New Revelation recieved by Bertha Dudde

Proclamations No. 0752 - 0800

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

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

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

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

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

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Autobiography of Bertha Dudde

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recorded November 22, 1953

Bertha Dudde

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

Table of Contents

0752 - Reasons for the revelations.... "Not one stone will be left upon another...."

0753 - Mystery of the divine being.... faith.... love....spirit of God....

0754 - 3 years test of faith.... Christianity....

0755 - Indication of great events.... end of many people....

0756 - Veneration of the virgin Mary.... The birth of Christ....

0757 - Efforts of the teachers beyond....

0758 - Blessing of the work of redemption.... faith in it necessary....

0759 - Spiritual task of living beings.... inner vision....

0760 - Conveying divine power.... electrons....

0761 - Childlike trust.... "Come unto Me, all of you...."

0762 - Idle life.... fear of death....

0763 - Fatherly Words.... My name....

0764 - Last Supper....

0765 - Love.... Hate....

0766 - Care and cult of the body.... anticipating nature.... ageing....

0767 - Word of God....

0768 - (Continuation of No. 0767) Spiritual blindness.... labourious work of the spiritual beings....

0769 - Reshaped word.... degree of comfort.... realization of the truth....

0770 - Life's misfortunes necessary....

0771 - After an announcement in trance....

0772 - Correct thinking.... God's guidance.... Stars....

0773 - Jakob Böhme lecture.... Answer?

0774 - Spirit of God.... bearer of truth....

0775 - Way of the flesh.... (unfinished)

0776 - The lord's work of grace.... His will....

0777 - Father's words.... the word.... co-operation in the struggle for souls....

0778 - Evidence of grace of an obvious kind.... bread of heaven....

0779 - Light of truth.... clear characteristic.... word of God....

0780 - Meaning of life.... faith and love....

0781 - The work as the bearer of truth.... foresight of spiritual need....

0782 - Unfolding and results of the spirit of God.... laws of nature.... lawgiver....

0783 - Canonisation....

0784 - Living bond with God.... strength of faith.... humility.... grace.... perfection....

0785 - School of the spirit.... spheres of light.... bliss....

0786 - Path of the soul before earthly existence.... doctrine of reincarnation....

0787 - (Continuation of No. 0786)

0788 - (Continuation of No. 786 and 787)

0789 - Fight against evil.... care of the inner life.... habitual worries....

0790 - Divine will.... apparent periods of destruction also God's work....

0791 - Overcoming earthly desires increases resilience....

0792 - Admonition to love and peace.... carrying the cross.... coming in a form....

0793 - Divine guidance and direction .... Spiritualism .... Truth ....

0794 - Hour of retribution.... (after lecture about Christ faithful)

0795 - Spiritual exchange of ideas.... distance from the world....

0796 - Opportunities to mature.... world events.... spiritual thinking....

0797 - Lucifer.... fight and victory....

0798 - Forces from below....

0799 - Active will necessary.... faith without evidence....

0800 - Right worship service....

Reasons for the revelations .... "Not one stone will be left upon another ...."

B.D. 0752 from January 23rd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The world will always deny all spiritual work, and yet a search will start, and that on the way of spiritual meetings, although the truth of such received announcements will also be doubted. And therefore the lord chooses this form in order to inform people of His will. It is incredibly difficult to be heard by people if their free will is to remain untouched and their free decision is to be left to them, for the opposing force affects people's thinking in the same way and tries to present everything heard as untrustworthy .... so that a person without inner piety, without unrestrained devotion to God, easily runs the risk of listening to these whispers and thus doubts the received proclamations .... the imparted word of God... And it will therefore only be possible to convey the purest truth to people if the receptacle of divine truth ...., the recipient of the teachings from above, completely withdraws from the worldly goings-on and is willing to serve God .... if he accepts the gifts with full willingness with the purest intention of serving God and his neighbour .... without any personal advantage, always only according to the inner urge of his heart. Then such a servant of God on earth already reaches the degree of maturity that enables him to break through matter and see spiritually .... and thus recognize the truth of all revelations. And yet the worldly person will remain dismissive for the simple reason that he does not possess the ability to think spiritually but only looks at everything with worldly eyes and is therefore convinced of the impossibility of a connection between the beyond and earth. He cannot judge an area which he does not know and will therefore also prefer to completely deny everything within the same framework. Yet the time is drawing ever closer of which it is written .... not one stone will be left upon another .... which spiritually means that all views must be shaken up in order to form a new free thinking among mankind. All wisdom which people believe to possess today will become invalid in view of the messages from heaven .... and the more earthly knowledge burdens people, the more difficult it will be to grasp the new teaching, for only he will be able to receive completely and unlimitedly who has first purified himself from all the dross of worldly wisdom in order to receive only the wisdom-filled teachings which God imparts to people in His love and mercy ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Mystery of the divine being .... faith .... love ....spirit of God ....

B.D. 0753 from January 23rd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Whoever wants to recognize Me must believe, and if faith is deeply rooted in the heart, the spirit in him, which is after all My share, is also active and guides the person to the right recognition. In order to recognize Me, however, love must also be active .... The will to love has to be put into action, for since I am love Itself I can only be recognized in love, and thus the human being will only grasp the mystery of the divine being if he makes an effort to become like God. Only then will he realize that the eternal deity can never be fathomed intellectually but only in the heart, insofar as this is ever possible for a human being .... Just as the human eye is not able to look into radiant light without damaging the eye's vision, so little is man able to grasp the immeasurable power of light and love in earthly life, for if this were revealed to earthly man in all fullness of spirit, the immediate dissolution of all substance would be the inevitable consequence, for no earthly being could exist in the face of the eternal glow of love. In aeons of years all spiritual power changes as it were forced .... it flows back to where it originated .... it reunites with the divine elemental power which, incomprehensible to man, remains the source of life and origin of all beings. This power slumbers unrecognized in a myriad of beings .... They are not aware of the spiritual abilities at their disposal and thus do not utilize the divine power which could open up immeasurable things within them. But this power must first be awakened again in order to be able to express itself actively and audibly to people. Whoever now stands in faith and lives in love is enlivened by My spirit. It informs him of heaven and earth, i.e. of everything that is visible and invisible; it imparts knowledge to him which is far above the knowledge of a worldly wise person .... He reveals to him the creation, its meaning and purpose for man on earth and allows him to recognize his relationship to the creator .... And when the human being, guided by the spirit, begins to sense God's spirit of love, the reunification of God's spirit in the human being with the eternal original spirit, divine love, also begins, and the spirit in the human being has freed itself from all bonds of matter, which is the obstacle to the final union. The spirit is free and now strives inexorably towards the eternal light, and the persistence in form through thousands of years has come to an end, to the indescribable joy of the creator and His creature ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

3 years test of faith .... Christianity ....

B.D. 0754 from January 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Every task involves a certain commitment and the earthly child should always vigorously strive to meet this and not allow mediocrity to creep in since a work such as this demands great dedication and is too vast to be likened to daily routine work. And thus you are advised to give all your will and devotion to this work that it should not suffer any loss on account of trivialities. And now begin:

It will take three complete years for Christianity as a whole to pass its test of faith, to either become strong within itself or to completely abandon its faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour of the world .... And during these three years a clear separation will be distinctly noticeable because the world and its followers endeavour to achieve a total separation from faith, whilst the others unite ever more firmly and devote themselves ever more deeply to their Saviour and Redeemer. The latter flock will be much smaller indeed and for this reason great hardship must still afflict the world to save what is not yet completely bound by Satan. The large community of those who deny the Lord are approaching a dreadful time. The Lord is without mercy when His Words and advice are no longer heeded and are ridiculed and laughed at. It is of vital importance to realise that time after time the Lord seeks to approach the human being with love and kindness and that He meets ever more hardened hearts .... that His intention always concerns the return of His fallen children and is not understood, thus leaving only one way to soften their hearts, and all clemency and mercy would be in vain, as these are ignored. Human beings can only return to their Creator by way of much grief and distress, even then it has to come from the heart because the Lord takes no notice of empty prayers, and after that there will be another separation which can yet deceive the ignorant in the final hour. A heartfelt sigh towards the Father of infinity suffices to deliver a child from gravest peril .... But those who are not praying in spirit and in truth will call in vain as their call cannot be heard; and thus there will not be many who acknowledge their relationship with the Father in the last hour, but for the few it will truly be a blessing ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Indication of great events .... end of many people ....

B.D. 0755 from January 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

"You have My word and do not heed it ...." is what I would like to call out to people who only pursue earthly pleasures without ceasing, and I would like to warn them against vain endeavours yet they do not listen to Me. And so I have now decided to send them the last warnings in such a way that they have to heed them. How little man's mind is focussed on his inner life .... how quickly he forgets pain and sorrow, hardship and misery when I have removed this pressure from him .... and how often he lets such admonitions of love pass him by without paying attention to them. And so I now want their thinking to be forcibly shaken up and only have humanity's improvement in mind. My concern is for their inner conversion, for My love is still focussed on these beings and only ever wants their best. Yet their hearts do not recognize Me .... In all worldly joy they seek their God, to whom they sacrifice, yet they do not realize the outcome of their soul. And if I now want to turn their thoughts towards Me I will have to use force and stir people's hearts to a great extent through painful events which will set the whole world in turmoil. I will be a lenient judge for those who will be affected by this, after all, they are giving their lives for countless earthly children who are to be shown the way upwards as a result .... I have no other goal than to save people from deep adversity and must now resort to means which seem to be a work of destruction but which are the opposite for humanity .... redemption from the shackles of the adversary .... and the time is drawing ever closer which will bring life and death at the same time .... Life to men who turn to me, and death certainly taken earthly from many, but to whom in the hereafter the way to cognition is shown by spiritual power, so that they do not come to harm because of their prematurely ended life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Veneration of the virgin Mary .... The birth of Christ ....

B.D. 0756 from January 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Jesus' life on earth required a normal birth. The Deity wanted to incarnate Himself in the body of a human being on earth, consequently this body had to have a natural origin .... it had to come forth from a woman's womb. However, in Jesus' time everything extraordinary was quickly explained .... as being in cohorts with the devil .... A natural explanation was certainly searched for yet if it couldn't be found by simple means this very conclusion sufficed and thus gave countless people the reputation of being God-deserters. Judging by human standards Jesus' birth was likewise an act which lacked all preconditions and, for this reason, the same explanation was intended to be applied to a virgin which everyone knew to be exceptionally devout.

The extraordinary occurrences at the birth certainly struck many as strange, yet most attached little importance to them. And so only a small circle received the news about an extremely unusual kind of birth .... about the awakening of a life which lacked all natural prerequisites and was therefore an event caused by God's will and omnipotence. This was subsequently exploited in a way that people used the figure of the mother Mary to create a being which receives their veneration, devotion and love to such an extent that it detracts the human being from his most important task on earth .... to establish contact with the Lord and Saviour Himself .... This applies to the exceptional demands for intercession as well as the illogical devotion which lacks all justification, for the mother of Jesus was chosen as a result of her piety .... but by no means aware of the immense grace which was bestowed upon her .... she was God's chosen servant and therefore only God alone deserves the honour, for all beings are His work ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Efforts of the teachers beyond ....

B.D. 0757 from January 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

How deplorable are those people who do not want to recognize. And what favours will they lose, but in times of adversity they lack firm support, which is why all thoughts are only directed towards securing earthly life in order to be relieved of all adversity. Yet their hour will also come, for the test of life can only be passed by overcoming the resistance which has to be offered to an earthly child if its earthly life is to be of benefit to it and its soul. Therefore try to remain silent if the understanding for spiritual truths is not yet present, and now receive:

The pure spirits teach people in various forms. Where a direct connection from the beyond to earth is possible, a regulated instruction can also be carried out and the wisdom can be offered in such a way that it touches every area. A planned training can begin, which introduces the earth child to all knowledge according to its receptivity. A person longing for truth will be able to be taught the fullest truth, since the spiritual teachers will endeavour to impart spiritual knowledge in all its fullness. However, spiritual beings who are in the know also dwell in the vicinity of every earthly human being and try to influence his thoughts and in this way promote his inner life. Whoever feels the urge to give his thoughts a certain direction or is concerned with the actual purpose of life, his thoughts are guided or influenced by such active spirit beings who take care of the searching or erring souls. Not one person remains completely uninfluenced from the spiritual side, only the success of these beings is not always the same and not always satisfying, for they often meet with quite stiff resistance, namely where matter still holds the human being too tightly in its grip and he does not want to know anything about a spiritual world lying outside the material world. There, every emerging thought of a spiritual destiny on earth will be rejected immediately, because it does not appeal to people with a completely materialistic attitude. And it is precisely such people who are in urgent need of enlightenment, and the spiritual beings who want to teach often achieve nothing and have to try again and again with the greatest patience to teach people to think differently and thus make their whispers accessible. It is the heavenly father's will that all help shall be sent to the earthly children from above in order to put a stop to people's spiritual shallowness, and therefore means will be used in view of the spiritual backwardness, which becomes more noticeable from day to day, which shall bring about great success and meet with the divine creator's approval. Whoever pays attention to the coming time will notice extraordinary phenomena which will repeat themselves more and more often in order to involuntarily direct people's thoughts to supernatural things. Such phenomena always occur when a tremendous emotional upheaval has preceded them, thus people will concern themselves with things which are inexplicable to them and then look for the explanation in the supernatural and, even with good will, find it .... For the lord seeks to bring salvation to everyone, and this in different ways. Therefore pay attention to everything that can lead to knowledge .... these are only ever the endeavours of your friends in the beyond who are concerned about your salvation and would like to help you during the time you are still misguided and ignorant .... Anyone who does not stubbornly resist the help from above will recognize and benefit greatly from every event if it is his will to attain the truth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Blessing of the work of redemption .... faith in it necessary ....

B.D. 0758 from January 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Only those who have faith in the saviour in their deepest heart should be allowed to enter the kingdom of the eternal, for it is an incomparable error to deny Him, and all matter must prevail without the divine redeemer, since He alone was able to break the power of death and thus only then was it possible for humanity to overcome matter. But a human being can never again redeem himself from his fetters by his own strength and he must therefore have full faith in the saviour of the world. Only then can he also be led into the truth, for man can only recognize what is right when he frees himself from the bonds of matter. Thus the whole change on earth is only then according to divine will when the human being voluntarily moves the thought of redemption in his heart .... when he tries to imagine that he is hopelessly at the mercy of the opposing power .... that his struggle for realization would be in vain because the power of evil would be so strong without the work of redemption that the human being would not be able to fight it. But this very power was broken by the lord Jesus Christ, and the power of love now has the upper hand .... This is why faith in the divine saviour can never be eliminated, for the lord takes care of everyone who believes in Him. But He cannot give the same help and grace to those who reject Him and go to war against Him ....

