need not frighten you either, for this will fulfil itself if you willingly serve the lord ....

Amen

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Earthly activity .... spiritual support .... divine power .... faith ....

B.D. 0872 from April 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The burdens of earth will always be bearable if you do not forget your saviour. And so today you will receive a proclamation which relates to earthly activity and is therefore worthy of attention.

Anyone who asks for the lord's blessing and support in constant work will overcome them with ease, for all strength will now flow to him. You have to consider that you cannot accomplish anything without this strength which comes forth from God .... that this strength is not limited but it merely depends on your will to what extent you request or ask for it. Therefore people will accomplish very different things and consequently also be creatively active in different ways. The attitude towards God or also the attitude towards the opposing power is always decisive for success, for the opposing power also supports the human being in the most incredible way in order to thereby get him under its spell. But the human being's thinking will always be decisive as to which spiritual power provides support. The human being who appeals for God's kindness and love must be able to count on far stronger support than if his thoughts are purely earthly concerns and he does not think of the divine lord. The human being can receive an inconceivable amount of God's strength so that he can easily accomplish work which, in an earthly sense, requires the greatest effort, yet the earthly child must have complete trust in the father in heaven .... then he will be granted every support and relieved of every worry of his own if he does his utmost to use the divine strength beneficially. The lord works through the human being .... everything is possible for Him, no obstacle is insurmountable, no work is too great or too difficult .... And if this power and strength is requested from God it will pass directly to the person who believes .... Yet your faith is still weak and shrinks back from every test .... And if you don't let this faith become strong you will still often have to face what appears to be insurmountable and prove yourselves ....

And therefore you too must struggle for strong, unshakeable faith if you want to receive strength from God and always and constantly remain a bearer of divine strength. To form this faith in such a way that it does not waver in all temptations or trials of life is the sole purpose of all the temptations that come upon you and which you should bravely resist, always with the saviour in mind ....

Amen

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Sensual love ....

B.D. 0873 from April 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

So today, for the strengthening of the spirit, you shall receive one more proclamation concerning love, and namely from a specific point of view. People often describe something with the word 'love' which, in itself, is indeed love too, yet it is far removed from what is preached to people .... the practise of which shall be the human being's first and last task. It concerns the love of the senses, which you so often want to understand as the concept of love. Yet you should know that you are more likely to destroy true love if you don't resist sensual love, for it is a game of deceit by the adversary. It is, as it were, his means by which the human soul only too often falls into his trap. The human being completely submits himself to the control of evil if he does not resist his physical lust. This is the love which endeavours to possess, yet it will never ever be able to refine the human being and therefore cannot lead to union with the highest Entity either. So the human being must be very much on his guard that his soul and its progress will not be at serious risk due to purely physical longing .... he has to consider that it is far more difficult to suppress this lust once he has become addicted to it, and that all love on earth which purely applies to earthly interests therefore can never be right before God .... for love which is not giving but merely aims to fulfil earthly desires is likewise set to accomplish earthly success and consequently not intended by God. For God only considers a heart's innermost feeling. If this is truly selfless and only ever wants to give love, regardless of its own advantage, such deeds of love will also result in the reward inherent in them .... they will lead to heartfelt union with the divine Saviour ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Otherworldly teachers on behalf of the lord .... abuse of spiritual power ....

B.D. 0874 from April 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

In order to be able to teach the truth the beings in the beyond need the lord's instruction, for otherwise an enormous abuse of spiritual strength would be committed and humanity would be offered spiritual strength in excess, but in a completely wrong sense, i.e. no control would be possible as to the intention with which the teachings from the spiritual kingdom would be conveyed to people. And thus people would suffer incalculable damage because it would be impossible for human beings to fathom where truth separates from lies. In order to be able to administer the office of a teacher in the kingdom of the beyond a spiritual state of perfection has to be reached, so that the teaching being itself is instructed in all truth and can now make use of its spiritual strength to convey it to people. In many cases of hitherto complete ignorance of an earthly child the knowledge it now has is unimpeachable proof of the influence of spiritual strength .... But this strength must now also express itself in impeccable instructions if all doubts of people are to be overcome and a divine working is to be recognizable. And therefore not everyone is permitted to proclaim the truth to people on earth, instead this work is incumbent upon a spiritual circle which conscientiously and responsibly carries out this work and which is destined for this purpose by God Himself .... And thus the human being is allowed to devote himself to this conviction, that he is under the protection of those who themselves stand in truth, all doubts will be invalidated and he will listen with double attention to the whisperings of the spiritual forces beyond, for he knows that the power of evil is insufficient to have an equal effect on the human being where only the will for truth is present ....

Amen

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Pure-spirit connection from the earth to the spiritual world .... proximity of the spiritual beings ....

B.D. 0875 from April 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Thus do your otherworldly friends unite and impart to you the word of the lord:

It is difficult for us to establish a purely spiritual connection between the earthly children and the spiritual world in this time of need .... for there are countless hostile forces on people's side to awaken or deepen their aversion to everything spiritual. Everything which only feels the longing in its deepest heart to be guided into truth will also be so led by God's wisdom and love that it will deeply inwardly ask itself whether all events in life do not have to enter its life according to a wise plan of the creator as has just been the case up to now.

These people can be assured that their life rests in God's hand and that in the end they must take the path through the earth valley in the way divine love intended for their best. Countless people are still not aware of the responsible task of earthly life. They therefore have the completely wrong opinion that a righteous life on the outside would suffice .... they even often have the wrong idea that a temporary harassment of the believers can only have a positive effect by gradually refraining completely from all spiritual activity. If, however, the human being slackens in this, the danger of a complete flattening is to be feared, and especially now the importance of making use of spiritual strength must be emphasized .... It must be emphasized again and again that the human being is only equal to all hostilities where he first establishes the connection to the heavenly father. He can only go through life completely calmly and carefree when he has handed himself over to the divine saviour in childlike trust and entrusts every further step to Him, for without this devotion life will be much more difficult for him to bear in the adversity that still awaits people on earth. We all endeavour to make this known to people in constant spiritual work and meet with so little understanding and yet only have one aim in mind, to make this time easier for people and to give them advice for later times, if they are still completely unteachable at present. One day everyone will be offered the opportunity to recognize divine truth .... whoever willingly and undauntedly reaches out and joyfully accepts the lord's words will be instructed by the lord in all truth and will also be active on earth in order to bear witness to the divine strength which is inherent in him. However, far too little use is made of this privilege and it is therefore extremely difficult to influence people mentally as long as they are occupied by the world, its duties and pleasures and pay no attention to the announced events. It truly requires unlimited patience and perseverance on the part of the spiritual beings in the beyond to make such souls compliant, and only very rarely do people accept such announcements for what they are .... as divine truth .... and therefore remain in spiritual darkness for long periods of time until, through the patience of their spiritual friends, they finally turn their attention to the divine mission and let the salvation of their soul be their concern ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Efficiency of the soul .... renunciation .... preliminary stages .... light spheres ....

B.D. 0876 from April 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 17

In an indescribably long past the soul was given tasks which demanded complete fulfilment, and only in this way was the course of higher development covered. If the soul's entire nature has reached the highest level of efficiency through the constant transformation of its cover, it must now also be given a task of equally great extent or responsibility in earthly life, which it can only fulfil if it endeavours to use all the abilities at its disposal and devotes itself eagerly to this work. It will be of immeasurable advantage for it if it makes use of every opportunity and overcomes everything difficult, for this alone promotes its state of maturity, that it willingly takes upon herself what is imposed on it for its own perfection. Thus, for example, it will take a certain time until the soul has freed itself from all earthly desire, and it can only achieve this if it practices renunciation, if it only ever considers that giving in to the body's desire is always detrimental to the soul .... if it equally considers how much the soul has to live in want when the body is considered and thus has to muster every ounce of resistance in order to help the soul. The human being bears responsibility for his soul because, on the other hand, he also has the ability to refrain from or do everything that is helpful to the soul .... and, in turn, it only depends on the human being's will to use these abilities correctly and, if the body demands something other than what is in the soul's best interest, to offer it the right resistance. For only in this way can the earthly task be completely fulfilled. And the human being has to fight this battle every day and every hour, and he should not tire, because it’s the highest stakes .... it’s about eternity .... This concept is incomprehensible to you humans, for you do not grasp the word in its deepest meaning. But you should know that you receive infinitely more than you give .... but that on the other hand you cannot receive in the state you are in now on earth .... that you would not be able to endure the glories if you had not first shaped yourselves in such a way that you could partake of them. Just as the soul had to form before in order to animate the human body .... just as its present condition is completely different from the previous stages, where the course through innumerable individual beings only brought about unification in an inconceivably long time in order to now embody itself in the human being .... the soul must now also try to reach the state in earthly existence that it can leave the dark stay in matter and rise into light regions, in order to be able to endure the very abundance of light, which is the epitome of bliss .... In order to receive the highest delights and enjoy unlimited bliss, the body's desire on earth must be met with the greatest resistance .... Then the soul will use its abilities in the right way by only ever striving for life in eternity and only regarding earthly life as an educational station ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's childhood .... end aim of life .... state of light ....

B.D. 0877 from April 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Don't forget that you are called to become children of God and that you shall also enter into the same rights as a child if you prove yourselves worthy to be called children of God .... And therefore it is necessary that you recognize what your activity will consist of one day in the beyond .... It is necessary in order to make you understand with what eagerness you should strive for your higher development and how you should make use of every opportunity which can earn you the childship to God. To be a child of God means to completely submit to the heavenly father’s will, to be devoted to Him in all love and humility and to set the final union with the father as your first aim, so that the father in heaven will likewise turn all His love towards the earthly child, instruct it in all wisdom and let it gain insight into His creation, and this for the purpose of ever further perfection, which is indispensable in order to be rightfully called a child of God. The lord has destined all His earthly children to become children of God, yet only very few grasp the true meaning of this word and do not know how unspeakably significant it is for the human being, establish the child’s relationship with the father as early as possible .... He will soon, through heartfelt devotion, receive a vivid representation of both the earthly task and the activity in the state of light and recognize the ultimate meaning and purpose .... The human being, with fullest knowledge of his emergence and higher development, will pursue his aim with tenacious resistance .... He will strive to become a child of God on earth in order to recognize his actual task in the beyond and likewise try to fulfil it with all his strength. For the fulfilment of the earthly task is not the only and final purpose of life and the entire embodiment of the human soul. Rather, this purpose is to be sought and found in pure spiritual striving .... And this, in turn, is intended to enable the human being to overlook the whole of creation in the beyond and to contribute to the revival of this creation in many ways. Once the earthly being has become certain that an eternal, unchanging deity has also assigned it a mission for later and that it can then still create and strive undiminished, but in a spiritual way, earthly life will take on a completely different form and will also be used much more beneficially for the soul's salvation, for it will recognize its final aim and henceforth endeavour to serve God as the eternal father and to prove itself worthy of God's childship ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Trials according to state of maturity .... deep faith in earthly hardship ....

B.D. 0878 from April 22nd 1939, taken from Book No. 18

It is true that the human being enters into a relationship of dependence on God as long as he walks on earth, in that his course of life is determined by events of all kinds, which he cannot oppose. Nevertheless, he is given the free will to act and think. By virtue of his free will he can also shape his life's destiny insofar as he can be spared trials if he takes the right path of his own will which leads back to God, and then the trials will not be so necessary and the human being will be the master of his own life and will have to fear less resistance. However, it remains to be considered that people only rarely live faithfully on earth according to divine commandments .... Everyone has to fight against cravings of some kind, and therefore there are few who make an effort to live righteously, which is why the earth and with it the human being cannot be left without testing. Only the conscious striving towards God, the desire for unification with Him, presupposes that spiritual maturity which no longer requires strokes of fate of a severe kind. And if these are permitted for the rest of humanity for educational reasons, the father in heaven protects His own from severe adversity and oppression, and thus even in the midst of the most dreadful events an earthly child can remain unaffected if only it has reached this state of spiritual maturity and consciously participates in humanity's redemption through works of love. Yet again and again the human being needs the strongest faith .... where he fears and doubts and does not stand in deepest faith, such events, which still have to come upon humanity, will in turn also cast dark shadows over the doubting human child .... For faith alone protects it from every danger .... And if the whole earth were in danger of shattering and perishing, deep faith is the supporting point which gives the right child of God support and does not let it get into adversity and danger. And in the hour of trouble, therefore, remember the words of the lord: "I am with you all days ...." If the lord Himself assures you of His support, then you should not despair in hours of adversity but always be faithful and fully trusting of help from above, and then every adversity will pass you by like a shadow .... And know, that you still have to struggle for your soul's state of maturity as long as the hardship and worries are tangibly pressing you .... The more devoted you are to the lord and saviour and long for union with Him, the more distant earthly suffering will remain for you, for the soul no longer needs it for its salvation ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Wrestling of the soul .... prayer .... free will .... matter ....

B.D. 0879 from April 22nd 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The soul has to overcome unspeakable difficulties before it has become master of all matter. For it is in battle with matter until it consciously strives for help, and again, it will only do the latter when it has overcome its desire for earthly possessions, thus it has, as it were, already declared war on matter. But in order to be able to overcome it needs the support of helpful spiritual beings which it makes serviceable to itself through prayer. But it still has to struggle a lot and has to be restlessly active itself, for the soul can only mature through its own work, and the support of spiritual friends only consists of conveying the necessary strength to the struggling soul, but which it now has to utilize itself in realization of its earthly task. Thus a complete transformation is undoubtedly within every person's power once the will has decided to do so .... People sometimes believe that they cannot do anything themselves and only ever have to carry out God's will, and again it should be pointed out that the human being is not subject to any coercion from the divine creator in a spiritual respect, that instead all freedom of will is left to him if it concerns his soul's salvation. His thoughts will indeed be directed by the spiritual side towards spiritual problems, he will receive enlightenment in many questions, yet his will will be completely free to decide whether and to what extent the transmitted thoughts will be accepted and taken to heart. And likewise, the human being is free to gain the necessary strength through prayer in order to meet the most difficult demands. Consequently, the human soul undoubtedly has to fulfil a great task which consists of taking care of its transformation so that it will lift itself out of the darkness of spirit .... so that it will liberate itself from the fetters of matter, and this through love .... it must constantly be active to shape itself .... it must reject everything ignoble, it must strive for perfection and always be mindful of the fact that it only has a short time at its disposal which should serve its transformation .... it must also know that it is at the greatest disadvantage if the time on earth has not brought it maturity, and therefore only strive for one thing, to be constantly active to constantly wrestle and detach itself from everything that appears desirable to it in order to finally conquer matter and thereby free itself from every shackle which prevents it from ascending into light spheres ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Checking this work .... obstacle and its removal ....

B.D. 0880 from April 23rd 1939, taken from Book No. 18

In the utmost perfection of form of the sentence structure of this scripture and at the same time in its profound spiritual content, the one who examines the work should be able to recognize the divine working and measure the divine love by it, which in this way draws close to the people on earth. To a certain extent the conclusion can be drawn that there is no obstacle which separates people on earth from the heavenly father if it is not erected by them .... and that this obstacle can be removed at any time by the human being's active will and the father in heaven reveals Himself to him. The most peculiar counter-arguments and objections will be made and people will try to find a natural explanation because they consider such a connection with the spiritual world, which can be established by people themselves, to be absolutely impossible, yet anyone who is of sound mind .... who lives in union with God himself, will also recognize the voice of the one Who guides and directs him. If he recognizes that nothing in life is coincidental he will also recognize the working of spiritual strength in divine guidance .... he will accept it without hesitation if he commends himself and his soul to the father in heaven and does not presume to judge on his own strength .... With God everything, without Him nothing .... Whoever chooses Him as his guide through earthly life will truly be guided correctly and will not be in danger of going wrong, and thus every step is predefined and leads safely to the aim. People often fail to recognize the extraordinary evidence of divine love because they lack the power of judgement which, however, can only be attained through profound faith. Anyone who is still blind in spirit because faith and love are dead in him will never be able to pass a just judgment, for he is still too attached to the world and only grasps what is part of the world but not the divine mission, which is purest spiritual knowledge and therefore only recognizable to the spiritually striving, fully believing earthly child, which lives on earth in love for the father and should be strengthened and refreshed by Him for this path of life. For the father hears when His child calls to Him and does not let its prayer go unheard ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Father words .... union with Him ....

