New Revelation recieved by Bertha Dudde

Proclamations No. 0801 - 0876

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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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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

0801 - Spiritual chaos.... World conflagration.... Messiah.... The forerunner of the Lord....

0802 - Spiritual feeding.... truth.... revelation....

0803 - Freedom of the spirit.... otherworldly auxiliaries to earthly activity....

0804 - Essence of the Godhead.... fathoming-wanting.... indifference....

0805 - New creations.... change of forms.... cover and substance of souls....

0806 - Spirit bearer.... purpose of all created things.... growth of plants....

0807 - Long-distance effect of thoughts....

0808 - Fellowship on earth and in the hereafter for the salvation of erring souls....

0809 - God's protection to the fighters for His word....

0810 - Bearer of the word.... search for the truth.... training stations.... researcher....

0811 - Faith - protective wall.... divine sermon....

0812 - Protection of the saviour.... togetherness.... living God-connectedness....

0813 - Self-redemption of the soul.... striving for union....

0814 - Mental influencing of the spiritual in matter....

0815 - Explanation to book 17 No. 0814.... effects of strife for the soul....

0816 - Transformation of the outer forms.... change of the spiritual....

0817 - Active will.... freedom of will....

0818 - God's work of education.... spiritual inertia.... purpose of sufferings....

0819 - Completion of spiritual.... maturity state.... protection....

0820 - Danger of becoming lukewarm.... regression.... extreme struggle of the soul....

0821 - God is love....

0822 - God’s word as protection against all adversities.... power of faith....

0823 - Father words.... God’s word refreshment from the heavens....

0824 - Climbing the mountains.... striving for spiritual height....

0825 - Goings-on of the underworld.... stubborn deniers of God....

0826 - Hour of death.... without preparation.... agony of passing away....

0827 - Time of judgement near.... concept of time.... present....

0828 - Depressions.... suffering is the father’s love....

0829 - Coming event.... transformation of earthly life....

0830 - Time of drought.... rocks.... little fountain.... word from above....

0831 - Matter as spirit carrier.... will to create.... dissolve.... compose....

0832 - Vacuum....

0833 - Arrogance.... faith paired with sharpness of mind....

0834 - Rhythm.... natural phenomena....

0835 - Divine love.... anode.... contact....

0836 - Adaptability.... activity urge.... awakening the spirit of God....

0837 - Bliss in the hereafter (house).... exhortation for this work's progress....

0838 - Spiritual self-discipline.... mastering earthly work dependent on the spiritual....

0839 - Blessing of deformity....

0840 - Father words.... simple living.... sham property....

0841 - Different reception capability.... form and content of the recordings....

0842 - Divine judgement no end of the world.... transformation of the earth....

0843 - Disregarding the commandments.... fulfilling the expressed will of God....

0844 - Charity.... ten commandments....

0845 - Divinity of Jesus.... strange sign of Jesus' suffering and death.... admission against christianity....

0846 - Insects....

0847 - Vermin.... technical aids....

0848 - Arrogance.... fall.... spiritual bridge in danger.... deception....

0849 - Purpose of the work of creation.... no total annihilation....

0850 - Sensual frenzy.... begetting.... purpose....

0851 - Immersion in spiritual problems.... flying high.... idleness of life....

0852 - Source of truth.... spiritual community.... spiritual light....

0853 - Jesus' suffering and dying.... Hour of death....

0854 - Spirit of God.... revelations.... science and true scholarship....

0855 - Father words....

0856 - Father words.... audible voice.... trust and firmness of faith....

0857 - Fulfilment of the predictions of scripture.... receiving the word....

0858 - Audible inner voice....

0859 - Enlightenment and instruction from above.... time of suffering for unbelievers....

0860 - Signs of old age.... striving for physical elasticity for earthly reasons.... violent event....

0861 - Care of the inner life.... contemplative hours of leisure....

0862 - God's blessing.... prayer and success of the work....

0863 - Spiritual influence.... direct connection.... thoughts transmission....

0864 - Work of creation.... solid matter.... atmosphere.... plants....

0865 - Suppression of desires advantage for soul.... commandments.... renounce....

0866 - Sunday sermon.... deity.... natural power.... knowledge and faith....

0867 - Redemption through love.... rebirth of the spirit.... overcoming death....

0868 - Soul care of the otherworldly spirit beings.... freedom of will....

0869 - Holy scripture.... word of God in unveiled form....

0870 - Prayer for the deceased.... help through love....

0871 - Purpose and future of this work.... exhortation to the struggle of the soul....

0872 - Earthly activity.... spiritual support.... divine power.... faith....

0873 - Sensual love....

0874 - Otherworldly teachers on behalf of the lord.... abuse of spiritual power....

0875 - Pure-spirit connection from the earth to the spiritual world.... proximity of the spiritual beings....

0876 - Efficiency of the soul.... renunciation.... preliminary stages.... light spheres....

Spiritual chaos .... World conflagration .... Messiah .... The forerunner of the Lord ....

B.D. 0801 from March 9th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

And it will come to pass in the world as precisely as it is written, that no stone will remain on the other, for in these days the world will experience a complete breakdown of everything that has been preserved for thousands of years. All traditions will be opposed; it will mean incomparable chaos in a spiritual as well as in an earthly respect .... People will no longer be able to differentiate to what extent their opinions are right or wrong. They will allow themselves to be driven beyond all bounds, and in the end it will be a spiritual waste-land. The most incongruous rumours will emerge regarding the second coming of the Messiah, and a huge world conflagration will throw humanity into extreme adversity and despair.

Yet this crisis can most certainly be controlled by indisputable faith in Jesus Christ, the divine Redeemer. The path of anyone who has chosen Him as a leader through earthly life will bypass all distress and, protected by His love, the earthly valley with all its horrors will only vaguely touch him, yet the adversity will be indescribably great for all who do not carry the divine Saviour within their hearts, and the suffering on earth will appear unbearable for him, he will torture himself with all kinds of physical and spiritual problems.

And into this chaos a light will shine, giving everyone standing in this light much comfort and hope .... In these days a bearer of spiritual truth will arise amongst you. He will proclaim the Word and fill people with much hope, he will be a powerful speaker before the Lord and announce His second coming and, permeated by love for humanity, eagerly preach the Word which the Lord Himself had taught on earth .... And he will be a forerunner of the Lord. Yet his hour will come even though people will try to stop him accomplishing his mission. The world will show an interest in his fate on earth, some of the world will recognise his assignment and working as God's will .... yet the majority who live in utter spiritual darkness will demand his death.

And during this time the earth will rumble and the Lord God will warn and admonish humanity with a stern voice to turn around and consider the salvation of their souls, and the suffering on earth will be extensive and is intended to show you humans that the hour of Judgment is close. You ought to look within yourselves and remember the Lord Who proclaimed this time to you in Word and Scripture ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Spiritual feeding .... truth .... revelation ....

B.D. 0802 from March 9th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Accept the spiritual feeding as the greatest gift of grace from the divine saviour and make yourselves worthy of this grace. And whoever has been given the office of being a mediator, who is allowed to receive these graces in order to pass them on to people on earth .... who fulfils this office with joyful giving .... his spirit will be restlessly active and gain insight into all creation. He will be introduced to the divine creator by Himself in living contact, and everything that was veiled before his eyes until now will, as it were, emerge as a clear bright image before his spiritual eye, and the human being will be knowledgeable and recognize the pure truth. And thus a new time will also have to .... A revelation will soon become known which the lord also gave to people for this purpose, so that they will recognize any intervention of a divine being. Whoever now recognizes the truthfulness of His words in a state of compulsion and derives the benefit from it by affirming himself and fulfilling all the requirements of His word has likewise been seized by the power of the divine spirit. He is now without any doubt .... it is no longer difficult for him to believe .... his heart turns to his fellow human beings in love, and from that hour his spiritual treasures increase ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Freedom of the spirit .... otherworldly auxiliaries to earthly activity ....

B.D. 0803 from March 10th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Lift up your spirit and let it rapture itself from the earth and you will hear the language of the almighty creator. Experiencing a visible sign of His omnipotence opens the way for you, for your faith will be strengthened and through profound faith you can now also grasp the works of the creator which are not visible to you. It is therefore a tremendously important task to grant the spirit in you unhindered freedom to rise into the realm of divine activity. Admittedly, the outer cover of the spirit is not able to do the same, which is why a separation of spirit and body has to precede, which is only feasible when auxiliary forces are at the body's disposal which have a determining influence on its activity when the spirit of the same swings itself upwards. This is to be understood in such a way that, as it were, all actions which the body now carries out require a certain driving force and this driving force is precisely the working of the helpful spiritual forces. This activity cannot be felt by the human being in any other way than that he is spiritually active at the same time and also fully fulfils his earthly task .... He will be able to receive and give at the same time, he will be strengthened mentally and physically unhindered, since eager spiritual striving need not result in a reduction of physical activity if the latter is trustingly handed over to helpful beings. It is always and only the human being's will that he, if he is receptive, is considered in every way. Anyone who is continuously active for the shaping of his soul remains in constant communion with good spiritual strength, it is at his disposal at all times if he desires to use it. If the human being has recognized this and willingly entrusted himself into the care of his spiritual friends, he need not fear a failure of the strength he needs for earthly life and earthly activity. Divinely, the human being is never asked to do more than he is able to do, and there are always unlimited resources at his disposal. Anyone who in this faith makes use of all these means for the full development of his spirit is also relieved of all burdens of earthly life .... he now still walks on earth, as it were, but has already stripped himself of all fetters if he seeks the supernatural in lively spiritual activity and is able to mentally separate himself from earth with full will. Such an entry into higher spheres makes the earthly state immensely easier for him and brings the soul the necessary maturity in a far shorter time .... and thus the human being should cultivate spiritual life within himself with full will, he should not allow himself to be deterred by the earthly task set for him .... he should always remain aware of the fact that countless beings are willing to help him fulfil it if their help is consciously requested. For only in this way can the soul be granted assistance, and all spiritual strength is always ready to provide it with this assistance ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Essence of the Godhead .... fathoming-wanting .... indifference ....

B.D. 0804 from March 10th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The essence of the deity is unfathomable to people as long as they dwell on earth, for an infinitely wise spirit hides behind the concept of God .... a being Which is incomprehensible to the human being and yet is in closest contact with him again. Only the state of perfection of the human being or his soul enables it to penetrate the greatest problem and solve it. Even then not yet in the most exhaustive way, but then explicably revealing the most sublime divine being to a being of light. But the human being on earth is never able to come closer to the solution of this question .... a limit is set, as it were, which cannot be exceeded in earthly life, and when the human being begins to sense the greatness of the deity it is only the reflection of Him Who can never ever be recognized in all greatness and sublimity. And thus all striving for truth concerning the divine creator Himself would have to be completely futile on earth, since this question can never be completely resolved. However, a desire to fathom the eternal deity will be pleasing to the father in heaven because it presupposes a desire for Him and thus also an acknowledgement of this deity as the creator of all things and the beginning of all being. A complete indifference towards this question will also exclude faith in the deity, and such people will only reach that state of light in an inconceivably long time .... after endless long struggles and suffering in the beyond, yet on earth they are still very far away from asking spiritual questions, and the question of divinity in particular will only force itself upon him when a certain degree of maturity has been reached and the soul frequently rises into spiritual regions. However, as long as the human being is still too attached to matter the soul will be held in bonds, it will neither seek enlightenment about the highest being nor strive to spiritually unite with this being, and therefore the soul's state is still a very desolate one, it has not yet recognized its origin and remains wandering and lightless as long as it does not enter the spiritual bridge which points it into regions of light ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

New creations .... change of forms .... cover and substance of souls ....

B.D. 0805 from March 11th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

It is a law from eternity that the spirit of God embodies itself in all creatures, that therefore nothing exists which does not contain the divine spark, and therefore the whole universe with all creations is spirit of God and therefore cannot be transient, which is why a perpetual regeneration in nature is the same law, which is comprehensively clarified with the imperishability of all spiritual which animates nature. Therefore, even if a perpetual change of the external form takes place, the animating element of this form always remains, because otherwise the whole of creation could not exist, but where the spirit from God does not want to indwell a thing, it would have to cease to be. It is indisputable that the spirit of God is also at work there, when new formations of all kinds become noticeable .... where, so to speak, the most marvellous new creations arise out of nothing, which, however, are already conditioned in themselves and spring from an old form that is apparently close to dying. One can constantly observe in nature that all changes of form always occur when everything that exists is already in a state that visibly shows a dying off .... And from this dying off everything that comes is born to life. The awakening to new life always results in the slow death of the old, and this is therefore already proof that the spiritual strength only leaves the outer shell in order to continue its progress in a new shell, and this usually in a completely different form, so that a permanent higher development of the spiritual entity is connected with it and thus the outer form only serves this purpose. The state of maturity of the being can already be recognized by the nature of the form, for the tinier the external form is, the more undeveloped is also the soul-substance animating it .... In larger living beings innumerable such soul-particles unite again and thus strive upwards together. And thus it can be seen how necessary the recurring transformation and resurrection in nature is for the progress of all spiritual beings, and how all coming into being and passing away is and must remain a law arranged according to plan by the creator, precisely in order to guarantee the higher development of all spiritual entities and at the same time to allow the work of creation to exist and to constantly enliven it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spirit bearer .... purpose of all created things .... growth of plants ....

B.D. 0806 from March 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Everything created has the primary purpose of serving as a spirit carrier but at the same time also contributes to the preservation of the whole, for one is, as it were, created for the other and necessary for the existence of the latter. No thing in creation was created completely without purpose, rather, it will always mean a complement in such a way that either one draws the vitality from the other or the work of creation corresponds to other needs but has some purpose for the benefit or preservation of the various creatures. It is only to be observed that all spiritual, which enlivens this creation, is not touched by the outer purpose of the form enveloping it, that therefore all spiritual is active in itself completely irrespective of earthly activity, while the outer form always contributes to the perfection of another form and therefore remains equally active in the earthly sense. What is taken from the earth for the growth of the plant is, so to speak, always the outer cover of some soul substance, which is now taken up into the plant world, where it brings about a new form for the same purpose, while the spiritual substance always takes up residence again in the new form, increases through the soul substance taken from the previous form and thus shapes itself into ever greater beings, which likewise have their purposeful destiny in the whole of creation ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Long-distance effect of thoughts ....

B.D. 0807 from March 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The human being is most likely to recognize a supersensible power in the distant effect of thoughts, for then he must see all human intervention eliminated and admit that something is at work which he would otherwise want to deny. But if something obviously comes to light which thoroughly shakes the other will to deny .... if a person is mentally influenced to carry out something which does not correspond to his own will at all, then the proof is given that another power makes use of the human being's will in order to express itself. This, too, is often denied and people try to explain it by saying that the human being's weakness of will is a pathological condition which is used by the strong-willed partner. Even this explanation, however, does not rule out the fact that one person can still have a mental effect on the other, but is rather a confirmation of it .... for both the weak as well as the strong-willed person stand as completely separate individual beings, seen purely externally, in creation, which, however, does not rule out the fact that one power can determine them to be active in some way, and that this power, if it is required to a great extent, can also be imparted. Every thought is spiritual strength, it can therefore be requested, received and passed on .... and this could be used far more on earth from person to person if love were inherent in people and a certain state of spiritual maturity eliminated the misuse of this strength. But where this strength is used in spiritual maturity the thought life of a fellow human being can be strongly influenced already on earth .... Recognizing this, great attention has to be paid to the transmission of thoughts, for this is evidence of the working of a strength which, seen humanly or earthly, one would like to deny ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Fellowship on earth and in the hereafter for the salvation of erring souls ....

B.D. 0808 from March 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

This is the creator's will that a community forms on earth as well as in the beyond which is willing to serve Him and thus is active in the lord's will for the salvation of erring souls. Anyone who is of service to Him has the task to devote himself wholeheartedly to the lord, for only then can he accept the lord's will, then also act accordingly and be active as a helper in the community of spiritual striving. All demands placed upon him only concern the salvation of the soul. Anyone who is able to eliminate earthly desire and earthly worries will certainly be suitable to administer his office as a mediator of gifts from above. He can receive spiritual goods, absorb them and also pass them on and will be an industrious worker in the vineyard of the lord. And the lord needs many such labourers, for time is pressing. The more you are active the more threads will be spun from the beyond to earth and an unbreakable bond will be woven which connects all willing earthly children with the spiritual strength .... The bridge is built from earth to the hereafter, on which the earth children reach the father unhindered, if they only desire Him. And because this has become indispensable, because people on earth will urgently need the lord very soon, the spiritual cooperation of the good spiritual power on this side and on the other side is an equally urgent necessity, for otherwise humanity would be at the mercy of the raging of the enemy power without salvation and without help if the same precautions were not taken on the part of the creator to offer resistance to the evil activity and to build a wall which shall be impregnable to the enemy. Everyone who is spiritually active and willing to enlighten and preach the gospel to people on earth contributes to the building of this wall .... As a fighter for Christ he will defend the wall, he will help to fortify it and he will try to gain victory over everything that is spiritually hostile to him. And this will increase the power of the multitudes of God's fighters .... the more they will unite in order to live solely for the aim of bringing souls to the divine saviour and to wrest them from the opposing power, the greater will be their success, for their power also lies in the unity of God's fighters on earth .... they have the divine lord and saviour Himself as their leader and He lead them through all dangers to victory .... He shapes them according to His will, He gives them strength and power, and thus equipped, success must be certain, for everything that fights for God is based on love .... And love must and will always triumph over evil .... The violence of hatred will be of no avail against the power of love. And anyone on earth who desires to be accepted into the community of those who faithfully serve the lord can certainly expect the greatest help from spiritual friends who, with the same love and willingness to serve, endeavour to increase the army of God's fighters on earth and continually offer Him their help. And thus the willing servants will also have much success, all good forces of heaven and earth will work together and their work will only be aimed at one aim, the winning of erring souls for eternal life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's protection to the fighters for His word ....

B.D. 0809 from March 13th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Anyone who follows Me on earth is worthy of My love, and his whole life takes place in the security of My love. Whatever suffering and sorrow touches him is only a sign of My steadfast love .... it is the means to bring his heart even closer to Me, for then he will take refuge in Me in all adversity and tribulation. Behold, My own are strong in spirit, they know no weakness in faith, they stand firm and allow nothing to make them waver. And so you too, My child, shall stand in faith and become a firm support for Me on earth. Only when the heart has completely accepted My truths can faith no longer be shaken. Anyone who lives in faith also keeps My commandments .... Anyone who keeps My commandments is again in love .... Anyone who is permeated by love feels My spirit within himself, for I Myself am with him in love .... and anyone who has My spirit is inevitably and eternally devoted to Me and thus can no longer waver or be in the slightest doubt .... And his courage will grow accordingly, for he will be able to defend everything .... He will be able to proclaim My word, for he has profound faith in Me and My love. He will be strong in spirit and this will also enable him to fulfil his office on earth, for as My disciple and servant My support will always be granted to him. The burden of the body will no longer press him and therefore the body will no longer suffer to the extent it seems. For I strengthen the soul so that it does not pay attention to the suffering and only ever remembers the lord and His suffering on earth. This gives the soul strength in excess, and if the human being is granted hardship for the sake of people, his spiritual state will help to reduce all suffering, and he who carries Me in his heart will always be assured of My help. And so take note of the following: Anyone who gives himself to Me in order to be My helper in the hard struggle for souls can also always know that he is protected by Me; for My might is so great that I can avert every suffering, and I also know everything that oppresses you .... I want to help you to become strong in spirit, yet if you recognize My love for you every doubt will also fall .... then you will stand in the midst of the battle, yet with strength and courage, and fight for Me and My name, for My word .... And My love will bless you and support you so that you will always be able to resist all hostilities which certainly threaten you from outside but which cannot touch your heart and therefore can never make you waver. For My love accompanies you from time to time, and in this love you will go through life well protected ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Bearer of the word .... search for the truth .... training stations .... researcher ....