At the threshold of death, a person with a bright spirit will often be allowed a glimpse into the realm of eternity .... He will suddenly recognize the value of faith in Jesus Christ, and for some it will then be too late .... That is why the deity now wrestles for every soul, it wants to show it the way in order to be able to partake of all favours which were made accessible to men through the work of redemption .... But all of God's love and mercy is in vain where the earthly child stubbornly refuses to follow all instructions. The lord spoke the words on the cross: "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do ...." And the father is long-suffering and full of love, intent only on instructing the ignorant and telling them about the blessing of the work of redemption. And the world is becoming ever more hardened, ever darker in its thinking and ever further removed from the eternal truth. Thus there is only the possibility left to change people's thinking through world-shaking events, and in order not to let all these misguided people fall prey to destruction, this very judgement by God is required so that those who hear His call and follow Him will still find their way back to the father. The creator of all that exists truly only has the best in mind for His creatures, even though people do not recognize it as such .... Everything that was, is and will be has only ever happened for the purpose of people's spiritual development, because the father in heaven is loving, wise and just .... and He organizes His things in such a way that is spiritually beneficial for His children on earth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spiritual task of living beings .... inner vision ....

B.D. 0759 from January 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Just keep looking upwards and your thoughts and intentions will always be guided correctly. The soul is so often in danger of becoming fickle, and time and again the lord has to take care of it with the greatest patience and instruct it to strengthen its faith, for the reason for the discouragement and the thinking which depresses the soul only lies in weak faith. It is a kind of compulsion for the soul that, in order to strengthen its faith, it is temporarily kept in a state of depression, for it struggles in it all the more eagerly, since this state bothers it, from which it seeks to free itself. It would be so reassuring for you to recognize the benefits and blessings of the many small resistances and adversities of daily life, so surrender yourselves to divine guidance full of trust and you will never have cause to fear and become weak in faith. And in this certainty receive whatever spiritual teachings you get today:

Every being, no matter how small, is necessary in God's creation, yet man is not aware of the nature and purpose of its task. The external earthly activity can certainly be observed in many, but the spiritual activity, which is the actual purpose of the many small living beings, remains hidden from people and will only be recognized after the body of flesh has been laid aside. If you humans could take a look into the realm of the active spirit world, you would be astonished .... And yet it is even within your power and your will to acquire the ability to see what is hidden. In order to be able to recognize the activity of all, even the smallest beings, it is enough to immerse yourselves in the glories of God's creation, a rock-solid belief in God's love and omnipotence and a willing opening of the heart. And the images will be reflected clearly visible in the human heart, and the earthly child will hear the explanation audibly, the spiritual eye will open up, and the lord Himself will instruct where there is a deep longing for truth and knowledge. And you will recognize the restless activity on earth and in the beyond, you will see that every being has to fulfil its task, which has a far greater spiritual effect than an earthly one, even though the latter activity is likewise necessary for the existence of the whole of creation. For not the smallest being is created purposelessly or uselessly, all creatures perceive the spiritual currents and constantly pass them on so that they fulfil their task as receivers and mediators of spiritual strength and are indispensable as electrons in the whole of creation ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Conveying divine power .... electrons ....

B.D. 0760 from January 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

And therefore it will be left to you humans to regard the work of creation as a reproductive tool of the emanation of divine strength. In the plan of creation this can only be sent out into the universe via an infinite number of small living beings so that the human being may partake of this power to the highest degree and, as a purified being, himself power from God, unite again with the original power. If you humans consider this endlessly long path and regard yourselves as the final destination, then it must also be understandable to you that your endeavours should now only be directed towards the final goal, for you harbour so countless miracles of divine creation which, permeated by divine strength, have all found unification in the human being's soul, and you will understand what is now at stake when the last receiving vessel of all power from God is unscrupulously smashed and all already existing power contributes to the increase of matter, which after all is supposed to be dissolved and completely changed into spiritual, which is then the case when the power of God is not used for spiritual perfection but is only used for purely worldly things. You truly possess this power flowing from God in great abundance and do not know what abilities are yours through it if you would like to utilize the power in the right sense .... how you can penetrate the wonders of divine creation and your spiritual eye can see what is otherwise invisible to you .... how you could only ever convince yourselves of God's love, wisdom and omnipotence if it were your serious will to already achieve the perfection possible for you here on earth. The more you learn to see spiritually, the less you feel the burden of earth, and as soon as the spirit of God comes alive in you, you are master over all matter, yet in order to awaken it to life your mind must only be focussed on using earthly life for your spiritual well-being .... You must remain in deepest union with the divine creator and only ever entrust yourselves to His benevolent fatherly hand .... Then every step will be a step towards perfection. For God only sees the will of the earthly child .... If this is turned towards Him, then He will take hold of his heart with His love and guide it towards the right goal. Anyone who always sends the prayer to the father from the bottom of his heart: "I want to serve You in time and eternity ....", his will also grasps the power that comes to him and this draws him towards it .... because everything that emanates from God, if He is not resisted, inevitably leads back to God.

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Childlike trust .... "Come unto Me, all of you ...."

B.D. 0761 from January 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Become like children and thereby also acquire the right to be led by the hand like an underage child, and your path will truly be the right one. An unknown feeling of security will make life easier for you to bear, and if you trustingly abandon yourselves to the lord and saviour, you will want for nothing. For His words are sweet: "Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." If the lord Himself gives you this promise, you need only remember the lord in your suffering and He will help you bear it, for He does not forsake His children. Take heed of these words, for you are still facing a difficult time on earth, and whoever does not then trustingly surrender to the divine saviour will have to struggle unspeakably hard. The right consolation at all times is His word, which He gave to the children of earth in love, and anyone who adheres to it will be wonderfully strengthened to endure the severe suffering on earth, for His word is both strength and fortitude for the anxious heart. And do not forget the prayer .... Offer all your worries and needs to the father in heaven, so that He may send you help at the right time. Whoever finds the way to the father will not knock in vain, and his request will always be granted if it is sent up to Him with all fervour. And if everything around you should waver, then stand firm and hold on to the word of the lord that He will protect His own in all dangers of body and soul ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Idle life .... fear of death ....

B.D. 0762 from January 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The idleness of life is always to be considered where life is not utilized properly, and many an error will be the cause of this. The soul will find itself in greatest distress when the time on earth passes without any spiritual success. Then a feeling of fear will take hold of the soul, it will see the end of its earthly life approaching ever closer and unconsciously sense the agonizing state afterwards .... And this is then expressed in the feeling of fear of death. And yet again, this fear of death is often the last means of realization. If the human being has achieved all earthly goals, if he cannot find any real satisfaction and complete fulfilment of his wishes afterwards .... if he feels an emptiness in his innermost heart despite his earthly well-being, then he will endeavour to get to the bottom of the cause of this unsatisfactory feeling and he must realize that the thought of life after death will not allow him to find inner peace. He must realize that everything he has striven for so far will come to an end, and this thought does not give him a feeling of security, but rather one of uneasiness, because in his deepest heart he cannot give himself a certain answer as to what awaits him after death. And this pondering and brooding often causes him to immerse himself in spiritual questions .... that he suddenly learns to recognize the transience and worthlessness of everything earthly with a bright spirit and pays far more attention to the unfathomable. Then his spirit becomes lively to the same extent as his desire for the earthly subsides, and this has brought about the fear of death, and the soul was granted assistance by the good spiritual forces struggling for it. The thought of death can therefore have an unspeakably beneficial effect on those who always and easily found fulfilment in worldly desires. They paid no attention to the world and its dangers and were constantly its conquerors .... yet they are powerless and powerless in the face of death, and fear is rooted in the recognition of their own state of weakness, which then drives the will to seek a way to overcome the horrors of death. And this path is the bond with the eternal creator, to whom life and death are subject .... Death does not frighten those who have recognized it, for their soul has found the path to eternal life .... death means darkness and night .... The lust and desire of the world shrouds the spirit in darkness, and this state is equal to eternal death. Only he who overcomes the desire for the world will pass from night to light .... he will awaken from death to life, and he will undoubtedly overcome the horrors of death. That is why detachment from the world is the very first condition for freeing the spirit from the shackles of matter, and every step through earthly life will then mean advancement of the soul and result in higher spiritual development. The human being will then be able to say at the end of his days: My life has truly not been idle .... if he has reached the goal of standing in the light of truth and need not fear the horrors of death ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Fatherly Words .... My name ....

B.D. 0763 from January 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

All willing children carry Me in their hearts and search for My spirit because their souls had recognised Me. And you, My child, will hear My voice whenever you sacrifice your time to Me, and My work will not be without success for you. The hours during which you fear that you lack the necessary strength to do My work will diminish. Very soon you are given a mission which you can easily carry out with My help. Your faith, love and will become great because I Myself will be your reward .... and eagerly you will strive for this.

My child, everything that shall be revealed to humanity through you is hidden in your name:

Buße -- B - They shall atoneErkennen -- E - acknowledge their originRastlos -- R - work on their soul ceaselesslyTätig -- T - be active with love.Horchen -- H - listen to the voice in their heartAllen -- A - deny all worldly pleasures

Demütig -- D- humbly submit themselves to the Father in heavenUm -- U - constantly pray for graceDienen -- D - serve the Creator of heaven and earthDienen -- D - serve their neighbour with loveEhre -- E - and give Me, the Father in heaven, honour for all eternity

Understand that those who seek the world cannot find Me but those who look for Me I will meet and reveal Myself to .... Whoever surrenders to Me shall possess Me, and whoever prays for My grace is in My grace, because to truly understand My Word is My love’s gift of grace .... So prepare yourself to receive My gift as a sign of My love. Take care of your soul, My child, acknowledge My love and make an effort to feel the purest love for Me in your heart because all impurity has to be removed from the heart in which I shall live, since I only find pleasure in pure love, in love which does not demand and only gives itself .... which is willing to do everything in order to serve .... Pure love is as precious as a jewel, it brightens its environment with its light, it brings happiness and just wants to give at all times .... When this love has taken possession of your heart you will accept Me in yourself and keep My image in your heart, and this will be a supreme blessing for you even while you are still living on earth. Whatever is destined for you while My love takes care of you has yet to be hidden from you because you achieve the degree of maturity only by constantly striving for My love. It is to your advantage to call upon Me and My presence from the bottom of your heart .... when you commit yourself to your Saviour in earnest prayer .... I will appear .... unexpectedly .... and move into the abode that your love prepares for Me and bring blissful happiness to those who believe in Me and love Me .... I will not let My children, who give themselves to Me, live in want and will reveal Myself to them at the right time ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Last Supper ....

B.D. 0764 from January 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The motto of your life should be ‘To serve the Lord in all things will be my constant endeavour ....’ and His blessing will be with you wherever you go. Now hear what is intended for you from the Father: The most holy sacrament of the alter was given by God, but its meaning will have to be understood wisely. You are now surrounded by a protective shield of spiritual friends who will keep everything that is wrong and misguided at bay, so that people may receive clarification through you about a question which has become a frequent matter of dispute. Over a period of time people’s correct thinking had been infiltrated by an entirely wrong point of view which caused further conflicts and divided opinions. Without first having asked for consent from the divine Lord and Saviour a directive was issued which is contradicts the divine teaching.

The living portrayal of the Holy Communion is always the acceptance of God’s Word in one’s heart .... Whoso eats My flesh .... i.e. who receives My Word with a hungry heart .... and drinks My blood .... i.e. who receives the truth with My Word and lives by My Word entirely truthfully .... he receives Me. And My Words ‘This is My flesh .... this is My blood ....’ should be understood in this sense: Just as the human being needs bread for the well-being of his body, so the pure Word of God is needed for the preservation of eternal life .... And just as wine will give strength to the weak, so shall the truth from God strengthen the soul, providing it accepts it. And when it is said that the bread and wine are transformed into My flesh and blood then the correct understanding of this should be that My Word will bring Me Myself close to the person at the same time, if it is complied with .... i.e. if it is eaten and drunk, and that, therefore, the human being accepts Me Myself with My Word, because My Word teaches love, and I Myself Am love ....

He who loves Me will sincerely accept Me in his heart and thus will be filled at My table by My bread and My wine .... by the Word of truth and life. The meaning was in fact understood correctly. However, it was decided to ceremonially intensify the impression of My Words but then greater significance was given to the ceremony, so anyone not complying with it was declared to have lost all blessing. And thus the formality was observed first, but the deeper meaning became lost, Communion increasingly became a formality, divine truth could no longer enter into people’s hearts. In contrast, the ceremony has been preserved to this day, and the human being believes to have fulfilled his obligation sufficiently by approaching the Lord’s altar with faith ....

But how can I take abode in a human being who has not changed himself to love first, who will not comply with My Word and keep My commandments? Anyone who wants to receive Me physically and spiritually and carry Me in his heart has to eat My bread and drink My wine .... he has to desire the bread of life as nourishment, which comes from heaven, and he has to drink the wine, the living truth, which flows to him who is thirsty. Only then will he eat My flesh and drink My blood and he will live eternally, because then he is in Me and I Am in him ....

Only in this and no other way should the Communion be understood which I inaugurated with the said Words, but which you humans have interpreted at your own discretion without recognising the deeper meaning of My Words. The more eagerly you try to observe only the ceremony and the more often you merely externally receive My bread and My wine, the less I will be present Myself, and thus you will not receive Me Myself but you will only be close to Me in your imagination. Because I Am only present where profound love for Me expresses itself by fulfilling My commandments and living in accordance with My Word .... For he eats My flesh and drinks My blood who complies with My will and serves Me .... who bears witness to Me before the word, he will truly be My disciple with whom I will take communion and whom I will fill, to whom I will give his share .... he will be nourished by Me and receive the bread from heaven in all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Love .... Hate ....

B.D. 0765 from January 31th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Behold, My child, I come to meet with open arms those of you who want to accept My gifts. Your heart's yearning will convey My love to you, My love for you demonstrates itself in your desire for Me, and this will also be your state in the beyond, you will constantly long for Me, and My love will grant you fulfilment without end. Behold, I placed love into your heart so that one day you should delight in beatitude when your love will be fulfilled. But I also placed the opposite impulse into you because you can only attain a state of beatitude by overcoming this impulse, and thus your endeavour on earth should especially apply to the fight against hate, the feeling of intense animosity, for hate poisons your soul in a very destructive manner .... hate destroys everything that is created by love ....