B.D. 0881 from April 23rd 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Whenever you send your call to Me I will answer your prayer. And your soul felt the benefit which brought it My nearness and gratefully received it. Everything that pays tribute to the world is excluded from this benefit, they are satisfied with earthly pleasures and don't desire My love and My closeness and are therefore not worthy of being made happy by Me. But I will always remember all others .... who make Me their confidant, who desire to stand in My sun of grace and seek direct contact with Me, these already possess Me, for their love unites them with Me, and anyone who loves Me with all his heart also receives Me into his heart. Whereas the most glorious gift on earth cannot come close to providing the soul with such happiness as the union with Me, which is of eternal duration. For I no longer let go of those I seize with My love, and from then on they walk under My love. And I desire nothing more than to possess their hearts completely, for they are My children and as such shall love their father in order to be loved by Him again for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Miracle of creation .... similar formations .... repetition ....

B.D. 0882 from April 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Visualise the greatness and majesty of divine creation, and then look more closely at the inner composition of a seed which, as tiny as it is, contains creation in infinite miniaturization .... This is incomprehensible to you humans, for you cannot even remotely grasp how strangely the composition of all miracles of creation again leans on the greatest work of creation .... how the same thing appears again and again, only in different proportions which, however, are again in harmony with each other. With physical eyes you can already see in plant life how often the smallest forms have similarities with the creations of nature. How much more would you recognize with the spiritual eye the same law in all tiny creations, from the grain of sand to the animal world .... that everything again and again clearly recognizably confirms a certain building work, again and again in the same relationship to each other and repeating itself innumerable times. In every work of creation God's omnipotence and wisdom has visibly come into operation .... Looking at such a work of art only gives rise to the thought in the human being that he is not remotely capable on earth of gaining an insight into the whole of creation, but that he is only allowed this insight to a very small extent and that he is then only able to see the outer shell with bodily eyes, but not the extremely fine construction which only illustrates the miracle of every work of creation. A snowflake is often a cause for reflection, for it is already such an artfully assembled thing that it is worthy of closer observation, and a structure of form that dissolves again in a few moments .... Whoever looks around him with open eyes in nature will not tire of observing the manifold wonders of divine creation, but only with spiritual eyes will he recognize the meaningful composition of the whole and then stand before even greater wonders. It is futile effort and therefore does not lead to complete success to try to analyse all these miracles in a purely scientific way .... people only ever succeed within a certain limit, yet to exceed this limit is only possible in a spiritual way and will neither be humanly proven nor acknowledged, for ultimately everything spiritual can only be recognized with the spiritual eye, and the divine creator has only given people the gift of seeing rough matter with the physical eyes ans letting what is visible to them affect the spirit in such a way that it stimulates it to think .... And then it is solely up to him to educate himself in such a way that he can penetrate matter and, as it were, also see the inner components in their composition, form and nature through the outer shell in order to then, overwhelmed by God's love, wisdom and omnipotence, love and praise Him for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Love lives up .... love redeems ....

B.D. 0883 from April 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

In the realization of his earthly task the human being will always take the right path, for it will always be his endeavour to make use of all means at his disposal which the lord's grace grants him and thus also to use earthly life correctly. Now all striving upwards on earth only has the right value when love determines all action and thinking, for only love enlivens, yet without love every action remains a dead beginning, i.e. it is dead for eternity, even if it earns temporal reward on earth. Love must fill the heart and move the will to be active, then all activity on earth has the success that the soul's state of maturity takes its progress, that, as it were, only now the soul draws the benefit from what the body does. And since it is only a matter of shaping the soul on earth, since this is the final purpose of the whole earthly life, to be able to leave the earthly body of flesh as complete as possible when it dies, the greatest attention must of necessity be paid to the earthly task .... The human being must be mindful of the fact that he himself has striven for his embodiment and has entered earthly life with the firm intention to use it in such a way that all slags will be lost and leaving the body in all purity in order to unite himself with the divine spirit .... It must also not forget that higher development is never possible without earthly life and that it therefore also has to willingly accept all difficulties in order to place itself into that state which results in liberation from all matter. It must unhesitatingly devote itself to the eternal deity and thus bring love within itself to its highest development .... it must love everything that has come forth from God, as the eternal creator of heaven and earth, and through this love it must now work for the benefit and best of its neighbour and for the glory of God .... The more intensively it strives for union with the divine saviour, the closer the saviour will be to this soul, and it can expect without any doubt that it will become a true child of God and one day in eternity will also find infinite happiness through Him as a child of God and will be granted divine fatherly grace forever .... for anyone who loves and does all his works in this love is entitled to the glory of God and is eternally in His grace ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Father words .... lightning ray .... guide ....

B.D. 0884 from April 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

I want to teach everywhere and awaken people's spirit, for the need is unspeakably great. Countless souls are constantly in danger who disregard the word of God and do not account for where their faithlessness shall lead. They remain in darkness of spirit and pay no attention to the bright ray that could bring them light. And so it is time to send a ray of lightning so that they will be frightened in the deep night and desire light. A new time shall dawn and My word shall be made accessible to people in all purity and understandable to everyone who desires truth. The sun of the spirit shall rise and spread brightest light, and anyone who wants to escape darkness shall be allowed to walk in the light .... Therefore hear My voice: Heed the signs which proclaim the approach of the new time .... and remember My words that all your striving is in vain if you do not see in Me your saviour from all adversity .... Whoever chooses Me as his guide will truly go through earthly life correctly guided, but whoever wants to reject Me will soon lack the knowledge where to turn .... He will get into great adversity, and earthly goods will not offer him a substitute for what he gives up .... for only I can give him the strength to live, and the soul's adversity will be indescribable if I don't provide it. And in this adversity I will remember those who are willing and give them a visible sign of My love. The whole of humanity will take notice and behold this sign, and it will be left up to everyone to interpret it according to his will .... Whoever recognizes Me in it will have his soul saved, but whoever also rejects this sign or pays little attention to it, his spirit will only remain more densely enveloped and no ray of light will shine for him .... He will remain in the night and his soul will perish. Yet I will give great strength to My own, they shall become strong in spirit and never deny Me .... the visible sign shall be a confirmation of My care for them, they shall recognize My greater than great love by it and rise up by it in the tribulations which will approach them from outside .... They shall not fear anything the world could prepare for them but in utmost trust hand themselves over to their divine saviour and redeemer Who holds their fate in His hands and does not allow them to suffer damage to their soul. Anyone who carries Me in his heart will pass all tests and grow stronger in the face of adversity and emerge victorious from all battles which apply to his soul, for he has chosen Me as his guide ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Recognition of the truth only possible through love for God .... sharpness of mind ....

B.D. 0885 from April 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Thus hear the voice of the Most High: The strength of My word will flow through all who willingly hand themselves over to it, and thus the world is also unable to pass the right judgment because it is listened to and examined without inner life and without love for Me. And thus people certainly desire clarity but can only receive it with a believing heart, for where the world and its interests are placed in the foreground the soul is poorly minded of it .... The further the human being distances himself from Me the more difficult it will be for him to recognize the truth, and he will, as it were, scrutinize without spiritual assistance, for he does not demand it in his will of rejection. Intellectual acuity alone is not suitable to test something which, however, is immediately recognized as truth by the profoundly devout person, for the divine spirit has come alive in the latter, whereas the former is still in deep night and spiritual darkness. If you want to recognize Me, you must be with Me but not against Me. Your will is decisive .... Your lack of knowledge can certainly be remedied if you ask for right knowledge, but where you refuse you are still far away from right knowledge. Love moved the son of man to sacrifice Himself for humanity, and this love will now also appear again and give light where light is desired .... And all can stand in the light if they don't think themselves too sublime to pray for it. No human being has the right to make assertions which not only touch upon the earthly tangible, for without My help he lacks the right knowledge to do so .... Earthly knowledge is not enough to solve the last great question, yet with My help this area will also be opened up to you and you may confidently accept the explanations given by Me as purest truth, yet you must first have the will to make contact with Me, then you may also draw from the source of eternal truth. You all need strengthening from above, but this cannot be offered to you on the human side, no matter how great the effort is to scientifically penetrate the unknown kingdom .... And thus human knowledge alone will not suffice to examine a work of strange origin if you don't request My help for it .... but cannot do so if you don't want to acknowledge Me. I only have one aim in mind, to restore faith to humanity .... nor do I want to condemn anyone who has been wrongly guided so far, I only want to erect a barrier where spiritual decay has already progressed so far that the human being believes himself to be stronger than the eternal deity .... where he believes that the highest competent authority is his intellect .... where every attempt to instruct another person is unsuccessful, and such a person can only be instructed in such a way that he is confronted by his own powerlessness and turns to a higher being in search of help .... I will always listen to a plea in profound humility, yet if this plea applies to earthly possessions and the only necessary thing, the care for spiritual possessions, is disregarded, this desire cannot be pleasing to Me and I cannot give My blessing where the spirit is not respected. How shall the ray of light of spiritual truth penetrate a heart which only strives for earthly things, and how shall such a person make contact with Him without profound faith in the redeemer so that he will be guided into truth? The human being must always remain aware of his own inadequacy and in this take refuge in the great spiritual strength, and if he does so in all humility and in the will to then also help his fellow human beings through his enlightenment, if he allows himself to be guided without resistance and wants to be a righteous servant of God and his fellow human beings, then he will also be given the right realization, only the motive of wanting to know must not be ignoble, no earthly interests may be decisive but only the will to thereby serve the soul and to help alleviate the spiritual hardship on earth. Then the blessing from above will not fail to materialize, and those who seriously desire the truth will recognize it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spiritual waste .... self-conceit .... shackles ....

B.D. 0886 from April 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

So pay attention to the words that come to you today: All spirit that has separated itself from God in self-conceit can only be purified through torment, and indeed it will now be convinced of its inherently helpless state, which stands in blatant contradiction to its self-conceit, which has brought about its apostasy from the eternal deity. Nothing else can bring about the return to the father of the universe than the walk through thousands of years of fetters which make him aware of his powerlessness and yet let the desire for final liberation from these fetters grow ever stronger, so that he then even takes the earthly fetters upon himself with full will for a time in the realization that embodiment on earth is the only possibility to become free of these fetters. And thus the spiritual being has every opportunity to improve the unworthy state, to atone for the offence against the eternal deity in an indescribably long time, so to speak, and at the same time to take the feasible paths which lead to unification with the eternal deity again. When the human being imagines how dreadfully agonizing the distance from the father is for a divine being and earthly life is often not used in any way to reduce this distance, but he only entered into embodiment on earth for this purpose, when the return to the father cannot be achieved in any other way, when, despite this, countless beings keep seeking embodiment again and again with the intention of using earthly life correctly and willingly submit to every trial of life, it will soon be understandable why the lord is so extremely loving towards the earthly children and would like to make their path of life easier and for this reason sends them nourishment from above in order to guide the spirit out of God back to its original purpose. And all striving for divinity is blessed from above so that the human being will be protected from error and recognize the right truth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Power of prayer .... love power ....

B.D. 0887 from April 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The power of prayer is not to be misjudged if the human being wants to cover the path of higher development in the shortest possible time, for prayer is the conscious connection with the heavenly father, prayer is the conscious utilisation of divine grace. Through prayer the relationship with the father is established and humility, faith and childlike trust are thereby expressed. And prayer is the surest help, for the lord considers everyone who turns to Him in prayer in the soul's adversity. And thus the human being completes his path of life in the right way and has not spent earthly life in vain, for he fulfils his task with divine strength, which he has always used through prayer. Thus, on the one hand, full trust in help is necessary to fulfil the earthly task completely, but on the other hand, the will to make oneself worthy of this divine help, for he who takes should also give .... He who makes use of God's help should also show the father in heaven through his own actions and thoughts that it is his will to serve Him and to live according to His will. Prayer, which ascends from the heart to the father, always appeals for strength from God, and the soul will feel grateful when this strength flows to the earthly child in such great measure that the striving for perfection becomes easy and also leads to success. For God constantly gives if only His gift is requested. However, anyone who does not need divine help, who believes he can get by without all grace from heaven, is weak because the earthly burden weighs him down and he lacks the strength to lift himself up. It is the lord's will that you make use of this strength, for it is at your unrestricted disposal, yet you cannot be provided with this strength if your will rejects it or does not desire it because you do not have the faithful trust that your path of life can be immensely successful as a result .... And thus the struggle of a person who does not want to acknowledge the power of prayer will be incredibly difficult, and he can only perfect himself through an extraordinary activity in love. But without the conscious connection with his creator this is an unspeakably difficult start, for the strength of love in him has to become so strong, and thus he has to unconsciously draw on the strength from God by doing of his own accord what is pleasing to God and thereby be blessed by the lord and granted His grace. Yet anyone who lives in love will soon recognize the father .... And anyone who has found the father will ruefully remember the unused time when too little strength was imparted to his soul through his resistance, for the time on earth is only short and should be utilized in the most imaginable way in order to reach the state of maturity in the shortest possible time and to be able to leave earthly life as a being of light one day ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Thought currents .... Prerequisites for easy acceptance of spiritual knowledge ....

B.D. 0888 from April 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

In order to perceive the thought currents clearly and distinctly, the external human being must be completely governed by the spirit; the separation from the earth must have taken place and the union with the beyond must have been established, only then will the human being's thoughts be able to move in spiritual spheres, and the voice from the spiritual world will sound distinctly and audibly in the person's heart. However, as long as the body is held captive by earthly fetters which prevent the soul's escape from the body into spiritual spheres, the spirit in the person cannot become active. Therefore, a long struggle must precede first in order to achieve this detached state .... in order for the body to achieve a state of being gentle and patient and of allowing the soul's every flight into higher spheres. Thus, the first condition in order to be able to accept spiritual knowledge easily and without effort is that the spirit must not feel impeded by anything. It certainly requires considerable self-denial in order to accomplish, yet the pleasure of the reward will be accordingly great. All opportunities will remain unused if the expansion of the divine spirit in the human being is not taken care of first. People's spirit will forever remain gagged if they take no action to liberate their soul for good .... As yet the soul is still constrained and therefore cannot grasp the spiritual deeply enough, thus it requires all your will to desire receipt from above so that your will can be complied with; nevertheless, the soul can liberate itself much sooner where love for the divine Redeemer flares up in a heart, for that is where the spirit clearly strives for unity with the eternal Deity. But where the writer or recipient is seized by a certain spiritual lethargy it will be difficult for him to establish contact and it must, in a manner of speaking, be laboriously achieved through perseverance, otherwise it can never lead to the goal which, however, should be all people's ultimate striving. And the spirit will understandably be in serious difficulties, for it will be prevented from reigning and taking effect according to its purpose ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Earthly events .... temporal phenomena .... inertia of the spirit ....

B.D. 0889 from April 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

With unchanging strength the beings in the beyond consider you, and thus they impart an announcement of importance to you today: At certain intervals of time the father in heaven directs events on earth into ever new directions .... events occur which overturn everything that had gone before .... inventions of all kinds cause other ways of life .... people pursue other aims and thus the human being's train of thought is changed in a certain way .... science always has new areas to research and thus innumerable changes come about which are precisely intended to influence people's thinking. There is a wise reason for this. In the usual regularity of life, mental activity would very soon tire and such lukewarmness of spirit would set in that the soul would be in grave danger ....

Everything that happens in the world keeps the spirit active and never lets it fall into inactivity. The human being will arm himself with all his power of resistance when the events storm him like surging waves. He will have to fight for his earthly well-being and that will keep him tirelessly active. And again, only an active person can also be spiritually active at the same time, for divine strength will be inherent in him as soon as his earthly activity is aimed at reducing any deficiencies and he thus takes upon himself the work for his neighbour's well-being out of love for him. In times of spiritual hardship the lord resorts to all means, and it is not to be feared that the father in heaven will let the prayer of a person demanding advice and help from Him go unheard. The father demands profound inner faith and an undoubted belief .... He will then also bless those who do not take offence at the phenomena of the time, but rather devoutly and faithfully fulfil their assigned task at all times, draw the greatest spiritual benefit from all events and always remember that the world is only a means to an end and that only a pure spiritual attitude protects the earthly child from sinking into chaos, for its field of activity is assigned to it according to the soul's need, and thus a constant change of all events has to occur so that the earthly child will not tire of working on itself and its soul and find all spiritual stimulation in daily life, so that it will not fall into spiritual sluggishness but be industrious and striving, so that it shall bear everything with surrender which the eternal deity has wisely imposed on earth and also its inhabitants for the best of their souls. For no event, no matter how small, is without purpose, it is only little or not at all recognized by the human being in his earthly condition ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Look into beyond .... faith - maturity .... free will ....

