New Revelation recieved by Bertha Dudde

Proclamations No. 0443 - 0495

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

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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.

Table of Contents

0443 - Passions....

0444 - Forgiveness of sins.... I.

0445 - Forgiveness of sins.... II.

0446 - Doubt.... Faith.... Will.... The Word of God....

0447 - Suffering (a necessity).... Divine will over the power of evil....

0448 - Acceptance of faith without recognition.... Living faith.... Blessing....

0449 - Book of Life.... Summarizing Commandments....

0450 - The voice of the Lord.... Faith and unbelief....

0451 - 'By their fruits you shall know them....'

0452 - School.... Consequences of disbelief.... Miracles of strong faith....

0453 - Strange phenomena for unbelievers.... The plight of the Earth....

0454 - Effects of the spirit beings on thoughts....

0455 - Grace incarnated.... Earthly time.... Time of Grace....

0456 - Purification of the teaching of Christ....

0457 - Willpower....

0458 - Bliss.... Union with God....

0459 - The redemption work of Christ.... The guilt of sin....

0460 - The love of the Lord for His own....

0461 - Divine Grace.... Necessity of prayer....

0462 - Complete lack of faith.... Deepest fall....

0463 - Warning against arrogance and conceit....

0464 - Mystery of love....

0465 - 13.6..... Antonius?....

0466 - Work of redemption.... faith in it necessary....

0467 - "I am in your midst...."

0468 - False doctrines.... intervention of God.... hardened....

0469 - Help the hardened....

0470 - Death in the lord.... mourning.... poor souls - prayer....

0471 - Recognizing oneself.... love....

0472 - Serve.... love.... task....

0473 - Divine grace....

0474 - Compromise.... acceptance of faith.... help in worldly need....

0475 - The task of small creatures and humans.... earthly and spiritual activity....

0476 - Contact with the lord.... maturity.... teaching activity....

0477 - Wise men of the East.... love of the saviour....

0478 - Air, fire and water spirits....

0479 - Elemental forces and their effects....

0480 - God’s messengers and their work....

0481 - Wrong relationship with the ather.... Recognizing Jesus Christ....

0482 - Power of God.... inner vision.... desire....

0483 - Tests.... resilience.... live or die for the lord....

0484 - Trust increases the ability.... condition for supernatural work....

0485 - Faithlessness.... obstacle....

0486 - Will to serve.... awakening of the inner life.... wanting....

0487 - Appearance of the lord pictorial....

0488 - Collecting earthly goods obstacle....

0489 - Animals and humans.... activity.... power....

0490 - Suffering as a proof of God's love....

0491 - Caution regarding doubts.... Loving admonition....

0492 - Announcement about divine intervention....

0493 - Extinguishing the light.... sign of divine favour.... earthly power....

0494 - Closeness of the lord.... childlike trust.... simple form....

0495 - Sun systems .... Fire-spewing mountain .... Eruptions ....

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

'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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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 ....

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Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

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 ....

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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

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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