A person with a feeling of hate in his heart will never ever be able to achieve perfection, for hate is part of evil after all .... Hate is so disastrous and so unspeakably depressing for the soul .... it is the worst evil .... it is the enemy of every good attitude .... it is a vice which quells everything good and noble .... it is the origin of sin .... A heart having succumbed to hatred is incapable of any noble feeling .... Where hatred rules no virtue can be exercised. Humility, gentleness, forgiveness and mercy .... these are completely alien concepts to a heart controlled by hate; for the person has no knowledge of love at all, and this is necessary, after all, if he wants to live in a virtuous, good and God-pleasing way.

The appalling effects of hate can be recognised by the person in the beyond .... how it has distorted the soul of someone who was under the influence of hate in his earthly life. If only people would consider that the opposing power gains complete control over a hating earthly child so that it will find it ever more difficult to withdraw from this power and its influence, that it will also find it ever more difficult to find its way back to love again, and that such a person cannot be rescued by any other side unless he genuinely strives to liberate himself from the power of evil. As long as he does not withdraw from this influence with the firm intention to apply love it will be extremely difficult to become free. It is certainly understandable that the human being is often virtually pushed into a feeling of hate when he looks at and reviews other people's heartlessness and observes their injustice and apparently successful conduct, but he always has to remember that there is a God in heaven Who will repay every iniquity in due course .... He also has to counter this with the fact that Jesus Christ even lovingly forgave those who were to blame for His death, and that a feeling of revenge at no time got the upper hand in Him, but full of love, He only ever responded to the earthly children's conduct with understanding and compassion. Love should, after all, defeat hate, and therefore the children on earth likewise have to make an effort to stifle the feeling of hate when it begins to arise in the human being .... and only ever repay it with love even if the temptation to feel most bitter hatred against the oppressors of people is too strong. Most people err since they deem themselves extremely superior and believe that they have to express their power over their subordinates in a very blatant way, yet the individual should not respond with hate, instead he should resolve to educate the other person with love.

He should first consider his own soul which should be protected from the danger of hate, its struggle is at times so dreadfully difficult, yet overcoming this most detrimental attribute for the soul will lead to perfection, for then love will have triumphed over the opponent .... Hate will have been rendered harmless and destroyed by the strength of love, and the soul will be grateful for such effort since it will have been released from bitter anguish ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Care and cult of the body .... anticipating nature .... ageing ....

B.D. 0766 from February 1st 1939, taken from Book No. 16

If life on earth becomes difficult for you, take refuge in Me .... I want to be your strength and comfort in difficult times, and whoever walks with Me will overcome all difficulties. But let it be said to you that you must also be active yourselves if you want Me to bless you.

Nature demands its law and so you must submit to the laws of nature, but you must also practice self-conquest where possible. And life will often present you with the decision as to whether you want to be at the will of the body or the soul. And the body will demand many things and you will want to grant them to it, yet the soul's benefit is only slight if the body is granted fulfilment, whereas the soul will gain immensely if the body renounces what is granted to it. The greatest danger of all is that the body is granted the right to rule .... that only its comfort is always taken into account and man's concern is constantly to care for it, and a perpetual cult around it is cause to neglect the actual work on the soul, and (it = ed.) this is certainly conducive to the preservation of the body, but never to the shaping of the soul, and the former is extremely unimportant in relation to the actual earthly task, which must be seriously considered where concern for the physical well-being is predominant. So never let yourselves be tempted to want to anticipate nature by trying to change or stop what must take its natural course. Test your power .... it will be inadequate compared to the existing laws of nature .... yet where the body takes the path of decay, there the soul shall mature and become ever more perfect, which is why the former must pass away to the same extent as the soul endeavours to live spiritually. The soul has to overcome a greater obstacle, as it were, in an outwardly well-educated body, since all inclination to the world is inherent in it and greater demands are made on the soul in overcoming itself through frequent stimuli from the world. Anyone who despises his body but carefully looks after his soul with spiritual care will have made good use of his time on earth and he will also feel purely outwardly well since this does not appear to him to be the only thing worth striving for and he will therefore be provided with everything he needs to live. For I consider My children on earth as it serves them .... I give where they gladly renounce and deny where they are overly desirous of earthly goods, because I do not want the body alone to be considered but the soul should first be rescued from its misery ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Word of God ....

B.D. 0767 from February 3rd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

So accept the words of the lord and take them to heart. The soul has to fight an unrivalled battle if it wants to enter the state of Godlikeness, and the temptations to pull it down into the darkness of the spirit are great. But there is also every possibility to free yourselves from the impending dangers if only you heed the lord's words. The earth hovers, as it were, in the midst of all hostile violence. Everything that the earth harbours is seized by it, and only constant resistance can bring about the release from this violence. Just as desires lure and pull man from below, so the word of God is given to you from above, which, if obeyed, has far greater power and lifts you out of the depths and darkness. Countless struggling souls need God's help and again do not seize the only means which brings them real help. Likewise, countless beings in the beyond are only supported by the word of God, and they, too, are offered it through God's love. Accordingly, just as people on earth are attuned to the word of God, so will their fate be in the beyond. What they reject here will not appear much more acceptable to them there, and it will take a long time until they have become receptive to the word of God. And they will regret the time when they have recognized .... the time on earth and in the beyond which they lost in blindness of spirit for their soul. Every concession with a willing heart to the beings teaching them bears rich fruit, both on earth and on the other side .... The word of God will be taught time and again, and humanity will never be left without this precious gift from heaven, for without the outpouring of divine love no salvation for the soul would truly be possible. Everything spiritual must be spiritually strengthened .... the soul cannot be satisfied by earthly food, and thus the right nourishment for the soul must come from above. If now the lord, in ever constant love, ensures that none of His children shall go hungry .... when He knows what these children lack, then the earthly child only needs to turn its will to Him .... he only needs to give his consent and willingly receive what the father lovingly offers him. Instead, people refuse and do not want to receive. They put up a blatant defence against what they alone need .... They live into the day and do not consider their end. However, there is only one path left for them in the adversity of their heart, and if they take it, they will still be helped in the last hour. And therefore it is only the will of the human being himself who allows difficult times to befall him and the earth. If all admonitions from above do not find their way into the hearts of men, then they must be roused from their rest in some other way. People try to awaken their spirit through scientific work, they believe that they can enlighten everything that is dark to them in this way, and yet they are far from it. For the deity and Its working can never be fathomed by earthly wisdom, many areas are left to science to which its research may apply, but the final question is unfathomable to it .... and will remain unfathomable to it. On the other hand, the acceptance of the word of God with the heart is the only gateway through which man can reach eternal truth and divine wisdom. But without the word of God every entrance to knowledge is closed. Let the human being consider that he can receive unlimitedly, that he can enrich his knowledge immeasurably and that he only needs deep faith and active love for this .... and that he in turn can only attain faith through the word of God and that love is also rooted in living faith .... that one is therefore inconceivable without the other and that a person's heart must willingly open itself in order to become knowledgeable .... To hear the living word of God is a proof of divine love and mercy .... it is an act of grace of incomprehensible proportions, yet people pay no attention to the proof of grace and fall ever deeper into the judgement from which they are supposed to redeem themselves. The lord speaks to people, and He will speak at all times .... Those who hear Him will be blessed, but woe to those who do not heed Him .... who consider themselves too exalted to accept and heed the words of love. They will truly have to go through great hardship so that they, too, will come to realization while they are still on earth, for they do not appreciate the value of life and will suffer great torment if they recognize their inadequate state of soul in the beyond. And therefore pay attention to the words which come to you from above and do not reject them ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

(Continuation of No. 0767) Spiritual blindness .... labourious work of the spiritual beings ....

B.D. 0768 from February 5th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

In the night of the spirit all realization is excluded, the ignorant continue to resist, they do not desire the light but believe they do not need it, for in their delusion they only have a sense for that which is in strict opposition to true realization .... they are convinced that they can manage without spiritual knowledge, they rather perceive all spiritual problems as a burden which they want to avoid by keeping away from everything that could impair their previous thinking. As a result, these people experience a spiritual emptiness. Their earthly life occupies them completely and they walk through God's creation as if blind, nowhere hearing the voice of the lord or paying attention to it. The more this state prevails, the more alarming the consequences. In unspeakably arduous labour, the spiritual forces now struggle for the souls languishing in such darkness. Their work is visible and invisible. They bring together those who instruct each other, they guide the thoughts and are pleased when their influence is heeded and the human being willingly allows himself to be guided .... when he carries out what his heart drives him to do, when he yields to the spiritual impulse within himself without resistance and spiritually distances himself from the earthly world for a short time. This is so extraordinarily arduous because it often takes a long time before the earthly child heeds the spiritual call to separate itself from the purely material. The resistance is sometimes so strong that the influence of the spiritual forces is unsuccessful and the erring soul continues to be in severe distress, which the human being as such does not recognize and therefore does not remedy the soul's agonizing state. And so time after time passes, and where there is no possibility to change a person's mind, the spiritual beings help themselves in community .... They try to disrupt all earthly joy .... In their distress they resort to a means that is seemingly unloving and yet only testifies to the great love of the spiritual beings for earthly creatures .... They let bitter drops flow into every joy .... they cause, so to speak, that even earthly joys are not a complete fulfilment of earthly desires .... and thus lay the foundation for inner dissatisfaction, which increases more and more the more resistance the earth child puts up to the work of the spirit friends. In connection with this all joy of life will appear stale and empty, the soul will restlessly wander to and fro, it will search where it finds complete fulfilment, it will recognize earthly pleasures as transient and only then pay attention to spiritual questions, and when after long arduous work the friends on the other side can record this success, its joy is indescribable, for only now is the soul saved and receptive to everything that comes to it from above.

But now the spirit is able to spread significant light, and there will be brightness where before there was deepest darkness, and spiritual blindness will give way to the clearest realization. Precisely where one believes to be in the deepest knowledge, a procedure is often necessary to transform a person's thinking. The few who recognize correctly are often unable to convey their spiritual knowledge to them; they encounter contradiction and their gift, although gladly offered, is not accepted. The heavenly truth is not properly recognized .... the thoroughly spiritual attitude, which is a prerequisite for recognizing divine wisdom, is not taken into account. The gifts from above only penetrate a person's heart as such if the spiritual desire for them is a prerequisite. Whoever immerses himself in his innermost being and at the same time makes the flight into infinity, whoever seeks to fathom the eternal deity and in doing so deeply humbly surrenders to It, whoever recognizes a purpose in earthly life other than just the fulfilment of earthly destiny, whoever views every event on earth only from a spiritual point of view, his heart is receptive to divine gifts .... He will soon separate everything earthly from the spiritual .... he will recognize two worlds, but always the one as a means to an end .... to mature for the second, the spiritual world. Love should certainly permeate everything, it should determine all actions in earthly life, it should work without ceasing so that the spirit will come alive through love, so that the human being will become free through love .... But love should always give, but love of possession should never prevail. But true love will at the same time be a renunciation and therefore a separation from matter; and spiritual striving will never again be for earthly goals but only for the union with God as eternal love .... Therefore do not seek the last goal in a state of perfection on earth. Earth is and remains for humanity what it always was .... the abode where the soul is to mature through resistance for its actual destiny, where it is to recognize that only in the spiritual kingdom is its true home, towards which it is to strive without ceasing ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Reshaped word .... degree of comfort .... realization of the truth ....

B.D. 0769 from February 6th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

So know that you are all of the same spirit, know that the father's hand is guiding you and that the father is inclined towards everyone who desires to hear Him. There will therefore also be many different revelations, all of which are intended to express the same thing and lead to the same goal. Even if the father considers the children on earth differently, the same will can nevertheless be recognized, for He only ever gives the pure truth if the recipient desires the truth and proves himself worthy of the revelation. It is like a glow of different light intensity .... The gifts from above can be offered in an easily understandable form and yet cannot be properly recognized if the recipient reproduces the lord's words in a different form. There are so many examples of people pleasing themselves by speaking in the most complicated way possible and thus reproducing a spiritual image received in all simplicity and clarity in an ornate form .... People try to adorn themselves with erudition and bring out all their wisdom, when the word received from above expresses everything precisely and needs no improvement. If people reject the teachings that seem incomprehensible to them, this is only too understandable .... Man often perceives the additional work of man and resists it, whereas the pure word of God often finds its way into the initially reluctant human heart through its simple nature, because the power of God is also inherent in this word. The teachings have always been offered in the same truth, but the truth should have an even more insistent effect on people and was provided with human accessories for this purpose, which, however, only harms the matter itself, but can never be of use. Let me tell you: turn your attention to the plain, simple word, you must be able to grasp everything with your heart and mind, you must also feel at ease when the lord's words resound in your ears .... You will also be able to deduce the truth of what you hear from the degree of comfort, for the lord wants to penetrate people's hearts through His word, so He will never use a form which in itself already causes resistance and which appears unacceptable to the earthly child. Whoever desires truth will also recognize it, and indeed, truth will always be offered from above in such a form that the earthly child cannot take offence at it but can always touch it pleasantly. Pay attention to the voice in the heart, it will know exactly how to distinguish the true word of God from a subsequently transformed word which is difficult for man to understand and which is also supposed to come from the same source. God always protects those who want to remain in the truth and gives them knowledge in every dispute .... He sharpens their power of judgement and their sense of justice, and thus the earthly child will always find the right path if it finds itself in the situation of having to decide between several paths. For God's protection is assured to everyone who desires Him and the truth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Life's misfortunes necessary ....

B.D. 0770 from February 8th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Not the slightest event is without influence on a person's development. Just as you prove yourselves in the face of every event, success is also more or less beneficial. And so earthly life continues to be the touchstone on which you should test your resilience. Whatever fills you with indignation, annoyance or aversion you must try to change into gentleness and patience, you must always regard it as what it should be for you, as obstacles against which you are to mature .... Not that you can put these disagreements aside at will .... this would not be progress for your soul, only in overcoming all temptations, in perfecting yourselves, do you see the purpose of all adversities which make life difficult for you. You run the risk of taking a step backwards where you are not up to the trials. After all, every day is supposed to bring you advancement and so you must not oppose the trials imposed on you for this purpose but you must surrender to divine will, which allows such trials to come upon you to mature. For a life without struggle is also no possibility of progress for the soul. Only overcoming yourselves can bring you success, but a quiet, peaceful life only brings sluggishness of spirit and a weakened will. And this then harbours many dangers for the soul. The hard fate that is sometimes bestowed upon a person will only have a successful effect on the soul, for in struggling and overcoming the soul strengthens itself and is far more likely to release itself from its shackles; however, a being that is spared all difficulties is not equal to the battle against evil. Instead of being an overcomer itself, it is defeated by the opposing power and has to suffer unspeakably, and these sufferings are much more severe than the adversities of daily life. Only in constant struggle is the soul offered the opportunity to develop freely, and every struggle can be overcome if, when your strength fails, you confess your weakness to the divine lord and saviour and ask Him to take care of you .... He will not leave you without help, for His words are so sweet: "Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden .... I will give you rest." Why do you fear and hesitate, why do you feel weak, when the lord will always help you with His strength if you only ask Him. Leave all fear and anxiety behind and only look to the lord with trust .... He will never abandon those in need who trustingly turn to Him for help. And thus every oppressive or agonizing situation in life will resolve itself, just make sure that it does not have the opposite effect on you than its actual purpose should be .... that it does not make you act hardened and unloving .... make sure that you only ever let love speak within you, for only love alone will overcome and allow you to emerge successfully from such trials. Shape your heart in ever deeper love and thus also become a blessing to your environment, and through love you will become free from the pressure that weighs on you, and your soul will also become free if you overcome all difficulties in life by virtue of this love ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

After an announcement in trance ....

B.D. 0771 from February 9th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The divine in you will know well how to distinguish truth from lies, and if you entrust yourselves to the lord, you will be in full power of judgement. Therefore, reject what does not seem credible to you and keep what speaks to your heart .... It is certainly not in the lord's will that every immature spirit manifests itself, yet the human being's will alone is the cause, the pure spirit, however, is fully aware of the truth and therefore gives the receiving earthly child a heightened power of judgement in order to protect it from accepting what is untrue. And so caution is always required and the brightest attention, combined with believing devotion to the divine saviour, and the human being recognizes most clearly where truth and falsehood have merged. The innermost stirrings of a human heart are too diverse and varied .... What moves a person very often resonates and sometimes makes itself felt at times of complete detachment from the earthly. It penetrates through spiritual experience and gains the upper hand precisely through the will of the human being, who receives such thoughts and now expresses them audibly. In such moments the spirits of lies then have power over the completely unresisting man and then express themselves, and the good spiritual powers then have to step back because the will of man does not stop the former but lets itself be taken possession of. The good forces, for their part, can only prevent the proclamations from finding their way into the listening human child, and they can protect it from accepting a wrong teaching, and if it is afflicted by doubts it is necessary to seriously scrutinize the content of the proclamations, which can only be successful through heartfelt prayer. But where the earthly child trustingly turns to the heavenly father Himself, he will be given the clearest information. And so let it be said to you that only God's love ever determines God's reign and activity, but that divine love never takes revenge or retribution .... And it is only in this realization that every event can be properly assessed .... No matter how much it may appear that God's punishing hand intervenes .... love for His creatures is always the reason for intervening in ways that seem merciless to people .... Every event is always intended to bring about that the creatures, which have distanced themselves from God as the eternal love, find their way back to Him. Yet hatred, retribution or punishment in unkindness is never the motive of divine intervention, for He is an equally loving father to all His creatures and He tries to win all His children for eternity .... and if you understand this you will also know how to distinguish ....

Amen

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Correct thinking .... God's guidance .... Stars ....

B.D. 0772 from February 10th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Someone who always practises love will soon reach that degree of perfection which enables him to always recognise what is right and to remain entirely within My will. Behold, my child, your every thought seeks what is right and effectively always remains in contact with the benevolent spiritual world, for this takes hold of everything that desires Me. For this reason, straying onto wrong paths and misunderstanding Me need not be feared. The best guarantee is always the heart's longing for Me, I protect every child which directs its thoughts in willing love towards Me. I sharpen your mind, I guide your soul, I let the voice of your heart speak to you and if you pay heed to it you will do what is right at all times. And thus you merge your mental knowledge with the spirit of truth, for you recognise all proclamations by the fact that they will touch your heart benevolently. You cannot receive anything wrong once the will is exclusively focussed on the pure truth. I take you by your hand, and you can confidently entrust yourself to My guidance, I recognise your will .... and a heart which longs for Me will soon distinguish Me clearly .... And it is My spirit which seeks contact with Me, it is part of Me and therefore the spirit of truth. Let the infinite number of tiny stars in the sky testify to My power and glory .... And then ask yourself whether the Creator of such magnificence, Who maintains the orbit of all celestial bodies, would be not be able to guide a human child according to His will? .... And thus leave yourself confidently to My guidance and then watch which paths I let the children who love Me travel ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Jakob Böhme lecture .... Answer?

B.D. 0773 from February 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Let your spirit arise and listen to the Words from above: It is incredibly foolish not to utilise the blessings of the Lord's gifts and thus to seek in vain and to fumble about in the dark during this time on earth. After all, it is so extremely important to establish really heartfelt contact with the Lord and Saviour, but this cannot happen if people do not become tangibly and perceptively aware of the Lord's proximity. It is now intended to make people understand that they should not seek the Lord in the distance, that they should not look for him so far away from their heart; instead, He will move increasingly closer to them the more tirelessly and sincerely they strive towards moving closer to Him. Every time has its symptoms .... so at the present time it is noteworthy that countless opportunities present themselves to people through which light can be brought to the darkened minds, and yet people's train of thoughts is an entirely internal one .... that is, they certainly desire what is right but don't seize it when it is offered to them, because it seems too easy to them and the human being is unable to believe that the Lord turns to His children at all times and with the same love. He who has ears to hear, let him hear .... But don't desperately close yourselves in order to perceive sounds in the distance when a delightful sound arises close to you, when the cornucopia of divine love would like to shower you with an abundance of grace .... Grasp with your heart what you have already intellectually ascertained and do not worry that you might distance yourselves from the true knowledge. That which has so far remained hidden from you, which you do not experience first-hand as yet, will gain you life .... you will only be guided into the real truth if you surrender your opposition. For the Lord's gift shall universally be understood and accepted so that you all will be enlightened and your activity will also be richly blessed. And the more sincerely you unite with the Lord the more alive you become .... only then will the spirit begin to flourish and look for new nourishment, and this will be offered to you in abundance, for it is the Lord's will that His children shall long for Him in order to be able to lovingly take care of them. The Lord will advise you to immerse yourselves in His light and His grace .... you shall be allowed to draw from the eternal font .... you shall partake of the divine grace and in the midst of the world stand on the mount of realisation and feel comfortable in the divine Fatherly generosity. Whatever you desire, you will possess in abundance, spiritual realisation and inner experience .... nevertheless, that which today still slumbers in you lifelessly, must come alive .... The divine spirit wants to be liberated, yet you keep it gagged as long as you merely study rather than giving yourselves gladly and full of love to the Father in heaven as His Own. Listen to His voice which coaxes you and lovingly makes you understand how you can become His Own, and your struggle on earth will not be in vain ....

Amen

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Spirit of God .... bearer of truth ....

B.D. 0774 from February 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Only the spirit of God awakened to life in the human being is able to gain insight into the infinite creation, and thus only that human being will be able to fathom the nature of all things who only ever allows this spirit of God to speak within himself and listens to the voice within him. The more intensively you observe creation, the more understandable it will become to you that you can only remain viable by receiving the power from God .... you must therefore accept the working of this power on and in all things as the epitome of what exists .... you must further conclude from this that thought is also spiritual power .... that man's thinking will always concentrate on that which becomes alive in him through his will. If the spirit from God is now at work then it will also, understandably, direct the human being's will towards that which is in divine order, i.e. willed by God .... and thus the human being's thought life will naturally develop such that he cannot but be in the right realization of things.... he will know and feel that this power, the spirit from God, is nevertheless strong enough to eliminate all wrong thinking .... that errors are only possible where this spirit slumbers .... where every error is encouraged in the night of the spirit.

Light and truth are inseparable, just as night and lies are one. Consequently, the path of truth is taken by those who only seek the truth, for their will is already seized by spiritual strength, and this spiritual strength has the upper hand precisely through the will for truth. What you can see in creation is only purely outwardly visible to you, yet in order to be able to see the inner formation you must be well instructed by the spirit of God .... you have to believe it, because on earth it is not possible for you to see everything down to the finest detail, but the teachings of the divine spirit are unconditional truth. All creations in the universe are known to him, only to the outer man all these concepts are foreign, and therefore also the teachings about creation are received by men unbelievingly and reluctantly. Where now the will to stand in truth is not the cause for research .... where only scientific fame and the desire for recognition stimulate the spirit of research, there the spirit of lies is also given power and the human being can also be exposed to errors despite the most exact work and scientific endeavour. The thoughts of such a person are not only influenced by good spiritual power, but are also exposed to the effects of the opposing power. There is therefore no certain guarantee of unconditional truth for such research and, moreover, it is infinitely difficult to solve such problems which reach into the deepest secrets of creation, whereas the spirit of God awakened in a person provides him with the clearest answers even to seemingly unsolvable questions, for nothing is alien to him in the whole of creation .... And thus all spiritual revelations are of greater value, but without faith they will appear unacceptable to you until the spark of God is also ignited in you and the divine spirit introduces you to the secrets of creation ....

Amen

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Way of the flesh .... (unfinished)

B.D. 0775 from February 13th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Whatever harbours life within itself has to take the path of all flesh. However, this state is limited in time, and an everlasting change of external form makes the duration of the embodiment on earth appear shorter to the being and this is well considered by the creator in loving wisdom. In every form the being tries to adapt itself to its environment and lets both the earthly as well as the spiritual destiny carry out a regulated activity, whereby then the respective purpose of stay in this form on earth is fulfilled. However, just as the divine creator intended the earth to be the abode of imperfect spiritual beings from the start, He also foresaw the countless possibilities which were offered to the beings through the work of creation, and therefore there is not the slightest thing in creation without spiritual life .... all matter, whether bound or in a free state, harbours spiritual substances within itself which have to undergo some kind of task and thus strive for a slow higher development through constant activity and this is more or less the final goal of every embodiment on earth. (interruption)

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The lord's work of grace .... His will ....

B.D. 0776 from February 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Hear the words from above: Whoever is sent to carry the word of the lord, his ways are marked out. Where the lord's love is revealed, there the human being will also stand in visible protection as long as he offers himself to the father in heaven for service, and so every event is only useful for the spreading of this revelation, even if it appears to be directed against it. The threads are incessantly drawn together until they form the finest fabric, and this applies both to the production of this work and to its dissemination. The influence of the spiritual forces in the beyond on human hearts does not remain unsuccessful, and the joint work of these with the children of earth is of such great importance for all spiritual maturing that the blessing will also make itself felt, even if not yet in the foreseeable future. The spiritual turnaround cannot be brought about in a few days, tremendous work has to be done, and the more willing the earth child is, the greater success can be expected. And thus countless souls on earth and in the beyond will recognize the lord's work of grace, both people and the beings in the beyond will take care of its spreading, often unintentionally, for wherever the eternal deity places Its will before the emergence of a work, the creatures will also have to submit to the creator's will and follow the paths He prescribes for them. All care is for His living creations, and wherever there is still a possibility to save a misguided soul the creator's love and mercy is also active there and guides the beings such that they can gain the greatest possible spiritual advantage if only they are willing. But because now again also the powers hostile to God push themselves forward and likewise want to assert their influence, these also have to record apparent successes, but the power from above will rather prevail because it finds all-round support, because the spiritual struggle is tremendously great, and all high and highest beings place themselves in the service of the eternal divinity, driven by the love penetrating them to bring help to men on earth in most severe trouble. And therefore a fierce battle will break out between them and the powers of the underworld, but the power of love will triumph over that of hatred .... the power of truth will be stronger than that of lies, and the fighters of God will overcome the army of the adversary .... And blessed will be he who places himself in the service of the good spiritual forces .... who is active in the salvation of the soul from deepest distress ....

Amen

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Father's words .... the word .... co-operation in the struggle for souls ....

B.D. 0777 from February 15th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

All those who love Me are blessed beyond words, My spirit dwells in their midst, for I know their hearts and also want to be recognized by them. And so the fruit of all spiritual work is My nearness, and you will be allowed to refresh yourselves, for I am with you in the word. And where My word is taught, there My spirit keeps you lively. Therefore, do not faint when the world wants to snatch you away from Me .... come to Me, your father, in all anxiety and seek help from Me .... but do not reject My word, for all blessing lies in the word and your strength is very small without it. What I reveal to you shall give you eternal life, it shall be the practicable path to your eternal home, you shall accept it as My will made known to you .... you shall, so to speak, draw everything from it .... comfort, strength and grace for your earthly existence .... You shall feel Me and My love for you, your tongues shall be loosed so that you sing praise and honour to the creator of heaven and earth. You will receive food and drink from Me, you will stand in the light and live in truth. And My will will guide you, and so you shall not stand in life fearing and trembling, for those who seek Me are never without protection. All gates will be opened to you, if only you try to enter into closest contact with Me. Anyone who desires enlightenment with a bright spirit has My full love, for his spirit longs for Me and I grant him everything that leads to him coming closer to Me. I awaken the longing in him in order to be able to fulfil him, I guide his path towards the right goal, towards his eternal home ....

Amen

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Evidence of grace of an obvious kind .... bread of heaven ....

B.D. 0778 from February 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

It is a fervent endeavour for the souls who stray from the heavenly father. It is an unrivalled struggle to free these souls from the adversary's hands, and time and again it remains a battle with the forces of darkness. It is therefore of infinite value if the forces in the beyond find support on earth through willing co-operation, for in this time of unbelief all available forces must offer themselves to the lord of heaven and earth in order to put a stop to the great distress of people's souls. At the present time, endeavours aimed at the salvation of souls are doubly beneficial, for only love for one another can redeem people and bring them closer to their true destiny. Without the lord's grace all struggles on earth would be unsuccessful and therefore He considers you humans in an extraordinary way. He wants to make your path easier, He wants to strengthen your faith and bring Himself so tangibly close to you that you recognize Him and joyfully devote yourselves to the work on your soul. If you let your heart speak with the sole intention of surrendering yourselves to the divine will, you will soon recognize how it begins to dawn within you, you will take the yoke upon yourselves without grumbling and complaining because it is the path to purification for you .... nor will you ever rebel against what the father imposes on you, for His grace helps you to bear it and to recognize the blessing of everything the father sends. And if you are now offered an obvious proof of grace, then just gratefully lift your eyes up to Him, Who leans towards His children full of infinite fatherly love, and remain conscious of this love .... In order not to let you become weak, He gives you the bread of heaven and thereby wants to make the heaviness of earth easier for you to bear .... He wants you to refresh yourselves and draw strength from His word .... and if you accept this from His hand you belong to the chosen ones, for you will now surely find the path to Him. You will not be able to go astray if the father Himself guides you, and you will be relieved of all worries about your soul's salvation if you only follow His word. The power of the word is unnameable, receive it hungrily and thirstily into your hearts, for what the father sends to His children in love must make you infinitely happy ....

Amen

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Light of truth .... clear characteristic .... word of God ....

B.D. 0779 from February 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

To stand in the light of truth means the greatest gift of grace for the earthly child, and yet it is only dependent on its will that the lord reveals Himself to it. If it willingly allows itself to be used as a receptacle for divine wisdom then contact has already been established from earth to the beyond and the path to truth has been travelled. And yet people shy away from it, and without any justification. The lord God knows very well what earthly people need for their salvation .... He sees them falling into great error .... He sees them suffering from false concepts .... they deny an afterlife, and an end of existence with bodily death is far more probable to them. Must not the lord now intervene with evidence where man's faith has come to an end? Does He not have to let obvious voices from the beyond speak in order to let this faith arise anew? And you humans do not understand the lord's extraordinary work and doubt it. The lord's ways are marvellous .... yet you will never be able to fully understand His working. Nor will you ever be able to measure the depth of His love, and if He now informs people out of this love, tries to draw them to Himself through His words .... if He admonishes and warns those who are in default, comforts and refreshes the suffering, strengthens and fortifies the weak, and this through His word which comes from above .... why do you not want to recognize this word? After all, He gives nothing other than He has always given from the beginning of the world .... the ever constant truth .... to the children on earth who strive to fulfil His will and who devote themselves to Him in order to serve Him in all love and faithfulness. It is so powerful and yet again so understandable .... it is His infinite love that chooses this path .... "To those who love Me with all their heart, I will reveal Myself ...." Do you want to deny the lord of heaven and earth that He fulfils His promises? He only ever wants to give you, but not take away the slightest thing, and if you recognize this gift from above correctly, you will be able to penetrate the word of God ever more easily .... everything will be made accessible to you, you will stand and live in profound faith, for your portion will be food and drink provided by the will of the lord through His servants in heaven and on earth. And you will always recognize the origin of the power that flows from this word. For what is from God lets you revive and find the truth with a bright spirit. What His love offers you must awaken love in you again .... your hearts must beat faster and ignite in ardent love for the divine saviour and redeemer. And therefore realize that everything that triggers love in your hearts emanates from eternal love .... that everything that points and leads to the saviour as the source of love also has its origin in His spirit of love. For the longing for the saviour is already His work of love in you, and if the word awakens the longing for Him, then this word has also sprung from the divine saviour. Therefore do not hesitate to accept it as it is offered to you by the caring father's hand, it is given to people on earth who are of good will, for the spiritual hardship on earth is great and can only be remedied through the mercy and tireless love of the heavenly father ....

Amen

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Meaning of life .... faith and love ....

B.D. 0780 from February 18th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

He who endeavours to fulfil God's will has fully grasped the meaning of life. He who recognizes himself as the creature of the father in heaven also knows that the father has given him a task for his earthly existence; he knows that he must do everything that the father's wisdom has decided, and he will now naturally subordinate himself to the divine will and strive to fulfil every commandment of the father. If he now places the fulfilment of the divine commandments in the foreground then he has also fully grasped the meaning of life and his earthly life will truly not be without success for eternity. Now the degree of love for the father will also always determine the seriousness of the striving for perfection; he will gladly and joyfully fulfil all commandments who is absorbed in love for God, and thus such an earthly child will also be seized by the father's hand and be drawn upwards by His love. Faith is therefore also rooted in the realization of his destiny on earth .... Man must first believe in a creator, in His love, wisdom and omnipotence and recognize himself as His product, then he will also grasp the meaning of life and, since he believes, also strive to live completely in accordance with the meaning. And so the natural consequence of this realization is that he will always view his whole life, his actions and thoughts in the light of this realization and make every effort to do what is God's will. For he recognizes himself as the child of the father in heaven, and if pure love for God underlies all of a person's actions, an intimate relationship is established with the father .... it is reborn to new life .... to spiritual life in the midst of the material environment. It now seeks and finds its saviour and redeemer everywhere, it frees itself from the power of evil by virtue of its love for the saviour, and so earthly life with its earthly activity is only the unimportant, self-fulfilling accompanying life of the actual existence. Man will strive with all his will for the greatest possible perfection .... for the most zealous observance of the divine commandments; and his zeal will already be blessed on earth in that the father will provide abundantly for His child, first and foremost spiritually .... but also does not allow it to starve earthly, as far as it is useful for the salvation of the soul. And so only those people are able to grasp the meaning of life correctly for whom earthly needs appear trivial and unimportant .... who are able to willingly and gladly separate themselves from matter and for whom the divine saviour is the epitome of all longing for love. For only the intimate relationship, the surrender to the saviour, will make the true meaning of life comprehensible to man .... Without the one, it will not be possible to grasp the other .... only those who always keep the goal of eternal life in mind will be able to truly fulfil their purpose on this earth. Anyone who is too much gripped and dominated by matter will still turn his love towards many things before it is solely and exclusively directed towards the divine saviour. And until then, striving for the top ...., being absorbed in His will and fulfilling His commandments will remain an empty concept to people, for only love for Christ makes all of this comprehensible to us. Therefore, the earthly child always gives itself to the father in heaven .... it commits itself to Him with its full will if it has correctly recognized the meaning of earthly life, which is based on faith and love for Jesus Christ, the redeemer of the world ....

Amen

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The work as the bearer of truth .... foresight of spiritual need ....

B.D. 0781 from February 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Such is your task that the lord reveals Himself to you in order to be able to express Himself unreservedly where the necessity for people's salvation is evident. All struggle in earthly life is at present only for the gaining of earthly power, and thus all spiritual interests remain in the background. Yes, it will come so far that one will try to drown out everything spiritual, that one will only look at and judge the whole life purely earthly and declare war on every spiritual attitude. And so humanity turns more and more to materialism and completely fails to recognize its actual task on earth. And the lord wants to confront such misery on earth and now, for His part, renew and restore the spiritual connection to people where it has been completely lost. People may want to reject this path and refer to God's previous work, which did not require such obvious evidence .... They, too, will one day recognize how necessary God's intervention has now become, they, too, will realize in the time to come how endangered humanity's spiritual situation is and how only obvious evidence of spiritual strength and spiritual activity can put a stop to this dangerous state and how, on the other hand, the true purpose of life can only be sought in spiritual knowledge .... how, despite external hardship and distress, spiritually lively and active people are far more content and inwardly more secure in life than those who strive for earthly values without real knowledge of God. Whatever wealth, honour and worldly pleasures are offered to them externally cannot offer the slightest substitute for spiritual knowledge and also cannot banish the emptiness in their hearts .... and to now provide humanity with clear proof that their striving for earthly good is worthless and senseless .... clearly recognizable in an instant through the power of the Most High .... to make them understand the idleness of their lives .... an event is planned that will visibly point upwards. In the spiritual distress of humanity shaken by this event, the desire for enlightenment or clues will awaken .... Many a person will want to hear and know who until then had rejected everything. However, they will now believe much more in such evidence, which obviously testifies to God's activity, than in the traditions that have existed up to this time, which will still be rejected in the same way because they are incomprehensible to people and are not recognized as pure truth. For easily explainable reasons, the heavenly father seeks to bring the right light to all these willing people in a form that fully corresponds to people's thinking and spiritual requirements and only needs the will of the individual in order to be received with the heart. As a future bearer of divine truth this work shall find its way into humanity, and therefore no concerns and worries will need to worry hearts, for the spiritual power behind the creation of this work will also protect it from every danger from outside. The time is approaching when a renewed onslaught will be made on all spiritual endeavours and more and more demands will be made on you humans .... A general spiritual flattening will be the result, ever more eagerly one will endeavour to eradicate what could still lead mankind to faith in Jesus Christ .... A state of such sad spiritual emptiness will result that even a comfortable earthly life will no longer give people satisfaction, but they will nevertheless be completely opposed to a spiritual teaching .... for they are simply unable to give their thoughts that direction but are full of worldly wisdom, and their thinking therefore does not allow for a conversion into the spiritual realm. Exalted above the teachings that testify to an eternal deity, aware of their wise intellectual thinking and thoroughly materialistic, belief in God, in a saviour, is simply unacceptable to them. The darkness of the spirit has taken over and so unspeakable difficulties have to be overcome if the soul of such a person is to be transformed .... This human condition is imminent. Only a vanishingly small proportion hold on to their faith and will therefore be hostile. It is precisely these few who need strength and comfort in great measure, for many temptations will approach them in order to make even these few apostate from the lord. Thus the lord has made provision and sends nourishing and strengthening food to people everywhere .... Those who pay attention recognize the threads that weave invisibly from heaven to earth .... Whoever lifts his eyes to God also feels His love .... soon you people who want to be believers will feel the first signs of spiritual confusion .... and if you are not completely stable you will waver and look for comfort and strength .... It can then also happen that you no longer recognize the language of heaven if you only look for and expect it where it has been offered to you so far .... People will try to shake or take everything away from you and will want to achieve this so (cunningly) that you will be in dire straits and then have to prove your firm faith in the saviour. And whoever then has the saviour within himself will remain firm in his heart and not give Him away for the sake of external advantage. And you will have to take the strength to resist from His word and you will have to suffer much for the lord, yet it will always be bearable if you make use of His gifts from above, for they will be given to you in wise foresight of what is to come. Therefore, be careful how quickly this time will come upon you .... Blessed is he who does not take offence at the word that divine love gives you .... who eagerly commits himself to it and draws all his strength from it .... for he will survive the time of trial ....

Amen

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Unfolding and results of the spirit of God .... laws of nature .... lawgiver ....

B.D. 0782 from February 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The spirit from God unfolds to its highest bloom in the human being when all thinking is exclusively turned towards the eternal deity, for then there are no limits set to the spirit of God and it can be fully active ...., i.e. it can also make itself felt in perpetual spiritual instruction. The only demand still placed on the earth child is to constantly listen inwardly. Contact must remain established between the giving spirit of God and the receptive earth child, for one without the other would produce no spiritual results that could become the possession of the human being. The slow growth into such a regulated spiritual activity will bring about a knowledge of things that surpasses all human knowledge and whose explanation eludes general knowledge. People attach little importance to such proclamations which, in their opinion, bring little real advantage, and so they leave the many indications unused which, however, could open up new areas for them and thus also enrich earthly knowledge. Thus, researchers have focussed their attention on linking the entire existence of living beings to unexplored natural laws, to which they attribute the origin of every being. It is indisputable that the laws of nature also underlie the creation of every living being, but only in the second instance, so to speak .... For the eternal deity is the lawgiver in all of nature .... Everything must indeed conform to the laws of nature, but these are also subject to divine will and are therefore not the direct cause of all creations, but rather these creations have come into being in a divinely ordained order, and this order is therefore what humanity understands as natural law. Ultimately, only the existing law is now recognized, but not the lawgiver from eternity .... If people are to be enlightened about the errors concerning creation in particular, this is only possible in one way .... through spiritual research work, which can only be carried out accurately if the most reliable source of all knowledge is used .... if the divine power itself is utilized in order to be guided into the truth. The results are truly incontrovertible, they can be used as a basis for further development work and are of such inestimable value that no earthly worldly wisdom can be equalled. What the most arduous scientific work cannot achieve can be fathomed effortlessly in this way, and what requires years of study will be conveyed to people most clearly in the shortest possible time and can be accepted as purest truth without any misgivings. But mankind does not choose this path and instead seeks to research, ponder and prove .... and yet can never come to an irrefutable result, for the lord of heaven and earth Himself reserves the final fulfilment for Himself ....

Amen

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Canonisation ....

B.D. 0783 from February 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Being so securely protected you will truly not run the risk to offend against divine will, because countless spiritual beings are making an effort to safeguard the success of this work and your spiritual well-being and thus also guarantee their protection, so that you may receive what is spiritually offered to you, unimpeded and without hesitation. Many a question shall still be answered for humanity through you, many a problem shall be resolved and many a doubt removed, and thus your devotion and diligent work will constantly be required. The more willingly and joyfully you do this work, the easier it will be for the helpers in the beyond to make themselves understood, and thus a message is intended for you today which concerns a very controversial subject:

Canonisation is arousing the indignation of many a person, since it is, from their point of view, an interference with divine law and divine judgment. But those who felt entitled and destined to establish a community of Saints have in fact assumed to possess a competence of judgment which undoubtedly far surpasses human abilities. Because they will never be knowledgeable enough .... to conduct such canonisation in complete lawfulness. What do people know of another person’s inner life? .... Only God can look into a person’s heart, only He alone is able to measure the earthly child’s degree of love .... Only He can dispense in accordance with merit and knows to judge the innermost nature, the maturity of soul ....

Hence people established an unlawful spiritual community which as such became the centre of admiration and prayers, which truly cannot have been intended by the Heavenly Father, because it is more likely to result in the earthly child’s separation from the Father than in a heartfelt relationship with Him. The human being no longer approaches the Heavenly Father Himself in prayer but attempts to reach his goal through intercession, and this will always hamper the right relationship with the Father. The spiritual beings who take care of you are certainly always chosen by God for this office, they also stand by you with all their spiritual strength, they guard and protect you and are constantly concerned for your spiritual advancement; however, it depends on God’s will as to who is chosen for your protection, because you humans would not have the right knowledge to decide whom to turn to in order to mature spiritually and to obtain the greatest benefit for the salvation of your soul. When people on earth presume to anticipate the eternal Deity’s judgment, when they feel entitled to canonise or to condemn, it is similar to an anticipation of divine Judgment .... it is a supposedly irrefutable testimony of an honourable way of life which is pleasing to God, the evidence of which, however, can never be produced by a person ....

As long as he lives on earth the human being will err, and therefore his judgment will not be irrefutable either. Anyone who outwardly portrays himself to live in a God-pleasing way is very often still far removed from it within himself, and equally, a person passing by unnoticed in earthly life will very often be enlightened, with a pure inner life and a heart that became love on earth. And so people should not wrongly assume a right to which they are not entitled, because this canonisation is not beneficial for humanity, rather it is misleading those who are seeking the truth ....

Amen

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Living bond with God .... strength of faith .... humility .... grace .... perfection ....

B.D. 0784 from February 22nd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Seeking a living bond with God is the first condition for striving for perfection. If you humans endeavour to confidently reveal yourselves to the father in heaven in all situations in life, this bond will be established and only then will you be in the right relationship with God. In all afflictions of body and soul you now know one Who can help you .... You turn to Him in prayer and your call will not be in vain. The father in heaven wants to call fully trusting children His own, and if your prayer ascends to heaven in faithful trust, He will not disappoint your trust either, for all blessing and strength lies in the living contact. Even the slightest doubt will shake the power of prayer, but a single sigh that reaches the ear of the father in heaven in full faith will be heard by virtue of strong faith. May you always remember this word if you are overcome by despondency and cannot find the right strength of faith .... If your faith is alive, then nothing separates you from the divine saviour, then you are devoted to Him in childlike love and surrender yourselves completely to His will .... You trust Him unreservedly and your faith and trust will also earn you the right reward .... The father will give you what you need. And if you now truly feel like children of your father, you will also try to completely comply with His will, for then you will also be in love, and love gives and fulfils all desires. If love now applies to the divine saviour, then the will to serve is also in you, for love willingly serves, it gives and sacrifices itself and is always willing to help. And if the earthly child is willing to serve, then it will also fulfil the right earthly purpose, for only by serving will it be able to mature to perfection. Only a serving being will be able to free itself from all dross, it will emerge pure and clear who places himself at the service of God and his fellow human beings, for this being will practice profound humility and only through humility will it enter into direct contact with the lord and saviour .... For the lord gives His grace to the humble .... But the grace of God is necessary for every earthly child if it wants to reach the highest and form itself into a God-like being .... You are to reach the highest and can only do so if you practice humility. The lower you regard yourselves, the sooner the lord will elevate you, He will grant you grace in abundance, and only through divine grace will you now be able to truly grasp earthly life in all its significance. Therefore, serve God and your dear neighbour with all love and loyalty, try to become worthy of His grace and remain united with God in deepest humility, then you will already reach the highest degree of perfection on earth and your life will be a blessed one ....

Amen

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School of the spirit .... spheres of light .... bliss ....

B.D. 0785 from February 23rd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

You shall emerge from the school of the spirit well instructed and at all times bear witness to your teachers that they have introduced you to all knowledge, that they imparted eternal wisdom to you, and when you have successfully completed this school of the spirit, that you have penetrated into the depths of divine wisdom and are therefore also able to recognize the greatness and majesty of the creator, your purpose on earth will be completely fulfilled, for then you will have reached the spiritual level which allows you to enter higher spheres. You can leave the body of flesh behind and rise above matter without restraint, completely free within yourselves and released from all oppressive fetters. This stage will be a blissful one for you, as you will no longer be burdened by anything. Flooded with radiant light, nothing impure has access to you and your state is light and life .... You stand in the truth and realize that you can never perish. From the depth of consciousness all spiritual knowledge rises up and reveals the whole of creation to you, and everything will be reflected brightly and clearly before your spiritual eye .... and what you desire to see will come to life in all its diversity .... There will be nothing that remains veiled to you .... it will be an unspeakably satisfying state, a constant sense of well-being and yet again a constant desire to experience and see the wonders of creation again and again. The earth only harbours the glories of God's creation to a limited extent, and yet these are so numerous to behold and marvel at that times will pass before a being of light has absorbed all these wonders of creation .... But now try to imagine that all celestial bodies, all creations which have arisen in the vast universe through God's omnipotence, exhibit such evidence of divine activity of love in infinitely great numbers and that eternities will pass before a being which stands in the light has gained an insight into the countless miracles of creation, and thus the state of aversion or weariness can never ever occur, for this is a concept which can only be applied in earthly life but never in the eternal work of creation which is sublime above all earthly things, which shelters beings of light in endless numbers and yet does not deny one of these beings the complete fulfilment of its longing and desire. Every being of light has every opportunity to indulge in supernatural pleasures to an extent you cannot comprehend, yet love surpasses them all .... The law of love is decisive, as on earth, so also in those spheres, love is always the epitome of all spiritual .... for love is the power that flows through everything, and all bliss has its origin and its goal in love ....

Amen

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Path of the soul before earthly existence .... doctrine of reincarnation ....

B.D. 0786 from February 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The human soul has travelled its path through thousands of embodiments of all kinds over an unimaginably long period of time. This time has brought about a certain maturity which should now lead to higher perfection in the last stage as a human being. The knowledge of this should be enough to apply the utmost strength to reach the state of perfection, but it is precisely this knowledge that is completely rejected by most people. Unfortunately, there is often the erroneous view that a soul does not first have to be formed into what it is, but is always inherent in the living being in the same way and that one can only speak of a soul in a human being if one wants to recognize something that continues to exist after death. The animal is denied any soul or spiritual substance .... and it is precisely this that leads to completely false views, in that the extremely compelling necessity of all living beings apart from humans is not recognized at all. It is therefore of the utmost importance to bear in mind the varied, indescribably frequent transformation of the outer shell in order to only then become aware of the full responsibility as a human being in earthly life. If every being was only meant to have a one-time embodiment, then the conditions of this embodiment would have to be so extraordinarily difficult if they were to lead to the state of maturity required for eternal bliss, for the distance of such a spiritual being from the eternal deity is too immeasurably great that it could be considerably reduced in such a short time. This is why the creator has intended all beings to reach this one mandatory state in which, according to divine will, every creature strives towards higher development without any responsibility of its own. To live through this preliminary stage of the human soul in all its diversity is of such immense importance that only from it arises the whole responsibility that man bears towards his soul, for this soul has struggled in the most incredible way and defied all resistance .... it has had to fulfil such infinite tasks and submit to God's will in everything, it has travelled a path which was not easy .... but which was the only way to form the soul in such a way that it can pass the last great test of strength in the human being when the will to endure becomes powerful in it. Every human being is therefore as such a world in itself .... it is a work of creation that contains everything that exists on earth and is visible to the human eye in the finest miniaturization .... the human soul has passed through all these wonders of creation and now, in its final embodiment, has to endure a tremendous struggle if the millennia-long struggle up to the stage of the human being is not to have been in vain. Man should remain fully aware of this responsibility and ask God for strength to fulfil the last task on earth and thus bring redemption to the soul from infinitely long-lasting hardship ....

Amen

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(Continuation of No. 0786)

B.D. 0787 from February 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Path of the soul before earthly existence .... doctrine of re-embodiment ....

Visualize the greatness and omnipotence of God and only then will you be able to grasp the immeasurable love which embraces you earthly children, that even the smallest living being is in the everlasting care of the heavenly father and can never ever be put to shame, for God's love has countless ways and means in order to guide even the most unworthy .... being that consciously resists God's will onto the path of realization after all, even if often after an unspeakably long time. Again and again new shells are assigned to the being, and again and again the development of these through so many resistances is a new opportunity to mature. However, achieving the highest possible spiritual maturity in earthly life is extremely profitable for the soul, for the struggle in earthly life is certainly difficult in itself and demands much overcoming, perseverance and labour, but again, it is precisely in earthly life that the being is offered abundant privileges which already enable it to mature in a relatively short time. However, where the human being's will is blatantly opposed to the facilities offered to him, perfection is called into question and often even a regression is recorded .... Now the father's love in heaven is always and forever intent on leading the being to its final destiny, and indeed, the soul is now also offered the opportunity in the beyond to work on its perfection and to elevate itself into the state which results in a detachment from all matter. This is a far more difficult beginning in a world where everything tangible only exists in the imagination of the being, where the soul is as it were still entangled in all desires and worldly cravings, where it is exposed to all hostilities of this kind and cannot free itself from them through its own strength, where all desires, which in earthly life contributed to the fulfilment of earthly desires, now become torment, as they can no longer be fulfilled and cause the soul this agonizing state until it consciously turns away from them and feels a desire for pure spiritual pleasure. Such a desire will be granted immediately by the more perfect spiritual beings active in love, who will do everything in their power to free an unhappy soul from its state. Help will be granted to the soul immediately, only its will has to become active on its own and turn away from that which still connects it to earth and worldly desire. Where and how this transformation of the beings takes place has always been a cause of dispute for people concerning re-embodiment on earth. So it is enough for you to know that infinite times have passed and countless shells in the most diverse forms have surrounded your soul .... that all these living beings took abode in, on and above the earth through God's will, but always in the closest connection with the earth which just existed for the purpose of maturing .... that the last stage as a human being can likewise only be lived through on earth .... but that with the leaving of the earthly body the soul passes over into a kingdom now completely independent of the earth, no matter what state of maturity the soul has attained on earth. There are the most inconceivable opportunities for its further development even outside of this earth, and once the soul has left its physical earthly shell and the millennia-long stay on earth has not brought it the final maturity, such an unspeakably difficult struggle begins in the beyond, and a re-embodiment on earth would be about the same as if the father would show indulgence to an underage child who refuses to obey him again and again instead of giving it to a strict school which lets it recognize the wrong of its actions .... (interruption)

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(Continuation of No. 786 and 787)

B.D. 0788 from February 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Path of the soul before earthly existence .... re-embodiment doctrine...

How far the heavenly father's care for His children on earth extends is evident from the fact that every embodiment beforehand already guarantees the greatest possible spiritual development which can be achieved in this form, so that the human being's soul is at a certain degree of maturity when it enters the body of flesh and the last embodiment is now completely sufficient for the attainment of childship to God if the human being makes it a matter of concern to utilize earthly life to the best of his ability for spiritual progress. If this time of grace has passed uselessly or unsuccessfully for the soul due to its own will or resistance, this is all the more regrettable as the being now has to bear the consequences of its resistance itself, i.e. at the same time all immature and unfinished spirituality also results in suffering and punishment .... The soul will suffer to the same extent as it recognizes its weaknesses and faults and can no longer free itself from these as it did on earth .... The time of grace of its own redemption is over, and if the work of redemption and love of the perfect beings would not start to help the soul and bring it up, the soul would now be hopelessly lost.

However, it is a false assumption that a uselessly spent earthly life can be taken up again at will in order to make up for the neglected self-redemption. If such were intended by the lord of creation without exception, then there would truly be no need for the divine saviour's work of redemption, for every being would then be free to repeat the once missed or badly used earthly life at will, and thus the immense blessing of the work of redemption would be considerably reduced, whereas, however, precisely for the short duration of earthly life through the act of salvation unlimited blessings were acquired for the human being in order to enable a complete liberation from matter during this time, even though it is up to every human being to choose this path of grace, resp. or to take upon himself the time of suffering in the hereafter with all its torments. God's infinite love will not allow any being to fall prey to eternal destruction, and the possibilities of purification are endless, yet you will only be allowed to make use of your time on earth once, apart from the few cases where the lord has linked a special task or intention to it .... which, however, can never be generalized. The teaching of re-embodiment is always detrimental to people, for in a certain lukewarmness of spirit they will always seek comfort or justification in the fact that they can make up for everything they lack one day, and such a teaching will never be beneficial, for only restless work on themselves can bring them the success that they can one day look back on their life with satisfaction .... while the teaching of re-embodiment always leaves a loophole open which the weak, careless and lukewarm make use of. You should not forget your goal for one minute of your life, always strive for reunification with God and try to utilize your time on earth to the utmost, only then will you make yourselves worthy of the careful loving care that the lord God has bestowed upon you during the infinitely long path you have travelled until your earthly existence ....

Amen

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Fight against evil .... care of the inner life .... habitual worries ....

B.D. 0789 from February 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

You will always have to make an effort to fight against the power of the evil one, for his cunning and trickery are unbelievable and will repeatedly throw you back if you do not make every effort to become his master. And he uses all available means and tries to turn the hearts of the believers away from their love for God and their struggle for perfection. And he very often succeeds in doing so, as he has all means on his side that are closer to the desires of earthly people, who are all too happy to demand fulfilment. Yet a believing heart that trusts in God will be able to resist all the incentives and temptations of this world and will be rewarded if it faithfully serves the father in heaven. And it can therefore expect the greatest advantage, which will not falter in the battle with the evil powers ....

Man should take the greatest care to cultivate his inner life, then the source of wisdom will also open up to him. He should endeavour to avert the slightest danger to his soul by taming himself and thus not allowing the opposing power to gain control over him. As soon as he realizes that all human impulses are in certain opposition to the demands of the soul, danger is imminent, and if he now gives in to these impulses, the first step has been taken towards stumbling or deviating from the right path. This becomes very clear to you when you strive for a living bond with God and have to recognize how you distance yourselves in spirit from the heavenly father if you give in to human impulses .... and what force you have to use in order to feel like a child of the father again. Entering into the right relationship with Him is often not as difficult as restoring the right relationship once it has been loosened. And this should warn you. There are always bad forces at work that want to destroy what the good forces have built up. Follow the inner voice that keeps telling you how much nobler it is to endure adversity than to rebel against injustice, which always stems from a lack of spiritual maturity. Everyone cares about what he considers to be the highest .... If this concern is for earthly needs, man's mind is still very much earthly and he can hardly be expected to concern himself with spiritual goods. And in the same way the absorption in earthly worries is so incomprehensible to a spiritually advanced person because he has learnt to regard them as trivial and unimportant and he cannot understand that time, strength and will are not used more profitably for eternity. Earthly man so often does not want to do without worry out of old habit .... he has the opportunity to get rid of it if he trustingly entrusts everything to the eternal deity, but he prefers to remain burdened with it himself and avoids all help offered to him. And it is difficult to help such a soul to achieve inner peace. But then the fellow human being should exercise the greatest love and patience and repeatedly try to instruct such an erring person correctly as often as possible, for all resistance will fade one day and the victor will always remain who exercises patience, never allows unkindness to arise and asks the father in heaven for a blessing for his endeavour to guide the erring person correctly and to help him achieve inner peace.

Amen

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Divine will .... apparent periods of destruction also God's work ....

B.D. 0790 from February 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The whole universe is ruled by the will of the divine creator, and so it is never possible that only approximately His will can be worked against by forces which are nevertheless also subordinated to His will. The destructive influence of these can only assert itself spiritually on the creatures which animate the earth as long as they themselves are in free will and the opposing power tries to seize this will in order to increase the distance from God and finally cause a complete separation from Him. However, if you oppose these forces with your full will, they are powerless and cannot do anything in the universe. And this has to be made understandable to the human being, that everything depends solely on his will, that supreme happiness for eternity and likewise deepest night and damnation are solely caused by the human being's will.... and that your state on earth is likewise caused by the human being's will .... that you form and shape it yourselves depending on whether you turn towards or away from the divine creator by virtue of your free will. It is so easy to understand that all spiritual good power immediately comes into contact with you if you willingly surrender to it in the endeavour to meet the Highest .... your creator .... to serve Him. Then no opposing force will have power over you and it would have to remain completely inactive if the whole of humanity only wanted to place its will at the creator's service. And if this is understandable to you, you will now also recognize the perfection of power of the one Who commands the entire universe. He guides and directs everything so that it will be indestructible for eternities .... that although enormous changes in the work of creation can be detected in the course of time, its basic elements remain indestructible .... and that the reason for such transformation or apparent periods of destruction is always to create a new possibility of further education for the innumerable spiritual beings. These transformations, which become necessary precisely because free will is not utilized in the right sense, are also related to the free will of the being. Although the evil spiritual forces are also entitled to free will, it finds its resistance in the material creation, and therefore every visible influence of spiritual power or higher will in nature or in existing works of creation will always have its origin in God, the almighty creator of heaven and earth, but such events can never be regarded as the expression of a counter-power of God, as a work of evil, for God alone rules over everything in the vast universe and the counter-power will never be sufficient to be able to intervene in God's reign and activity. Let this be said to you humans in order to strengthen your faith .... so that you may turn your will to the father in heaven alone and thereby free yourselves from the power of the one who wants to corrupt you ....

Amen

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Overcoming earthly desires increases resilience ....

B.D. 0791 from February 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

You all live too much to your flesh and pay too little attention to the soul, and therefore you will also lack resilience. Only those who desire the strengthening and nourishment of the soul will find it easy to overcome. But how often do you fall prey to temptation and still choose the comforts of the world, and this makes you weak. Only when the body willingly renounces everything that appeals to it and contributes to its well-being will it feel the power of resistance within itself, and it will not need to worry about succumbing in the struggle. Do not give in to the urges of the body, but desire only the good of the soul, and you will grow and mature in spirit. For those who love the lord with all their heart must give up everything for Him, they need nothing more if they carry Him in their heart, but the lord only comes when all love and all desire is for Him alone. You want to strengthen your faith in visible signs and do not realize how little you yourselves do to make faith strong in you. Pay attention to yourselves and your desires and try to silence the latter within you .... put up the right resistance to them .... and your strength will increase, you will grow stronger in faith and you will truly have no need to fear your own weakness. But a warning is issued to humanity not to reject the lord's work lightly, for He has chosen this path in order to send news of unheard-of significance to the whole world. In a time that has probably never been more serious, the lord puts Himself in the middle and tries to save what can still be saved. And this in the same way that He expresses Himself directly. He Himself is embodied in every word, He continues to give His teachings to people, He also ensures that they are received by people, but their will still opposes the divine will too much. And so there is always only a small part which recognizes the lord Himself in His word. But very soon the deeds that He has announced in His word will also follow. And all will tremble before God's power and wisdom. They will hear Him and fear Him, for even if He admonishes in love and patience, even if it is His intention to uplift people and proclaim the truth to their spirit, He will nevertheless also bear witness to His power and those who do not want to recognize Him will hear the voice of His wrath. Pay attention to that time and expect it so that it does not take you by surprise. Most people will indeed see nothing and even in the midst of the greatest events will not feel the nearness of the lord, for they do not see with spiritual eyes but only behold the world and its goings-on, and steering upwards is without success. But he who tries to overcome himself and does not respect the desires of the world will recognize the time brightly and clearly and stand in the midst of great world events, which will mean radiant light for one person but also dark night for another and the beginning of another time, a time of spiritual striving. Whoever then fully surrenders to the father's guidance is travelling the right path .... the path to eternal home, to eternal peace ....

Amen

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Admonition to love and peace .... carrying the cross .... coming in a form ....

B.D. 0792 from March 1st 1939, taken from Book No. 16

How much you disregard My commandment, which teaches you love, if you, who want to be Mine, do not endeavour to make the time of suffering on earth bearable for each other. If you remember the short time on earth which you spend together then you are all just guests on earth and therefore all have to live in peace with each other if you don't want to make your days on earth unbearable through your own fault. And now see, My children, how I take care of each individual and do not ask to what extent he is worthy of My care. In the same way, you too will have to accept each one in love if you want to stand upright in My eyes and make yourselves worthy of My grace. Thus all your endeavours on earth should first of all be carried out with love .... And this love shall apply to everyone, whether worthy or unworthy, just as I take hold of you with My love, who do not yet come before My face completely free of slackening. I do not condemn you but lovingly come to meet you, I am ready for you at any time when you call Me. And so I will also now reveal Myself to My child and answer the silent plea of its heart .... I will come to earth again and, as it were, carry the burden of the cross once more, for I will be ridiculed and mocked .... I am denied and dishonoured by words. And only a few come to meet Me in love, for I have become a stranger to people and so it is My intention to form hearts for Me which are willing to receive Me and which stand up for Me with the greatest willingness and devotion .... I want to be a constant guide for such willing children, I want to dwell in their hearts Myself so that they see Me and feel My closeness, and this shall give them true happiness during their earthly existence. Anyone who now serves Me and sacrifices his will to Me and does not slacken in this work for Me is the one whom I love and to whom I reveal Myself in the shortest possible time, in a form which will only be understandable to you afterwards, for you are to give and receive without your knowledge .... give your love to your dear neighbour and receive My love and Me in return. And you will certainly realize the great grace and accept My love with utmost humility and deepest gratitude, for I want to give extraordinary strength to those who want to work for Me and My name. And therefore none of My children who only desire to receive Me Myself will go away empty-handed. The hour has not yet come but I will come in the middle of the night .... I will come in broad daylight .... I will come in a form that will be the fulfilment of your longing and I will let My eyes rest gently on you .... and you will not be able to bear My radiant eye and therefore I have to cover Myself with the cloak of an earthly cover and have to face you like this and you will nevertheless feel a sweet happiness when you look at Me. Therefore, My child, take note of My ever-ready love .... and I want to express this love such that you will recognize it .... that you will henceforth only be active for your saviour and serve Him with constant love ....

Amen

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Divine guidance and direction .... Spiritualism .... Truth ....

B.D. 0793 from March 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Anyone who consciously turns to the Lord is in direct contact with the spiritual forces and will not need to fear interference by unauthorised powers. If you remain true in your heart to the divine Saviour, you will soon spiritually rise above your surroundings and be able to accept spiritual knowledge without interruption. And so you are requested to carefully listen to the voice of your heart, which wants to proclaim what the Father intends to give you. Every event happens with permission from above, yet you do not always understand it. Nevertheless, people are offered so many opportunities to embark on the only path that leads to the goal. Where the right kind of trust accompanies all events, their purpose will soon become obvious to them .... Behold, the path is not as clear to everyone that they would enter it without reservations, it must be pointed out to them, and this can only happen though wise guidance and direction of all steps which, in turn, in the eyes of a person, happen again by coincidence. However, if all of you remain in contact with the Lord, He Himself will show you how important and beneficial it is to utterly entrust yourselves to His guidance .... how you only ever fulfil the Creator’s wise plan if you don’t resist His instructions. One link of the chain glides into another, and you are merely the Creator’s visible implementers, He constantly works through you on earth .... He attempts to awaken the human hearts and introduce them to His actions of love. Consequently, you will take no step without consideration, and only someone who entirely avoids God withdraws himself from the divine Father’s loving guidance. Yet all of you who strive to fulfil His will are used by the Lord in order to save other souls again and lead them towards the eternal light. Therefore take note that you should always entrust yourselves to the divine guidance without resistance .... that you should let yourselves be impelled by the voice of your heart .... Pay attention to every stirring which wants to direct you, always accept the urging of your heart as a spiritual admonition and comply with this urge, then you will at all times be willing helpers for the Lord’s tireless act of love for His children .... And now try to accept spiritual knowledge without resistance, for a clarification needs to be given for a teaching interspersed with errors, which can never have originated from the eternal Deity.

People have often attempted to enter the spiritual bridge by spiritualistic means, and this has always evoked objections by all believers and those who want to believe without, however, having complete knowledge of an area which hitherto was concealed from them. Present day spiritual adversity considerably contributes towards the fact that people nevertheless digress into this area in the hope of finding some kind of help from there. Whatever the human being undertakes in order to find the truth, purely with the desire for this very truth, can never be sinful before God. This has to be said for clarification to those people, who only want to look upon all spiritualistic experiments as misconduct and transgression against the divine will. People on earth are often driven by the inner urge to ascertain the truth, and the doctrines of the church do not offer them enough certainty .... or, they love and hunger for the truth far too much as to unhesitatingly accept something they do not consider sufficiently reliable. They want to take the direct path, in a manner of speaking, they want to draw from the source .... they also want to believe if the truth seems acceptable to them and this thirst for knowledge is not always only the desire for something extraordinary .... It is not in connection with a worldly purpose but merely intended for clarification, and therefore the activity of such people thirsting for truth will never be wrong before God, i.e., it will never be a sin. Whereas each similar attempt relating to worldly desires .... which also includes contact with the dear departed, since this likewise contributes towards a person’s everyday happiness .... or which intends to satisfy a sensational hunger, can never find God’s approval because then .... please take note .... a purely spiritual exchange, which intends to guide the earthly child into truth, cannot take place and because the connection from the beyond to earth is only permitted to reveal the pure truth to the earthly child if it proves itself worthy of the privilege. That the latter is the first prerequisite for spiritual contact from the beyond to earth is already obvious by the fact that not each and everyone can establish contact with the world of the beyond, and so, on account of the extraordinary danger this poses to both the earthly child as well as the still immature spiritual being, such connections must very seriously be warned against ....

Hence the partly correct point of view, that spiritualism very often opens the door to lower forces. Therefore, all such connections must be refrained from if the necessary spiritual maturity for it is non-existent and the will to first and foremost serve God and attain the truth is not exclusively the reason for such a beginning. But how wrong people’s point of view is to reject all contact with the world of the beyond can be seen from the fact that all spiritual beings have the power to express themselves, but that all these expressions, whether good or evil, will only be perceived if the human being wants to perceive .... that in each and every case the human being’s consent is a prerequisite .... in a manner of speaking, a certain willingness for reception .... then every being will also be able to clearly express itself. Admittedly, this does not happen in a way that a person receives tangible or visible information from the spiritual being, instead, it will always take effect in the form of thoughts .... and so are the proclamations by beings in the beyond within spiritual circles more or less thought transmissions from these spiritual beings to people’s minds. The person, as it were, willingly accepts what is conveyed to him as his mental knowledge, and can shape these proclamations according to his state of maturity .... With profound desire for truth he will only be informed of absolute truth, because through his desire he will only attract the spirits of truth or, as it were, call upon them for their tuition. And thus no offence should ever be taken concerning the reason for this work .... People must not claim the right to criticise what God the Lord in His wisdom has permitted, because a human being with profound love for truth appealed to the Father in Heaven for enlightenment which, in turn, could only exhaustively be given to him in this way.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Hour of retribution .... (after lecture about Christ faithful)

B.D. 0794 from March 3rd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The hour of retribution is near for all those who deliberately lead the people astray. But to those I say: Your actions are disgraceful. You poison the thinking of your fellow human beings and lead them on a path that leads to ruin, and you bear the responsibility for all these souls who are pushed into darkness through you. Although I will also find ways and means to help the many who go astray, yet if you have already made their will submissive to yours, their existence on earth as preparation for eternity will have failed and their state in the beyond will one day be boundlessly miserable. And you burden yourselves with such guilt by alienating your fellow human beings from Me, and therefore your fate on earth shall already be a marked one, and you will recognize Me when the hour of judgment awaits you. And your fate will prove to you that you are not allowed to blaspheme with impunity .... that you are not authorized to take away people's faith in their saviour .... I suffered for you on the cross and took all guilt upon Myself to save you from the deepest night .... Now that you are walking in the darkest night again, you want to completely renounce Me and reject all My love that was meant for you from the beginning .... You do not want to accept My sacrifice, through your own fault you want to sink back into the darkest night from which My love raised you through death on the cross .... How unspeakably painfully you must suffer if you do not recognize the work of redemption, if you lose faith in Jesus Christ, Who redeemed you from death and sin. And now you mock the son of God .... You surrender Me Myself for the sake of prejudices that people have made for themselves and which can never be in the spirit of the eternal deity. But a time will pass and news of Me will reach the world, and My adversaries will be astonished because they cannot believe it .... and yet they will not give Me the honour but see in Me the hated representative of their enemies, and they will threaten and persecute everything that persists in Me and My teaching. And then the time has come which I mentioned at the time of My earthly life .... Where the living and the dead hear My voice .... Where I am in the midst of My own and protect them from the attacks of the enemies .... And I will be merciful to those who do not harm My own and keep the decree .... And I will be a good shepherd to My sheep so that they do not go astray in the wide open spaces, so that they are not devoured by wolves and wild animals who go about in sheep's clothing and still want to bring down My few followers. But woe to those who do not recognize their shepherd .... They truly have a bad time ahead of them, for My word is unchangeable and it will be fulfilled as it is written ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spiritual exchange of ideas .... distance from the world ....

B.D. 0795 from March 4th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

You must recognize everything which points you towards the task you have been given for earthly life as a purely spiritual exchange of thoughts, and likewise you must be able to separate all earthly desires from what the soul should strive for on earth. Everything that serves man for pleasure and joy, everything that creates well-being for the body and everything that causes a state of happiness on earth is never of advantage for the soul and its liberation. And the soul is deprived of the opportunity to mature to the same extent that the body's earthly desires are fulfilled. Now a wall, as it were, is pushed in front of the one as soon as the other is taken into account. Man's actions will only be beneficial for the soul when he ignores the desires of the body and concerns himself primarily with spiritual things. Every self-mortification will only contribute more and more to the spiritualization of the soul. A new area is opened up to it, which makes the concept of 'life' far more vividly understandable than the fulfilment of earthly pleasures. The more one-sidedly man lives, the more he will deepen himself, and always in the direction which demands the greatest interest from him. Thus a person who is purely spiritually active will soon penetrate knowledge that will bring his soul unimaginable benefits. It is therefore imperative to make use of every spiritual attention, for it is always beneficial for the soul if it is provided with nourishment, which every spiritual stimulation inevitably is for the soul .... Its state becomes considerably freer and therefore people's every concern should be to provide themselves with as much spiritual stimulation as possible. And this, in turn, can only happen if distance is taken from the world and its desires, for only by renouncing them can all spiritual things reach their highest development. Where one willingly and voluntarily imposes sacrifices on oneself, one will find full substitutes to satisfy the soul. The pleasures of the world will ultimately appear stale to the human being and he will no longer find satisfaction in them, whereas the spiritual desire grows the more it is fulfilled, and this maturing within itself alone is the best proof that the soul can never be satisfied .... that it can still and still receive or be spiritually active and yet the feeling of being oversaturated could never stop it in its work on itself or let it become tired. People should therefore make every effort to gather spiritual possessions, they should always be on good terms with their friends and guides in the beyond throughout their earthly life and engage in a lively exchange of spiritual thoughts on the path of wanting to receive, no matter in what form. Every willing concession will be granted immediately, and every soul will be granted what it deeply desires .... If it wants to remain in the worldly, then it is up to it, but indisputably all immersion in the spiritual will earn it great power and drive it to ever more active work, and this is then the actual earth task, to which you men are to be pointed, that you fulfil it right ....

Amen

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Opportunities to mature .... world events .... spiritual thinking ....

B.D. 0796 from March 5th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

People have been and will continue to be offered undreamt-of opportunities which are intended to enable the human being's spirit to completely unite with God already on earth, and to the same extent as the opportunities are utilized an increase in spiritual abilities will also be achieved .... i.e. the human being can do everything himself in order to attain perfection, because he now recognizes which gifts are at the spirit's disposal by means of which he can become increasingly more perfect. To be ignorant also means to be incapable of taking care of further development; but he who is in knowledge is able to explore the power, to take it into his own possession and to work through this power. Scholarship in the earthly field is already profitable in an earthly sense .... how much more success must spiritual knowledge of things therefore bring, and how inexhaustibly can the spirit of man therefore benefit from such knowledge .... His spiritual possessions will increase many times over, and what unimaginable advantages can that person enjoy who utilizes all the opportunities offered to him solely for the purpose of further spiritual education. The more visible the success becomes, the more it will again be an incentive to strive ever more diligently in this field, and so it is therefore much easier for that person to progress who looks at everything life brings him in a spiritual sense .... who looks at nothing with earthly eyes and draws conclusions which are often quite erroneous .... but always assumes and recognizes the permission from above everywhere .... and now seeks to fathom what was probably decisive for the divine creator to influence people in precisely this way and no other .... As a human being he will never be able to understand the profound wisdom of God and many a world event will also remain incomprehensible to him; however, if his mind is only spiritually attuned, he will also have complete trust in divine guidance, by virtue of which he will unquestioningly recognize the providence. Everything depends on the will of man .... If he wants to penetrate spiritually into many a question, he will also receive a spiritual answer. However, if he only tries to fathom earthly world events as such, he will come up against inexplicable contradictions everywhere and will ultimately be broken himself by the seemingly incomprehensible authorizations of the divine creator. And this then leads to an unconscious rejection of a deity Who guides and directs the whole universe. But how should a person be able to understand God's reign and activity if he does not make the slightest effort to think spiritually? Only someone who draws from the source of eternal truth, who awakens the divine within himself to life and gives it full freedom to investigate through his will and thus enriches his knowledge, truly has no need to ponder earthly events and allowances, for the solution to such questions will very soon become clear to him .... he will understand that it cannot be otherwise on this world if its inhabitants are also to be guided into the realm of the spiritual. The ultimate purpose of all life on earth and in the whole universe is and remains that the being should free itself from all matter that clings to it .... both mentally and in form .... Yet this can only be achieved by someone whose spirit aspires to ascend, who seriously utilizes all the opportunities offered to him to reach the state of maturity .... who associates everything with the necessary purification of the soul and tries to assist it as much as possible so that it will be released from its shackles. What is currently moving the earth is, spiritually speaking, of the greatest necessity .... All struggle, all suffering and all injustice must be fought through and endured, for the human soul, which is in extreme distress, should thereby be shaken up into free thinking, and this thinking should turn upwards, into the spiritual kingdom .... it should turn away from the world and all earthly interests. Only then will the hardship subside and life on earth become bearable for people.

Amen

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Lucifer .... fight and victory ....

B.D. 0797 from March 5th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Unite, people on earth, and sing praises to the creator and sustainer of the entire universe and all creatures. His omnipotence and His wisdom are unlimited .... what He lets come into being will last for all eternity and what is created by His love will remain in this love forever .... Thus, out of love and for His own pleasure, He created man, angel, being (in the handwritten manuscript the terms man and angels have been crossed out) as a being equal to Him. His plan was to place a spiritual something equal to Himself next to Himself, which would be created like Him and radiate power into the universe. However, the created being, although it had primordial power within itself, had emerged from this primordial power, as it were, and now separated itself as a completely independent being. In its fullness of strength it felt so extremely strong and powerful that it became arrogant in its awareness of power and found no boundary between creator and creature. Through God's love it was endowed with the same power, and the will to rule awoke in it and became stronger and stronger. It found no resistance in the omnipotence of God, for it was a God-like free being that He never wanted to subject to His compulsion. It was to preside over the divine creation and be the visible product of the divine creator's will in supreme perfection: The being, for its part, had enough perfection of power to animate creation out of itself and it used this power and likewise created spiritual beings in great numbers and many of these created beings did not recognize the eternal deity as their lord and master, but like their spiritual producer Lucifer they tried to rebel against the divine creator, and since his power was exceedingly great and no limits were set to free will by God, so now a hard struggle began between all spiritual power, which was subject to the creator from the beginning, and that arrogant counter power called into existence by God. This battle is a mighty one, as both sides fight with different means. With infinite love the father of the universe tries to win back His beings who have apostatized from Him, yet the adversary fights with hatred and malice, and since the being's free will is decisive .... because it played such an important role in the beings' apostasy from God .... so this battle is an extremely unequal one, but God's patience and love knows no bounds .... It always finds ways and means to win back the apostates through love and whether this battle lasts eternities, it will not be waged in vain, and God's omnipotence, love and wisdom will nevertheless succeed in the great work that the unification of all spirits from God will take place and the last being is finally redeemed from the power of the adversary ....

Amen

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Forces from below ....

B.D. 0798 from March 6th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

My love often seeks you out and you make contact with Me. I want to keep you away from the traditional course of those who want to explore Me, who soon lose themselves in excessive brooding and are then no longer up to the demands of life. You see, humanity is turning away from Me and I therefore need willing earthly children who are completely devoted to Me and who are to carry out a mission intended to counteract the goings-on of humanity. What is neglected on the one hand to call Me in all tribulation, in doubts of faith and anxious questions, must be done all the more eagerly on the part of these earthly children .... They must always and everywhere seek Me, consult Me, draw strength from Me and without hesitation entrust every step to Me .... And I will always be ready to let Myself be found and distribute strength in abundance. For only in this way can I visibly work on earth again if My children always endeavour to do what I put into their hearts, as it were. Anyone who entrusts every question to Me for an answer, who listens to Me and accepts My admonitions as what they should be .... anyone who willingly follows Me is also conscientious in his earthly task and therefore suitable to be My helper. The teachings from above will reach you without interruption and the right bond with Me will also ensure you such in the future ....

Only someone who renounces all doubts is able to receive God's pure teaching, for it is his faith which allows him to recognize the truth correctly. And therefore the spiritual forces always choose the form appropriate to the state of faith, that is, an earthly child with profound faith will also be guided into the most profound knowledge, but on the other hand the doubting person will be offered the teaching such that it can easily trigger doubts again in order to recognize that a strong faith is necessary and to strive for it with all his zeal. He who has faith receives unlimited spiritual teachings, which he receives again without doubt. However, every doubting thought also weakens the ability to receive, and thus the reception of profound spiritual teachings is considerably more difficult and the teaching of the earth child only progresses slowly. If you consider all this, you will also find an explanation for the unsatisfied mood to which you are sometimes subject. The cognizant soul resists everything that hinders it and constantly desires spiritual nourishment, and the love of the divine saviour constantly grants it this. And so receive:

From below, i.e. from the area of the God-opposing power, a force can understandably never express itself which visibly and constantly points towards God; thus the endeavour of those regions will also always be to keep the beings in apostasy or to try by all means to alienate them from the eternal deity. In such a presupposition of the working of this power from below the received writings are already proof in themselves that they are of divine origin, for everything which obviously leads upwards must also emanate from there .... just as, conversely, the working of the powers turned away from God becomes recognizable through such teachings which would like to completely contradict the divine teaching. Thus the success of the received teachings must also correspond to these, the whole change of nature must be in harmony with the spiritual good that is imparted to the earthly child. And this must strengthen faith and also banish all doubt from the heart. The human being is indeed weak and very often succumbs to the temptations of evil, when he should be able to stand firm due to the extraordinarily many proofs of divine love .... but then he has to fight hard and must therefore atone for his fickleness and weak faith .... And again it is only prayer that allows him to overcome. Without divine help the human being cannot free himself from the state of fear and doubt, only the grace of the lord, implored in prayer, gives the earthly child renewed strength, and it then works with double zeal for the liberation of the spirit from the unworthy state, the captivity of the adversary, who often tries to shake the human being's steadfastness of faith by quite harmless means and is also sometimes successful despite the best will and obvious realization of the living God .... But even if the spirit is willing, the human being's body is still weak, and recognizing this, the adversary uses every opportunity to stir up doubt in the human heart and thus make hearts submissive to his influence. It is therefore of particular importance for the human being that he tries to become master of doubt .... that he endeavours to strengthen his faith and wholeheartedly requests this from the father, only then will he feel equal to the adversary's temptations and never fall into temptation, he will become strong in spirit and the adversary will have no power over him ....

Amen

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Active will necessary .... faith without evidence ....

B.D. 0799 from March 7th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

It was up to your will to free yourself from the power of evil, since the will in you became action. In the same way, everyone's will has to become active if he wants to fulfil his mission on earth properly, and therefore lukewarm resistance can by no means bring success, but victory over evil has to be achieved by using the whole will. The assumption that life on earth is lived in full possession of all spiritual power is erroneous. Certain spiritual powers are certainly available to the human being for the earthly career, but only to a limited extent, in relation to the actual fullness of all power from God, which the being has to expect in the beyond .... provided that the strength at its disposal for earthly life was utilized correctly. Now this strength increases on earth to the same extent as the human being allows himself to be permeated by God's strength. And this again lies solely in his will. He will therefore have extraordinary strength at his disposal who continuously allows the will to become active in him .... who unswervingly completes the path of life on earth in faith in the saviour .... who complies with the call to serve Him .... and who remains faithful to Him in spite of all hostility and all talk against Him. The lord strengthens him and does not allow him to waver. If the lord demands your commitment, then only His word should be of value to you, but the objections of men should not affect you. Everyone is convinced of his spiritual sharpness, but in order to accept the word of the lord with faith, a person should be poor in spirit, i.e. have the least amount of spiritual goods .... the easier the word of the lord will be able to penetrate. But no man on earth can teach anyone who believes he is in wisdom without encountering resistance. And a doubting mind will understandably also lack understanding for divine truths. But the result will always remain that those who are in the knowledge of books will never be able to reach a judgement, for if the cause of origin is not explainable to them, they should not criticize the content, which they could just as little deny or refute if they were to provide evidence for their counterclaims. Very few people are capable of explaining the wise reign and activity of the deity, but how can a person without spiritual knowledge explain God's visible activity .... How, for example, is the entire doctrine of creation, if the father in heaven Himself gives it to people, to be acceptable to them if man wants to demand proof for all these teachings .... and how, on the other hand, should the divine creator make His reign and activity understandable if not through His teachings conveyed to them, and thus the human being will either have to believe or reject everything .... for to substantiate everything taught with visible evidence in order to persuade him to believe would again not be appropriate, for it would require little or no human will. Something clearly proven must be accepted, so the human being would not be compelled to utilize his free will .... he would, on the contrary, inevitably be unable to close his mind to realization, and there could then no longer be any question of faith. The less a person demands proof and yet has profound faith, the more obvious the reign and activity of the eternal deity will be to him, and what gives the unbeliever cause for contradiction is for him precisely an indisputable sign of divine love, and he believes because he is seized by this love ....

Amen

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Right worship service ....

B.D. 0800 from March 8th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

This is the true service of God, that man may live in faith, work in love and give glory to God as the only creator of all things. And if you serve God in this way, blessings will flow from it, you will make yourselves worthy of all favours, and your share will be eternal life in all its glory. And for this purpose God has given you life, that His kingdom which He has prepared for you may be granted to you, and you shall inherit the kingdom of God .... you are to do whatever the father asks, so that He may consider you as His children forever with all bliss .... so that you, who have been chosen for adoption as children of God, may share in all the delights of heaven. And thus the lord wills it, yet you pay no attention to His words and neglect to serve Him on earth in love and obedience. This causes the lord to admonish you further and further .... He is in closest contact with you, if only you acknowledge Him, and is extremely concerned that you do not go astray. He draws close to you in the most visible way and He considers His children exceptionally so that they shall recognize Him. And so it happens that He dwells in your midst where you make mention of Him. He then knocks at the door of your hearts and desires admittance, and whoever opens up to Him will receive His blessing and be relieved of all spiritual hardship. This is man's task in time and eternity, that he receives the lord into his heart, for only in the presence of the divine lord and master lies unlimited happiness, both on earth and one day in eternity. The creature will always serve its creator and sing praise and honour to Him, so that His presence has become the epitome of all bliss. But He who now rules over all beings from eternity to eternity is truly indescribably great and wise .... His omnipotence reaches into the deepest depth of creation, and His wisdom cannot be grasped by man, and every being is His creation, His property and His will which has become form .... And so everything that lives should be subject to Him in love and service and be a true servant to Him in all reverence and devotion, shunning all outward appearances, but erecting an altar to the lord in the heart, on which he offers Him his love and gratitude and his will and vows renunciation of all worldly love .... Such worship is pleasing to the lord, who sees into the heart and judges only the degree of love that is the cause of every sacrifice offered to the lord. Whoever serves God in such a way that he brings souls to Him or is concerned about the salvation of his neighbour's soul, his fate is in His hands, for love guides his will and will be rewarded by the love of the divine saviour, Who is the eternal love Himself ....

Amen

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