B.D. 0890 from April 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

A wise decision by the heavenly father denies the earthly children a conscious vision of the beyond, for the complete knowledge of this would impair people's freedom of will, since their striving would now be based on a state of compulsion and therefore a completely free spiritual being would not be able to develop, but this is absolutely necessary if it is to be able to fulfil its eternal purpose in the beyond. Therefore it is also not permissible that people, as long as they live on earth in blindness of spirit and an immature state of soul, are given a clear picture of the work of the spiritual beings in the beyond, for this would be just as unsuitable to stimulate the human being to work on his soul. Therefore the announcements are also given in such a way that they do not oblige the human being to accept them but it is entirely up to the individual's will to accept them as truth or to reject them. All efforts of the spiritual beings in this respect only extend to an earthly being which is already in a certain state of maturity, so that it will pay more attention to its inner life and its striving upwards will be facilitated accordingly. Then a certain faith is already a prerequisite, for without it it would be completely impossible to receive spiritual gifts, only the temporary weakness of faith still has to be overcome, yet the freedom of will remains completely untouched, for its will is already active in itself of its own accord if the earthly child cultivates such a connection from the beyond to earth and endeavours to maintain it. However, it is unspeakably valuable for the earthly children to make use of all gifts arising in this way .... to accept them in profound faith and consequently to likewise draw from a life- and grace-giving source .... Again, faith is a prerequisite, for such gifts will only be received by a believing person, thus faith will never ever be a compulsory state, whereas such a gift from heaven still appears unacceptable and doubtful, if not completely unbelievable, to the faithless person. For there is a boundary between heaven and earth which can only be crossed by a person of profound faith. Consider this when you consider the peculiarity of such gifts .... know that the father in heaven considers everyone according to need, according to worthiness and according to merit .... but that He would also like to bestow His grace upon people who do not yet recognize Him, that it is therefore also possible for the spiritually immature person, to make use of the evidence of divine activity given in love and kindness in order to attain maturity of soul .... but that he must be free to shape himself in complete free will into what is his final destiny .... as a being of light which, as a child of God, has to fulfil the most glorious task in eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spirit of God .... divine original force .... love ....

B.D. 0891 from April 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

All spirit has come forth from Me and all spirit shall return to Me .... And all earthly wisdom is of no avail where My love is active, where the spirit of God has once been awakened .... for I have all power in heaven and on earth and what I will comes to pass. If I want all creatures to obey Me, they will not be able to oppose Me, but then the being would no longer be free. But if the human being wants to come to Me himself, I can take hold of him and draw him to Me and he will truly no longer want to return .... The longing for Me will increase immeasurably and I will fulfil it and kindle all love in his heart, for it is My spirit which longs for Me, it is My living creation to which I gave life and which I love with all My strength without beginning and without end. Take this well and try to understand the intimacy of My love .... What has been Mine from eternity must remain Mine for all eternity, for it is divine elementary strength which let you come into being, and nothing can get lost in the universe but only be separated from the father of the universe for an infinitely long time. And with longing love I await everything that has gone forth from Me. I let creation come into being for the purpose of final reunification with the beings which are exceedingly dear to Me .... I hear the slightest call and am ready to help where My creations desire their father and creator, I gave Myself to My children and made the greatest sacrifice for them through My death on the cross .... I offer them all graces and guide and direct them and assure them of My protection in every adversity and danger, for My love cannot leave them .... And I wrestle for every soul and don't want to abandon them to the evil power without a fight, for in My love I see all their suffering if they fall prey to it .... And those who love Me again are My children in all truth and My fatherly care applies to them without ceasing. I want to give those who serve Me the delights of heaven to taste while they are still on earth, and if they feel Me Myself in their hearts they will be indissolubly united with Me and unspeakably happy while they are still on earth. For I will take possession of them and they will never walk alone, even though they will be abandoned and rejected by the world and its servants .... They have chosen Me and chosen Me as their leader, and I will reward their love and draw close to them and remain with them for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

World of peace .... leader of the people ....

B.D. 0892 from April 30th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

In the world of peace only one law applies, which is love .... Whoever willingly submits to this law is in God and God in him .... Whoever strives to give peace to the world must live in love, i.e. to constantly endeavour to help, to comfort, to alleviate hardship, to ward off oppressors and to do everything in order to awaken love in people again, and this is the greatest necessity in order to restore people to true life, for spiritual knowledge is only rooted in love .... Only someone who loves will be able to receive the spiritual nourishment the lord God offers people. People will therefore first have to live in love before they are worthy to receive .... and first have to be active in love in order to recognize the truth of it. Whoever serves the people as a leader must, as it were, exemplify the right life, he must be active in love and only ever let love become the motive of all action. For whatever he undertakes must never have the opposite effect; it must not give rise to hatred or unkindness, for then the life of the soul of the one who persists in hatred would be endangered. Truthfulness and justice must guide action and love must condition everything. He who lives in constant threat cannot be open to love, he will go through life in bitterness, and this cannot be beneficial to the soul .... But he who gives to people, and does so constantly, who does everything to win people's true love, also awakens love continually and will also conquer all hatred and all discord, so that a world of peace will surround those who are truly willing to love and give. Man therefore has the right to apply the standard to the individual's way of acting, whether and to what extent this produces love or only seeks certain advantages in earthly relations. Anyone who fulfils all his tasks and does not seek his own advantage .... who is only ever driven by love for the people to be active for their good, his deeds must also have such an effect that a state of calm, a deep inner happiness takes hold of people, they remember their leader's heart with love and can now devote themselves to the care of their inner life in all tranquillity without having to fear being in constant danger, which is caused by greed, envy and unkindness and results in the very decline of everything spiritual. And by this you will know whether the world of peace is in you and around you and what your inner life is like, and you will be able to judge whether the tasks of a leader are fulfilled correctly for the blessing and salvation of his people ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

New creations .... unchanged laws of nature .... synchronisation .... rhythm ....

B.D. 0893 from May 1st 1939, taken from Book No. 18

You do not know how great God's creation is .... how unspeakably extensive and varied the lord of heaven and earth has shaped this creation and how new creations keep coming, filling inanimate space and again calculated for the further development of living beings. It is the ultimate purpose of all creation to lead the spiritual closer to God, and this will remain so for all eternity. For it is the creator's will to maintain what He created .... What once came forth from God in all perfection must have the same state of light in order to be able to return to its place of origin again. Furthermore, it must have lived through every station of development, it must have travelled through every work of creation in order to one day be able to let the same formations of creation come into being, since this is the task of all beings of light in eternity. Thus God has set an aim for the being to strive towards. He has made this aim dependent on a certain degree of maturity and in turn made the state of maturity dependent on his spiritual striving .... And therefore, again, all creation only ever serves the purpose of stimulating spiritual striving, and this the more attention is paid to creation and its many thousands of miracles. Whoever passes by them dully and blindly, his spirit can never be awakened, for he still dwells too much on this earth with body and soul and does not ask for the outcome and the end .... Whoever, however, contemplates the divine creation and realizes that centuries and millennia do not bring about a change in the laws of nature .... Whoever lets his gaze wander over the infinite variations of the divine creation and then considers again that everything is alive .... then, considering this thought, the question must also arise for him, for what reason is the purpose of all life on earth .... He cannot answer this question with empty phrases if he is serious about answering the question, but he must pursue it and can ultimately only answer it spiritually and exhaustively .... for the course of the world remains eternally the same, the laws of nature are likewise not subject to any temporal change, it is and remains, as it has been from eternity .... always in the same rhythm, in the same regularity and in unchanged synchronization, as it is the will of the creator from eternity. And people on earth are powerless in the face of these laws. They can certainly make use of unexplored forces and do so to a great extent, however, they can by no means cause this strength to have a different effect at their own discretion, they cannot arbitrarily utilize a strength for an activity other than that determined by God through the laws of nature, instead, they must adapt themselves to these laws of nature in the most exact way if the strength is not to be expressed in a damaging way. And every infringement punishes itself, for every non-observance of the laws of nature results in the destruction of all matter, but never in the building up and increase of everything that appears visibly or tangibly to him, which is in the human interest. The human being is already creatively active on earth but must always submit himself to the divine creator and His will in all actions .... His task in the beyond, on the other hand, is to constantly form new structures through his will in the knowledge of all laws of creation and their purposefulness, which, however, completely corresponds to God's will in the state of light .... and to see in this creating and creating a blissful state which is far more blissful than your human judgement. And in order to achieve this final aim you should be constantly active on earth and strive for perfection with all your strength ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

New task and activity in the beyond .... glory .... love ....

B.D. 0894 from May 1st 1939, taken from Book No. 18

To become free from all matter is the task of earthly existence. If the lord has given you this task and you make use of your earthly life and strive to fulfil the task with all your will, you will become free from everything that is impure and thus shape yourselves into a being which, after discarding the body of flesh, may truly pass into the kingdom of the beyond in light and brightness. And only now will the soul be introduced into the new activity, and this according to its ability to again spiritually influence the beings which still dwell in the darkness of spirit, both on earth as well as in the beyond. The new task corresponds completely to the previous activity in spiritual life. The soul will have to be extraordinarily active again in order to be able to fulfil its waiting work in the beyond, and therefore it is of extraordinary advantage if its life on earth was likewise a life of work, if it also always made use of it earthly and never gave in to physical indolence .... for much more diligent work is to begin, after all, it is a matter of fighting spiritual hardship and bringing help wherever the soul is not properly respected and thus an agonizing state is its lot. On the other hand, the being will be offered such wonderful glories in the beyond that the child's relationship with the father will find tangible reward .... All the happiness of love will flow through the being, and its devotion to the saviour will therefore mean unlimited happiness, yet the poor struggling souls will always be thought of in equal measure, and just as the soul now receives love from God, it also constantly passes on love .... it turns it towards those who are still without realization and in turn seeks to ease their torment and likewise draw them up into the regions of light and peace. And therefore nothing is unsuccessful which has its origin in love .... nothing is done in vain which had love as its driving force, and love inevitably has to have a redeeming effect, both on earth as well as in the beyond ....

Amen

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Inner peace ....

B.D. 0895 from May 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Enlightenment of the spirit is inner peace .... He who has been enlightened is seized by a feeling of security and tranquillity, for it is he who has already partly overcome matter and only turns to the spiritual. And thus he will never let himself be disturbed by earthly things to the extent that he goes through life peacelessly and impatiently, on the contrary, he will find himself in the happy state that nothing touches him unusually any more. He will certainly live through everything but with little involvement of the heart .... he will also not suffer particularly from events which would otherwise have shaken his whole being, on the contrary, he will accept everything as a side effect of daily life which is only intended for him by the divine father for the purpose of further perfection. And nothing can disturb the inner peace which only becomes more and more tangible the more the earthly child endeavours to fulfil the will of the father in heaven. For now the soul no longer has to suffer so much under the pressure of matter, it lives according to its true destiny and the battles of the opposing power are no longer to be feared so much, therefore the soul is in a state of rest with regard to all earthly events, while it, however, is ever more spiritually active. Earth and its desires are in contradiction with spiritual life and both can never be fulfilled at the same time. Earthly life with its demands will also always cause restlessness and peacelessness, whereas spiritual life and striving gives the soul a state of rest, i.e. only towards earthly experiences. This will always have the effect that the human being's spirit will be insensitive to all earthly difficulties and the human being can fulfil his actual task without disturbance as long as he desires to be allowed to dwell in spiritual regions. He will also be relieved of a certain worry, for spiritual support is granted to him in all adversities and worries, both of the body as well as of the soul, and he will well perceive this support, and his inner peace will only rarely be disturbed by incidents which would otherwise have shaken him out of his calm. It is mostly worldly worries which worry the human being and make earthly life unbearable for him, however, anyone who faithfully offers them up to the father in heaven, who asks Him in the spiritual realization that He is lord over all events, who therefore transfers these worries into the spiritual kingdom, will visibly be released from them, and the peace of heart will have the upper hand again and what seems to be a burden to the earthly child and could impair his spiritual striving will be banished. And thus all your striving should only ever be directed towards considering your spirit .... you should pay no attention to earthly demands but only ever long for and request the brightness of the spirit, and the heavenly father will carefully guide you through earthly life and keep everything difficult away from you so that you will find and keep inner peace in order to be able to promote spiritual life all the more diligently and thus lead your soul into the state of light ....

Amen

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Exhortation to spread God’s word ....

B.D. 0896a from May 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Without hesitation you shall carry out what you have resolved to do. It is the work of a moment which can destroy everything that has existed up to now .... but a short period of time can also suffice to awaken spiritual substances in a person, and thus every day should be used for the spreading of the divine word .... Everything depends on the will of the human being, whether the days on earth pass usefully or unused. Therefore, the concern for the salvation of your fellow human beings' souls should also constantly spur you on to diligent work, and nothing should stop you or make you fearfully hesitate, for where the spirit from God was at work divine strength is also at work and protects those who faithfully entrust themselves to the lord and saviour from every danger. What was given for the salvation of humanity's soul shall now also find its way into many a human heart .... Therefore rely on the help from above, and provide the ignorant or those hungry for knowledge with spiritual refreshment so that their thoughts will wander into the beyond and demand an answer from there, which will then also be joyfully given to them, and if this task is now no longer doubtful to you, also dispense with it in the shortest possible time, and consider without fear those who are inclined towards your work and still desire clarity on earth. For all is the work of the lord, and nothing happens without His permission .... (interruption).

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Exhortation to spread God’s word ....

B.D. 0896b from May 3rd 1939, taken from Book No. 18

You shall partake of all spiritual strength and your striving shall be crowned with success. And I will show you the way again and again, as often as you take refuge in Me .... Consider every event as a pointer from above and don't let your spirit tire of rising into spheres of light, for only from there can enlightenment come to you. An indescribable darkness still surrounds the souls of your fellow human beings, and help shall be offered to them so that they strive for the right realization. And so I now want that the erring souls are thought of without interruption and that all means are used to bring them redemption. The further course of life will prove to you what a benefit right knowledge can already be on earth and how an inconceivable desire for truth is awakened in the human being if only he receives the impetus and has taken a direction of thought which is beneficial for his soul. And for this reason the earthly burden shall also become easier to bear for people who have their salvation at heart. To fulfil the commandment of neighbourly love correctly also requires concern for the soul's salvation, for alleviating earthly hardship is certainly a task in earthly life but only of deepest significance when spiritual hardship is controlled at the same time. People are helpless and abandoned, even if they live an apparently comfortable life on earth, as long as spiritual spheres remain closed to them and their souls are still shrouded in darkness. And so, no matter how lightless their spiritual state may be, they will be offered the right light and also spread a bright glow, and blessed are those to whom this glow spreads comfort and who desire to continue to stand in the light, they will become enlightened and the spiritual adversity will be remedied ....

Amen

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Divine grace ....

B.D. 0897 from May 4th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Hear the divine voice: In the struggle with himself man must grow stronger and seek to pass all tests of life. Spiritual strength is at his disposal at all times and he is constantly surrounded by spiritual friends who are ready to help and only await his call. And thus your thoughts may only ever turn to them in supplication and you will escape every adversity and danger .... And now receive: Divine grace and with it the mercy and love of the father in heaven are available to every person to such an extent that he can become completely free from all earthly fetters and every desire which still applies to material life. The father in heaven gives and gives, and His grace is not exhausted, only it must not be carelessly passed by on the human side, but it must be consciously desired and received. Only then will the earthly child be able to cope with every challenge, for it is not the sole conqueror of it but the divine strength itself communicates itself to the earthly child and the human being is able to easily overcome what previously seemed insurmountable to him. The human being cannot grasp the term 'grace' in its deepest meaning .... It is such an extraordinary bestowal of divine help, it is a continuous transmission of spiritual strength, it is the evidence of everlasting love and divine mercy. And if the human being lives in God's grace he is surrounded by invisible protection .... he desires the granting of divine strength and is, as it were, seized by it, so that all his actions and thoughts are determined by divine will .... God's grace helps him to be active in God's will .... Only a fully believing human being can consciously receive God's grace because he believes in God, in His strength and His direct connection with people and in the great love which thus expresses itself through the granting of grace .... He desires and receives and thus takes the outpouring of divine love into himself, and this, in turn, must strengthen him himself and increase his faith and love for the creator and at the same time, however, also allow him to offer resistance to all afflictions on earth, for the strength from God is stronger than all hostility from the world. "Ask and you will receive ...." And this applies especially to the grace that is constantly granted to you, without which you will hardly be able to master earthly life. To ask for divine grace means, as it were, to constantly seek contact with the father in heaven, and this contact alone must impart strength to you, for then you will seek the spirit from Whom you originated .... you will turn to Him in search of help, Whose creature you are .... you will recognize your origin and willingly submit to divine strength .... and thus it can also be conveyed to you, and to such an extent that earthly life will appear more bearable to you and you will be able to fulfil your earthly task without stagnation .... for those who love God and desire His strength to whom He communicates indefinitely .... And those who consciously commend themselves to God's grace may also receive the unlimited supply of love which the father in heaven intended for His earthly children in order to make the struggle on earth easier for them, for everything depends on His grace, and blessed are those .... who ask for grace, for they will be visibly protected on earth and need no other help than that which comes from above .... which is God's love and mercy ....

Amen

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Life without love .... early calling home ....

B.D. 0898 from May 4th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The divine mission is exceedingly gracious, and man increases his knowledge of things which otherwise remain hidden from him, and so today an explanation is intended for you which is connected with the passing away of the one who occupies your thoughts. Therefore take note: The conscious immersion in spiritual problems undoubtedly promotes the development of the soul, and therefore every spiritual seeker is at an advantage over those who pay no attention to extraterrestrial questions. But now a change takes place in the heart of the spiritual seeker .... He certainly sees himself close to knowledge and yet remains somewhat defensive, and that is because he strives more intellectually than with the heart .... i.e., love is not yet right in him, love has not yet become truly active in him, and thus a true life of love, which leads to the awakening of the spirit of God, has not yet set in, and thus the human being certainly tries to come closer to the truth with good will, he also acknowledges God as the most adorable being, he tries to come close to Him and yet he lacks the right warmth, which originates from love .... The human being is certainly ready with all his senses to receive God's grace and yet he cannot get rid of the thought in his deepest heart, that an eternal deity will never manifest Himself visibly fort he poor creature’s sake .... And this is a lack of faith which would be remedied immediately if the human being wanted to cultivate love with all devotion .... Anyone who lives in love is so close to the eternal deity that he feels its breath .... Anyone who lives in love is completely absorbed by God, because God Himself is in him in all works of love .... And anyone who lives in love must come to true knowledge, for love itself informs him of this. But too little attention was paid to love in life because too much attention was paid to one's own love. And thus the soul must now be offered a new opportunity to practice love, and this can very well be put into action over there in the beyond. For its spiritual knowledge is great and will make its task easier for it if love also comes alive in it. And thus the will will already be blessed, for this will will help him to be active and thus he will enter into a new contract with the heavenly father .... he will instruct those who are poor in spirit, he will convey to them what is his spiritual property, and he will consider all the poor for whom neither the love of earthly people nor his own good deeds will make the beyond bearable .... he will pass on what he has received in abundance and will let love become active for all these poor people, what he has missed on earth up to now and therefore still was a further step towards his own perfection, if he should go this way on earth without the right love .... He wanted to, but he did not grasp the power of love .... and was therefore called home to fulfil his task in the beyond and to contribute towards the redemption of erring souls with active love .... for the lord still needs many labourers for His vineyard and what He decrees is always wise and just ....

Amen

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Death hour ....

B.D. 0899 from May 5th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

In view of the approaching death the human being's spirit brightens up in a flash and it suddenly becomes clear to him how far he had been of wrong faith .... for until now a force had wrestled him down which he was not willing enough to resist; But now he realizes that his will alone would have been enough to resist this force, that he was thereby able to escape the spell of the evil powers, but instead did nothing to free his soul, this realization is very depressing and turns the hour of death into an hour of struggle .... he is now struggling against them with all strength and trying to free himself from the chains and the human being does not know how beneficial such an hour can often be for the departing person .... how he sometimes succeeds in being stronger than the opposing power, and through his great desire for the divine saviour and redeemer he can already banish it and the entry into the eternal kingdom can be a peaceful and blissful one. And once the battle of life is over, an immense spiritual struggle for perfection in the beyond will certainly still begin, and the soul will still have a lot of catching up to do, yet once it has recognized on earth then the striving in the beyond is a conscious one, the soul seeks to make up for the wrongly used earthly time in extremely strenuous activity, it only ever has the desire to give, for it has completely become love and solves the task set for it. For this reason a timely demise on earth can actually only be joyfully welcomed if the soul of bright spirit has recognized the purpose of earthly life and the final liberation from matter has now become its greatest aim. For this is God's will that every spirit is active for the other, and that, if this will was not fulfilled on earth, the same struggle for the erring souls must begin in the beyond, for only then is complete redemption possible ....

Amen

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Thought activity .... Spiritual good and spiritual power ....

B.D. 0900 from May 6th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

So give ear to the voice that sounds within you: That which man's wisdom investigates is earthly spiritual good, i.e., a result is brought about through bodily functions, which can certainly also be attributed to a current of force, but in a purely material sense. Only the influx of power is utilized, which applies to the body, i.e. to pure matter .... the bodily activity of the organs is stimulated, so to speak. They carry out their assigned function, and since no spiritual motive is the driving force .... since it is merely a matter of research into natural processes, the result will also be of the same kind, thus a purely rationally considered and therefore provable result .... Man will be able to precisely calculate the purely natural function of the human body, he will also not need to give wrong conclusions but he will only ever solve purely human or earthly problems by virtue of his brain centre, for this ability was given to him by the divine creator .... Yet where the great question has to be solved, which is a riddle to every human being, there human intellect will be of no avail and all bodily functions will be inadequate, and human science can make the most imaginable efforts .... it has no access whatsoever to the spiritual realm .... it will have to recognize that all explanations, no matter how wise, about the nature of the human being are invalid in view of the fact that every human being should nevertheless have the same disposition, since all human beings were also created organically the same, and that the tiny differences, which the scientist would like to put forward as the cause of the different thinking and feeling life do not, after all, give any indication of the completely different abilities of the human being .... that there is obvious evidence for the latter, but that the blatant difference of human beings, physically and organically, does not exist to the same extent as the effects appear in the different people. And so it remains to be considered that scientifically all assertions can certainly be proven, but that the thought material of man has not yet found complete explanation, when it is taken into consideration that man is also able to think differently than only that which is visible in the material world, therefore also explainable .... The thought is in itself only the expressed will of man .... The will in turn is the main factor in life; when it becomes active, life first forms itself. Thought will therefore take that direction which the will prescribes for it. If now all spiritual life, thinking, could be explained simply in this way, that the bodily organs incessantly exercise their functions and that now these functions are merely a mechanical exercise of the small and smallest components necessary for the construction of the human body, which man then so wisely calls molecules .... then this in itself cannot be denied, but it is always only the second explanation, which nevertheless does not exclude the fact that thought is spiritual power which has nothing in common with the constitution of the body .... for hundreds and thousands of people can demonstrably have the same bodily constitution, yet the same brain activity can never be proven to them, which, however, should be the case according to the opinion of the wise researchers who try to deny everything spiritual. They will never succeed in forcing people to think a certain thought, and so if thinking is free it must be left to the individual human being to occupy himself spiritually at will .... which would not be the case if the human being's thinking was dependent on his physical constitution, if the human being was, so to speak, forced to think in a certain way because the body allegedly carries out its function according to a law which is based on its structure and the interconnection of the innermost and finest cells. Thought activity is certainly in itself connected with the actual life of the body, yet only insofar as the life of the body is necessary in order to also be able to express this thought activity to people, yet whether the earthly life, the life of the body, is also over .... the thinking of the being will not cease, for the functions of the body are not absolutely necessary for this .... and only then will it be understandable to the human being how far spiritual good is dependent on the body and its nature .... and the worldly researchers will recognize their error ....

Amen

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Checking this work .... receptivity for direct word ....

B.D. 0901 from May 7th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

It is of utmost importance to examine with a certain caution and not to unconditionally accept anything that is also offered to the human being .... as long as this commandment is the human being's own good, i.e. has come into being as a purely earthly work without recourse to divine help. Such a work cannot be accepted cautiously enough, since human error must always be taken into consideration and thus the truth must often be doubted. However, this precautionary measure does not apply to announcements which directly reach people from above and everything which is transmitted to people in this way by spiritual forces can undoubtedly be accepted. It is only the human being who is sometimes unable to grasp the correct meaning, be it that his train of thought digresses from the actual content or also that he has not fulfilled certain preconditions through which it is possible for him to penetrate divine wisdom. Nothing can be explained so exhaustively that it can also be understood by a person who refrains from all spiritual striving, for this is not in the spirit of the divine creator .... It will be recognized by anyone who is interested in the truth and at the same time endeavours to fulfil the demands made on him .... However, anyone who only wants to receive a purely scientific explanation has to be content with words which seem incomprehensible to him, and he first has to make an effort to find the right attitude before the meaning of the words is also comprehensible to him. Thus the lord always and at all times gave .... easily understandable words to those who desired His word out of the love of their heart, yet incomprehensible to those who only desired to know but did not adhere to the content of the gifts from above, thus did not follow the divine word either. To them they were only dead letters, without meaning and without effect .... And it went down in value, what they could not understand through their own fault lost its value. However, those who thoroughly study the word of God .... who make every effort to turn the word into action, will fully understand what is imparted to them and the slightest doubt will be removed if only they faithfully submit it to the lord. And it is enough for you to know that all strength from God is at work to help you attain profound faith and that nothing will be left undone in order to eradicate even the last doubt in you, so that the devotion to your saviour will become ever more intimate and make you receptive for the divine word in direct form .... and you thus reach the state of complete detachment of the soul from the body. Then no message will be incomprehensible to you anymore but you will receive everything at the same time with the ear, the heart and the spirit .... And this is the surest guarantee of the truthfulness of the divine words, yet your faith should already be so strong beforehand, for the saviour can approach anyone who believes firmly and unshakably and make him happy through His presence and His word ....

Amen

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Divine protection .... way of suffering .... prediction of world event ....

B.D. 0902 from May 7th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

This is My will that you obey the one Who gave you life .... and never rebel against what I send to you. For I truly overlook your situation, I see your spiritual hardship, I see the path of suffering your soul has to take if it does not pay attention to Me .... And I want to spare you this path of suffering I have to give you another suffering to bear which is far less than the one in the beyond, and you have to bear it in submission and be willing to comply with Me when I demand your commitment .... And you will soon realize that I only have your well-being in mind, and anyone who willingly offers his service to Me will truly be spared suffering. After all, his striving is already aimed at unification with the father .... And I will consider him with all My might and I will him protect against the hatred of enemies, and this shall be proof to you that no worldly influence can harm you. It will only result in ever more lively spiritual activity, and your faith will grow stronger, your love will become powerful, and My grace will flood you, for I take My disciples into account in abundance .... I make sure that they do not feel any suffering that comes from outside, but recognize Me and My working tangibly and seek and find unity with Me. What will shortly happen is premeditated and will also contribute to the fact that your writings will be believed, for My working there as well as here is clearly recognizable to the one who only wants to recognize it. And all the world will become perplexed and turn its gaze upwards. For it is a renewed manifestation of My will to once again send instructions to people in all love and grace, the observance of which is of utmost necessity if you don't want to become a victim of world events. You have not awakened the spirit within you .... And if you remain in spiritual darkness you will not be able to reach Me .... And again I admonish you, don’t let the time go by unused, because the suffering of the earthly time ist to be called small compared to the suffering that awaits you over there when you have to leave earthly life unprepared. And who of you knows how close the hour of death is to him? .... Who of you can judge how significant a single day in earthly life is for life in eternity ....

And how as a result of this your striving for spiritual goods is fulfilled to the best of your ability if you only really desire such things. For I have immeasurable treasures in store for you and thus for everyone who willingly entrusts himself to Me in prayer, so that he will receive what he asks for. If you recognize this correctly you will be in safe hands, for I will not abandon those who have taken the path to Me and now see their final aim in Me. And thus I urge you to use all the strength you receive, for you will need it in difficult times, you will require great strength and spiritual refreshment, yet everything shall be given to you, for My will commands and requires you, yet My love gives and My source of grace is inexhaustible .... Therefore, don't fear the coming time but appeal for strength and I will give you abundantly so that you can work with Me and in My name when the time has come ....

Amen

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Truth bearer .... prince of lies .... error ....

B.D. 0903 from May 8th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The most peculiar opinions will contribute towards humanity being completely misled and wrongly instructed, for everyone will want to express himself and yet will not be informed but only express his human intellectual knowledge. And thus it is to a certain extent impossible to attain truth through all these opinions unless such is sought and found by spiritual means. Certain currents can be felt, namely by those who endeavour to break the spiritual dark .... they will involuntarily abandon themselves to these currents, their will is turned towards truth, and those who are bearers of truth in the spiritual kingdom grasp it with their strength, and this communicates itself to truth-desiring people. But the counter-currents also make themselves felt, influencing people who are averse to everything spiritual and subject to the prince of lies .... And it will be a battle, and the world will want to assert itself and scientifically prove everything, announcing death to the spiritual .... But only he who is active in the spirit will live .... All earthly efforts only apply to the body and its well-being, and what lies outside of earth, what lies in the realm oft he spirit .... The world cannot explore such things, for they are not tangible or visible, yet it is well audible the spirit in man .... And therefore man has only the task of awakening his spirit in order to also be able to recognize the spiritual kingdom and his preceptions will then indisputably lead to the right result, and no differences of opinion will disturb the spiritual inquirers and those living in God .... the spirit from God protects against error if the human being completely hands himself over to Him, yet the spirit of lies takes hold of the others and many opinions will come to light, and that will be the downfall of the soul .... Incredible chaos will herald the time of which it is written ....

Amen

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Admonition to resist ....

B.D. 0904 from May 8th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The more willingly you comply with My instructions the more you will be blessed .... Those who seek Me I will bring together, for I choose My fighters who shall lead the way in battle for Me. And thus bear in mind that everything is subject to My guidance, that no step is taken in vain and everything has to take its course according to a wise plan in order to serve a specific purpose again. The one who ends human life well knows why he does this .... And whoever serves Me with all his heart will recognize the purpose of all events .... I only desire love and complete trust from you, and if you give this to Me you prove that you want to serve Me .... And so take note that all further ways are likewise under My protectorate that you may well refuse since your will is free, yet in your desire for love and profound faith you will always recognize My will and act accordingly. Likewise, you will receive information if you are to hold a special office, for I have an assignment ready for you which is well suited to spread My word amongst humanity. I bless those who serve Me and give them all My strength, I guide you and smooth your paths so that you will not waver and never tire of proclaiming My work to the world .... I approach you so extraordinarily, and always and constantly seek Me in spirit, then I will be close to you and provide you with My grace .... The more willingly you surrender to Me the more noticeable My nearness will be to you, and I will keep all suffering away from you if you desire Me and My word and pass it on to those who hunger and thirst for divine refreshment. Peace shall enter your heart, you who receive My word within you, and it shall remain with you, just as I remain with you in the word for all eternity ....

Amen

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Task that requires the free will of the human being ....

B.D. 0905 from May 10th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

You shall hear what shall give you comfort: Only a few are granted the living connection to the father of the universe, and these few are chosen by Me to fulfil a great mission. Very often people have the need to enter into direct contact with Me, and I always consider them according to their worthiness .... and this in turn depends on the degree of love longing for Me .... and thus I forcefully seize those who can sacrifice worldly desire for My sake, for they are closest to the state of liberation from all matter. Now it goes against My will if everyone feels called to hear the divine voice who is still very far away from Me in his heart .... but on the other hand it is completely wrong to reject all announcements of this kind, because those who believe they know Me and My work so well that no intervention on My part seems possible to them are incredibly self-conceited. So many weak beings certainly have to fear the danger of being influenced by God-removed spiritual beings, yet then a certain earthly interest will always be the root evil .... who, however, renounces everything earthly in the will to serve Me, will also never ever need to fear establishing a wrong connection, for I protect such earthly children from error and evil influence. And I want you to consider how extensively divine love has revealed itself to you. Behold, worlds can pass over it before such a task can be solved, which requires the human being's free will and at the same time requires him to withstand all external resistance .... Time and again people themselves will want to destroy what My love wants to build up for them .... And I cannot force people through extraordinary evidence which would put their will into a state of compulsion. A completely free will has to complete this work .... he must, as it were, conquer the world by being stronger than all the temptations of this world. Again and again people waver in their faith and yet only a strong rock can let the living water flow out .... And the rock must be exposed to such notable onslaughts and must offer them resistance, only then can this rock open and the source of truth spring from it. Many are certainly called to do so, and every earthly child is right by Me who submits to My will, yet none of them will withstand when the temptations approach from outside, and thus their faith is weak, they want to put Me to the test and thereby confess their lack of faith, and if I don't provide people with extraordinary grace they will become discouraged and leave Me, and the hardship on earth will constantly increase and become more threatening. And those awakened by Me are weak and timid .... and they think to serve Me by trying to turn My labourers away from Me .... And I especially remember them now and want to let them participate in the working of My love .... and thus they reward Me for My love ....My children can no longer recognize My love, they are looking for Me in the distance, where I am very close to them, and they attach such infinite importance to grasping My word with visible gestures, and yet they are bearers of this word and shall proclaim My profound love for humanity .... And I consider them with great strength, because they are active according to My will and bring large numbers of sheep to Me, yet they do not yet grasp the depth of My love. They erect a barrier between themselves and the world, they don't allow the few who are of the same mind to cross this barrier either, instead they deny them access. And My love has to watch and cannot intervene to help, for the human being's will is free and may not be touched by Me. The hardship of souls is unspeakable and therefore I give My word anew, and this to those who were unconscionably abandoned to the arbitrariness of those who withheld the book of the fathers from people. Thus I constantly consider My own, i.e. those who love Me and in this love desire Me. And I pay no attention to the laws which people make for themselves and from which they now do not want to deviate one iota. General knowledge will indeed want to reject that knowledge which surpasses the wisdom of the fathers, but I set no limits and give as people's spiritual state of maturity requires. All knowledge about things I have explained to you was far away from you, My dear child, and this alone should suffice to recognize divine activity, for what otherwise takes the human being a long time has shortly been conveyed to you in the noblest form. And in this certainty you will also let your faith become as strong as it needs to be in order to continue your task as an industrious servant of God ....

Amen

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Forgiveness of sins ....

B.D. 0906 from May 10th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Those who see their father in Me are free from all guilt, for if they devotedly take refuge in the father they will also realize that He is the kindest and best being and that they can expect forgiveness of all guilt from Him. And thus it is indisputably far better if My children recognize their relationship with Me and childlike ask and humbly desire My grace, for this is an admission of their weakness and unworthiness and is more useful than a public confession of their sins before people .... Who carry My word within them can be certain at any time that I will absolve them of their guilt of sin if they are serious about not grieving Me and only fall prey to their weakness. In humble prayer for strength to remain in My will also lies the silent assurance to serve Me alone, and if the father sees the child's good will His love is also constantly willing to forgive if it has been lacking. Yet you humans on earth only rarely desire the forgiveness of your sins from the bottom of your heart, for at the same time as this request the resolution must mature in you to never fall back into the old error, and you often fail to do so. And thus a special act of forgiveness of sins will not be necessary if you truly entrust your heart to Me so that I will bless it and grant it with My love .... You will recognize from the start by the inner peace of your heart that your guilt of sin has been taken away from you, for I only want you to acknowledge Me as savior and redeemer .... that you are willing to partake of the graces of the work of redemption .... I want to be able to say of you that I died for you .... I only want your assurance that you are willing to acknowledge this act of salvation, and then I will remove all guilt from you and redeem you from the power of evil .... I want to draw My children to My heart with heartfelt fatherly love, and if you also only have the desire to be united with Me you will detest sin, and the slightest relapse will be enough to recognize the wrong and sincerely ask for forgiveness. I will give you everything you ask for, for My fatherly love is constantly willing to give to the one who is worthy of receiving .... And thus every sinner will also be considered, he will receive forgiveness of sin if he turns to Me, his father in his heart trouble .... to his savior and redeemer. I really don’t want to leave him unrefreshed and unconsoled and will not condemn him for his sin, for the father in heaven is infinitely loving, wise and just ....

Amen

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Gagged will .... freedom of will ....

B.D. 0907 from May 11th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The entire universe has to obey My will, and thus I direct every star and every grain of sand according to the law which has existed from eternity and emerged from My will and became a reality through My omnipotence and wisdom .... This is an incontrovertible fact which no other being can shake, for every being is also subject to this law, because it is likewise something created by Me, always and constantly controlled, which emerged from My will of love and thus is enlivened by Me and My strength .... And thus there is no being and nothing in the universe which does not carry My will within itself and thus has to comply with it. Only in a certain state of maturity do I withdraw My will from the being to the extent that I leave free will in its actions and thoughts .... that I certainly determine its path of life and shape and shape all life and experience around it such that it is conducive to its higher development, but that I give it complete freedom to shape its inner life and thus in no way have a determining effect on the being .... And this is of utmost necessity, but it must also explain to you why the overwhelming spiritual adversity could occur on earth and how I cannot compulsorily influence the human being's will if the law of eternity is not to be overturned. Only free will can bring about the final redemption of the being, otherwise the spirit out of God would be gagged in Itself and thus rage against Itself. In order to grasp this you must be in the state of light, for it is so overwhelming and cannot be made fully comprehensible to you humans on earth. Only one thing should become clear to you, that the human being's struggle on earth is such a difficult and significant one precisely because I have to respect the freedom of will and thus can only intervene in all other events in order to make this will of yours so submissive, that it enters My will of its own accord .... Yet then the earthly path will also be a blessing .... But humanity recognizes My will less and less and therefore cannot be left without help either, and if I send them help from above they reject it and let their will rule again without submitting it to Mine. And the struggle for My children will become increasingly more difficult because they lack love .... For where love is there will also be recognition, for there I can work directly .... whose will is docile and entirely subordinate to Me and therefore no obstacle will be placed in the way of My working from above there, for anyone who seeks Me will find Me, and anyone who is active in love will also grasp My love and mercy .... The human being feels infinitely small compared to My omnipotence, he humbly and pleadingly takes the right path which leads to the father of all, and his own will has brought him salvation through love ....

Amen

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Times of spiritual need .... help from above ....

B.D. 0908 from May 11th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

In times of spiritual hardship, the care of the father in heaven has always been directed towards the children of the earth, and thus the human race has been protected from complete decline the generations anew .... The greater the need, the more visibly the love and mercy of god intervened, but the world corrupted the generations again and again and the battle with darkness was a constant one, for the lure of the world was immense, but humanity was weak and without faith in eternal glory. And so more homage was paid to the world and its illusory goods, but little thought was given to the eternal divinity and life after death. The time of suffering on earth could therefore never be ended, but hardship and sorrow had to become ever more tangible, for there was no other way to convert such an unbelieving human race which only sought the joy of the world, it had to find its way back to the eternal creator in tribulations and oppressions of all kinds, it had to learn to recognize the transience of earthly things and had to take upon itself burdens, toil and suffering, for only through such was a return to the father possible. But now faithlessness has taken on such proportions that people no longer think of the lord even in the greatest suffering .... They certainly try to master their resistance, worries and misery with all conceivable means, and often in vain, but they cannot find the path to the heavenly creator because in their faithlessness they do not even remotely want to acknowledge such a creator. And thus they don't pay attention to the spiritual gifts from above either and are therefore completely defenceless in the face of the great misery which is still destined for earth. And in this adversity the lord now remembers of the oppressed humanity .... He seeks to give it knowledge of spiritual life in direct contact, He seeks to awaken the sense for pure spiritual exchange, and people would only have to cultivate such contact for their part or make use of the results, yet such success does not increase earthly goods and is therefore not desirable either, and this now prompts the eternal deity to intervene sharply again, which will visibly appear to the whole world. And inevitably only His own will be spared the effects of divine omnipotence and justice .... And this hour is no longer far away when humanity will be shaken up and find itself in greatest turmoil, and this time will have such a dreadful effect that all strength and all assistance will have to be requested from God if people are not to end their earthly life in despair and be abandoned to complete ruin. For the end of the world does not mean the coming judgment, however, for the individual who does not want to recognize the temporal end will have come and both the believers and the unbelievers will be taken away from earth .... the former will be guided upwards, but the latter will have to immediately exchange the earthly kingdom fort he kingdom of darkness .... many miracles will happen first, but people do not pay attention to it .... And there will be great trouble among mankind, for the voice of God will not be heard and the call from above will not penetrade the hearts of the faithless, but will reverberate unheard. And this is decided in a short time, and all who want to escape unspeakable misery may heed these words, for the lord still remembers them in the last hour ....

Amen

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Flats in the father’s house .... state of happiness .... restlessness ....

B.D. 0909 from May 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

„And there are many apartments prepared in My father’s house ....“ In every human heart lies the desire for happiness and peace and it is this that gives him the urge to strive for everything that puts him in a state of happiness. And thus the explanation can already be found in this, why man must be constantly active, for he is driven precisely by the longing for something beautiful, something that is beneficial to his senses. It is not always the same what the human being strives .... Everyone sees their heart’s fulfillment in a different way .... And thus the question arises again here as to how eternal bliss has to be in order to make all hearts happy, in order to satisfy everyone's longing and to be fulfilment for him .... You humans on earth are not yet able to grasp this today, for it is descriptions far beyond your comprehension which would have to be given to you in order to fully understand what awaits you in the beyond. And again, it is every person's own business which state he creates for himself, both in which way as well as to what degree he becomes aware of well-being, for there are innumerable possibilities which can give him pleasure but which, conversely, can also make him aware of his soul's emptiness, and therefore it is so immensely important already on earth to put oneself into the state of maturity, that the soul does not have to endure the agonizing state of recognizing its shortcomings in the beyond, for this is like a homeless wandering ....

There is no resting point given to the soul where it can lead a tranquil existence, instead, it recognizes with profound remorse that it has neglected to create an acceptable abode for itself in the beyond, and it is now dependent on the love of other souls, whether they want to grant it a stay or not. Such a state of homelessness lasts until the soul has become active itself and has recognized that it still has the opportunity to improve its situation, and then an extremely diligent striving begins, for the desire for happiness and peace is still present and will increase to the same extent as it is fulfilled. For in the state of light the most magnificent images .... indescribable charm and unspeakably beautiful valleys and heights present themselves to the spiritual eye, and the soul would like to take abode in the midst of this glory, and it only requires its will that its desire is satisfied and it finds a home which offers it all happiness and bliss. For the term 'love and omnipotence' is not fully comprehensible to you .... You don't know what God's infinite love has prepared for people who love Him with all their heart and keep His commandments .... Only when you enter eternity will you be able to assess this, and blessed will be he who has already gathered the building blocks on earth and finds in the eternal home what is the fulfilment of his deepest longing ....

Amen

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Spiritual seeing ....

B.D. 0910 from May 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Those who indulge in the world cannot grasp spiritual wealth, but those who live in God are given in abundance .... And so it is very easy to recognize who is in the truth and who is subject to error and a blind man in spirit will never be allowed to presume to pass judgement, for he sees with the eyes of the world and these do not penetrate spiritual territory. Conversely, however, a spiritually active person will be allowed to gain insight and all obstacles will disappear from his spiritual eye and what he sees will not be visible to the naked eye and yet clearly and distinctly perceptible to the eye of the spirit. To reach this state is extraordinarily happy for the earthly human being and will also not be denied to him, only it requires the human being's strongest will to make the gift of spiritual vision his own. Spiritual matter is hidden in all matter and therefore this spiritual matter must inevitably start to function .... and it is this activity which visibly appears to the spiritually seeing person. It is like a constant use of spiritual strength, it is a regular exchange of inflowing and outgoing strength and thus a constant pulsation of the elemental strength guided by God through all works of creation, to which every being as well as every work of creation contributes through itself. What the human being is able to see spiritually has no connection whatsoever with earthly abilities of such beings but is a completely isolated activity, and only the truly spiritually advanced human being can arbitrarily and at any time put himself into the state where spiritual seeing is possible for him, and this always also presupposes the will to derive some benefit from such grace, and therefore the divine creator only allows such when there is no longer any danger of compulsive faith, when therefore whatever the earthly child gets to see does not exert a damaging influence on the person's soul. And therefore only those earth children are admitted who already show a certain spiritual maturity .... that is, the viewer must be able to reproduce what he sees with an alert mind and also be able to fully grasp for himself what purpose all activity is based on, so that he, purely earthly seen, will himself be spurred on to the utmost by this everlasting activity in order to in turn give the spiritual in himself every opportunity to develop .... Whoever is able to see spiritually will also soon have overcome matter and only remain on earth for the sake of his fellow human beings, for this state will already be a sojourn in higher spheres for him, and matter will be left behind, as it were, for it does not belong in that world .... Nevertheless, a conscious vision into the spiritual kingdom brings unspeakable benefit to the earthly human being and should therefore be striven for with full will, since it is, after all, a matter of increasing spiritual wealth and collecting imperishable treasures for eternity.

Amen

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"My kingdom has come from above ...."

B.D. 0911 from May 13th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

And My kingdom has come from above .... and humanity does not believe it. It imagines itself to be knowledgeable and yet remains in deepest spiritual darkness, and every attempt to rouse it from sleep fails, for the night of death holds the soul in its grip and the day with its light is not desired .... And everything points to the time that I mentioned on earth. And so listen then: All of you who believe to walk in the spirit of the lord, pay attention to the events of the world .... do not worry about your temporal well-being either, but think of the endlessly long time in eternity, which brings bitter suffering to those who did not find Me on earth. Therefore, take upon yourselves everything the world wants to do to you, if only through this you can help the many erring ones. Don't leave the erring to their fate but try to bring them help, for if you live in love for Me these trials will be blessed, yet you must willingly take upon yourselves the suffering of the earth and bear it for Me, your saviour and redeemer. For the earth will be a single source of fire, for people everywhere seek to detach themselves from Me and to fully compensate Me in earthly possessions for what they give away. The precious time on earth will pass people by unused and will only result in complete apostasy from God, to Whom they should strive .... The sun with its rays cannot break through the coldness of the heart, and one day the state without the warming rays of the sun will be agonizing, for anyone who remains in the night withdraws from the beneficial effect of the divine sun of grace; the suffering of the earth shall be a warning to you, it shall announce to you that you still walk in darkness; it shall be My loving warning for you to still turn back on earth from the previous way of life and to still desire the light. And in all world events recognize the working of the deity Which wants to draw your attention to the approaching end of this time, to the imminent purification of all spiritual substances, and thus consciously ask God, your creator and redeemer, so that you will not fall prey to eternal darkness .... Because the suffering on earth is only short-lived but the torment in the beyond is endless .... The kingdom of God has come down, and it is not of this world. It does not apply to your body, but only your soul, and so you must also grasp it with your soul and not ask to what extent it is beneficial for your earthly body. Nothing will remain which at present gives you pleasure in earthly goods, but the kingdom of God will be everlasting and good for him who receives it when it comes to him. My kingdom is not of this world and therefore cannot be perceived with physical eyes, yet it is possible for you to grasp it with your spirit, and spiritually you will also perceive the beatitudes and recognize the truth of everything I announced to you at the time of My life .... The tremendous misery on earth has moved Me to take care oft he human children again with all love and mercy and to bring My kingdom closer them again, but the adversary's power has fanned the will of rejection so strongly, and the human being's will offers him no resistance and yet is in greatest danger .... And those who recognize this shall be active for Me and constantly seek to bring light to those who still walk in deepest night. They will do nothing without My support. This assurance of Mine shall be a comfort to them and at the same time an incentive for ever more active work for Me, for they are My children for whom I fear and long for with all My love ....

Amen

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Control of the creature .... strong will ....

B.D. 0912 from May 13th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

By virtue of the immense willpower which a spiritually striving human being can acquire on earth it is possible for him to subjugate all creatures, and this process is solely based on an extraordinary use of divine strength .... It is not the human being as such who causes the subjugation but the human being's will, which is subordinated to divine will, requests extraordinary strength from God and is now able to influence all creatures such that they have to obey his will. And it will willingly submit, for it has no will of its own but is constantly in God's will, so that therefore nothing else is demanded of the respective being than what is intended for it by the eternal deity .... To make God's will one's own is truly the key to all wisdom and spiritual success .... fear the slightest resistance from any entity as soon as he gives up his will, i.e. for now the human being no longer directs his will himself, but divine care has, so to speak, taken all thought and action into its hands and the human being now lives, as it were, in accordance with his destiny from eternity .... And man was appointed by God as ruler over all creatures .... and he allowed this rank to be contested by him who caused man’s apostasy from God .... The will became weak, yet it rebelled against the divine will and thereby also succumbed in many respects to the creature, which, as the bearer of the divine will, for its part dominates man and so he is often dependent on the activity assigned to the creature .... i.e. it sometimes has a hostile effect on the human being as long as he has not reached spiritual maturity and thus does not possess the will in the strength possible for him .... Consequently, the human being still has to make great use of his life on earth if he considers that it is his right to shape his will such that complete control of the creature is possible for him. And if he achieves this strength of will his path on earth will also be much easier, for then everything will be subject to him, and his spiritual influence on the beings subordinate to him will also be extremely beneficial and likewise make the beings' path on earth easier, since only one will controls everything and no different currents will influence these beings unfavourably. And thus, once again, the human being's every endeavour will only have to be directed towards the one aim of recognizing the will of the eternal deity and fully subordinating himself to Him, and all struggles on earth will be easy but successful ....

Amen

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Examining the revelations .... most faithful devotion .... truth ....

B.D. 0913 from May 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Pay attention to the words that come to you today: It is indescribably difficult for the recipient of God’s word to remain in the same confidence, and it requires the strongest faith in order to accept every word as divine revelation without doubt. But in the realization that every gift from above is subject to divine protection, it is of utmost importance that the receiver surrenders himself to the divine guidance in complete confidence .... that he only ever accepts and is the doer of the office to receive and to impart. Any assessment of the gift is not his task, for the lord, in his turn, considers in all wisdom whom He has called to do this, and on the other hand, the earthly child never has the ability to examine a divine gift as to its truthfulness. The right path to heaven's door can only be taken in the most faithful devotion .... Divine strength and divine will rule over all power of darkness, thus it is never to be feared that a child longing for God can itself in the snares

of evil .... for this is His strength, His protection and His security, that it strives towards the eternal deity, its creator and father. In such desire the opposing power cannot approach the human being and thus cannot exert any influence by expressing itself in the same way and using the human being's will for its own lowly purposes. You humans on earth are in a certain state of compulsion, you pay too much attention to earthly appearances, you do not recognize the origin and the fundamental evil of wrong thinking. A person seeking divinity endeavours to escape from the adversary, and whatever the person consciously takes a stance on also passes into him, and the adversary has to watch his endeavour powerlessly and has no influence unless the person falls back into his weaknesses and thus hands himself over to the adversary again. But the will, which is meant for the deity and only ever strives for unification with Him, cannot be touched from another side, and therefore the human being need never fear that the spirit of untruth could express itself in such proclamations from above, and therefore all misgivings which could worry a truth-loving soul are invalid. The father in heaven already chooses the right fighters for His name, and He will know how to dispel any misgivings, for the spirit from God is exceedingly wise, loving and just ....

Amen

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Shackles of the soul .... state of suffering .... Saulus - Paulus ....

B.D. 0914 from May 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The soul's desire is to be released from all suffering, for it is in a fettered state as long as it is still attached to earthly goods. Thus, on the one hand it desires the latter and thus creates the oppressive state for itself, but on the other hand it longs for final liberation and is grateful for every help which applies to the loosening of its fetters. And thus it is always its own will whether it gives in to the desire for earthly good or renounces this .... and accordingly its state will also be more or less free. But once it has perceived how much lighter and freer it feels when it has tamed its desire and voluntarily renounced it, its will is also stronger and it now consciously strives for this freer state, for a visible change is now taking place and the good spiritual forces are now also at its disposal. These seek to increase the soul's striving by presenting all spiritual advantages to the soul and are only ever concerned to weaken the desire for earthly good, for matter, and to keep the sense for spiritual truths awake, and thus a total change can become noticeable, a Saul can become a Paul, and a soul which hitherto indulged in earthly pleasures can renounce all these and now only strive to do justice to the spiritual task. Such a transformation is always the result of a previous spiritual upheaval .... It can be preceded by earthly suffering, but it can also be the sudden realization as a result of a heartfelt prayer which was sent up to the father of the universe by a fellow human being in love for this soul in order to support the soul in the earthly fight .... in fight for life in eternity, for such a prayer was sent up to the heavenly father entirely unselfishly and therefore already has the strength within itself, since love was the motive .... Love must now have a redeeming effect on the earthly child, and the soul feels this very well .... it feels the relief, and now it becomes easier for it to continue on the path it has taken, because it recognizes the benefit and now also becomes active of ist own accord. The soul’s striving will only apply to spiritual life and it will henceforth declare war on all matter, and although it still comes into contact with it far too often as a human being it will now be able to renounce it with a light heart and only live for liberation from its shackles, in the knowledge that this is the greatest necessity and that its life on earth should only apply to this striving ....

Amen

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Faithlessness .... chaos .... distress of the earth .... helmsman ....

B.D. 0915 from May 15th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The time has come when everything rebels against God, there is spiritual chaos which eclipses all previous lack of faith; and it has come to the point that even those people who still acknowledged their creator deny their faith but in wrong consideration now submit to worldly laws because earthly advantage seems to accrue to them as a result. It is still left to the human being's free will to decide, and therefore those people cannot answer for their actions to the creator, yet it will also come to the point that anyone who serves the world will be forced to deny his faith, for otherwise he will have no opportunity to meet earthly demands. And thus I warn you once again not to give Me away for the sake of earthly advantage, for who will guarantee you that you can enjoy earthly goods? .... And who has the entire fate of humanity in his hand, and who can also guide you out of earthly adversity? .... Only your lack of faith can cause you to fall away from Me, for you no longer recognize Me, you completely exclude Me and carve out your own earthly life. And yet you will have to experience that the creator of heaven and earth does not allow Himself to be denied, you will feel His hand, and that in a less than pleasing way, so that you do not forget Him but awaken from spiritual sleep. The world wants to raise servants of mammon, it is only ever intent on killing everything spiritual in the human being, and this will have such a dreadful effect when the great adversity sets in, for then the human being will be completely helpless and abandoned if he does not know one to Whom he can turn in search of help. And everything will collapse beneath him and around him which has been his support up to now .... The earthly world will become shaky and offer no security for the individual's life, and only he will be strong and not helpless who truly looks up to the father of the universe with faith and entrusts his fate to Him .... I know My children and protect them, and I will also remember the weak who do not yet completely make their will serviceable to the earthly commandments .... I want to strengthen their will so that they will still recognize their true father in the last hour and give Him the honour. A time of grace is still granted, and the adversity on earth will announce it to you .... Make use of it and seek refuge in the heavenly father, for He alone can bring you help in every adversity; but don't carelessly ignore it if extraordinary phenomena give you cause for concern .... Put everything into context with the adversity of the time, which you humans alone have conjured up for yourselves through your lack of faith .... Do not presume to create your own direction of faith .... You only bring yourselves to ruin and will feel the power of Him Who is above you. And that is why you recognize where you are heading and still try to steer your little ship of life into the right course .... let Me be your helmsman and cast out the anchor of faith .... let yourselves be driven by love and put all your hands on yourselves so that you will safely reach your aim, the eternal home, and feel safe in the harbour of divine love ....

Amen

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Communication from a being from the beyond ....

B.D. 0916 from May 15th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Those who long for Me with a loving heart shall find fulfilment of their longing and be extremely happy .... The world cannot offer them such happiness but the eternal spirit of love, from Whom everything that exists originated, can. And if this finds its way back to the father again, the reunion will mean a state of bliss which you will never grasp on earth. And this certainty should be an incentive for you to strive for My love and unification with Me with all your senses, and this will bring you spiritual advantage and be beneficial for your spiritual work ....

Now let your spirit wander into unknown territory. An extremely active spiritual exchange has been initiated from the beyond to earth and those who cultivate it are all intimately connected with Me. They desire spiritual nourishment and are constantly in contact with the teachers of the beyond in order to be instructed in love and wisdom. And the ignorant beings in the beyond are likewise involved in this, as far as their own will impels them to take notice of what is offered to you. Many a soul's path of suffering in the beyond can be considerably shortened by this if it correctly utilizes everything it has received. And therefore it is also explainable that you are surrounded by countless beings who have received inconceivable blessings from your work due to the everlasting instructions which also benefit them. Now a being demands to communicate with you which is in direct contact with you and follows your spiritual work with utmost attention. And this is My permission that he who is devoted to you in love makes himself known, and therefore give yourself to his words without doubt: The evening was a blessing for Me, which let Me take part in your work. I have no one on earth who is as close to Me as you are, for I left the earth alone and left no one behind who remembers Me in love. And in the distress of My soul help has come to me, for I felt the power of your prayer and was, as it were, strengthened by it. I have hurried through space in order to be close to you and find so much unspeakable help and strength in every connection which your will establishes with the spiritual world that I thank the heavenly father with all My heart for the grace He bestowed upon Me through you. Depending on their worthiness, He considers earthly people and also us, but your prayer is a visible strengthening for us, and My suffering is weakened the more I am allowed to enrich My knowledge with the divine teaching offered to you. And now I want to make use of what I have received through you with all diligence, and I want to point out and lead ever new souls to you and preach the gospel to them according to God's will. I only live for this spiritual task and see in every manifestation that comes to you such an infinite gift of grace from the lord and saviour that I only now grasp the full significance of the extraordinary nature of this proof of divine fatherly love. I would like to assist you in the most imaginable way, but My strength is not yet sufficient, and so it is only a special act of grace today that I may make Myself known to you and offer you My thanks for your loving remembrance and request for My soul's salvation. And now a few more words shall enlighten you: The human being who misses his purpose on earth is regrettable if he arrives empty and bare in the beyond, but as long as God's grace is so graciously offered to him, salvation can be brought to his soul, and therefore I let no opportunity go by unused and remain close to you, asking you to continue to remember Me in prayer and to give Me the love which you gave Me on earth and which I had little regard for; during life I did not find the right connection with you, but now I look for every opportunity where I can attend the spiritual exchange to earth, thanking the eternal deity Who lovingly grants Me this grace .... Who offers himself to the lord for service can truly work beneficially on earth as well as in the beyond ....

Amen

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Spiritual exchange .... explanation of the otherworldly friends ....

B.D. 0917 from May 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The host of beings in the beyond calls upon you to enter into an intimate relationship with it and not to be disturbed by any announcements, for you will be protected from all error as long as you desire the truth.

Behold, in the circle of friends surrounding you there is a diligent endeavour to assist you, and every manifestation goes, as it were, through the control of your guide and protector. Therefore you need not fear that someone can express himself arbitrarily, and neither can other spiritual forces determine you to write something down which is not in the lord's will, for these are blessed hours which you devote to spiritual work, and during this time the spiritual friends protect you from everything detrimental to this work. Personal contact with the spirit world for the purpose of an earthly exchange of thoughts is only permitted if it is intended to give the earthly child an account of the spiritual activity of the beings in the beyond, and therefore those beings are allowed to express themselves in order to stimulate the earthly child into diligent spiritual activity. Thus that being which made itself known to you yesterday was in contact with you on earth and was not well-disposed towards you, but now it has recognized the strength and grace of prayer and therefore constantly seeks your proximity, follows your work and draws strength from it unceasingly. Until this time his train of thought had moved in a completely opposite direction, and thus he in particular needed obvious proof of spiritual activity, but now his striving is an eager one to tie up the spiritual threads in order to progress in knowledge and at the same time to impart this knowledge to the ignorant and erring spiritual beings in the beyond. And therefore it is understandable how much he would like to make himself known to you, for his striving is serious and only applies to the pure truth. And thus always trust the guidance of your spiritual friends and don't let yourself be distracted by words which don't immediately seem comprehensible to you .... Everything has been well examined and given to you with wise intentions .... to stimulate your thinking, to test your faith and to deepen your union with the father again and again. So hear a message of love from us today: He who gave you life guides your steps and cares for you so that you do not go astray, and you can entrust yourself to His guidance with complete faith. You will only find the right trust in Him when you have recognized Him as the God of love, and when the word from above reaches you, you can feel secure in His love and fully entrust your life to the divine lord and saviour, for He blesses those whom He has embraced with His love and is their constant protection and shield. Christ's suffering on the cross was the testimony of His great love, and He also now takes it upon Himself again to save them from greatest adversity, and everything out of love for His children, and to protect them from unspeakable misery in eternity. The might of the most High is great, but greater still is love, and its omnipotence will prevail and redeem humanity from all sin ....

Amen

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Knowledge alone not enough .... fulfilment of the commandments necessary ....

B.D. 0918 from May 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Without his help the human being cannot fulfil his task on earth. Knowledge alone is not enough, it is only of value if all willpower is also used at the same time to make use of his life on earth in accordance with the knowledge. Life must be in harmony with what divine wisdom gave people to know in the form of commandments, and thus these commandments must be completely complied with, i.e. divine will must be respected and can never be eliminated. Now the human being uses all the strength he is entitled to for the solution of the earthly task for other purposes and thinks too little of the actual purpose, and he now exposes himself to the danger of walking through earthly life completely inactive, for he resists the right realization and lives in direct material experience .... he only knows the world, desires it and is the representative of the most blatant error as soon as any spiritual questions are judged. For this is not possible otherwise, since he himself makes all arrangements to look at the world from the standpoint of the enjoyer. And this should be a warning to you, for you will lose yourselves if a loving being does not show you the right path .... for the human being must be constantly active and only ever think of his soul ....

Amen

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Reminder to proclaim God’s word everywhere .... good shepherd ....

B.D. 0919 from May 17th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

To be allowed to gain insight into the kingdom of eternity is an incomparable grace and will only be granted to those who have seriously set themselves the aim of unification with God. For this reason, however, a special task is also given to those people, and it is their mission to deepen or change .... Precisely the person, who thinks he knows, often has the least knowledge of things that lie in spiritual regions, and teaching those people is without a doubt particularly necessary, for the spiritual night still encloses those who believe themselves to be in knowledge. Sometimes there is no lack of will, for the earthly struggle is a good teacher for them at the same time, and thoughtfully they observe the events of the time near and far .... But in the hustle and bustle of the world they look for their explanation and are very poorly and rarely connected with God, without rejecting Him. And this is a grateful field of work for the chosen servants of God. What obviously comes to light must give rise to serious reflection, and a field of activity offers itself to the representative of divine teaching who is willing to work. However, people seldom recognize a supersensible power, and therefore many different suppositions are open to debate. But not one can give sufficient explanation, and in the end the working of the eternal deity will be apparent to them, and all doubt will fall where light is seriously desired. Thus the state of the soul is extreme distress and it is therefore grateful for every help. Innumerable possibilities remain unused and could still lead to success, however the human being should be constantly active, who has the task to impart what he receives himself. There are still enough opportunities to inform people of their actual task, yet the time can also come when everyone will have to rely on himself and it will be difficult to help the individual on the part of human .... You should enter every open door and proclaim the word of God, because it is urgently necessary. Likewise you should mention the coming time which will have a frightening effect on everyone who does not stand firm in faith. And so hear the voice of the lord:

Many of My sheep still wander and do not find their shepherd .... they all go astray and get lost in the undergrowth and are in danger of falling off the cliffs they climb in their inexperience and recklessness. And the distress of all the sheep goes to My heart. I call, but they do not hear My voice, and I fear for every single life, lest they lose it forever. Sin has entered the world and is the death of every man .... And if I promise life to all those who follow Me, then I will take sin upon Myself and save them from eternal death, yet My sheep must follow Me and recognize their shepherd in Me. And I will faithfully guide them over all bumps in the road, I will prevent one of My sheep from getting lost, for I know them all and am concerned about every single life. And if they recognize their good shepherd in Me they will follow Me and willingly let themselves be guided by Me ....

Amen

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Teaching activity in the beyond .... eagerness of imperfect beings to learn ....

B.D. 0920 from May 17th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The eagerness to learn of the still imperfect beings in the beyond, once they have recognized it, is tireless. They seek to acquire spiritual treasures everywhere and accept everything offered to them with diligence and gratitude, and thus teaching in the beyond is also an office which is carried out with all diligence and devotion, for the benefit of the recipients depends on the one who teaches. Earthly people only accept what is offered to them after a long period of hesitation, whereas in the beyond the beings initially observe and examine everything quietly but very soon come to realization, then they eagerly acquire the spiritual knowledge in order to be able to use it again. For since they have experienced their own hardship, which was caused by the lack of spiritual knowledge, they now endeavour to protect the other spiritual beings from the same fate and give them everything which could reduce and shorten their torment. And every gift is gratefully received, for at the same time strength is given to the beings, and therefore every being strives upwards if it was only once given spiritual nourishment to taste and now only desires divine nourishment. It is also immensely pleasing for the teacher to preach the gospel to the poor in spirit, because love drives him to it .... Because in ordert o be able to teach, he must stand in love and in the light, i.e., he must have reached a certain state of maturity or perfection which also requires love to a great extent. All teachers are therefore driven by the love dwelling in them to divest themselves, i.e., to give away their knowledge to everyone who likewise desires divine wisdom. And thus every being in the beyond can continue to draw from the source of grace of divine love, and to a greater extent if it also participates in the connections between the beyond and earth. The initiated communications also allow the being in the beyond to gain precise insight, and unlimited knowledge is offered to the earthly children and can also be received in the beyond. The desire of these beings is indescribable and God's love infinite, and thus He continually gives His grace to the beings which desire the truth ....

Amen

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Reproduction of prophetic words .... task .... sounding voice ....

B.D. 0921 from May 18th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Let your hearts speak and you will hear the voice of God within you and all doubt will be removed. But you still have a task ahead of you which should be your constant striving to solve. It concerns the last transmissions or rendering of the prophetic words which the lord gave to His own on earth, and this requires utmost devotion to the divine saviour, for this is a task which you can only completely solve if you are endowed with the gift to audibly hear the voice of the lord and at the same time can gain insight into the spiritual kingdom by means of spiritual vision. And so today we convey to you a proclamation which is well suited to serve you as an explanation of how you can succeed in attaining that state. The epitome of the divine commandments is to practice love, and this is to be striven for with all one's strength. So many opportunities are offered to you, and you can constantly give love, for your spiritual state precisely demands active activity as long as you are still on earth .... But you must also make an effort to absorb the divine word, which imparts all strength to you. The word was God's expressed will from the very beginning. Receiving it means the direct granting of all grace and divine strength, for the lord has invested His word with it and thus given the earthly child the ladder to heaven which guarantees an effortless ascent. If you now carry the word of God within you, you will be active in love, practice humility and gentleness, childlike in supplication present your request to the father in heaven, be peace-loving and merciful and do everything God announces .... The path to home may be easy and effortless to climb if you live up to God’s requirements, but it can also be unspeakably difficult and thorny if you don’t believe you need the strengthening of His word. Then you will have to go through suffering and worry so that you will become small and then nevertheless take refuge in all adversity to the father in heaven .... And your whole way of life should only be serving .... The father of all creation means fully submitting to His will, rejecting everything of yours which is not in harmony with His commandments, i.e. that is, always only do what the father demands .... and so you will also serve your neighbor and have to show him all love if you truly want to become one with the eternal deity, for only in the deepest humiliation lies exaltation .... only he who serves will one day be able to rule, and all arrogance has to be put to an end and God's grace implored in utmost humility. The voice of the heart sounds tenderly and quietly in you, yet you will not hear it until you have removed all impurity from yourselves .... Where the lord wants to dwell and make Himself audibly known, there must be light and brightest clarity, there must be no resistance to the sounding divine voice and it will sound audibly in the hearts of those who surrender to this voice .... it will ring like a fine little bell and will be proof of the heartfelt fatherly love for the child on earth .... The more eagerly you endeavour to attain maturity of your soul the sooner you will be able to fulfil the task given to you, and thus the admonition is given to you in all love to devote yourself to the most eager striving so that you will fully fulfil your destiny on earth and serve the lord of heaven and earth in time and eternity ....

Amen

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Fulfilment of the commandments in the compulsory state ....

B.D. 0922 from May 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The divine commandments are so clear to you .... No further explanation is needed than that My will is made known to you wherever you desire to hear it. No being has the power to stop the voice within you, it will make itself heard again and again and give the human being the right instructions how to live in accordance with God's will. If, however, the human being himself contributes towards silencing this voice within himself, then it is again his will to act against My commandments. For everyone is able to live in divine order if he seriously wants to .... Only the will is decisive, but this is completely free, so that a descendant of My commandments in a certain state of compulsion cannot be given the assessment which a voluntary observance of these finds with Me. Thus it makes a huge difference whether the earthly child shapes itself entirely of its own accord into an obedient, humble, God-above-all-loving being or whether such a shaping is laboriously brought about through a state of compulsion, for the latter will only be pleasing before My eyes when the earthly child voluntarily presents Me the heart .... if the coercive measures have helped to a certain extent to show the right realationship between a child and its father and it now seeks a profound connection with its creator and redeemer of its own accord. To be mindful of this right relationship is the first and most important commandment .... A child which seeks its father already thereby confesses its will to serve Him and will therefore not resist to comply with all of the father’s commandments. It will hate anything that goes against the divine commandments .... It is so unspeakably valuable to humbly submit to divine will in order to receive .... the manifestations of this will .... the word of God .... The human being is free to do this, thus it is not a commandment in itself, yet it is an indescribable blessing .... Thus I only ever make My will known to all people but do not command them .... Whatever he does, he should do voluntarily out of love for Me and out of his own need to remain in divine order. Guidelines have been given to him as to how he should fulfil My will and which is the right path to Me, to truth and to eternal life .... However, what deprives you humans of inner freedom cannot be of value .... The spirit of love must be active in you .... let it develop, then you will live entirely according to My will, then it will be easy for you to fulfil My commandments, i.e. to live entirely according to My will. Then you will also do everything the church prescribes to you, however, not because it prescribes it to you but because you want to be of service to Me, and therefore everything is right what you do out of love for Me .... Everything that is only the fulfillment of your duty but lacks love for Me is worthless. The future will teach you what measures will be taken to shake the church. Anyone who stands by Me inwardly will truly still stand like a rock in the midst of the surf, for he will lose nothing because that which he carries in his heart .... yet will be left without a foundation and deprived of external protection like chaff blown away in the wind, who was only My follower according to the letter. Everything will be empty sound to him, for his heart was distant from Me, even though he dutifully fulfilled what he was told to do as a divine commandment. Take note of this and do not burden your mind. The expressions of My will shall be offered to you as clearly as the sun, so that you will not be misled about Me and My love ....

Amen

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Recognition of the wrong way of life cause for repentance .... helpful beings ....

B.D. 0923 from May 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Every human being is burdened by the awareness of heavy guilt if he once takes a good look at his way of life and considers that his embodiment on earth is granted to him as a grace and that he does not use this grace as he would be able to with an earnest will. This awareness is so extremely depressing and peace-robbing but can also sometimes be the reason to give up the previous life and henceforth to concern oneself with the soul's salvation, i.e. to seriously pursue the aim and purpose of life and only then to adjust oneself such that the earthly task is taken seriously. The human being tries to make up for what has been neglected so far and can often make the pleasant discovery that a spiritually striving human being finds support from every side .... For his will became active, and this causes the spirit beings willing to help to support him in every challenge from outside that he still often encounters, which he can now offer resistance with the help of those beings. For without this helping power the striving upwards is unspeakably difficult for the human being. The purpose of life is the union with the father in heaven. Anyone who has the serious will to bring about this unification will immediately be met by beings willing to help and strengthen his plan and give him the strength to carry it out. And therefore there can be no relapse once the will for perfection has come alive in the human being, for the eternal deity seizes the child, as it were, which longs for Him and places it in the midst of a sphere of activity which enables it to live this perfection and to use its life to the best of its ability for eternity. And from now on the human being will no longer be able to resist divine love, he will recognize the deity, firmly trust It, give himself into Its will and thus be completely permeated by the divine saviour, and all actions and thoughts will only apply to the reunion with the heavenly father, and once peace has entered his heart the human being will recognize that he is walking the right path which leads upwards ....

Amen

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Blessings of deep faith .... fulfilment of prayer .... knowledge ....

B.D. 0924 from May 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

People will feel the blessings of a profound faith if they are in great distress .... If they are earthly without help and turn to divinity in trust, their faith alone is the anchor which promises the most certain salvation, and the human being does not know to what extent he himself is often the cause that his request for help will be granted .... for a lack of faith endangers the fulfilment of his prayer, whereas a firm, unshakeable faith is already the fulfilment in itself, for those who believe in the lord are His true children to whom the father denies nothing and thus bodily and spiritually listens to their requests .... A beliving child on earth will never put his own will first, but submit to the divine will in all requests and supplications and gratefully and devotedly accept everything from the father’s hand .... And to these the lord rewards their faith and does not leave them abandoned and helpless in adversity and misery. And now the human being will also be able to understand that this very lack of faith causes earthly hardship more and more tangibly .... he will understand that the apparent harshness and unkindness of the deity, which is therefore also the reason why the human being often rejects the deity at all .... conjured up by humanity itself .... that the God of love cannot listen to the prayers of those who do not ask with profound faith, but only tentatively demanding that their wishes be taken into account .... This would be a danger for the human being, for it would only ever promote arrogance, disbelief and purely material thinking instead of reducing it, and in spiritual terms it would only have a corrupting effect; And if the human being does not recognize the strength of faith and feel it in himself, the spiritual question will also remain unsolved, for he will only grasp it when he believes. Spiritual results cannot be proven earthly, and only profound faith can fill the gaps left open by human intellect, and in profound faith alone also lies the power to become wise beyond human knowledge. Every thought based on profound faith is received spiritual knowledge and as such is indisputable truth, and if the human being therefore also brings faith to such strength that it cannot be shaken by anything, he will constantly receive thoughts which are nothing other than spiritual strength conveyed to him, which allows extraordinary abilities to develop in the thus believing earthly child, and thus faith alone is the cause when the human being can overcome the most inconceivable obstacles and become master of them, for he passes the battle with the help of spiritual strength which the father in heaven gives to His earthly child because it fully trusts Him. And thus every prayer which comes from the bottom of the heart and is undoubtedly sent up to the father is immensely beneficial, because then the human being will have profound faith and the blessings of such faith will be bestowed upon him to an unlimited extent ....

Amen

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Weakness of the spirit .... reduction of the ability to receive ....

B.D. 0925 from May 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The spirit's state of weakness has to be overcome, for there is too great a task to be accomplished to allow for the unwillingness. And only serious will is ever needed to remedy such a state of unwillingness, for the human being should joyfully receive .... but that spirit wich is weak cannot joyfully accept what it is commanded. It has such an impact on the teaching spirits when the earthly child does not pay full attention to the teachings, they cannot easily make themselves felt and cannot transfer the strength if the recipient is not receptive. Therefore it would also not be possible to convey deeply spiritual good to you if the spirit is weak and cannot follow attentively. The more willingly the earthly child devotes itself to this work the easier it will find it to receive, and even if apparent advantages could motivate the human being to interrupt the connection from the beyond to earth for a short time, this would nevertheless be a gross neglect of the divine commandment or rather of God's announced will, for this determined you to receive the word and you were completely free to accept this office or not. But your unique promise must also be maintained and may not be arbitrarily withdrawn or invalidated, for those who teach you eagerly await the moment every day when you turn your thoughts upwards and prepare to receive it. And therefore it is so unspeakably blessed if you can establish the connection with the lord quite often during the day, if the state of alienation is never again the reason for neglecting the reception, for only an earthly child which is willing to receive and joyfully awaits is completely able to bring such a work to completion, for the truth should be desired with a hungry heart in order to be recognized as such and can also be passed on. For God's wisdom is profound and can only be understood when the earthly child is in fullest agreement with its otherworldly teacher. And then such an earthly child will rather forego earthly joys and pleasures than surrender the connection with the world of the beyond and appreciate the great grace of being united with its saviour and redeemer and hearing His call, Who displays His great love ....

Amen

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Mental influence by co-responsible spiritual beings .... enlightenment by superior beings ....

B.D. 0926 from May 22nd 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Those spiritual beings are active in visible proximity to earth whose task it is to inform people of the constant transformation of everything that lives on the earth's surface. This task is only possible in the form of thought transmission, and thus their work will mostly extend to showing people the various forms of creation quite vividly so that they will start to think about them and ask questions, the answer to which is precisely the activity of those spiritual beings and is therefore conveyed to people by the spiritual beings in the form of thoughts. It is easy to explain that not all thoughts transmitted in this way will be accepted as answers, indeed they will often be rejected as untrustworthy and not taken seriously as their own thoughts. And so all efforts of the spiritual beings in the beyond are in vain, the earthly child is exposed to constant harassment, namely by those beings whose mental influence they reject. These beings cannot be dismissed at will since they have a certain connection or spiritual affiliation with earthly people and are therefore also to a certain extent jointly responsible for their spiritual state of maturity. And it therefore happens not infrequently that all spiritual affections depress the human being, i.e. that he is forced to deal with such thoughts which burden him. He will try to shoo them away but again and again they arise, either to make the human heart indignant or also to make it deeply thoughtful, in order to ultimately recognize the truth of such thoughts after all and to pay more attention to them from now on. The spiritual friends can exercise the teaching ministry and also did so eagerly until now but were rarely consciously listened to, and that is what makes it so difficult for the human being to progress. But those who willingly give themselves to the helpful forces, their state of maturity is much more likely to be guaranteed. Only in exceptional cases will earthly children be instructed by very highly placed spiritual beings, but this again for the purpose of a general enlightenment of the whole of humanity in order to help it in great adversity, and then the thought transmission happens in such a strange way that the human being should pay attention and make use of such exceptional attention the greater the adversity on earth is and visibly becomes apparent. And even if the human being refuses to accept spiritual good which is offered in this way .... wisdom from the heavens will prevail for the blessing of those who do not resist and as a constant reminder to those who think little or not at all of their mental condition .... One day they will have to recognize that they put up resistance to all good spiritual influence and therefore got into dire straits, and their struggle in the beyond will be a far more difficult one in order to attain the truth, for since they rejected spiritual support in earthly life they now have to live in want and now make every effort on their part to achieve what they could effortlessly achieve on earth. For the struggle in the beyond is far more difficult than on earth ....

Amen

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Lack of faith .... power of prayer .... coincidences ....

B.D. 0927 from May 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Remember the lord everywhere and at all times, and you will also become aware of His faithful care in all adversity. Anyone who places himself in His care truly need not worry about what tomorrow will bring, and anyone who lifts his eyes to Him in right trust will find his fate in God's hands. The person of little faith, on the other hand, resists the danger from outside and yet cannot turn it away from himself, for he needs it to awaken or increase his faith and trust in the lord, and if he is timid and does not grant his prayer strength he will have a hard time fighting, and this is only due to his lack of faith. In the forthcoming time all those who lack faith will be in dire straits and a palpable pressure will weigh upon them .... (24.5.1939) For example, people put themselves in the position of having to make a decision in an important matter and not being oriented to how the consequences of the decision he has made, he will always feel a certain uncertainty and understandably ask for advice, and then he will turn to someone who is able to assess both the benefit and the harm which every decision entails, and he will advise him to his advantage. But in exactly the same way the divine saviour also wants to be asked for His advice in every earthly matter, because He is nevertheless able to create the greatest possible advantage for the earthly child, which not only has a physical but also a purely spiritual effect on it. But this again requires first establishing the childlike connection with the father, for only a child is able to pray so intimately to the father that it will also be fulfilled. And therefore the lord also called out to all of you: "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest ...." And if the father in heaven gives you this assurance, your faith shall be based on these words .... You shall unconditionally accept what the lord and saviour says .... you shall not doubt and not hesitate to comply with the divine will and carry an unlimited trust in Him in your heart .... And you shall remember the everlasting care of the divine lord. Not for one second does the lord withdraw His will from you, His creatures. The most diverse coincidences in life should make people think that, according to a certain wise plan, all events in life happen as they do, and these coincidences are only the visible intervention of an invisible power. And therefore the human being must also stand in the midst of all events, and the controller of all works of creation must also be granted the power to be able to avert the destined fates at will, and therefore the human being needs prayer so that he himself has it in his hands to hand over everything difficult to the divine lord and thereby be allowed to walk his earthly path unburdened and thus, to a certain extent, to choose the path which brings him the greatest advantage in spiritual matters, which brings him the greatest spiritual advantage without, however, excluding divine strength, for it is only this which ensures the right success for the being on earth .... but which has to be asked for consciously and therefore the human being recognizes the divinity with deep faith and Its working in love, omnipotence and wisdom ....

Amen

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Battle of faith .... method .... criticism .... God's protection ....

B.D. 0928 from May 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The battle for the souls is such a difficult and responsible one that every effort must be made if the erring souls are not to be lost forever. And thus the lord has wisely decreed that all assistance shall be granted to them where they struggle for knowledge, and all grants of grace shall be expressed where only the slightest will strives towards the truth. This is the basic realization from which it must be obvious to you humans that only God's infinite love is always at work to redeem humanity and therefore also works so extraordinarily. In the near future everyone will have to struggle to remain true to himself .... He will first have to fight the battle of faith with himself and will have to ask God for great strength to stand firm when everything around him threatens to falter. Likewise, a general obvious method of struggle will be used, which will hostile and persecute every spiritual direction that has not passed through the supreme criticism. The last attempt will be to try to determine people, regardless of denomination, to renounce the old doctrine and join a new direction which, however, contradicts Christ's teaching and must therefore have a ruinous effect on humanity. The general spiritual decline will be the reason why no great resistance will oppose this endeavour, and the hardship will be ever greater since the soul will distance itself ever further from the only truth and therefore also from the eternal deity. For humanity's aim is complete detachment but not unification with Him .... The consequences of this effort will be all the more dreadful, because the gulf that separates people from the truth and correct recognition is getting bigger and bigger. Notwithstanding this, the bearers of power presume to intervene in divine activity .... And anyone who willingly serves Him and works to instruct erring souls will likewise be protected on all His paths and may always be certain of divine protection. For the world is incapable of destroying divine will, even though it constantly strives towards spiritual downfall .... Where God's will opposes its beginning, even the greatest ruler will be powerless, whereas the human being who is willing to serve God and submits to divine will will be extremely strong and resistant. The human being can certainly err and be guilty of the greatest sin by allowing himself to act against divine wisdom, yet the world will truly not reward him such that he would benefit from it forever .... but following the divine instructions will result in a thousand blessings, for all souls who are shown the right path upwards will thank their saviours for all eternity, and their gratitude will truly be a reward which exceeds all earthly rewards a thousandfold ....

Amen

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Awakening from spiritual sleep .... light .... spiritual sun ....

B.D. 0929 from May 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The day of awakening from spiritual sleep is not preceded by any signs but a ray of light will suddenly fall into the darkness of the spirit, and anyone who has once entered the area of the ray of light will follow its exit, and henceforth it is light and clear around him and in him, for now the divine power, the spirit of love from eternity .... Just as the light inevitably breaks through the darkness, the night of the spirit has now also become a victim of the dawning day with the glimmer of knowledge. Everything that was hitherto hidden in darkness comes to light and is exposed to every test and can now freely unfold and shape itself. And it would be completely impossible to leave the previous dark spiritual state without spiritual knowledge. Accordingly, all spirit must also be flooded with light from God and see a fettered state in the darkest dwelling of spiritual darkness, for it was given the ability to develop itself, yet the still worldly soul keeps it under its spell, and release from it is no sooner until a loving being musters all will to liberate the spirit from all fetters. It is able to do much through its love, it also feels oppressed itself when it has to stand apart where light and life beckons and it lies in its power to change the dark night into brightest day. Thus it is of extraordinary importance that the human being first recognizes himself .... that he is able to distinguish whether the state of the soul longs for light or feels more comfortable in perpetual darkness of spirit and is therefore not yet ready for enlightenment of spirit. It is indescribably difficult to let the spiritual sun shine for those who are completely blind in spirit, they will neither see nor hear, for they look upon their darkened state with pleasure, as it were, and believe themselves to be knowledgeable and far superior to the spiritually enlightened, and they don't believe they need the light of enlightenment. It is difficult to help them, and only a person who is constantly inadequately thought of can finally be seized by the desire for light if he recognizes his state of soul as the cause of an unsatisfied life and is now intent on obtaining enlightenment of spirit for himself .... and thus consciously desires light ....

Amen

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Mystery of the trinity .... God the father .... God the son ....

B.D. 0930 from May 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Behold, My child, I look into your heart and know your will to serve Me, yet I miss your soul's faith in the omnipotence of divine love, and thus you will always hesitate when obstacles stand in your way, where unreserved faith can remove these obstacles, for the one who desires My love will never be abandoned by Me, and if he now needs My help it will always be given to him in all places. And if your heart urges you towards Me I will be close to you and keep everything away from you which could disturb the connection with My child. For I need souls who trust Me .... I still have much to say to you and am therefore always ready for you if your heart desires Me.

And so detach your thoughts from the world and hear the voice from above: The mystery of the divine trinity has always been for man the cliff on which he has failed. And that is why today you will again receive an instruction which, without leaving any doubt, shall contribute to the solution in all clarity and easily reveal the problem to the thinking person .... And thus the spirit from God came alive and the light shone brightly and clearly .... divinity is able to shelter itself in all fullness in a being, but that the pure spirit is inseparable and the most unworthy being is in closest contact with it, that therefore also only this inseparable spirit is to be understood by the eternal divinity and everything that has emerged from it is only the spirit out of God .... which no longer correctly recognizes the feeling of belonging to it and thus separates or removes itself, but nevertheless is always only divine product, therefore is always and eternally as original substance spiritual from God .... Who therefore removes himself from the divinity no longer recognizes himself, but nevertheless remains what he is .... but who seeks the connection with It his spiritual senses the affiliation and is therefore consciously the same .... And now you will be able to grasp that the mystery of the trinity of God can be explained as follows: God's love made itself known to human beings as father .... thus as the origin of humanity .... Love bridged humanity's separation from its creator and thus embodied itself in a human being Whose spirit recognized its belonging to God and Who was thus, as it were, one with the divine father-spirit. And thus the human being was only externally a being in itself, the spirit, however, was God's .... The original relationship was established, the spirit recognized itself, and thus God was in all fullness in that Which became His abode on earth in order to be visible to humanity. The divinity united with the human body had become visible, as it were, in order to let people recognize the distance they had created for themselves. Divine love had thus become active and now also placed divine wisdom in the heart of the God-man. For His spirit was one with God and therefore also had to be in all wisdom and be able to serve all divine strength .... God's wisdom had to express itself through the mouth of man, and thus all of Jesus' activity on earth was God's activity through the son of man, but not that a second being expressed Itself through it. And the concept God the father .... God the son cannot be explained in any other way than that the eternal father-spirit revealed Himself through the mouth of a human being, that God the son is therefore the same as God the father, only made comprehensible to the human being through Jesus Christ, Who overcame the separation from the father-spirit precisely through the realization of the unity with eternal love .... No one comes to the father but through Me .... This is probably easier to explain than that everyone who wants to unite with the father must also recognize that the divine spirit in him is inseparably connected with the father spirit and that everyone has to find this way and therefore follow the divine redeemer in everything, Who exemplified His life to those who like Him desire to go to the father. This is not possible in any other way than only by following Jesus, Who as son of man gave the example that only the spirit from God has to recognize its affiliation to Him and that there are then no more barriers which separate it from the father ....

Amen

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Epitome of bliss .... redeeming the soul .... poor in spirit ....

B.D. 0931 from May 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Anyone who chooses Me as his guide is exempt from all spiritual adversity, for he will be guided correctly and even the hour of death will not frighten him, for he only sees Me and longs for Me and gratefully places his earthly life into My hands. And only now does his right life begin, and the embodiment of this life is Me, for henceforth My love is his bliss, My nearness inexpressible bliss and My kingdom eternal glory .... those who love Me desire Me with all intimacy and I will fulfill their desire and I will satisfy their longing and immediately arouse them anew, so that the being that is Mine trembles with an unexpected feeling of happiness .... that it only has to love Me ever more ardently and also fulfils My will in the beyond with devoted love. And this fulfilling of My will is, in turn, the release of the souls from the bonds of darkness .... Whoever is in love must understand that I dearly love all these poor in spirit and await their final return to their father’s house .... And so I keep all doors open and await their entrance .... And I will show them the right way with all patience, and whoever follows Me will soon recognize the right guidance and seek to remain in constant contact with Me. And all spirit will be transferred into such a willing earth child who follows Me .... And this will truly have the opportunity to give the world a testimony of My love, and well he who hears this testimony and thanks Me that I want to rescue him from spiritual trouble. I want to think these struggling souls in a very special way, if they only desire Me, even if their state is still immature they shall nevertheless have every opportunity to enter into the right relationship with Me, and then I will seize this earthly child with double love and surround it with all love, and this will be proof to it that I truly only care about the individual's salvation. And from then on your life will only be love, for you cannot help but live in Me and with Me once you have offered Me your heart and I take hold of it with My will, which contains My love and wisdom and knows all hearts .... I want to make people infintely happy and only need your consent, which again only consists of you giving Me your heart voluntarily, i.e., preparing the dwelling place for Me in you so that one day I can give you the same dwelling place in the house of the one Who has been your father since the beginning ....

Amen

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Voice of conscience .... redemptive work on earth ....

B.D. 0932 from May 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Let this be a warning to you that you should pay more attention to the voice within yourselves, for it is the demands of the world which drown them out, and in the world's affairs you pay no attention to the divine demands which are revealed to you through this voice. And therefore the earthly struggle is the only means, for it is most likely to cause you to consult yourselves and this can be beneficial to your inner life. But in constant listening to oneself lies an exceedingly great blessing, and this contributes immensely to self-improvement, for the human being seeks to give an account of all thought and action and to bring it into connection with the destiny imposed upon him. And the human being's thinking is even more stimulated in cases where it concerns direct manifestations of divine will; these will correspond with what the human being himself perceives in the form of the inner voice, the conscience. Every right-thinking person will have to affirm these announcements where they are guidelines which every person should accept and follow .... The divine will will not make an opposing sense .... the same thing will always be demanded of everyone .... to live in love for God and one’s neighbour. And everyone will profoundly recognize the injustice of his actions if he acts in a way contrary to the divine commandments.

The large community of those who work to save erring souls are in closest contact with the eternal deity, for in order to be able to participate in such work of salvation it is necessary that they, to a certain degree, have also become partakers of the blessings of the act of salvation and that they have already found the path to God, that they, for their part, are now in full realization, thus that they are fully conscious executors of the divine will. Consequently, the human being who serves the lord on earth in such a way that he willingly helps the erring souls has fulfilled all prerequisites in order to attain a certain degree of maturity, for he now does everything on earth on God's behalf, since His will constantly influences him and the earthly child consciously and voluntarily complies with this divine will. And thus it will be understandable that all paths have to be taken as is good in order to be able to be redemptively active, but that the human being's free will has always been a prerequisite before God's will takes hold of it, and therefore the human being is certainly outwardly active as a human being but always on behalf of the lord, and therefore everything he undertakes in order to serve God and have a redeeming effect will be blessed; All the powers of heaven are at such an earthly child's disposal, and if the spirit of the latter has set the unification with the eternal deity as its aim then it will certainly achieve it, for it may only want to, and its will is, as it were, God's will which no obstacle can oppose. And everything will obey his will. And again the question arises for the human being as to which office the eternal deity has given to the human being whose task it is to have a redeeming effect. And it cannot be sufficiently pointed out that every activity achieves redemption which is love in itself .... Only love can signify redemption, only in love does God work Himself and therefore directly .... And whatever God does must ultimately bring salvation to unsaved beings. For every work came into being through God's love only for the redemption of all spiritual beings which are in a banished state through their own fault. People's spiritual state on earth does not allow for complete redemption as long as love is switched off in all people's thoughts and actions. But conversely, a person who has completely become a lover can have a strong redeeming effect on his surroundings through mental influence. In deepest agreement with the eternal deity he can make all strength from God his own and with the help of this strength assist the entities around him and likewise awaken their spirit, and the slightest prayer to the father calls for this strength. However, the eternal deity does not allow the path to realization to be completely bypassed .... so that a being can effortlessly attain what is the purpose of earth life .... The will to do what is right must determine the human being to abandon himself to the work of the deity so that the power of God can then express itself there precisely through the earthly child which is active in love and destined for the redemption of erring souls, which is preformed for this purpose and chosen by God to successfully meet the spiritual adversity on earth and to rule over people for the blessing of its ministry ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

School of the spirit .... earth life as a station of education ....

B.D. 0933 from May 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Every individual creature is subject to the law to complete the school of the spirit, and it has to do this compulsorily through all periods of development in order to, however, be released from compulsion in the last stage and now be free to make use of the possibilities which serve spiritual development. The earthly child can be taught in the most exhaustive way if it only wants to be taught .... Spiritual strength is always at its disposal to initiate it into everything worth knowing for the salvation of its soul. It also constantly receives spiritual admonitions which it can hear through the inner voice, and all this is only ever a means to an end to achieve the spiritual state of maturity in order to reach that height which signifies the sphere of light for the earthly being and which differs considerably from the unfinished beings' stay outside of this sphere. As long as the human being does nothing to improve his spiritual state, as long as he is only purely earthly concerned about his well-being, the soul's state will always remain the same as when it entered earthly existence. Then the soul will have reached a dead end .... it will not strive for higher development, it will neither seek spiritual nourishment nor knowledge and thus will not change its state in the slightest .... However, time on earth will slip away and days and years will be spent useless .... For the soul has no part in all experiences but only the body. What would be the soul's share is not tangible to the human being and thus often not desirable. And yet the only important thing on earth is that the spirit be awakened and come to development. For only then is earthly life the educational station for the human being, when the soul strives towards ever higher realization and thus consciously completes the school of the spirit and the result is the state of perfection, which ensures entry into spheres of light after bodily death and is therefore the purpose and aim of embodiment as a human being ....

Amen

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Father words of love .... audible voice ....

B.D. 0934 from May 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

This is the right relationship with God, that the earthly child completely gives itself to Him and only wants to live in His will. Hence you humans will only be able to partake of the father’s blessings once you have recognized this correctly, for the father gives His child without restriction whatever it desires and thus also the abundance of blessings which the child requests. And if it receives these in all humility it can be called rich beyond measure, for then it will have everything it needs to come to the father for eternity. And thus every offering contains a treasure of grace within itself, and this should prompt you to lift the treasure quite often, for you thereby receive nourishment for the spirit and strength from God. Therefore hear the divine voice: I include everything in the omnipotence of My love that gives itself to Me, and those who feel it within themselves that I am close to them completely detach their hearts from the world and only want to hear My voice. And it will be like a soft murmur in their heart and they will not grasp it but lean towards Me ever more longingly, and I will increase this longing and stir up the fervour in their hearts, and an inconceivable feeling of happiness will reveal My presence .... And this is the sign that I have taken possession of the heart, that I have chosen it as My dwelling place and never want to sever the connection, and if the earth child then listens within it will be able to hear My voice and receive My word directly. And it shall be this encouragement to you, My child .... The body is earthly but the spirit is Mine .... and in spirit you will be united with Me, therefore don't pay attention to the body and don't let it be an obstacle to the connection with Me. You have passed through worlds, separated from Me, yet the hour of unification is near and soon I will fetch My child home .... but first you still have to fulfil what I have chosen you for. You have to go through trials which will let you reach the state of maturity in the near future, and then nothing will stand in your way of unification with Me. The soul remains unaware of the great grace bestowed upon it, it certainly feels the benefit of its release from long-lasting bondage but cannot appreciate the salvation that has befallen it, that it has been chosen to participate in a blessing which particularly influences the inner life and can only be felt deep within the heart. Anyone who is not inflamed by love for Me cannot assess the value of this blessing either, and therefore he is a privileged one who is close to Me in love, for I Myself want to reveal Myself to him and make him the most blissful being already on earth, so that he will recognize the father in Me and come to Me in childlike humility that I will bless him ....

Amen

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Angel passing through the world .... natural phenomena .... distress - worry .... poem

B.D. 0935 from May 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

And there goes an angel through the land, and his endeavour is to bring light to the people and to hold them back from the abyss towards which they are heading. And so it happens on behalf of the lord that the world experiences great things and is visibly kept agitated. The sun covers itself and only rarely lets its rays penetrate to earth, or it scorches in great fervour where it is divine will. And the earth is afflicted in every way; the powers of heaven and earth unite to let men become attentive through every event. And people's minds are to be burdened so that they long for release from this pressure and contribute to it themselves by trying to make life easier for each other where it seems unbearable. And this angel who walks through the world makes himself known in the roaring of the storm, in the whispering of the wind, in scorching heat, in pouring rain, in lightning and thunder and in every natural phenomenon, in every disaster .... for all this is God's will and therefore only imposed on people by His permission. And wherever the human intellect would like to try to explain and justify the correlations of all this in a meaningful way, the law of nature is still not sufficiently explained that it excludes the rule and activity of the eternal deity. It is the human intellect that erects a barrier and blocks the way to the knowledge of God. Think less and believe more and you will nevertheless increase in knowledge and soon have a rich treasure, and then the endeavour of the commissioned angel will have succeeded in bringing you enlightenment if you pay attention to everything that happens in nature around you and lift your gaze upwards ....

Need and worry

Take note of the fact that in the world

sorrow is making its entrance ....

that suffering is constantly pressing you

until you look up to heaven ....

For in the coming time on earth

only immune to suffering is he

who always trusts only in Him ....

Whoever looks up to Him in faith

escapes the torment and misery,

for He, as lord over life and death ....

He will help you at all times,

He will keep all suffering away from the one

who begs Him for protection ....

He will hear the prayer

when the child on earth

find the way to his father in trouble

and is ready to serve Him ....

This child remains His for eternity ....

Amen

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Life .... spirit from God .... natural law ....

B.D. 0936 from May 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Life is everything that contains the spirit from God. But thus all life will also be conditioned by God's spirit, i.e. God's strength will always have to be active in order to enliven matter, and thus matter and God's spirit always come into contact, and that’s how life comes into being .... a being that is constantly becoming active itself .... and this activity is the working of spiritual strength and can be observed everywhere. Every newly created living being is bound to the activity which is its destiny according to divine law. All spirit from God assigns the specific activity to the being, and the being now carries out the activity which is intended for it by the creator. And all activity of living beings is based on a certain order. The more regular duties a living being has to carry out, the more obvious the divine order becomes, which people then describe with the word 'natural law'. A certain regularity can indeed be observed, and this reveals the spiritual influence which is exerted on every being on the part of the creator .... but at the same time it is the best proof that a will controls everything and that this will is continuously active so that the living being does not cease to be. For even if endless times pass, the earth will continue to be alive, and this life will always be conditioned by spiritual strength .... And the spiritual strength will always and forever bear witness to a supreme being Which constantly sends this strength into the universe. If everything on earth were completely motionless and therefore dead, then divine or spiritual activity could certainly be denied, yet life itself, which always appears to people in all things, is the most telling evidence of a constantly expressing strength, and if the human being himself remains constantly active he will also fulfil the destiny which was assigned to him from the beginning, thus he will use the spiritual strength and, to a certain extent, live his external life as a human being and at the same time a spiritual life, to which he is likewise impelled by spiritual strength; thus he will fulfil a task which is assigned to him, either in a purely earthly sense or also as a life-giver in a spiritual respect .... only everything will and must live, because the spirit from God cannot tolerate anything dead, for He Himself is, after all, the true life and the greatest spirit of love from eternity ....

Amen

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