B.D. 0810 from March 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

All forces unite for the great work on earth, and no strength may remain unused if My word is to be conveyed to people on earth in all purity and truthfulness. Therefore, anyone who desires to live in truth should not focus on the external world; he should constantly listen inwards, present his questions to the creator of heaven and earth, be right with himself, always research with God-directed thinking in all love of truth .... and all doubt will fade away, the whole of life will become explainable to him as a training station and he will fetch all wisdom from God Himself, Who will not withhold it from him. Only in this way alone is it possible to recognize the meaning and purpose of life .... only in this way is it possible to see the highest and most perfect being in the eternal deity, and only in this way is it possible to banish all wrong ideas and self-constructed concepts from the heart and only accept that which truly originated from God, as the eternal truth Himself. If this path is marked out for you and you have the will to do what is right, it will be easy for you, for I am with everyone who wants to find Me. Thus it is only too obvious that neither wise researchers nor systematically trained teachers on earth can give a clear, truthful picture of creation and God's essence as long as they have not yet penetrated the truth themselves, and that on the path via Me. Whom I Myself cannot instruct by consciously turning his will towards Me will always pass by the pure truth and will never ever be able to advocate the infallibility of his wisdom. And thus My love gives you humans proof again that you can always be bearers of My word if it is in your will. The search for truth has always been peculiar to people, only the path has not always been the same .... Anyone who considers himself the starting point of all wisdom, anyone who tries to penetrate unfamiliar territory by virtue of his ego, his research can never lead to the right aim .... for I Myself don't want to be ignored when it comes to fathoming My creation .... I am the lord of everything you see .... and it is therefore understandable that anyone who wants to enter My kingdom in spirit must also come to Me ....Then I Myself will open the gates for him and grant him full insight, and he will never be able to go astray but stand in profound truth .... Whoever, however, wants to bypass Me will walk blindly despite all efforts to find light. You, who are all My living creations, can only be what I have intended for you in union with Me, for if My strength is to permeate you then you may not flee from Me and avoid Me. And your earthly life is truly an escape from Me. The separation from your creator is what makes earthly life so difficult for you, and until you find your way back to Him your suffering will truly not diminish .... And thus the call from above comes to you again and again and yet you don't hear it .... you remain in the abyss, although the path to ascent is marked out for you and shown to be so easily passable .... And you revile and ridicule the one Who courts you with all love, patience and mercy ....

Amen

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Faith - protective wall .... divine sermon ....

B.D. 0811 from March 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

And you should hear the voice of the most high and be aware that there is no other path to the father than to keep His commandments and practice love. And if you obey Him you will also be devoted to Him in love .... Then His will will be fulfilled by you and you will be in His grace. In the time of adversity which afflicts the earth you have the right support, for you know one Who is concerned for you and protects you from all dangers. For if you believe firmly and without doubt, this faith is your protective wall against all dangers of body and soul. Only someone who has such a deep faith that nothing can shake it will also be spared all danger, for he trustingly gives his life to the heavenly father and is therefore in good hands, for the father does not abandon His own.

And so today a visible sign of divine love shall be given to you, for you shall receive the word of divine preaching:

You shall build a sanctuary for your lord and saviour, you shall erect an altar for Him in your heart, you shall prepare a dwelling place to receive the divine redeemer therein .... you shall do everything to purify your heart so that He alone may dwell therein and remain with you for all eternity .... "So behold, you My children on earth, how I, your saviour, woo your love .... you are My creatures from eternity, you are spirit of My spirit, destined to create and animate like Me .... But your senses are for matter .... your longing is earthly good, honor and fame and you forget that you are My beings and turn to darkness .... Detach yourselves from the world, then you will recognize what is worth desiring .... First if you give up the world you will receive in far greater measure, for I prepare heavenly imperishable goods for you, I want to shape your life in eternity into unspeakable happiness .... I want to give you everything if only you willingly give up the world for My sake. Don't hide from Me .... seek Me so that I can let Myself be found and use your free will to follow Me, for the eternal home is with Me .... and true happiness .... true peace can only be found with Me Who is willing to give you everything and can give your heart eternal peace. And if you have found Me I will protect you from all attacks and temptations of the enemy .... But you must give your will to Me and let Me rule and reign in your heart, and you will be unspeakably happy now and also for eternity ....

Amen

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Protection of the saviour .... togetherness .... living God-connectedness ....

B.D. 0812 from March 15th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

To know that they are under the protection of the saviour in hours of need is the most beautiful consolation of all believers. His love embraces His own, and the soul finds peace in the security of this love. Whoever consciously places himself under His protection will experience the miracle of divine togetherness .... he will feel most clearly that he no longer walks his life's path alone, but that the lord and saviour is his constant companion. People are inclined to deny and reject such a miracle because only their own will can prove it to them; but a child of God who has already found the path to the father will be able to feel the truth of these words in himself and stand in the midst of the miracle, ridiculed and scorned by his fellow human beings, yet unspeakably happy, unaware of them .... And the covenant with eternal love will deepen, and the earth child will never want to escape from this covenant .... it will desire divine love in time and eternity, which is the fulfilment of its deepest longing. It is possible for everyone to stand at the bridge to the beyond and the path will always be shown to them, yet how seldom this grace is received, how little use is made of the opportunity, and how much more difficult the path to the eternal home is for the human being as a result. With utmost patience the lord tries to awaken the human being's desire for spiritual food .... He gives him the opportunity in every way to establish a connection with the heavenly father .... through suffering and worry, through spiritual exchange with more mature earthly people, through imparting spiritual messages .... through miracles of creation of every kind. Again and again people are touched by problems for the solution of which they only need to ask for God's help and precisely through prayer the connection with Him is established. But the human being believes he can solve all questions without divine help and is therefore often still completely off the right path and will never find it on his own. And the beings in the beyond who are willing to help so rarely hear the call for assistance and yet would so gladly grant it to all erring people who misjudge the right path. They want to give but no-one desires to receive; they want to assist but people don't desire help; they want to instruct but people don't know hunger and thirst for spiritual refreshment and have no need to increase their spiritual knowledge either. The living bond with their creator would shape them into God-like beings, yet they prefer a life on earth in alienation and separation from the creator to this bond and don't consider the immense blessing which arises from it. The few earthly children, however, to whom the lord gives His word because they are willing and ready to receive for love of Him, are, as it were, constantly under His protection .... They are visibly protected from harm and need not fear the dangers of body and soul as long as they fully entrust themselves to the divine saviour. For they have grasped the purpose of life and strive to fully meet the requirements .... they use their strength to serve the eternal deity, they want to assist their fellow human beings and likewise favourably influence their thoughts, they want to do what God requires of them and thus also actively support the word of God, the name of the lord .... they want to overcome all resistance in order to free the soul from all worldly desires, and finally they want nothing more than to give love and receive love. And thus the living union with God must first and foremost lead to spiritual maturity and shape the soul as it is denied to do from eternity .... into the image of God .... and to bridge the separation from the father in order to finally be united with Him for all eternity ....

Amen

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Self-redemption of the soul .... striving for union ....

B.D. 0813 from March 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The soul redeems itself, which longs for spiritual nourishment. The awareness of its departure from God causes the desire for spiritual nourishment to arise and grow ever stronger, for it feels within itself its belonging to God and an indomitable longing. Being united in the state of light and being able to be in closest communion with the divine saviour lets it strive for spiritual maturity with all its strength, and it consciously and in a short time separates itself from all matter and only ever strives for pure-spiritual contact and exchange of thoughts with the friends in the beyond, and its effort will also soon be successful because so much support is now offered to it, and it is instructed and satiated with food and drink from the heavens and thus remains in constant contact with spiritual strength. The soul is now anxious to utilize everything it has absorbed in order to attain the state of maturity as soon as possible, and therefore also consciously turns to the right source of spiritual knowledge .... to the divine father Himself, and if the nourishment originates from Him, the earthly child will already be able to free itself from every material bond in a short time. It will fetch refreshment ever more often and not miss any opportunity which could earn it the saviour's presence, and thus it is always and at all times willing to exchange life on earth for life in the beyond, always in the belief and hope that it will thereby put an end to the separation from the father and be eternally united with Him. A soul which endeavours to redeem itself by gladly and willingly renouncing all pleasures of the world and remaining completely active in love will already make contact with the divine creator Himself in the foreseeable future; it will, as it were, be seized by the spiritual strength which tries to influence on earth what does not exactly show itself reluctantly. The more willingly the human being approaches the efforts of these givers of strength the more obviously the overall effect on the human soul can be recognized, and if the human being asks for the strength to let the will become active and at the same time be at the service of neighbourly love .... the soul will find full satisfaction in spiritual work and be willing to give up its stay on earth at any time in order to be able to be completely absorbed in spiritual striving in the beyond, freed from its previous fetters, and to serve the divine lord and master in humility and love. Once this desire has awakened in the soul, the earth and all worldly pleasures will be completely disregarded and its mind will only turn to the divine creator and strive ceaselessly for final unification with the heavenly father ....

Amen

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Mental influencing of the spiritual in matter ....

B.D. 0814 from March 17th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Observe creation in its design, see its versatility which is expressed in the varied formation of form, and then try to imagine all images which present themselves to the eye spiritually enlivened .... consider everything you see not as dead matter, but only ever see the spiritual entity through it .... and you will soon grow so intimately together with everything that comes before your eyes, you will sense life in everything and be intent on nurturing this life, and thus contribute to the increase of the spiritual in all matter through the meaningful uniting of creations that are related in essence. I.e., anyone who sees nothing as coincidence but recognizes God's will and omnipotence in everything will bring about a transformation of the outer form. But this again presupposes a firm belief in the development of spiritual beings in every form. Just as the human being, by virtue of his will to shape, has it in his own hands to let the most incredible creations come into being on earth, it must also be possible for him to connect every work of creation with his spiritual task and to likewise impart spiritual strength to the spiritual beings hidden in it through mental transmission, and this strength must express itself again in such a way that all external form remains in constant activity and thus fulfils its earthly task in the shortest possible time and then also devotes itself to new activity again in new shaping ....

Amen

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Explanation to book 17 No. 0814 .... effects of strife for the soul ....

B.D. 0815 from March 18th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

People demand justice and don't have the right standard for their own actions, and if every person were willing to take the feeling of justice into account all disputes and quarrels would soon be resolved, but people often consider themselves more entitled to demand consideration for themselves but to deny it to their fellow human beings, and thus the latter provokes their fellow human being's displeasure and peace is considerably disturbed. And this results in people becoming hostile towards each other again, that they reduce the love within themselves and build a wall between themselves, and such a state will never contribute to the soul's advancement, rather, it will be forced into a kind of standstill, it will lose itself in thoughts which are completely useless and worthless and thus deprive the soul of precious time of work which would be conducive to its advancement. When you humans thus consider the effect of an argument, it will have to be your serious endeavour to avoid all such hostilities and rather take an injustice upon yourselves than cause far greater harm to the soul by endeavouring to settle a dispute. You use your willpower on completely unimportant questions and their solution and don't consider that you don't derive the slightest advantage for the soul from a favourable outcome of an argument either, and this should always prevent you from debating useless matters, after all, they only cause harmful effects for the soul. To leave all rules of such questions to God is far more reasonable and leads to far greater success.

(And now listen to the voice of the heart and take up a closer explanation about the communication incomprehensible to you, which concerns the mental influencing of the banished spiritual in creation .... As it is obvious and understandable to you, the creation, i.e. everything visible to you, nevertheless only serves the purpose of granting stay to the spiritual, and thus every thing is spiritually enlivened. This applies to everything that is visible to you. So now the spirit bearer is exposed to the human will to shape .... thus all matter, which so to speak serves the human being again as material to be reshaped in his hand .... the human being for his part now has the possibility to also influence the spiritual power, which is inherent in matter .... and he can so to speak influence this spiritual power so that it can finish its course of development more quickly and leave this very form. Hence it must be the human being's endeavour to recognize the banished spiritual in all matter, to assist this spiritual and, if possible, to ensure that a permanent change and utilization of matter releases all spiritual within it .... that the human being, as it were, contributes to shortening the lifespan of matter in unchanged form .... that he must realize that nothing in the universe retains its form for a long time and that a constant change of external form helps the spiritual entity to ascend. Anyone who looks at everything in this sense and is willing to help by seeing shells of spiritual substance in all works of creation and is therefore active himself in order to permanently reshape these shells, and this in full awareness of assisting the spiritual entities, his task is only thereby properly fulfilled, after all, he is not only active for himself and his spiritual well-being but at the same time for the helpless entities which are not yet able to liberate themselves consciously, whose path is then considerably shortened. For if the human being believes that all creation is and remains a spirit bearer, he will also be aware of the fact that he, as a likewise spirit bearer, must find a connection with the spiritual entity by subjecting the external form to frequent change and that everything which comes into being under the human being's hands is, as it were, always permitted by God's will to form a new external form which is again entitled to receive the spiritual substance within itself. Only the will of man is needed for this. And only the belief that all creation is spiritually enlivened, as well as all striving for love which is meant for the release of spiritual substance, is an auxiliary factor for these beings which cannot be valued highly enough. And every work you tackle in this awareness will also carry God's blessing within it; for all His spiritual co-workers are active for the beings' redemption, both on earth as well as in the beyond ....

Amen

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Transformation of the outer forms .... change of the spiritual ....

B.D. 0816 from March 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Just as a constant transformation of all forms takes place on earth, just as nothing constantly remains in the same form, so all spiritual beings sheltering in form must also experience the same transformation which, although it is not visible to the human eye, is clearly recognizable in the spiritual world. The spiritual beings very soon notice when such a spiritual transformation upwards takes place and use every opportunity to promote this higher development by lovingly taking care of the spiritual being striving upwards. Again, it can only be explained that all spirit bearers on earth, i.e. all matter and all living beings, always show spiritual progress when they allow themselves to be mentally influenced by higher spiritual strength, for then a united, thus strengthened spiritual strength is active and as such has correspondingly greater success to record. Wherever a spirit bearer is favourably influenced he must strive upwards, and everything striving upwards unites again, as it were, and contributes to the increase of spiritual strength .... A substance which is enlarged in such a way must understandably also have a form externally adapted to it, which is why every transformation of the spirit also necessitates the transformation of the external form. And thus, to a certain extent, it is clearly recognizable in all works of creation to what extent the spiritual substance is inherent in them, for the outer form will also be correspondingly larger and more perfect the more developed its soul, i.e. everything spiritual in it, is. It is now also understandable to the human being why the body, i.e. the human being's fleshly body, has many similarities with the already fairly developed animal bodies, for the soul is already so far formed in the latter that it only needs to unite with the substances it lacks in order to be able to fully meet the demands which are demanded of it for embodiment as a human being, which is why the human being's external form also unites, as it were, everything which has been taken from every form it has passed through so far. It is not possible for the human being on earth to comprehend this, for there are countless entities or soul particles which have formed themselves into a whole during their stay on earth .... but the human being does not possess the ability to intellectually think through all stages of his development, nor does he have the capacity to comprehend the versatility and creative ability of a human soul .... He will certainly be able to be convinced with good will that the soul has attained human form through endless transformation, but he will never be able to grasp this spiritual miracle in all its greatness and sublimity as long as he remains on earth ....

Amen

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Active will .... freedom of will ....

B.D. 0817 from March 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Every thought directed into the spiritual requires the human being's full will and is therefore the human being's will which has become active, irrespective of whether the activity expresses itself mentally or in the exercise of works of love, which likewise first require the human being's thinking. The human being always has to turn to everything spiritual of his own free will by means of the willpower at his disposal. This willpower expresses itself in every action which is then carried out, and if every action is determined by love, the willpower will become ever stronger, especially if it is requested consciously and faithfully. Then all resistance must also be overcome, the human being must also overcome himself, for he becomes strong in spirit the more his will becomes active in him. The human being directs his gaze upwards, he finds contact with the spiritual world, this imparts spiritual strength to him which in turn strengthens his will and allows him to become active, and thus the human being himself contributes to the integration into divine order, if only he has the will to acknowledge such at all .... that he occupies himself with spiritual things is always a concession of his belonging to God, he demands back to desires to that which is his origin from eternity .... he will .... And his will is the basic condition to reach his aim. When the will has become active in the human being, then there is no longer an obstacle, for God has provided him with enough helpers which a willing earth child will now use in order to successfully pass the battle on earth. For it has passed the test, it has used its freedom of will in the right way by consciously turning towards the father in heaven ....

Amen

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God's work of education .... spiritual inertia .... purpose of sufferings ....

B.D. 0818 from March 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

You, who still live on earth, are approaching a time which will be unspeakably painful for you and you will have to assert yourselves in the face of all the hardship you are destined to experience. What the creator of heaven and earth allows is only ever a means by which He wants to spare His living creations the spiritual suffering one day, which will have far more painful effects in the beyond and which the human being can avert if he humbly accepts the suffering on earth and emerges from it purified and matured in soul. Man in his short-sightedness, which is the result of faithlessness, cannot comprehend the work of education of the heavenly father. He grumbles and complains and is not infrequently inclined to deny an eternal deity altogether because the work of Him seems incomprehensible to him. And he does not recognize the love and patience of his creator Who has to choose this path because His loving admonitions and words from above are not listened to, and time has become ever more serious, the human being ever more sluggish in his spiritual work and only ever concerned with fulfilling earthly duties, regardless of how this fulfilment of duty affects the soul. Now the spiritual world must also be extremely active and must in turn give people on earth evidence of its activity in and around it. For man no longer finds the connection to his creator. A tremendous shaking of his principles of life must first force man to think again about his 'self ', his origin and his end. In a completely calm time there is only a greater danger of living in spiritual inertia, but where the human being is forced to carry burdens of whatever kind he ultimately asks himself what meaning underlies his whole life and which path he could take in order to be relieved of earthly worries and suffering. And then he will certainly timidly grasp the father’s hand which is lovingly offered to him and which first wants to snatch him from the spiritual hardship of the soul. This purpose is the only reason for all the coming time of suffering ....

Amen

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Completion of spiritual .... maturity state .... protection ....

B.D. 0819 from March 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Everything spiritual must complete itself .... It must, so to speak, be brought to the highest development and grow to a degree of maturity in which it is worthy to unite with the eternal deity. In order to understand this, the human being must have already reached a certain spiritual level .... he must have penetrated spiritual truths and must have learned to understand the human being's development, his task and his aim to such an extent that he now begins to sense what God has destined His creatures to do from eternity. He will now want to give the spiritual substance within him maturity with full zeal and of his own accord; he will work constantly on himself in order to place his spirit into that state of perfection .... But he will now also have to struggle with increased resistance, because precisely the existence of such a struggle is extraordinarily beneficial for the soul. Victory over temptations of all kinds, asserting oneself in all temptations and last but not least surrendering to all trials is an ascent from step to step in order to reach perfection. And the soul has to fight this battle all on its own, no other spiritual being can ever relieve it of the task or fulfil it for it, but it can only ever help with assistance if this assistance is consciously requested. Thus no soul can achieve a degree of maturity through protection which it does not deserve; instead, it must be fully active and completely fulfil the task set for it if it is then also to receive the reward which is set for such striving .... eternal beatitude in union with the divine father. Thus the spiritual entity in the human being, the soul, has certainly been burdened with the greatest responsibility but it also has to expect the greatest reward .... it has to do all the work in order to receive unspeakably glorious things in return, and it is undoubtedly exposed to great dangers in earthly life, yet the bestowals of grace help to reduce and overcome these dangers so that the soul can very well fulfil the task given to it, if it is of serious will and able to imagine the incomparable beatitude .... but otherwise it is offered no opportunity to enter the eternal kingdom of peace, and it is the father’s eternal decision that He wants to form His living creations into God-like beings which shall one day rule the universe with Him and in His will and continuously enjoy the highest beatitude ....

Amen

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Danger of becoming lukewarm .... regression .... extreme struggle of the soul ....

B.D. 0820 from March 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 17

It is a long way to perfection. Once the soul has asserted itself in resistance to the power striving for its downfall and has recognized its exit from God, it certainly remains in the permanent care of its spiritual friends who stand helpfully by its side, but its striving for perfection must find the driving force within itself, its will must remain active, as it were, without interruption in order to reach perfection. Every deviation from the right path, every sluggishness and carelessness must be made up for by double devotion and work on oneself and cannot be replaced by external strength or help. With its own will the soul achieves everything, without its will nothing .... Therefore no standstill may occur in the desire to reach the height, for a standstill is tantamount to a decline. A person whose soul is no longer active for its eternal salvation will certainly turn to the world again just to have some kind of activity and re-establish the connection with matter instead of separating from it, which is his actual task. And thus the danger of regression is always far greater than that of standstill, for the latter only lasts a short time, and then the human being again pursues his spiritual work, or he distances himself from it, which everyone should anxiously endeavour to prevent. For the opportunity of a step backwards is immediately taken advantage of by the bad forces which always lie in wait for him and for their part affect such a soul with all the means at their disposal. And the struggle begins anew and demands the fullest power of resistance and readiness for action. Every soul should therefore only ever take care that it does not tire in its striving upwards, it should daily assure itself of divine grace through constant prayer and in every adversity and in the danger of becoming lukewarm trustingly turn to the father in heaven for help. This already presupposes the earth child's will, and as soon as the will becomes active precisely through prayer, the soul remains in constant work on itself, and the danger of regression is eliminated. Its struggle has already lasted an inconceivably long time, and even if great demands are placed on the soul in earthly life, the soul should nevertheless wrestle tirelessly precisely now in order to pass the final test and to be able to leave its state of compulsion and, as a free light being, to behold all God's glories and to find eternal happiness in union with the supreme being. And therefore it should consciously renounce that which still connects it with the world and matter, even though its body still dwells on earth .... but the soul can hurry ahead into the realms of supreme bliss if only it continues to let its will become active and prevents or fights against any slackening of spiritual striving ....

Amen

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God is love ....

B.D. 0821 from March 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Remain faithful to the ancient teaching which admonishes you to love God above all things and your neighbour as yourself. And so listen: Nothing in the world will be able to destroy the word of God, for it is given by Himself and thus endures for all eternity .... And this word of His teaches you to live in love, and if you comply with this commandment you will enter the kingdom of heaven. And thus you must also acknowledge the one Who is love Itself from eternity, Who sacrificed Himself for people out of immense love in order to redeem them from the deepest guilt of sin. And anyone who lives in love follows Him .... and people want to deny the son of God because love no longer dwells in their hearts, for anyone who loves has the divine saviour within himself and his heart will joyfully affirm Him .... and in this affirming joy of life he cannot help but also love his neighbour, for love, which is God Himself, fills his heart with such power that everything that comes into contact with Him is seized by it. Love is the greatest of miracles .... It redeemed humanity from death, It brought all creation to life, It brings temporal and eternal joy .... It is life and strength .... longing and fulfilment .... It is the epitome of everything divine and connects heaven and earth with each other .... And if you humans live in love you will become perfect, just as the father in heaven is perfect, for everything is rooted in love, It originates from God and leads back to God again .... for God is the eternal love Himself ....

Amen

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God’s word as protection against all adversities .... power of faith ....

B.D. 0822 from March 22nd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

As the world attunes itself to My teaching, so will the events take place which are destined for earth. My teaching contains everything the earthly children were given to do, and if they make an effort to comply with My commandments their fate on earth will also be a bearable one; yet anyone who denies Me and My word has to fulfil his task in a different way .... he has to find the same path through suffering and difficult days so that he acknowledges his creator and judge in Me .... he also has to accept My word in a roundabout way, and this path will be more difficult and more thorny but it can also lead to the aim. How easy earthly life would be for you if only you would always pay attention to the voice from above which announces itself in you. And what suffering you could keep away from yourselves by fulfilling My commandments, which I convey to people again and again in all purity. The more intimately you accept My word the more you will also accept the strength from Me, and you will be armed to face all earthly suffering .... Consider this, if you desire to reject My word as a human word, you thereby take away the strongest protection against all adversities of life. Anyone who does not acknowledge Me and does not carry My word within himself .... anyone who does not honour Me and does so by obeying My word, cannot be granted protection by Me in severe adversity, for he rejects Me and does not see in Me the one Who can help him .... I am always ready for My children on earth and will not let any call in vain, yet if they reject My help .... if they do not recognize in Me the almighty of heaven and earth .... if they lack faith in My love and My omnipotence .... how can I then bring them help? All your strength lies in deep faith, but without faith you are weak, helpless creatures. Whoever has My word and lives according to it also stands in deepest faith and is thus strong against all hostilities that come from outside. He will not feel the suffering of earth like that and will also never be without help, for he has Me and lives according to My word ....

It is indisputably proven that the world has dealt sufficiently with the problem of a detachment from Me and that thereby unspeakable suffering has already come upon humanity, for the whole earth has become a source of fire, so to speak, and the same battle against My teaching rages everywhere. People don't know how to distinguish between My teaching and the statutes of men .... their battle is directed at one and extends to the other .... they want to destroy everything and destroy faith in Me as the redeemer of the world and in My word, which I have taught at all times ....

Amen

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Father words .... God’s word refreshment from the heavens ....

B.D. 0823 from March 22nd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Love for you has moved Me to send you My word again and again, and thus you stand in great grace and pay no attention to it. I am your God from eternity, I am your creator, your father and at the same time also the redeemer for you who became man .... And anyone who recognizes this and believes in Me is cared for on earth by My love until his end. I know My own and My own know Me .... and well to those who see their saviour and redeemer in Me, who have My word and can build themselves up on it. What is a person's life on earth without this faith; how forsaken does he feel in great distress of heart, for he walks his difficult earthly path without hope of help and only becomes more aware of his loneliness when he has to go through suffering and affliction. Then I will always bring My word close to him, I will show him the right path with love and care .... And now I will again give people on earth the advice to seek contact with the one Who holds all fate in His hands .... But who hears My words, who pays attention to the signs, who gives Me the honour and longs for My love .... There are only a few who fully grasp the meaning of life, and these few shall be My helpers on earth, servants through whom I want to work and guides who shall fight for My name. Mankind wants to renounce Me and does not see the disaster which this plan entails .... it thinks it knows and yet is unspeakably wrong .... it thinks it is progressive and always goes back. And that is why I am active everywhere and announce My word to those who seek connection with Me in faith in Me, and I see their hearts, which are ready to receive, and give them constant thought, so that whoever is in trouble and wants to recognize should lift himself up at this word received from above, so that he who desires such shall fetch wisdom from it. The refreshment from heaven shall flow to people on earth in such abundance that it will truly suffice to revive the spiritually weak and give them strength for their life on earth. For only My word will protect people in greatest adversity, only in My word can true salvation be found, and only in the word can the father be recognized, for His word is always the same .... it is love, truth and life .... it is the word I Myself ....

Amen

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Climbing the mountains .... striving for spiritual height ....

B.D. 0824 from March 23rd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Behold, if you aspire to climb the mountains, you must not lack strength of purpose, for everything that is high up must, as it were, be climbed. A sluggish man cannot easily reach his aim, for he must apply double strength in order to look down with double satisfaction and bless the path he has travelled which has led him to the heights. Spiritual striving must also be regarded in this way. It is likewise a perpetual desire to climb to the summit, which is spiritual perfection. The tireless wanderer ascends the heights with certainty, if he does not allow himself to be distracted by the toils and efforts which the path brings him. His gaze is directed upwards, he spares no effort and strives only towards the aim. If the walk on earth takes place in the same way, if the human being with his gaze turned upwards also takes every effort and strain upon himself, if he does not let himself be distracted by the momentary pleasures of the world but sends his soul ahead into the upper regions and uses all his will to reach the spiritual height, he will one day be able to look back with satisfaction on his earthly path, and he will never regret what he has sacrificed to reach this aim, to stand in the light and be relieved of all suffering. Anyone who stands on top of the mountain and feels free from all earthly burdens, who believes to be closer to his lord and creator, as it were, who can now let his gaze wander over endless vast regions and behold everything in its splendour and beauty, will be able to roughly imagine the spiritual freedom in which the soul can behold everything that exists around it after having completed its ascent, how it feels free from all earthly heaviness and, standing in the light of the divine sun of grace, may enjoy unspeakable delights. And even if the ascent is arduous, the reward is so incomparably glorious that it outweighs a thousandfold all the sufferings and renunciations that preceded it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Goings-on of the underworld .... stubborn deniers of God ....

B.D. 0825 from March 23rd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Words of love continue to come to you and well-meaning beings unite to make you receptive and prepare you to receive the teachings from above.

And thus you will also hear an extremely important teaching today which shall give you information about the goings-on of the underworld, by which is to be understood everything that rebels against the good spiritual beings and strives to work against them. These beings particularly avoid all opportunities which could serve them for higher development, and their constant intention is to draw what is not yet in dark night into their spell and thus to increase the flock of those who turn away from God. Thus it seems as if the number of dark beings is increasing immeasurably, since earth and its inhabitants are resisting the good spirits' efforts and are increasingly turning away from God. However, there is also a limit to this dark power where its strength can no longer have an effect, and this is always the case when spiritually mature beings take care of people in a particularly loving way, so that equally strong good forces oppose the efforts of the evil forces and their effects on people can be felt, even if they are not entirely successful, but they nevertheless put a stop to the evil activity. Thus there is a particularly fierce battle between the good and the bad spiritual beings in the present time of spiritual adversity, but the power of love outweighs that of hatred. And this is a blessing for the erring souls .... Thus a person who becomes weak in spirit due to a certain lack of knowledge will be particularly lovingly protected by his spiritual friends, and it will not be easy work for the adversary to draw him into his circle of influence, in contrast, the persistent God-denier .... who has had countless opportunities of acquiring knowledge of spiritual truths will be in greatest danger, for the dark power will seize him with all cunning and seek to even strengthen his will of rejection and to deprive him of all understanding for spiritual truths in order to gain a firmer hold on him. And therefore it will be considerably easier for an earthly person who is not particularly knowledgeable to attain God and realization than for an arrogant representative of God's deniers who is convinced of his knowledge yet disregards God's commandments .... The enemy tries to get hold of him, and then the good spiritual world will also be powerless, for such a person voluntarily places himself under the overlordship of evil and thus does not give the helpful spiritual forces permission to take care of him, and without the human being's intervention through his will an attempt at salvation cannot be carried out, and thus this person has to bear his spiritual hardship alone .... He either has to try to free himself from the enemy's fetters or he will be a hopeless slave to him until time immemorial ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Hour of death .... without preparation .... agony of passing away ....

B.D. 0826 from March 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

In the middle of life, man begins to think about questions relating to his bodily end. During this time, he is haunted by thoughts of a sudden end .... he tries to avoid them at first, and yet he will always listen to them. It is like a constant urging to keep these questions in mind, it is like a continuous admonition to remember his end and to take a stand on it. Every moment the spiritual power uses to remind the human being of this, and it is truly only beneficial for the soul to pay attention to such thoughts. An unnoticed moment can already bring existence on earth to an end, and no-one has the power to prolong his own life on earth by one hour when the time of his passing has come. And therefore everyone should be prepared to give up earthly life at any time in order to enter the eternal kingdom. He should consciously concern himself with his continuation of life after death, he should adjust his earthly life such that it is completely in harmony with his earthly task and thus is only a time of preparation for the actual life in the beyond. If he constantly checks himself as to whether his earthly life corresponds to the divine commandments, if he makes it his business to serve the creator of heaven and earth .... if he always seeks contact with Him and thus consciously prepares himself and works on his soul, then the thought of death will not frighten him, he will find it rather pleasant and learn to regard the hour of death as the hour of liberation from the body shackles. People, on the other hand, who fearfully ward off every thought of it or who let the admonitions pass by completely indifferent, will indeed sometimes have an easy earthly life because they will not bother themselves with anything that could shake them out of their calm; they will live straight into the day without any sense of responsibility .... They will also never impose any restrictions on themselves for the sake of a possible continuation of life .... they will reject everything that is held up to them as a task in life .... yet with the approach of death they will fall into a dreadful restlessness and then get to taste all the horrors of it in full, if they have not previously been made accessible to other thoughts through a long time of suffering. The hour of death will not be welcome to them, they still cling to earthly life with all the fibres of their being and do not desire to exchange it for another because they are not prepared for it in the slightest. But the hour of separation comes for all, and often unforeseen. An unprepared person feels all the agonies of passing away, and his end is truly not enviable. And yet, every person has it in his own hands to make this hour an hour of salvation if he always lives his earthly life in such a way that he need not fear the responsibility .... that he can return his life to the father in heaven at any hour with the childlike trust of finding His mercy and His love, because this earthly life was lived in constant contact with Him ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Time of judgement near .... concept of time .... present ....

B.D. 0827 from March 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

"The song of praise of those who serve Me resounds without ceasing, and the hosts of heaven join in, and they praise and extol Me ...." Time hurries on earth, but measured against eternity, the course of man's life on earth is equal to a moment, it means, as it were, in earthly life an event in the long run, when an event is spoken of in the future, and it does not particularly touch man because it seems to him an eternity before such a previously announced event occurs. Now such a concept is not easy to make comprehensible in any other way and a prediction of an event cannot be given in terms of day and hour because this would not be beneficial to man in any way on the one hand and on the other hand mankind itself also determines the time of such an event through its own will or its lack of faith, which is the cause of the event occurring. Thus many years often pass in apparent tranquillity so that people lull themselves into security and never believe in world-shaking events, for they only ever pay attention to such events which have their cause in earthly disputes. And therefore it may seem unbelievable to them that the eternal deity should make Itself known in such a way that a judgment will come upon the whole of humanity and have such a dreadful effect. Humanity rejects such a prospective judgment or believes that the time has not yet come because it completely lacks the very concept of time and the human being cannot relate the time in which he himself lives .... the present .... cannot be related to announced future and therefore everything remote is understandable to him as always remote and this concept of time seems more acceptable to him. If the people of the present time could grasp how close this time of judgement is, they would never live their lives so calmly .... but would be seized by fear and despair to know that this time is so near. And again the lord has mercy on the children of the earth, and He would like to call out to them all that they may prepare themselves for this time. The hour of the righteous has come, for he will find his way through the spiritual chaos, he will also await the lord and the Judgment will not take him by surprise .... But all the rest of you who think the time is still far away, your spiritual sleep will be followed by a dreadful awakening .... you do not consider that you cannot escape the horrors of this time .... you do not consider your powerlessness in the face of the unleashed elements .... and you think even less about it, what can bring you salvation from every adversity .... for you do not remember the lord .... And you will be completely helpless in that hour, afflicted by fear and anxiety and abandoned to the forces of nature without faith in God ....The time is near when the will of humanity will consciously turn away from Him, and thus the time is near of which it is written that the earth will bow before the almighty and that fire will fall from heaven and that those who ignore their creator will tremble .... For what the lord has said will be fulfilled to the last letter.

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Depressions .... suffering is the father’s love ....

B.D. 0828 from March 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

An indescribable longing will awaken in you if you strive for perfection and think of the delights of heaven. And this desire will contribute towards removing the soul's fetters, for the desire for the world and earthly pleasures will decrease to the same extent, the desire for earthly possessions will dwindle and only that which signifies happiness for the soul will be desired. And if you are in this state all depression will also disappear, for all worldly things will no longer affect you, the soul will become free and disregard the body, and then nothing will be able to weigh it down which causes it pain in a less perfect state. And so accept this comfort and only work undaunted on yourself, then you will also overcome such hours where the pressure of earth still weighs too heavily on you. The father in heaven knows about the hardships of His children, and yet they cannot stay away completely; they should spur on what is tired and purify what is not yet clean. Keeping this in mind, every day will bring you its blessings, and you will come ever closer to the state of liberation. So often the soul lets itself drift, it sways to and fro and is not yet firm in itself, and then it needs such depressions to strengthen it and to stir up the desire for its creator. When it has overcome such moods, then it will again be light and clear within itself, and it lives with double concern for its liberation.

It sometimes remains incomprehensible to people how God's fatherly love often expresses itself in a way that touches people painfully, they cannot find an explanation for it because they are unable to judge what unspeakable misery their fate would be if only beautiful and joyful things always awaited them on earth and that this misery would be far more painful than the earth's suffering. The father’s infinite love is only ever willing to give and has never wanted people to suffer .... as long as they do not violate divine order, every suffering would stay away from them and they would only ever feel God's kindness and love. But if their own will impels them to violate divine order and thus they would have to endure unspeakable suffering in the beyond, because God has to be a just judge after all and cannot deny people's sense of justice out of love for them, He will try to convince people of their wrong thoughts and actions while they are still on earth .... He will try to influence them favourably and make them compliant with divine will, and this in every way .... through His word, which makes His will known .... through admonitions and constant references to the suffering and misfortune of fellow human beings and precisely through suffering which affects the human being himself .... but which can only be called minimal compared to the suffering which awaits the incorrigible human being in the beyond. Man on earth is not receptive to the exceedingly great love oft he lord .... The love of the world has taken such hold of him that he, blinded by its splendour and shine, does not recognize the warm, mild light of divine love .... for the adversary fights with violent means. He seeks to awaken the love of splendour and magnificence in the human being, and if the human heart succumbs to this love it will no longer feel the breath of divine love. And if the father in heaven still wants to bring Himself to people's remembrance, He can only do so through suffering .... for it is in suffering that people are most likely to find their way back to Him, and suffering can then become an unexpected blessing, where otherwise the love of the divine saviour on earth is not respected ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Coming event .... transformation of earthly life ....

B.D. 0829 from March 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

And those who work in silence are blessed before the lord .... of whom you can be certain that He will approach you in every form, that He will come to you at all times and help you carry what is troubling you. And whoever carries Him in his heart will also feel Him and completely surrender to His strength. Let the heart speak: Your hour has not yet come, for everything wants its time, and deep faith wants to be won. He Who has loved you since eternity also directs your steps towards unification and wants to shape you into His image .... He wants your stay on earth to be a blessing for you, and therefore life has to bring you obstacles which require your full strength to overcome. All wisdom from above would be useless without your active will of self-liberation. And it is very important that your will does not slacken, for not one day has been given to you in vain, every day is to be used for the soul. If the human being lacks the impetus, if his will is weakened and he does not pay attention to the dangers which result from spiritual sluggishness, he will slacken and not complete the path to ascent. Thus the day with its resistances must stimulate the human being to be restlessly active, and he must not fear them but face them with full faith and trust in the help from above, then his spirit will grow stronger and no day will have been lived in vain. And you must succeed in banishing all anxious, doubting and oppressive thoughts from your heart and look up to the lord of heaven and earth in all spiritual freedom ....

And now your spiritual friends give you a message concerning the forthcoming event which will cause you terror and excitement in the very near future: The time has undoubtedly come which requires intervention from above, and it is of utmost importance that you learn what influx of spiritual strength will be passed on to people in order to prepare them for this event. For one thing is particularly necessary today that the human being recognizes the direct influence of higher power in everything that happens. After all, it is only a matter of the spiritual maturing of people living on earth, and for this purpose the earthly course of events must fit in such that the development of the spirit can be taken into account. When the world becomes suspicious of events which undoubtedly come from other than the human side, when a complete transformation of earthly life has to follow as a result .... when a time begins which can be called a completely new one, then the spiritual attitude also has to undergo a change, for the human being has enough reason to think about the most diverse problems, and this is the ultimate purpose of all events, that they stimulate the human being to let his spirit become active, for only now can the work of the spiritual beings begin once the human being has made contact with them through willingly giving in and inserting his thoughts in the direction of thought taken by his spiritual friends. This time will be so exciting and burden all minds, yet anyone who is able to look with spiritual eyes will also understand the purpose and meaning of all events, for nothing happens without God's will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Time of drought .... rocks .... little fountain .... word from above ....

B.D. 0830 from March 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

You shall hear the voice from above which warns you to be an example of those who betray the lord. Behold, it costs infinite effort to establish a connection from the beyond to people on earth, and such a bridge is unspeakably beneficial so that the gulf can be crossed. If the lord Himself condescends to show you earthly children the way, then nothing more is required than the human being's strong will to show himself worthy of this grace, and he will hear the lord's words at all times. If now people's resistance cannot be broken and they remain in defence despite all hardship of the soul, this, however, is no reason to take a stand on everything which the intellect cannot grasp, and thus everyone must struggle for the realization of truth; he must try to imagine himself in complete blindness and now trustingly let himself be guided by the divine lord and master. The greatest danger is to want to judge everything according to a pattern .... Which spirit can possibly guide a person into truth? .... But only the spirit from God .... And he will stand in truth who consciously surrenders himself to the eternal deity .... who submits his will to the divine will and who deeply and humbly begs for God's grace. The one who receives the word is truly not striving for the splendour and magnificence of the world .... nor does he strive for spiritual recognition .... he only wants to serve God and people by conveying to them the truths he has received from God. Does this not already show how unspeakably mistaken the person is who doubts the outcome of this word? The strict rejection of the divine word lies like a stone before the door of the heart .... for people create an obstacle for themselves by blocking the clear source of knowledge and disregarding the strength-giving refreshment. The time will come when there will be great drought on earth, when only here and there a spring will seep and humanity will be close to dying of thirst. And when the lord wants to control the nameless misery of this time by letting fresh drink flow from the rocks and opening little fountains which shall refresh His children with living water, then do not waste these springs but thank the lord Who wants to save you from adversity and misery. The transmissions from above are purest, purest truth, recognizable to the earthly child who sincerely asks God for enlightenment and trusts Him for the answer. If the answer is already given to oneself, all error is encouraged and people then lead themselves onto the wrong path. Yet the lord protects those who fulfil His will and persevere in love for Him, for many labourers are needed in His vineyard ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Matter as spirit carrier .... will to create .... dissolve .... compose ....

B.D. 0831 from March 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Everything on earth serves the spiritual development of the human being. Nothing is visible to the human eye that was not created for this purpose .... All spirit from God animates matter, and again only so that it may one day become free from it and create and shape the same out of itself. Thus, for example, the form, which is in itself insubstantial, is only in connection with the spiritual what you are able to see it as and what is only then visible when the spirit has taken up residence in it. For all external form also consists of substance taken from the spiritual. Simply nothing can exist that is not spiritually enlivened, and a constant change of external form only has the purpose of uniting the different spiritual substance until a complete whole, the human soul, is formed. And this whole must then mature within itself and strive towards perfection. Thus earthly life is, so to speak, the station of formation of the spirit .... it is in the same proportion as the earthly activity of the human being is a constant reshaping of everything that is again accessible to the human being as matter .... since it continuously contributes to the human being's revival and thus constantly supplies the soul's external form, the human body, with vital substances, and all spiritual substances in the air are, as it were, absorbed by the body in order to then unite with the soul, so that the human soul is likewise increased. All form in itself is increased by the very supply from outside which conditions its life .... but so-called dead matter is increased by the human being's will to shape, which again puts together the most diverse spiritual carriers and thus creates a whole from them again. Thus, either a great spiritual power can become active through the joining together of matter or spiritual power can be released through the dissolving or crushing of matter, which then again seeks its abode in another external form, and through joining together likewise in increased power. Therefore every matter has some purpose in the earthly sense, for if it were left completely unused the spiritual substance in it would have no possibility to mature in this external form ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Vacuum ....

B.D. 0832 from March 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Thus, outside the earth is a vacuum, the determination of it is, to capture the spiritual beings, so that they demand back for the shape, they want to escape, and therefore have to be in the immediate vicinity of earth. This space is a separation from all, that still remains in the matter and of the matter itself .... and the spiritual realm out-of-matter and will already therefore externally isolate the earth completely in the space of all creation, that is indeed the same way as the earth is alive, but is moving in completely different laws of compulsion, as they are understandable for the inhabitants of the earth. Therefore it is impossible in any way to overcome this vacuum of human hand and to make it passable through inventions of any kind, because whose task is taken spiritually, to roll back all from the earth outgoing to earth again .... but taken earthly this space would not save the necessary fluid for human life, which is indispensable for the body of people. An attempt to conquer the limit drawn by God’s will will inevitably also mean the earthly end of the attempter, because everything can remain living, beings and matter, as long as it is in the area of such a life and matter sheltering earth, but outside this the conditional elements of life are missing, out again wise thoughtful welfare by the creator for everything spiritual, that seeks to escape his destiny and would prolong his way of purification just endlessly. The air-void dominant spiritual world is in a certain state of maturity, in which it resides with the function for such defence of all earthly things. The farther the beings develop themselves, the more responsible richer is its task, but this is always based on the welfare of the take care of beings and therefore is achieved with zeal and love. But never the man as such will succeed, to get a usable area, which completely contradicts the nature of the earth and therefore also does not offer the slightest possibility of life, and all research of this area will stay unsucccessful, respectively will result in the physical end of the researchers ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Arrogance .... faith paired with sharpness of mind ....

B.D. 0833 from March 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Unspeakable misery is caused by people's lack of faith, and even if the heavenly father in His mercy would like to control the misery through obvious evidence of divine activity which is intended to make it easier for people to believe .... it is a futile effort on the part of people who are imbued with their value. The lord enters every person's life in so many different ways .... again and again they are given the opportunity to enter into a childlike relationship with Him .... And if people would let their hearts speak more and listen less to what their intellect advises them, humanity would truly be better off and its faith would be far deeper than it is now. Man is not to be taught who seeks to explain and dissect everything intellectually. Intellect without faith is to be valued at zero, faith alone will be pleasing to the father in heaven, but faith coupled with intellectual acuity is beneficial for the human being beyond all expectation, for only now will the right light shine for him, only now will he stand at the source of all wisdom, and his heart will widen in the realization of what abundance of spiritual goods is now offered to him and how successfully he can now use his intellectual acuity, which is inseparably connected with profound faith. Therefore, the source of wisdom must be constantly drawn from, for a spring which is opened for humanity to refresh itself will not run dry unless it rejects everything and does not appreciate the refreshment and strengthening offered to it. The greatest error and also the grossest offence against divine order is people's self-conceit .... for truly the lever cannot be easily applied there. He who is small and thinks himself great also loses all appreciation of the value of truthfulness .... He who is not thirsty for truth in himself will also never be able to judge and will not be able to distinguish truth from lies, if it is offered to people as a spiritual good. Whoever wants to assert himself and his reputation first and foremost is not at all interested in fathoming the truth .... more is the truth inconvenient for him, since it first demands self-knowledge and the human being would have to descend from the high pedestal he has ascended himself .... And thus only the one who respects truth as the highest virtue can stand in the light, for pure truth can only be received by a truth-hungry person, and this with deepest humility of heart .... God's grace does not approach arrogance, yet anyone who lives in humility is always and forever in God's grace .... And thus the human being must first recognize himself, and this realization must make him aware of his own nothingness, then the human being will humbly bow before his creator and the divine grace will not be withheld from him, which helps him to stand in the right light ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Rhythm .... natural phenomena ....

B.D. 0834 from March 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The strangest phenomena repeat themselves in the same rhythm, and divine activity is already evident in them, which has made this uniformity a law of nature. If everything in the life of creatures, in nature and its phenomena, were a disorderly, arbitrary expression of spiritual power, then unbelievable chaos would soon be the result and the existence of individual creations would very easily be called into question, for only in the regulated activity of the spiritual powers influencing nature lies the security for the existence of creation. Precisely this regularity of all natural processes is a factor which must be taken into account and which conspicuously reveals a lawgiver Whose wisdom and omnipotence must be supreme in order to be able to guide the whole of creation with such regularity. And that further these laws of nature have remained unchanged since their existence, that the development of living beings always takes place in an unchanged form, that likewise the human being always and constantly remains in existence in all bodily functions, and this since the beginning of creation .... is indisputably proof of an unfathomable perfection of power and should therefore, with some thought, already put the human being into a state of faith, for to guide the entire universe in an always constant order is truly something which should not leave the human being in doubt that there must also be a ruler of the universe, to Whose will everything created is subject without exception. And the belief in this also gives rise to a feeling of reverence and love towards this controller of the universe .... The earth with all its natural phenomena is already a miracle to the thinking human being .... but how endlessly versatile is the whole of creation and how precisely the phenomena which are absolutely necessary for the existence of the whole take place in it and can be recognized again and again in the same rhythm ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Divine love .... anode .... contact ....

B.D. 0835 from March 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The sea of divine love pours out over all creatures. And whoever believes himself to be lonely does not respect this love, which replaces a thousandfold what he gives away or misses. For God's love includes everything, protection and care and constant accompaniment on all paths. Those who enjoy divine love can never feel lonely, for in the connection with the lord, which everyone is able to establish himself, the human child is already relieved of loneliness, and to find constant protection and shelter outweighs all earthly happiness, for divine love with its eternal fire outshines all earthly splendour a thousand fold, for a light emanates from this love which is incomparably blissful for the one who stands in this light. The living contact with the divine lord is like an uninterrupted line to the anode, and the human being remains in constant benefit of divine love as long as he himself keeps in contact. Therefore no human being on earth is so pitiful despite all kinds of tribulations, for he always has the one advantage of being able to provide himself with comfort and help, happiness and joy through the connection with the divine saviour, Who in His infinite love takes care of every being, deservedly and undeservedly, yet always giving love in such abundance that the abundance of love could already give the earthly child unlimited bliss on earth if it were consciously received. Yet the human being has no idea of the strength of divine love .... he lacks all understanding for the divine creator's comprehensive all-love, he only knows the term 'love' in a temporal sense which, however, is predominantly a desiring love and rarely only a giving love. And so the feeling of happiness is also developed in man far more in the love of possession than in renunciation and giving. But whoever wants to know true love in its deepest happiness must first renounce all love of possessions, only then can he feel divine love as the most delicious thing his heart can receive. To practice love oneself is the first and last commandment .... and the human being redeems himself through love, he becomes free and now feels the delights of love which the saviour Himself bestows upon him .... which is delicious and unlimited, which contains all the delights of heaven within itself .... which is as pure as gold and which enraptures every creature with the brightest rapture .... which cannot be replaced anywhere or by anything, which is the highest, the eternal bliss .... and yet is available to everyone again who only longs for the saviour's love ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Adaptability .... activity urge .... awakening the spirit of God ....

B.D. 0836 from March 30th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

All spirit from God has the ability to adapt itself and is therefore also able to work differently in every form which surrounds it, i.e., the activity of the spirit always corresponds to the task which the respective form has to fulfil on earth. Consequently, the spirit bearer, the external form, also has to carry out a constantly changing activity in order to serve the spiritual within itself and to fulfil the living conditions of the individual beings which are intended in creation. Although similar activity can often be observed in the various small living beings, the spiritual being from God brings a certain order into every activity, and this is also its spiritual activity in particular, so that precisely this order is established and maintained in the overall creation, whereas without it an incomparable confusion and arbitrary utilization of strength would only result in an indescribable chaos in creation. The different living beings' urge to be active is not always equally strong, because the spiritual power animating them is also of different strength and therefore the same active ability is also not inherent in the beings as long as the spiritual substance is not in the same proportion to each other. Only the human being has a completely identically shaped soul in his external form, which is only different again in itself precisely because of the human being's spiritual maturity, which again is only a result of the awakening of the divine spark, the spirit of God in the human being. Spiritual substance is everything that animates matter and therefore forms the soul of the human being after a long journey of innumerable soul particles through innumerable embodiments .... The spirit of God, however, is first placed in the now fully developed soul and must now be awakened by the will of the human being, i.e. through one’s own conscious cooperation, and completely unite with the soul .... This is the human being's spiritual task on earth, which is completely separate from earthly activity, for the latter has been entrusted to people on earth in so many different ways, whereas spiritual activity, the awakening of the divine spirit, is every person's destiny and is also completely independent of earthly activity, or rather, every earthly activity provides the same opportunity to mature and unite with the dormant spirit of God within it. Thus spiritual maturity can never be made dependent on the earthly task, but every human being can contribute to his inner development in every situation of life and thus also be responsible for it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Bliss in the hereafter (house) .... exhortation for this work's progress ....

B.D. 0837 from March 30th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

In the far distance stands a house in the midst of a beautiful garden. It lies like a cloud a shimmering breath over the whole surroundings, and this home, which is flooded with light and truly glorious to look at, is ready to receive and awaits its inhabitant .... And a deep silence surrounds him, if he is led into the house, a silence which charitably touches the one moving in, who has left the earth with all its burden and torment .... See, this is the place where the heart finds its way back to the heart, where love is felt in all its sweetness, where years of separation are forgotten and a new life begins in the harmonious union of loving beings. And if the soul's earthly change has brought it maturity, it will already be received by beings of light upon entering eternity and conveyed to its present abode. And the soul is free and untroubled, and where it stays there is light and love .... and what it thought long forgotten awakens to new life, what slumbered deeply in the heart on earth rises to the height in unimagined abundance, and the soul now only lives true life .... it stands in love. And when the hour of liberation from body shackles has come, then the soul is awaited and led over into the eternal kingdom, into the new home, which is the fulfilment of its deepest longing.

There are still many steps to take until you stand at the door of the little house .... but you shall always see the home before you that you are heading for .... For behold, he who awaits you looks full of love towards his bride .... He sees you standing in the sunlight, his eyes turned towards heaven .... it is his plea and his beseeching that the father’s hand will always guide you ....

So many friends have arrived who want to help you, for the reception is disturbed today by ignoble spiritual beings who find your perseverance unbearable. They try to make you unenthusiastic and make every effort to keep you away from your spiritual work. But equally the good beings are at your side and strengthen your will for ever new devotion. And thus your attention should be drawn to the fact that you may only be informed today of the bliss awaiting you in the beyond for a very special reason, that it should spur you on to be ever more diligent in this work, for there must be no stagnation, which is why you will also be given renewed strength to work for the lord. Don't let yourself be affected in any way, and reject all distractions from you, for spiritual knowledge has to be gathered without fatigue; the reception shall not be interrupted, and many a gap in your knowledge shall be filled with wisdom from above, which the heavenly father sends to you in all love. And where your body threatens to become weak, replace this weakness spiritually, unite with the divine saviour in heartfelt prayer, and He will give you the healing potion in every physical affliction. If the saviour takes care of your suffering there is no danger, neither physical nor mental, to fear, yet you have to come to Him in prayer, you have to request the strength from Him, Who is always willing to help the one who trustingly turns to Him. And if this faith is firmly rooted in your heart, you will be relieved of all physical suffering and can then work doubly beneficially in the service of the lord ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spiritual self-discipline .... mastering earthly work dependent on the spiritual ....

B.D. 0838 from March 31th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

To persist in untiring spiritual activity also guarantees the soul's continued higher development, and therefore those striving for ascent will always have to make an effort of constant spiritual self-discipline, they will, as it were, have to let all spiritual work take precedence and not let earthly duties hinder them .... for a far more precious good has to be attained than can ever be achieved earthly, and if the human being believes that he can be held back by earthly activity he will indeed not be prevented from doing so from above but he can only be afraid of acting regressively in a spiritual respect, and thus all will should first be directed towards maintaining spiritual activity, then the human being will also be relieved of all earthly worries. Morning work will always remain irreplaceable to you and should therefore continue as far as possible, for all powers are at your disposal at this time and are also able to penetrate your thoughts more easily. So always bear in mind the following: Whatever comes your way is only permitted to test and steel your will. You must not fall prey to these temptations, for it is solely up to your will that countless beings stand by your side and grant you support if you only intend to do spiritual work. Relief is offered to you in every way, even if it is not always obvious to you, for spiritually you receive many things which you don't feel physically but which are gratefully felt by the soul. The same vigour of thought in earthly work is likewise a spiritual strength imparted to you, so that you are therefore supported in such a way that earthly work becomes surmountable for you and you therefore owe every success to the simultaneous activity in the spiritual field. Leave your worries about how you will cope with the earthly tasks .... for the increased willpower you devote to them is certainly not the guarantee for their success, however, if you always put the spiritual work in the foreground all success will be yours. And thus it is far more valuable to leave yourselves in complete trust to your spiritual guidance than to want to achieve a set aim through your own utmost effort if this is only seen in the accomplishment of earthly activity.

Amen

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Blessing of deformity ....

B.D. 0839 from March 31th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The human being has to undergo an involuntary yet very beneficial test of life if he, due to his external appearance, is unable to enjoy earthly pleasures, i.e. if the opportunity of undivided enjoyment of life is taken from him due to some kind of deformity and he is forced to give up earthly joys. He could then be in great danger to think of his Creator in bitterness or even reject Him completely because the will of a Deity who, in his opinion, imparts gifts to His earthly children unfairly, is incomprehensible to him. However, if he remains faithful in spite of his misfortune, spiritual progress will be possible for him much sooner since he will find it easier to resist the world and its temptations and in absence of worldly pleasures will be far more able to occupy himself with spiritual problems, which will lead him to the state of maturity much sooner. Consequently, such human beings often achieve the right understanding of their life in a short time .... They no longer demand complete fulfilment in life and patiently await the time when their earthly existence comes to an end, convinced that only then true life will begin and that their time on earth will have an appropriate effect in the beyond.

Hence, a deformed person on earth has a certain advantage in as much as the denial of worldly pleasures is easier for him than for a well proportioned person who is constantly confronted with the temptations of the world, but only if he contributes towards it himself, that is, if he, in submission to God's will, accepts his imposed destiny and thanks his Creator that He had given him life. If such a human being is spiritually active he soon will no longer consider his body a misfortune but consider spiritual life a desirable goal. He will always strive to increase his spiritual knowledge; he will also love his fellow human beings and not grumble at his fate or even fight God ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Father words .... simple living .... sham property ....

B.D. 0840 from April 1st 1939, taken from Book No. 17

All your requests shall be granted, My child, and you shall see and feel how intimately your saviour's love embraces you, for anyone who strives for Me will truly be seized by Me and guided and cared for with all love. Behold, My child, the human being's heart is destined to receive Me and it will shiver with such abundance of love when I dwell within it that it will truly no longer desire earthly joy. When I therefore approach the earthly child, all desire for the world will have disappeared and it will only live for Me and My love. To desire in all simplicity what gives you deepest happiness is far more valuable than the everlasting care for earthly needs. You will have in abundance what your body needs if only you first take the needs of your soul into account. And thus I especially bless your devotion to this work and always remain close to you in order to protect you against all hostility from outside. The urge for truth will always be a nuisance to those who have fallen prey to the prince of lies, and they will try to destroy what, as a work of truth, could be a hindrance to them in earthly life. Yet I will always stand by your side and warn you where your zeal could cause harm .... put the right words into your mouth and don't allow yourself to get into danger, for My fighters are under My protection and may never ever feel abandoned by Me. All striving for truth is also a thorn in the side of those who have separated themselves from Me for selfish reasons .... who do not find fulfilment in the simple way of life which My commandments demand of them and therefore want to make a completely different law their guideline than the one contained in My teaching. And yet, you humans don't understand how much more of a hindrance your planned way of life is for your spiritual development .... You don't see the disadvantage for your soul but only ever consider the body and what it is promised .... If you now take a path which considerably leads astray and I don't want to send you the truth which will instruct you correctly, what should the success of your earthly life look like? It is incomparably more difficult to reach the aim if you increase the resistances instead of reducing them. You desire so much that distracts your senses from the pure spiritual, you are in constant loneliness despite the most imaginable distractions the world offers you, for all these only serve the body but never the soul for its salvation. You weaken your power of resistance and remain completely uninvigorated, for you spend your life's energy on useless things and are slaves to your urges instead of controlling them .... And if the truth is offered to you it is not palatable to you and therefore you don't want to hear it but are much more amenable to teachings about (worldly things?). Just imagine for once that you deprive yourselves .... that you give up a much more beautiful life in eternity, for the sake of the short time on earth, when you lived it wrongly and contrary to your purpose .... And then imagine for what trifles you have forfeited the glories in the beyond .... and consider that I will truly not leave you without warning during your earthly life in order to protect you from precisely this error which has such severe consequences. Why don't you accept the truth? .... Why do you prefer the short earthly time with its sham goods to eternity, which can give you true fulfilment .... Life is given to you by Me so that it will be a blessing for you when used correctly, and I Myself give you the instructions as to how you can derive the greatest advantage for the soul from this life, yet anyone who only thinks of the body will not make use of the gift of heaven, for He Who gave you earthly life wants to make the eternal kingdom accessible to you through it ....

Amen

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Different reception capability .... form and content of the recordings ....

B.D. 0841 from April 1st 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The different receptivity is the explanation of the different receptions as far as form and content are concerned. If the spirit is completely collected and can easily detach itself from earth and the worries and pleasures associated with it .... and desires nothing more than the spiritual exchange with the friends in the beyond, these will find entrance to the human heart considerably easier and be able to convey their thoughts to the earthly child without hindrance or disturbance. If, however, the soul again and again strays from everything spiritual, if it cannot sever the connection with the earthly or a certain careless attitude weakens the spiritual receptivity, this will make itself felt that it will take a longer time until the spiritual strength can make itself understood, and this immensely weakens the willpower, for a great success will understandably spur the will to be active again and again, whereas a small success will only let the human being become even more sluggish if the urge to be active is not exceptionally active and tries to increase a small success with all its strength and fights the weakness of will with all means. Thus, for example, the recordings in increased receptivity will testify to a deeper wisdom and will also differ in their form from those which are received, so to speak, in a certain weakness of soul. For the lord demands complete readiness of commitment and reception, He demands unrestrained devotion and undivided attention, but He will then also reward them by imparting divine wisdom which fully compensates the earthly child for sacrifices of many kinds and also makes it unspeakably happy and spurs it on to ever more eager striving. It is a comforting thought that the lord distributes according to need and that the human being's longing is therefore fulfilled at all times .... that the divine spirit descends in all abundance if it is desired from the heart .... and that the human being can therefore enrich himself with spiritual treasures and is completely in control of increasing the reception if he wants it .... It is a comforting thought, to know how easily the human being on earth can enter into an intimate relationship with the heavenly father and thus be instructed in the most exhaustive way, and that, if he fights against the world and its charms, he can determine the state of his knowledge himself, for the heavenly father gives according to the earthly child's strong desire for wisdom. And if it desires to receive from the bottom of its heart, the deepest divine wisdoms will also be offered to it in abundance ....

Amen

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Divine judgement no end of the world .... transformation of the earth ....

B.D. 0842 from April 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Take care of the sick and the poor who are in spiritual distress. And wherever it is your will to help them, it will be given to you to speak according to the will of the lord. For His blessing will be with you if you work for Him. And so hear the voice from above: A struggling soul has to fight so hard to be united with Jesus Christ, for its will alone is too weak, and it also no longer finds a right connection, so that it only longs for rest, tired and apathetic. And so it has to be helped by directing its attention to Jesus' suffering on the cross. The thought of helping the lord to bear this great suffering will make the suffering bearable, and the soul will find its saviour, its redeemer, and the final union with its creator. In nameless sorrow the lord remembered on the cross all the sins of mankind and spoke the words: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do ...." And so this hour of death became the hour of mankind's redemption from sin. And if the hour of death is now also granted to man and he remembers the suffering and death of the saviour in this hour, the guilt is also taken from him and his gaze is directed heavenwards, he no longer feels the suffering of the earth and is freed from unspeakable burdens, for he is free from the guilt of his sin. The gates of heaven open and grant the earthly pilgrim entrance into the eternal kingdom.

And now lend us your ear and receive: The inner nature of the earth is of extraordinary resilience, and therefore the earth is destined for eternity to shelter the spiritual beings for the purpose of perfection. And therefore it will never be possible to speak of an end of the world which means a complete destruction of the earth. Local changes can certainly occur to an extent which signify a kind of destruction of this very earth's surface, yet the earth will not be completely destroyed as far as people are able to think .... And thus the coming judgment is also an event which will claim victims in large numbers everywhere, which will also shake the surface and shake it up so that the earth will subsequently show changes of the strangest kind. The end of time will certainly have come for many and for them it will be like the end of the world, but anyone who, with faith in the redeemer, will overcome this time of terror and emerge from it in one piece will see a picture of a reshaping of the earth and recognize the greatness and omnipotence of the creator, for everything he now sees is so changed in its nature that the slightest doubt about the designer and awakener of these miracles of creation will disappear in order to give way to a firm and strong faith. After an endlessly long period of testing, man is confronted with the choice of being allowed to be an inhabitant of this new world or to perish with the old design. And since time immemorial this event has been planned for the purpose of the final clarification and separation of all spiritual beings who desire God or have committed themselves to darkness. Only humanity does not believe that this time has come yet and is therefore in greatest distress if it does not await the coming of the lord in preparation. For with this judgment the lord will also appear on earth again, clearly recognizable to His own. And only that which is proclaimed in word and scripture will come to pass ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Disregarding the commandments .... fulfilling the expressed will of God ....

B.D. 0843 from April 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

You must not disregard the lord's commandments. You are in an incomparably dangerous situation which you cannot escape at will if you don't obey the divine commandments, and even if you believe but don't prove this faith by willingly following the lord's instructions, this faith is of no use because it is only outwardly accepted but not rooted in the heart. Thus you believe yourselves to be protected by the lord, and this is also assured to you at all times, but if you waver in your faith you will lose divine protection, for it is precisely your profound faith which guarantees this. But anyone who forsakes the lord by not persevering in faith must also be forsaken by the lord, and he will have to travel difficult paths until the lord turns to him again. Contact with the world is quite suitable to promote faithlessness. Let people go through life alone and they will find the way to the father much sooner than in contact with the world, where one would rather turn the other away from the right faith than try to win him over. And thus every step into the world is always a danger for a person of faith who has not found inner stability through intimate contact with the divine lord and saviour. And what suffering still lies ahead for these many who do not go into themselves and remain without realization of their life's task. If suffering were not sent to such people, years and years would pass in vain, for in the peace and tranquillity of daily life they could never come to realization and the voice from above would go unheard. Then people would need no help, no comfort and no instruction. All care for the soul would be an incomprehensible concept to them and would only strengthen their will to reject, the earth would offer them enough beauty and they would not need anything more. But when the transitoriness of all earthly comforts is made so clear to them, when their life only ever becomes heavy and unattractive through suffering and sorrow, then people look for a substitute which disappoints them less and also find it with the right spiritual attitude, i.e., as soon as they turn their backs on everything earthly and concern themselves with the question of spiritual life, with life after death. And now the process of a complete transformation begins when the human being has approached this problem. He will also always find the right answer if his will is to fulfil the divine commandements, if he recognizes them .... if he wants to do everything that corresponds to divine will, if this will is revealed to him. Hence every revelation is valuable and must also be complied with, for all spiritual threads are tied in such a way as to be of use to people on earth .... and if the earthly child does not fulfil the expressed will it has no claim on the father’s loving guidance, for it acts according to its own discretion and thus also has to bear the consequences of its way of acting. People are to be helped in all spiritual adversity, for earthly adversity can be called little if the state of the soul requires help. Earth's time of suffering will pass but the soul will take its suffering with it into eternity if it is not completed. Therefore remember it in prayer, so that the lord may strengthen it and give it the light of knowledge ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Charity .... ten commandments ....

B.D. 0844 from April 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The commandment of love for one's neighbour encompasses all demands made on people, and love for God is again conditioned by love for one's neighbour. Thus the human being on earth will completely fulfil his task if he is absorbed in love for God and his neighbour and builds his life on this basis. Where the heart can make happy in love, there the enemy has lost power, for love is of divine origin, it makes happy and enlivens, whereas the enemy's power seeks to destroy what love builds up. Yet unselfish love for one's neighbour will only ever take care of his well-being but never do the slightest thing to harm him, for this would truly not be true love if it resulted in disadvantage for the human being. Therefore, it can only be in the spirit of the divine creator to take a stand in the service of neighbourly love on the ten commandments which the lord has given to human beings, namely for a more detailed explanation of the individual commandments which, in turn, each correspond to the demand to love one's neighbour as oneself and thus, in summary, are always based on unselfish love for one's neighbour. The spiritually equal attitude can also result in all who are of the same spirit uniting in love, or that the love which has become strong in the human being expresses itself precisely in such a way that the human being wants to give to his fellow human being again and again, and that without wanting to achieve the slightest advantage for himself, for as soon as the interest in an advantage, no matter how small, is predominant, every work of love for the neighbour remains a kind of speculation but is never what was taught to people by the heavenly father in the commandment of neighbourly love, instead, all calculation is only based on one's own desire for gain, and only in those few cases is active neighbourly love practiced in the spirit of God where the human being is only ever willing to give but never wants to take or possess ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Divinity of Jesus .... strange sign of Jesus' suffering and death .... admission against christianity ....

B.D. 0845 from April 3rd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

An immense amount of work has to be done if the misguided souls are to find their way back to faith in the divine redeemer, for the view is already too deeply rooted that the saviour on earth was indeed permeated by profound piety but that He was of purely human origin and that the concept of His divinity was formed by overzealous followers of His teachings and has persisted for centuries. It is very difficult to begin to make people understand the error of this opinion and to refute it, for throughout time the memory of His deeds has faded considerably .... they are only remembered as legends, and thus the miracles of the saviour on earth can no longer contribute to awakening or strengthening faith in Him. Humanity today is so used to sober thinking that it has no understanding for this and therefore gives up faith in Jesus Christ as the son of God without any hesitation and summarily portrays everything extraordinary that would like to point to Christ's suffering and death at the present time as the spawn of sick people and thus rejects it. But now the world will have to take notice of an event which will obviously and evidently make people aware of Jesus' suffering and death, and they will be given evidence of such a strange kind that it should be easy for them to believe if only they use their will correctly. Yet human science will again try to solve or explain this strange phenomenon and will try to shake and destroy all faith in the lord and saviour anew. Yet God's love is constantly intent on helping people's spiritual hardship and sends them hints upon hints, and the more attentively the human being pays attention to precisely this problem of God's incarnation, the more convinced he can be that he will be pointed to the right path. But where one is completely indifferent towards Him, turning to Christ is unspeakably difficult and the spiritual powers of the beyond do not have much effect either. That is why it is extremely successful and important that the general indifference first changes into the opposite .... that what has been up to now, the mechanical practice of the so-called divine service, has to suffer a strong shock in order to stimulate people to think and to cause them to make some kind of decision. Only when there is the danger of having to give something away does the human being realize to what extent such a thing is valuable to him .... he either parts with it easily or begins to fight for the possession, and this is also the purpose of all the fights against christianity, which are permitted by God precisely for the purpose that the human being should decide freely and pay attention to the problem in general. The number of those who profess Jesus Christ is truly very small compared to those who willingly or consciously renounce Him, but many a hint will still be given to them in order to save from destruction what is walking in blindness. And it will still be necessary to struggle unspeakably for the souls, both on this side and on the other ....

Amen

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Insects ....

B.D. 0846 from April 3rd 1939, taken from Book No. 17

By virtue of your willpower you can penetrate the secrets of creation and, as it were, immerse yourself completely in all the wonders of divine creation. And so your teacher on the other side will give you an account of the origin of insects, without which the earth would be inconceivable to you. You can already recognize from the industrious activity of all small living beings that they are likewise assigned an activity which is not always comprehensible to you. Every being has again countless kindred accompanying beings in its vicinity, i.e., a being of any species will never appear isolated in nature but will always become visible to people in the majority, thus a so-called tribe will be found in every animal species. In order to let a new being come into being, only the will of the creator is necessary, He places the impulse to unite in a pair of the same kind of being, this follows the impulse and thus, as it were, begets new living beings according to divine will. The tiniest beings are therefore only the creator's will that has taken shape, they have received their external form and the spiritual strength that animates them and now likewise integrate themselves into the entire work of creation by carrying out the activity assigned to them, likewise according to the creator's will. All life and animation in nature corresponds to some wise purpose, but for the most part incomprehensible to man. Let the simple fly explain to you the purpose of its existence, and you would be greatly astonished at the important task incumbent upon it in creation. Its activity consists in the continued improvement of the air, and indeed in a certain purification of small and very small insects which are more or less harmful to people, which are again taken up by the fly as food, and therefore not one of these tiniest living beings will enliven creation entirely without meaning, for they always stand in some spiritual connection to the whole work of creation .... either as bearers or conductors of spiritual power or also as an intermediate station only of very short life, so that the respective outer form is again increased to be able to take up the same power on a larger scale. The smallest and smallest living beings already unite in themselves to form larger beings capable of life, and thus even the smallest insects are carriers of spiritual power and are also always wisely added to the work of creation by the lord of heaven and earth for the purpose of transferring and transmitting spiritual power. The human being of the present time must pay particular attention to how significant all these small insects are and remain in the whole of creation and how the existence of each of them so meaningfully serves the preservation of another work of creation, how not one of the smallest beings is without significance, both in an earthly as well as in a spiritual sense ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Vermin .... technical aids ....

B.D. 0847 from April 4th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

It is of extraordinary importance to know that the countless living beings must fulfil functions of their own accord which contribute to the preservation of other living beings. This is the case, for example, with all flying insects, because at the same time their ingestion of food is the cause of the transfer of the finest dust particles and thus serves to fertilize the plant world. The finest tools must serve the living creature for this activity, and this also explains the extremely finely constructed physique of such a being, which represents a true miniature work of art in God's creation. The beings' reproductive activity is not always so obvious to people and they are even less able to recognize its purpose with their physical eyes, instead, they have to take refuge in faith and be convinced that nothing in the whole of creation is without purpose, that rather one always contributes to the existence of the other and is therefore necessary. Even what you humans call vermin is in a certain respect necessary for the continued existence of other living beings, and incidentally they also have the spiritual task of being bearers of infinitely many spiritual entities and not least to test the human being's necessary power of resistance through their earthly activity. Life must offer the human being resistances of all kinds, since he can only mature by overcoming them. What sometimes seems unbearable to you can, on the other hand, even serve to increase your well-being physically, for you again do not know the many dangers to which the body would be exposed without the small and very small living beings that are constantly active to reduce them, some of which you are not able to see with your physical eyes. The surface of the earth, the water and the air are the abode of these beings .... Through the technical inventions of men the presence of the smallest living beings, which are invisible to the naked eye, has been established, but your knowledge only extends to a part of the infinitely many living beings, for creation is, as it were, composed of the tiniest living beings, which again are in themselves a pure work of wonder and illustrate the wisdom and omnipotence of God to him who is able to see with spiritual eyes and to the perfect spirit standing in the light ....

Amen

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Arrogance .... fall .... spiritual bridge in danger .... deception ....

B.D. 0848 from April 4th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

This is told to you, that all pride leads to a fall and that it is much more difficult to reach the height again where a fall has preceded. Behold, My children, I warn you, for I see the inner nature of the hearts and I see with concern how the tempting arms of the world reach out to you .... I see that you are indeed hesitant but nevertheless willing to let yourselves be taken hold of .... I also see unselfishness getting lost, I see how you suddenly want to ascend but in an earthly sense and no longer think of your spiritual task. And this has the consequence that the bridges to the beyond are in danger, that the pillars become shaky and I, as the lord, have to speak a word of power to avert this danger. Behold, when this danger is approaching, a sign shall be given to you so that you will not waver and go astray. For the world offers you nothing I could not replace a thousandfold, no joy of the world will be deep and lasting, and all worldly happiness is only deception and appearance, and whatever you think you can achieve on earth is deception and without any spiritual benefit .... And thus is expected a spiritual weakness for those who want to gain worldly honour and glory. They can by no means expect help because they don't even strive for what the help from above assures them. Their purpose in life is only ever earthly life and its fulfilment, and everything spiritual remains alien to them, all inclination is directed towards earthly possessions, yet they don't think about eternity. How can I intervene with blessing where people turn their backs on Me .... how can I bless those who deny Me? And he denies Me who rejects My word for the sake of earthly ascent. Anyone who wants to climb high and does not seek the spiritual height is about to fall, and his struggle will be considerably more difficult if he ever still seeks the truth on earth. Only heartfelt devotion, humble prayer and eager activity of love will protect the earthly child from the danger of becoming apostate, and where it is in danger of becoming weak it should call to Me for help, and I will assist it in every adversity, for I know My children and therefore I warn them in all love not to give away something precious in order to exchange a worthless treasure for it, which consists of earthly reputation, happiness and wealth and yet leaves the human heart so destitute when the soul falls into darkness as a result. Therefore, shun the world, shun ostentation and remain humble, simple and modest, and leave all externals to those who believe they cannot live without them .... they have their kingdom of heaven on earth and will have none to expect in the hereafter until they willingly give up everything and content themselves with little for the sake of their soul's salvation ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Purpose of the work of creation .... no total annihilation ....

B.D. 0849 from April 5th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

With the destruction of the world, i.e. of all visible creation, all spiritual substances would remain undeveloped, they would, so to speak, no longer find any material to stay in and would therefore always and forever remain in the same state, since they would have no task through which the spiritual substances could be brought to maturity. It was therefore in the creator's purpose to redeem this spiritual substance from inactivity on the one hand and from incompleteness on the other hand .... it was in His purpose to draw all spiritual substances to Himself, which was never possible in this immature state; He therefore gave it countless opportunities to mature and thus creation became, as it were, a means to an end. Creation in itself is not the purpose and aim of the creating divine power, but the final unification of all spiritual with God, which again only became possible through creation. Everything that is visible to the human eye has the great task of leading the spiritual within it to the eternal divinity, for in all matter the spiritual struggles upwards. If the divine creator at times abandons any works of creation to destruction or annihilation through His will, then this is well-considered insofar as it releases the spiritual that is sheltered within itself, which can now take up residence in still existing or newly emerging creation .... But the whole annihilation .... a downfall of all creation would be eternal punishment for everything still immature spiritual. However, the divine creator's love is not of such a nature that He allows everything that has come forth from Him to remain in such a state which does not correspond to the creator's perfection. Therefore, a complete destruction of creation will never come into question, only a permanent change of everything that exists, as far as it has an association with matter. Matter, as the carrier of all spiritual substances, must be subjected to permanent change in order to ensure permanent higher development; only with the entry into the spiritual kingdom is matter no longer needed, but it still exists in the imagination of the imperfect spiritual being until it has freed itself from the last desire for it and then only lives in love, which is the epitome of all spiritual substances. The moment of union with God can only occur in complete separation from all matter, and thus all creation must have been lived through .... the soul must have conquered every form, every work of creation, it must have worked its way through everything visible, it must have taken everything spiritual from it, increased itself with it and now stand before its creator in all perfection and long for the final union with Him. Then the work of creation will have completely fulfilled its purpose and the spiritual will have been delivered to the heavenly father and creator from eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Sensual frenzy .... begetting .... purpose ....

B.D. 0850 from April 5th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

What people resist the most is the acceptance of the teachings of a civilized way of life, which means renouncing all bodily sensual intoxication that does not have the will to awaken a new life as a prerequisite. This urge is so strongly developed that it can test the greatest will to resist, but very few people fight against this desire of the flesh. They give in to the physical urge and strive for everlasting satisfaction and thereby cause so much damage to their soul, for they can no longer be purely spiritually active where the will to overcome this desire is so weakened. The entirely natural process of the human being's procreation is combined with physical comfort by the divine creator in wisest insight in order to repeatedly induce him to procreate and thereby give the souls awaiting embodiment the opportunity to enter into existence on earth. This is the sole purpose of the union of man and woman and should be well considered and, through strict restraint and self-mortification, every sensual intoxication should be controlled as far as possible. Instead of this, one tries to avoid the greatest earthly task and gives oneself unrestrainedly to bodily desires, even to let these soon become the mainspring of life and thereby prepare an insurmountable obstacle for the soul, which does not let it find its way upwards. It is held to earth by this desire of the body and cannot swing upwards of its own strength, again and again it sinks back and has to struggle immeasurably due to the body's urge to fulfil its desire. The human being's organs do not absolutely need the desire to be satisfied but the human being can very well educate himself to abstinence and to overcome his desires, for the desire increases the more it is satisfied and can also be tamed to the same extent if the will is strong and the human being is aware of the damage he causes to the soul when the body is completely satisfied. But people don't want to accept such things, they don't want to impose any restrictions on themselves and therefore rage against their own soul in order not to let the body live in want .... And they completely disregard the actual purpose of their body, to beget human beings again, thereby not only harming themselves but at the same time denying the souls which want to embody themselves entry into the human body and thus preventing the new birth ....

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Immersion in spiritual problems .... flying high .... idleness of life ....

B.D. 0851 from April 6th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The only possibility for the human being to leave the valley of earth matured and completely is to consciously immerse himself in spiritual problems, for only then will the spirit in the human being become active through free will, and the distance from the divine original spirit will then decrease to the same extent as the human being complies with the desire within himself which is directed towards the father of the universe. And thus it follows that the separation from the earthly child to the father is not insurmountable and that it is only up to the individual's will to bridge this gulf, and this through precisely that flight into spiritual spheres which can be completely successful if the earthly child consciously devotes itself to this work. Anyone who only sees his earthly task in spiritually distancing himself from earth, who believes he will find his true home far above earth and who, through the strength of this belief, seeks contact with this spiritual world, will again and again have the opportunity to increase his knowledge of spiritual things, and he will be introduced to everything he needs to know and can thus undertake the high flight in complete certainty of reaching the final aim. Thus the earthly world can only ever be looked at with worldly eyes, it fulfils worldly desires and is also exploited in every respect in a purely worldly way, whereas the spiritual eye can wander into endless distances and what it sees there satisfies the spirit's longing and is therefore desired and striven for again and again. People do not consider what spiritual attention is at their disposal, they disregard that which exceeds all earthly value .... they chase after pseudo-goods and carelessly pass by real wealth, and their end will be that they will have to recognize the idleness of their life. They will leave the valley of the earth in the poorest spiritual state and will have to struggle bitterly in the beyond for what they could easily acquire on earth and rejected through their own fault where it was offered to them ....

Amen

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Source of truth .... spiritual community .... spiritual light ....

B.D. 0852 from April 6th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

You are introduced to completely unknown fields and therefore have an extraordinarily versatile knowledge. This alone should make the doubter wonder why a person can be considered to be versed in so many areas in such a short time, yet he can continue to draw from the first source and, as it were, never reach the bottom of all knowledge, for even if he draws and draws, the source is inexhaustible, it will only ever let the living water flow out, and anyone who wants to draw and drink from the source of truth will remain eternally grateful to the heavenly father for His love. Thus there remains an everlasting spiritual community, a circle of spiritually striving and spiritually instructing beings, which continuously receive and give and only for the purpose of furthering the soul. Only those who profess this community will also remain in contact with the beings in the beyond who want to place the human being into a state already on earth which will bring them closer to the divine saviour. The light which emanates from the sun visible to you has the power to have an invigorating effect on everything which is exposed to the rays of the sun. But now the spiritual light has the same task to an even greater extent, it is intended to have an invigorating effect on all people's thinking and ultimately should also be passed on to the willing earthly children, for its strength is unbelievably strong and fills everything with life, it gives right content to people who desire to stand in this light. And therefore it is advisable to cultivate spiritual knowledge, i.e. to consider it the only important thing in earthly life and to use every opportunity to enter the circle of light of divine grace, which is nevertheless offered to people in the very form that the spiritual world of the beyond places itself at the service of the lord and instructs the human being in His will without restriction, only adapted to the will of the recipient, who alone determines the extent to which spiritual knowledge is imparted to him. For the human being's will is determining .... he can accept and reject, he can be eager to receive and also sluggishly or reluctantly accept the gifts from above, and the human being's spiritual success will also be accordingly ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Jesus' suffering and dying .... Hour of death ....

B.D. 0853 from April 7th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The soul suffers if it loves. And therefore the Saviour has exemplified His suffering to you, and this for love of the people. When you remember His hour of death, your heart will also feel profound pain if you come aglow with love for the Saviour and have offered Him your heart. During the agonising hour of death His body was subject to intolerable pain; He suffered the disgrace of His elevation on the cross twice as badly, because His own children had nailed Him to the stake and shouted scorn and mockery in His face .... No other human being on earth ever suffered what Jesus took upon His sanctified shoulders for love of humanity, no-one ever concluded his earthly life in such torment and, yet, the divine Redeemer did not resist His suffering and death .... He took it voluntarily upon His shoulders and thereby acquired eternal bliss for people. And so you, too, will have to endure suffering and sorrow if you want to participate in the great act Salvation and its blessing. Bear in mind that you must present your guilt of sin to the Saviour as well, that you must appeal to Him to take pity upon your guilt of sin, then the Lord in His love and gentleness will graciously dispel your suffering, He will keep everything away from you and redeem you from your guilt of sin, for His goodness and gentleness are beyond description, He includes everyone in His love who wants to belong to Him and reveals their suffering to Him with complete trust. To them He is a Saviour from all adversity, He protects them from all tribulations and transforms everything depressing into a state of freedom and redemption, the soul will be released from its burden and, in cheerful anticipation and relieved from all worries, the earthly child hands itself over to the grace of the heavenly Father .... And it will not appeal to the divine Saviour's help in vain if only it faithfully, and with profound empathy, remembers the Lord's hour of suffering and is willing to bear its suffering in God's will for the redemption of humanity from the sleep of death into eternal life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Spirit of God .... revelations .... science and true scholarship ....

B.D. 0854 from April 8th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The most varied opportunities present themselves to men, and each one should be used in the most exhaustive manner. For the strengthening of the spirit take up the following: As far as the eternal Godhead allows it, people move in the centre of the divine activity of love, and only undivided attention allows this to be recognized. However, where the divine will has created a field of activity which cannot be overlooked from a human point of view, only the spirit of God awakened to life is able to find the right explanation, for what comes to light exceeds the human ability to comprehend .... people think they can unravel on their own what, however, is the intervention of divine love and therefore only comprehensible to people when they are also in love. They know how to solve the strangest entanglements of human experience and explain them intellectually, but it is impossible for them to regard what appears incomprehensible to them as divine activity and to try to grasp it spiritually. And thus an ultimatum has been set for them .... the lord demands complete submission and compliance with His commandments from and at the same time assures them of higher knowledge, so that every person can acquire spiritual knowledge if only he fulfils his duty towards God. A general standstill has occurred which has the effect that the divine commandments are no longer respected and that the spiritual state has thus experienced a certain decline .... People close their eyes and ears to the gifts from above, they prefer spiritual blindness, and this leads to complete alienation from God and a certain inability to recognize everything divine. All indications in this respect are in contradiction with human thinking, and a scientific explanation which runs counter to divine revelation is accepted without contradiction, while the truth is superiorly rejected. Thus, today everything is under the sign of science, people are constantly pondering, calculating and researching without finding a completely satisfactory result, yet people pass by the pure truth and therefore constantly remain mistaken and entangle themselves in contradictions. Limits will therefore be drawn and true scholarship will only be found where divine working is acknowledged and thus the eternal deity Itself works in the human being. And the result of all human research will truly deviate considerably from the wisdom given to those who research in God. And thus the lord considers all those who desire Him and does not allow them to fall into error .... Understandably, however, He will also remain distant from those who rely on their own strength and withdraw from the divine sphere of activity; they travel the earthly path in vain and their spirit will not be awakened to life since they flee from divine strength ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Father words ....

B.D. 0855 from April 8th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Behold, My child, there is a reason for your restlessness. The soul seeks contact with its saviour and longs for a permanent bond with Me, and therefore everything earthly hinders its unification .... it still feels its bound state, as it were, and longs for liberation. And if this longing has become so strong that it only sees its saviour in Me, that it also sees the aim of its longing in Me, if it only desires Me and has turned away from all earthly things, then it has passed its probationary period on earth and only waits for the day when it will be called into eternity, where it will then receive complete fulfilment of its longing. Yet as long as it is still responsible for the earthly fulfilment of its duties it will still have to wear its body's shackles, yet its spirit will be able to unite with Me. And this will also be a blissful state for it, even if it cannot be felt by the body on earth. And thus be patient and accept the advice as a sign of My love, which shall also give you inner peace: Always and constantly seek Me and desire to receive Me into your heart .... and your longing will be fulfilled while you are still on earth, for anyone I delight with My love will have his longing satisfied and yet increased immeasurably again. And thus you look forward to the hour when your heart will tremble; whatever the body still has to overcome, the soul will only grow stronger through it and join ever more intimately with the one Whose love it longs for. In the hour of union, even the body is no longer an obstacle, but completely devoted to the soul. And for the rest of its earthly life the soul has no struggles ahead of it, for it has reached its aim in the union with its lord and saviour. It can complete its path of life in the certainty that it has entrusted itself to the right guide and is loved by Him for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Father words .... audible voice .... trust and firmness of faith ....

B.D. 0856 from April 9th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

You shall follow the voice of your heart, My child, and you will be wonderfully strengthened in all adversity and danger. And if you receive the admonition from above not to become lukewarm, it is not least for your own sake. Therefore, never fail to listen inwardly for every question you put to your creator, and the answer will be offered to you brightly and clearly if you desire to receive it and do your part to receive it, i.e. listen to the voice sounding in your heart. And so hear the following: I am always close to you and know about all your worries .... why don't you entrust yourself to Me without limits? I want My children to come to Me with every concern, for I want them to go through life light-heartedly, and this is within their power if they entrust all suffering to Me so that I will help them bear it. I want them to be one with Me, I want them to come to Me in sorrow and joy, I want them not to take a single step without Me, I want them to consult Me in all adversities of daily life. I want to be the one Who reigns in them, to Whom they take refuge with every concern .... I want to be everything for them, friend and brother, and they shall never shy away from coming to Me, no matter what oppresses them .... For only when the soul keeps seeking Me and can never be without Me will the heart be ready to receive Me and I can take abode in it and remain with the earth child for all eternity. So you, too, desire nothing but the final union with Me and you will always and constantly hear My voice and it will soon sound in you audibly and clearly proclaim My will to you .... If you want to hear Me, then only ever listen inwards .... Surrender to firm faith and everything you want will happen .... My child, if this assurance is given to you, why don't you surrender to My words with complete trust? Surely He who created the whole world will also be able to accomplish this and express Himself to you intelligibly? If you trust your saviour wholeheartedly, all gates will open to you and what you desire to know will be revealed to you. My spirit has loved you from eternity, it has embodied itself in you and strives for unification with Me, because the separation from Me is a painful state for it .... if you now believe, firmly and without doubt, every separation will be bridged. The spirit from God unites with Me again and also achieves the same .... it formulates and shapes as it is its will, because this will is the same as that expressed by the divine spirit .... And thus firm faith must also achieve that you overcome the burden of earth with ease; it must be so strong that you can master everything through your will, for the power lies in faith alone .... it is the right faith itself, the power from God, by virtue of which everything undertaken in such a state of faith must succeed. (Here three lines are inserted in shorthand, we cannot read them = ed.) Take refuge in prayer and remain intimately united with your saviour and redeemer, so that He may strengthen you in the spirit ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Fulfilment of the predictions of scripture .... receiving the word ....

B.D. 0857 from April 10th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

"Search in the spirit", says the lord, "and you will stand in the truth ...." Who is better able to guide you into truth than the lord and master Himself .... It was through His will that the door to the spiritual world was opened. He let the call from earth resound in the beyond, and those who asked for an answer were given it, for all wills are fulfilled which the spirit expresses.

Thus began the new time which will take its course. The lord referred to this time, He mentioned it during His life on earth, He also indicated the time when humanity's spiritual decline would begin and great hardship would befall the earth. He mentioned all events which precede the difficult time and also pointed out the visible strengthening which is offered to His own from heaven so that they should not perish without protection and desolation in the general chaos .... If you now pay attention to the appearances of the present time, you will also know that the time is near .... and you will also have to understand that the predictions which point to the connection from earth to the beyond must also come true, and all this will no longer seem so improbable to you if you realize that only the scriptures will be fulfilled. The visible help offered to you is only intended to restore the faith you have already lost, the faith in the eternal deity Who dwells visibly and tangibly amongst you, recognized by those who love Him and keep His commandments. It shall give you faith in His immeasurably great love with which He wants to bestow upon every earthly child if it does not resist this divine love. And therefore He announces Himself in a form which is intended to stimulate human thinking and at the same time testifies to His constant care for His earthly children. Whoever pays attention to these announcements, whoever receives them as daily bread from the heavens, whoever lets them become his sole purpose in life, whoever desires to live in fullest truth, the lord is close to him at all times. And he need never fear that the lord could restrict His bestowal of grace or completely revoke it .... on the contrary, it is pleasing to the father in heaven if the earthly child desires wisdom from the heavens. Every spiritual desire will be granted, and the lord blesses those who desire Him and His word. The one who feels drawn upwards is seized by the father’s love and carefully gives him what he needs for his flight upwards .... enlightenment in all things, advice and help, strength, comfort and everlasting grace .... and where love for the heavenly father is the driving force, the earthly child will soon be granted knowledge, which sufficiently explains all divine miracles of creation to him and yet is also extremely comforting for the human being still living on earth who makes himself worthy of the lord's great grace and endeavours to inform erring humanity of God's visible working. And thus this proclamation will also be understandable to people who long for God, whereas the person who does not acknowledge the divinity will never grasp the profound meaning of the words from above and therefore will not feel such a desire for truth within himself, for this alone is the prerogative of the person who gives himself to the father in heaven with all love, that he receives the words of love from above ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Audible inner voice ....

B.D. 0858 from April 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Try to hear the inner voice audibly, My child, and often devote yourself to inner contemplation so that you can, so to speak, spiritually experience everything that is given to you as a task. Hearing My voice in this way is far more vivid and brings you faster forward on the path of self-liberation from earthly fetters. Behold, on that night which preceded My death I instructed My disciples in the same way and gave them fullest knowledge through the audible inner voice. But My suffering and death on the cross robbed them of all certainty and doubt entered their hearts again. And thus, as it were, a barrier to direct contact with Me was formed again. If I now desire to speak to you in the same way and it only depends on your will to hear Me, then it must be your innermost endeavour to put yourself into a state which allows you to audibly hear My voice. For then a considerable path of ascent will, as it were, have been overcome, this is progress which brings the soul an inconceivable advantage that it can enter into unhindered contact with Me at all times ....

To use the spiritual connection in the most exhaustive way must constantly be your first desire, and every opportunity must also be used in order to be able to work on earth in such a way, as it is your destiny. The content of life is only completely satisfying when all and every possibility is utilized which brings about the maturing of the soul. And this includes the extraordinarily willing acceptance of the revealed divine will and the utilization of the divine grace abundantly offered to the earth child. And it is such a grace when the lord audibly expresses Himself to His child. From a spiritual point of view it will then have the opportunity to receive again and again .... it will no longer need to make the reception of the divine word dependent on external circumstances which often made the connection difficult for the earth child, but it will be able to establish this connection at any time and always be certain of the divine word. And thus you are admonished to overcome all inhibitions and unreservedly entrust yourself to the father in heaven so that He can instruct you in a blissful way, so that you will enter into even more intimate contact with Him and be able to hear His word directly .... Such happiness on earth alone is worth striving for, regardless of the spiritual advantage, which is inconceivable ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Enlightenment and instruction from above .... time of suffering for unbelievers ....

B.D. 0859 from April 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

It is a special privilege which the lord bestows upon the earthly children that they are constantly honoured by His word and constantly instructed in eternity-related teachings .... It is not earthly life itself which is important but how it is used for eternity .... This alone is worth paying attention to. But if people are given explanations from above they remain unteachable, for they simply don't accept the divine teachings for what they are .... And thus, with irresponsible carelessness, earthly life is only used in an earthly sense but eternity is hardly thought of. Too much attention is paid to earth and for this reason connections are made which aim at exactly the opposite, as an intimate union of spiritually kindred souls .... Measures are taken which result in a strong upheaval in the spiritual sphere. If all those who instinctively incline towards the teaching about a higher being would correctly recognize the danger humanity is heading towards, all divine wisdom would soon be desirable and it would be accepted wherever it was offered to humanity. But if everything possible is done to eradicate all faith amongst humanity and again and again it is pointed out that only a few can intellectually fathom the most profound knowledge, such spiritual emptiness will soon be widespread amongst people .... and nothing will be able to alleviate the spiritual hardship on earth, for the recordings, which are purest spiritual knowledge, will be ridiculed and scoffed at, they will not want to be examined first as completely improbable, but will be rejected immediately with the reason that humanity has always gone the same way and there can be no question of justification in the sense of tradition. Now, in the coming time, the time of suffering will also begin for the unbelievers, so that in this time the human being will assert himself and take refuge in God, as the sole creator of heaven and earth, and, if the word of God is then offered to him and he receives it, he will be able to control the spiritual adversity through the grace of the lord. The human being will also be allowed to receive the word of love, comfort and divine mercy in the same proportion as he wants to perfect himself, without which he would truly walk his earthly path in vain; he would only ever want to pursue the tranquillity and comfort of daily life and by no means be able to grasp the sole meaning of human life or not correspond to it in the slightest and thus have lived life completely in vain. Yet God's infinite love and goodness has compensated for this and mercifully accepted humanity by taking care of the revival of His earthly children, and again it is only up to the individual's will to partake of this great grace, for the lord would like to help everyone .... but anyone who still rejects this help cannot be helped anymore, can no longer be helped, for it is not good to preach repentance to an obstinate sinner, and if the human being does not want to accept the word of God then he is like the obstinate sinner who would rather remain in his guilt of sin than take the path of repentance if he is lovingly made aware of the fact that this is the only path to eternal life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Signs of old age .... striving for physical elasticity for earthly reasons .... violent event ....

B.D. 0860 from April 13th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The earthly task is easy to name when the price is set against it; for only a short time of struggling is necessary in order to be able to enjoy the glories eternally. The older the human being becomes, the easier it will be for him to make the sacrifice of renouncing earthly pleasures and thus the attainment of eternal bliss will also be more promising. And again, it is only his will that he puts a stop to desire, that nothing in him longs for the world any longer and that he thinks of life after death. The wise of the world, i.e., those who believe they are, place earthly fulfilment in the foreground until old age. They are, as it were, anxiously concerned not to let .... this very urge for fulfilment be lost their attention is directed to being able to meet the same demands as youth for as long as possible, and this is erroneous human thinking, for man should rather know gratitude to his soul, which no longer demands fulfilment of life .... The so-called signs of old age should be joyfully welcomed, for they are steps towards the right aim .... In unrestrained enjoyment of life, however, it is impossible for man to mature; it is never possible to meet both the demands of the world and spiritual progress. And thus it is only regrettable if people anxiously endeavour to maintain a certain physical elasticity until old age .... The body can certainly carry out its earthly activity, and it will also be given strength to do so as long as this activity is merely the fulfilment of duty and serves the good of humanity. But if it only wants to be done in order to be able to indulge in the undivided enjoyment of life, and the body only wants to remain young and efficient for this reason, such a desire for strength and constant elasticity can only be called purely earthly and can never be approved of in a divine sense. What is good for people once they have established the spiritual connection will already be given to them by the father in heaven, but striving for it with all earthly senses and means is worthless, for the human being primarily thinks of temporal but not of eternal well-being and does not consider his transience ....

A tremendous event will soon make you aware of the transience of all earthly things .... And blessed is he who from that moment on evaluates his life differently and strives spiritually. As soon as the world is confronted with an experience which does not fit into its plans and calculations at all, the opportunity is also offered for a complete overthrow in the spiritual sphere, for the human being will be brought out of balance in his thinking, and if he now seizes this opportunity this world event can have an unspeakably beneficial influence on the human being's soul and thus also on his fate in eternity. Only the will to do what is right has to be his own product, everything else is taken into His hands by the heavenly father in loving care .... He now so visibly guides the human being, whose will became active on his own authority, that the seeking soul recognizes divine rule and willingly surrenders to this guidance. However, anyone who only ever places himself and his physical well-being in the foreground, his will is only directed towards earthly advantage, and such a person can also never be forced by the eternal deity into realization or right thinking, for the human being's will is free and will not be touched in eternity, so that every being shall seek and find the right relationship with God in fullest freedom of will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Care of the inner life .... contemplative hours of leisure ....

B.D. 0861 from April 13th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Anyone who always wants to enjoy divine grace will never go empty-handed, and thus a spiritual being will communicate with you today with the fullest will of the lord. A representation will be given to you which relates to the inner life and its correct formation. It cannot remain hidden from you how little people concern themselves with spiritual questions just now. They all fear a certain knowledge and therefore avoid it. And precisely this evasion is the evil that brings the greatest harm to man. The constant attempt of spiritual forces fails one after the other; they do not succeed in making the human heart hungry and preparing it to receive divine gifts, and such avoidance is even less helpful for the soul's inner shaping .... A person without faith can also explainably not have a distinct inner life, or rather, all his thinking concentrates on purely earthly things which fill him up again sufficiently so that he never finds the time for a contemplative, inner hour of leisure. And every person should allow himself such an hour of leisure .... an hour that is spent in intimate contact with the divine saviour and used accordingly. A person should at least sacrifice one hour a day to his saviour and this hour will be blessed a thousand times over, for such a contemplative hour can result in extremely pious thinking, the realization of one's own 'self' can make the earthly child realize its worthlessness, and this can stimulate the willing person to cooperate in God's kingdom and have an extremely beneficial effect. And this is what an hour of reflection on spiritual problems brings about, and even the non-pious human being sometimes sends questions into the universe which at first only arouse his purely scientific interest but which, in time, inwardly change the very person and also bring him closer to the question of his outcome, which can now be of inestimable value for a believing mind, in that the spirit which still slumbers unawakened in the human being now begins to stir and only awaits the earth child's willing devotion in order to become active. Everything that happens outside of the human being sometimes keeps the soul from its beneficial task, therefore the human being should immerse himself in regular contemplation, he should leave everything earthly aside during this time and only think about such questions which concern eternal life .... he should deeply think of the creator in his heart and regard himself as His created being and demand clarification about his actual purpose. And once this has become his, he should investigate himself, remove all impure thinking from his heart and make it homely for the highest and best being .... he should strive for perfection .... he should connect all earthly activity with profound questions .... concerning the soul's salvation he should look at himself like a creature alien to him so that he will completely recognize his faults and weaknesses and relentlessly strive to conquer them .... he should continue to leave no stone unturned which could contribute to awaken the same striving and desire in the fellow man .... he should seek spiritual exchange as often as possible and thus continue to care for the shaping of his soul, so that the heart will be presented to the lord as a receptacle of divine truth in such a way that He will henceforth integrate it into His obedience, that He henceforth takes it into His care and protects it from every danger from outside .... For as the human being cultivates his inner life, blessings will one day accrue to him, his spiritual alertness will bring him success, and he will no longer pay attention to the world, so that he will be granted insight into spiritual spheres, because he first paid attention to his inner life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's blessing .... prayer and success of the work ....

B.D. 0862 from April 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

It is irresponsible carelessness if the lord is not thought of before any work is started. If it is at a person's disposal to receive the lord's blessing, which then makes all work easy and successful for him, and he does not pay attention to this blessing, then all burden and responsibility rests on his shoulders alone and he will therefore have to toil and strain much more, than if he entrusts himself to the lord and appeals to Him for His assistance .... However, where the work on earth is successful even without the requested help and the human being believes he does not need God's blessing, good spiritual strength is not always involved in the success of the work but often arises with the support of opposing power in order to prevent the human being from turning to the creator of heaven and earth in prayer for assistance. Therefore, an apparently successful striving on earth without recourse to the divine lord must not be misleading or misjudged .... the fallacy must not be drawn from it that the human being can very well do without divine help without suffering harm .... only as long as he is completely ignorant and thus does not consciously neglect the divine commandments to ask for blessing, no disadvantage will arise for him and he will be protected from the influence of the opposing power, but if he acknowledges an eternal deity and recognizes His creator and controller in His earthly existence, yet intends to carry out his earthly activity without His assistance, he will then often be offered resistance .... He will have to recognize his powerlessness through failures and difficult successes; He will have to realize that he is not always in control of the success of his work; he will feel a certain resistance from above which he can overcome himself through right thinking. And if he has used his thoughts correctly and trustingly revealed himself to the father in heaven and entrusted his work and its success to Him, he will be honoured with blessings from above and need never fear that they will be withdrawn from him as long as he desires to be blessed by God and expresses this through prayer and trusting devotion. To stand in God's blessing means to be able to go through life light-heartedly, to be relieved of earthly worries and to be able to hand over everything difficult to Him .... And this awareness lets the human being go through life joyfully and cheerfully, he no longer bears the responsibility alone but has handed it over to the lord, and only, where the human being falters in faith or becomes negligent in prayer, the hardships of life approach him again and drive him to renewed reflection on his own weakness without divine help, so that the human being clearly recognizes that his earthly path leads astray if he does not avail himself of divine help and consciously asks the father in heaven for blessing ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spiritual influence .... direct connection .... thoughts transmission ....

B.D. 0863 from April 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

To influence people's thoughts requires great love and patience on the part of the spiritual beings assigned to do so. The more distant people are from spiritual problems, the quicker they reject sudden thoughts which are the expression of those spiritual forces and hastily turn to thoughts which relate more to their earthly life. Consequently, spiritual strength has little influence on such people .... their duty is to only work in the spiritual sphere, to only convey purely spiritual thoughts and teachings to people, and precisely these meet with certain rejection in most cases. And therefore this office has to be exercised with utmost love and patience if any success is to come to light. A spiritual being cannot always express itself in direct contact from the beyond to earth and is therefore only rarely consciously listened to. Thought transmission, however, is far more difficult to carry out, for the human being often resists precisely because he rejects spiritual instruction as long as he does not consciously concern himself with it. The thinking human being often asks questions of the deity and may also receive the answer at any time, yet in a different way than is customary amongst people, and it requires faith and trust in God to also accept this answer, which comes to him in the form of thoughts, as a divine answer. Anyone who truly desires the truth will also receive the truth .... and anyone who recognizes supreme omnipotence and love in God will not doubt that an answer will come to him from above, from where alone the human being can receive enlightenment. Many things are so simple and only document the intimate love of the heavenly father for His children. But the human intellect picks everything apart in such a way that the simple can no longer be properly recognized. Then the human being tries to fathom in the most complicated way what can be explained to him easily and comprehensibly if he only pays attention to his thoughts, which truly provide him with the right answer in the quickest way. For spiritual strength makes use of the earth child's willingness to receive, i.e. it is immediately ready to give and to work where the slightest question concerning spiritual matters also reveals the human being's will to attain the truth. The spiritual beings welcome it extremely joyfully when they can be active and instruct a truth-hungry heart. However, what is mentally revealed to people will rarely be spread as pure truth .... Many a person certainly forms a judgment on the basis of this mental influence which also corresponds to the truth, but he will very rarely be able to convey his thoughts, which are supposedly the product of his own brooding, to other people as truth, because the human being also regards all thinking as unreliable, thus no proof of truthfulness can ever be provided for the expressed proclamations. Only in the direct connection from the beyond to earth lies a possibility to be able to give credible proof to the unbelievers, i.e., also only when they seriously desire the truth. And this work is intended to be such evidence for humanity, anyone with the slightest desire for divine truth should be able to gain an insight into it. And when he realizes that a human being's ability and knowledge is not enough to continuously write down such announcements, he himself will recognize a higher power in it .... he will now also increasingly feel the spiritual influence of well-meaning spiritual beings and likewise be guided into truth, for it is his will which longs for divine truth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Work of creation .... solid matter .... atmosphere .... plants ....

B.D. 0864 from April 15th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

In God's visible work of creation all strength passes into matter, as it were, and works there to enliven everything that is destined by the creator for higher development. Creation therefore only has this purpose, that the beings sheltering in it perfect themselves. The more versatile creation has been shaped by God's love and omnipotence, the greater the number of embodied beings in it, and the explanation for the countless variations of divine miracles of creation will now also be found .... It will now be understandable that in such diverse structures of divine creation the being also has every possibility to develop in all directions, that a certain adaptability must be inherent in it by virtue of which it can fulfil every task in every embodiment. Thus the forms of creation are, as it were, destined by the divine creator to make the most diverse demands on the beings striving towards higher development. Every being has the urge to leave its present form as soon as possible and therefore pursues each task with an increased drive for activity. The stay in every form is limited in time but of very different duration. In solid matter the beings are often banished for an incredibly long time and often have to endure the most agonizing state until their liberation, so that they expect their liberation with longing and then mostly stay in the atmosphere in an unbound state until the urge becomes stronger in them to go the way through the plant and animal world, which guarantees them a becoming free of all matter. The desire to come close to the earth expresses itself through all kinds of weather precipitation, and (it = d. Hg.) thus the beings which have so far resided in the atmosphere enter into direct contact with the earth and through it penetrate grasses, plants and flowers, and thus the course through the plant world begins, which again lasts endless times but shortens the stay in every form through innumerable transformations and thus the being, which has thereby also increased considerably within itself, passes into ever greater form in order to undergo the same process of higher development after a certain maturity in animal life. This is of such grave importance, and it is only the knowledge of it that allows the divine wisdom to be properly recognized .... only when the human being subjects his previous life to this contemplation is he able to assess the responsibility he bears in earthly life, that this infinitely long path of his previous development has not been travelled completely uselessly, which would nevertheless be the case if the human being did not also fulfil the last task which is now set for him in earthly life. To know that the whole time before would have been lived through in vain by the spiritual entities which then united to form a whole, his soul .... should fill the human being with a sense of responsibility that he will muster all his will and all his strength to likewise completely solve his task on earth and to bring his soul final liberation from matter ....

Amen

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Suppression of desires advantage for soul .... commandments .... renounce ....

B.D. 0865 from April 15th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

To act against divine will can never be of use to the soul, even though the body gains an advantage from it. And therefore the divine commandments will almost always be an obstacle to earthly well-being; they will always demand a certain renunciation or relinquishment from the human being and will therefore rarely be accepted where people try to enjoy life to the full. But indisputably a benefit is done to the soul where the commandments are fulfilled with physical pleasures being put on the back burner. The soul tries to dismiss everything that hinders it and feels unspeakably good in a free state, which, however, is not beneficial for the body during its time on earth, for all advantages of the soul only have a purely spiritual effect and therefore cannot be felt by the earthly body. And therefore the soul's life must be completely separated from the body's life of feeling. But the soul's repeated consideration of the body will to a certain extent harm it, for if the body's earthly desire is satisfied, matter will increase at the same time and therefore also the bondage in which the soul still languishes. And the human being should redeem himself from matter, he should avoid everything and withdraw it from the body in order to only become free from matter which has held him captive for thousands of years. Anyone who considers this will also be able to appreciate the danger which lies in the fulfilment of earthly desires .... He will use all his willpower in order to be able to resist the body's desire, and he will assist the soul in its adversity and help it to free itself from the bondage of matter. In every earthly situation the human being naturally seeks to exploit the greatest possible advantage for himself, he always first thinks of making his earthly existence bearable and does not see the danger which lies precisely in such endeavour. If he would think of his soul first and consider the possible consequences for it, it would certainly become much easier for him to forego many earthly advantages and be satisfied with the advancement of his soul. But if the human being pays little or no attention to all spiritual thoughts he will only ever be interested in making his earthly life as comfortable and carefree as possible and otherwise reject everything spiritual in the mistaken opinion that he is thereby relieved of all responsibility. That is why the busy work of the beings in the beyond is always aimed at clarifying the human being's actual destiny. Once this has become clear to the human being he will see an advantage for his soul in the suppression of his own desire, he will be more active for the very salvation of his soul, to the same extent he will also lose his desire for the world and for the sake of his soul he will also renounce where he lusts for the fulfilment of his desires ....

Amen

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Sunday sermon .... deity .... natural power .... knowledge and faith ....

B.D. 0866 from April 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

"Blessed are those who seek My love .... to them I will reveal Myself ...." Thus says the lord and at all times lets His voice resound audibly to people for the salvation of their souls. And those who pay attention to His voice will draw living water as often as they desire it, and in the hour of adversity and tribulation they will be strengthened bodily and spiritually through the love of the heavenly father. And so the lord always and at all times gives you His grace and does not allow anyone who trusts in Him to be without help. He knows all hardships and He knows the hearts of the suffering .... He will refresh them according to their worthiness .... He will not abandon His own and will always dwell near them. He will let the sun shine upon the righteous and the unrighteous, and He will also make His word accessible to all people on earth .... yet the blessing of His word will only be felt by those who accept it in faith and love for the lord .... who humbly plead with Him for His mercy .... who confess their weakness to Him and ask for strength .... who long for Him with all love and commend themselves to His goodness and mercy. Divine love is close to them and is their constant shelter and protection, and His children will never ever be abandoned, for He knows them and lovingly guides their fate so that they can find the path to their eternal home and one day enter into the father’s house ....

In fullest unity all good spiritual forces pursue only one aim, to lead all spiritual imperfection towards perfection, and it is therefore their eager striving to first inform them of God's omnipotence, love and goodness and of the destiny of the earth being and its relationship to the creator. Only when the earthly being has understood this, can the work of a slow transformation of materialistic thinking begin ....

And therefore faith in a deity must first be awakened in the human being in order to be able to build on it, for where faith is lacking all teaching which points to eternity is invalid and given to people in vain. Those who have faith recognize an eternal deity as a power in direct contact with the human being, to Whose will they are completely subject. And this faith is the first condition for all further striving. Anyone who understands the deity to be a force of nature which certainly expresses itself in unchanged lawfulness, which thus also caused the human being to come into being but does not determine his fate and activity, cannot be influenced by his thoughts in such a way that he shapes his life with a view to eternity, to his life after bodily death. And that is why the spiritual world of the beyond is first of all responsible for instructing the human being in the right faith, and this requires unbelievable effort and patience at a time when humanity has worked out a teaching for itself which seeks to make everything that the whole of creation contains understandable in a purely natural way. And overzealous scientific research is the death of faith. People think they know and therefore no longer need faith .... but they believe they have fathomed everything through science and therefore have the wrong faith .... For this faith is of no use but only confuses all human thinking, whereas pure, childlike faith in an eternal creator as the controller of everything in existence also introduces people to knowledge and does not leave them in error. The more close to God the human being endeavours to remain on earth the brighter he will also look at creation, and profound faith only gives him confirmation of what he recognizes as truth, for he is offered evidence of a different kind than human science can provide .... Evidences which only strengthen faith but appear little tangible to the one whose faith is still weak .... Profound faith is the first condition, and only then can the human being work on himself in order to attain the highest perfection ....

Amen

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Redemption through love .... rebirth of the spirit .... overcoming death ....

B.D. 0867 from April 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Love for humanity moved the son of man to take suffering and the guilt of sin upon Himself .... Love for humanity is once again the motive for His extraordinary activity on earth. And love for one another shall likewise make you His co-workers, for only through love can you redeem yourselves and your fellow human beings .... The will to help each other is truly already an act, for you thereby confess yourselves before the lord as His servants, you, as it were, carry out the lord's will .... is to give love where it is needed .... The lord will bless your effort and not abandon you if you are in need of help. And thus love alone is salvation, for love is divine, and if you are active in love you free yourselves from the power of evil, you have escaped its control and found the lord .... for if you love you are one with Him .... He is with you in every work of love, for He is love Himself .... So make frequent use of His grace, which He promises you .... Love so that He enters your hearts and His nearness makes you infinitely happy .... Help each other who still live on earth .... give to the poor in spirit .... Do not let the hungry suffer where you can feed them with the bread of heaven .... Recognize the divine guidance in every event .... Willingly follow His guidance and only ever live in love, which is the epitome of all being. You will be able to book the most beautiful success if love drives you to alleviate people's suffering .... for then you will work with the lord Himself .... you will, as it were, take part in the lord's work of redemption, for you will willingly take the suffering of your fellow human beings upon your shoulders if you strive to reduce this suffering and become absorbed in love for each other. Let this be your endeavour, that you seek to do good to one another, that you never think of your neighbour in unkindness if he has to live in want and suffer, but that you sacrifice your own well-being if you can thereby free your neighbour from hardship. The lord's work of redemption was synonymous with the rebirth of the spirit .... through the divine work of redemption the spirit in the human being could be awakened to life, for this happens through love. He, Who overcame death through His great love, thus made love the awakener of all dead life .... He took away the sting of death .... he who lives in love can no longer fall prey to eternal death, and truly man finds eternal life through love ....

Amen

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Soul care of the otherworldly spirit beings .... freedom of will ....

B.D. 0868 from April 17th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The soul fulfils its task without contradiction if love dwells in it. And because the area of care for the soul is so infinitely extensive, the spiritual forces take every opportunity to influence the human being's thoughts and make him compliant to follow their whisperings. But every soul has its freedom of will, and this must not be infringed upon. On the contrary, it must be worked towards that it remains so, which is extraordinarily difficult for the spiritual beings in the beyond, since they are in knowledge and the urge is inherent in them to guide every earthly being onto the right path. This would be very easy for them if they did not need to respect the human being's will, but then the earthly purpose would also be missed, for although the human being may be mentally pointed to what is right he must nevertheless do everything else himself to also carry out these thoughts in order to reach the state of perfection as a free being. If love animates the human soul, it is, as it were, the human will that has become active. A heart which has become love will not resist the efforts of the otherworldly forces but follow their whisperings with full will. And this is what the spiritual forces strive for. They look after the earthly beings in everlasting care, and this in manifold ways. They are God's messengers and His willing helpers who intervene wherever the earthly beings threaten to succumb to the battle against darkness. They endeavour without ceasing to win over erring souls and seek to give their thoughts that direction which is successful for time and eternity. They themselves are beings of light who have become love, who are able to assess the hardship of darkness and would like to rescue all souls still on earth from the power of the God-opposing forces, and again and again their love and patience let them take care of the erring ones anew. They establish connections between people which are beneficial in a spiritual sense .... they guide people and draw their attention to things which should make them aware of the working of the eternal deity, they support or favour earthly activity as far as it is beneficial to people for the advancement of the soul, and they intervene helpfully wherever the human being is in danger of losing himself. And love copes with all this .... it seeks to awaken love and thereby reduce resistance and thus make the soul receptive for all influences from above ....

Amen

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Holy scripture .... word of God in unveiled form ....

B.D. 0869 from April 17th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

What you are taught in the Holy Scriptures is to be accepted without doubt, yet it will not always be comprehensible to you, for you must seek the key to the right knowledge of the divine word in the strength of the spirit which is alive in you. Anyone who only grasps the mere sense of the letter will find it difficult to penetrate, and if he does not implore divine grace and pray for the brightness of the spirit, many things will remain incomprehensible to him, for the lord made His will known in a form adapted to people's nature .... with a closed sense to those who superficially let His word sound to their ears .... but with a bright understanding to those who receive His word with the purest intention of serving God. This is said to comfort you who are in doubt about the truthfulness of the old tradition. You are at a spiritual turning point, you will have to give up what was your sanctuary, and yet you will not have to live in want, for He who knows your longing remembers the far-off time. He lets the same word arise anew, He lets His voice resound again and opens the fountain of life anew .... and everyone who desires the word of God shall find refreshment at its source .... And it will continue to be offered to you unveiled .... you will be able to grasp it with the intellect and with the heart, it will be given to you in a new form, as it were, what always and forever was .... the divine truth .... His word, which will endure for all eternity. And you will recognize divine love from it, you will be able to draw strength in severe adversity .... And because the lord remembers His own He wants to refresh and revive them even before the time so that they will strengthen their spirit and prepare it for resistance .... For everything will come to pass as it is written .... not one stone will remain upon another .... everything that has existed until now will be destroyed and shattered, and humanity will require utmost strength if it does not want to perish in the adversity of the time. Anyone who is armed, i.e. who stands in faith and love, has the word of God within himself, he hears the lord's voice and will obey Him, and thus he does not need what people want to take away from him. He will nevertheless remain strong and be a firm support for the lord .... but he who is still weak in spirit needs strengthening, and the word of God is still necessary for him .... If he is to lose it, he will fear that he lacks strength, and the lord remembers this time and will not let His children go hungry. And if you are now perplexed that the lord God should choose this way, remember His words: "He who has much will still be given, but he who has little will also have his little taken away ...." Remember that His word was disregarded and only found acceptance in very few hearts .... and thus He takes where He is disregarded and gives where He is desired, and the divine word will be of incalculable advantage .... the world will not be able to take offence at it, for He who gives it, quietly consider His own with this gift .... and you, who want to receive the sign of His infinite love, you will grow stronger in faith and recognize that He has blessed His word with His strength ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Prayer for the deceased .... help through love ....

B.D. 0870 from April 18th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Blessed are those who feel in themselves the strength that comes from love .... Whoever works in love, his strength increases and never lets him become disparaging, his spirit rises and never demands to return to its envelope. And now turn your gaze upwards and think of those who did not find the salvation of the soul in earthly existence. The more intimately your prayer ascends, the lighter their burden becomes, for they are in constant need of the help which is imparted to them through prayer. The sufferings of their imperfect state are immeasurable, and yet they must go the path through all heaviness if the purification process is to succeed and enable them to pass into the kingdom of light. Those poor incessantly appeal to people for help and find so little hearing, and yet it is of extensive importance to them whether their call for help is heard or not. Every day countless souls send the call for help to earth, for they are in constant need. And these souls cannot be sufficiently remembered in prayer if they are to be released from their torment. To give people a picture of their sad fate would burden them immeasurably and let their distant path of life on earth walk under appalling pressure, yet you should nevertheless know that you can contribute an unspeakable amount to alleviating the fate of these poor, that you should only appeal to the father in heaven for help for these souls with love of heart in order to thereby reduce their suffering and impart strength to them, which has the effect that the will of those poor turns towards the light and can now also be complied with on the part of good spiritual beings, which, however, first need this will in order to be able to intervene helpfully on their part. If the human being errs on earth and recognizes his error in the beyond, then his situation will not be so appalling, for he will now strive with full will to improve his lot and also find active support; however, the ignorant and spiritually completely blind souls, who crossed over without any realization, endure unspeakable torments for the sake of their obduracy .... Help is also ready for them if only they are willing to accept it, yet in complete ignorance nothing can help them but people's heartfelt prayer, which also gives strength to those souls by making them feel the love and its strength in themselves and through this benefit become pliable and compliant and now in turn pursue the cause of this relief and thus slowly come close to the light .... Bringing help to such souls is a work of love which is pleasing to the lord ....

Amen

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Purpose and future of this work .... exhortation to the struggle of the soul ....

B.D. 0871 from April 18th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

This is your duty on earth to serve the lord by dedicating your strength to this work and to accomplish your daily work without delay, for where you lack strength for earthly activity a remedy will soon be found, only this work must not be interrupted or neglected, for it is important to create a comprehensive work in all perfection which shall be preserved for posterity and serve to strengthen faith and to make the task of life comprehensible in all and every way. This work does not only have a temporary purpose but the word of God shall continue to exist as the lord Himself sends it from heaven to earth; it shall proclaim in all truth the great love of the father in heaven .... but it shall also point out the dangers of daily life which may well be able to rob humanity of all faith in the eternal deity and therefore must be fought against most diligently. Times will certainly pass until this work is brought to its true purpose, but during this time many will still draw strength and reinforcement from the word of the lord, which, through His grace and everlasting willing cooperation on your part, shall continue and still bring unspeakable blessings to people. But the sufferings of the coming time will not depress you too much if you have grasped the deep meaning of your earthly work. And where an apparent decline occurs, this is only for the purpose of inner spiritual maturity, which you still have to struggle for, for without this struggle your cooperation is certainly beneficial in itself but not the complete guarantee for spiritual maturity; in order to attain this the human being also has to live through his soul's struggle, and it will cost him double effort, for the slightest deviation from the right path is an obstacle in the work for the eternal deity, and the soul's struggle continues to be a difficult and responsible one. In full possession of his spiritual strength the human being has an extremely courageous heart which is ready to fight, yet the danger of spiritual weakness is far greater than the human being believes .... as soon as he ceases to fight for spiritual supremacy his will becomes weak and the urge for earthly goods gains strength, and this has such an effect that everything spiritual only dimly touches the human being's mind, whereas previously it held the human being's entire thoughts and aspirations captive. This should be prevented with all diligence, the impulse for spiritual work should continue to work in you and every hour should be used in the same way as before. For where the will to serve God outweighs everything else, you are assured of every kind of support and earthly life with its demands need not frighten you either, for this will fulfil itself if you willingly serve the lord ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Earthly activity .... spiritual support .... divine power .... faith ....

B.D. 0872 from April 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

The burdens of earth will always be bearable if you do not forget your saviour. And so today you will receive a proclamation which relates to earthly activity and is therefore worthy of attention.

Anyone who asks for the lord's blessing and support in constant work will overcome them with ease, for all strength will now flow to him. You have to consider that you cannot accomplish anything without this strength which comes forth from God .... that this strength is not limited but it merely depends on your will to what extent you request or ask for it. Therefore people will accomplish very different things and consequently also be creatively active in different ways. The attitude towards God or also the attitude towards the opposing power is always decisive for success, for the opposing power also supports the human being in the most incredible way in order to thereby get him under its spell. But the human being's thinking will always be decisive as to which spiritual power provides support. The human being who appeals for God's kindness and love must be able to count on far stronger support than if his thoughts are purely earthly concerns and he does not think of the divine lord. The human being can receive an inconceivable amount of God's strength so that he can easily accomplish work which, in an earthly sense, requires the greatest effort, yet the earthly child must have complete trust in the father in heaven .... then he will be granted every support and relieved of every worry of his own if he does his utmost to use the divine strength beneficially. The lord works through the human being .... everything is possible for Him, no obstacle is insurmountable, no work is too great or too difficult .... And if this power and strength is requested from God it will pass directly to the person who believes .... Yet your faith is still weak and shrinks back from every test .... And if you don't let this faith become strong you will still often have to face what appears to be insurmountable and prove yourselves ....

And therefore you too must struggle for strong, unshakeable faith if you want to receive strength from God and always and constantly remain a bearer of divine strength. To form this faith in such a way that it does not waver in all temptations or trials of life is the sole purpose of all the temptations that come upon you and which you should bravely resist, always with the saviour in mind ....

Amen

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Sensual love ....

B.D. 0873 from April 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

So today, for the strengthening of the spirit, you shall receive one more proclamation concerning love, and namely from a specific point of view. People often describe something with the word 'love' which, in itself, is indeed love too, yet it is far removed from what is preached to people .... the practise of which shall be the human being's first and last task. It concerns the love of the senses, which you so often want to understand as the concept of love. Yet you should know that you are more likely to destroy true love if you don't resist sensual love, for it is a game of deceit by the adversary. It is, as it were, his means by which the human soul only too often falls into his trap. The human being completely submits himself to the control of evil if he does not resist his physical lust. This is the love which endeavours to possess, yet it will never ever be able to refine the human being and therefore cannot lead to union with the highest Entity either. So the human being must be very much on his guard that his soul and its progress will not be at serious risk due to purely physical longing .... he has to consider that it is far more difficult to suppress this lust once he has become addicted to it, and that all love on earth which purely applies to earthly interests therefore can never be right before God .... for love which is not giving but merely aims to fulfil earthly desires is likewise set to accomplish earthly success and consequently not intended by God. For God only considers a heart's innermost feeling. If this is truly selfless and only ever wants to give love, regardless of its own advantage, such deeds of love will also result in the reward inherent in them .... they will lead to heartfelt union with the divine Saviour ....

Amen

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Otherworldly teachers on behalf of the lord .... abuse of spiritual power ....

B.D. 0874 from April 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

In order to be able to teach the truth the beings in the beyond need the lord's instruction, for otherwise an enormous abuse of spiritual strength would be committed and humanity would be offered spiritual strength in excess, but in a completely wrong sense, i.e. no control would be possible as to the intention with which the teachings from the spiritual kingdom would be conveyed to people. And thus people would suffer incalculable damage because it would be impossible for human beings to fathom where truth separates from lies. In order to be able to administer the office of a teacher in the kingdom of the beyond a spiritual state of perfection has to be reached, so that the teaching being itself is instructed in all truth and can now make use of its spiritual strength to convey it to people. In many cases of hitherto complete ignorance of an earthly child the knowledge it now has is unimpeachable proof of the influence of spiritual strength .... But this strength must now also express itself in impeccable instructions if all doubts of people are to be overcome and a divine working is to be recognizable. And therefore not everyone is permitted to proclaim the truth to people on earth, instead this work is incumbent upon a spiritual circle which conscientiously and responsibly carries out this work and which is destined for this purpose by God Himself .... And thus the human being is allowed to devote himself to this conviction, that he is under the protection of those who themselves stand in truth, all doubts will be invalidated and he will listen with double attention to the whisperings of the spiritual forces beyond, for he knows that the power of evil is insufficient to have an equal effect on the human being where only the will for truth is present ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Pure-spirit connection from the earth to the spiritual world .... proximity of the spiritual beings ....

B.D. 0875 from April 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 17

Thus do your otherworldly friends unite and impart to you the word of the lord:

It is difficult for us to establish a purely spiritual connection between the earthly children and the spiritual world in this time of need .... for there are countless hostile forces on people's side to awaken or deepen their aversion to everything spiritual. Everything which only feels the longing in its deepest heart to be guided into truth will also be so led by God's wisdom and love that it will deeply inwardly ask itself whether all events in life do not have to enter its life according to a wise plan of the creator as has just been the case up to now.

These people can be assured that their life rests in God's hand and that in the end they must take the path through the earth valley in the way divine love intended for their best. Countless people are still not aware of the responsible task of earthly life. They therefore have the completely wrong opinion that a righteous life on the outside would suffice .... they even often have the wrong idea that a temporary harassment of the believers can only have a positive effect by gradually refraining completely from all spiritual activity. If, however, the human being slackens in this, the danger of a complete flattening is to be feared, and especially now the importance of making use of spiritual strength must be emphasized .... It must be emphasized again and again that the human being is only equal to all hostilities where he first establishes the connection to the heavenly father. He can only go through life completely calmly and carefree when he has handed himself over to the divine saviour in childlike trust and entrusts every further step to Him, for without this devotion life will be much more difficult for him to bear in the adversity that still awaits people on earth. We all endeavour to make this known to people in constant spiritual work and meet with so little understanding and yet only have one aim in mind, to make this time easier for people and to give them advice for later times, if they are still completely unteachable at present. One day everyone will be offered the opportunity to recognize divine truth .... whoever willingly and undauntedly reaches out and joyfully accepts the lord's words will be instructed by the lord in all truth and will also be active on earth in order to bear witness to the divine strength which is inherent in him. However, far too little use is made of this privilege and it is therefore extremely difficult to influence people mentally as long as they are occupied by the world, its duties and pleasures and pay no attention to the announced events. It truly requires unlimited patience and perseverance on the part of the spiritual beings in the beyond to make such souls compliant, and only very rarely do people accept such announcements for what they are .... as divine truth .... and therefore remain in spiritual darkness for long periods of time until, through the patience of their spiritual friends, they finally turn their attention to the divine mission and let the salvation of their soul be their concern ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Efficiency of the soul .... renunciation .... preliminary stages .... light spheres ....

B.D. 0876 from April 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 17

In an indescribably long past the soul was given tasks which demanded complete fulfilment, and only in this way was the course of higher development covered. If the soul's entire nature has reached the highest level of efficiency through the constant transformation of its cover, it must now also be given a task of equally great extent or responsibility in earthly life, which it can only fulfil if it endeavours to use all the abilities at its disposal and devotes itself eagerly to this work. It will be of immeasurable advantage for it if it makes use of every opportunity and overcomes everything difficult, for this alone promotes its state of maturity, that it willingly takes upon herself what is imposed on it for its own perfection. Thus, for example, it will take a certain time until the soul has freed itself from all earthly desire, and it can only achieve this if it practices renunciation, if it only ever considers that giving in to the body's desire is always detrimental to the soul .... if it equally considers how much the soul has to live in want when the body is considered and thus has to muster every ounce of resistance in order to help the soul. The human being bears responsibility for his soul because, on the other hand, he also has the ability to refrain from or do everything that is helpful to the soul .... and, in turn, it only depends on the human being's will to use these abilities correctly and, if the body demands something other than what is in the soul's best interest, to offer it the right resistance. For only in this way can the earthly task be completely fulfilled. And the human being has to fight this battle every day and every hour, and he should not tire, because it’s the highest stakes .... it’s about eternity .... This concept is incomprehensible to you humans, for you do not grasp the word in its deepest meaning. But you should know that you receive infinitely more than you give .... but that on the other hand you cannot receive in the state you are in now on earth .... that you would not be able to endure the glories if you had not first shaped yourselves in such a way that you could partake of them. Just as the soul had to form before in order to animate the human body .... just as its present condition is completely different from the previous stages, where the course through innumerable individual beings only brought about unification in an inconceivably long time in order to now embody itself in the human being .... the soul must now also try to reach the state in earthly existence that it can leave the dark stay in matter and rise into light regions, in order to be able to endure the very abundance of light, which is the epitome of bliss .... In order to receive the highest delights and enjoy unlimited bliss, the body's desire on earth must be met with the greatest resistance .... Then the soul will use its abilities in the right way by only ever striving for life in eternity and only regarding earthly life as an educational station ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers