New Revelation recieved by Bertha Dudde

Proclamations No. 3453 - 3578

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Publishers, Hans-Willi Schmitz and Wilhelm Wegers

http://en.bertha-dudde.org/

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

3453 - "If you are gathered in My name...."

3454 - Intercession for the poor souls....

3455 - Responsibility for own thinking.... truth....

3456 - Instructing the disciples.... gospel....

3457 - God's great love and guidance....

3458 - God can be found....

3459 - Union with God.... original state....

3460 - ‘Blessed are the merciful....’

3461 - Task of the tools on earth....

3462 - Imperishability of divine revelations....

3463 - Power of the divine word....

3464 - Help of the light beings in spiritual and earthly need....

3465 - "My father and I are one...."

3466a - "My kingdom is not of this world...."

3466b - "My kingdom is not of this world...."

3467 - Intercourse with the spiritual world....

3468 - Increase of need....

3469 - People in the last time.... graces....

3470 - Surrender to God's will....

3471 - Reminder and notice to end....

3472 - Blessing of suffering....

3473 - Truth and error.... consequences spiritual and earthly....

3474 - Devotion to God....

3475 - God’s word truth.... God's intervention....

3476 - Small faith....

3477 - Transcending matter.... beyond....

3478 - Comforting encouragement from the kingdom of light....

3479 - Demise of the world....

3480 - Willpower of the servants of God.... mission....

3481 - Subordinating the will to God....

3482 - Contact with God.... Influx of strength....

3483 - Work of love for misguided souls....

3484 - Apparent improvement in living conditions....

3485 - Comforting Fatherly Words....

3486 - End of the earth....

3487 - Comforting Fatherly Words....

3488 - God’s word and its power....

3489 - Leadership....

3490 - Sun of graces....

3491 - Unwavering faith....

3492a - Battle between light and darkness....

3492b - Battle between light and darkness....

3493 - Turn.... God's intervention....

3494 - Commandment of love....

3495 - Spiritual and material creations....

3496 - Signs of the end time....

3497 - Indifference.... divine intervention....

3498 - Spiritual guides....

3499 - Collecting spiritual treasures.... bogus goods....

3500 - Desire of the divine word....

3501 - Overcoming the world....

3502 - Faith merit act of free will.... no gift.... mind research....

3503 - God reveals Himself to His servants....

3504a - Evolution of the earth before humans....

3504b - Earth test.... new earth and its emergence....

3505 - Influence of immature souls who died early....

3506 - Fatherly love.... God's guidance....

3507 - Inner retreat.... answer to prayer....

3508 - Will to rise is guarantee for aim....

3509 - God's will.... power of the adversary....

3510 - Spiritual food.... "Seek ye first the kingdom...."

3511 - God's will or permission.... probationary period....

3512 - God reveals Himself through creation....

3513 - Last phase before the end....

3514 - God’s word.... awakened disciples....

3515 - Prayer in spirit and in truth ....

3516 - Faith struggle last phase of the end time....

3517 - God's work in man.... power....

3518 - Acquiring wisdom.... research and brooding....

3519 - End of the world.... Judgment Day....

3520 - Powerlessness of the strong against natural disaster....

3521 - God's blessings to those who are of good will....

3522 - Benefiting from the grace of God....

3523 - Tests.... struggle.... will to resist....

3524 - God's great patience.... justice.... atonement....

3525 - Living out and effectiveness of the divine word....

3526 - Perfection.... divine order.... consequences....

3527 - Miracles of creation.... language of God....

3528 - Unused earth days.... repentance.... childhood of God....

3529 - Form faith.... convinced faith....

3530 - Spiritual bondage.... commandments....

3531 - Affliction of the servants of God by forces of darkness....

3532 - Fatherly Words of love....

3533 - Presence of God....

3534 - God's plan of salvation.... love and wisdom....

3535 - Time of the end.... predictions....

3536 - Perfection.... union....

3537 - I am Who I am....

3538 - Dead matter.... activity.... life....

3539 - Grace....

3540 - Effectiveness of grace....

3541 - Purification of the soul.... destiny....

3542 - Hardness of the faith struggle....

3543 - Establishing the connection with spiritual realm....

3544 - Scrutinising the source of spiritual knowledge....

3545 - Reject the word.... natural event.... repentance....

3546 - Requirement of grace.... end time....

3547 - Explaining the process of transcription.... Truth....

3548 - The mysteriousness of divine revelations....

3549 - No destruction.... only reshaping....

3550 - Responsibility for direction of thought....

3551 - Last decision.... confess before the world....

3552 - God's guidance and assistance....

3553 - Last fight.... battle of faith....

3554 - World of being.... world of appearance....

3555 - Only love redeems on earth and in the hereafter....

3556 - Faith in Jesus Christ.... struggle....

3557 - Coming in the clouds.... Rapture....

3558 - The right prayer.... hearing....

3559 - Perfection.... divine order.... love....

3560 - Knowing the time of the end....

3561 - Faith in the work of redemption....

3562 - Genuine christianity.... love alone redeems....

3563 - Good and evil forces work according to the plan of salvation....

3564 - Weakness of will.... danger of death.... natural event....

3565 - Fatherly Words of comfort....

3566 - Right intercourse with the spiritual world....

3567 - Feeding the divine word to earth....

3568 - "Cast all your worries on Me...."

3569 - Battle of faith.... The coming of the Lord....

3570 - Task of the recipients of the word....

3571 - My voice will resound from above....

3572 - Divine sun of graces....

3573 - Time of trials.... Jesus, the bearer of the cross....

3574 - Spiritual vision in the end time....

3575 - Godward will - upward development....

3576 - Light - knowledge - power....

3577 - Sacrifice of the will....

3578 - Harvest time.... reapers....

"If you are gathered in My name ...."

B.D. 3453 from March 1st 1945, taken from Book No. 45

If you gather in My name, I will be in your midst .... I have also given you this promise and it will be fulfilled to the letter, for your thoughts, which are meant for Me, draw Me to you because they are born of love for Me and I will always be where a child's love longs for the father. And where I am there is peace and bliss which your soul well feels, even though the body is restlessly touched by the adversity of time. But your souls are with the father if you gather to hear My word .... And thus I Myself speak to you through the mouth of men and you will recognize My voice because you are My children who are no strangers to the father's voice. I speak to you and comfort you, I give you strength and reinforcement, I enlighten your spirit and give you understanding for the eternal truth, for My word, which now flows towards you as soon as you desire it. And I bless you and your will, which is valid for Me .... But the father's blessing will bring you spiritual progress, you will mature your soul, you will pass every battle with the adversary, you will overcome the enemy of your souls and emerge victorious, because you constantly draw strength from My presence which you receive through My word. As soon as you seek fellowship in order to hear My word, you seek Me and I let Myself be found by you at all times .... I am with you Myself in the word, as I have promised you. I am close to you because My spirit can work in you, because I find hearts which are willing to accept Me and open the door of their heart to receive Me therein .... And anyone who has shaped his heart into love, who has purified it from all faults and defects, I will enter him and fill his heart with My love .... and he will noticeably hear Me and be exceedingly happy .... But I can only dwell where love is .... Therefore you should all strive to make use of the power of My word, to work on your soul and to prepare your heart as a receptacle for My love and My spirit, to cleanse it from all dross and faults and to long for nothing but My presence. When I dwell in your midst, I throb at your hearts and I desire admittance .... But I can only enter you if you completely hand yourselves over to Me, if you completely submit your will to Mine, if you live in love and completely live in My order. And this is why I give you My word, this is why I constantly admonish you in the word to return to My order, and this is why I impart strength to you so that you can carry out what you would otherwise be too weak to do .... And therefore I have blessed My word with My strength so that it will overflow into you if you listen to My word, hear it and live accordingly. Then you will be able to receive Me Myself into your heart, you will feel My nearness, you will hear My voice and be exceedingly happy already on earth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Intercession for the poor souls ....

B.D. 3454 from March 2nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The night of death surrounds all souls who, at their departure from earth, are far from God through an unloving way of life, through their affiliation with God's adversary and are therefore of completely wrong will. These lose their vitality with bodily death and are now completely powerless and lightless at the mercy of the powers of darkness, which try to pull them ever deeper down in the spiritual kingdom, i.e., their will becomes ever more and more serviceable to evil, and it can also unfold power downwards because this comes to it from below. But in order to let the will become active in the right direction they lack strength. And thus these souls would be irredeemably lost if loving beings did not take pity on them .... people on earth who remember them in silent intercession and convey strength to them through a prayer of love which directs their will towards good, or also beings of light which again and again come close to these powerless souls and try to persuade them to change their will. But strength can only be given to them by these beings of light when they themselves are willing to use this strength to work in love. Thus the will of these souls has to change first, and the intercession of people on earth helps to achieve this. For the soul is powerless and unable to change its will by itself. If strength is not imparted to it through intercession then it is at the mercy of the forces of darkness, and the ascent upwards, the release from the dark power, is unspeakably difficult and requires a long time. For the soul is in profound ignorance, and therefore it is also completely unwilling to change its situation in the beyond. Prayer for the erring souls in the beyond is so extremely necessary if these souls are to be helped, and people should use every opportunity for these poor souls, because people still have strength at their disposal which the suffering souls in the spiritual kingdom lack. It is an act of neighbourly love which cannot be valued highly enough when people help the souls in their greatest need, in their helplessness, because they are at the mercy of evil forces without strength and without light. Every prayer for them wrests them from those powers, and as soon as the soul has felt the benefit of a prayer given to it in love it is grateful for every help, and it also uses the power of prayer in the right way .... It turns its will away from evil, it has sensitivity for the suffering of other souls, and it begins to feel love itself the more love is given to it through people's prayer .... For loving prayer melts the hardest cover, and therefore not enough love can be given to the souls which have departed from earthly life in dark spiritual night and remain in complete powerlessness in the beyond until their fate is eased through intercession. Then the light beings' efforts to impart strength to them will also be successful as soon as the soul is willing to use this strength to work with love. For then its will is in the right direction, it strives upwards, and this will is now also taken into account. Yet people's intercession on earth is necessary for the time being so that the completely broken will will rise up and not become active in the wrong direction .... But the strength of love brings about a change of will. And then the soul will be saved, for it will begin its slow ascent, it will have escaped the powers of darkness because love is stronger and a loving prayer can snatch the soul from darkness ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Responsibility for own thinking .... truth ....

B.D. 3455 from March 3rd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Countless people on earth stand outside of truth, partly without, partly through their own fault. Many have been offered error and accepted it as truth without taking a mental stand on it, which the human being is obliged to do by God, for God gave him intellect and thus he can think and decide for or against what he is commanded. Yet many people act in the good faith that they are exempt from this scrutiny and therefore God meets them halfway and offers them the pure truth so that they should become suspicious and seriously weigh up what they have received against what is newly offered. Every human being must be responsible for his actions as well as for his thoughts, and consequently his thoughts must also have been developed within himself. Everything that is imparted to him must first have become his thoughts through his own reflection on it. If he has neglected to do this, i.e. if he has accepted unchecked what was offered to him by teachers, then he himself has remained inactive, and he must also answer for this, that he has left opportunities unused through which he could mature spiritually. But in order to be able to weigh up what corresponds to the truth, in order to reach inner conviction, he must first also have the desire to stand in the truth; and if he has this, then he also critically examines everything that is imparted to him. If he desires the truth, then he also desires God, Who is the eternal truth Himself .... And if he desires God, then he also stands in love, because God is love Himself. Thus the desire for truth absolutely has to fill the human being who strives upwards. And he will also be able to distinguish error from truth, for his thinking will not remain inactive .... The sincere person who strives towards God thinks about all problems which affect him, and his thoughts will be guided towards the truth by knowing forces of divine will. But anyone who does not think about the thoughts conveyed to him by human beings is also not seriously striving to come close to God. He is only connected to Him in word but not in spirit. For God Himself seizes people who earnestly seek Him, and He truly guides them right .... Error causes people great spiritual hardship, it puts them in serious danger of missing the right path to God. Error is spread under the cover of truth, and it is irresponsible of those who seek to spread error as truth of faith and want to prevent people from thinking for themselves through decrees and commandments .... Those are the most guilty, nevertheless, every individual person will also have to answer for himself, because God has given him the gift of intellect which he can and should use as soon as it concerns knowledge which is not only intended for earth but for eternity. Every human being is cared for by spiritual beings who are in light, i.e. in knowledge, and whose constant endeavour is to stimulate the human being to think about spiritual questions so that they can instruct him intellectually. No person is left out by the beings of light, and thus thoughts will arise in every person, doubts, questions or reflections about the knowledge which was offered to him as truth. And it is now up to the human being's will whether he takes up these thoughts, whether he processes them within himself or immediately rejects or eliminates them and thus deprives the beings of light of every opportunity to instruct him, to enlighten him about error and truth. But as soon as the human being believes himself to be bound by decrees and commandments, he still has the path to God Himself, asking Him for right thinking, for right faith and pure truth .... And God will never let such a prayer go unheard .... Yet it is difficult to help those who don't believe they need God, who value human commandments more highly and don't take refuge in the source of truth, which he, as a true child of the father, can and should do at any time without hesitation .... But God does not leave His creatures in adversity, even if they have created it themselves or caused it themselves. And where the human being's thinking fails of its own free will, He influences people in such a way that they are forced to think about it .... He lets earthly adversity come upon them which raises doubts in them in order to make them think. And then He sends His messengers to meet them, the bearers of truth in the beyond and on earth, who then convey the pure truth to them mentally or through human mouths .... And now people's mental activity will begin as soon as they desire the truth, and they will be able to separate truth from error, they will become knowledgeable as soon as they don't resist the divine gift of love, as soon as they open themselves to it and let it take effect on them .... And there will be light in them, for where truth is, there all darkness disappears ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Instructing the disciples .... gospel ....

B.D. 3456 from March 3rd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

My disciples shall receive the Gospel from Me and spread it throughout the world .... And therefore I instruct those Myself who want to work for Me on earth so that they can be active in My will, so that they can proclaim My will as I Myself proclaim it to My disciples .... For My will has to be fulfilled if people want to become blissfully happy, and therefore they first have to know about My will. The knowledge of it must be spread, only then can I call people to account as to whether and how they fulfil My will .... And therefore I speak to the people on earth who want to listen to Me, and I instruct them to pass on My word. And anyone who thus serves Me by listening to My voice in order to then speak to his fellow human beings in My stead is My disciple in truth, for I instruct him in all areas .... I initiate him into My eternal plan of salvation, I let him gain insight into My reign and activity, into My earthly and spiritual creation, depending on his ability and willingness to receive. But first he must have offered his services to Me of his own free will, he must be willing to work for Me on earth and strive to gain My pleasure through his way of life, then I will accept him as a servant, as a disciple, and train him for his activity on earth. For this activity is bitterly necessary .... Humanity lives in complete spiritual darkness, it no longer recognizes Me and My will is alien to it. It only seeks earthly advantage and does not consider the soul; it does not use life for the purpose for which it was given to people, because all knowledge about it has been lost to them. And therefore it has to be presented to people again, it has to be offered to them according to their capacity, they have to be made aware of Me as their lord and creator, their thoughts have to be directed towards Me .... and all this requires willing teachers on earth who receive their knowledge from Me Myself and want to pass it on to their fellow human beings out of pure neighbourly love. Love must determine their activity, and thus only such people can be My disciples who love their neighbour, who recognize great spiritual hardship and want to helpfully provide them with assistance. They have to give what they ask for themselves .... the pure truth .... to their fellow human beings or they will not be able and worthy to receive precious spiritual gifts from Me. But if they live in love they are My disciples who endeavour to follow Me and thus now also accept the Gospel from Me in order to spread it throughout the world. For they must proclaim My commandments to humanity .... the commandments of love for God and neighbour, the fulfilment of which will earn them eternal beatitude. For anyone who fulfils these commandments lives according to My will, he will constantly be allowed to give and therefore also constantly receive, he will then likewise want to serve Me and be filled with strength, and his earthly path of life will earn him spiritual maturity, which is the human being's final aim on earth. And therefore I send My disciples out into the world .... I awaken people in all places who let themselves be taught by Me of their own free will, and thus the gospel from heaven will be proclaimed to people as soon as they want to hear it. For humanity is in great need, and anyone who offers himself to Me for service in order to help his fellow human beings will be blessed as My disciple. He will receive strength from Me in order to be able to fulfil his ministry, and My love and grace will accompany him on all his ways ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's great love and guidance ....

B.D. 3457 from March 4th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Anyone who desires My nearness is not far from Me either, and he will feel My love if his heart opens and strives towards Me. I desire My children and respect every one who takes the path to Me. I come to meet him and lead him by the hand so that he reaches his aim. And therefore no-one shall feel lonely or abandoned by My fatherly love, for this love never ends and is always and constantly turned towards My living creations. And if you humans have this faith in My love your life on earth will be easier and you need not worry because you are convinced that I will take care of you. If you believe in My love then deepest peace will enter your heart which feels this love and is therefore full of trust in the father Who will not leave His child alone on its earthly path of life. Yet you must try to gain faith in My love by repeatedly imagining how lovingly I have guided you through all dangers, even if suffering and adversity were your companions on your path through life. You must look at everything around you, at the creation around and above you .... and you must think about what purpose it serves .... you must draw knowledge about it from the source of life, from My word, and also recognize the word itself as a gift of grace .... And everything will be proof of My love for you which wants to win you for eternity. The awareness of being in the circuit of My love will make you happy and give you peace which the world can never give you. And because I love you I desire you, and I joyfully accept every heart which returns My desire, which strives towards Me, which desires My word and wants to be seized by My love. I provide for it in the richest measure with My gift of love, with My word .... thus I Myself come to the earthly child which desires to be close to Me and speak to it, audibly or mentally, depending on the degree of its love which is expressed in its way of life. And I do not leave out anyone who lifts his eyes to Me, who wants to be My child .... What once became apostate from Me through its own will I draw back to Me again with My love as soon as it merely relinquishes its will, i.e. subordinates it to Mine. I only require the change of will, then I will take possession of its heart and never ever let it sink back into the abyss. For My love is exceedingly great and is eternally meant for that which once came forth from Me and has lost its way into darkness. I will lead it to the light again, and all the more lovingly the more willingly it follows Me .... And My children who willingly take hold of My fatherly hand and allow themselves to be drawn by Me will be blessed beyond measure. For what is My share from eternity is also destined to work in bliss in the kingdom of light. But in order to do so it has to carry My will within itself, it has to have relinquished its own will which has turned away from Me and become completely one with Me .... Then they will be My true children whom I will provide with My love and make blissfully happy for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God can be found ....

B.D. 3458 from March 7th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

God does not hide Himself from you if you seek Him .... He allows Himself to be found by everyone and enlightens the path which leads to Him. And therefore no-one who desires light will need to walk in darkness; no-one who strives to possess the knowledge of God and His reign and activity will be denied it. For He reveals Himself always and constantly .... Every God-seeker will be able to recognize Him if he pays attention to his thoughts which come to him from the spiritual kingdom, providing he desires information about spiritual questions, about God as creator and His living creations. For He does not keep Himself hidden because it is His will that you should find Him and because His love desires you, thus you should not remain separate from Him. But anyone who wants to unite with God must have found Him, he must have recognized Him after he wanted to learn to recognize Him .... He must seek Him in order to find Him .... and thus he must believe that God is .... He must affirm a supremely perfect being, even though he cannot yet form an idea of Him, yet he must feel in his heart that without this perfect being nothing can exist which is, so that he now desires this being. And his desire will be satisfied, for as soon as he believes that he is the creature of an omnipotent creator, the eternal creator will also take care of His creations, and this in an obvious way .... He always and constantly steps into its path so that the child will get to know its father. And the child will also feel the father's love as soon as it shows love to Him itself. Thus it will find God through love, just as God also allows Himself to be found by giving love to the human being. Only people who feel love in their hearts will seek God, for loveless people don't want to acknowledge God; they close their eyes if He gets in their way, for they are in bondage to God's adversary who uses all means to dethrone God .... and thus wants to deprive people of all faith in God. Anyone who seeks God and wants to find Him can only do so through love .... And therefore God reveals Himself to people of love by enlightening their thinking, by removing the veil from their eyes, by revealing Himself to them if they have become lovers .... and thus profoundest wisdom is the result of their life of love. For every revelation of God contains wisdom within itself, whether it comes to the human being mentally or through the voice of the spirit. Every revelation contributes towards the recognition of the eternal deity, God Himself lets the human being gain insight into His rule and activity in the universe and in the spiritual kingdom, and he is then introduced to profoundest knowledge which, in turn, brings him closer to the highest and most perfect being, because knowledge, recognition, deepens the love for God and love unites the human being ever more intimately with God, Who is the eternal love Himself. And God lets Himself be found .... He draws everyone who strives towards Him to Himself by virtue of His love, which never ceases and always embraces His creatures with the same strength .... He seizes what approaches Him and never lets it fall .... For He desires His children because they are His creatures who, having come forth from His love, have gone astray and cannot become blessed until they have returned home to the father's house again .... And therefore God comes to meet everyone and seeks to guide him onto the right path. He comes Himself to fetch His children home, and He rejoices in every child which seeks Him of its own accord, because He possesses this child's love and can now make it happy with His love for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Union with God .... original state ....

B.D. 3459 from March 8th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Unification with God is an inconceivable happiness, for the perfected being unites itself again with the highest perfection, and perfection is the epitome of bliss, because the perfect being is pure love and love can only ever be bliss in giving as well as in receiving. To be united with divine love is the highest bliss because the being is now flooded with strength and light and can create and shape in all wisdom according to its will, which is also God's will at the same time. The being, which can be constantly active in its abundance of strength, must also be extremely happy, because the activity of the originally created spiritual was destiny, which it could carry out unrestrictedly for its bliss. It has certainly forfeited this bliss through its own fault, yet its striving remains the state of unrestricted activity, i.e., as long as it is hindered in it, it does not feel happy and free .... And that is why God helps all beings to reach the original state again, even though the will of the beings resists for a long time. But the original state always means union with God .... because strength and light can only flow to the being in all abundance when it is intimately united with God. Then all weakness falls away from the being, nothing is dark to it, i.e., it does not lack wisdom, it stands in the highest light, in fullest realization, which is always pleasing for the beingness. And everything it possesses it now wants to distribute because it has become love itself and this love incessantly impels the being to make other beings happy which have not yet reached the same degree of maturity. But constantly handing out also earns it constant receiving, and both mean bliss for the being. Now it can never ever fall away from God, it has recognized God as its origin, it has felt His strength and experienced it as bliss, and never ever can God's adversary win back the being which has recognized God as its father, thus has found its way back to Him. God, however, cares for His children with immense love, He lets them be constantly active, i.e. He revives creations at His own discretion and helps the being again, which is still immature and does not recognize its father in God. The care for the immature spiritual makes the perfect spiritual unspeakably happy, for now it can again express its love and let the constantly flowing strength become effective. And it is an everlasting working in love in the spiritual kingdom which is also noticeable on earth. For the perfect does not rest until the imperfect also strives towards its aim of uniting with God and thus returning to Him from Whom it originated in order to become unspeakably blissful for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

‘Blessed are the merciful ....’

B.D. 3460 from March 9th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Blessed are the merciful, who support their neighbour in adversity and hardship and help him overcome it .... My grace visibly rests upon them for they fulfil My commandments, they love Me Myself because they meet their neighbour, My living creation, with love .... Someone helpless and forsaken will feel grateful for the love offered to him; it will awaken reciprocated love, the significance of which cannot be assessed by you on earth .... the fact that every spark of love signifies a release from the opposing power, a change which starts the return to Me, which can only take place in love. Loving help will always be comforting for a person in any earthly and spiritual adversity. Love gives strength, after all, it originates from Me, the eternal love, and can only have a life-giving effect. Helping someone brings forth positive thoughts and feelings, it touches the other person’s soul and encourages similar actions, and every activity of love distances a person from My adversary, hence it shortens his distance from Me. Carrying out merciful deeds are essential in times of trouble, when body and soul are ailing, when physical ailments must be the results of psychological adversity, so that people will come to their senses and find the path to Me. And you show this path to them if you practise mercy, if, in unselfish neighbourly love, you lift up your fellow human being in body and soul with kind deeds, comforting words of encouragement and loving care. Then body and soul will be able to recover, for the latter feels the strength of love and becomes strong and willing to strive towards Me .... Love will awaken love in return and where the spark of love has been kindled I Myself can work, because I can be wherever love exists. And where I Am the adversity will ease .... according to the degree of love the person feels. Therefore, try eagerly to arouse reciprocated love and you will redeem the souls through your works of mercy .... Redeeming souls, however, will lead to a blissful fate in the beyond for you, where only love will be valued and the souls will forever be thankful to you that you showed them the right way ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Task of the tools on earth ....

B.D. 3461 from March 11th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Teach the ignorant, and speak comfort and strength to the knowledgeable .... This is your task on earth to which God has called you. For all people are in need, spiritually and also earthly you shall bring them help, you shall serve as mediators between God and people who are helpless and expect help from God. You should try to make them understand the necessity of earthly suffering, you should emphasize God's great love which only wants to save the souls, and you should inform them of God's will .... But the knowledgeable are likewise in need if they lack spiritual encouragement. You are to impart this to them, you are to place yourselves at God's disposal so that He can speak through you to those who need comfort and strength in difficult times .... You, who have been entrusted with this ministry, will never lack strength, for He Who has chosen you also provides you with the gifts to be able to fulfil your task. He will always give you the opportunity to exercise your ministry, for you will always and everywhere find people who are pressed to the ground by adversity, who hope for strength and help from you and to whom you should now bring His word in God's name .... For His word is comfort and strength for the knowledgeable and enlightenment for the ignorant .... His word is wisdom and love .... it is light and power .... And therefore you should always remain in contact with the giver of strength, with God Himself, Who constantly imparts it to you through the transmission of His word. You, who are called by God to work for Him, are also constantly recipients of strength in order to be able to exercise your ministry, and you should also constantly use the strength .... you should pass it on to the powerless, the despondent .... to the lightless, erring people to whom you thereby do a great good. God instructs you to work for Him, and in His name you should therefore impart His gift of grace to your fellow human beings so that many will be blessed, so that they will feel the strength of the divine word and strengthen body and soul in the struggle for life. If you willingly submit yourselves to this task you will also be successfully active, for then you will be driven by love for your fellow human beings and seek to help them, and every deed of love already carries a blessing in itself .... it imparts strength to the one it is meant for. God’s word is accessible to anyone who desires it, and God truly knows best how He offers it to him, in what form He presents His word to people. He will already reward the desire for Himself through the impartation of His word, which again demonstrates His love to the human being because it signifies comfort and refreshment for him and help in spiritual as well as physical adversity. For anyone who hears His word will have his adversity remedied, because God Himself promises His help to the human being and His word is truth. So that humanity can now take notice of His word, you should spread it and be eagerly active for Him and His kingdom .... For it will need comfort and strength, in greatest adversity it will only be able to adhere to the divine word, and you should show people this path. Then the adversity will be remedied for those who are of good will, for as soon as they recognize God, fulfil His will and allow themselves to be instructed they will also attain profound faith and perform works of love themselves .... And then they will no longer be oppressed by earthly adversity because the spiritual adversity, which was the cause of the body's suffering on earth, will have been remedied. And therefore diligently carry out your activity which is assigned to you as a task .... teach the ignorant and speak comfort and strength to those who are knowledgeable .... For you are only God's instruments which He uses so that He can make Himself known to people ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Imperishability of divine revelations ....

B.D. 3462 from March 25th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

What God reveals to those who are to be His instruments in the time to come remains until it has fulfilled its purpose. For God does not speak to people so that it goes unheard but His word shall reach their ears, even though it then depends on the human being's will whether he listens to it or carelessly lets it fade away. God speaks words of love, admonition and warning to people, and they shall hear these words when the time is right .... For He wants them to be helped in their spiritual adversity because they no longer want to or are able to help themselves. And because they themselves do not listen to God's voice, which sounds softly to the one who wants to hear it, He speaks to them through the mouth of man .... He makes Himself known to a human being who is to pass on His voice, His word, to his fellow human beings .... And He will not let His word pass away once it has taken its path to earth. For it would be a passing away of His word like the passing away of strength from Him, which is eternally impossible .... If God expresses Himself, thus His strength is unmistakable, it will not pass away until the strength has become effective. But it only becomes effective when His word is received and considered in the heart .... The word of God can certainly be rejected by the human being, but then his will has become active in a wrong way. But in order for the will to become active first, the word of God has to be conveyed to the human being, and this conveyance of the divine word will never be prevented by God, which, however, would be the case if the word conveyed by God to earth could not be made audible to people. Anyone who has grasped the significance of the divine word will also never doubt God's omnipotence and love, Who will always find ways and means to accomplish His work .... His revelations do not belong to the earthly world but originate from the spiritual kingdom and are intended to lead people back into the spiritual kingdom .... Hence they will not fall prey to earthly plans of destruction either but will be preserved until the time has come when the divine word shall be spread. The spiritual food is incorruptible and will then be offered to people when they are sinking earthly and no longer have the strength to rise up. Then they will need divine strength, divine encouragement, food and drink for body and soul .... for the body will also be strengthened if they take in the spiritual nourishment. And then the strength of the divine word shall become effective according to the human being's will, as he opens his heart and allows the strength to flow into him. For God certainly gives His gift unmeasured but He does not force it upon people .... Yet no-one will be able to say that the spiritual food was never offered to him .... God considers everyone according to His will. He has the delicious gift ready for all people, His word, which He Himself conveys to earth in His great merciful love in order to help their fellow human beings. And thus He will protect His work as well as all those who want to serve Him as instruments, who are recipients of the divine word and have the task to pass it on, who shall be active as mediators between God and people in the end time, which has begun and will not last much longer .... For in this time God offers people many blessings, and thus also the most precious gift, His word, in which He Himself descends to people in order to help them in greatest spiritual need ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Power of the divine word ....

B.D. 3463 from March 26th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Let the strength of My word have an effect on you .... Take every opportunity to immerse yourselves in it and believe that you will mature your soul as a result. For I Myself am the word, and if you thus make contact with Me your spirit will leave the earthly shell and strive upwards, and spiritual progress is assured for you. My nearness will always encourage you, and in My word I am so close to you that you will be able to tangibly feel My strength. Yet you must also have a strong will to enter into closest contact with Me through My word, otherwise you will only read or hear it purely externally and the strength of My word cannot take effect in you. In times of adversity you fear and tremble and your heart is restless, you are weak and in need of strengthening. And then My word will refresh and strengthen you wonderfully if you desire to be close to Me from the bottom of your heart, if you call upon Me and thereby make contact with Me from within. And therefore you must be convinced of the strength of My word, of My love which expresses itself in the word and which brings itself close to you in the word .... Then your spirit will be touched by the emanation of My love, it will be set into action and fill your soul, and you will never be weak and despondent, for I Myself am now with you and give you spiritual comfort and spiritual nourishment which not only lifts up the soul but also the body so that it is able to achieve what is also earthly demanded of it. For where all help fails, where no way out seems possible, there My power is not to end .... And so that you recognize this power, so that the strength becomes effective in you, you should seriously seek contact with Me and always open your heart to My lovingly imparted word ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Help of the light beings in spiritual and earthly need ....

B.D. 3464 from March 30th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

In every spiritual adversity the beings of light are ready to help if they are approached; physical adversity, on the other hand, has to be taken upon by people as determined by God's will. Nevertheless, the beings of light also direct earthly events for the soul's benefit if they are approached for help. They exert their influence on the human being's thoughts and convey strength to him, they make him, as it were, able to overcome everything difficult without harming his soul. For the soul is entrusted to their special protection, and they nurture and care for it throughout its earthly life so that it will reach its aim, eternal life ....

And earthly life unfolds in a way that is best for the soul. The beings of light immediately comply with every spiritual request, earthly requests, however, must be in accordance with God's will otherwise they cannot be fulfilled by the beings of light. Earthly adversity is only the result of spiritual hardship, and as soon as the human being is accessible to the instructions which are mentally conveyed to him by these beings he need no longer fear earthly hardship either, for they will be remedied in accordance with the human being's spiritual docility .... In times of greatest spiritual hardship for the whole of humanity the individual human being also has to accept suffering and hardship, even though he strives spiritually and strives to comply with God's will. Yet this time of adversity has been foreseen since eternity and embodies people whose souls need strong purification fires in order to be able to enter the spiritual kingdom without slag. And their path on earth has been mapped out and entered with the soul's consent before embodiment in the realization that the prescribed earthly life can bring them redemption from all bondage. Moreover, the spiritual guardians are constantly at its side, giving it strength when it needs and requests it. And therefore those beings of light should constantly be called upon for support so that they can carry out their activity unhindered, so that they can give where their gift is desired. For their gifts signify strength of resistance for the human being in all situations of life, both spiritually and earthly .... They help him to have strong faith, they guide his thoughts correctly so that he often and willingly sends them upwards towards God and thus learns to overcome earth. But they are also close to him in earthly adversity, protecting him from the influence of evil, which pushes itself forward in earthly adversity and wants to weaken the human being's faith in God. The body should give up all desire, it should be killed in order to release the soul unhindered, which desires to ascend. And that is why physical hardship is unavoidable, because the aim has to be reached in a far shorter time because the time of the end has come. And this is why humanity has to go through suffering and affliction which seems almost unbearable but which can be endured with strength from God if the human being makes use of it through God's call and the beings of light which are active on His behalf according to His will .... The human being should faithfully and trustingly call upon God for help and it will be given to him as He has promised ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

"My father and I are one ...."

B.D. 3465 from March 31th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

My father and I are one .... I had to speak these words to people who were unable to understand that love, the eternal creative power from which everything emerged, was in Me and thus enabled Me to do the same as the father, the creator of all that is, was able to accomplish .... I wanted to prove to people the strength of love which was active in Me, and I wanted to make it understandable to them that this strength is the original strength which let everything come into being .... and that this strength works in a person who is love in himself. For the father, as the eternal love, unites Himself with everything that has shaped itself into love and is therefore one with Him. The elemental strength unites itself again with that which originated from it as a flow of strength, and thus the human being who has become love is no longer separate from it. And thus the strength will also express itself in all its effectiveness where unification with the father has taken place, and the human being filled with eternal love will be powerful, he will be able to use his might and strength and accomplish things which are beyond human ability .... he will be able to work miracles, just as I had that strength at My disposal and used it to prove the power of love to people. I wanted to illustrate the power of love to people in order to inspire them to work with love, in order to motivate them to follow Me and likewise strive for unification with the father .... Yet humanity did not understand this, for their spirit was darkened by unkindness, and the darkness of spirit could not be remedied in any other way than through loving activity, because spiritual brightness requires the permeation of God's strength of love, but this can only express itself where love is practiced and felt .... But spiritual brightness is light, spiritual brightness is wisdom which is born of love .... And thus light and strength are one .... Wisdom and love cannot be thought of without each other, just as the father cannot be thought of without the son .... love as generating power and wisdom as emanation of it, as light which no longer allows darkness to arise. And divine wisdom had to fill My nature when I lived on earth as a human being, because the fullness of the strength of love flowed into My physical cover and made it able to work miracles. Yet people don't grasp it until they have become love themselves and can feel the strength of love in themselves. They can enter into the most intimate bond with God, their father of eternity, they can be one with their heavenly father, the eternal love, just as I was one with Him .... if only they live in love and thereby align themselves with the eternal love, the elemental strength from Whom they once originated. To be permeated by eternal love is incomparable bliss .... to be knowledgeable and powerful and to receive this knowledge and power directly from God .... to feel no separation from the father, Whose love draws into His domain all that does not oppose Him .... This bliss is so overwhelming that mortal man is unable to bear it. Nevertheless, he can strive for it with the awareness that the father will fetch him into the spiritual kingdom if he has entered into union with Him on earth .... My way of life on earth, however, was intended to make the strength of love visible to people, they were to learn to grasp its significance in order to take My way of life as an example and, like Me, choose the father, eternal love, as the aim of their earthly life .... The union with God already took place on earth, its effect was visible to people who were devoid of all love and therefore without light, i.e. ignorant. I wanted to come to their aid and show them the way to step out of the darkness of night into the bright light of day .... I taught them and gave them the commandment of love .... For God was in Me and so was His wisdom .... I was one with My father .... incomprehensible to mankind .... I was merged with Him eternally, for to eternal love all returns that has changed to love ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

"My kingdom is not of this world ...."

B.D. 3466a from April 2nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Anyone who follows Me will already gain My kingdom on earth, and I Myself will introduce him into the spiritual kingdom .... Yet My kingdom is not of this world, and therefore you must have completely overcome this world if you want to find admission into My kingdom, which offers you incomparably more beautiful things than the world which is still part of My adversary. For the world .... earthly matter .... is the banished spiritual substance which is still apostate to Me, which My adversary seeks to control and which, in the last stage of its development, wants to completely remove from Me. And you shall overcome this kingdom, you shall renounce it and consciously strive towards Me .... And so, if you take the path I took on earth, the path of love .... if you seek to follow Me in it, you detach yourselves from his kingdom, for love is My share, and every loving person belongs to Me, fully and completely .... His heart opens to My love and I draw it to Me into the kingdom which is his true home, where death no longer exists, where everything is life and love. And therefore I let you go through trials on earth so that you learn to overcome them, so that you no longer strive for anything that belongs to someone who is devoid of all love. For love makes you blissful beings, yet it must be turned towards Me, towards My kingdom, so that the spirit will unite with Me, the eternal father-spirit .... Through love you will reach this aim .... And therefore I only gave you the commandments of love which you should fulfil if you want to follow Me. Pray for your fellow human being with love, help him in the adversity of body and soul, don't let him go hungry where you can give, take care of everyone in need of help, create and care for him, and above all strive to win his soul for My kingdom, strive to also inspire him to work with love .... And then you will also love Me Who, as the father of My living creations, wants to win back everything that believes it can distance itself from Me. Then you will fulfil the commandments of love for God and your neighbour, you will assimilate yourselves to My nature and My love will repay you .... it will give to you as you are willing to give, you will be allowed to receive as you give out. And My gift is truly a gift which makes you exceedingly blissful .... Follow Me and walk the path of love .... And I will bless you and fetch you home into My kingdom when your hour has come ....

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

"My kingdom is not of this world ...."

B.D. 3466b from April 3rd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

And My spirit will be with you as long as you still dwell on earth .... And thus My kingdom is within you if you follow Me, for only the spiritual belongs to Me, and the spirit from Me sends Its emanation over you, and thus I take possession of you, even if it is not yet perceptible to the body which is still connected to earthly matter. But I draw the spirit in you to Me, and this is truly the fulfilment already on earth, for if it gives itself to Me the marriage with the father-spirit has taken place, and the earth no longer forces it .... he leaves to earth what belongs to it, yet My share has voluntarily returned to Me and its stay on earth will not last long. I want to win your hearts completely for Me and remove everything from them which prevents you from uniting with Me, I want to kill all earthly urges so that the soul will only listen to the spirit within itself so that it will be able to hear Me Myself through it .... I want to purify the soul so that My spirit of love can radiate through it, so that it dwells in My kingdom, even if it is still earthbound. For love is not yet strong enough in you for the souls to be able to stand before My strength of love, and therefore suffering still has to kill the love for the world so that the heart's love only belongs to Me and I can now also reciprocate it in order to make you blissfully happy. But I will always and constantly strengthen anyone who strives to possess My kingdom on earth and smooth his paths so that he will reach his aim. Yet you must sacrifice everything to Me that still connects you to earth if you want to belong to Me completely and undividedly .... But I will reward you a thousand fold in the spiritual kingdom. And therefore remain strong in your faith in Me so that I can give to you on earth in accordance with this faith .... Make use of My strength and grace by turning your thoughts to Me; let yourselves be guided by My fatherly hand, which will truly guide you correctly, and feel safe in My care .... For I bring you My Kingdom which is not of this world .... I lower peace into your heart if you offer it to Me, and I desire nothing else from you but only your love, that it desires Me with all fervour, and which I also want to fulfil by making you blissfully happy for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Intercourse with the spiritual world ....

B.D. 3467 from April 7th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

All contact with the spiritual world is beneficial for the soul as soon as it takes place in purest spiritual striving, thus the human being longs for truth and knowledge if he strives to gain advantage for his soul and does not think of earthly aims or desires. And therefore it is only beneficial for the human being if he seeks to gain an insight into the spiritual kingdom, for he will then be given information from the spiritual side according to his desire. His soul will always find nourishment, i.e., its hunger for spiritual knowledge will be satisfied, because this is the activity of the beings in the spiritual kingdom to distribute knowledge. But this contact with the spiritual world can only be established in firm faith in the latter. If this faith is not present then no answer will sound from the kingdom of the knowledgeable but God-opposing forces will try to exert their influence on people by confusing their thinking, thus they will consciously cover them with error in order to suppress their belief in a kingdom of light. Yet spiritual forces are always at work which want to take control of people's thinking, for the battle between light and darkness never ends and the human being's will itself determines the outcome to the advantage or disadvantage of his soul. If the human being wants the truth, if he wants enlightenment about spiritual life, then the forces of the kingdom of light are powerful and they displace the forces of darkness .... for if he seeks the truth he seeks God .... But if the human being pursues earthly aims, if he seeks to utilize his knowledge in an earthly way, he will be seized by the forces which want to increasingly alienate him from the spiritual kingdom. And thus the required knowledge is offered to him in a form that it does not satisfy him or does not let him recognize the error he is falling into. And thus the desire for truth is decisive, which is why the human being himself is always responsible for what is offered to him, because he himself calls upon the forces which want to communicate with him through his desire. Yet God's will will never prevent contact with the spiritual world, for every thought is an initiation of this contact, every thought is an establishment of contact with spiritual forces which are always ready to answer people's questions. But just as on earth people can have valuable or shallow conversations and thus enrich their knowledge accordingly, so also in the spiritual world the thought material is directed to earth which people desire .... valuable spiritual knowledge to seekers, those who desire truth, and spiritual material which lacks truth or is useless, which likewise reaches people in the form of thoughts who are only earthly minded and do not strive spiritually. For the human being's will itself determines the spiritual knowledge he receives. It can bring unimaginable blessings but it can also be just as harmful and detrimental for the souls. And this is why conscious contact with the spiritual world is only worth striving for when the desire for truth permeates the person; for the earthly-minded person, however, it can be a danger, and it is therefore more advisable to refrain from it in order to make it more difficult for the forces of darkness, which seek to completely darken his spirit, to exert their influence. For the soul's state of maturity is decisive as to which forces approach the human being and which spiritual knowledge they bestow upon him. But the human being also enters into unconscious contact with the spiritual world as soon as he is thoughtful and raises questions which are then answered mentally. But this unconscious contact is less dangerous because the human being believes himself to be the originator of his thoughts and therefore does not attach much value to them, whereas more credence is given to the manifestations from the spiritual kingdom, which always means danger for people to whom the dark forces have access. But the person who strives towards God and seriously desires the truth is protected from these forces by his desire .... He can listen, he can ask and desire answers, and he can always be certain that he will only be instructed by knowing forces .... that God Himself will supply him with the truth through them, because he seriously desires the truth and thus also God, Who is the truth Himself ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Increase of need ....

B.D. 3468 from April 8th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

A troubled time has dawned and people will sigh and moan in their distress, yet they do not recognize Me .... they don't understand My voice with which I speak to them, they don't look upwards but keep their gaze turned earthwards, for their souls never sought the path of light but walked in darkness. And no matter how I call and entice them they do not hear Me because earth, earthly matter, keeps them spellbound and they cannot escape it. And now they despair and yet only need to lift their hearts to Me, they only need to enter into intimate contact with Me in order to draw strength for their earthly progress .... The adversity is great, and it will still increase, for it does not change people, and harder trials are necessary for them to lift their eyes to Me. Humanity takes pity on Me and I come to its aid, yet this help will not have an earthly effect but I will remember the souls, and only when they are no longer in need will I bring earthly relief and help. For adversity aims at people's change, and if this remedy does not work I have to resort to harder means. And a day will come when the human being will have to call upon Me because salvation is no longer possible in any other way .... A day will come when I will step in front of humanity with an admonition and warning and direct its gaze upwards, where only He can help, Who is lord over heaven and earth. Yet only those people will be able to call Me who believe in a creator of heaven and earth .... And I turn to their hearts, giving them the last opportunity to recognize Me. For anyone who lacks faith in Me will also pass by this day without success and will be one of those who will be condemned on the day of judgment to a new walk through creation .... I want to save people from this and that is why I come again and again .... I let the adversity approach them in such a way that again and again they have the opportunity to call for Me and thereby acknowledge Me. And yet, I also approach My children in adversity as father, and My fatherly love will be recognized by anyone who is mindful of the paths I lead people. For he will have to acknowledge that I have always created a way out when the labyrinth still seemed so impenetrable. I want to reveal Myself to My children, I want to give comfort and strength to those who want to be My children and strengthen their faith, and I want to win over the weak in spirit so that they will flee to My father's heart like children if they are threatened by physical or spiritual danger. I want to win your love and court it, and even the adversity and the overwhelming suffering shall contribute to you learning to love Me .... And it will become less if your heart fervently calls upon Me to help you .... But woe to those who hear no call from Me, who turn away their ears and will not accept Me .... They will be severely affected when My voice sounds from above, for they are powerless in the face of an event which is inconceivable in its effect and which I alone can and will put a stop to according to My will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

People in the last time .... graces ....

B.D. 3469 from April 10th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Countless people will leave earth in a degree of maturity which does not signify any progress for the soul, i.e., it will be on the same level as at the beginning of its embodiment, and this has an extraordinary amount of significance in the last time before the end, because there can be no further ascent for it in the beyond, thus it is deprived of every opportunity to make up for what it missed on earth. This is no injustice or neglect of these souls because extraordinary means were at their disposal .... graces which suffice to make up for even a completely unused earthly life in the last days if the human being has the will to do so. But as soon as he makes no use of the allocation of grace the soul also bears a greater responsibility .... it rebels against God's love again, and this results in a relapse to God's adversary which has the effect that it is completely in bondage to him at the end of its earthly life and that there is no longer any possibility of ascent for it but that it has to travel the path through creation once again. God's adversary rages unimaginably in the last days, yet God also distributes His grace to an unimaginable extent so that the human being is not helplessly left to the former. And every human being is also approached by God's grace, yet it is up to him whether he wants to accept and use it or not. However, his state of maturity at the end of his earthly life also depends on his decision, for without making use of God's grace he will develop regressively because God's adversary has great power over him. And therefore people who live without God will be very recognizable in the last days, for they are complete tools of satan who only carry out his will and live a life on earth to the horror of those who are faithful to God .... It is only a short time when satan will be given free rein in his raging, yet it will require particularly strong faith and likewise extraordinary grants of grace, for people will be harassed by the adversary into apostasy from God .... And only those of strong faith will stand firm in the last battle. Yet even those need much help from God, and He has given them the promise that the days will be shortened for the believers' sake so that they will not be defeated but will emerge victorious from the battle. But anyone who is in bondage to God's adversary is willing to commit any atrocity, and thus his degree of maturity has sunk so low that there is no possibility of ascent for him either on earth or in the beyond and therefore he has to remain on earth, yet bound in new works of creation in complete lack of freedom of will and complete ignorance of his actual purpose, which only comes to his awareness in the last stage as a human being. God still seeks to win those souls, and again and again He approaches them, pointing them to Himself through suffering and tribulation. But only a few will listen to Him and still change before the end .... But this is no longer far away, for the time has expired which God has granted to the spiritual to become free from the form .... And the believers will recognize it by the signs of the time and prepare themselves, and God will help them and guide them through all spiritual and physical dangers until the hour of redemption ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Surrender to God's will ....

B.D. 3470 from April 20th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

You must endure everything in submission to God's will which He sends upon you. For it is a time of testing which shall steel you for the battle which will erupt for the sake of the spirit. As soon as you emerge from this test unharmed in your soul you will also survive the coming time of battle where it is extremely necessary that people stand firm in their faith and also represent it before the world. All adversity only has the purpose of making you strong against the challenges of the world .... You should lose all fear, always in faith in God Who stands by your side to help you, Who gives you strength when you are in danger of becoming weak. This faith should become firm and unshakeable, you should firmly believe that the world is powerless if God takes you into His care, and you should feel it in your heart that He provides for you with His loving care as soon as you only want to belong to Him, as soon as you want to serve Him and be active for Him in the last time before the end. You must confess Him before the world, you must speak in His name without fear and proclaim His teaching of love, you must not allow yourselves to be frightened by the threats of the world, you must not fear bodily death either, but you must fearlessly carry God's voice to all who want to hear it ..... For God Himself wants to speak through you, and you should work as His instruments in order to help your fellow human beings and to snatch them away from the abyss in which they would be hopelessly lost. And in order to be able to fulfil this task your faith has to be so strong that all doubts disappear and you are only God's servants who no longer have any part in the earthly world. And therefore God lets you go through a hard school first, for He truly knows best how and when spiritual progress is assured for you. Yet He will never leave you alone, He will accompany you on all paths and His protective hand will rest upon you and guide you correctly. Your contact with the spiritual world will never be interrupted, for the beings of light guide your thinking and do not allow the forces of darkness to take possession of you, even though you are severely harassed by them. But standing under God's protection you will be able to banish them and no harm will come to your soul. And therefore don't be afraid and recognize God's love even in the suffering and adversity of the time .... He guides and directs you, and you can confidently entrust yourselves to His guidance, for He is your father from eternity Who dearly loves His children ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Reminder and notice to end ....

B.D. 3471 from April 22nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

O that you would reflect and think of the approaching end .... Your souls still live too much in the earthly world, they have not yet recognized the value of the gift which flows to earth from the spiritual kingdom. Incessantly people could draw from the source of eternal life and get the strength they need for earthly as well as for their spiritual progress. But they pass by this source apathetically .... they pay no attention to the divine word, they do not open their hearts by thinking and asking about the meaning and purpose of earthly life, they remain defensive if they are informed of it, and they do not make use of the time they have left until the end, which is only very short. Earthly life will pass and with it all comforts which beguile the human being as long as he stays on earth. But the soul lives on, even after the death of the body, and it is the soul which has to bear the consequences of earthly life. And it will be in great hardship, it will have to live in want and endure unspeakable torments because it is in a state which is not suitable for entry into the kingdom of light, where beatitude and peace are. It can only be considered according to its state of maturity in the kingdom of the beyond, and thus it will have to pay bitterly for not having made use of its earthly life and used it for the soul's higher development. And God knows its fate, which it is facing, and He would like to help it, He would like to protect it and still encourage it to work on itself in the last hour, He would like to snatch it from its fate, which it has prepared for itself .... And He constantly meets people in His word but mostly without success .... He reveals Himself in suffering, yet they don't pay attention to Him, they keep turning away from Him more and more because they are unable to see the father's love for His children in suffering. And thus time passes and the end comes ever closer and with it the day of judgment, when people will have to answer for themselves and receive reward or punishment. And the day will be dreadful for the majority of people, for only a few are devoted to God, only a few have faith in Him, only a few live in love so that they can stand before God on the day of judgment .... And there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for everything that opposes God will be considered according to justice. It will have to languish in the hardest captivity far away from God, it will be banished again in the firmest matter on the new earth .... It is a process of change of inconceivable significance that the spiritual will again be placed into a state which it had already overcome endless times ago, and it now has to walk the path again through countless creations in order to reach the stage again which earns it free will. But it has caused this state itself because its free will is wrongly directed, turned towards evil, God's antithesis, whose kingdom it now has to walk through again until it turns to God of its own accord and thereby redeems itself. And that is why God constantly admonishes people and tries to persuade them to turn back even before the end, He brings Himself close to them so that they shall recognize and strive towards Him; He tries to influence them through suffering and affliction so that they call upon Him and thus express their affiliation to Him, He tries to change their will so that they turn away from the world and its pleasures, He sends messengers from the spiritual kingdom towards them which they can recognize if they are willing, and He speaks to them through them, pointing them to the end, to the blessing of love and the danger of unkindness, He imparts grace upon grace to them and knocks at their hearts .... For the time is short until the end, but the time of banishment in the new redemptive epoch is endlessly long .... And God's love and mercy is constantly directed towards His living creations, His children, who have gone astray and whom He wants to win back for Himself, whom He wants to introduce into their father's house, into their homeland, into the spiritual kingdom where only love reigns, where there is peace and harmony and bliss and where they are unspeakably happy in the father's presence ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Blessing of suffering ....

B.D. 3472 from April 28th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

And anyone who submits to My will will find the most loving and faithful father in Me, for I will no longer leave him in the soul's distress. And if the soul is no longer in distress then the body will no longer need to suffer so either, although its substances can still spiritualize themselves through suffering and this signifies a faster upward development for the spiritual, which is still bound in the human being's external form. You humans don't know how much I would like to shorten the path which leads to Me and which has your final liberation as its aim .... You had to live on earth for an unspeakably long time before your embodiment as a human being, and this last period of development is only short and yet can result in your complete liberation if your will is directed correctly. And I want to help you to reach your aim on earth, that you turn your gaze to Me and walk the path together with Me until the end of your life, for then you will not be able to go astray .... But you often turn your gaze sideways and let yourselves be tempted by the attractions of the world .... Your will still strives for earthly goods which you desire, and you are in danger of falling into My adversary's sphere. And therefore I often have to nudge you to wake up and pay attention to the path again, so that you don't forget Me and call out to Me in times of need, so that your will will be directed towards Me again .... Yet as long as you don't stray from the path, as long as you raise your eyes to Me and strive to fulfil My will, I am tangibly close to you and watch over your every step, I guide you by the hand and lead you over all obstacles on the path which you, however, have to overcome because this promotes your ascent. But then nothing should frighten you, nothing should make you despondent or tired, for as long as you have Me as your companion through your will, which is turned towards Me, you will never be without strength. Again and again I will strengthen you, and even if you travel the path with difficulty you will nevertheless gain the greatest advantage for body and soul, for they will become more and more spiritualized and your end will be a blissful one .... And one day you will look back and recognize the blessing of the suffering you had to endure. For I truly only want the best for you, yet I cannot give you the bliss of eternal life as long as you are immature in spirit, as long as you cannot yet face Me completely cleaned and purified, for only My nearness is bliss for you, and this presupposes purity and sincerity, and I want to help you achieve this as long as you are still on earth, for My love for you is exceedingly great, it wants to shorten your suffering so that it will not be granted to you in the beyond, where you will suffer twice because then you will be powerless ....

I take little pleasure in you having to suffer on earth, and My love would also like to spare you this suffering, yet then it would only be your disadvantage, for you could never ever attain eternal bliss, you could never ever be active in strength and freedom, and your fate would forever be that of prisoners .... powerless and bound in sin and eternally distant from Me. But My love for you is greater than My compassion, and because My wisdom recognizes suffering as the only means to win you back, to release you from bondage, you have to go through a hard school on earth and for a short time accept a fate which certainly seems difficult and unbearable to you and yet is only evidence of My love for you. But you yourselves have the power to reduce your suffering .... You yourselves can make it bearable for you if you make an effort to fulfil My will, if you live in love .... For love is strength, I Myself am love, and if you practice love you will also be permeated by strength, and you need no longer fear that suffering will push you to the ground, for now you will overcome it together with Me, and I will truly not leave you without help if you have become My children through loving activity. Remain in love, then you will also remain united with Me, take part in your fellow human beings' adversity and put your own adversity aside, then you will reduce the suffering yourselves, you will not feel it, and earthly life will always be bearable, for then you will purify yourselves through love and not need the suffering so much to mature your soul .... As soon as you learn to recognize suffering as evidence of My love, as soon as you regard it as a means through which I try to change your will in order to make you blissfully happy, it will no longer affect you so painfully, you will bear it patiently and no longer rebel against fate, which seems hard to you but which can already shape you on earth into beings of light if you thereby find Me. But know that you are able to reduce it yourselves through love .... And thus use the time until the end .... Do everything to practice love and shape your heart so that I can take abode in it and thereby you will be filled with strength to overcome all opposition. For where My love can work there is no weakness, no despondency, no discouragement and no worry .... where I can work there is peace of mind, hope and strength and a constant feeling of security, for I lead My own by the hand, I protect them from the power of evil. And they feel My protection, they give themselves to Me with complete faith and let Me rule .... And I incline towards My children in a fatherly way and take care of them until the end of their lives .... until they enter the spiritual kingdom, where they will be unspeakably blissful in My presence for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Truth and error .... consequences spiritual and earthly ....

B.D. 3473 from April 29th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The fact that people have distanced themselves so far from God is due to the fact that they flee the truth and allow error access. Truth inevitably leads to God, whereas error keeps people away from true knowledge and thus also from God, Who has to be recognized in order to be loved and aspired to. Anyone who loves God has also recognized Him beforehand, and in order to do so he has to be informed of the truth. If, on the other hand, error is offered to the human being, then a wrong image of the eternal deity will be presented to him or God will be completely denied, and then it will be impossible to recognize the eternal deity, and consequently the human being's feeling of love will also remain undeveloped, and this means that he is distant from God. But the fact that error finds access to people is due to the will of the human being himself, who is completely free and can both desire and ignore the truth. But the truth is only offered to the human being if he seriously strives for it. For although it is also brought to the human being by appointed servants who are well-instructed in the truth, it will only appear acceptable to the human being if he seeks it. But seeking the truth means seeking God, for God is the truth .... Seeking God and striving towards Him means, in turn, acknowledging Himself as the highest, most perfect being and desiring to unite with this being. And since the most perfect being is supremely good, the human being must also first strive to be good and thus to bring love within himself to fullest development. And through love the human being attains truth, yet without love a realization of the eternal deity is not possible .... God, truth and love are inseparable, and anyone who strives for one of them also inevitably desires the other. But where error is widespread love cannot develop properly either, where error exists God's image will appear distorted to people and the distance from Him will become ever greater. The consequence of this is spiritual decline, which also becomes noticeable on earth .... the consequence of this is hardship and misery amongst people, because the distance from God cannot be remedied in any other way than through love and truth and people should and can develop love in suffering and also start to think and strive for truth. But as long as no action is taken against error there will be no spiritual ascent and thus no earthly improvement. For the human being's aim is union with God, which can only take place in truth, whereas error prevents this union and therefore has to be fought if people are to reach their aim on earth. Truth will assert itself and if the human being does not find it on earth he will have to acquire it in the kingdom of the beyond, because without truth no being can become blissfully happy. But if the human being's will on earth has already been too weak to seriously strive for it, it will be even more difficult to persuade him to accept the truth in the spiritual kingdom, and he will have to suffer bitter struggles and hardship of soul until he has become accessible to the pure truth, and this often requires an infinitely long time in the spiritual kingdom which can be achieved on earth in a short time. And therefore God constantly endeavours to guide people into truth, and He Himself instructs His servants who shall fulfil this task on earth, who are bearers of the pure truth and shall pass it on to all who are willing to accept it .... who bear desire for God and thus also for truth and who want to achieve union with God through love .... For truth is unavoidably necessary if people want to become blessed ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Devotion to God ....

B.D. 3474 from May 2nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The awareness of having given oneself to God gives the human being inner peace, and his soul does not tremble despite earthly adversity. For in God it recognizes the controller of destinies, the helper in every adversity, the strength and power in all abundance and the infinite love .... It offers no resistance to this love, it seeks to unite with it and finds happiness and peace in its striving towards God. It returns to its original state as soon as it has become completely one with God, consequently the striving for it, the devotion to God, must also trigger a feeling of happiness in it, after all, it treads the right path which leads towards the aim. Separation from the world, from everything that still harbours the spiritual, which is distant from God, is a prerequisite, only then can devotion to God take place without restriction, for the former prevents the soul from doing so because it directs all the human being's senses and aspirations towards itself and triggers desires in him which pull the soul down and make a connection with God impossible. Only the one who shuns and despises the world can approach God, and he truly exchanges nothing bad .... The goods of the spiritual kingdom are at his disposal which he can acquire without restriction, which make him clairvoyant and clairaudient for the spiritual world, for the actual home of the spiritual, and since the spiritual goods are emanations of eternal love they must also make the soul happy and put it into a peaceful state, thus prepare it for bliss for which it was originally created .... The world certainly offers earthly pleasures but the human being, who belongs to the world, is lightless, i.e. without knowledge. And this ignorance is not blissful for the soul but it is enveloped in deepest darkness and also feels this as torment. And that is why the human being tries to numb this feeling through pleasures of the world, even if he is unaware of its cause. But if he puts his earthly desire aside in order to desire spiritual goods, it becomes bright in him and his soul is happy, for the realization of truth means a return to its original state, where it was full of light and strength, called deepest knowledge its own and was able to utilize this knowledge in order to create and shape in bliss. Ignorance is at the same time weakness and lack of strength, so that the soul is in a state which completely deviates from its actual nature and therefore cannot give it the peace it longs for. But with the devotion to God out of innermost impulse the soul also desires light and strength, and its desire will always be granted because this applies to God Who, in His fatherly love, accepts every soul which offers itself to Him. It can never ever be lost to the world, it will never ever want to return once it has felt the bliss of His love in its devotion to God, for a soul which has once been illuminated by light fears darkness and recognizes it in the hustle and bustle of the world, it seeks to escape from it and attaches itself ever more intimately to God Who will never ever let it go but fetches it home into its father's house ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God’s word truth .... God's intervention ....

B.D. 3475 from May 3rd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

In no way will you be disappointed, for My word is truth and will remain truth forever. Yet you must be patient, for My patience is also great, and every day is still a gift of grace for you who will lose your life prematurely; every day is an opportunity to strengthen your faith which will let you overcome everything that is coming more easily, who, as survivors after My intervention, still have the task to help the souls of your fellow human beings. But My announcement is fulfilled to the letter .... I would only refrain from doing so if humanity changed, if the time of adversity brought about the change beforehand and people would seek Me .... But they are far from it .... their thoughts are more earthly than ever and they do not recognize Me despite My call, My admonitions and warnings .... And I foresaw this low from eternity, and therefore the coming event is determined from eternity, and everything will come to pass as I have proclaimed to you through the voice of the spirit. In anxious distress you will hover and believe yourselves to be abandoned by Me, yet I am close to you .... I will not leave you forever if only you remember Me .... With every thought of Me you call Me to you, and I hear the slightest call and comply with it, I constantly walk beside you and accompany you on all your paths when your hearts beat towards Me. And therefore do not fear but rejoice that you yourselves determine My nearness or My remoteness, and make use of this .... Call upon Me often and intimately and I will be with you and protectively spread My hands over you. But trust and believe, accept My word into your heart and live accordingly, don't let doubts arise and have patience .... The day will come sooner than you think and it will be terrible .... For I will show Myself in all power and everything will be in turmoil. And then remain strong and trust in Me, for I will not forsake My own and they will feel My nearness. The world may act according to its discretion, people may let their will become active in the wrong direction .... I direct world events after all and overthrow all people's plans .... and they shall recognize it as My work, and if they don't believe in Me they shall nevertheless recognize their own powerlessness in the face of the power they don't want to attribute to Me Myself .... But make use of the time and prepare yourselves, take everything upon yourselves in patience, for you can only mature if you overcome all opposition and recognize it as My will. I only aim at your spiritual maturing, for I want to win you for eternity. And thus strengthen yourselves at all times through My word and wait in patience until I manifestly express Myself .... Your path is marked out and you have to walk it to the end, yet I will never leave you without strength, I will never withdraw My love and grace from you .... And thus you will be able to master everything if only you ask Me for My grace, if you always and constantly call upon Me so that I can guide you through all dangers until the end of your life .... For your life is no longer long ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Small faith ....

B.D. 3476 from May 6th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Why do you fear and tremble, and why are you so of little faith? .... Why do you not keep My word which promises you My help and grace? If you believe in My word every anxiety will fall away from you, but without this faith you are like swaying reeds in the wind, unstoppable and at the mercy of the evil forces which try to uproot you. Without faith in Me and My word it is dark in you and your soul despairs. That is why you constantly have to struggle for profound faith, you have to remind yourselves that nothing can happen without the will of a higher power. You must remind yourselves that the will of the individual person can never determine the outcome of what he plans to do if I don't give My approval, otherwise there would be no misery on earth if the human being had it in his hands to shape his own destiny. And thus you must acknowledge a higher Power Which directs everyone's destiny .... And once you have gained faith in this higher power you will also learn to believe in the love and wisdom of This one, if you don't apply the human standard .... imperfection .... that is, unkindness and lack of knowledge. You must seek to recognize love above all by reflecting on creation and its creator. If you are open-hearted you will understand the language of creation which only preaches to you about the love and wisdom of the one Who brought everything into being .... If you are open-hearted I Myself can instruct you about the meaning and purpose of creation and your earthly life, and then you will also learn to recognize Me as love, wisdom and might, and this is faith which makes you strong and defies every adversity, every challenge .... And if you hear or read My word with the good will to gain information, you will deepen your faith through it and no longer be timid, for My word contains strength which will flow over you if you receive it with profound faith and live accordingly. Ask and struggle for strong faith, don't let yourselves be depressed by the adversity of the time, for it will come upon you, so that you will call upon Me all the more sincerely and your faith will become unshakeable if you visibly feel My help .... But I would like to call out to you of little faith: Drop all your worries, consider yourselves My children from eternity, whom the father loves from eternity and whom He will never lose to the forces of darkness .... And only try to explain all events to yourselves in this love which wants to win you back .... and you will become believers, because then you will recognize the purpose and meaning of what I send upon you; you will be able to trustingly call upon your loving father for help, and your request will also be granted. As soon as you establish the right relationship, the relationship of a child to its father, you will also be able to pray correctly and pleasingly to Me and find an answer, for I want to be called upon as father .... you shall come to Me as true children and grace and strength will flow to you without measure, and you will overcome all sorrow and hardship, for then you will no longer carry anything on your own but your father in heaven will help you carry it .... And know that all adversity will one day come to an end and can be a blessing for you, for earthly life is short but it is decisive for eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Transcending matter .... beyond ....

B.D. 3477 from May 9th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Detach yourselves from everything you hold dear on earth and only long for My grace, for My love and My presence .... and you will truly be more happy than before, for then you will already be ready for the life in the beyond, you can leave earth every day with the awareness of exchanging it for a far more beautiful life, and the renunciation of earthly goods will seem so small to you because you already foresee the glories of eternal life and joyfully look forward to them. Only then will I recognize your love for Me, only then will your heart be able to accept Me, for then you will have overcome matter and be ready for the spiritual kingdom. Anyone who already achieves this on earth is no longer frightened by death, he longs for it because the soul in him strives towards Me and wants to break every fetter which the body still signifies for it. Like a golden morning it spiritually beholds life after death and longs to move in complete freedom, free from all worries, and to walk in blissful light. The human being endures everything on earth in submission which is still granted to him; only the body still feels suffering and pain, the soul, however, is already so intimately united with Me that it can no longer suffer, and thus the human being will only suffer before the eyes of his fellow human beings but he will no longer feel much himself, for I am so close to him that earthly things no longer touch him. Strive to detach yourselves and know that it is only for your own good, for you can only take possession of one kingdom .... the spiritual or the earthly .... But the earthly kingdom is transient, the spiritual kingdom is eternal and, if you desire matter too much, can mean torment and immense hardship for you .... And you will have to struggle for endless times until you have overcome this love of matter. On earth, however, you humans can do this more easily, for in view of the beyond you draw the strength for this from My word, which gives you clarification about your purpose of earthly life, if you desire clarification. If you know the purpose and aim of your life you only need a strong will to achieve this aim, for you will not lack strength if only you muster the will. In the beyond, however, you are powerless and also weak-willed, and without the help of loving souls you cannot progress, and you will rather reject than accept them. And therefore make use of the time on earth and free yourselves from all earthly desire .... renounce and sacrifice in order to exchange Me for what you give away .... And one day you will sing praise and thanks to Me in eternity when you have recognized the worthlessness of that which now seems desirable to you and yet seriously endangers you to attain My kingdom. You lose nothing, whatever you give, but receive it back a thousandfold, only not noticeable to the body, but to the soul. But the soul will continue to exist, while the body will pass away and its stay on earth will soon come to an end. So don't let yourselves be depressed, whatever may come .... think of your soul, think of life after the death of the body, and shape it through the overcoming of matter into a life of bliss ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Comforting encouragement from the kingdom of light ....

B.D. 3478 from May 9th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Now you will hear words of comfort, a strengthening encouragement from the kingdom of light: In a short time you will already recognize the love of the heavenly father in all its power .... The truth of His word will be revealed, like a bolt from the blue an incomprehensible event will startle the world and make people's hearts tremble .... And then the hour will have come which you should proclaim on behalf of God, then His word will be fulfilled for the suffering of men and for the strengthening of the faith of those who are faithful to God, who have knowledge of His word and recognize the voice of the father despite greatest adversity .... The hardship will be bearable for His own, for God will now reveal Himself so obviously that His great love will come to light and make people happy who want to belong to Him .... And then their hearts will no longer be troubled by doubts but a firm faith will let you endure everything by trusting in God's love and grace .... And then begin your mission .... For if your faith is firm you will also be able to work for Him, you will be able to speak without fear, and the gift of speaking will be given to you as soon as you are active for Him .... And this is His word which is once again conveyed to earth and which shall give you strength and remove every doubt, for all things shall come to pass as He has made known to you through His spirit ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Demise of the world ....

B.D. 3479 from May 10th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The end of the world is the end of a redemption period and the beginning of a new epoch, which again has the redemption of the still unfree spiritual as its purpose. For the time being the earth as such will completely change, i.e. its external form will not remain the same but the earth's surface will be completely destroyed by the forces of the earth's interior, and this will understandably result in the perishing of all creatures on earth .... All living creations, animal and plant life, will be destroyed, and even the hardest matter, the rock, will experience a change within itself, and this signifies the end for humanity living on earth, the downfall of what is visible to its eye, although the earth will still exist as a heavenly body. In God's eternal plan of salvation this change of the earth is intended as a means of regaining the spiritual, and thus what God has proclaimed through seers and prophets since the beginning of this redemptive epoch will inevitably come to pass. But people do not believe it and will therefore fall into deepest despair if they experience this end unprepared. People are unfamiliar with the fact that all events, every work of creation and every creature only has the spiritual maturing as its aim, and since they don't look at earthly life with a spiritual eye they only see the course of earthly events and also deny every cosmic change, thus also a downfall of this earth. And they are difficult to instruct and therefore cannot be persuaded to change their lives in accordance with the approaching end and to prepare themselves. They reject every hint and are more than ever addicted to earthly goods, the striving for which keeps them completely away from spiritual striving. And even hardship does not make them more accessible to ideas which touch them mentally or through mediators from the spiritual kingdom. And that is why the time is approaching when the old earth will be dissolved because a change of thinking, a spiritual ascent among humanity can no longer be expected. Thus people themselves determine when the end will come, for God foresaw people's will from eternity, He foresaw their complete turning away from Himself and He foresaw the futility of the old earth's continued existence .... And in His merciful love He uses new means to win people's souls .... He lets a new earth arise which contains the fallen spiritual again, which now has to go the long and agonizing path through the new creation again, but which once again has the possibility to strive towards God in free will and to redeem itself from the form .... And He still tries to spare the people of the old earth this renewed path through creation in the last days by pointing them again and again to the end, to the hour of judgment and condemnation, by letting speakers arise amongst them who proclaim His word, who are to present the consequences of their way of life to people in order to persuade them to change their will .... But in the last days all those who preach God’s word will be persecuted, and this will be the most difficult time for the believers who shall be deprived of all support. But then God will reveal Himself to His own and His word will sound directly and indirectly to them, He will awaken people amongst the believers through whose spirit He will make Himself known. And His own will be strengthened and consolidate their faith, they will confidently await the end, they will stand firm and defy all threats from the world, for they will feel their father close by and all fear and anxiety will fall away from them as soon as His word sounds audibly .... And He will be in the midst of those who long for Him, He will show Himself to them and, through His presence, lower deepest peace into the hearts of those who are worthy of His nearness. And their confessing courage will grow, they will unabashedly stand up for the name of God, they will profess to be followers of Christ and not fear death, they will await His coming and hope for redemption from utmost adversity. But the flock of believers will be small .... amidst living devils will only ever be a few who carry God in their hearts and are in intimate contact with Him. And where God Himself dwells visibly or invisibly to human eyes, the devils will be powerless, even though they seek the lives of Jesus' followers and use all conceivable means to make them apostate to Him. The power of God is stronger and even God's adversary is powerless against it. And the end will come when the adversity appears unbearable .... Then the lord Himself will come in the clouds and fetch His own home into His kingdom .... Then the old earth will pass away, it will be a downfall for all people living on earth .... it is the end of a redemption era and the beginning of a new one, as it is proclaimed in word and scripture ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Willpower of the servants of God .... mission ....

B.D. 3480 from May 14th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Anyone who has the word, i.e. who is able to hear the voice of God within himself, must also have the strength of will to spread God’s word, and he will also fulfil his destiny as soon as his mission begins. Then the spirit of God will impel him into constant activity and he will not resist either, because he has already offered himself to God for service before and this was the prerequisite for receiving the direct divine word. And the actual mission will begin when the battle against faith is obvious, when it is no longer waged secretly but people are openly attacked before the world who have faith in God, in Jesus Christ and His act of salvation, and also confess it before the world. Then every servant of God will feel called by God and he will do what the inner voice dictates .... confess and fight for God and try to win fellow human beings for the faith .... Then the strength of his will will become evident, for nothing will deter him or hold him back from his task which God has given him and which he is always willing to fulfil. Every servant called by God has the firm will to serve Him with all his strength, and God directs them to the right field of work where he can develop the strength and work for the blessing of people who are of good will. But it will be a difficult task because the enemy of the souls is too powerful and uses all means to render God's servants harmless. But the word is constantly sent to them and through the word also the strength to resist .... because with the word God Himself is with those who desire it and receive it with a believing heart, who let it come alive through their will and their works. Anyone who has the word also lives in love and therefore also constantly receives strength from God, Who is love Himself and comes closer to the human being with every work of love. And therefore the word will always be the greatest provider of strength, after all, it has come directly from the spiritual kingdom to earth and, as spiritual strength itself at the same time, is extremely effective .... It will lift people up, it will make them confident and strong in faith. And thus God's servants will also powerfully and fearlessly profess their faith before the world, they will try to spread the divine word and speak openly, they will not fear the world and carry out their mission as it is God's will, for they are called to do so by Himself. They will not lack the will to work for Him and will always receive the strength to carry out their will. Every path is marked out for them, for as soon as they submit their will to God of their own accord God's will also works in them, which expresses itself in all actions, speeches and thoughts. Where the spirit of God can work, the divine will must determine the person's life on earth, for the spirit of God only works where the person's own will has been sacrificed to God beforehand. This is why a servant of God's path of life is in accordance with his spiritual task, and he need not anxiously worry because it has to be covered according to God's will, and the human being himself is unable to change anything, even if his human thinking strives for change. But since God's will is active in the human being who wants to be of service to God, he will also never slacken and neglect his earthly task, for the spirit from God impels him to work for Him. The spirit from God will constantly express itself and manifest itself in the word which is constantly conveyed to the human being, which he is always and constantly able to hear if only he listens within, in conscious contact with God. And he will seek this connection because his heart drives him to do so .... the love for God and his neighbour .... which urges him to seek closeness to God .... which again and again drives him to prayer, to dialogue with God, the most loving father of His children, Whom happiness is already prepared on earth by serving Him. And God answers him, His fatherly love fulfils every request, and thus he hears His voice, and especially when he is called to proclaim God's will to his fellow human beings .... To spread God’s word in the world. These will never be weak-willed, for they are permeated by God's strength which is repeatedly conveyed to them through the word which is directly conveyed to earth from the spiritual kingdom so that people can become blessed who keep to His word in the last days, who accept it and thereby receive strength to endure until the end ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Subordinating the will to God ....

B.D. 3481 from May 15th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Standing in realization, the human being is able to fully place himself under God's will and therefore also carry out everything he sets out to do. As soon as the human being knows the meaning and purpose of earthly life, of the whole of creation and of God's eternal plan of salvation, he no longer carries his own will within himself but has made God's will his own, otherwise the full realization would not have been imparted to him. But then he is also powerful, and he can use the strength at any time if he needs it. Thus he will not need to despair in the most difficult situations of life because he can and does have the strength from God at his disposal as soon as he has strong faith. Therefore, if a person feels weak, he is only weak in faith and must first try to strengthen it ..... The human being should constantly strive to increase his strength of faith, for with strong, unshakable faith he can master the most difficult life circumstances and also matures spiritually. Living in strong faith means an easier earthly life because then the strength from God can work unhindered. The human being must be convinced that God's will expresses itself in him and that there is no limit to His will if the human being does not set these limits himself through weak faith. The human being must bear in mind God's strength and power, to Whom no thing is impossible .... He must completely subordinate his will to God's will and then open himself to His working with complete faith, then strength will flow to him unmeasured so that there will no longer be any lack of strength for him .... He can do anything He wants, for He only wants what is good, and God truly knows where and when He sets limits .... Faith in God's love must always fill the person, which never fails if it is earnestly desired and sincerely requested .... God's love is exceedingly great, and everything that has emerged from it remains eternally in His love. Since love is the elemental power which brought everything into being, a withdrawal of this love would also mean a passing away of what God has created. But what is of God, what has His strength as its origin, is everlasting, thus it will never be without God's strength of love. The fact that the human being is not always able to feel this strength is due to himself, to his state of maturity, which can be higher or lower depending on his self-love. Nevertheless, the human being remains in constant contact with divine love. The awareness of this is faith, which is all the deeper and more unshakeable the more the human being himself establishes the connection with God and feels His power of love. The human being must try to gain this profound faith, he must regard himself as a product of God's love and recognize God as the most loving father Who only directs everything for the best of His children and is accessible to every heartfelt request in order to prove His love to the child through its fulfilment. Full trust in His greater than great love will also let the earthly child pray sincerely and confidently, and the fulfilment of its request is certain, for God will not let a profound faith be put to shame. God is love Who never refuses to acknowledge this love .... and to fully submit to divine will allows the human being to be powerful and master over all difficulties in every situation of life. For then divine love itself will take effect in the human being, he cannot and will not carry out anything other than God's will, and he will never ever lack strength. If the human being is weak he himself is to blame, for the strength from God is constantly at his disposal. He can request it, open himself to its influx and make unlimited use of it; he just has to believe that divine love will always provide him with this strength .... Belief in this is absolutely necessary because it is an acknowledgement of God, Who is exceedingly loving, wise and omnipotent, and because God has to be acknowledged before His strength can become effective ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Contact with God .... Influx of strength ....

B.D. 3482 from May 17th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Take advantage of every opportunity to make contact with Me through prayer and loving activity and you will never lack in strength .... Whatever life situation you find yourselves in, you will always and forever need My influx of strength and you become receptive to it through heartfelt prayer. And if you do loving deeds My strength will likewise flow to you, for then you will draw Me Myself to you, since I Am Love Itself. And thus you need not fear anything, neither weakness nor loneliness, as long as you are lovingly active and pray .... as long as your prayer rises up to Me from your heart, for then I will hear you and grant your wishes, as I have promised. Believe and trust when you pray, then the fulfilment of your prayer will be certain .... My will directs your destiny according to your faith, and My will is at all times able to banish hardship and suffering. But My love always considers My Own in an obvious way, so that they will recognise their Father when He expresses Himself. And I number all those as My Own who approach Me in prayer, who use every quiet hour to communicate with Me, who often send their thoughts to Me, who look for Me of their own accord and whose hearts love and yearn for My presence .... I will always give My assistance to them, so that their faith becomes strong, so that they ever more tangibly become aware of My strength and they recognise Me in every happening on their path of life. To remain in constant contact with Me ensures them My protection and My help at all times. For their connection with Me also relieves them from the spiritual hardship, because it enables My spirit to work in them. And My spirit guides them correctly, My spirit shows them every path, every Word and every action, and thus every person who is in constant contact with Me can travel his course of life without worry, for I will take him by his hand and guide him .... And his path will be blessed ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Work of love for misguided souls ....

B.D. 3483 from May 18th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Have mercy on misguided souls, consider them to suffer an illness which needs help and do not let them starve in their spiritual distress. The difficulties of the body come to an end but the soul takes its problems into eternity, into the beyond. And this can be avoided if it finds the truth on earth, which you should bring to erring souls. Whenever you have the opportunity to help them, speak to them of God’s love which longs for them, remind them of their lack of maturity which stops them from getting closer to God and show them the way to get better, the only way to the goal .... the way of love .... Make them aware that they cannot mature nor reach their goal without kindness and that they were only given their earthly life for the purpose of improving their souls. Guide their thoughts to spiritual matters, encourage them to think about the purpose of earthly life, explain to them the meaning and purpose of creation, the objective of suffering and earthly hardship, and try to persuade them to put an end to their spiritual poverty. This work of love, to have mercy on erring souls and to endeavour to help them, is of tremendous importance. Do not be discouraged by their initial rejection, bring the Word of God to them and always remember your task which should be a redeeming one on earth.

Countless souls suffer spiritual hardship but they only take notice of earthly distress and do not take time for inner reflection which could enlighten them. They are only interested in improving their living conditions and don’t know that these are primarily the consequences of spiritual poverty, that the former has to be resolved before an improvement of their earthly life can take place .... Give them this knowledge and help them walk the path of love, and their souls will be eternally grateful to you. Their hardship will increase as the last days approach because God’s adversary is gaining power over the souls and his influence is tremendously damaging to them. The knowledge of their purpose of life can protect them from this influence and, with good will, the soul can free itself from his power since it recognises it to be evil and in opposition to God. But it has to be introduced to the knowledge, and you should accomplish this work of mercy whenever the opportunity presents itself, and your efforts shall not be in vain .... There is great need and the end draws ever closer, thus every hour should be used to work for the kingdom of God .... This is God’s will which has to be observed if you want to be active workers and serve Him in His vineyard ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Apparent improvement in living conditions ....

B.D. 3484 from May 19th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Don't let yourselves be distracted by apparent improvements in living conditions but know that the time of adversity is not yet over, that it only continues in other forms and has to be overcome by you humans who still need much suffering and trials if you want to change. The human being's will only ever strives to promote the body's well-being, and he also uses all his strength to turn his will into action. But the more you are captivated by earthly striving the less he thinks about his soul, and since it only lives on earth for a short time it cannot be left in its inertia but again and again it has to be stimulated by adversity and suffering to think about its task on earth, and therefore the adversity cannot be over yet and difficult days will still follow .... For God completes His plan, He never ceases to care for the souls which are in danger of losing themselves completely. But people don't recognize His care, they don't see His love in the suffering which affects them, for they are blind in spirit and only have eyes for the earthly world, for everything that is pleasing to the body but detrimental to the soul. And until they practice love themselves they will not recognize God's love either, for light will only shine in them when they themselves are capable and willing to love. And suffering is also necessary for this that people ignite the spark of love within themselves and let it become a bright flame, that they remember their neighbour's adversity in suffering and try to remedy it and thereby shape their hearts into love. And therefore do not let your view be clouded by what happens in the world .... remember the soul and humbly accept all that is still granted to you ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Comforting Fatherly Words ....

B.D. 3485 from May 22nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Bring all your worries to Me, I want to listen to you and help .... Prove your faith in Me by coming to Me and imploring Me for help .... Show your helplessness by humbly approaching Me in prayer, then you will acknowledge Me as your eternal Father Who wants to help and is able to do so. If you therefore believe that My love will not let you remain in adversity then I indeed can help you, for I require your faith in Me if My strength is to become effective in you. If you confide your worries to Me, you will be My children who I will look after like a Father .... Therefore, don't be frightened and disheartened if clouds cast a shadow over you but know that My sun of grace will always shine for you and you will never call upon Me in vain .... Just let Me be in control and meekly endure the place I have assigned to you; don't let any doubts in Me, or of My love, arise and only pay attention to My Word which comforts and strengthens you in every situation in life .... And nothing will be able to depress you, regardless of what comes upon you. Let Me speak to you in the Word by making heartfelt contact with Me and speaking to Me first, and then hand yourselves over to the influence of My Word .... And it will always refresh and comfort you, it will answer your every question, it will make My presence perceptible to you and your faith will be strengthened, as I have promised, since My Word is blessed with My strength which flows to everyone who accepts it with a hungry heart and desires to hear Me ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

End of the earth ....

B.D. 3486 from May 25th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

This is the end of the earth, that all inhabitants of the earth will be destroyed who do not belong to the kingdom of God, but the believers will be taken away from the earth with a living body. So the end has come for the inhabitants of the earth, as it is proclaimed in word and scripture. The earth's surface will experience a total transformation which will take place in such a way that no living being will be able to exist on it, that people, animals and plants will be destroyed, i.e. that their material substances will dissolve while the spiritual substances within will be given new coverings by God so that they can continue their course of development in other external forms, namely on the new earth which God will let emerge from the old earth. Thus the earth itself will not pass away, it will only change completely; likewise the spiritual substance, which was banished in the works of creation, will not pass away, yet all works of creation will have come to an end, thus the end of the world has also come for the inhabitants of earth and with it the period of redemption has come to an end, while a new era of redemption begins. The flock of believers raptured from earth will be allowed to experience this end, the destruction of the old earth will take place before their eyes, for through their faith they are in a state of maturity that they live in realisation and God's eternal plan of salvation is comprehensible to them. They have an intimate bond with God and therefore also know about His love and wisdom, they recognize His power and praise and glorify Him and His glory. And thus they also know about the deficient spiritual state of people who, in the end, live on earth in a God-opposed spirit, they recognize the necessity of the transformation of the old earth and are willing to contribute towards the redemption of the banished spiritual .... And thus they will be assigned a task again on the new earth, although they are mature for the spiritual kingdom and no longer need life on the new earth. However, the banished spiritual must be offered the opportunity for ascent development again .... and this is created again through human will .... Life on earth continues, only under completely changed circumstances .... For people the earth has become a paradisiacal abode where they are active in love and extremely happy .... It is a place of peace and harmonious unity where God's blessing is visibly evident .... And people are left with the memory of the old earth, its inhabitants and the hard battles before the end, yet it only touches them like a shadow, for they have overcome everything difficult, they have emerged victorious from those battles and are so intimately united with God that they feel full of strength and are free and happy .... And a new redemptive epoch begins, because all spiritual beings shall one day reach this happy state and God's love for His living creations has their final liberation as its aim and again and again He creates possibilities to reach His aim without affecting the human being's free will .... (25.5.1945) And therefore a new earth will arise .... New creations will again shelter the spiritual within themselves and help it to ascend. And the old earth has to pass away in order to release all bound spiritual substances so that they can embody themselves again in the new creations according to their state of maturity. A change must take place insofar as that the spiritual, which was in the last stage of its development and was to pass the last earth life test as a human being, in which it failed, is banished again in solid matter, while other striving spiritual is assigned a new embodiment in which it can mature faster and reach the last stage sooner. Humanity will certainly be destroyed in the end, however the spiritual substance will continue to exist and will have to start its course of development on earth anew, because it will have turned completely towards the one from whose power it should release itself. The last course on earth as a human being has to be covered in free will, which the human being can use as he sees fit. However, if this will is wrongly directed it must also accept the consequences, since it is offered every opportunity to live in the right direction. And in the end the earth will be so full of devils that it will have to be dissolved if salvation is ever to come to the spiritual being which hides in these devils .... Only a short time will pass, a time of hardest trials and sufferings, which could well be enough to change even the worst devils if they used their will correctly. With the expiry of this time, however, the end of the world has inevitably come, i.e. of the earth in its present form and of the inhabitants, for whom there is no upward development in the beyond but a new course through creation is necessary ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Comforting Fatherly Words ....

B.D. 3487 from May 26th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

All those of you who view the future with concern have a strong Helper by your side to Whom you can faithfully entrust yourselves, providing you want to accept His help .... I Myself will guide and protect you from all danger of body and soul, if only you will choose Me as your Guide. Turn to Me, call upon Me in your adversity, take refuge in Me whenever you are in danger, and firmly believe that I will help you, that I will not leave you in distress and that I will direct everything such that it will be beneficial for you .... Then you will be able to look forward to every day without worry, all troubles will disappear into nothingness, a solution can always be found and, time and again, My help will be recognisable. Don't hide yourselves from Me, instead, bring all your problems to Me .... look for Me so that I can let Myself be found .... Don't keep your distance from Me but desire My presence and I will always be with you and never leave you again, regardless of what happens. And believe that the Word I gave you is truth when I promised that no prayer will touch My ear without being granted if you profoundly believe in Me and have limitless trust in Me. Don't weaken in your faith, but time after time envisage that I love you like a father loves his children whom he will not deny any wish if it does not harm them .... Give yourselves to Me as My Own with everything that is dear to you and I will direct your destiny such that you will not go short, I will guide you through all dangers and shape your life on earth so that it will be endurable for you .... Just do not forget Me and My kingdom .... Let your thinking be spiritually inclined, lift your eyes up to Me and always carry Me in your heart; enter into dialogue with Me, remain so intimately connected to Me and I will tend to you, both in a spiritual and earthly way. Nothing shall trouble you, for I will look after you and this truly in the right way .... because My love for you is unchangeable and I always keep My protective hand over those of you who want to be My Own and strive to fulfil My will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

God’s word and its power ....

B.D. 3488 from June 10th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Where My word resounds, the overwhelming suffering on earth is banished. The human being certainly has to struggle and fight as long as he lives on earth, yet he has profound faith in Me and My love, he lives in trust of My help and constantly feels My saving hand which guides him out of all dangers of body and soul. And therefore he will no longer fear adversity, he will not feel it so oppressively, he will only ever faithfully wait for My support, and this is certain for him. Where My word resounds My love and grace will be evident, and the connection from earth to the spiritual world is obvious, the connection with the kingdom which is Mine and which is therefore also everlasting. And the certainty that the person who receives My word is also an aspirant of this kingdom gives him inner peace .... he only lives for this world, and he only pays attention to the earthly world as far as his stay on earth still requires it. And thus he consciously strives towards the aim I have set for him, he has found the right path, the path to the eternal home .... And he will constantly strive to guide his fellow human beings onto the same path, to instruct them and convey My word to them which informs them of Me and My love, of My will and My eternal plan of salvation, so that they, too, will learn to love Me and strive towards Me, so that I will also be able to lower the peace into their hearts which is triggered by a heartfelt bond with Me. My word has to be conveyed to people if they want to become conquerors of the enemy of their souls already on earth, for without My word they lack strength, they lack knowledge and therefore also the right love for Me .... Only when I can speak to people, directly or indirectly, mentally or by transmitting My word .... only when they open their hearts and listen to My voice do they enter into contact with Me and can now also receive strength directly, for then they cover their earthly path in conscious striving to reach the aim. Then the spiritual kingdom alone is desirable to them and they despise the world. And therefore My word must find entrance with people, and the proclaimers of My word must be constantly active, they must constantly serve Me by passing on the word received from Me and proclaim My will wherever they have access. For time is hurrying, the earthly world is approaching its dissolution and the spiritual kingdom is approaching people ever more urgently .... the true home, which is the final aim of every earthly human being. Yet without My word they will never reach it, without My word they cannot find the path, they don't know Me and have no guide, they blindly go their way and walk astray. My word is the signpost, My word is My constant call, and whoever hears this call and complies with it I will draw him to Me with all My strength, he will not go astray, he will recognize Me at the end of the path and the love of his heart will drive him; he will long for Me and I will draw close to him .... And My nearness will make him blissful for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Leadership ....

B.D. 3489 from June 17th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

He who feels weak, let him come to Me .... I will strengthen him .... And I will come close to anyone who believes himself to be abandoned and be his companion on all his paths through life. Yet he has to acknowledge Me, otherwise I cannot assist him because I respect the human being's free will. My aim is the unification of the apostate spiritual being with Me, but this must take place voluntarily. And therefore you must call for Me, you must desire My nearness yourselves and want to be guided by Me. And anyone who has the will turned towards Me within himself will never be abandoned by Me, because his striving is aimed at uniting with Me. But never ever shall you, who acknowledge Me, be despondent, never ever shall weakness of faith cause you to become discouraged, but a heartfelt thought, a brief appeal for strength and grace will always suffice and My love will not deny itself to you .... My strength flows to you and My hand guides you safely towards the aim .... And even if the path seems difficult for you, every step will be right by My hand, and you can cover the path without worry, for it is the right one if you have Me as your companion, and your will, your desire for Me, will earn you My guidance. In firm faith in this every weakness will fall away from you and you will walk safely and carefree through earthly life, for I can be close to you because you long for Me. And I am with everyone who deeply desires Me, and the more his love is for Me the more palpable I am. And therefore you humans can make earthly life easier for yourselves, for My nearness signifies strength, and anyone who is permeated by My strength masters life at all times, for he works and creates with Me, for Whom nothing is impossible ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Sun of graces ....

B.D. 3490 from June 24th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

My sun of grace constantly shines and spreads a bright light. And even if you think you are in the shadow you are nevertheless unable to withdraw from the ray of light which touches you if only you direct your gaze towards Me. You are only not allowed to look down or My grace will become ineffective on you. And therefore only one thing is necessary that you carry Me in your heart, that your thoughts and aspirations are meant for Me, that you strive towards Me and long for Me; then My grace will come upon you in all abundance and you will feel this spiritually and physically, that you are flooded by strength, that all weakness falls away from you and your striving is successful .... For what belongs to Me, what is My share from eternity, will also be eternally nourished by Me with My strength of love. I will never turn away from what is Mine, I will always try to draw it into the realm of My sun of grace so that it will also recognize its belonging to Me, just as it once turned away from Me of its own accord. And if it feels that it belongs to Me it will step out of the shadow into the light of My sun of grace, i.e. it will always and constantly feel My help, My strength and My love .... And then it is saved for eternity, for to feel Me means to have recognized Me, and the recognition of Myself also results in the desire for unification, and this always signifies striving for perfection, I leave nothing without help which desires My help, because My love is unchanging towards that which I have created, and all help is grace, a gift which is handed out undeservedly, which need not be acquired, it should only be gratefully received because it is offered by Me in love. And thus there is no human being who remains helpless if he calls upon Me for grace .... there is no human being who has to walk in darkness if he desires the light of My sun of grace. For I fulfil every desire for grace, every desire for it already carries fulfilment within itself, because then grace can take effect on the human being if he desires it .... because grace is available to the human being without restriction who thus wants to use it. Look upwards, call upon Me in thought and you will always be strengthened and lose all weakness, you will always feel the rays of My sun of grace beneficially and no longer walk in darkness. You only have to recognize your affiliation to Me and express it through heartfelt prayer, and My love will take hold of you and never leave you in the night again if you want to escape it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Unwavering faith ....

B.D. 3491 from June 28th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

As soon as the human being turns to Me in unshakable faith in his adversity it will be remedied. And thus you will never be helpless and abandoned, for you need not fear anything, for you yourselves can banish every disaster at any time by virtue of your faith. But only when you have unshakeable, profound faith will you also have the strength of faith, and you must try to gain it and struggle and pray for it without ceasing. For it is necessary in the coming time when you have to confess Me and My teaching. If you are deeply permeated by faith in Me and My love, in My might and wisdom, you will not hesitate for a second to confess Me, for you trust in My help which will truly be granted to you. Again and again I will help you so that your faith will become strong, and again and again you will be able to feel My saving and guiding hand if you pay attention, if you remain intimately united with Me through prayer and constantly practice love. Your fate may seem hard to you .... but it is necessary and successful for your souls as long as you strive to live in My pleasure. Every day and every hour, every experience, adversity and suffering, can help you achieve maturity of soul if you look at it from a spiritual point of view and always remember that My love and wisdom has determined it for you for the best of your souls. And in this awareness you will devotedly submit yourselves to My will and thereby make it possible for Me to guide and look after you without finding resistance. Thus always take your cross upon yourselves, which truly only My love burdens you with .... But also believe at all times that I will help you carry it, that you have the strength to persevere and that I am always ready to help you if it seems unbearable to you .... Strong faith can do everything. Therefore, wrestle and pray that you lose the weakness of your faith so that I can always consider you according to your faith ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Battle between light and darkness ....

B.D. 3492a from July 5th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Good and bad forces fight for the human being's soul and both are given great power by God, for both the beings of light are permeated by strength as well as the beings which are turned away from God, because the latter draw their strength from God's adversary to whom it was unlimitedly at his disposal as an originally created spiritual being and it is not diminished by God either. But the beings of light can win the victory if the human being abandons himself to them by turning his will towards God and thus not opposing the light beings' activity. The human being himself must establish the predominance through his will .... As soon as the will leans towards evil it increases its strength, and his soul is subject to the activity of God's adversary. But the human being is never defencelessly at the mercy of the evil forces but the beings of light are constantly ready to wrestle for his soul, the beings of light constantly oppose them with their strength and constantly try to direct the human being's will towards God in order to gain the upper hand and thereby defeat the evil forces. But the fact that the latter were granted the right to oppress the souls is necessary for the redemption of the fallen and therefore bound spiritual because otherwise it could not use free will, in which alone redemption can take place. And now both forces try to win the human being's will for themselves, both try to exert their influence on the soul but in different directions .... The beings of light are permeated by God's will, and their endeavour is to transfer divine will to people, i.e., to direct the human being's thinking such that it fully adapts to divine order, that the human will fully subordinates itself to divine will .... In the same way the bad forces strive towards their aim .... they direct the human being's thoughts towards earthly things, towards the increase of earthly goods, and thereby they seek to unleash earthly instincts in the human being which are contrary to God, i.e. which lack all love for God and neighbour, whereas they are only born in self-love, which always drag the human being down into the realm of God's adversary ....

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Battle between light and darkness ....

B.D. 3492b from July 18th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

And the battle of light against darkness will take on forms which point to the near end, for evil gains power over people who do not request strength from God and are only able to resist through it in order to emerge as victors at the end of days. There will be deepest darkness in the hearts of those, for the lord of darkness seeks to extinguish all light, and he will succeed because the world shuns the light but the light alone can only bring in the strength to resist. For God Himself is the light, God Himself is the truth, and only where there is truth does the light shine and break through the darkness of night. From God alone comes the strength, and every person receives it who receives the truth from God in desire for it. But in order to make people powerless and inclined towards his desires, God's adversary seeks to suppress the truth and to ensnare people in lies and the worst kind of error .... And people do not resist because the lie is more appealing to them, because it is of a worldly spirit and man only lives for the world but not for the spiritual kingdom .... And thus the majority of people will stand outside of it, and only a small part will seek the kingdom of God and request strength from God Himself for the last difficult test on earth. Light and darkness fight against each other in the spiritual kingdom as well as on earth, light has a beneficial influence where people's hearts are open to it, but darkness destroys everything and creates an unnameable chaos, it darkens all paths and leads far away from the aim towards the kingdom of the one who rules over darkness, who is full of lies and unkindness and who therefore has his kingdom as God's antipole in the deepest depths where there is only wretchedness, torment and depravity .... Humanity is drifting towards darkness because it does not accept the light which illuminates the world like a ray of lightning and sends its sparks everywhere so that they may find nourishment and flare up again as light .... Humanity turns away from brightness because the spiritual kingdom no longer means anything to it, because its spiritual knowledge, the pure truth from God, does not appear desirable, because the souls are no longer able to feel the influence from the kingdom of light, yet they have completely fallen prey to the forces of darkness. And the time of the end has come .... the forces of darkness will be banished and with them everything that was in bondage to them .... And the light will shine .... lies and error will be displaced by truth, for only God will reign and live in the hearts of people who, as bearers of light, have emerged victorious from the battle of light against darkness ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Turn .... God's intervention ....

B.D. 3493 from July 20th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The fact that a turnaround will occur in a short time is My will, which is decisive in the entire universe. My plan has been determined since eternity, for I have known since eternity about the spiritual state of the people of this earth in the last days before the end. And My plan is now inexorably unfolding, which is considered in all wisdom and guided by My love. I foresaw humanity's complete decline, I saw its striving away from Me and its instinctiveness towards My adversary. And therefore I put an end to humanity which fully consciously wants to distance itself from Me and turn towards My adversary. And now the time has come and My love takes the last resort to point people to the end, to still pull them back in the last hour from the abyss towards which they are striving. I try to win them over through love and suffering, I gently admonish them, and where these gentle admonitions are of no avail I try to influence people through suffering because they last Me and I want to prevent their complete downfall. Yet there is little success to be recorded and time is approaching its final end .... And thus a redemption period comes to an end, the conclusion of which signifies a complete dissolution of that which is visible to the human eye .... a passing away of the earth in its outer form and of all living beings on the earth's surface .... But before that I once again point to the last event by allowing local changes to take place on a large scale in order to make the last end visible to people, and I grant them another time of grace which they can use for change if they allow themselves to be impressed by that event which is to clearly prove My might to them. I want to reveal Myself to people once more, admittedly in the most painful way, yet only such a means can still be successful ....

I want to show people that they are not only exposed to human will which has a destructive and devastating effect but that they have to fear the will of a higher power which no one can stop. Through this I want to direct their mind to this higher power so that they will enter into contact with it through prayer. I want them to call upon Me in adversity in order to make My presence perceptible to them through My help, in order to persuade them to believe in Me .... If this last resort fails there will be no more salvation for people's souls on this earth and they will inevitably have to take the path through creation again, from which My love would like to protect them .... And thus this last resort, although it appears cruel, is a work of My love and mercy which, however, will only be recognized as such by a few. I have to plunge humanity into greater suffering because the suffering before does not bring about a change of will; I have to burden them further, I have to let them get into living conditions which hardly seem bearable in order to induce them to call upon the one Who can and wants to help them carry them but Who also wants to be acknowledged in order to approach people with help. And therefore know that I will express Myself powerfully and mightily, know that nothing can stop My intervention anymore, for only the will of people turned towards Me is able to do so, but this will is further away from Me than ever. And because My adversary seeks to increase his power and finds no resistance from people I will obviously show Myself and speak from above with a brazen voice so that it will not be difficult for anyone who is willing to recognize Me .... And whoever calls upon Me will be helped in spiritual as well as physical adversity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Commandment of love ....

B.D. 3494 from July 21st 1945, taken from Book No. 45

And this is My commandment that you love one another .... Whose spirit is awakened should set a good example, he should practice love towards his fellow human being himself, because only through this can he prove his love for Me and I can work in him. For My spirit can only express itself where there is love, otherwise the voice of the spirit will sound silently and thus go unheard. Whose spirit is awakened therefore also has the duty to pass on My gift with love, he must be constantly active and contribute to the spreading of what he himself hears through the voice of the spirit. For this is practicing love for the soul of a fellow human being who is in particularly great need and urgently requires help. Giving love in order to receive love is a constant cycle in the spiritual kingdom, thus also on earth for My servants who are willing to work for My kingdom. In offering My word the human being acts in accordance with My commandment of love, for then he distributes what is absolutely necessary for the attainment of maturity of soul .... he gives what he has received himself, what My love offers him as often as he desires it. But spiritual hardship is worse than earthly hardship, and people urgently need help which, however, can only be brought to them by fellow human beings as long as they don't find the path to Me themselves. But those who walk the right path to Me should not carelessly pass by the erring or seeking souls. They shall call out along the path that they are heading towards the right aim, and they shall call upon the wayfarers to join them; they shall present Me to them as the aim towards which all people shall strive .... And they shall try to convey My word to them. This is a labour of love for the souls who must be offered spiritual nourishment if they are to reach their aim on earth. For the need is great .... people not only suffer earthly hardship but also spiritual hardship. Yet the spiritual hardship is not taken into account but increased concern for the body and its needs completely distract them from the care for their souls. And only through the mouths of men can they be informed of their task in life, only through the mouths of men can My will be made known to them and they be taught love, for I Myself am too far away from them for them to be able to hear Me. And therefore you should practice love on them and be mediators through whom I speak to them so that they will hear My word but can decide of their own free will whether they want to accept it as My word. But help must be brought to them in some form, for their spiritual hardship grows worse every day, despite suffering and tribulation, which they would have to go through and could remedy their hardship. Therefore practice love towards your neighbour by coming to the aid of his soul .... Recognize the adversity and try to control it through constant instructions and indications of the near end. Take every opportunity to speak of My love, which also expresses itself in great suffering, because the latter is intended to lead people to Me, because I long for My living creations which emerged from Me, from My strength of love, which will never diminish and wants to be united with what I have created. But only love achieves unification .... And therefore love should constantly be practiced wherever the opportunity presents itself to you, so that the spiritual hardship will be reduced first and I can then also remove people's earthly hardship. But without love no-one can become blissfully happy, without love there is no spiritual progress, and without love there is no approach to Me. This is why the commandment of love is the only and greatest, and My word constantly only teaches love for the neighbour, through which love for Me is also proven ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spiritual and material creations ....

B.D. 3495 from July 23rd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Innumerable worlds exist in God's creation, the purpose of which is the upward development of the spiritual, which is to find its way back to God. And innumerable worlds are therefore carriers of this spiritual, which is partly materially bound and partly inhabits these worlds in spiritual bonds according to its state of maturity. It is not only earthly material creations which have the task of carrying spiritual substances, but since there are different degrees of development the spiritual substance does not always need matter but can also continue its ascent development in spiritual creations as soon as it has passed through earthly matter. But even then the spiritual still has to fulfil tasks which require some kind of creations which present themselves to the spiritual eye and are incomparable in their versatility, kind and purpose. The spiritual can test itself on all these works of creation, it can let its will to love become action according to its abundance of strength and light. The spiritual creations are only visible to the spiritual eye when the being has reached a certain degree of maturity. Before that it is in worlds .... if it has left the earth immature .... in which it cannot recognize any creations because it is completely dark around the being. Thus the miracles of creation also increase with the state of maturity, so that the being can repeatedly observe new creations throughout eternities and recognize God's infinite love in them. The spiritual creations are much richer and completely inconceivable to the human eye. They constantly give evidence of God's creative will, of His love, which constantly seeks to make His creatures happy, and of His unsurpassable wisdom. They are also indestructible but changeable in themselves, because the spiritual does not rest but is constantly active and spiritual creations are again the expression of strength of perfect beings of light who constantly create and create in order to give the still undeveloped or lowly mature spiritual possibilities to progress in development. Completely immature spiritual beings need material creations; but from a certain degree of maturity these are no longer necessary but are replaced by spiritual creations which, however, likewise give the being the opportunity to attain brightest light. The further away the being is from God, the harder is the cover by which it is surrounded, and the more material is also the creation to which it is assigned as inhabitant. If the being has left earth in the same God-distant state, then it still feels surrounded by the same material creation, although the spiritual kingdom has now become its abode.

(23.7.1945) These creations stand before its spiritual eye because the desire for them is still so great that the soul creates material things for itself in thought and now believes to move in them. Hence they are not spiritual creations which came into being through the will of God and the beings of light, but they are foam formations which the soul imagines for itself through its will, which it therefore does not actually see with its spiritual eye but only lets arise before its senses in the memory of earth. It will also never be able to enjoy these creations because they always disappear as soon as they want to be used by the being, so that the soul very soon recognizes the transience of its creations, which is their purpose. The spiritual creations, on the other hand, are imperishable, only in constant change, i.e., they arise ever more perfect before the being's spiritual eye the further it rises in perfection. Again and again it is allowed to behold new structures which bear witness to God's love, wisdom and omnipotence in unimagined glory and yet also stimulate loving activity again, because all these spiritual worlds harbour beings which develop higher through the transfer of strength and therefore strive towards the beholding being of light, attracted by the abundance of light which radiates from those beings. Material worlds are mostly without light and require increased care by the beings of light, yet the care for the inhabitants of material worlds is an act of mercy by the beings of light in which happiness also lies at the same time, because love constantly impels them to be mercifully active. Spiritual worlds themselves radiate light because their inhabitants are recipients of light in various degrees of maturity. And that is why the spiritual worlds are in contact with the material worlds; they emit their light to the places of darkness according to the inhabitants' willingness to receive, which can see the spiritual worlds as luminous celestial bodies which circle the lightless celestial body in certain orbits. But the radiation of light only happens spiritually and is therefore only felt by the inhabitants of the material world who long for light and shape themselves as receptacles through their way of life. Only in the spiritual kingdom is the radiation of light visible to the being which is able to see spiritually through its maturity of soul. And thus countless creations have emerged from God's will to shape, which His infinite love let come into being in order to lead the imperfect spiritual into perfection and to make the perfect spiritual happy. And His power and glory is expressed in all His works of creation. However, it only becomes recognizable in all its greatness to the being which, in the spheres of light, enjoys the bliss of dwelling close to God and being constantly permeated by His strength of love .... For this is bliss, to feel God's strength and power, to be seized by His love and to be allowed to be active in the same will with God for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Signs of the end time ....

B.D. 3496 from July 24th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Pay attention to the signs which increase and announce the near end and you will recognize in which phase of the end time you stand. Don't let earthly events cloud your spiritual vision but relate them to the spiritual low which characterizes people's behaviour in the last days .... People's unkind behaviour towards each other betrays that low which is the direct cause for a period of redemption to come to an end. But at the same time people's spiritual low reveals deepest darkness in them, complete turning away from God, from spiritual striving and therefore also ignorance that they live in the last days, that the end is not far away. But you who strive and try to fulfil divine will, you who live a spiritual life next to the earthly one, you should pay attention to the signs and prepare yourselves for the end. And you will daily penetrate spiritual knowledge more deeply, you will grow in realization and the correlations between the events of time and God's eternal plan of salvation will become clear to you. You will also recognize God's activity in earthly events, Who uses everything, even the greatest suffering, as a remedy so that it can still be a blessing for the individual. God has always and constantly mentioned this time, He has pointed out the time of the end to people and foretold the signs to them through seers and prophets, not in order to predetermine the earthly course of world events but in order to illustrate to people the spiritual adversity which is also the cause of earthly suffering, chaos and worldly decay. The spiritual adversity is to be recognized and controlled. But the spiritual adversity is to be recognized by the signs of the times. And therefore you should pay attention to these signs and know that you should now devote all your care to your own and your fellow human beings' souls .... For they are in greatest danger. In the last days the soul will have to suffer due to excessive concern for the body, indeed, it will be completely pushed away from spiritual striving and from God Himself by God-opposing forces. And in this time of spiritual hardship God's adversary has great power over the souls, but the will of people themselves can break it. And that is why the time of the end is constantly pointed out, signs are mentioned so that the human being's will will be spurred into resistance, so that the human being will recognize the danger the soul is in and so that he will learn to believe that God has put an end to the earth as soon as this spiritual low has come, which demonstrates complete affiliation with God's adversary. Pay attention to the signs which announce the near end and don't pass by indifferently but prepare yourselves, for the end will be dreadful for all those who don't listen to God's admonitions and warnings and are heading towards their spiritual and physical downfall.

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Indifference .... divine intervention ....

B.D. 3497 from July 25th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

An inconceivable indifference towards all things spiritual has taken hold of people and a state has arisen where it is difficult for God's servants to find a hearing in order to spread the word of God. People are completely taken captive by their concern for earthly life and all contact with the spiritual world through thoughts which apply to God or their souls has ceased, so that it is also impossible for the beings of light of the spiritual kingdom to have a mental effect on people. And thus they distance themselves ever more from the actual aim, they become more materialistic than ever and are on the path to complete spiritual standstill with the danger of decline until the near end. People's will is weakened and they do not resort to the only means to strengthen it through invocation of Jesus Christ, through heartfelt prayer for strength and power. A thought coming from the heart to the divine redeemer, a supplication for help spiritually and earthly, would earn people the increased will. Yet they do not acknowledge Jesus Christ or they are indifferent towards the redemption problem if they do not reject Him directly. And therefore they also lack all strength for spiritual striving because they lack the serious will for it. But if the word of God is to become effective in them then the human being's will must have become active first, and thus the human being must pay attention to the one who imparts the word of God to him. God's servants, however, are more likely to encounter resistance if they want to make themselves heard .... They are listened to unwillingly, ridiculed or brusquely rejected .... There is no field for the lord's labourers, and the seed falls on stony ground. Human admonitions and warnings are of no avail, the word of God proclaimed by the mouth of man is not accepted. And thus God has to express Himself and speak with a voice which the human ear has to hear even against its will .... People's rejection requires this if God does not want them to perish and sink into complete spiritual night. They no longer voluntarily accept spiritual indications, and thus they must forcibly send their thoughts into the spiritual kingdom, even though it is still left to their will whether they want to dwell in it or escape from it as soon as God has spoken. The fact that God will express Himself has been determined since eternity, so that people will still be offered a last opportunity to awaken from their apathy and to direct their thoughts upwards, because God's intervention is too obvious .... because His voice will sound mightily, because He will express Himself through the forces of nature and people will experience a spectacle full of horror which will make God's power recognizable to them, if they are not completely obdurate and in bondage to God's adversary. For God, in His love, uses all means to still win people's souls before the end, yet He does not curtail the freedom of will. And anyone who remembers the divine redeemer in the hours of earthly adversity and despair, who approaches Him in supplication, will receive the strength to believe, and the divine intervention will not pass him by without leaving a trace, he will recognize God by it and change His will. He will not lack the strength to carry out what he vowed to God in hours of utmost adversity .... he will be faithful to Him from hour to hour .... And blessed is he who recognizes God before it is too late. He is still granted a short time of grace which he can use until the end, for this is near ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spiritual guides ....

B.D. 3498 from July 26th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

People on earth are assisted by spiritual guides, partly embodied among them as people themselves, partly spiritually influencing them; thus no human being is completely left to himself during his earthly life. These spiritual guides are constantly in action as soon as the human being is in distress of the soul and does not stubbornly resist their help. I.e., the human being must want to be helped, he must feel his adversity and strive to come out of it, thus he must feel his spiritual state to be deficient and desire to improve it, then the spiritual guides will be willing and also entitled by God to assist him. People are given help in the form of enlightenment about the purpose of earthly life and their earthly task. For the knowledge of this must first be presented to people so that they can then fulfil their earthly task. People have to be entrusted to spiritual guidance because they are completely blind in their lack of knowledge and would never find the right path on their own. A guide will therefore always be with them from God, but they themselves will be unaware of which kingdom is their home. Even the spiritual guides living among them as human beings are not recognized as such because otherwise a certain compulsion of faith would be exerted which would be an obstacle to spiritual development. Nevertheless, every teacher on earth must be an emissary of God, otherwise his teaching could be doubted .... Yet God's opposing power also seeks to gain influence over people, and this influence will always contradict the pure truth from God. Therefore it is always important to check whose share that is which people try to present to their fellow human beings as truth. The right spiritual guidance can always be recognized by the fact that it tries to distract people's thoughts from earthly things and wants to turn them towards the spiritual kingdom. Spiritual guidance seeks to influence people mentally, it seeks to encourage loving activity, it seeks to dissuade people from material striving, and it places the loving, wise and omnipotent deity in the foreground. Spiritual guidance takes little interest in earthly life but constantly directs the thoughts towards the spiritual kingdom. And as soon as a person strives towards this aim, as soon as he tries to introduce his fellow human being into the spiritual kingdom, he is given to people by God as a guide and well suited to assist them in spiritual adversity. For he merely prepares the field so that the spiritual invisible guides can scatter their seed and through mental transmission introduce the human being to spiritual knowledge, so that they can stimulate him into loving activity and thus exercise their office as guides and look after the souls entrusted to their care. However, if people are of a worldly mind they will not listen to the spiritual guides .... neither fellow human beings will be able to instruct them nor will spiritual forces have any influence on them, for the voice of the world drowns out the subtle voices from the spiritual kingdom. And as long as the human being is still captivated by matter he lacks all understanding for spiritual gifts .... Then it is difficult to win their soul, they withdraw from the care of their spiritual guardians, they don't pay attention to their thoughts and are not loving and willing to love. On the other hand, they listen to those who allow themselves to be used by God as an instrument of the adversary in order to convey error to people. For error is acceptable to them because it is compatible with their desires and lusts, with their worldly senses .... Their knowledge, however, is ignorance, it lacks all truth, it is the work of men and human thoughts which mislead their fellow human beings and cloud their power of realization .... Truth only comes from the spiritual kingdom and only spiritual guides sent by God convey it. Their work, however, depends on the will of the people themselves ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Collecting spiritual treasures .... bogus goods ....

B.D. 3499 from July 27th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

All that the world offers are illusory goods that are without any value and without permanence. They are only given to the human being to test his will, who should turn away from them in order to strive for spiritual goods which are of lasting value and imperishable. The person who lives in love very quickly learns to recognize the worthlessness of earthly goods, whereas a person who lacks love for his neighbour has an increased desire for it, thus his love is wrongly directed and strives for what it should overcome. Until he fights this love, spiritual good is not desirable to him. At the end of his life, however, he must separate himself from all earthly things, and this separation will be difficult or easy for him, depending on his attitude towards the pseudo-goods of the world. To have overcome these means an easy detachment from earth; but the human being who has lost his heart to matter, to dead goods without value and continuance, is held back to earth as if by chains. His soul cannot detach itself and it means a difficult battle for it in which it is defeated as soon as the end has come. And now it enters the spiritual kingdom completely poor and naked, which only offers it what the soul desired on earth .... again sham goods, although they are no longer material, yet they constantly oppress it as foam formations by increasing the desire for them, while the soul is denied fulfilment so that it shall recognize the worthlessness of what it aspired to on earth. But the soul does not possess spiritual goods since it has not collected any on earth. And its fate is not very enviable .... Nowhere does it find what it is looking for, and poor and meagre it now dwells in desolate surroundings. She cannot hand out anything since she has nothing herself and therefore cannot receive anything either, because it is the law in the spiritual kingdom that every soul is considered according to its will to love, that only those who give receive, and receiving as well as giving is blissful. It is indeed also offered spiritual gifts by loving souls in order to help it, yet a soul which has not yet overcome earthly matter and constantly desires its possession will not accept spiritual gifts because it does not yet recognize their value and desires them just as little as on earth. It must first have killed its own desire, it must have recognized its worthlessness and now strive for constant goods, only then will it pay attention to these if they are offered to it, and only then will it seek to collect spiritual treasures. Whoever already achieves this on earth enters the beyond carefree, and the spiritual goods he has acquired on earth he takes with him into the spiritual kingdom. And since he now has treasures at his disposal he can also work with them, he can distribute and constantly receive new treasures for his own happiness, for love impels him to use what he possesses .... he distributes and makes the souls happy which are needy but want to receive in order to be able to give again. The treasures of the world are so worthless and yet people desire them and strive for them with all eagerness. But they pay no attention to the spiritual treasures and therefore they also fear the physical end because they only think of the body but not of the soul. And God comes to their aid by showing them the transience of earthly goods in order to make them think. He also gives them spiritual gifts and tries to persuade them to accept them, yet He does not force free will but leaves the human being free to decide for the goods of this world or the gifts from the spiritual kingdom .... However, the end and the entrance into the spiritual kingdom will be according to their decision of will, for the soul creates its own fate according to its desire ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Desire of the divine word ....

B.D. 3500 from July 28th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Pay attention to My words: Anyone who desires to hear Me consciously strives towards Me and My fatherly hand lovingly draws him up to Me. For the love in him has become active which drives him towards Me, and thus the spell has been broken which held the being captive for a long time; it has entered the circuit of My love from spiritual darkness and now inevitably finds the path to ascent. Whoever desires to hear Me, be it through desire for My voice which resounds in his heart or desire for My word which he wants to receive from the book of books, be it through communication through human mouths which proclaim My word .... he has already proven his affiliation to Me through his desire, and I will remember him from that time on, and I will lovingly take care of his soul so that it will no longer sink back into the night of death but live forever. And I will also send him strength through My word at any time, he will always be strengthened, regardless of how he accepts My word. And anyone who converses with Me in his desire to be united with Me will be guided by Me if he is unable to hear My voice. I order them and guide them through My spirit, which can now work in him. And thus every thought turned towards Me will result in rich blessings, for My love takes hold of anyone who approaches Me in thought and deed. No-one will sink into the abyss whose heart has found Me, whose will seeks Me and who makes contact with Me through loving actions, good thoughts and heartfelt prayer. He will also listen to My word in whatever form it is offered to him. And in it he recognizes the father's voice from eternity, and thus he is saved for all eternity. The desire for My word testifies to the desire for Me Myself, Who is the word, the truth, and eternal life .... Anyone who desires My word also desires the truth and seeks to escape darkness and thus spiritual death. He finds the path to life which is shown to him in the word .... For this teaches love .... But love redeems everything that is unfree and enslaved and makes it free and happy. And this is why I gave you My word, because I want to make you free and happy, and the aim will only be reached by the one who hears My word and follows it .... who lives in love as I command through My word. But only a person who is willing and able to love will desire My word. He respects My word, he seeks to live it out, he strives to fulfil My will because his heart's love is for Me and he wants to live for My pleasure as long as he dwells on earth. Anyone who desires My word feels like My child which wants to be united with the father forever. For anyone whose mind is turned away from Me will not listen to My word, he will flee it and remain without strength in order to reach the aim of his life. But without My word no-one can become blessed, without My word he is powerless to mature spiritually, and without My word he is far from My love which expresses itself in the word. I Myself am the word, and I will only be where I am desired in the deepest heart. For My presence would be a coercion for the human being who does not desire My nearness, because My presence signifies emanation of love which would then seize the human being against his will and lead him to perfection. But I do not touch the human being's free will and can therefore only bestow My strength of love upon those people who sincerely desire it in their longing for Me. And therefore reading or listening to My word is useless without an inner heart instinct, it gives the human being nothing, it imparts no strength, no realization and no spiritual success to him .... With My word I Myself want to be desired by a loving heart which pushes towards Me .... I pay attention to the slightest call, I satisfy the smallest desire, and I kindle the tiniest spark of love into greater fervour so that My living creation will feel My love once it has longed for Me in its heart. And I let My word resound wherever a faint thought of Me has arisen in order to make Me recognizable and to stir up love for Me. And anyone who once received My word in desire for Me and drew strength from it will stay with My word forever, for again and again I will meet him in the word and his desire will increase until he can no longer live without My word and establishes the heartfelt bond with Me, which constantly provides him with strength and light and ensures his eternal life. Anyone who desires My word desires Me Myself, and I will be with him in the word until the end of the world and for eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Overcoming the world ....

B.D. 3501 from July 29th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The inclination towards the world reduces the influx of spiritual goods, and therefore worldly-minded people will come into less contact with donors of spiritual gifts, they will be too distant from the spiritual kingdom and not recognize its emissaries if they approach it. For God brings people together, He brings His servants on earth to those who are willing to accept the word of God, who come into question as aspirants of the spiritual kingdom through their will which is not completely turned away and turned towards the world. They are by no means forced to accept the divine word but they must recognize the spiritual gifts as such and open themselves to them voluntarily. As despisers of the world they also recognize the value of divine revelations and open their hearts to them. The worldly person, on the other hand, will also have the opportunity to take notice of them, yet his senses feel nothing of the divine breath which touches him, and indifferently or abruptly he rejects them because the world seems to offer him more valuable things. And thus valuable gifts remain unnoticed on earth which make up his soul's entire wealth in the beyond, for only the spiritual eye and ear sees and hears something, but these are completely undeveloped in worldly people, and in the beyond this ignorance takes effect as complete darkness which means an agonizing fate for the soul. Spiritually striving people have a sensitive eye and ear for spiritual gifts, they sense the origin, for the divine-spiritual touches their souls beneficially, and therefore God's servants are recognized by them as emissaries of the spiritual kingdom and their gifts are gratefully received. Nevertheless, the representatives of the divine word should also carry it out into the world, they should again and again try to win over worldly people as well, even though this is work which requires patience and love because they are often rejected and have little success. But the world does not always completely satisfy people, and every person comes into situations where he is receptive for a communication from the spiritual kingdom. And these opportunities should be taken advantage of so that they will still decide to change their will in times of earthly adversity. For this approaches all people because God does not leave any of His living creations to their fate but again and again tries to gain influence over their souls. The slightest stirring of the will and thoughts turned towards the spiritual kingdom also increase the opportunities to receive spiritual communication, for God takes care of them and considers everyone according to his desire. But the world has to be overcome in order to fully appreciate the value of spiritual gifts. Everything spiritual wants to be grasped by the spirit in the human being, but the spirit slumbers where the world still holds the human being captive .... The release of the spirit, its awakening, requires surrender of what is worldly earthly and desire for the spiritual kingdom, the actual home of the spirit. And that is why he who desires to approach the kingdom of God must learn to despise the world ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Faith merit act of free will .... no gift .... mind research ....

B.D. 3502 from July 30th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The deepest darkness has to give way to bright light if the soul has a desire for it, on earth as well as in the spiritual kingdom, for the desire for it is always decisive as to how the soul is considered. And thus the human being on earth will also create the degree of light for himself which corresponds to his desire. And indeed, he will be able to mentally accept truth or error but only recognize both as what they are when he strives for truth. But to recognize truth as truth, error as error, means to be fully convinced that he thinks right or wrong. And yet he will have no proof of this that is valid for the world, but he will believe it ..... Consequently, faith is acquired through his own merit because he had the will to stand in truth, to recognize truth as such. And thus the human being can believe if he wants to .... and it is not a gift, a grace, to be able to believe because faith always presupposes the will, the desire for truth. This applies to faith which has the right value before God, which God demands of people .... faith in Him as a supremely perfect being full of love, power and wisdom. God only requires this faith because it is the prerequisite for a way of life on earth which corresponds to divine will, and because it results in everything else the soul needs for its ascent development. For anyone who calls this faith his own will always and constantly consult the eternal deity, he will mentally unite with It and consciously strive towards the most perfect being .... in the realization of his own inadequacy he will appeal to God for advice and help, he will gratefully accept the blessings offered to him with love and thus fulfil his purpose of earthly life. But every human being can acquire convinced faith in God as an exceedingly loving, wise and omnipotent being if he begins to think about his purpose of earthly life completely uninfluenced, always with the will to recognize what is right. He need only pay attention to everything that happens around him and follow his own fate in life; then he will always be able to recognize God's love, if he does not use earthly well-being as a standard. Creation will continue to prove God's wisdom and omnipotence to him, always provided that he seeks the truth, that he desires clarification not only with his intellect but with his heart, i.e. that he does not seek to fathom the truth scholastically but that it is his innermost heart's urge to fathom his purpose of earthly life .... For intellectual thinking does not guarantee the pure truth, because God .... the truth Himself .... keeps Himself hidden from those who are not driven by their innermost desire for Him .... For this reason the simple-minded person will also be able to believe more easily than many a person with a keen intellect, because the latter ponders and investigates where a heartfelt questioning thought of the eternal creator is appropriate in order to receive truthful enlightenment. The former seeks to reach the aim alone, but the latter consciously or unconsciously turns to God for enlightenment and will understandably be rightly successful. To be able to believe is not reserved for any human being, and even the keenly thinking intellectual man is able to believe childishly as soon as he does not submit spiritual questions to his intellect for an answer, because they can only be answered by the heart. And even the greatest scientist can face the father of eternity like a child if he allows himself to be impressed by the wonders of creation which his intellect alone cannot fathom but which find their explanation in profound faith in an omnipotent, wise and loving deity. He who is unable to believe exalts himself, for humility of heart enables him to find profound faith; arrogance, however, is an obstacle that does not allow faith to arise. But whether the human being is humble or arrogant depends solely on his will, which can bend or remain in opposition to the being Which created him and thus also wants to be acknowledged by him. And thus faith is also an act of free will, it will never be conveyed to a person as a gift of grace but he has to acquire it himself, which he is also enabled to do by God if he uses the gift of intellect in the right way, if he desires the truth and unresistingly surrenders himself to the thoughts which come to him, as soon as he sincerely desires light ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God reveals Himself to His servants ....

B.D. 3503 from July 31th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

God's activity is recognizable wherever spiritual strivers come together in the will to serve God. For they are guided as if by an invisible hand along paths that are often stony and thorny, yet lead to the right aim. God Himself is with those who want to serve Him, and each one's life is marked out. And whoever is attentive always recognizes the hand of God. He feels grasped by it and does not resist it but willingly follows wherever God's love draws him. And thus the servants on earth who approach Him will recognize God again and again in every event, in suffering and joy, and they will achieve spiritual progress because the deeper they penetrate the knowledge of His love, omnipotence and wisdom, the more intimately they unite with God. And their life is only slightly earthly, it is filled with divine spiritual activity, because their thoughts, speeches and actions are the expression of it, thus God Himself becomes visibly apparent where people are willing to serve Him. Although they also have to live their earthly life it is no longer felt as difficult, and even sorrowful events remain without a deeper impression because God is also recognized in them and trust in Him and His support makes everything easier for people to bear. And God does not disappoint this trust, through His spirit He gives people advice and help, again and again He directs events towards a good outcome, and thus He always and constantly reveals Himself to those who want to live with Him and for Him. Anyone who opens his eyes will see Him; anyone who opens his ears will hear Him, and anyone who prepares his heart to receive Him will also feel Him in close proximity .... God works everywhere, the more recognizable the more attention people pay to Him. And those who want to serve Him seek Him at all times .... And thus He also lets Himself be found, He makes Himself known to His own, He is constantly with them with His love and grace. To strive towards God means to fully consciously strive to fulfil the earthly task, and God rewards this will by coming to meet people Himself who want to reach Him. And wherever He is He will also make Himself known, He will reveal Himself, and His reign and activity will become apparent wherever people offer to work for His kingdom ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Evolution of the earth before humans ....

B.D. 3504a from August 1st 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The beginning and the end of a redemption period are so far apart that an eternity can be spoken of by people who keep both points in time in mind. It is an infinitely long period of time because the development of God's individual works of creation requires a certain amount of time, since everything is based on God's laws and even the slow development is again a provision of divine love and wisdom in order to also guarantee this upward development to the spiritual which is sheltered in it. Since the beginning of creation these laws have been the basis of all visible works of creation, for the spiritual which had fallen away from God stood in such stubborn resistance to God that it had to start its course through the works of creation completely deprived of its will and thus completely without will, i.e. bound will. And this could only happen in such a way that they were forced to adapt themselves to divine laws which, however, completely contradicted the will of the once free spiritual being. The free spiritual is constantly active, therefore the unfree spiritual had to remain in inactivity, it had to be banished into an external form which denied it all activity .... It flowed as a free spiritual into infinity and removed itself from God in free will .... But through the removal the spiritual substance grew cold, it congealed and no longer released anything in itself .... God withdrew His love-glow from the spiritual, which had fallen away from Him, and all life, all warmth flowed out of it, and only a cold lifeless mass remained .... the primordial beginning of creation .... Endless times passed before this lifeless mass showed a glimpse of life .... endless times passed before spiritual entities decided to give up their stubborn resistance against God, before they yearned for light and made themselves receptive to light by giving up their resistance. But the slightest change of will loosened their outer forms, their fetters, and a quiet movement began in the lifeless mass, a barely noticeable activity .... the solid mass changed, in places it gave in to the urging of the spiritual within, burst apart and gave the spiritual the opportunity to be slightly active. In again infinitely long periods of time forms and shapes of the most wonderful kind came into being .... the spiritual was active according to divine natural law, its activity was determined by divine will and brought about creations of the most manifold kind. The resistance against God constantly diminished, and therefore the activity became ever more extensive and the resulting creations ever more diverse, at the same time also ever more able to dissolve because their substances were no longer so hardened, for the diminishing resistance meant the supply of light and strength from God, thus life and activity and thereby loosened fetters, i.e. softer external forms which did not require such a long period of time to dissolve. But an unspeakably long time passed before the spiritual had reduced the endless distance from God to such an extent that it was admitted to the last test of will as a human being .... Thus an infinitely long time passed from the beginning of material creation until the first human being, equipped with intellect and free will, was allowed to take this test of will .... And only now did the time epoch begin which people reckon with, only now did the battle of light with darkness begin .... The spiritual, which had travelled the endless long path through creation, had to prove to itself whether it wanted to finally give up its resistance against God or turn away from God again in free will and again fall prey to God's adversary.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Earth test .... new earth and its emergence ....

B.D. 3504b from August 2nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Thus the human age was preceded by an epoch of earthly development which first shaped creation in such a way that the conditions of life were created for the human being on earth, for this was the prerequisite for the human being to be able to begin his spiritual ascent development. For the spiritual being, which was now embodied as a human being, had to serve with love in order to finally become free from the bondage, which was a deserved state for its former will to rule. For it had not acknowledged God as its origin, as its creator and producer, because it did not want to accept Him but believed itself capable of creating and shaping out of its own strength and of controlling its creations. It did not recognize that these arose out of God by using the power and that therefore everything was subject to the eternal divinity, which had come forth out of the will of Lucifer and the power out of God. It did not submit and must therefore now, as a human being, muster the degree of will to acknowledge God as sole lord and creator and to unconditionally submit to His divine will. The earth was now at a stage where divine creation required human activity in order to give people the possibility of life .... God Himself instructed the first human beings in their earthly task, the fulfilment of which ensured their final release from form. But now the power of God's adversary set in, who had no power over the spiritual in the period of development before .... Man was endowed with free will, and this will God's adversary sought to win for himself. But this test was permitted by God because the human being was supposed to decide in fullest freedom of will for Him or His adversary. The latter tries to distract the human being from serving in love and to determine him to be active according to his will, which is often also the will of the human being himself. As long as people dwell on earth they stand as an object of battle between light and darkness .... For their souls are courted by both sides, which want to direct their will. The spiritual being, previously in a state of compulsion, striving towards God can reduce the final distance from itself to God but also increase it, yet it must inevitably also bear the consequences of its decision. Earth offers countless possibilities for spiritual ascent development, however, sinking into the deepest depth is also possible, and both are determined by the human being's will itself .... Yet even this period of development has an end as soon as the human will no longer makes use of any possibility .... as soon as it completely disregards spiritual ascent development and thus no longer fulfils its earthly task. Then the spiritual strives back again, towards the state it had already overcome endless times ago .... And God also places it into this state as soon as the end of the redemption period has come. He lets a new earth arise again and enlivens the new creation with this spiritual, which had failed in the period of development before. And indeed, all substance is dissolved which contains spiritual substances .... This is synonymous with the complete destruction of that which is visible to the eye as earthly matter .... The building up of the new earth, however, does not take place in the same way as at the beginning of creation, for the new human race no longer needs the slow preliminary development since it has passed the test on the old earth and is so far in knowledge that it understands the purpose and aim of every work of creation, thus new creations can come into being unhesitatingly before people's eyes without being a spiritual obstacle to perfection for them. The new redemption period is therefore only a continuation of the previous one, it only requires a change of the external form, a reshaping of the earth's surface for the purpose of new development possibilities through the emergence of new creations. For the earth itself remains in existence, it only releases the spiritual for a short time according to divine plan, which is banished again in new creations in order to mature more quickly for the next deformation. The people of the new earth are in a state of maturity which earns them a paradisiacal life, and they are always willing to be active in serving love. Consequently, they are initially not exposed to any resistance which, however, a slow development of the new creation would indisputably mean for them. God creates a paradise on earth for them, and this presupposes creations of incomparable beauty and most graceful magic .... And these creations are the work of a moment. Countless thoughts of God are placed by His will as works in infinity in an instant. Likewise, the new earth will arise without needing time, because nothing is impossible for His might and His will and because His love and wisdom cooperate wherever His will is active .... Human intellect, however, cannot grasp this, it also bases its own inadequacy on divine activity .... But only the imperfect human being applies this standard .... But since the new earth will only bear spiritually mature people as inhabitants, their thinking is free from doubts about the greatness of God and nothing is incomprehensible to them .... They praise and glorify God and His glory, and earthly glory only contributes towards deepening their love for God which ensures them a peaceful life on the new earth where God dwells in the midst of them because He is everywhere where love is ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Influence of immature souls who died early ....

B.D. 3505 from August 4th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Countless souls dwell close to earth who are secluded without realization of the eternal deity, who entered the kingdom of the beyond blindly in spirit and, still unconscious of their miserable state, stay close to people who were in their vicinity on earth. And these souls, through their desiring and urging, often impel people into actions and speeches which correspond to their will, i.e., they transfer their thinking to people who offer them no resistance, who are of the same spirit and therefore receptive to the influence of those souls. The rapid departure from earth, often in the midst of life due to the influence of demonic forces, to which countless people fall victim, transfers the still immature souls from the state of strength into a state of complete lack of strength. They feel that they can no longer accomplish anything of their own will and therefore seek to transfer their will to living people in order to still have an effect through them, in order to determine them to carry out their will. And this unfavourable influence from the spiritual kingdom of darkness has a particularly detrimental effect on earth because the number of people who die increases daily and many people are deprived of the opportunity to reach their state of maturity on earth. At present the earth is surrounded by dark creatures who even try to deny the forces of light access to earth and are successful where people are indifferent towards the spiritual. The immature souls still strive for the same as on earth, and they transfer their desire to people

(4.8.1945) who have the same thoughts, the same desires and the same state of maturity. And these are willing executors of what they are mentally whispered to. Increased mortality, which is unnatural, i.e. occurs as a result of human hatred and lack of love, will also increase the darkness in the spheres next to earth, for people have not yet evaluated their earthly life, they cannot yet record the spiritual successes, they are mostly easy-going and belong to the world, and their desire for bodily death is correspondingly, as soon as particularly difficult living conditions do not make them realize the worthlessness of it in the last hour and their thinking still changes before the entrance into the spiritual kingdom. Then the soul will also not be surrounded by deepest darkness but will see rays of light flashing now and then, which it will follow and soon come into brighter surroundings. But then its desire will no longer be exclusively for earthly matter, it will easily separate itself from earth and its former surroundings and find a substitute in the spiritual kingdom which seems more valuable to it .... But immature souls cannot rise into these spheres, they are held to earth as if by chains and are also always close to their relatives or like-minded people on earth. And their spiritual state will hardly lift as long as forces from the beyond exert their influence. And their ignorance is not suitable to have an enlightening effect on people, moreover, they make it difficult for the beings of light to gain access to them, and only the serious will of the human being himself clears the way for the beings of light. And therefore earthly chaos, initiated by human will and demanding many sacrifices, also results in a spiritual decline, for even after the human being's death his thoughts are still active .... And people should protect themselves from the influence of immature, prematurely deceased people by praying for them and asking for protection through the beings of light, for right thinking and God's grace and strength .... Then the endeavours of the dark spiritual forces will be fruitless, they will not be heard by people and cannot cause spiritual harm. For again, it is the human being's own will whether he strives for the good in order to be in contact with good forces or carelessly abandons himself to the pressing thoughts of the bad forces .... The human being can protect himself, but he must have the will to do so and consequently abhor bad thoughts and actions .... He must walk a path himself which corresponds to God's commandments, then all influence from the spiritual kingdom exerted by lower forces will be ineffective. For rays of light penetrate everywhere where only light is desired, where good is striven for and spiritual progress is longed for. There the beings of light are constantly active and they chase away all dark figures around people, for their power is great as soon as the human being grants them this power through his will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Fatherly love .... God's guidance ....

B.D. 3506 from August 5th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Why do you fear and tremble? .... Do I not take part in your fate by always promising you My help? Just place your complete trust in Me and let yourselves be guided, and My guidance is truly right. You can walk along comfortably by My hand, the father's love protects you and will not let you fall. Yet you must overcome small difficulties so that you will grasp the father's hand all the more firmly, so that you will not forget His guidance, detach yourselves and want to travel the path alone. For this is a danger for you. Therefore, don't shrink from the hardship which makes the path seem arduous to you every day, accept all obstacles with complete trust in My help and you will easily overcome them and be able to calmly go your way again. For I always and constantly accompany you as soon as you want to accept My company. And strength will flow over to you from My nearness, and thus you need not fear anything, whatever the world threatens you with. It is My will or My permission that people will still suffer great hardship for the sake of their souls which are still turned away from Me. But I lovingly take care of My own, even though they have to share in the suffering and hardship of the general public. Let Me take care of you and free your hearts from every care of the body .... And only remember your souls that they need not go hungry; stay united with Me, pray and practice love, and you will never ever be without strength, for I will not forget My own, and I will hear and listen to every call to Me. And believe firmly and without doubt that nothing is impossible for Me and that I am closer to you than ever in the greatest adversity. But in My plan from eternity this adversity is intended, however, only as help for the lost souls which would otherwise get lost. But anyone who believes in Me, in My love and omnipotence, can let go of all worries, for as My child he will always be allowed to feel the loving father's hand which carefully looks after him on his path through life. People's spiritual low requires a time of adversity which is so drastic that it hardly seems bearable to people. And yet, you, who are My own, should not fear this time of adversity, for as long as you remain united with Me through heartfelt prayer and loving activity, through your will to live to please Me, you are also protected from the corrupting influence of the one who wants to bring you down. And thus the powers of darkness, which want to work through people, have little influence on you .... They can certainly frighten you but they cannot harm you because I stand before you and avert every harm from you .... unless it is necessary for your soul .... Therefore believe and trust, hold on to Me, and My fatherly hand will carefully guide you out of every danger ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Inner retreat .... answer to prayer ....

B.D. 3507 from August 7th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Lift up your eyes to Me, from Whom comes your help .... I remember My own in greatest adversity and grant them My protection. And what I have promised you will be fulfilled to the letter. But My promise is: The father will not leave His child forever if it does not abandon Him. He faithfully leads it by the hand so that it will emerge from all dangers unharmed in body and soul. Therefore, do not become anxious and despondent when hardship grows and threatens to overwhelm you. Let everything take its course and only listen to the voice of your heart so that you will become aware of My nearness and draw comfort and strength from the awareness that you will never be abandoned. Often turn inwards and speak to Me and I will answer you, I will chase away all doubts and anxiety and make you cheerful and confident, for you constantly draw strength and grace from the connection with Me. And you lack this if you are anxious and fearful. If you are able to have a heartfelt conversation with Me you will also have a strong heart, for you will not feel alone but constantly surrounded by My protection. But if you pay too much attention to the world, to the adversity around you and its effects, My strength cannot flow over to you without resistance and you feel weak. Only the intimate connection with Me makes you strong .... Always speak to Me like children who unreservedly entrust their father with everything that presses them, and like a father I will listen to you and come to your aid. But don't doubt My love and power .... I can help you and I want to help you as soon as you trust Me unconditionally and humbly and childlike ask Me. For I love you from the start, and My power is unlimited and banishes every disaster in an instant if this is My will. And therefore hope and believe, come to Me in every adversity and distress, and don't cease to pray for strength of faith .... Trust Me that I will consider you with utmost fatherly love, that I will hear you if you enter into heartfelt dialogue with Me and desire My grace and strength ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Will to rise is guarantee for aim ....

B.D. 3508 from August 8th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The will for spiritual ascent, the conscious striving for knowledge, is the surest guarantee that the human being will reach his aim, for God will not leave anyone in darkness who longs for light. At the beginning of his embodiment the human being is without any knowledge; this has to be imparted to him, and the measure, the degree of his spiritual development, which earns him knowledge will also be in accordance with his will. First he receives knowledge from outside which he only has to utilize himself, i.e. think about it and check whether he can accept it as truth. The latter already reveals the will for truth. The power of judgement, however, corresponds to his way of life. Only a God-pleasing way of life earns him full power of judgement, for then the human being strives towards God and thus comes closer to truth. At first the soul is not aware of its earthly task, and yet it can strive for good and detest evil even without knowledge of God, of the meaning and purpose of earthly life. Then it will unconsciously strive towards God, and the recognition of truth will not be difficult for it if it is offered to it from outside. Nevertheless, it must inwardly process what is offered to it if it is to have a fruit-bearing effect, i.e. if it is to promote its ascent. Man has the ability to examine because God endows him with the gift of understanding, which he must use. The human being who unconsciously strives towards God is driven by his spirit to let his intellect become active as soon as it concerns knowledge, as soon as spiritual knowledge is offered to the human being. And his soul will not resist the spirit, it will do what it is urged to do by the spiritual spark within itself, for the soul of a person striving towards God, thus of a person who is turned towards the good and away from the bad, longs for light .... It will not be satisfied with inadequate knowledge, it will examine and ponder and truly receive the right answer mentally, because this is God's will that the soul is guided into truth. As soon as a certain degree of maturity has been achieved, as soon as the human being has attained realization, i.e. has recognized spiritual knowledge as pure truth, it will consciously strive towards God, it will strive for ever deeper knowledge, for constant ascent development .... It strives to become perfect because the desire for God becomes ever stronger and it seeks to conform to God in order to come close to Him .... And it will truly reach its aim, for God constantly draws it to Himself, He gives the soul according to its desire .... light and strength .... He will never let it sink back into the state of darkness once it has felt the benefit of light, once it has become knowledgeable and thus its spirit has awakened to life .... This spirit is now constantly active and strives for unification with the father-spirit from eternity .... The awakened spirit, however, never falls back into sleep but does not rest until this unification with the father-spirit has taken place, which is the human being's final aim on earth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's will .... power of the adversary ....

B.D. 3509 from August 9th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Heaven and earth and also the forces of the underworld obey My will, although the latter strive against Me and carry a will averse to Me. But whatever aims they pursue, if My will does not give its consent, they are powerless. However, the fact that I also allow their evil will to take effect is based on My love and wisdom, even though this is incomprehensible to people. The final redemption of the spiritual being from the bound state first requires the knowledge of good and evil. The perfect being must detest evil as the worst injustice and therefore also be able to gain insight into its depths .... In order to be good, it must completely turn away from evil. But since the bound spiritual being is still under the influence of the one to whom it owes the state of being bound, it is initially more inclined towards evil, and as long as it feels good in bad surroundings, as long as it carries out bad actions without any concern of doing wrong, it is still so far away from perfection that it will never be able to feel My love. It first has to come to realization in order to then be able to decide in free will for good or evil. And I gave the human being the ability to recognize good and evil Myself, yet I also gave My adversary the power to influence the human being's will, to entice him into evil deeds so that he will then freely decide. Yet I will never ever allow the evil forces to exercise their temptations on the human being. For My will only calls good that which has love in it. I do not prevent bad deeds which people carry out under the influence of these forces, for they are intended to be a reason for the human being to decide for or against them, they are intended to sharpen his realization of good and evil, they are intended to help him turn away from them in deepest disgust. Yet I do not always allow the planned effects of such deeds but weaken them or prevent them according to the necessity of adversity and suffering in order to come to the aid of people's souls. Evil must be recognized and detested otherwise the soul cannot free itself from it. For how the soul, the thinking, feeling and willing of man, attunes itself to it is decisive. Bad thoughts, bad feelings and bad will give birth to bad deeds; but My adversary seeks to make the person's thinking and wanting inclined towards these bad deeds by irritating the person's feeling through ideas which are pleasing to the body. And thus he tries to make the human being's soul completely subject to the body's desire and thereby achieves his aim of alienating it from Me. But I do not take this power away from him, after all, it is up to the human being himself whether he subordinates himself to it. For the good spiritual substance is also constantly active to convey good thoughts to people, thus to make the concept of good and evil understandable to them, and the human being is not at the mercy of the forces of the underworld. All forces, even the bad ones, contribute towards the spiritual's redemption, since the final decision lies with the human being himself as to which direction he will take and neither good nor bad forces can force this will, because My will commands them to stop if the human being's free will is not respected. For My will rules heaven and earth, the spiritual and the earthly kingdom, and it rules full of love and wisdom in order to redeem the fallen spirit ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spiritual food .... "Seek ye first the kingdom ...."

B.D. 3510 from August 10th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

God feeds the hungry and He waters the thirsty .... He gives the soul and the body what they need for their earthly progress, for His love does not leave His creatures in need. He gives the soul the bread of heaven, and if it accepts it and gratefully feasts on it, He also takes care of the body, offering it in its time what it needs for earthly life. He feeds the hungry .... who carry a desire for nourishment of the soul .... This is a prerequisite, for the food He gives to people from heaven is precious and will not be wasted on people who do not pay attention to it, who are full of worldly pleasures and have no desire for nourishment of the soul. But God does not take care of their earthly needs either, instead He leaves the care for them to himself. They, too, will be able to cover the body's needs, for they will be helped by the opposing power to tie them all the more to the world and thus to themselves. But it will always require the strength of the human being himself, his vitality, to procure for himself what he needs. But God supplies His own with what they need, provided they first desire the nourishment of the soul .... His word, which makes the will of the father in heaven known to them, which preaches His love, wisdom and omnipotence to them, which instructs them, gives comfort and strength and is true refreshment for the soul of the person who receives it with a hungry heart. He will confidently be able to leave the care of the body to God, Who truly knows what he needs and in fatherly love takes care that His children do not suffer lack. He lovingly offers His word, the nourishment of the soul, to people so that they can fulfil their earthly task and successfully complete their earthly life .... He wants to make it possible for them to reach the aim, to become free from every external form and to enter eternity as beings of light. That is why He gave man life .... thus He will also preserve it until the human being has reached his aim if he seriously strives for it. And thus He will also provide the body with what it needs to sustain itself, He will take good care of it so that it can fulfil its earthly task. He feeds and waters people spiritually and earthly .... But He demands hunger and thirst of the souls .... This is a condition which the human being has to fulfil in order not to lose the father's care, he has to desire spiritual nourishment because this is at the same time a desire for God Himself. To be fed by God Himself is a gift of grace of immeasurable value .... But God never hands out His gift to unworthy people who do not respect the giver and also spurn His gift if it were offered to them. Spiritual nourishment is incomparably more valuable and the life of the soul more important than the preservation of the body, the earthly body, which is transient. But God does not let the mortal shell of a human being go hungry and starve, if his soul strives to gain eternal life .... if his soul hungers for the bread of heaven, for the nourishment which fatherly love offers it as the word of God, which gives strength for upward development .... He gives the body what it needs, as well as the human being puts the nourishment of the soul before all other needs, and He will guide the human being through every adversity of the time according to wise discretion, always taking the human being's spiritual life into account, He will consider him as it is good for his soul, for His promise is: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all else shall be added unto you ...."

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's will or permission .... probationary period ....

B.D. 3511 from August 12th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Everything good is My working, for nothing bad can ever come forth from My might and My will, because My love works as strength in every creation, in every event which is based on My will. My adversary's will, however, works without love and can therefore only give birth to evil. His love is blatant self-love full of the worst instincts which only strive for ruin in order to increase his power, and his will is therefore the destruction of that which has emerged from My hand, which is good and perfect and a work of infinite love. But there are limits to his power .... He abused it in the beginning to create new beings which were intended to help displace Me, to reduce My power and to make Me subservient to him, which he will never succeed in doing because I, as lord of heaven and earth, can withdraw his strength and power at any time if this is My will. But My love took pity on the entity which had emerged from his hand, from his evil will using My strength. My love seeks to release it from My adversary's power, it seeks to snatch it from his will of destruction and to help him to eternal life .... And therefore I withdrew the power over the beingness from him, which has to cover the path to Me in bound form. And thus he has no power over any work of creation, he cannot destroy or annihilate anything that is My work, because this power belongs to Me alone and I use it where My love deems it good. For My working is always good, even if it is not recognized. But the adversary's sphere of power is earth in the stage of the being's development where, embodied as a human being, it has to pass the final test of will .... Thus he has power over the human being's will at this time, and he seeks to use it in every way. He seeks to weaken the will for good, he seeks to develop the instinct of destruction and annihilation in the human being in order to induce him to carry out what is his will .... To destroy My work .... But I gave human will complete freedom .... and thus the human being is able to comply or also resist My adversary's influence, depending on his feeling of belonging, which he brings to development within himself. And the human being can now carry out the worst deeds without being prevented by Me, but on the other hand he will find every support if he wants to resist My adversary, if he himself is inclined towards good, if he seeks Me and thus proves his affiliation to Me. The bad will expresses itself destructively, the good will builds up .... any destruction by human hand is satanic activity, even though it requires My permission to be carried out. But since earthly life as a human being is a test of will I must also give him the opportunity to live out his will in every direction. I may not prevent him from doing bad deeds, just as I will never force his will to do good deeds. And therefore I have left My adversary the power to influence people during their earthly life, and the less resistance he meets, the more he will use this power .... But one day a work of destruction will take place which is based on My will .... Works of creation will be destroyed without My adversary's influence .... Yet even then My will is still good and My activity an act of love and mercy, for this work of destruction only signifies a reshaping of what exists for the purpose of spiritual ascent development. It is progress for the works of creation in question and also a means for people to gain maturity of soul if they have a will turned towards Me or gain it through it. But My adversary never has a share in what erupts as a force of nature, instead, his activity only extends to that which allows human will to come to fruition. And he always and constantly tries to influence this. And in the time before the end his influence is enormous .... And therefore I take away his power, also over the human will .... by binding all immature spiritual substances in form again, in new works of creation, and by completely withdrawing the mature spiritual substances from his power .... by binding him Myself in the hardest matter for a long time, until humanity distances itself from Me again to such an extent that it thereby gives him the freedom to influence it himself .... Then I will not hinder him so that man's will may be tested anew ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God reveals Himself through creation ....

B.D. 3512 from August 13th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Divine creative will gave rise to works, that are visible to the human eye, to reveal Himself to them in the works of creation. It is His aim, to lead the people to recognize His own, then to win his love and turn his will to Himself. As God’s greatness and glory, His love, omnipotence and wisdom is recognized, also the man strives to the highest essence. However without this knowledge, his mind turns to the things, that appear to him covetously for life on earth. A man contains a love within himself, which may be wrong, so it is directed at whom, what is transitory. He will always strive to something, and the object of his endeavour shall be divine .... something spiritual, that is perfect, then his love is right .... God Himself is the most perfect spirit, to get to Him requires deepest love .... Therefore He must also be recognized, and so He reveals Himself to people, when He gives rise to creations in front of their eyes, which attest His love, omnipotence and wisdom .... And man must learn to love God, who considers His creation attentively. He must feel God’s love and His wisdom, that has assigned determination to each work of His creation, and he must sink in deep respect for His greatness and unsurpassability. The knowing of the eternal Deity results inevitably in love to Him, and man strives consciously for God, he tries to contact Him, he offers himself to his creator as His creature, in order to stay connected with Him, because he loves Him. The love to God is the driving force of eager striving, without love man belongs to the world, because it has his wrong love. In order to be able to love God, He must be recognized however, and God Himself helps people, to learn to recognize Him .... He shows Himself to them in His greatness and power .... In His creations He is palpably near by the people, because everything, that has arisen from His will, is in its original substance spiritual strength, so whose outflow, of what He is Himself .... the strength center, an inexhaustible spring of strength of love .... God Himself is the eternal love, He is strength and thus present in each of His works of creation, what will be understandable for the man, so he has recognized God, so he has found his way into the essence of love by own work in love. If he has reached this stage of knowledge, to comprehend the essence and the strength of love, then he seeks God no longer in the distance, but He is near him in every work of creation, and his love for Him is growing steadily and let him constantly mature in the knowledge. And every man can come to recognize the eternal Divinity in serious contemplation of His works and serious will, to invade into a closed area for him otherwise .... God’s action and workings in the universe .... God appeases man’s thirst for knowledge, who is seeking to fathom Him in desire for truth and the pursuit of knowledge. Because He wants to be recognized, He wants to reveal Himself to men, that they may come into contact with Him; He wants to be loved by His creatures, and therefore He gives Himself to recognize as a being full of love, that is the highest perfection and can claim the love of His creatures with full right. But He does not want to force people to love, and that’s why everyone is free to let speak the divine creation to himself or to pass by it indifferently. God is always nearby the people in His works, but only those feel Him, who seek to recognize Him and therefore pay full attention to all the things, of which they are surrounded. These will feel Him and break out to Him in love, they will seek to fathom Him, they will let wander their thoughts to infinity and raise questions, that will be answered by spiritual side, and they will come to the knowledge, that the sequence is a pursuit to perfection, to be able to come near the highest and most perfect being, because man feels it, that this is the end-aim of his earthly life, that he unites with God, from His strength he once originated ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Last phase before the end ....

B.D. 3513 from August 14th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Humanity has now entered a phase of development that is extremely significant because it precedes the final end according to God's purpose of eternity. Complete spiritual blindness characterizes the last time before the end. People are completely unaware of their purpose of earthly life and their task, they have no spiritual connection whatsoever, they are distant from God due to their lack of love and their completely wrong thinking, their concern is for the world, for the attainment of earthly goods, and spiritual life is completely disregarded. Hence it is not a time of upward development but a standstill has occurred which changes into the regression of the spiritual, which in this last time dwells on earth embodied as a human being. Earth has, so to speak, become obsolete as a station of development for the spiritual substance, and this is a state which cannot last long because, according to God's eternal love and wisdom, only constant further development should take place and He therefore creates new possibilities again which guarantee this further development. It is a time of greatest spiritual blindness which can also hardly be remedied because the human being's will resists itself if light is brought to it. For in the darkness in which they dwell will-o'-the-wisps flash up towards which people strive .... It is the world with its splendour which they long for and which fully imprisons their thinking. By the spiritual standstill, by the decline of all spiritual development, people will recognize how close the end is, provided they are connected to God and observe world events with a spiritual eye. They will know that the coming of the lord is not far off. But they will have to endure a hard time of struggle beforehand, for it is necessary to achieve a separation of spirits. The wheat must separate from the chaff, those who have not yet completely decided must become clear where their will is heading. The last battle must be fought, and it will be an extremely hard one .... But those who carry God in their hearts will emerge victorious, for God is always close to them, He Himself guides them through this battle .... There are only a few people but these stand in the light; they are knowledgeable and also draw the strength from knowledge for the final resistance against the enemy of their souls. And so the light fights against the darkness .... When this battle will take place openly, then the coming of the lord is to be expected daily, for the adversity will be great for those who are faithful to God, and in the greatest adversity He will appear as saviour and fetch them home into His kingdom .... And the earth in its present configuration has fulfilled its destiny .... By God's will it will be destroyed in its outer form and completely transformed in order to be able to function again as a station of education of the spiritual according to God's wise plan. The people of the present time are already in this last phase of development, and thus the end is not far off. Yet God's infinite love and patience still forgives, He still gives people every conceivable opportunity to step out of darkness into the light of His love .... Yet the end will inevitably come, for people do not respect His love and care, for they are further away from God than ever. Yet anyone who joins Him can expect the end without worry, he will not perish, for God protects his soul and also takes care of his physical body, as it serves his soul best ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God’s word .... awakened disciples ....

B.D. 3514 from August 15th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

And My word is preached everywhere by those I have called to it, yet only a few obey My word. I can offer people the most delicious by conveying My word to earth Myself .... few only pay attention to My gift and allow themselves to be delighted by it. And yet, it is the most precious thing that can be offered to people on earth, for it contains the strength by means of which they can reach Me. It is proof of My love for people that I make direct contact with them, although I make use of My awakened disciples on earth through whom I speak to people. Yet how few recognize My great love and are grateful for the gift of grace .... how few recognize it as My word, as the expression of My love, and allow themselves to be permeated by My strength. But these do not take their path of life unsuccessfully, they will reach the aim, they will find union with Me because My word draws them inexorably, because My word is Me Myself and I no longer leave anyone out who accepts Me into his heart. They will mature in their souls, they will mature in knowledge and in the happy feeling of belonging to Me they will already find their bliss on earth, even though hardship and suffering still accompany them for the sake of their fellow human beings who are without any knowledge. My word gives strength to endure adversity and suffering because I Myself will then assist the person who takes refuge in the word, in Me. My word gives inner peace, for where I am all waves will be smoothed and all storms will pass which threaten the earthly child in the last days before the end. My word goes to all those who desire it from the bottom of their hearts. Wherever and however it is offered to them, it will then have strength if it is desired in the desire for Me and a hungry heart accepts it. Then the proclaimer of the word will also carry My spirit within himself so that the word will reach the human being's heart without error, for then I Myself will speak through him in order to offer the desiring earthly child the bread of heaven, even if the proclaimer is not yet called by Me to exercise his ministry. Yet I always comply with the desire for truth, and thus no person who desires to be instructed in truth need fear false teachings. But if a proclaimer is still unawakened in spirit, the word will fall flat on the listeners' ears until they have a deep desire for My word, for My comfort and encouragement. It is different, however, when one of My awakened disciples proclaims the gospel .... Then even lukewarm people can be touched by the power of My word .... the desire for truth, for My word, can awaken in them and intensify so that they are deeply impressed and beneficially feel the strength of My word. And therefore I awaken people everywhere through whose mouth I speak to them in order to win them for My kingdom. For anyone who has once felt the strength of My word will always desire it again, and My word can take effect in him. Yet only a few direct their mind spiritually, only a few seek their peace outside of the world, and therefore I can only approach a few in the word. But I bless these few and am with them until the end, which is near, in order to stand by them in the last battle from which they will emerge victorious, because I Myself am their commander ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Prayer in spirit and in truth ....

B.D. 3515 from August 16th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Every prayer rising up to Me in spirit and in truth will be granted. But who prays to Me in spirit and in truth? .... A thought arising from the bottom of your heart intended for Me will guarantee the right prayer. Anyone who speaks to Me without shyness and restraint just as if it came from the heart, anyone who does not look for Me in the distance but feels Me close to himself, who does not recite formal prayers but rather has thoughts which come forth from himself, that is, thoughts which arise from his own heart, who speaks to Me without falsehood and dishonesty .... thus anyone who completely opens his heart to Me without wanting to hide anything, who therefore speaks to Me like a child to its father .... sends his prayer to Me in spirit and in truth, because the spiritual spark has been kindled in him already. His spirit has awakened to life, and this places heartfelt thoughts into a person’s heart .... Anyone who can pray to Me like that is already on the right path and he will be guided along by his spirit in the right way. However, this is the kind of prayer I expect in order to hear it. I pay no attention to formal prayers because they do not arise from a person’s own heart and can therefore never be felt with the same depth as the heart’s own language can express. Anyone who prays to Me must call upon Me in spirit and his voice will be heard by the Father-Spirit. Anyone who calls upon Me must drop all inhibitions, he must step in front of Me without hiding anything and speak plainly and frankly, it must not be accompanied by the least insincere thought, he must pray with absolute truthfulness .... For I know every thought and nothing remains concealed from Me. Anyone who prays to Me like that .... in spirit and in truth .... does not need a special place for prayer, he can send his spirit to Me always and in all places, he will always pray ‘in his closet’ if he withdraws into himself and seeks mental contact with Me and I will answer his prayer. I Am waiting for such a call, and I Am perceptively close to anyone who calls upon Me in spirit and in truth, and he will feel the presence of My Father- Spirit around himself, he will not send his prayer into the distance but speak to Me in the certainty that I Myself Am close to Him and hear him. And whatever My child asks for will be granted. For its indwelling spirit instructs it to pray in the right way, and this prayer will always more relate to his spiritual than to his physical well-being. But I will also help My child physically, because it subordinates its will to Mine as soon as it prays in the right way, that is, in spirit and in truth. He knows the goal of his life on earth and aims to attain it, for the right prayer also guarantees higher knowledge .... Anyone who calls upon Me as I want to be called upon, need not fear any want .... But first I will consider his spirit, so that his soul shall be imbued with knowledge, so that his soul need not live in want. Then the human being will also know that physical suffering is not inevitable, that it is beneficial for the soul and he will humbly subordinate himself to My will. Nevertheless, I will also guide him unscathed through his earthly life, because I will grant My child every help. A right prayer therefore also guarantees the fulfilment of earthly requests, and no such prayer will ever remain unheeded. My love with always fulfil a sincere desire for Me and My help, for My grace and strength, for spiritual and earthly care, because anyone praying to Me in spirit and in truth lives up to My will, and I will be a loving Father on earth and in eternity for anyone striving to fulfil My will.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Faith struggle last phase of the end time ....

B.D. 3516 from August 17th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The adversary of God works his field with success. He rots out what is good and scatters bad seed, and the weeds overgrow every other plant. And when the time of harvest has come, only a few good fruits will be gathered, and all the weeds will be burned up. How often has God mentioned this time and pointed out the power of satan against mankind. How often has He announced the signs under which satan's work will be successful, to warn people, to admonish them to be wary of his snares. But these predictions remain unheeded, just as his power over people does not make them aware of the danger they are in. They willingly surrender to his influence and willingly carry out what he demands of them .... loveless actions which suffocate all good feeling in them, which make them ripe for ruin. It is the time of the end, which lasts until the spirits have parted .... until even the lukewarm and undecided have decided for above or below. For this separation of spirits must still take place. Countless people still have to clarify which spirit they want to adhere to, for in many people there is still no clarity about this .... they are blind in spirit, they speak God's name and believe themselves to belong to Him although their thoughts and actions completely contradict His commandments .... while some still struggle for realization, they start to detest evil and can still find the path to truth and life if they distance themselves from the pleasures of the world, if they seriously consider their souls. And the end time must still bring about this final separation, and that is why it will be a time of horror, a time when all instincts will come to fruition, good and bad, but the latter in predominance, so that the good will have a hard time to assert itself. The door will be opened to all vices and desires, and the world will find more and more followers through whom God's adversary will lure with success. Yet God also calls His own, and anyone who hears His voice will also follow it because he recognizes it as the father's voice. And He gives His own great strength to resist, He strengthens the weak, He helps the weak believers so that they are able to firmly believe, He entices and calls the undecided and shows them the right path, and He takes care of all people who seriously strive to be good and to resist the evil forces which oppress them. And the separation of spirits will take place .... the contrast between good and bad, between God-fearing and God-averse people, will become increasingly clearer, for open enmity will set in; the bad will take action against the people who adhere to God and seek to destroy them. And then the last time will have come, the end time will have entered the last phase when the battle will begin against the believers. Then God's activity will visibly appear so that His own will survive this time, so that they will emerge victorious from the last battle which will end with the coming of the lord in the clouds, when He will fetch His own home into His kingdom and hold court over the earth .... to save those who believe in Him and to bind the followers of His adversary, whom He will also bind for a long time ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's work in man .... power ....

B.D. 3517 from August 19th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The human being must be willing to give everything if he wants to fully and completely accept God's strength, if he wants to let it flow into him in all its fullness and thereby be able to achieve supernatural things. Anyone who gives everything away, who has completely detached his heart from earthly goods, from the world and its attractions, has overcome self-love and his love can only be the right kind, love for his neighbour and thus for God, and he will always and constantly be active in loving activity, he will thereby enter into closest contact with God and be able to receive His emanation of strength directly. For there is no longer any obstacle, his will is turned towards God and his actions correspond to God's will .... To detach oneself from the world means to unite with God .... but this separation must first have taken place before the human being opens himself without resistance to the supply of strength from God .... The will to do so must be proven through action, for the will to unite can also exist in people who are still lukewarm and turned towards the world, but it first has to be implemented through serious overcoming of that which appears earthly desirable to the human being. But then he will receive more than he has given, for the emanation of strength from God will make him infinitely more happy, he will master earthly life in full possession of the strength from God but first lead a spiritual life and have treasures at his disposal which will give his life rich content, which he will never want to miss again and which will stimulate him to constant activity in love. He will call knowledge his own which has its origin in God and is therefore purest truth; he will stand high in knowledge and this will make him free and happy. He will no longer know any weakness, no fear and anxiety, for the strength from God will never ever let such arise, and his constant endeavour will be to fulfil God's will, to serve Him and to help his neighbour to the same beatitude on earth which is granted to him. But the strength from God will also enable him to accomplish things which are extraordinary and beyond the strength of a human being .... his will will attain such strength that he will be able to do everything by believing in God's strength working in him .... If there is no longer an obstacle within himself for the influx of God's strength, there are also no limits to its working, for it is now God Who works in him, and the human being's will will now also be God's will if the union with God has taken place. Uninterrupted unselfish activity of love and the complete abandonment of earthly desires earns the human being unity with God on earth, and then God's love will also manifestly work in the human being and provide him with spiritual possessions unmeasured .... with the attention of the divine word, which, as God's direct emanation, is the greatest source of strength, from which he can now strengthen and refresh himself ....

(19.8.1945) God Himself works in him .... and man must now be powerful and mighty .... His will will only carry out what God's will is, and God's will will become a deed through a person who stands in the power of God. But to fellow human beings it appears supernatural because they don't feel God's strength within themselves and also have no understanding for its working. But if they themselves would overcome earthly matter, if they would likewise detach themselves from it, the same things would be possible for them and the process of extraordinary working through people would be explainable, because light flows to the human being at the same time as strength, the knowledge of spiritual working. Light and strength are one, and therefore nothing appears supernatural to the knowing human being, but only as an increased degree of spiritual progress. He knows that everything imperfect is powerless and lightless, but that power and light are part of him who seriously strives for perfection and develops upwards step by step. And therefore the knowing human being will also lose all fear of the world because he knows that he is in intimate contact with God and can make use of His strength at any time, and thus he is immune to the attacks of the world until the hour which God's will has set for his physical end. And therefore he fears no-one but is able to instil fear in fellow human beings who are ignorant of his strength and power. As a conqueror of matter every fetter of matter also falls from him, he stands in spiritual freedom, and that also means power over matter, because this is subject to God's will, which is expressed in the human being who is permeated by strength. God works in him .... and the human being's state must be bliss .... to be able to fully surrender to God's activity and to be constantly active according to His will .... He will only use his will to work in love in order to point people to God's love, which bestows a precious gift upon the human being who unites with Him, who overcomes matter and thus allows the strength from God to flow into him unhindered through continued activity in love .... He will point people to the strength of love which now expresses itself in an obvious way, he will initiate them into the strength and power of the divine word which educates to love and is a signpost to God .... He will present their earthly task to people and try to motivate them to likewise detach themselves from matter, which is worthless and transient, so that they can receive spiritual goods .... so that God's strength also expresses itself in them .... so that God Himself can work in them ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Acquiring wisdom .... research and brooding ....

B.D. 3518 from August 20th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Do not search and ponder but pray and listen within yourselves if you want to become wise. For wisdom is spiritual knowledge which corresponds to truth, which can never be gained through research and brooding but which is gladly and abundantly offered to you by the spirit within you, which is God's share from eternity. Make contact with the spirit within you by enabling its working, by awakening it through loving activity and then listen attentively to what it tells you. This process can only be understood by the person who has experienced it himself, who has fulfilled the conditions which the working of the spirit requires .... who is lovingly active on earth .... And this person has experienced that the voice of the spirit expresses itself in him as soon as he closes himself off from the world and attentively listens within until it reveals itself. But without the working of love God's spirit cannot become effective in him, without the working of love the person who researches and ponders will therefore never become wise either. He will consider a process impossible which earns him true knowledge as long as he has not made the test himself which promises him rich success. The spiritual connection must be established in order to receive spiritual knowledge which corresponds to truth. And spiritual knowledge alone is valuable, spiritual knowledge alone is constant and should therefore be striven for first. Earthly knowledge will then likewise be given to the human being as required, as soon as he first strives for wisdom, for knowledge which outlasts all earthly things. Depending on his earthly task earthly knowledge will also come to him, for the spirit in him now directs all his thoughts as soon as the human being has made his effectiveness possible. Yet he must never strive for earthly success for the sake of earthly reward, instead, love for his fellow human beings must drive him to be eagerly active on earth as well. And every desire which arises from the love of the heart will be fulfilled, for now the spirit of God can work in him unhindered because there is no longer any danger that the human being will lose his heart to the world and thus earthly success can no longer endanger him either. For the human being does not value earthly success differently than the increased joy of being able to give and distribute to the needy. And as soon as earthly knowledge is used to make his fellow human being happy, to help him in physical hardship, he will also be blessed, and spiritual knowledge will also be guaranteed to him, and only then will he be wise .... he will possess wisdom, offered by God Himself but never acquired through research and brooding. God sets His conditions for the acquisition of wisdom, the true knowledge from God. And whoever fulfils this condition can truly draw from the fountain of wisdom .... And his thirst for knowledge will be quenched and he will be able to instruct his fellow human beings again, he will also be able to show them the way to attain the right knowledge. He will preach love to them, which alone allows the working of the spirit and therefore absolutely has to be practiced if the human being wants to be truly wise ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

End of the world .... Judgment Day ....

B.D. 3519 from August 22nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The end will come when no-one expects it .... It will be a time when God-rejecting people are enjoying life to the full while God's faithful are anxiously awaiting the coming of the Lord. The former, however, don't spend a single thought on the forthcoming end, they live for the moment without scruples or tempering their earthly pleasures, they indulge themselves, commit sins and are totally subject to Satan's influence. It will be a time when an apparent improvement of living conditions has been achieved, when earthly hardship has diminished for people complying with the demands of the ruling power, when only those people have to suffer who are excluded on account of their faith. And in the midst of this euphoria the Judgment will come .... surprising even God's faithful since nothing before will have given the impression that a change of their sad situation might occur. Humanity is rife with guilt of sin, it has completely detached itself from God and turned to His adversary, it has received his share on earth, earthly pleasures in abundance, and people's intentions and endeavours get increasingly worse and demonstrate themselves in their actions against the faithful, who are mercilessly bullied and helpless against their power and brutal aggression. They do a first class job for Satan and humanity is ready for destruction. And thus the end will come as it is proclaimed in Word and Scripture .... It will be a horrendous day for people, the earth will split open, fires will break through the earth's crust and all elements will be in uproar .... And people trying to flee will break into indescribable panic, yet wherever they turn they will find the same everywhere, certain destruction ....

The end has come for all whose mind is turned away from God .... and the deliverance from greatest danger for His Own, who will be removed alive and thus escape physical death. God has already announced this time long in advance, yet no-one appreciates His predictions, and thus people will suddenly find themselves in a dreadful situation from which there is no escape. The destruction of the old earth has been decided since eternity, but when it will happen remains hidden from people, and thus they will experience it at a time when they believe themselves safe and masters of the world, when they try to get as much enjoyment as possible out of life, when they are totally captivated by the world and therefore exclude God from their thoughts.

And thus God reminds people of Himself .... He calls to account those who sin against Him because they refuse to acknowledge Him .... He sits in Judgment over humanity and separates people by lifting His Own into His kingdom and banishing the others once again .... by leaving them to lose their lives in an appalling way and imprisoning their souls once more, i.e. by constraining the soul's will so that it will have to take the path of development through the new creation again. This is a cruel act and yet one of divine justice, for people's sinfulness will have reached its climax. They are of service to Satan and have become sheer devils themselves; nothing else can be given to them but physical destruction and spiritual captivity so that God's faithful will be released from them and able to lead a life of peace and harmony on the new earth.

And although God is ever forgiving and patient while the sinfulness keeps growing .... the end will come without fail and at a time when it is least expected. For even the believers will be shocked, because everything worldly appears to prevail, because the increasing power of the world's representatives has rendered the faithful helpless and without rights. And thus the world appears stable and yet is so close to its destruction .... until the day comes, which God has determined since eternity, which no-one is able to predetermine and which, according to God's plan, will nevertheless bring the final disintegration of everything on earth. Only God knows the day, people shall always expect it and prepare themselves for it so that they will belong to those who will be taken away by God in advance, so that they will not belong to those who will be condemned on the Day of Judgment, as it is proclaimed in Word and Scripture ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Powerlessness of the strong against natural disaster ....

B.D. 3520 from August 22nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The mighty strength on earth will not be able to do anything against the raging of the forces of nature, if God will speak through them. He will be small and weak and will have to endure the natural disaster, for one is stronger than he .... Who lord is over heaven and earth .... Whose strength will be recognizable and no human being will be able to oppose Him and put a stop to nature's raging. For it only obeys God's will, but where the will of God Himself is at work and upsets the elements of nature in order to prove His strength and power, there He also determines the end and the course of an event which is inconceivable in its extent and its effect. But people should learn to recognize Him, they should sense a higher power to which they are at the mercy and contact it through recognition and silent supplication for help. Furthermore, they should learn to recognize how small and weak the human being is in comparison to Him, even if great power is attributed to him on earth, even if his power appears unlimited on earth. Before God even the most powerful is small and lowly, and He can destroy his power in an instant. On the other hand, the weakest person on earth can be powerful if he uses the strength from God and works with it .... Then he can act in God's will and even command nature and it will obey him. For then the human being's will will be subject to God's will, and then God Himself, to Whom everything is subject, heaven and earth and all elements, will be active .... Yet these will appear small and lowly on earth, for their strength lies in faith and love, in a childlike mind which always and constantly seeks contact with the father from eternity .... Their strength lies in humility of heart, which never seeks to present anything on earth but walks quietly and humbly and thus never wants to be considered rulers before fellow human beings. But he who is strong and powerful on earth seeks to rule the world but lacks spiritual strength. And therefore he will have to recognize his powerlessness when God's voice sounds from above, and as a weak human being he will fear the forces of nature because he sees himself at their mercy without salvation. And thus he could also gain faith in a higher power, which he would have to recognize above him. But mostly his arrogant nature prevents him from submitting. He does not want to cede his power, he wants to rule and determine. And that is why he must feel his powerlessness, so that in the last hour he will realize and submit. Then the difficult hours will also become a blessing for him, even if he loses his physical life, as soon as he still submits himself in the face of death to the one Who created him and Who lets His voice be heard for his sake in order to win him for eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's blessings to those who are of good will ....

B.D. 3521 from August 23rd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Blessed are those who are of good will, who recognize in Me their father from eternity and who strive to live to please Me .... I will always be a loving father to them and take care of their needs, both spiritually and physically. And thus they will progress in their development, for I only require their will in order to be able to count them as My own. Once this has decided in favour of Me the human being will inevitably strive upwards, he will seek to perfect himself, he will look for unity with Me and will also safely reach his aim, because I will never leave him out as soon as his will is meant for Me. To a certain extent he has already passed the test of life which consists of his will deciding for Me or for My adversary, as soon as he makes an effort to be and act well, as soon as he expresses this in living together with his neighbour and thus ignites the spark of love within himself which now becomes a bright flame the more he turns his will towards Me. And then he can never sink back or fall prey to My adversary's power, for I hold him, I no longer let anything escape Me which wants to escape My adversary's power. He has decided in favour of Me and fulfilled his purpose of earthly life, and if I nevertheless leave him on earth it is only for his own good, so that he will increase his degree of maturity and be able to leave earth as a being of light which offers him enough opportunity for ascent development. I want to give him the opportunity to acquire the childship to God, and therefore he has to live earthly life, even though he has decided in favour of Me .... But now I constantly stand by him with My strength of love, stimulating him to love activity, and thus I bless him. And My blessing means constant help, constant grace and constant supply of strength for higher development. And I bless everyone who is of good will, I stand by his side and never ever leave him out, I draw him up to Me, and anyone who is seized by My love will eternally no longer need to do without it, because it cannot diminish but only deepen, and because it applies to all My living creations who turn to Me and are therefore My true children ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Benefiting from the grace of God ....

B.D. 3522 from August 24th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Too little use is made of God's grace, and that is why people are in such great spiritual need. They don't let it take effect although it is available to them without measure. For they lack the will to make use of God's help because they don't believe in Him and therefore not in His willingness to help, in His love and His power. God knows about people's weakness, about their lack of strength to strive upwards, and therefore He wants to give them strength, He wants to support them in every way so that they will reach their aim; He wants to help them and demands nothing more from them than that they want to be helped, that they gratefully accept His support, that they open themselves to the supply of strength .... that they therefore allow the blessings, the means of help, to take effect, that they use them and thereby prove their will to come closer to God. But this first requires faith in Him. If this faith is missing, then the human being will never be willing to make use of His grant of grace. And then it will never be possible for him to progress in his development. For he will not take the path of ascent on his own because the temptations on the part of God's adversary are too strong for him to be able to resist them. Without divine help he is too weak, and this weakness can only be remedied if God grants the human being His grace, i.e. the human being makes use of the grace he is entitled to. He does this by consciously requesting grace, strength and protection and help .... Then he confesses his faith in a God Who can help and wants to help. And the human being must be aware of his weakness, his inadequacy, he must turn to God in humble prayer that He will have mercy on his weakness, that He will help him in spiritual as well as physical adversity. Then God will dispense His grace without measure, He will consider the human being according to his faith, He will strengthen him and remedy his spiritual and earthly hardship. For God is a God of love Who lifts up to Himself everything that is weak and fallen, Who raises up what is depressed, Who gives strength to the weak, help to the helpless, even if the human being does not deserve it ..... Only His gift must be requested and gratefully received .... And people fail to do this and are therefore in a spiritual low from which they cannot save themselves alone. They need God's grace, and if they spurn this God's adversary has an easy game. For he will supply them with strength, yet since it comes from below it will only be used for bad thoughts and bad deeds, and humanity will sink ever lower .... But God respects people's free will. He does not force His grace upon them but leaves it up to them whether they want to accept it and let it take effect on them or carelessly spurn God's grace .... And according to their will they will now be considered, yet without God's grace no-one can become blissfully happy ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Tests .... struggle .... will to resist ....

B.D. 3523 from August 25th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Every test on earth is a rung on the ladder upwards as soon as the human being passes it and thus his soul matures on it .... Every test is, so to speak, a phase of battle which ends in victory or defeat, and the human being has to fight as long as he lives if he wants to gain an advantage for his soul. Every test forces him to make a decision of will, and how he decides is decisive for his spiritual development. Good and evil forces will always try to persuade the human being to join them; the evil forces will tempt him with the goods of the world or other earthly pleasures, whereas the forces of light can only use spiritual goods but these are not very desirable for people who are earthly minded. But such trials have to come upon them in order to urge them to make a decision; for the human being has to prove his will to resist by taking refuge in God and pleading for strength in prayer and thereby climbing a rung on the ladder of his development. For every connection with God and appeal for strength leads him upwards. But if he succumbs to temptation and prefers earthly goods to spiritual goods, then he stops on the step of his development. He does not take up the fight with the tempter, but gives himself up to him. Every resistance strengthens his power and he will pass every next test more easily, whereas the weaker the person, the less will he musters to resist, until he allows himself to be used by God's adversary as a tool for his evil plans .... This is why a life without struggle will never be granted to a person because it signifies a standstill in his development, and a spiritually striving person will also be exposed to many trials which, however, are always signs that his soul is being fought for on the part of the spiritual power. And he should always entrust himself to the forces of light, he should leave himself to them, and he will pass every battle victoriously, for his will gives them the right to help him, and then he will also remain victorious in the face of every temptation, and he will ascend step by step ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's great patience .... justice .... atonement ....

B.D. 3524 from August 26th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Deeds of unkindness are rampant and My patience is overtaxed, My justice is challenged, humanity heaps sin upon sin and does not think of the consequences, which are dreadful. It accelerates its own downfall, for it may not exceed the limit set for it. But this limit will soon be reached .... People can still act freely, they are not hindered by Me .... and they can use their freedom .... But soon My will will hinder them and their fate will be dreadful. They don't want it any other way, for all people's thinking and striving is evil, it gives birth to evil deeds, and unkindness increases, the distance from Me grows ever greater and can only end in complete numbness of spiritual substance, because My emanation of love no longer touches the spiritual substance which distances itself from Me. And complete degeneration of spiritual substance means being enclosed in solid matter, deprived of free will, and having to act according to My will which contradicts its own. And thus it is a state of torment towards which the spiritual itself strives through its wrong will during the last embodiment on earth. All love has disappeared from the hearts or it only applies to the world and is therefore wrong. The will is turned away from Me as well as the love does not apply to Me, and My adversary gains power over people's souls because their will is turned towards him. And thus there is no stopping it, the day of judgment draws ever closer, and every day before is a mercy, a proof of My greater than great love and patience, to still give people the opportunity to change. Every day brings so much suffering that people would have to pay attention and direct their thoughts spiritually .... And it would not yet be too late to change. For the sake of the few I still exercise patience who learn to recognize Me in suffering and adversity. I take no pleasure in annihilation and destruction, yet I do not hinder human will .... But one day I will oppose them with My will which, although it also expresses itself destructively, is combined with wisdom and love and therefore has a beneficial effect on the spiritual substances which are still developing and which can also have beneficial consequences for the human being if he recognizes Me and My might in them. I will put an end to unkindness as soon as the limit is reached .... but the end will be dreadful, for My justice will condemn the sinful person to atonement because he does not pay attention to My admonitions and warnings and does not make use of the short time of grace which is still granted to him through My greater than great patience and mercy ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Living out and effectiveness of the divine word ....

B.D. 3525 from August 26th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

God constantly conveys His word to earth where only the connection with Him is established by a willing earthly child. And if the word is to become effective amongst people it has to be received and followed with the heart, only then will the human being feel the strength of the divine word. The direct recipient must be involved with the heart, otherwise he would not be able to hear the voice of the spirit. Nevertheless, he will only feel the full strength if he lives out the word of God, that is, if he strives to fulfil God's will revealed through the word. The word teaches love, and the human being must first be active in love in order to receive the promised strength. The word of God is a source of strength because God expresses Himself, because God is the centre of strength from eternity and His word is the source from which everyone can refresh and strengthen themselves. Anyone who lives in love also longs for the divine word because he recognizes it as the connection between God and himself and longs for it. And God Himself approaches him in the word by speaking to him through the voice of the spirit and he hears Him in his heart if he listens attentively. If the word of God becomes effective in the human being then spiritual maturity is inevitably the result, for the strength of the divine word promotes the human being's upward development, which is the aim and purpose of earthly life. The human being will shape himself into love, the strength of the divine word helps him to carry out his will, it impels him into loving activity, love again unites him with God and makes him receptive for the emanation of love from God, and this lets him mature spiritually and find union with the father of eternity. And now God works in him by making Himself known through the spirit. The human being is now in direct contact with God and hears Him at all times. He hears His voice resounding in his heart and is already blissfully happy on earth, for now he feels God within himself and there is neither spiritual nor earthly adversity for him. He stands in fullest abundance of strength which he constantly draws from God, and this means overcoming all opposition, overcoming death, i.e. the lack of strength, and an eternal life .... Man has reached his aim, he has returned to the one from Whom he once came ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Perfection .... divine order .... consequences ....

B.D. 3526 from August 27th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Everything must go towards perfection. This is divine law, thus the will of God, which must be complied with now and in eternity. For a short time this divine will is opposed by the free will of man, who can now submit to the divine law or also act contrary to it. The latter, however, is a sin against the divine order, which can never lead to perfection but favours imperfection and increases the distance from God. God is the most perfect being who can never be reached in His perfection. Nevertheless, whatever wants to unite with Him must reach a degree of perfection which makes God's nearness bearable for the being, because the imperfect would inevitably perish in union with God. But the strength which once flowed out of God must return to the original source again, thus the beingness, which emerged from this strength and became imperfect of its own free will, must walk the path of perfection .... It has to constantly progress upwards, it has to become ever more perfect or it will never be able to enter into a bond with God as the original strength. Thus it must subordinate itself to divine law, it must fulfil God's will and constantly reduce the distance from God .... it must strive for perfection. According to God's will there is no regression but only an upward development. Where regression takes place, there the human being's will is active, which God does not hinder in order not to prevent its becoming perfect. Therefore, the free spiritual can oppose divine order, but then it becomes unfree and cannot redeem itself from its bondage. A violation of the divine order always results in distance from God, and distance is powerlessness. Thus the beingness itself bears the consequences of disregarding the divine will, it separates itself from the original source of strength and makes itself incapable of returning to Him. It falls into another world which is completely separated from the kingdom of God where everything strives towards perfection .... The return into this kingdom is extremely difficult and only possible through God's grace, Who in His love also descends into that kingdom and full of mercy offers the fallen being His hand to raise it up. But then the will of the being must have seriously submitted itself to God's will, it must have given up all resistance and be willing to travel the path of perfection once again in order to find union with God. Then God's merciful love will come into action and give the being the opportunity to once again walk the path of ascent development, which can bring it success if it lives within the divine order ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Miracles of creation .... language of God ....

B.D. 3527 from August 28th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The miracles of creation testify to God's love, wisdom and omnipotence, and yet they are not enough for people to believe in Him, otherwise humanity would not be able to live so faithlessly. God gives them proof of His existence, but people do not want to accept it ..... They do not deduce the creator of heaven and earth from creation but remain completely unimpressed by it, they do not let creation speak to them, they do not make it the content of their thoughts and therefore never gain faith in God because they do not strive to gain it. And they could so easily attain convinced faith if they dealt with the miracles of creation, for God Himself speaks through them and His language is easy to understand for the willing, seeking human being who longs for truth. All works of creation breathe God's love, nothing has come into being without purpose or meaninglessness, and the purpose of every work of creation is always the existence or preservation of other works of creation in which His love is expressed again. And every purpose is wisely considered .... every work reveals God's omnipotence, and the detailed contemplation of the works of creation should lead to convinced faith as soon as the human being wants to occupy himself with them in thought. Yet the unbelieving human being does not look for evidence because he does not desire and search for truth. He could obtain proof of the existence of a loving, wise and omnipotent God at any time, yet he does not want to believe and consequently cannot gain faith either, because the will must first have become active, because the human being must first strive for truth before he recognizes God. He blindly passes by the miracles of creation and thus they mean nothing to him and he remains faithless ....

(28.8.1945) And it is also difficult to give him any other proof which could lead him to believe in a God of love, wisdom and omnipotence. Creation in all its diversity is daily before his eyes, he himself stands in the midst of it and is likewise one of the wonders of divine creation, and the question should always arise in him: Who has brought into being all that I see? .... And this question would be followed by a chain of thoughts that would make him wonder if he persisted in them. To reject a creator, to deny Him, would then no longer be possible for him because this would immediately be refuted in his mind by forces of the spiritual kingdom which endeavour to give him bright light as soon as he asks for it. Only the sincere will for truth is required, then he will mentally receive the teachings which fully correspond to the truth. But this will is lacking in the human being who is indifferent to the works of creation, and without this will he will never attain faith either. Worldly knowledge contradicts the teachings of faith imparted to the human being and the latter remain without impression as long as the human being does not have the desire for truth. The desire for truth, however, does not find satisfaction in worldly knowledge, but worldly knowledge means everything to the person who is indifferent to truth, and from it he draws evidence against the belief in a God as creator and sustainer of all things. He is misled by the forces which are in battle with the eternal truth, and the fact that their teachings appeal to him is merely due to his will, which also resists the eternal truth. He neither sees nor hears anything which informs him of God's greatness, he does not feel His love and does not see it in creation either, and thus he does not understand God's language either because he closes himself off to it. And he remains without faith, for faith first requires the will to do so. As long as he lacks the will he still belongs to the power which let him become by using the power out of God. He acknowledges the latter but he does not want to acknowledge God, he is still in a state of complete ignorance, yet it is his own fault, for everywhere he has the opportunity to change the state of ignorance, to step out of spiritual darkness into light, yet he does not make use of it. Creation, however, is like an open book in which everyone can read and whose contents will also become comprehensible to him if he eagerly absorbs the truth .... Then God will speak to him and he will understand His language, he will learn to believe in God as a supremely perfect being Who is active with immense love in order to make His living creations happy and Who also wants to make Himself known to every human being ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Unused earth days .... repentance .... childhood of God ....

B.D. 3528 from August 28th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The days the human being leaves unused on earth for his spiritual higher development are irretrievably lost, for as soon as earthly life is over he is deprived of the opportunities to carry out works of love out of his own strength. Admittedly, he can also strive upwards in the beyond but he only receives strength in a certain degree of maturity. But if the soul has not reached this then it is completely powerless, whereas on earth even the most imperfect human being has strength at his disposal which he can use to work in love. And although he also has the opportunity to mature spiritually in the beyond .... the unused time on earth is lost to him which he could use to achieve the highest aim .... the childship to God, which requires a degree of maturity which can never be made up for in the beyond. The human being has to strive for this aim with all his strength, he has to completely devote himself to God and live according to His will, but then he will also make use of every day on earth, he will consciously always live his earthly life with his eyes upwards, he will live a spiritual life which overrules earthly life. But anyone who is lukewarm and indolent, whose heart is divided between God and the earthly world, will spend days where he is only purely earthly-minded, and these days will be lost to him for eternity. For the world awakens earthly desires, it awakens impulses in the human being's heart which lack love, and the soul will not be released from its fetters, the shell will not be burst but rather thickened, and the spirit will be hindered in its actual activity, it will not be able to work, and the human being will be at the mercy of the forces which strive to win him through the world. However, higher development on earth requires the release of the spirit, for only when it can work in him will the human being progress upwards, driven by the spirit which prevents his downfall and introduces the soul into the spiritual kingdom. Once the spirit in the human being has awakened it will no longer sink into sleep, then it will be constantly active .... then the human being will also use every day for his spiritual well-being. But as long as he slumbers the soul remains on the same level, then it only lives in the earthly but not in the spiritual world. And these days are lost to it. A fully utilized earthly life belongs to the attainment of childship to God, a life where the will is always turned towards God, although the human being is exposed to great temptations which are meant to test his will. As long as the human being's will has not yet decided in favour of God the soul cannot develop upwards either, rather, the danger of regression is great because God's adversary leaves no means untried to win the soul. And his means is the world with its enticements and its illusory glamour, to which the soul too easily falls prey. Therefore, the human being only belongs to God when he has overcome the world, only then will he ascend, and then no day may remain unused if full success is to be achieved. In the beyond there is certainly also higher development for the soul if it has the will for it, yet until it has reached the degree of light it is extremely laborious and requires a long time .... it first has to acquire the treasures which it can easily gain on earth and which follow it into the spiritual kingdom. And therefore anyone who uses the time on earth and gathers spiritual treasures which allow him to enter the kingdom of light, where he then constantly strives upwards, will be blessed .... yet the souls who come to realization in the beyond and remember the unused time on earth, which they will never be able to make up for even if spiritual ascent is still possible for them, will painfully regret it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Form faith .... convinced faith ....

B.D. 3529 from August 30th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

In times of greatest earthly adversity the spiritual state of individual people clarifies itself insofar as faith is either strengthened or completely lost, if it was previously only a formal faith which could not yet convince people. Many fall away from faith, their eyes are still too earthly directed and they cannot bring world events and their own fate into harmony with the eternal deity, from Whom they only expect a happy earthly life due to their ignorance. They only want to acknowledge a God Who gives them all the comforts of life, but the fact that they themselves forfeit their well-being on earth through their way of life, through their distance from God, is incomprehensible to them. The more severe the hardship becomes, the more they distance themselves from Him, they reject Him, they do not surrender to their fate but grumble and complain and try to reduce their state of hardship through unjust actions and unkind behaviour towards their neighbour. Their faith in God was only a formal faith which did not stand up to serious scrutiny, but which was also worthless and must first become a convinced faith. There are only a few people who cling more closely to God in times of adversity because they firmly believe in Him and do not let themselves be diverted from this faith. They see suffering for what it is, as a means by which God wants to win over people who have fallen away from Him. They constantly ask God for strength and are now also able to endure suffering. Faith gives them this strength and God does not rely on His own, i.e. those who believe in Him and take refuge in Him in every adversity. But the state of those unbelievers is hopeless as long as they only pay attention to earthly events and don't think about the meaning and purpose of them. But a clarification must take place, for the faith in form is not faith as God demands it .... It has been scholastically transferred to people and has not yet come alive in them; it is a dead faith which does not support the soul in its development and therefore requires a strong examination so that the human being will become clear about his thinking and his attitude towards God. Anyone who rejects Him, impressed by adversity and earthly events, by his own fate, will have to go through greater trials in order to still gain faith after all, or he will get lost and in the end belong to those who are condemned, who belong to God's opponents and therefore receive the just punishment, who will have to travel the path through the new creation again for the purpose of their redemption. The believers will also be exposed to severe trials, yet a convinced faith cannot be shaken so easily, and God stands by those who are faithful to Him, who withstand all trials and attach themselves to God all the more intimately because they firmly believe in Him and His love, omnipotence and wisdom. And this firm faith will be rewarded to them on the day of judgment, when God Himself will lead them into paradise, where all adversity will come to an end and they will be exceedingly happy in the presence of God ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spiritual bondage .... commandments ....

B.D. 3530 from August 31th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Spiritual bondage is when a person is forced into a belief by decrees and commandments and is forbidden any examination of it under threat of temporal or eternal punishment. As soon as a person can freely decide for himself whether he wants to accept the spiritual knowledge offered to him or not, he is not spiritually enslaved and thus also fully responsible for his thoughts and actions. And that is why Jesus did not say to His disciples: "Command men what they shall believe ...." but He sent them into the world with the words: "Go and teach all nations ...." No other commandment is spoken of than only the commandment of love of God and love of neighbour .... This commandment also includes all the ten commandments which God gave to men through Moses, because the man who fulfils the commandment of love of neighbour does not in any way transgress against those divine commandments. And sin is everything that violates the divine commandment of love. The consequences of sins are their punishments, thus the human being punishes himself, but God does not impose a punishment on him, instead, according to divine justice the effect of unkindness, of sin, is always painful for the human being and he has to accept the consequences of sin on earth or in the beyond. But if human commandments are issued whose non-observance is reckoned to the human being as sin, which results in God's punishment, this is spiritual bondage, it is a curtailing of free will, for the human being will do what he is supposed to under pressure and have little success in his upward development. For only what the human being does of his own free will and for God's sake is valuable before God. He must feel inwardly driven to do it and comply with the inner voice, then it is a work of freedom which is valued by God. In the same way, faith must be acquired by the human being himself by examining and thinking through what he is asked to believe. It must be a convinced faith, acquired of its own free will, but not a faith which must be demanded by force, which must be accepted unconditionally if it is transferred to a person in a scholastic way. Then the human being is in spiritual bondage, and such faith is dead, it is worthless before God. Countless people, however, are kept in spiritual bondage, they are taught, often also by ignorant people, they are put into a certain state of compulsion in that sin with its punishment accompanies every teaching of faith, i.e. the non-acceptance of faith is portrayed as sin which entails its punishment. Thus the human being could shift the responsibility away from himself if he did not also have doubts of faith which partly come from within and partly from without and which stimulate him to think about it as soon as he is serious about standing in the truth. God often shakes the thinking of people who live in spiritual bondage; they are prompted to reflect by external influences, by their own fate, so that they use and test the gift of intellect despite the counter-pressure of those who believe they are entitled to teach .... And he who is serious about the truth will free himself from spiritual bondage, he will recognize the unreasonableness of the desire to unconditionally accept something which people have imparted to him. For what is divine of their teachings the examiner also recognizes as divine, yet very soon he will learn to distinguish God's work from human work, very soon he will recognize the flimsiness of teachings which are not of divine origin, and very soon he will learn to regard the human being's free will as the main factor which is decisive for his soul's ascent development. And then he will free himself from the shackles which are man's work, then his faith will also become more convinced and far more valuable than the formal faith which many people call their own and defend out of tradition but which does not hold up when serious trials come upon people. For then a structure will collapse which has stood its ground for a long time but which cannot remain in existence because it is the work of human beings and disregarded the freedom of the will by issuing commandments which do not correspond to God's will. For if the human being is to answer for his actions one day, he must be able to act in full freedom of will but never be forced to make a decision by the threat of punishment for sin .... because otherwise he could not become eternally perfect.

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Affliction of the servants of God by forces of darkness ....

B.D. 3531 from August 31th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The more the soul strives towards God, the more it is harassed by the forces of darkness which try to distance the soul from God again by all means. And the human being will be in constant battle with these forces if he wants to resist and withstand all temptations. God's adversary uses all his power in order to succeed, and he works through people who are weak-willed and allow themselves to be influenced by him. But it will only take a short time and the power will be taken from him. And therefore he rages all the more because he knows that his time is coming to an end and he tries to make use of it in order to seize power completely, but he will not succeed. But anyone who obviously works for God need not fear him because God's adversary is powerless where the strength from God is active. But God has also promised His strength to His servants, and thus all efforts are fruitless which aim to stop the work of a servant of God. God protects His workers, He gives them grace and strength to carry out their mission on earth, and thus He also prevents His adversary if he tries to assert himself wherever the lord's servants are active. Their faith is like a bulwark and God's adversary has little success .... Despite his power he is powerless where God's spirit is active, for this, as God's portion, has greater power, and every attempt to keep the human being from his work for God is in vain. Where God's spirit is active the adversary's power is broken by God, the human being already belongs to God because his will is completely turned towards Him, and the forces of light stand by his side and protect him from the corrupting influence of the enemy of their souls. And thus a servant of God can no longer be hindered in his activity on earth for the kingdom of God, for he only acts as the spirit of God instructs him, and he is immune to all temptations of evil. And no matter whether the attacks become ever stronger, the strength of the human being who is willing to serve God constantly increases, and thus he will always and constantly offer resistance, he will remain victorious in the battle with the powers of darkness, for the light is with him, and where there is light there is also strength. The human being is in union with God and no power will be able to remove him from God, because God Himself holds him and will never allow him to fall into the adversary's hands who wants to be His child on earth and testifies to this through his will to serve Him ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Fatherly Words of love ....

B.D. 3532 from September 1st 1945, taken from Book No. 45

You have a powerful Helper by your side, and yet you still want to lose heart? You may approach Me in prayer at all times by merely using this grace and you will call Me to your side and you will assuredly receive support. Regardless of the danger you find yourselves in .... My power is greater and can banish every calamity in an instant. Bear this in mind if you are at risk of feeling anxious and fainthearted. Your Father in Heaven will not abandon you, in a crisis He is closer to you than ever as long as you consider yourselves His children and trustingly call upon Him for help. Time and again I assure you of My protection, time and again I lift you up through My Word, and time and again I impart upon you the strength to resist evil. And My love will embrace you more closely than ever if you suffer adversity of body and soul and take refuge in Me in full confidence that I will help you. You may always consider yourselves safe and secure when the world around you runs riot, when earthly measure frighten you and make you tremble .... Then you need simply stretch out your hand to Me so that I will guide you, and I will take you along a path that leads away from disaster .... For I will walk beside you, and the power of evil will truly not come close to Me. He avoids Me and chooses people who walk in darkness like himself and ignores those who walk by My side in the light and who are therefore out of reach for him. Believe and trust in Me and don't allow earthly adversities to get you down. Only pay attention to your souls and let Me worry about your earthly life .... and give Me the right to take care of you by totally handing your will over to Me. And your life on earth will be bearable for you .... For I Am always with you as long as you send your thoughts up to Me and desire to be in contact with Me. I will call My little sheep when I have found them, when they have returned to their shepherd, I will not let them go astray again, I will stay with all those who want to stay with Me and will never ever leave them again. So if I give you this assurance, why are you still worried? My Word is truth and will remain truth for all eternity. I always draw close to My children with all My love as soon as the slightest call reaches Me, and therefore you should always come to Me if you labour and are heavily laden .... My love is always willing to give, My love is always willing to help, I can help you and I want to help you, I only require your faith, your trust, so that My strength of love can take effect ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Presence of God ....

B.D. 3533 from September 1st 1945, taken from Book No. 45

God is omnipresent and thus close to every person who longs for His presence. It is an uplifting thought to know oneself closely connected with the heavenly father in prayer, to know Him present, that the human being can speak to His father like a child and does not need to look for Him in the far distance. To feel God present also proves a strong faith, for the unbelieving human being is unable to imagine God in close proximity and even less to feel His presence. The believing person, however, is delighted by His presence. He knows that he can constantly connect with God and that this connection is only possible when God's love leans towards people, thus He Himself proves His love to him through His presence. Every intimate thought of God is a call which does not go unheard but draws the father close to His child because He loves His child and also wants to be united with it. And God will be everywhere where this call sounds on the part of His children, for there are no obstacles for Him to dwell wherever He wants. He is a spirit which is not bound to time and space, His love radiates continuously into infinity, His spirit is everywhere and people can feel His presence everywhere if only they desire Him. Anyone who calls this profound faith his own, that he knows he is safe in the vicinity of the heavenly father every day and every hour, no longer fears, for he always feels accompanied by God, and this faith in God's presence instils the deepest calm and security in him in the face of every danger which threatens him. He knows that nothing can happen to him as long as he is assured of His presence through intimate thoughts of God; he also knows that His love does not diminish, that He faithfully leads His child by the hand, and every worry and anxiety vanishes before this faith in God's presence, for where He is there is no room for evil and no danger threatens the earthly child. It is an extremely happy feeling to be convinced of God's presence, because then the faith is also of such strength that it can no longer be shaken .... And the human being will live in deepest peace, for he will never be alone again, he will know that one is always with him and that this one is his father from eternity Who longs for His children and therefore will never abandon them ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's plan of salvation .... love and wisdom ....

B.D. 3534 from September 2nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

God's love is exceedingly great and His decision is wise. And everything He decides serves the redemption of the spiritual, which is wretched because it is far from God. In order to bring it closer to Him He directs all events according to His eternal plan of salvation, which is determined in profound wisdom and infinite love and will also lead to the aim one day. Salvation from greatest adversity is the basis of it, for God's love only wants blissful creatures with whom He is eternally united. This is the ultimate aim and purpose of everything that happens in heaven and on earth. But where God's love and wisdom is active, fullest success must also be guaranteed, only it takes infinite times because God's will alone does not bring about the redemption of the unfree spiritual, but God lets the spiritual's free will make the final decision in the embodiment as a human being and this shortens or lengthens the period of redemption itself. God's love and wisdom only arranges all events in such a way that they stimulate the human being to use his will and suggest the right decision to him. And this has to be recognized, even in the greatest suffering that goes over the earth and oppresses people .... The love and wisdom of God must also be recognized in this, Who wants to come to people's aid so that they make the right decision. And thus the coming time of the battle of faith and the imminent dissolution of earth also belong to God's eternal plan of salvation, Who uses all means to enable the spiritual beings to reach the final aim. It is a hard time and yet inevitably necessary, for God's wisdom saw the unsuccessfulness of all means to gain the spiritual in the last days, and His love again applies new means to bring help to the spiritual. God's plan of salvation underlies every work of creation and every event in the universe, nothing exists and happens without meaning and purpose, the spiritual being's adversity and redemption is always the cause and aim and God's love is constantly intent on reducing the distance between Himself and the spiritual being which has fallen away from Him. The more resistance the spiritual being puts up to Him the more painful its fate, and as a human being it therefore likewise shapes its earthly fate for itself, extremely painful if it does not bow to God and submits its will to Him, or more bearable through the supply of grace and strength if it gives up its resistance and approaches Him of its own free will. This is the meaning and purpose of the eternal plan of salvation, which has to be recognized and the realization of which also already signifies the beginning of redemption, for now the spiritual being steps out of the darkness enveloping it into the light .... It recognizes God's love and wisdom, it knows about the meaning and purpose of earthly life, about the meaning and purpose of creation, about the blessing of suffering, which testifies to God's love, and it now strives fully consciously upwards .... It will also not fail in the last battle of faith as soon as it has gained this knowledge, and after a difficult but short time it will maturely enter the kingdom of light or paradise on the new earth in order to live eternally in the proximity of God, from Whom it once took its origin ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Time of the end .... predictions ....

B.D. 3535 from September 2nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

God's decision to reshape the earth and let new creations come into being which are to become carriers of spiritual entities for the purpose of redemption is unalterable. And since eternity the time has also been fixed when this transformation, which is preceded by the dissolution of the old earth, will take place, for God has known since eternity when humanity will have reached the low point which requires a reshaping of the earth, so that the spirits close to God and far from God will finally be separated from each other. Eternities have passed in this period of development, but since God Himself has put an end to it, this end must come one day, even though this seems incomprehensible to people. God, however, has announced it since the beginning of the time period when people live on earth. He has constantly predicted the end through seers and prophets and always pointed to the future which this transformation of the earth is to bring with it. But people do not want to believe that one day the future will become the present, that one day the time will approach which God has proclaimed in word and scripture .... that one day the redemption period will come to an end and a new one will begin again. Once the time has come to an end which God has granted to the spiritual for redemption, and if the spiritual fails it will have to live through a period of redemption once again, and this means a renewed course through the creations of the new earth. People don't want to believe it, and therefore they will experience the last end completely unprepared, because now the time has expired and the time is no longer far away when the announcements will come true according to the divine plan of eternity. For humanity has reached the low which necessitates a reshaping of the earth, which is the occasion for the dissolution of the old earth with its creations and results in new creations which God's wisdom and love will allow to arise again in order to give the spiritual new opportunities for upward development. The time has come of which it is written that no stone will be left upon another .... Everything that lives on earth is approaching its end, and the day is no longer far away when God Himself will sit in judgement to separate the good from the evil .... to redeem the former and banish the latter again in the new creation. The time of the end has come, as it has been determined since eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Perfection .... union ....

B.D. 3536 from September 3rd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Only the perfect can unite with God because otherwise it would not be able to bear His nearness, because every immature substance would be dissolved if it was affected by God's irradiation of love. And since God does not let anything pass away which has emerged from Him, He also prevents the union of the imperfect spiritual substance with Him, and He keeps away from it and only grants the fusion to mature beings, which signifies supreme beatitude. God's love, however, desires all His living creations, and thus He also wants to guide the still imperfect towards Him by moving it to strive for the state of perfection, so that the union with Him can take place completely. But the first thing that belongs to perfection is love, which, as the original substance of the eternal deity, must also completely fill the being that seeks to join God. Thus the being must assimilate itself to God, it must likewise become love in order to be perfect, because the father in heaven is perfect. It must be in God-like will, it must have become love, it must carry within itself the wisdom arising from love and thereby be full of strength and power, thus it must have approached its original state again, where it was able to create and shape as God's image in all freedom for its happiness. Only a few people are granted this degree of perfection on earth, but it is still possible if the human being wants it. The soul can enter the spiritual kingdom in different degrees of light when it leaves earth, but depending on its degree of perfection it will be a recipient of light and strength, thus it will be further or closer to God, yet it will always already be in His circle of light, thus it will feel His emanation of love as beatitude and strive ever more towards Him. But the soul can also be so united with God during its departure that it can unite with God in all perfection and enjoy supreme bliss as a child of God, thus it is directly permeated by His strength of love and is inconceivably wise and powerful .... Then it has become love itself and cannot think, want and act differently than God wants it to, because the fundamental substance of the eternal deity, love, fills its entire being .... Nevertheless, it can strive ever more towards God, for in eternity God is unattainable in His perfection, and despite most intimate union there is no cessation of striving towards Him for the being, yet constant desire and fulfilment is the epitome of beatitude, there is no limit to it, just as there is no end either .... God will remain the highest and most perfect being for all eternity, Who in His love draws all beings to Himself in order to let them enjoy the happiness and bliss of the perfect being ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

I am Who I am ....

B.D. 3537 from September 5th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

I am, Who I am, from eternity to eternity .... I am without beginning and without end .... For I am a spirit Who is power and love in Himself, from Whom all that is comes forth, Who possesses will and the ability to think and thus works in all wisdom .... I am Who I am .... without Me nothing is, and without Me nothing can exist that is .... I am the strength which flows through the whole universe, the will which governs everything, and the love which sustains everything which has emerged from My power. Everything that fills the universe in visible and invisible creations originated from Me, and everything created by Me remains eternally in connection with Me, for strength cannot be divided, it cannot be separated from the source of strength, it remains what it is .... radiation of Myself. All creations are the will which has become form, which works with strength and lets My thoughts become deeds. Yet I Myself am creation and creator at the same time, for it contains My strength, the fundamental substance of Myself, thus I Myself must also be everywhere where My creations come to light. I am a spirit Who is omnipotent, loving and wise, Who is constantly active and thus works in love and wisdom, for Whom nothing is impossible because the strength of love is unimaginable and knows no limits. I am a spirit and therefore without time and space, I am from eternity and everywhere, nothing remains hidden from Me, nothing is inaccessible to Me, for I am the most perfect being and only perfection emerges from Me. What originated in Me was spiritual substance which was formed in My image in all perfection and was enlivened by My strength of love. It was a part of Me, indissolubly united with Me, it was My emanation to which I gave a form which, as a free, independent being, was now able to create and shape like Me through My strength which continues to flow towards the being. And My spirit flows through all beings which originated from Me. And thus I Myself am in them, and I will never cease to be, just as the beingness which originated from Me can never cease to exist because it is part of Me, of My strength of love. And thus everything I have created bears witness to Me, just as everything contains My strength, for nothing can exist without it. I work visibly and invisibly to the human eye, and My working is always the expression of strength from Me, Who is from eternity to eternity. Anyone who has recognized Me sees Me everywhere, he knows Me to be present everywhere and he feels Me, for with every breath he receives the strength from Me which reveals My nearness to him. And every thinking person should recognize Me, for nothing exists which does not bear witness to Me. The being and becoming of every work of creation is conditioned in Me, and every creature is enlivened with My strength and My spirit, and life alone is proof of My being, it is proof of a creator Who gave life to His work, since no being can give and sustain life itself. And life carries everything in itself which is apparent, for even dead matter lives, nothing remains unchanged in its external form, thus it is active in itself, albeit in the most minimal measure, and activity is life. I was, I am and I will remain for eternity .... the most perfect being, Which is able to do everything by virtue of Its will, Its love and Its wisdom, Which is active in creating and shaping, Which has created countless entities and wants to make them happy for all eternity. No being will ever come close to My perfection and yet I draw everything up to Me into My proximity in order to bestow bliss through My emanation of strength, which flows through everything that longs for its origin .... thus through direct transmission of strength has found union with Me, Who was, Who am and will remain from eternity to eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Dead matter .... activity .... life ....

B.D. 3538 from September 6th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The change that takes place in seemingly dead matter is imperceptible, and that is why man cannot detect any life in it. But in long periods of time even this matter takes on a different form, because every activity, even the most minimal, brings about a reshaping or transformation of matter and activity is life. The process of transformation, if it is not carried out by human hands, is often of very long duration in works of creation over which human will has little influence, i.e. in creations of nature, because it will take place according to divine will. God knows about the resistance of the spiritual bound in matter, and depending on its will for activity the rigid lifelessness decreases; activity starts according to God's will, and matter changes, even if in a hardly noticeable way. And there is nothing in earthly creation that does not show this slow transformation, even though the human eye does not see it because it happens extremely slowly. Yet everything in creation on earth is in slow upward development, subject to the law of compulsion .... Consequently, nothing remains in the same form but changes, partly slowly, partly quickly, depending on the resistance which the spiritual opposes God in the works of creation. And thus there is nothing dead on earth, i.e. lifeless in itself, but everything harbours life, for the spiritual substance, even in hardest matter, has the urge for activity and it only depends on its will whether it can carry out this activity, in contrast to the state of death in the beyond where the spiritual substance lacks all strength for activity, where it remains completely inactive but is nevertheless aware of its existence. This is why the state of bound will in matter is still preferable to the state of death in the beyond, because it once improves, albeit after an infinitely long time, because the spiritual being in matter has the urge for freedom and only needs to direct its will in the right direction, whereas the being's will in the beyond is completely weakened and therefore it no longer uses it .... It remains completely without will in a dead state and sinks ever more into the abyss until it is used as a cold mass, as a cover of the spiritual substance, as matter itself, which is now dependent on the will of the spiritual substance sheltering in it for how long matter exists unchanged. For a distinction must be made between the spiritual, which is bound in matter, and matter itself, which is likewise spiritual, yet much more God-opposing. Hard matter in itself could therefore be called dead, yet the spiritual substance within it gives it life, so that the process of dissolution will one day begin for it too and thus also the beginning of the upward development in a new epoch of redemption. The spiritual in matter can escape from it as soon as it is destroyed and continue its development in a new form which is less hard, but matter itself is not yet dissolved and is again enlivened by spiritual in corresponding will to resist, so that matter often grants endless times to such spiritual stay before it can dissolve itself. The state of death is so agonizing that it signifies the deepest hell, and the powers of the underworld are only satisfied once they have brought the soul into this state, because it signifies utmost distance from God, thus withdrawal of all strength from God. But God also has mercy on this spiritual being and gives it the opportunity to redeem itself again from the dead state. But eternities pass before this process of redemption begins, which again requires infinite times before it is finished ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Grace ....

B.D. 3539 from September 6th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

God's love and grace is inexhaustible and therefore nothing can get lost, for God is always willing to help what has gone astray to find its way back to Him. The help that the lost receives undeservedly is grace, and this is available to people without measure because God's love wants to win them for eternity. As long as the human being lives on earth he can make use of the treasure of grace, it will never ever be denied to him but will be at his disposal more abundantly the more it is desired. Divine love is always willing to give, and thus it also distributes grace without restriction, and anyone who now avails himself of His grace is saved from eternal ruin, he has found the path which leads to God, he has accepted God's help and can now no longer go astray. Every person is allowed to desire God's love and grace, it will flow to him and he only needs to use it and it will take effect in him. Thus the human being's will only has to be willing to open his heart for the influx of love and grace .... he must want to receive in order to be abundantly provided for by God. And therefore he must pray for an influx of grace .... By doing so he demonstrates to God his will to let Him help him, he weakly and humbly approaches Him in prayer and will truly not go away empty-handed, for his prayer for an influx of grace will always be granted because it concerns spiritual well-being and is always granted. Anyone who asks for grace recognizes his inadequacy and wants to remedy it with God's help. He is not arrogant in spirit but humble in heart, and to the humble God gives His grace. All that feels weak is strengthened by God, and this is grace .... What is helpless will find help from God because His love leans towards the weak, the helpless and He assists it. It is a gift bestowed upon the human being because he has fallen into a state of weakness through his own fault and God wants to help him rise from it. But because it is a gift from God the grace must also be consciously requested, the giver of the gift of grace must be approached so that His love will give the human being what he needs in order to ascend again. The lost person should find his way back to God again, and he cannot do this on his own. Therefore God's love has mercy and opens the source of grace, it distributes unmeasured .... It provides the human being with all means of help which enable his return to God, and this is grace. Everything that helps man to ascend is grace .... And His love will never end and again and again bestow grace upon the human being until he has reached his final aim, until the return to God has taken place, which is the human being's first and final aim on earth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Effectiveness of grace ....

B.D. 3540 from September 8th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The slightest resistance prevents the influx of divine grace and its effectiveness, although divine love always and constantly wants to bestow gifts of grace upon people. The opening of the heart, the will and desire for God's grace, is absolutely necessary for it to become effective in the human being, because God's grace is a sure means of attaining maturity of soul, which the human being must strive for and achieve of his own free will. A gift of grace offered to him without his will to receive it would promote his development without his will having changed, but this is the purpose and aim of his earthly progress. The extent of the human being's innermost desire to be supported by God can only be judged by God alone, yet He already takes the slightest will into account and grants the human being His help .... He gives him His grace and it will also have its effect on him. The realization of one's own inadequacy is the first step towards desiring and requesting God's grace, God's help, for in the awareness of his weakness he reaches out longingly for salvation, and thus he opens himself to the influx of grace which God hands out unmeasured to anyone who desires it. Every aid which promotes the human being's spiritual development is grace, offered to him by God's great love so that he may become blissfully happy .... It is a gift which, however, is only given to the weak, the needy, who are aware of their condition and who humbly come before God in their weakness, asking for His grace .... This condition has to be imposed by God because He respects the human being's free will, but a gift of grace against the human being's will signifies a constraint which impairs the soul's maturing. God places every conceivable means of help at people's disposal, yet He does not force it upon them but requires the willingness to accept it and to respect the giver in gratitude and love, but then the human being will effortlessly cover the path of ascent and be able to record rich success for his soul. For whatever God gives to people in His infinite love has to be successful if it can take effect on them through their will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Purification of the soul .... destiny ....

B.D. 3541 from September 8th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The father's love wants the best for His children, even though the children do not recognize it. And thus the heavenly father will also take care of His earthly children, He will bestow His care upon them and guide their destiny as is helpful for them to attain maturity of soul. And therefore earthly life will often take a different course than people desire, yet God truly knows best what is good for each individual. Earthly time will soon be over and it shall be utilized in every way for the human being's soul, and therefore exceptionally heavy burdens are sometimes imposed on the human being by which he can already mature in a short time if he bears them devotedly and is thereby led closer to God. The father calls His children through this, and blessed is he who takes refuge in Him, who prays to Him that He may help him carry the burden .... This person truly has a greater advantage than an earthly life in earthly comfort can bring him, for earthly life will come to an end but the soul will not pass away. But the soul is purified through suffering and adversity and enters the beyond in a state of maturity, and it eternally thanks God Who helped it to achieve this through a difficult earthly life. Earthlessness may seem difficult, but God gives the human being the strength to endure it if he faithfully takes refuge in Him. And therefore the human being need not fear anything, no matter what may come .... If he establishes the child's relationship with the father he will be guided by the loving father's hand and always be under His special protection, for the father's love is certain for His child. And it will also feel this love, and the more it trusts Him the more faithfully ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Hardness of the faith struggle ....

B.D. 3542 from September 9th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

During the last battle of faith there will be great confusion amongst people who do not have a living faith, who have only accepted a formal faith out of tradition and did not let it come alive through love and by using their intellect so that their faith would become a convinced one. Events will overtake each other and make many waver in their faith because they lack knowledge due to a lack of loving activity. For this results in wisdom, thus also recognition and knowledge of God's eternal plan of salvation, which underlies all events. People make too little use of the gifts of understanding by neglecting to think about teachings of faith which have been imparted to them from outside. And such doctrines of faith have not yet become mental property, they have not been seriously tested for their truthfulness and therefore cannot be convincingly defended either, rather, the human being will be severely shaken and himself will be in danger of throwing away his faith and that through his own fault. God has given the human being the gift of intellect so that he may use it, so that he may think through everything of spiritual good offered to him by his fellow human beings. Doctrines of faith which are accepted uncritically without having taken a stand on them themselves are not spiritual goods of their own, and they will not withstand the strong shaking of the mind which the coming battle of faith will bring. Then people will be seriously confronted with questions which they will have to answer for themselves and the world and whose answers will strongly contradict the teachings of faith and, since their faith is a dead one, they will drop it without hesitation. Even those who appear believing before the world do not stand firm, for they themselves lack conviction, being without any deeper knowledge, without insight. At a time when decision is demanded, spiritual poverty becomes particularly apparent .... For even those will fail who thought they were steadfast in the face of the threats from the world. For in this time only one thing gives strength .... the word guided to earth by God Himself, which flows to people from the intimate connection with Him as a result of living faith .... For this word gives people full knowledge and such convinced faith that they will stand firmly by God and not allow themselves to waver even in the face of the worst threats. And this word must be heard if the still dead faith is to become a convinced, living faith .... It is the source of strength from which the weak can strengthen themselves, from which they can constantly draw knowledge which gives them bright light and lets their faith grow to such strength that they will never ever give it up for the sake of earthly goods, that they resist the world's desire and faithfully persevere in their love for God, Whom they confess before all the world. The time of battle will be short but hard, yet no-one will remain without the strength to resist who hears the pure word of God and accepts it, for it will earn him the strength of faith which helps to overcome everything, and God Himself will be with him ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Establishing the connection with spiritual realm ....

B.D. 3543 from September 9th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

No spiritual gifts can be passed on to people who do not establish a spiritual connection with the beings of light of the spiritual kingdom or with people who are direct recipients of spiritual gifts. For they are not to be handed out like material things which are visible and tangible to people, but they are goods which are solely to be addressed as thought material and which therefore can only be transferred through mental transmissions, thus require a person's mental activity in order to be taken possession of. Thus, as soon as the human being directs his thoughts into spiritual territory, he unconsciously makes contact with those forces whose activity consists of influencing thinking. And then spiritual gifts can be received from them. Since this is a prerequisite, the human being acquires spiritual wealth for himself or he remains in spiritual poverty .... It is true that spiritual goods can be supplied to the human being through fellow human beings in the form of writings or speeches .... But the acceptance of these absolutely requires one's own reflection, thus again the connection with spiritual forces. For word or writing remain dead and therefore without impression if they have not first become spiritual property of the human being through mental activity. And this explains why the word conveyed by God to earth is so little received, because people have no desire for spiritual knowledge and therefore neglect to establish the connection with the spiritual world, because they usually only listen to the word without thinking about it, and thus it falls on their ears completely without impression. And therefore it also remains without effect, it is only a sounding word which does not become spiritual property, it is no spiritual strength as long as it is only heard with the ear and not with the heart because the human being's intellect does not process it. Thus it is a spiritual gift which is not recognized as such and therefore remains ineffective. Yet God respects the human being's free will and does not force him to accept His gift, which, however, would be the case if it also became effective in him without the human being himself testifying to his will to receive the spiritual gift through reflection. God leaves him free will, He leaves it up to him how he wants to utilize the gift of grace, which only then brings him spiritual wealth if he himself establishes the connection with knowing forces which instruct him in truth. Only then will he recognize their value, even though they are not earthly visible or tangible, and then they will have a beneficial effect on him; he will recognize them as a divine gift which brings him spiritual maturity and he will try to become worthy of them through a God-pleasing way of life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Scrutinising the source of spiritual knowledge ....

B.D. 3544 from September 10th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

By lacking the right knowledge the human being often endorses deceptive knowledge, and thereby demonstrates such tenacity which only the representative of true knowledge is entitled to. Yet this, too, is an effect of the lower forces which endeavour to spread error throughout the world and avail themselves of any person who, due to his low state of maturity, is willing to accept their thoughts. It is an endless battle between light and darkness, between truth and untruth. And the more people are inclined towards one or the other, the more violently it is waged. However, during the end time the battle will rage in a way which will manifestly point to the end. For under the guise of spiritual aspiration many representatives of misguided teachings will deem themselves called to convey their knowledge to their fellow human beings, and it will require an excessive amount of work on part of the spiritual world of light to invalidate this knowledge and to make the pure truth accessible to people instead. The spiritual influx of the right knowledge will always be recognisable in the representatives themselves, for true knowledge can only be found where a life a love is lived according to God's commandments, Who requires selfless neighbourly love from people, and this will always result in an influx of divine wisdom. And attention must be paid to whether their actions are entirely unselfish, for all selfish love presents a welcome target for God's adversary, the prince of lies, who influences a person's thoughts and lets him believe in his own value, thereby adding to his selfish love and making him unsuitable to recognise truth and error. The human being must exercise strictest self criticism; he must constantly strive for perfection and, with profound humility, pray to God for grace and strength, for protection from misguided thinking .... But if he is taken in by his mental information, then he must seriously question the source it comes from .... whether it was gained intellectually or flowed to him without intellectual activity, for pure truth will illuminate a person like a flash, often without pondering and researching, in that case he will be touched by emanations of pure spirits, if he deeply and sincerely desires the truth without any selfish thought. On the other hand, clearly comprehensible knowledge, which is manifestly offered to a person without his own mental activity, ought to be accepted as absolute truth, for then the transfer to the human being is a process of emanation of strength which only beings of light, thus the bearers of truth, have at their disposal, whereas mental knowledge gained though intellectual activity can also be an influence of beings of darkness, and this necessitates strict scrutiny. Light and darkness will constantly fight each other. Light, however, is recognisable to anyone who wants to recognise it. However, the dark forces seek to weaken a person's will for the pure truth and to increase his selfish love, so that he will tenaciously hold on to his endorsed mental knowledge because he believes it to be the product of his superior intelligence, of his ability to solve profound spiritual problems. This is a sign of arrogance; it displaces the heart's profound humility and allows the forces of darkness to enter the human being's heart. For this reason the source of spiritual knowledge should be carefully scrutinised and God should be called upon for enlightenment of spirit, if a person is offered information which lays claim to being the truth. And God will help the person to recognise what is right, He will help him to separate the truth from error, if he truly desires the truth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Reject the word .... natural event .... repentance ....

B.D. 3545 from September 11th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

And anyone who is offended by My word has not yet recognized Me .... Anyone who doubts that I manifestly express Myself also does not believe in My love and omnipotence, otherwise he would seek the reason in it .... And anyone who therefore regards My word as the adversary's work or as human work is not in contact with Me through loving activity and prayer, otherwise he would recognize Me in every word which is conveyed to him through My will. And I cannot be more recognizably present to him than in the natural event which is to bring him the confirmation of what I have previously proclaimed through My word. This evidence will suffice to let him recognize the truthfulness of My word, yet it will take all strength from him if he himself loses earthly life in the process. Then unimaginable remorse will be his fate in the spiritual kingdom and a state of complete darkness. But if My mercy leaves him alive this is a grace of inestimable value, for then he will still have the opportunity on earth to stand up for the word which he previously rejected because he did not recognize it as My word. He can become an eager representative of My word in the last days before the end, and then he will gratefully acknowledge the great grace that I left him life. The natural event will also contribute to the separation of spirits, for it will shake the thinking of many who are not firm in their faith, whose knowledge is too small to recognize My love and wisdom in it. The difficult situation in life afterwards will make them rebel against everything spiritual, and they will willingly comply with the world's request to surrender their faith to Me and to take action against all those who remain faithful to Me. And then My word, which they have heard before, will have a beneficial effect, for anyone who has knowledge of My plan and the forthcoming natural event through it will see the truth of the word confirmed and believe in it all the more firmly, and even those who still have weak faith will be strengthened by it. I will bring people the evidence but it will be felt very painfully by those who disbelieve My word. Nevertheless, I will also have mercy on them and their fate will be according to their will. Everyone will come to recognize the truth, yet if this is only the case in the beyond then his fate will be exceedingly regrettable, because then his remorse will be immense if he thinks of the opportunity on earth which he left unused ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Requirement of grace .... end time ....

B.D. 3546 from September 12th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Always and constantly request My grace .... and pray to Me without ceasing, i.e., often send your thoughts upwards, to Me, so that you will draw strength from the connection with Me for the coming time. For it is drawing to a close. Know that you need strength more than ever and that you can request it from Me at any time, but that you also have to request it because otherwise My grace, My strength, cannot take effect on you. Therefore pray often and sincerely and unite your thoughts with Me ever more; strive to merge completely with Me through loving activity and never let Me leave you again .... And you will be able to overcome the coming time and all obstacles of life, for I stand by you as soon as you call upon Me .... More than ever the gifts of grace will be at your disposal in the end time, the attention of My grace will be recognizable everywhere, yet you have to walk carefully on the path in order to feel My love and grace and accept it with a grateful heart. Anyone whose senses are spiritually inclined will see and feel My abundant work of grace, and he will be strengthened and comforted in every adversity of body and soul. But anyone who only turns his eyes to the world will be without support and powerless in the face of the resistances which shall awaken him from his state of twilight. And the graces will also approach him, but if he does not recognize them as grace, they will remain ineffective. Only when it is sincerely desired and requested will the human being open himself to the influx of My grace and love, and only then can the grace become effective in him. And therefore direct your senses spiritually, seek Me and call upon Me in adversity, don't try to find earthly salvation but recognize Me as the only helper in every tribulation and turn to Me for help and strength .... And I will help you and never ever let your call go unheard if it rises from your heart to Me. I respect the one who asks but I do not hear the one who demands, and therefore you should come to the father like children and humbly plead your need to Me .... And My grace will flow to you without measure, for My love for you will always be abundant, so that you will not be lost ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Explaining the process of transcription .... Truth ....

B.D. 3547 from September 13th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The bestowal of My Word is a purely spiritual process which can only be achieved by a person who establishes heartfelt contact with Me and then consciously listens within. Since the person does not actively need to think but is merely the recipient of thought emanations he must place himself into a state which enables him to be affected by these emanations, and this state is one of being totally detached from the earthly world and immersed in the spiritual realm, i.e., it is a conscious turning away from all earthly things and a focussing of the senses on My kingdom, which is not of this world. The spiritual emanations then touch the person's heart in the form of thoughts which subsequently can be written down by the recipient. The easier a person can detach himself from his earthly surroundings the more unimpeded will the imparting of spiritual knowledge proceed. The disputed question as to the spiritual origin of the thought transference is answered by the substance of the latter. Wherever love is taught, wherever My act of Salvation is thoroughly dealt with, only I Myself can be the origin and the mental transmission will have to be recognised as My Word. Heartfelt prayer has to precede every bestowal of My Word, otherwise the process cannot take place, otherwise the person would have to accomplish a purely earthly work which, however, even then would still be free from error because the person's thoughts are also guided by the beings of light in order to prevent the endangering of the Word which is intended to be conveyed to the person. This only applies in instances where contact with Me is less profound, for a person who is called by Me to work for My kingdom, who is appointed as a mediator between Me and people who don't strive towards Me, has been vetted by Me and his thinking will not go astray because he is of good will and thus wants to be of service to Me. I will prevent lying and deceptive spirits availing themselves of his will and his hand, just as every ignorant being will be stopped from accessing him if he wants to work for Me. And every reception is an act of freedom of will, it is the evidence of his will to be of service to Me, and thus I take hold of his will and guide him so that he will only accomplish My will.

This spiritual knowledge is not comparable to human mental concepts which are acquired through a person's own thinking without the conscious submission of his will to My will. After all, the human being has free will and can think in any direction of his liking. He is not compelled by Me to think correctly, just as he is not stopped from thinking wrongly either. Consequently, he can be accessed by all spiritual forces which he then favours through his will. However, if the person consciously submits his will to Mine he can only have My will within himself, for I will never leave him at the mercy of forces which are still opposed to My will. I will take possession of that which desires Me and will never ever let go of it again. And only if a person consciously offers himself to Me, if he thus hands his will to Me, can I appoint him to an office on earth in which he can work for Me. But then he will also be protected from misguided thinking, from evil spiritual influence, for it is important to receive and spread My Word .... which My love conveys to earth, and I will truly protect My Word from impure and untrue content which the opposite side wants to present to people. Wherever My Word is being received that is where truth exists and misguided teachings are excluded, because misguided thinking is the influence of evil forces which cannot affect a person who wants to serve Me as long as he is working for Me. A purely spiritual process can only take place in a purely spiritual way, a transference of thought absolutely has to take place because a person's own thinking, i.e., the use of intellectual activity, requires more time in order to produce results of this nature. Hence there is a recognisable expression of strength which can only ever come forth from those who provide strength, that is, from beings of light which are recipients of strength. And this also guarantees pure truth, for all illuminated beings know the truth, and I Am the Eternal Truth Myself ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

The mysteriousness of divine revelations ....

B.D. 3548 from September 14th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The mystery of divine revelation consists of God manifestly revealing Himself to people who do not represent an official school of thought but only prove to be followers of Christ's church through their way of life .... who thus live as Christ taught people on earth and are thereby filled by God's spirit like Him. In addition, they must believe in the working of the spirit, in God's eternal love which wants to make itself known to people. They have to believe that intimate contact with God is possible, they have to believe that God expresses Himself as soon as He is approached for it, and since this faith is only rarely found divine revelations always remain something mysterious for people, even though they are only a natural consequence of profound faith and intimate contact with God. Everything that cannot be explained earthly remains mysterious to man. A divine revelation comes from the spiritual realm and will therefore only be explained spiritually. For this reason, however, the human being must lead a spiritual life alongside his earthly life in order to be able to ascertain the truth of divine revelations for himself, insofar as the working of the spirit is explained to him through them. And if he then seriously works on himself, i.e. leads his way of life in accordance with the divine revelations which express God's will, he himself will belong to those who are appreciated of the direct divine revelation. For him it is then no longer a mystery but only a joyful knowledge to be so intimately connected with God that he can hear His voice. The fact that God wants to present knowledge to people through His revelations which corresponds to the truth requires a mediator, a person who is able to receive the word of God in intimate contact and is willing to pass it on to the world. And thus He chooses His servants on earth. He makes them His apostles to whom He teaches His word again and trains them to be bearers of truth on earth. And the nature of His teaching is mysterious, however, only for the unbeliever and ignorant because he does not acknowledge God and therefore does not want to recognize His working either. But whoever believes in God, in His love and omnipotence, nothing is impossible and unfounded for him that seems extraordinary. And this faith also enables him to receive the divine word .... Thus he allows himself to be taught by God Himself .... and thus receives divine wisdom .... God reveals Himself to him through His spirit. This is something so powerful, so sublime, it testifies to the immense love of a being Who, in His highest perfection, condescends to His imperfect creatures by speaking to them .... This is an extremely gratifying process for the human being who feels like His child and who finds the explanation in the father's love, and a mysterious process for the one who does not know the strength of divine love but cannot reject the revelations. Whoever is therefore called to receive them belongs to the chosen ones who have a mission to fulfil on earth. And since they are in knowledge they are God's willing servants, they let themselves be guided by Him and offer Him no resistance, they have subordinated their will to God and are merely the organ through which God Himself speaks to people because they urgently need His word. God always reveals Himself to people in times of adversity, and this must always be recognized as the working of the spirit which can only unfold where faith is profound and a person's way of life corresponds to the divine commandments .... where Christ's teaching is followed and the human being is thereby in intimate union with God, Who then fills him with His strength and Himself is now working in him ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

No destruction .... only reshaping ....

B.D. 3549 from September 15th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

It is within My power to destroy everything that opposes Me, and thus I would also have to declare war on people who do not acknowledge Me, who act against My commandments and thus oppose Me, if love for My living creations did not prevent Me from doing so and determine Me to help them so that they will find Me. For love for that which I have created remains eternal, and it always finds means for the recovery of that which believes itself to be able to distance itself from Me. My love and My mercy are intent on giving life back to that which is dead in spirit. For what is of Me I do not destroy eternally, it remains in existence, merely remaining in a more or less blissful state. And therefore My love and My mercy take the place of My power and strength .... I spare the transient and give the imperishable the opportunity to find its way back to Me. But the spiritual itself determines the duration of time through the duration of its resistance against Me. The spiritual being has been allotted a period of time for its liberation, which it can shorten or also lengthen through its own will, depending on its attitude towards Me. If this period has expired and the spiritual being has not yet been redeemed, then I will nevertheless not completely let it fall, even then I will still protect it from destruction and help it again to new possibilities to reach its final aim and to become free from form and enter the spiritual kingdom as a blissful being. But the process of becoming free does not happen arbitrarily, but it unfolds according to My eternal plan of salvation. And thus every event has already been predetermined since eternity, for I have known since eternity about the degree of maturity of every individual soul as well as of the entire human race, I know about the degree of maturity of the spiritual in the entire universe, and My will and My strength will also be active accordingly. Permanent possibilities of change are a prerequisite for the spiritual's development, and permanent transformations are therefore My will and My work. As long as a form is used for further development it remains in existence, if it is left unused it passes away purely materially and the spiritual takes on a new form according to its will to be active. If the state has now occurred that all My works of creation on earth no longer fulfil their purpose, that material creations are destroyed by My adversary's will using the human being's will, that people themselves do not make use of the time on earth by surrendering their will to My adversary for their liberation, for their final redemption, then the earth will also no longer exist in its present form but the spiritual substance in and on it will require other forms, and My love corresponds to its need .... It lets the old pass away and something new arise, so that the will, the degree of maturity and the love of the spiritual substance on the old earth is taken into account .... that it revives the form again to which its love and will applies .... And whether it also appears as if My power and My will is active to finally destroy what is opposed to Me .... My love and My mercy only create new possibilities for the spiritual, which does not yet recognize that it can develop upwards, for My love does not rest until the spiritual reaches its aim, which once originated from Me and shall return to Me again ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Responsibility for direction of thought ....

B.D. 3550 from September 16th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The human being's will itself determines the direction his thoughts take, and therefore he is also responsible for his thinking. Many different thoughts impose themselves, i.e., different spiritual emanations touch the human heart in the form of thoughts and want to be received. And now the human being's will has to become active and open his heart to the thought material which flows towards him, and he can now accept or reject .... i.e. linger longer with the thoughts he receives or quickly reject them. And this will corresponds to his nature, his spiritual state of maturity. And the more mature person will persist with good thoughts, whereas the still immature person takes pleasure in thoughts of a bad kind but would nevertheless also be able to accept good thought material, to overcome himself and eliminate the bad thoughts. All people are indeed tempted when the bad spiritual forces try to gain access and exert their mental influence. But their attempts fail because of the human will, as soon as the human being is good and does not like the mental emanations of the evil spiritual world. Although most people do not realize what thoughts actually are .... they believe that through intellectual activity they can assert their influence. They believe to generate them themselves through intellectual activity and would also be responsible for their thoughts with this idea, because even then the will would be decisive for the human being's direction of thought. And this will, if it is weak and undecided, can be strengthened through prayer for right thinking .... Therefore the human being is not defencelessly exposed to spiritual forces which want to cause him to think badly, but as soon as only his will is good, his strength will also be increased to defend himself against spiritual knowledge which is detrimental to his soul. For thoughts are the originators of deeds and thus also of the way of life the human being leads on earth. And therefore he should keep a watchful eye on his thoughts, he should always give account to himself in which direction he is urged by the thought material, whether it encourages good or evil action, and he should defend himself against the latter, if he is too weak he should take recourse to prayer, and he will always receive strength to resist, he will be guided into right thinking by the spiritual beings, which look after him and only await his appeal in order to be able to develop their strength and power, in order to resist the beings which oppress the human being and to impart the spiritual knowledge to him which comes forth from them and is good and valuable, because these spiritual beings are bearers of light and truth and their mental emanations, if they are received, guarantee spiritual higher development. And just as the human being's will is, so is his mental knowledge, for the will alone is decisive ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Last decision .... confess before the world ....

B.D. 3551 from September 17th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

And thus your will will have to decide before the end, and you will only be left with the choice between Me and My adversary, for now I demand a clear decision and will not be satisfied with the appearance of faith but the human being must openly profess Me, and only the profound believer will be able to do this who, fully convinced of My support, does not fear the world and courageously stands up for Me. But the lukewarm and sham believers will fall away and turn to My adversary's camp, and more and more of My own will separate themselves from the great crowd of satan's followers. For since there is not much time left the separation has to take place and this will mean a time of most bitter adversity for the believers who, however, are in knowledge and therefore also expect the end and My coming with great anticipation, who therefore persevere until the end and become blessed. Every person is still free to contact Me, to examine what spiritual knowledge is offered to them and to approach the truth with good will. But the time will not be used until people are forced to make a decision and throw away all faith without hesitation because they have never seriously taken a stand on it inwardly and therefore declare the spiritual as worthless and turn more than ever to the world which promises them everything if they profess the world and drop their faith. And they only think of their bodily life but not of the life of the soul, and thus they sell themselves to the opposing power which only strives for this aim of separating people from Me. And thus it will become increasingly more obvious how few people carry Me in their hearts, and the end is already evident from this alone, for the earth cannot continue to exist where My supply of strength is no longer received, for the human being's will prevents this as soon as he no longer believes in Me. Hence the earth will also cease to be what it has been until now .... it will be temporarily relieved of its purpose by My will, it will be changed in its external form in order to serve the development of the spiritual again in a new form, as soon as the separation of spirits has finally taken place. And you, My believers, should take note of the fact that I proclaim everything to you beforehand so that you will not waver in faith .... that you should not fear adversity because you are under My protection and have to endure everything for My sake, for I will reward you a thousand fold if you persevere and remain faithful to Me. No matter what the world wants to offer you, everything is transient and your life will only last a short time; but what I offer you is permanent and will make you happy for all eternity. And if you are now forced to make an open decision, then don't become fearful and of little faith, for I have foretold all this to you in order to make you strong in faith and to prove the truth of My word to you, so that you draw strength from it in the last days. And I always promise you My protection and My help, thus you can confidently hand yourselves over to My guidance and with convinced faith hope for My coming, which will deliver you from greatest adversity .... For I will not forsake My own forever ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's guidance and assistance ....

B.D. 3552 from September 18th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Thus rely entirely on the guidance of your father in heaven and only strive to fulfil His will .... Always remember that your path of life is prescribed for you and that you have to travel it according to God's will, but that you can also make suffering and adversity bearable for yourselves as long as you don't lose contact with God, for then they will only touch you dimly, the suffering will not depress you but only strengthen you and make you resilient for the tribulation which the last days will bring. It is only a short battle that you still have to endure, but it requires all your strength .... And you will also fight it out victoriously if you always rely on the heavenly father's help. For He is with everyone who desires His nearness. Draw strength from this certainty and don't be afraid, no matter what may come .... under His protection you are well protected, no matter how dangerous your situation may appear on the outside. For you have His word, and thus you lie down at the source of strength and may draw as much as you desire to strengthen and refresh yourselves .... It is His will that you shall be fed and watered if you hunger and thirst, and therefore He has opened up the source for you, the spring, from which living water flows forth unstoppably, the enjoyment of which protects you from falling prey to eternal death. And if you strive to gain eternal life you need never worry about the preservation of earthly life, about your fate and about earthly events, for God arranges all this for your benefit according to His wise discretion, He Himself guides you by the hand and also instructs His heavenly messengers to look after you spiritually and earthly. And so cover your earthly path without worry, believe and trust and fear nothing that seems insurmountable to you .... You will master life with God's help, for He will not forsake you for ever ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Last fight .... battle of faith ....

B.D. 3553 from September 20th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Do not comply with the world's request if it contradicts the divine commandments, if it is directed against the divine will or endangers your faith in Him. And do not fear the threats of worldly rulers who are meant to force you to give up your resistance. Stick to what the voice of your heart commands you, through which God Himself admonishes you to remain faithful to Him. And don't be afraid that you are defenceless against the rulers, for the one stands protectively by your side Whose power is greater and Who can destroy everything that deems itself great on this earth. And if you know that He stands by your side your strength will increase, for only your strength in the face of the world lies in faith and trust in Him, and you will be and remain victorious. And therefore seek to first penetrate deeper knowledge about your purpose of earthly life, about God's love and His plan of salvation. And this knowledge will let you become a convinced believer which nothing can shake, not even the storms you have to expect for the sake of faith. And no matter how meagrely you are provided for and how much hardship your body seems to be exposed to, God will also make the earthly hardship bearable for you and provide you with what you need to maintain the body if only you remain faithful to Him and persevere, for He Himself will be the giver of comfort and strength, He will also know how to miraculously maintain the body when it lacks everything due to human will .... His power is greater and His love will not leave His own in adversity. And even if the world and its rulers think they are strong and are supported by the forces of the underworld in their work against God and against the earthly children who adhere to Him .... God sends His messengers to earth so that they will come to the aid of the afflicted people, and they will work visibly and invisibly, and the believers will feel safe in their protection because they recognize them as God's emissaries and because God Himself speaks through these messengers and imparts strength and comfort to them. The greater the earthly adversity the more noticeable God's presence will be for His own, and they will humbly accept whatever is granted to them by the earthly rulers, yet always with the joyful certainty that it will only last for a short time and that God Himself will deliver them from their adversity. The complete downfall of the believers seems to be achieved but their faith is stronger than ever because God Himself appears so obviously that it gives them strength to resist. Whoever wants to see will see, whoever wants to hear will hear the voice of God, and all anxiety and fear will disappear from the hearts of His own. The faith and teaching of Christ will be challenged like a bulwark, but those who have Jesus Christ as their commander, who are His fighters on earth and therefore will be brought home by Him into His kingdom will stand firm and remain victorious .... Therefore, no matter what is done against you, do not let yourselves be disturbed .... take refuge in God in your distress and He will hear your call, He will not leave you without protection, for you shall be the pillars, you shall serve your fellow human beings as a testimony of what the strength of faith is capable of, so that the weak will be lifted up by you and gain strength of faith and so that the opponents will recognize their powerlessness towards you and your faith .... It is the last battle of light against darkness on this earth which you humans have to fight through in order to then enter as victors into the kingdom of peace, into paradise on the new earth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

World of being .... world of appearance ....

B.D. 3554 from September 21st 1945, taken from Book No. 45

From the world of appearance the soul enters the world of being, the spiritual world, which is the real realm of the soul. But it is not always able to recognize this spiritual world, for as soon as it imperfectly departs from earth, it still takes the world of appearance over, only no longer materially, but as mental phantoms, thus even more illusory world, which fades into nothing before its eyes, if it wants to take possession of the goods. But for the perfect soul true life only begins now, it recognizes itself in its nature, knows about its spiritual task and through knowledge has only become a being which is aware of its strength and therefore is also blissful. It now also knows that every phase of development was previously necessary in order to reach the aim, the soul's true life, it knows that previously it was only an illusory life, a transition from the spheres of darkness into the spheres of light; it knows that darkness is not an eternal state, whereas light is and remains for all eternity. For what once stands in the light will never again fall back into darkness, it will live eternally and recognize every state before as a lifeless state .... it has overcome this state and has returned to the world of being from which it once emanated .... The illusory life wants to place itself in the foreground, and for the most part the soul grants it power over itself, i.e., it is willing to do everything that provides the body with the comforts of the illusory life, and it does nothing for itself, because the work for itself would be the effort for true life, but which it completely disregards. And that is why, through God's will, the illusory life will again and again approach the soul in all heaviness; God Himself wants to show it what the earthly world really is by often causing the body to suffer hardship, by depriving it of what it desires as valuable, by letting what the human being has built up collapse in order to show him the impermanence of what he makes the aim of his eager striving and earthly work. He wants to lead him to the realization that the earthly world is only an illusory world which has no lasting value for him, in order to make him aware of the necessity of working on his soul which ensures a constant life, a life in the spiritual world which not only appears but is what it represents .... the world of light, where everything is power-flooded and blissful, where there is no more decay, no more decline, no hardship and no ignorance, where everything lives and is active in the will of God, Whose love unmeasuredly considers and makes happy the perfect, which, as inhabitants of the spiritual world, is in intimate connection with God and, in the fulfilment of His will through everlasting activity, finds its highest happiness in the world of being .... in the world that never passes away but remains what it is for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Only love redeems on earth and in the hereafter ....

B.D. 3555 from September 22nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Neither on earth nor in the beyond is spiritual ascent possible without loving activity, for love alone leads to God, love alone reduces the distance from the human being to God, and love alone brings about union with God. Therefore it is the greatest commandment on earth to be lovingly active, otherwise earthly life will be lived uselessly and the soul will enter the beyond at the same distance from God as it was before its embodiment as a human being. But earthly life is the last grace for the spiritual in the earthly world .... then life begins in eternity, in the spiritual kingdom, which can also be a state of death, a state of powerlessness which can never be called life. And now there is only one possibility again to ascend through loving activity .... but activity in weakness is impossible, and therefore the soul is in greatest adversity because it first has to accept strength in order to be able to work in love. And this acceptance of strength is again dependent on its will, which has to be directed towards loving activity for other souls. But a weak soul is extremely weak-willed if it does not have a completely God-opposing will and gives itself over to the forces of the underworld. And a weakened will is hardly able to strive for a change of situation for itself, even less does the soul think of the suffering souls and use its will correctly, i.e. it carries the will within itself to help them. Yet only this will to be lovingly active towards needy souls provides it with the strength which it can now use and thereby treads the path of ascent itself. Until the soul develops the will to love within itself its state will be desolate and hopeless, for only love alone brings redemption from its torment. And this is why the ascent in the beyond is far more difficult than on earth, and endless time can pass before the soul decides to work with love, whereas on earth the human being is in full possession of his vitality and the slightest occasion can impel him into an act of love, which he can therefore also carry out immediately because he is capable of it. The being's inability in the beyond is a state of utmost agony, for after earthly life the being feels it as a fetter which it cannot release. And since it passed away on earth without love it also does not know about its strength. It is now dependent on the help of other souls which try to persuade it to have the right will through suggestions, and on the prayer of people on earth that strength will be supplied to it which is meant for its weakened will. Redemption can never take place through other beings, the soul has to redeem itself through love .... This is divine law which can never be circumvented. And this is why God creates countless possibilities on earth which are intended to kindle love in the human being, so that he will now work and thereby mature his soul, so that he will not enter the beyond as a powerless being but is already a recipient of strength, i.e. he can enter eternity as a being of light himself, albeit with varying degrees of light strength, yet always able to work with his strength in love again on the suffering souls and constantly increase the degree of light. For love has to be practiced on earth as well as in the spiritual kingdom, it is the binding agent between the souls and God, because God Himself is love and the being can only unite with Him if it has become love itself ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Faith in Jesus Christ .... struggle ....

B.D. 3556 from September 23rd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The faith in Jesus Christ as the son of God and redeemer of the world will be severely tested, but it will remain, it will not be able to be eradicated despite all the efforts of the world .... It will be championed by the small flock of the faithful full of courage and determination, for Jesus Christ Himself gives them the strength to represent His name and His teaching, to confess Him before the world. Without Jesus Christ there is no salvation, for the power of hell is too great and gains control over people who are not helped by an even greater power, by Jesus Christ, Who, as a true child of God on earth, took upon Himself the death of the cross in order to break the power of evil. Only through Him can the human being find salvation from the shackles of those, and only he who believes in Him can be redeemed, only he who believes in Him calls upon Him for help, for the strengthening of his will, and he is able to wrest himself from God's power of the adversary. And therefore God will never allow faith in Jesus Christ to be lost, to be eradicated by human will which is only the executor of satanic will. And as soon as faith is in serious danger of being sacrificed by people for the sake of the world, God will break the power of satan Himself, for he fights against Him with inadmissible means .... he seeks to withhold the knowledge of God, His love and His act of salvation from people, and thus this is a constraint of the human being's free will who has to know about both works in order to be able to make a decision. And therefore the end will come as soon as serious action is taken against faith. Therefore this last battle will mean a severe test for the believers, yet they will remain victorious because Jesus Christ Himself fights with them, because He imparts strength to all who want to be faithful to Him, who take refuge in Him and entrust themselves to Him in profound faith to find salvation with Him. In confessing the name of Jesus and His teaching of love, the human being decides and finally renounces His opposition. But to do so he has to muster a strength of will which he will never have on his own; yet if he confesses the divine redeemer before the world his will is already strengthened by Him, Who died on the cross in order to redeem people from their weakness of will, in order to buy them a strong will with His blood. And no-one need fear not being able to pass the final battle, for as soon as he believes in Jesus Christ and wants to fight for His name he belongs to the small flock whose courage to confess will grow the more difficult the earthly adversity approaches him, for this is God's working in him, that the power of the spirit overcomes him, which again can only be effective in faith in Jesus Christ, which lifts him above all earthly hardship, makes him strong and able to defy the world and its demands, which lets him fight the last battle with success and brings him the final victory. And faith will remain until the end of the world, and Jesus Christ will be preached again on the new earth as the son of God and redeemer of the world .......

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Coming in the clouds .... Rapture ....

B.D. 3557 from September 24th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

An unusual roar will fill the air as the Day of Judgment arrives. And this will be the last sign for people, yet it will only be recognised as such by the believers, which will cause them great joy. For then they will be anticipating the coming of the Lord .... It requires a strong faith to expect God to be coming in the clouds, for this is such an extraordinary process that godless people just ridicule and make fun of it when it is mentioned to them. They will indeed hear the sound, too, yet they won't see the Lord in the clouds and thus take little notice of the unusual noise in the air and won't let themselves be distracted from their lives .... exuberantly and without scruples they will continue to enjoy themselves. The faithful, however, will get together and, with a happy heart, prepare themselves to receive the Lord. They will have reached the limit of their physical endurance and know that their time of suffering has come to an end, and in the final hour they will unanimously profess their faith in God although it will mean the loss of their earthly life, because they will be mercilessly attacked by the world. Yet the appearance of the Lord will thwart the plans of their godless pursuers .... For suddenly they will see the believers being lifted off the ground and rising into the air .... At the same time there will be a sound of dreadful thunder and people will realise with dismay that something dreadful is going to happen. Paralysed by the unusual process of the rapture they will be unable to think, they will try to flee and see the same everywhere .... flames of fire bursting through the earth from which there is no escape. And their life will end in a most dreadful way, for the people who rage on earth like devils and are rife with sin cannot be saved.

But the flock of the faithful will witness the end of the old earth; the divine work of destruction will take place before their eyes, while they will have escaped and will be safe and secure in a place of peace, as promised by God. This will be the end of one period of Salvation and the start of a new one as soon as the old earth is shaped anew through God's will. Then the faithful will continue to live as the root of the new human race and the new period of Salvation will begin. The process of rapture is only understandable and therefore credible to a knowing and profoundly enlightened person, yet it will be the culmination of an anxious time of hardship and suffering, it will be the conclusion and the evidence of God's glory, Who will also prepare a fate for His Own which testifies of His glory .... It will be an act of profoundly divine love for His living creations who will recognise in Him their Father of eternity, who will have returned to Him and become as one with Him through love .... with whom He will then be able to stay because divine love meets with no obstacle once the human being has become love himself ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

The right prayer .... hearing ....

B.D. 3558 from September 25th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Ask Me for what you want, I will give it to you .... but always consult the spirit within you first as to whether your desire corresponds to My will, whether you thereby endanger your soul. And the spirit within you will teach you and place the right thoughts into your heart so that you will completely entrust the fulfilment of your requests to Me and thus also be considered by Me as it is beneficial for you. I fulfil every request which rises from the bottom of your heart, as I have promised you with the words: Ask and it shall be given to you .... knock and it shall be opened unto you. But the prayer must be directed to Me in the right way, and this also includes complete submission to My will .... otherwise it is not a prayer but only a request which does not correspond to My will and the fulfilment of which is not a blessing for you either. But as soon as you enter yourselves and let My spirit speak to you, as soon as you unreservedly hand yourselves over to Me and appeal to Me for help and strength, I will prove My willingness to help and My love to you, and I will grant the request on account of its complete devotion. Every right prayer is granted, and the spirit within you will tell you whether your prayer is right if you give it the opportunity by withdrawing into solitude and listening to it, i.e. by asking Me in your thoughts whether you may approach Me with your request. And the spirit within you will guide your thoughts as is right, and if you now pray your father in heaven will hear you. Countless prayers ascend from earth and yet only few touch My ear, because people neglect to consult the spirit within themselves, because they believe they are always allowed to request what their body lacks without seriously considering their souls. And thus they don't recognize adversity as an admonition to work on their soul's maturity, and the fulfilment of their request would be of no help to them, even if it would appear to be earthly. First a child's intimate relationship with the father has to be established, and then the prayer will also ascend to Me in the right way, for the child knows that the father will grant it every request which does not harm it. For the right relationship also guarantees the working of the spirit, because the father will not leave His child without support, He will instruct and educate it through His spirit. And a right child will entrust everything to the father and yet trust Him carefree that it is safe in His fatherly protection and walks the right path. And then the child will not send any prayer to Me in vain, it will find an answer in every adversity of body and soul, as I have promised ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Perfection .... divine order .... love ....

B.D. 3559 from September 26th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

What has shaped itself into love is one with God .... And since the union with God is the human being's aim on earth and the aim of all spiritual substances in the beyond, the working of love on earth as well as in the beyond has to be divine law which has to be complied with. But where this law is contravened the distance from God is great, and it can only be reduced by the being itself by placing it under the law of love. God's love also expresses itself in unchanging order, and the spiritual being which is lovingly active will always remain in this order. If the law is overturned, this will also result in a state of disorder, chaos and finally decay. This can be observed on earth in times when people's thinking has become loveless, as well as in the spiritual kingdom where disorder also has an effect on the state of the souls which dwell in darkness. The essence of love must be recognized in order to understand that without love nothing perfect can be, nothing harmonious and nothing happy. God is love, and what wants to enter into association with God must likewise be love, otherwise it does not move in the order which was the basis of the created from the beginning, for what arose from God's love could not show anything imperfect, and perfection is synonymous with perfect order. And thus the life of the human being on earth as well as that of the soul in the beyond must follow its course according to perfect order, then it will also be guided by unselfish love, it will have love activity as its fundamental principle, and thus the being will approach the original state, it will shape itself into love again and can unite with God Who is love in Himself. Divine origin can only be recognized in loving activity, then the strength from God, which is the original substance of all creation, is predominant, whereas a loveless life reveals a will turned away from God, the origin of which was from God's adversary. His endeavour is and will eternally remain the dissolution of order, thus a separation from God of that which has come forth from God, which means complete disorder and imperfection. Therefore, where love is disregarded, where disorder and chaos prevail, there the regime of the one who opposes God is also recognizable .... There the affiliation to him is proven whose will used the strength from God to work against God. And there the union with God can never take place, because beings without love could never bear the presence of God, because they have completely stepped out of divine order, because they don't bow down to the law of eternity, which demands perfection and acknowledgement of the law giver, otherwise it will be banished into the utmost distance as being contrary to God. God's love is unchanging, and thus His law is also unchanging, which has its foundation in love. And everything unkind will remain separated from God until it has shaped itself into love again. Only then can the union take place with the original ground of love .... with God ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Knowing the time of the end ....

B.D. 3560 from September 27th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

It is exceptionally misguided to state that the time of the breakdown will be in the distant future; this error is detrimental for the souls because they will pay no attention to the admonitions and warnings of the last days. But it is equally misguided trying to determine the point in time, for this knowledge is concealed from people. God always refers to the near end through seers and prophets in order to encourage people to live according to a quickly occurring end, in order to make them aware of their responsibility towards their souls and to constantly prepare themselves for the end. The end is near, yet no-one but God knows the day. The signs of the time point towards the end, nevertheless, it will come suddenly and unexpectedly for all people including the faithful who are knowledgeable and make an effort to live in accordance with the approaching end. Human mind and human intellect will never be able to penetrate the divine plan of eternity and therefore never be able to determine the time nor the manner of the end. Only where the spirit of God is at work He will instruct people as to how the end will take place, yet always leaving the day and the hour open when it happens. For this knowledge is God's prerogative and therefore concealed to people. The faithful will be able to recognise the time of the end by the low level of spiritual development, and if they expect the coming of the Lord every day and enter into heartfelt contact with God they will also sense when the Day of Judgment is approaching.

But anyone who wants to calculate the time in advance, anyone who deems himself to know without the obvious working of the spirit, will be mistaken in his announcement, people should not believe him for he only contributes towards increasing the unbelief in the end. Even the forerunner of the Lord, who will be sent to Earth by God Himself in order to save the still undecided, even he will not specify a day .... He, too, will proclaim the imminent end and admonish people to expect it daily and hourly. He will be enlightened by the spirit of God, and the Father-Spirit, Who speaks in and through him, truly knows the day and the hour. And yet he, too, will still keep it secret from people because the knowledge of it will be of no use to them. And thus the hour will come suddenly and unexpectedly, as it was proclaimed by God .... His voice will resound in the midst of the euphoria of the world, to the horror of the unbelievers but to the comfort and joy of those who are faithful ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Faith in the work of redemption ....

B.D. 3561 from September 28th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Through My death on the cross humanity has been redeemed from eternal death .... All people can become blissfully happy, they can live in eternity if they accept My gift of grace, if they profess Me and My act of salvation as long as they stay on earth. And all people could therefore have a strong will at their disposal to release themselves from My adversary, for this strengthened will is My gift, I acquired it through My blood and can now impart it to all who approach Me for it, who believe in Me and present their weakness of will to Me with the request for My help and grace. I offer people a gift of inestimable value, the acceptance of which secures them eternal life, a release from a power which deprives them of all bliss; I offer them a gift which remedies their lack of strength, which makes them able to reach a degree of maturity on earth already which allows them to enter the kingdom of light .... And people carelessly pass by this gift, they don't acknowledge Me, they don't believe in My redemption from the bonds of death and therefore remain in a state of weakened will which makes all ascent development impossible for them. People are blind in spirit and don't want to become sighted .... The souls' hardship is great, for their weakness of will drives them towards the abyss, they don't grasp My saving hand, they shun My light which would illuminate their spiritual state and let them recognize the danger they are in. They cannot be helped in any way as long as they reject Me Myself, as long as they have no faith in Me and My act of salvation. The significance of the act of salvation cannot be made comprehensible to them, for their power of realization is also weakened by My adversary's influence. And thus a treasure of grace remains completely unused which could bring unimagined blessings if only it were lifted up. And countless souls enter the kingdom of the beyond unredeemed and have to struggle for their redemption there in dreadful torments, in a state of complete weakness and darkness. For these My blood has flowed in vain, they keep away from My cross and do not recognize My great love which applies to their soul's distress .... For them Jesus Christ is only a human being Whom they don't desire to follow, and since they don't acknowledge Me as redeemer of the world Who, through love, had completely become one as a human being with the eternal love Which therefore sheltered Itself in the external form of a human being in order to come to their aid, My help cannot take effect on them, and thus they continue to remain under the control of the one who holds their will captive because they are in bondage to him and don't take refuge with the stronger one Who can release them from this control. They cannot be redeemed because they don't want to let themselves be redeemed, because they don't make use of the grace of the act of salvation. I certainly strengthen the weakened will but I do not force the human being's free will, and thus they prepare their own fate on earth and also in eternity, for without faith in Me and My act of salvation no-one can become blessed ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Genuine christianity .... love alone redeems ....

B.D. 3562 from September 29th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The unchristian spirit rules people, self-love is greater than ever and neighbourly love has sunk to a minimum, and spiritual decline is the inevitable consequence of this. And as long as people suffer from it they are under satan's power and rage against Me. And I cannot help them because they withdraw from My strength and My influence through their conduct of life and take a path which leads away from Me into the abyss, into darkness. But I am the light and anyone who shuns Me will never reach the aim. But I preach love through My word, I demand that people live in true christianity, that they stand by their neighbour as a brother and act towards their neighbour as brothers. I demand christian thinking and christian action if My strength of love is to become effective and facilitate people's path which leads to Me, to the right aim. But where unkindness prevails My help cannot be expected, for there My adversary steps in and supports people with his strength .... he also helps them in earthly adversity, yet only in order to completely win over their souls, for his help will only ever demand unkind actions, and through such the human being will reduce his adversity and thus place himself ever more under the control of the one who is devoid of all love. Yet you humans can only redeem yourselves through love, and thus unkind actions also signify bondage under satan's power, they signify a lack of freedom of will and beyond powerlessness and darkness. As long as people do not observe My commandment of love they are outside My kingdom, they are not under My rule but choose My adversary as their lord, and he truly does not prepare a blissful fate for them. As long as people do not observe My commandment of love they will lose My love and My help, they will drift inexorably towards the abyss, for without My love and My grace there is only ruin but no beatitude ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Good and evil forces work according to the plan of salvation ....

B.D. 3563 from September 30th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

My will rules the world .... And if I will, the thinking of people who are unconsciously My instruments on earth will also change. For good and evil forces are active according to My will, even if the will of the latter is directed against Me. I leave people's will free, but as soon as they use their will in accordance with the eternal plan of salvation My will is decisive, i.e. the effect of whatever evil will plans will always also be the implementation of My plan of salvation; the working of evil forces against their will will also contribute towards the redemption of souls which have a good but weakened will within themselves. My will is decisive, yet the human being is responsible for his will, for I do not take away his freedom of will, thus I neither force him to do good nor evil deeds, yet I then give his thoughts the direction that his deeds adapt to My plan of salvation, whether they are of good or bad origin. And thus I can also use evil people at any time for the handling of world events by them acting in complete freedom of will and being unconscious tools through their actions, for My will evaluates their actions such as they are conducive to people's spiritual state. And where I don't want bad thoughts to come to fruition I confuse people's thinking insofar as that they strive for and hope for other aims and of their own accord drop the thoughts which first moved them for the sake of their own advantage. Their thinking remains bad and yet they can carry out actions against their will which My will directs to a good outcome for people in order to help them spiritually and physically. And therefore you humans may always ask for earthly danger to be averted, for even if it becomes a reality I can avert the danger for the supplicant Myself, because My love and My strength can do everything if only he presents his request to Me with the right trust. I do not force people's will, yet My will is above all else, and My will only allows that to be carried out which corresponds to My eternal plan of salvation. All powers of heaven and earth must serve Me, voluntarily or involuntarily they render Me their services, and therefore you humans need not fear the powers of the underworld if you have handed yourselves over to Me, for then I will also guide their thinking towards you so that they will not harm you despite bad will and bad intention. If you give yourselves to Me you will also be under My protection and the evil forces will not be able to do anything against you because My will will banish them from taking action against what wants to belong to Me. But My plan of eternity is fixed, and every action, every will expressed in the actions, contributes to the fulfilment of My eternal plan of salvation, consciously or unconsciously. Yet My love and wisdom govern all powers of heaven and earth and make them subject to Me and My will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Weakness of will .... danger of death .... natural event ....

B.D. 3564 from October 1st 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Man is weak and helplessly exposed to the powers of darkness if he does not call upon God for help. But this weakness only affects his soul, which is why he can be strong and powerful on earth and seemingly does not need help. It is his body which is given strength from below if he ignores God and thereby confesses his affiliation to His adversary. The soul, however, is weak and despondent, it is bound and feels the bondage as torment without being able to release itself from it because of its weakness of will. And only the call of God, the call of Jesus as redeemer of the world, can help it gain strength of will so that it can determine the body to change its way of life and turn fully towards God, i.e. that the body agrees with the soul and now pursues other aims than worldly ones. Without God's help and grace the human being achieves nothing, and his soul remains in thickest cover, in darkness and therefore without realization. And although his earthly life does not reveal any lack of strength, the death of the body ends the state of strength and the soul enters the kingdom of the beyond completely without strength. It has lived its earthly life in vain, without any spiritual success, its earthly successes are transient and without influence on life in eternity. And thus countless souls will enter the beyond, naked and bare and dwelling in darkness, because they do not acknowledge God on earth and call upon Him for mercy. And God remembers these souls by wanting to make Himself known to them in a very special way, by wanting to reveal Himself to them in an extraordinary way. He places them in a situation where earthly power and strength are powerless, where they are helplessly at the mercy of another power, where the elements of nature embody this power for them and they are seemingly at their mercy without salvation. He places them in a situation where they have to call upon Him, but without forcing their will. In view of the mortal danger they are in they are to find their way to Him, they are to learn to recognize a power which is stronger than any earthly power and surrender to this power in faithful trust that It will help. The hour of mortal danger can still bring about a change in individual people's mind, and then they will be saved even if they lose their physical life, for they will enter the beyond with a different mind and can more easily find the path there which leads upwards. But those who remain alive can still use this until the end for their spiritual maturity .... For the sake of the few God will speak and show Himself to humanity, He will use the last means before the downfall which can still bring about a change of thinking in those who are not completely stubborned and hardened of heart. And for the sake of these few He still hesitates with the final destruction of earth, for He seeks to save every soul from the renewed course through creation which wants to be saved. But anyone who has not recognized Him even then has to travel that path without mercy, there is no longer any possibility for him to change on this earth, for he has fully committed himself to the powers of darkness and therefore also enters its kingdom, the kingdom of banished spirits, which have to atone for their sins through an infinitely long time of being bound in solid matter, in the creations on the new earth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Fatherly Words of comfort ....

B.D. 3565 from October 2nd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

He who feels weak in spirit should come to Me, I will give him strength .... he whose faith is in danger of wavering should call upon Me and I will revive his faith again .... I want to lift him up again through My Word so that he will become spiritually and physically so strong that he will overcome all obstacles which discourage him. I will nourish and refresh him and he will certainly feel the strength of My manna from Heaven in him by confidently fulfilling his earthly duties and lifting his heart up to Me in prayer more often. Taking refuge in Me will always lift him up, for no-one comes to Me in vain, no-one knocks at My door without it being opened, and no-one who desires a gift will walk away from Me with empty hands. But I especially consider the spiritual hardship and in order to resolve it I often let people take difficult paths so that they will learn to recognise Me and request My help. However, anyone who comes to Me of his own accord, who accepts Me as his daily Advisor, who does not start anything without having prayed for My blessing first, who opens himself for My influx of strength through prayer and kind-hearted activity daily and hourly, who therefore lives consciously and works at improving his soul, will constantly be cared for by Me and be able to confidently leave his spiritual and earthly wellbeing to Me .... he will not be harmed, even if he is assailed by earthly adversity in order to test his faith. The path to Me is always open and the bridge is, at all times, the prayer, the heartfelt contact with Me and the call upon My name .... Then you will always receive an answer, your adversity will always be remedied as soon as you merely believe firmly and confidently and place your trust in Me. I Am aware of your every problem and worry and always know how to remedy the situation, yet you should believe in order to recognise the strength of faith when you receive help. Let Me be in control and only consider your souls so that they won't live in want, for this is entirely up to your own will, whereas I will take care of the body if you believe in Me and consciously strive towards Me. And therefore, always come to Me if you labour and are heavily laden, I will give you rest .... I have given you this promise and I will truly keep it, you will never call upon Me in vain if you suffer adversity of body and soul, I Am always willing to help because I love you for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Right intercourse with the spiritual world ....

B.D. 3566 from October 3rd 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The right contact with the spiritual forces of the kingdom of the beyond will always be approved by God, for it is already to be regarded as striving upwards; it is well suited to impart the right instructions which are helpful to the soul and can bring it maturity on earth. The human being also initiates the right contact unconsciously if his thoughts deal with things which lie outside of earthly life, which project into the spiritual kingdom and can therefore only be truthfully guided by the spiritual kingdom. The desire for enlightenment is already the establishing of the connection with spiritual forces through thoughts. And the thoughts of man are now influenced by these. Whether knowing or ignorant spiritual forces are at work depends on the human being's will. An ignorant spiritual being will never confront a person who desires the pure truth in order to instruct him, because the human being himself, through his desire for truth, erects barriers which ignorant forces of the spiritual kingdom cannot break down. Moreover, the beings of light, the bearers of truth, are close to the human being and their influence is truly stronger and penetrates the human being's heart, who feels and receives them as thoughts. People don't know how closely the earthly world is connected to the spiritual world apart from the few enlightened ones who are in realization and to whom this realization from the spiritual kingdom has been imparted by bearers of truth. People are constantly surrounded by spiritual forces, for their efforts are constantly directed towards human souls which they try to win over for themselves. And so, understandably, light and dark figures are also close to earth, and both struggle for the souls. But it is up to the human being himself to determine the spiritual leaders for his time on earth through his will. The human being himself grants access to the forces which fulfil his desire .... Thus, if the human being desires the pure truth the bearers of light will be his companions on earth; if he is indifferent to this and his whole being does not strive towards God, the dark forces will have the upper hand and they will also lead his thinking astray. The human being does not know what thought actually is, and therefore he often denies the connection with the spiritual world or forbids it as harmful to the human being. And yet he himself constantly establishes the connection with the spiritual world as soon as he is mentally active in a direction which concerns the supernatural. For then he is in the realm of spiritual emanation which touches the human being in the form of thoughts. The beings of the spiritual kingdom also seek to make themselves known to people in order to either admonish and warn them or to entrap them even more into error, if they are beings of darkness who find access to people through their desire. All immature spiritual substances, whether on earth or in the beyond, strive towards each other, and thus the immature spiritual substances from the kingdom of the beyond also press people on earth who are in the same state of maturity, and they try to make themselves noticed in order to be able to work more successfully. These connections should be suppressed if possible, the spiritual beings should not be given the opportunity to make themselves known in an obvious way since they already exert enough mental influence which is harmful for the human soul. For those are the dead whom God has forbidden to question because they only spread lies and error since they are spiritually dead. But those who live in the light, who are receivers of strength and thus stand in the truth, can constantly be called upon for their care, for mental enlightenment, for succour .... This is pleasing to God, for as representatives of truth they are commissioned by God to instruct people, and blessed is he who accepts their teachings, who frequently establishes contact with the spiritual kingdom, who believes in the strength of the beings of light and desires the truth for the sake of truth itself .... For this person strives towards God and is also introduced by God Himself into the knowledge of pure truth .... as soon as he shapes his being himself such that the bearers of truth have access to him. For God sets a condition for those who seek Him .... that they live in love and strive to fulfil God's will .... Then He will let Himself be found and distribute the gifts of the spiritual kingdom .... purest truth and light and power .... For God is a God of love Who does not want humanity to walk in ignorance and Who therefore gives people every opportunity to make contact with the kingdom of truth if they earnestly desire it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Feeding the divine word to earth ....

B.D. 3567 from October 4th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Pure truth flows to earth from the spheres of light because this is God's will .... He teaches the gospel to people again through His heavenly messengers, and He trains His disciples on earth again to carry the gospel into the world. Again the spiritual low on earth is so great that God's help can only remedy it. Darkness is everywhere on earth and shall be displaced by light .... error is widespread amongst people and must be replaced by truth if the human being is to step out of the darkness of night into the light of day .... But spreading truth requires bearers of truth, and these have to receive the truth from the spiritual kingdom because it is no longer preserved unadulterated on earth as Jesus Christ once offered it to people. Again, a purification of the teaching must take place which is represented on earth as divine teaching by those who want to be believers and believe themselves called to instruct their fellow human beings. And for this the spirit of God must be active and be able to express itself through a person who serves as a mediator between earth and the spiritual kingdom and who is now trained by God as a disciple in order to serve Him on earth by spreading the pure truth .... of the divine word, which alone can bring salvation from spiritual adversity. And thus the forces of heaven are constantly active to guide people into right thinking who are willing to be instructed from the spiritual kingdom. But God's instrument has the task to establish the connection with the spiritual kingdom for the direct transmission of the divine word, so that God's spirit can now express itself to bring help to people who urgently need it. And God now radiates His strength, directly or also through the beings of light .... And His strength is light and knowledge, thus knowledge which fully corresponds to the truth .... And bearers of truth will be all beings which are permeated by God's spirit, both in the spiritual kingdom as well as on earth. And these will be able to proclaim the word of God which is blessed with His strength; and those who willingly accept it will also feel the strength in themselves; they will feel it that God Himself speaks to them through the mouth of a human being and also believe this word because it reveals God's love and wisdom and because it beneficially touches the human being's heart .... They will recognize that God Himself offers a precious gift to people in order to help them in greatest spiritual adversity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

"Cast all your worries on Me ...."

B.D. 3568 from October 5th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

And I say to you that it is truly better that you take refuge in Me in prayer than that you anxiously worry in order to cover the body's needs. For only I can give you what you need, and only My will is decisive as to how far your earthly worries will bring you success. But if you pray you determine this will to grant you help, and then it is the right care if you leave it to Me. You should indeed fulfil your duty on earth, you should take your office seriously and fill the place you have been placed in, but you should drop all anxious worry about the future, for can you secure it for yourselves? If My will is against it, you worry in vain, and if My will provides you with what you need, therefore make every effort to make this will of Mine inclined towards you through a pleasing way of life and unity with Me. Never forget that you have a loving father Who takes care of His children and only strives to be accepted as His child .... the father Who loves His children will never let them go empty-handed but will cover all their needs and try to provide a carefree existence for the children. And thus you, as My children, are always in the most faithful care, and spiritually and physically you will lack nothing. But you have to testify to your childship to Me by intimately praying to Me, your father from eternity. Do not worry anxiously but cast all your worries upon Me and My fatherly love will take them away from you according to your faith and your way of life. And therefore strive to live according to My will, and My will will be inclined towards you, My love will take over the care for your spiritual and earthly well-being, and you may carelessly hand yourselves over to Me .... But anyone who anxiously worries still belongs to the world, he does not yet recognize in Me the father to Whom he can take refuge in every adversity and danger; he still trusts too much in his own strength and is therefore repeatedly exposed to disappointments and new hardships and worries until he remembers the one Who can take all his worries away, Who wants to express His fatherly love but wants to be approached for it in heartfelt prayer .... And therefore drop all earthly worries, you who want to be My children, and let Me take care of you .... Remember the soul, pay attention to its adversity and seek to remedy it .... And I will guide you through earthly hardship and danger so that you will feel the strength of faith and join Me ever more closely. For a strong faith is able to banish all adversity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Battle of faith .... The coming of the Lord ....

B.D. 3569 from October 6th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Anyone professing the church of Christ will be treated by the world with hostility and his fate on earth will be difficult, albeit only for a short time, for as soon as the adversity seems beyond endurance, God will rescue His Own and all adversity will end. And God always points out the end to the believers, so that they will bear up against the external onslaught, so that they will faithfully persevere until God delivers them. He will inform them long in advance how Satan will rage and He will promise His Own His protection, so that they recognise the truth of His Word and remain firm in their resistance. If the believers therefore recognise the truth of the divine Word by the progression of world events, by the progression of the battle of faith and the earthly ruling powers' brutal disposition, they will defend His Word even more eagerly, because it will deepen their faith to such an extent that human measures will no longer be able to shake it. And they will receive strength from God, according to their will and their faith, and thus endure the difficult time, for God will not let those down who want to remain faithful to Him unless He still recalls someone into His realm before the end of this earth, if his physical end has come in accordance with divine purpose. However, He needs staunch representatives of the church of Christ during the last days, so that the separation of the spirits can take place. He requires people who proclaim His Word and preach Christ's doctrine of love to the unbelievers, and this without fear and inhibition, so that the unbelievers shall recognise the strength of faith and be shaken up from their spiritual lethargy once more, so that they will still be able to change their mind in the last hour and take the path to Christ, Who alone can bring them salvation, Who alone can redeem them by strengthening their will to liberate themselves from evil and to strive towards God. The fact that the strength of faith is visibly pointed out to the unbelievers are the final means of grace; even so, very little use is made of them because humanity is entangled in Satan's web of lies, because it pays excessive homage to the world and sees its goal of life in exuberant pleasure. And therefore the end will soon happen to you .... and you can recognise this by the fact that faith is being fought against in a way which can truly be called satanic. Then the followers of Christ should unite and together wait for the Lord's help and His coming, for every day and every hour could be the last one, because earthly adversity will become so severe that it will necessitate God's immediate appearance, so that the promises will come true which God gave to people through His Word .... that He will deliver His Own from utmost adversity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Task of the recipients of the word ....

B.D. 3570 from October 7th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

On My behalf you shall be active on earth .... You shall confess Me as your lord and customer before the world and stand up for Me and My name. This is your mission for which I train you, who are direct recipients of My word and who hear My word from the mouth of the recipient. Everyone shall work for Me in the coming time, according to his strength and his love for Me .... And you will all be given the opportunity to do so, each one will be able to be active in his place and proclaim My word again to those who are in greatest spiritual hardship and are in complete spiritual darkness. Bringing My word to them is a christian duty, it is a work of neighbourly love which is extremely significant, for it can save their souls from ruin. And therefore the offering of My word is to be valued even higher, it is to take precedence over all earthly duties, for the souls no longer have much time left to work on themselves. My word shall show them the path to Me so that they will then complete it with My help if they know My will and strive to fulfil it. Spreading My word is your most important task on earth, and you will feel it within yourselves when the time has come for you to speak openly and unabashedly to fellow human beings who are in spiritual hardship. You will feel impelled to enlighten people yourselves, for the great earthly adversity will be the reason for it, which you certainly recognize as a means of education used by My love in order to still save the souls from ruin, but which people cannot recognize as such and therefore despair and quarrel with their fate. And then give them clarification, speak to them of My never-ending love which wants to win them over, speak to them of their free will to which I don't impose any constraint, and admonish them to be lovingly active, advise them to establish the connection with Me, give them light so that the darkness of night will leave them, so that they will gladly and confidently entrust themselves to Me Myself and I can now influence them with My grace and My strength. Do not leave them to their state of darkness, have mercy on their souls and seek to win them for My kingdom .... And your work will be blessed. I Myself will be with you and speak through you as soon as you want to be active for Me, I will give you the strength to convincingly and understandably offer My word to your fellow human beings, I will guide you to those who are in need and their will alone will determine whether they will benefit from My word .... And therefore prepare yourselves for your ministry which will be assigned to you in not too long a time; constantly work on your soul yourselves, live in love and always remain intimately united with Me so that you will be able to work for Me and My kingdom, so that you will become suitable and serve Me as an instrument on earth. For the adversity is great and the time is short until the end, and countless souls need help which I want to bring to them through you. And therefore be diligently active and wait for My call in order to then comply with it if I need you. Hope and believe, and don't be anxious and despondent, whatever may come, for I know everything and direct everything according to My will, as it has been determined since eternity and as is best for people's souls. But I protect My servants on earth so that they become aware of My strength and fully trust Me and are therefore also able to carry out the work for My kingdom. And My blessing accompanies you on all your ways ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

My voice will resound from above ....

B.D. 3571 from October 8th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

And My voice will resound from above .... It will be mighty and people will have to listen to it even if they otherwise pay no attention to Me. Depending on the state of their souls they will either willingly or unwillingly have to raise their eyes towards heaven. For they will find themselves exposed to a force they can no longer avoid. Admittedly, it will only touch the hearts of a few, yet these will have been helped even if physical help fails to materialise. But as the rule, fear and worry about physical life will predominate and My voice will not suffice to accept it and return to Me despite utmost hardship and affliction. They will not want to realise that My voice applies to those who are still distant from Me and, being obstinate-hearted, they will only try to save themselves and yet will be powerless against the forces of nature.

They will lose all footing, for the ground will sway, a roaring storm will fill the air and everyone will have to rely on himself as no-one will be able to help the other. And My voice will resound from above .... I will speak with a voice of thunder and all elements of nature will obey My will, they will speak on My behalf and testify to My might. I will manifestly confront people and won't force them to believe, for it will still be up to them to accept natural forces but to deny Me as the Being Which also governs the natural forces according to His will. And thus the final means of teaching before the end will not force people to believe either, even though it should speak clearly enough for Me and can also be recognised by people of good will not entirely enslaved by My adversary who wants to separate them from Me forever.

What I have proclaimed through My spirit will fulfil itself .... The earth will tremble and the elements of nature will cause incalculable damage and claim countless victims. Yet this has been determined since eternity, because even this occurrence is a means of help used by Me in order to still win people over to Me, since other forms of adversity and distress are not enough to let them find their way back to Me and I have to brandish a sharp rod over the hardened human race. And it is absolutely true that I will not rest until I have regained all My living creations. And thus My love, which wants to save them from their downfall, will never end even if this love is not recognisable in My activity. Yet anyone who takes notice of My voice will also feel My love and he will be grateful to Me for all eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Divine sun of graces ....

B.D. 3572 from October 9th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The divine sun of grace pours down on every person who does not flee from the range of its rays into darkness. For God lets His sun shine over the just and the unjust. He turns His love towards everyone, yet it is up to the individual's will whether he wants to let himself be warmed by the rays of the sun of love, whether he lets his still hard heart melt under its effect or consciously withdraws from it. For God's love never ceases, and He wants to break the resistance of the spiritual, yet not by force but only by love .... But where the darkness of night is preferred to the bright rays of light, darkness will remain despite divine love, for the human being's freedom of will does not touch God. And therein is also to be found the explanation that humanity languishes in greatest spiritual hardship despite God's infinite love and His unceasing grant of grace. If God were to disregard the human being's free will the darkness of night would have been broken through long ago and would have had to give way to light, yet this would never be a blessing for the spiritual substance which is to prove itself in the last stage of development on earth. And thus God's infinite love is confronted by people's hard resistance .... the brightest light could illuminate people and the deepest darkness surrounds them because they themselves withdraw from the effect of the divine sun of grace through their will, yet God's love never ceases and His rays of love break through the darkness again and again .... little flames of love flicker here and there, and wherever they cast just a glimmer of light, life stirs there .... hearts become soft and receptive to the benefits of light, and they strive towards it .... For the rays of the divine sun of grace have a strong effect on the human heart if it only exposes itself to them, if it turns to Him in faith in God's infinite love and thus grants them unhindered access .... But the divine sun of grace is His word which comes forth from Him and is conveyed to people on earth because God's merciful love wants to help them in spiritual adversity. And the human being's will must be willing to accept this His word, he must open his heart so that it can take effect in him .... And from that moment on the darkness will be broken through, bright rays of light will illuminate the human being's inner being, he will be a recipient of strength and never again want to miss the divine word, the emanation of divine love. And His word will be made audible to every human being, albeit in the most diverse ways. No-one will be able to say that he had no knowledge of the divine word, yet whether it will light up like a tiny flame in the human being's heart, whether it will break through the darkness of the spiritual night, first spreading a glimmer of light and becoming a bright flame, that alone is determined by the human being's will, for God's sun of grace certainly shines upon every human being, yet light only becomes within him if he voluntarily surrenders himself to its effect, otherwise the darkness of night is impenetrable, because God does not force a person to remain in the realm of His emanation of love but leaves him full freedom of will. But blessed is he who directs his steps to where the divine sun of grace constantly radiates to earth .... blessed is he who dwells in its rays, who lets it work upon him and exchanges the state of spiritual darkness for the state of light .... For he approaches the original state, he returns again to his origin, to the eternal light, in order to merge with it eternally, as is his destiny ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Time of trials .... Jesus, the bearer of the cross ....

B.D. 3573 from October 10th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

If God puts you to the test, humbly accept His trials and faithfully wait for His help .... For the suffering and trials will not end until the last day has come. It is still necessary to purify and to reform souls until their physical death or to gain souls which still stand apart from God's love. And the time left until the end of the old earth is only short. Hence, it needs to be used in every way. Only adversity and afflictions of the body will still bring the soul's transformation about. And these adversities will also affect those people who strive towards God. Yet they, too, can gain the greatest blessings from these adversities if they are recognised as means used by God's love in order to reduce the distance between Himself and people within a short time, so as to enable the soul to receive God's illumination of love directly, which signifies eternal life for the soul. Endure your destiny without complaining, for it is determined by God's love for your soul's speedier maturing. And know that He will never leave you without the strength to pass the tests; know that He will always help you carry your cross if you, in faith of the divine Redeemer, appeal to Him for it. Know that all adversity will come to an end when you leave the earthly valley in order to enter the spiritual kingdom. It is only a short time of trial, nevertheless it is a blessing for you if you recognise divine will therein and don't grumble and complain. That which has been destined for you since eternity serves you, who believe, to benefit your soul, or to transform those of you who are still distant from God. Therefore bow down to divine will and carry your small cross, and if you deem it to be heavy let yourselves be helped by Jesus, the bearer of the cross, Who took the crucifixion upon Himself for the sake of your adversity and Who suffered on your behalf out of greater than great love. Call upon Him and His help will be assured to you. His love is always on hand for you, and your earthly adversity will be endurable, you will overcome the trials and stand firm in faith. The whole of humanity needs the adversities and sufferings, and therefore God pours them upon the earth in order to gain its inhabitants for the spiritual kingdom. And even if His Own must suffer too, they nevertheless still attain even greater perfection, and they will be eternally thankful to their Creator and Provider, their Father of eternity, Who, in His love, uses the right means to shape their souls into bearers of light while they are still on earth. And therefore don't despair and don't let yourselves be disheartened by the adversities of the time .... The end is near and with it the time of your deliverance and your entry into the spiritual kingdom, where all suffering comes to an end ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Spiritual vision in the end time ....

B.D. 3574 from October 11th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

People can also gain an insight into the spiritual kingdom by means of spiritual vision as soon as their soul has reached a high degree of maturity. God allows these souls to detach themselves from earth for a short time and enter the spiritual kingdom, to gain knowledge there which they can impart to people on earth again once they have returned to their conscious state on earth. But He only gives this privilege to spiritually mature people to whom such knowledge no longer harms their ascent development. What the human being sees spiritually he cannot prove, and therefore the mediations on earth are likewise no compulsion to believe but can be accepted or rejected. But they can stimulate thinking and direct the fellow human being's thoughts into the spiritual kingdom, which is always a blessing. Sometimes, however, the soul of the person looking dwells in the spiritual kingdom without knowing anything about it on earth. It then receives the spiritual impressions for itself but cannot pass them on because it is no longer conscious of them. Nevertheless, these impressions are valuable for the soul, for its striving is then all the more eagerly directed towards the kingdom which is its true home. For it is not always good for the human being that he knows about its nature while he still dwells on earth. But his soul absorbs the strength which facilitates its course of development on earth. And it is even less suitable for the fellow human being before he has reached a certain degree of maturity that the knowledge about the spiritual kingdom is made accessible to him. He can attain wisdom on the path of love, and then he is also able to receive information from the spiritual kingdom. And thus the spiritual observer has likewise attained his ability through the working of love, which is why he also always receives the strength to accept higher knowledge and to endure the light from the spiritual kingdom. However, he will never be able to reproduce his spiritual impressions as he received them because he lacks the words to describe them and is only able to humanly reproduce what is suitable for his fellow human beings. However, it is God's will that a small light should be brought to people from time to time about the spiritual kingdom, which is why He opens the spiritual eye to individual people, which will become particularly evident in the last days. Such messages will be comforting and strengthening for the believers, the unbelievers, on the other hand, will laugh at them as fantasies and reject them because they cannot be given proof. But the messages of this kind should be heeded, even though they must also be tested for their truthfulness. Yet if the observer lives a life of love on earth his knowledge can be accepted as truth without hesitation, for signs and miracles will take place in the last days so that people will recognize them as the last days ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Godward will - upward development ....

B.D. 3575 from October 12th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Everything spiritual which carries the will within itself to reach Me can only ascend in its development, for even temptations of all kinds will no longer change this will, because I draw the spiritual to Me and will eternally no longer let it sink back into the state of will turned away from Me. For as soon as the spiritual will strives towards Me in complete freedom the spell is broken; it has freed itself from My adversary, and its fight is now only aimed at regaining it, but I prevent it through My will. Admittedly, it is still a constant struggle of the spiritual which, embodied as a human being, has to cover earthly life, because ascent development always necessitates a struggle. But as soon as the will is meant for Me it also has the strength to resist the enemy of its soul. And it is the human being's own will which determines the time of ascent development and the spiritual success he can achieve at the end of his life. For the human being's striving towards Me must take place again in completely free will, although I prevent the adversary from binding his will and making it in bondage to him. A person with a will turned towards Me can never again sink into My adversary's control, yet he can completely escape from him faster or slower, thus he can spend longer or shorter periods of his life in battle with him. For as soon as his will becomes extraordinarily active and this activity is expressed as activity of love, the battle will also become easier, it will diminish in accordance with his activity of love .... For the opponent succumbs to this weapon .... And thus the human being safely escapes his power through loving activity, and his soul matures in a short time and in complete free will. I will never let him fall again, yet he must become lovingly active of his own accord, for My will withdraws so that his can develop freely for the sake of his perfection. And this is why the souls enter the spiritual kingdom in different degrees of maturity at the end of their life, even though they consciously strive towards Me, even though they carry the will turned towards Me within themselves, for I certainly prevent the adversary's superiority over them but I do not promote their spiritual ascent development through My will if they do not let their will become active themselves. The will turned towards Me always provides them with the strength to strive upwards, for I protectively hold My hand over every person who wants to escape My opposing power and has Me as his aim. I constantly draw him towards Me. And he will certainly reach his aim, only the length of time is determined by himself, because he has free will and can use it at his discretion ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Light - knowledge - power ....

B.D. 3576 from October 13th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

The light of knowledge casts its rays into the darkness and banishes fear in times of earthly adversity. Where there is knowledge of the pure truth, earthly distress is no longer felt so deeply because the human being finds an explanation for it and recognizes God's guidance and rule even in the greatest earthly adversity. He who stands in the light knows about the ominous darkness that surrounds all people who are far from God; he knows about the effect of the lack of light and also about God's love, which wants to help people .... Thus he recognizes such a means of help in earthly adversity and does not let himself be depressed by it .... The light, i.e. the knowledge of pure truth, gives him strength, for light and strength are one .... And thus the knowing human being will also be able to fetch strength in the most distressed situation from where he has taken the knowledge .... from the divine word, which is offered to him by God Himself if only he desires it .... Only one is the giver of pure truth and therefore also the giver of light, only one is the source of strength, and anyone who has recognized this source of strength and allows himself to be nourished by it can stay on earth in the darkest surroundings, he will always be surrounded by light and the darkness will not burden him. The intimate connection with God, with the eternal light, which he establishes through prayer and activity of love, will also make him a constant recipient of light, and rays of light will emanate from him again, which will likewise break through the darkness for his fellow human beings and impart strength to them. For the light radiates in a wide radius .... knowledge of the pure truth can make many people happy if only they remain in the circle of light of a light giver and allow themselves to be radiated through. Without knowledge, however, the human being's state in times of earthly adversity is bleak, it makes them despair and feel that life is a heavy burden. For they lack the explanation for the suffering which affects people. And therefore it is far better to stand in the light of knowledge, to know about the all-generating and enlivening power, about Its love and the relationship of the created to its creator. The knowledge of pure truth is pleasing and satisfying, and the knowing human being also feels the closeness of the eternal deity, because in possession of the power he feels connected to the one from Whom the power emanates. He has established the right relationship because he has recognized his affiliation with his creator and wants to prove himself worthy of it. Light is knowledge, and knowledge is power .... For it emanates from God, the centre of light and strength from eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Sacrifice of the will ....

B.D. 3577 from October 14th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

Pray to Me, and I will be your father .... not only creator and sustainer but also father who cares for you with ardent love, Who also finds His happiness in His children's happiness .... I call you again and again, and so let yourselves be drawn by My love, likewise come to Me with love in your heart, take hold of My fatherly hand and stay with Me from now on, stay close to Him Who can offer you all glories and satisfy your longing, Who can delight you with spiritual gifts and provide you with light and strength in abundance. Come to Me, leave all earthly things behind which stand between Me and you, only bring Me your soul, your will, and let Me take the lead and you will truly be guided correctly. For I lead My children to the aim and never ever let them go. Anyone who has found his way to Me of his own free will, who therefore sacrifices his free will to Me, is My child and deserves My deepest fatherly love and care .... But anyone who sacrifices his will to Me must have detached it from earthly things, he must have overcome all desire for the world, otherwise his will is not yet undividedly meant for Me. Make yourselves My own, then I will take possession of you, and what now belongs to Me will remain Mine forever. But then no bodily worry may weigh down your heart, for your father in heaven will take it upon Himself as I have promised. A loving father does everything for His children, He keeps suffering and worry away from them if only they trust Him unreservedly, take refuge in His arms and expect protection and help from Him. And your father in heaven truly bears the most ardent love for His children in His heart, and His children will be allowed to feel this love in times of hardest earthly adversity .... They will be allowed to hear My voice and their hearts will beat towards Me and completely detach themselves from the world. Strive for this by striving to completely submit your will to Mine, by making yourselves My own so that My fatherly love can embrace you .... Don't pay attention to the hardship and suffering of the world but lift your eyes and hearts to Me, Who is above the earthly world and Who can put a stop to all adversity through His might. Seek to gain My fatherly love by turning all your love towards Me, by merely longing for Me, and I will take care of you forever, for then you will be My true children who are loved by My father, who travel their earthly path under My guidance and therefore also reach the aim ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Harvest time .... reapers ....

B.D. 3578 from October 15th 1945, taken from Book No. 45

God has great plans, for the time of harvest has come. The reapers are not yet at work, the time of ripening is still, but it will soon be over, and fruits will be gathered into the barns, but the weeds will be burned. And before the last harvest, God Himself once again walks over His fields .... He shows Himself as lord of the world, on Whose behalf His reapers are active, who strive to produce a rich harvest for their lord. He Himself walks over the fields .... He wants to be seen and recognized and therefore lets His voice resound audibly. For His fields are people's hearts which shall yield good fruit but which have to be cleansed of weeds so that the seed will come up .... And everywhere He orders the activity of His labourers, so that His fields may be well tilled. But men resist His labourers, they leave the field uncultivated so that it remains without fruit .... Their hearts do not take up seed, they do not know God as their lord, and in the end the field will only have weeds and these will fall into the fire .... The field is the human heart, to which God constantly supplies good seed, but which must receive it of its own free will if it wants to be richly blessed with fruit at harvest time and be able to stand before the eye of its lord .... But when the lord Himself walks through the fields, He admonishes the tenants of His fields to cultivate well .... He makes Himself heard, so that they cannot say they are without fault and without knowledge of their task on earth. He will throb at every human heart and admonish and warn to make the defaulters work and make use of the last time until the day of harvest comes. And His language will be powerful so that it will not remain unheard, yet anyone who does not listen to it, who turns his back on Him and closes his ear, will be crushed by His wrath on the day of judgment, when everyone will be rewarded according to merit .... His labourers know the voice of their lord and gladly obey it, they are diligently active and cultivate the fields for the pleasure of their lord, and when He comes as a final reminder, they will not be frightened but be all the more eager to work, for they know that the time of harvest has come, that the day of judgment is no longer far away, when all good fruit will be gathered into the barns, but the weeds and the chaff will be destroyed in the eternal fire of divine justice ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers