New Revelation recieved by Bertha Dudde

Proclamations No. 4680 - 4803

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

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Autobiography of Bertha Dudde

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recorded November 22, 1953

Bertha Dudde

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

Table of Contents

4680 - Value of divine revelations....

4681 - Outpouring of the spirit.... task of the servant of God....

4682 - Judgement of supernatural working.... (Gröning ?)

4683 - Lord's right sendings.... gift of speech....

4684 - Power of satan.... "Watch and pray...."

4685 - Light being embodied.... mission.... childhood of God....

4686 - Rights leaders.... messengers of God....

4687 - Subordination of the will under the divine will....

4688 - Devils of the end time.... beyond closed.... new banishment....

4689 - Pure gospel.... "My word endures until...."

4690 - Small community at the end.... misery - loyalty....

4691 - Man's life task....

4692 - Remodeling the earth in a moment.... miracle of creation....

4693 - Good shepherd.... guide.... carefree living....

4694 - Expression of the spirit dependent on maturity of soul and receptivity....

4695 - The word of God proof of His love....

4696 - Knowledge.... love - truth - God....

4697 - Help to erring souls greatest work of love and mercy....

4698 - Coming need.... living faith.... test of faith....

4699 - Right knowledge - right way of life.... truth....

4700 - Hearing the divine Word.... Thoughts....

4701 - Explanation of the stigma...

4702 - Turning the will to God passing the earth life test....

4703 - Various apostasy from God.... Different distances....

4704 - Loving Fatherly Words.... Guidance....

4705 - Thirst for knowledge.... Unlimited knowledge....

4706 - Charity....

4707 - Traditional faith.... Conventional faith.... Misguided teachings....

4708 - Irresponsible experiments are the reason for the destruction of earth....

4709 - Love power of the soul.... perfection....

4710 - Spiritual exchange of thoughts....

4711 - Overcoming matter....

4712 - Assisting in the work of redemption.... spreading the gospel....

4713 - World wisdom - spiritual knowledge....

4714 - Reference to the end and the intervention of God....

4715 - Extraordinary gift of grace obliges to pass on....

4716 - Gift of speech testimony to the work of the spirit....

4717 - Narrow, thorny path to height.... world people....

4718 - Bliss of the soul in receiving the divine word....

4719 - Dissolution of the old earth and resurrection in the moment....

4720 - Shield of faith.... Trust.... God's protection....

4721 - Christ head of His church.... members of the true church....

4722 - Lack of faith.... assurance of God's help....

4723 - Immortality of soul.... Wrong doctrine....

4724 - The catastrophe and its consequences.... Neighbourly love....

4725 - Earth destiny.... surrender to God's will....

4726 - 'My sheep know My voice....' Resistance....

4727 - Spiritual gifts God's pledge of love.... presence of God....

4728 - The Antichrist's scourge....

4729 - God - truth - love are one.... truth....

4730 - "He who is not for Me is against Me...."

4731 - Experiments towards the end of the earth.... Activating forces....

4732 - Unit of the soul with the spirit....

4733 - Tolerance....

4734 - Earthly activity necessary for servants of God.... profession....

4735 - Signs of the end time....

4736 - God speaks to man through the heart....

4737 - God’s word proof of His presence....

4738 - "Learn to believe...." assurance from God's protection....

4739 - Every path is marked out for servants of God....

4740 - Responsibility for accepting misguided teachings....

4741 - Desire for truth condition....

4742 - Reminder to work diligently for the kingdom of God....

4743 - Intercession for spiritual welfare....

4744 - ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise....’

4745 - Trials to strengthen faith....

4746 - Prayer in spirit and in truth....

4747 - Sign of the near end: spiritual decline.... Apparent state of peace....

4748 - Astrology.... Destiny in the stars....

4749 - Exhortation to living faith.... thoughts....

4750 - Earthly care unnecessary.... God's help....

4751 - Spreading the doctrine of love task of the servants of God....

4752 - Worshipping the mother of God....

4753 - Mediator between God and man....

4754a - Help of the light beings.... spiritual bondage....

4754b - Help of the light beings.... spiritual bondage....

4755 - Faithful community.... presence of God.... His church....

4756 - Predetermined earthly life.... Whims of destiny.... God's love....

4757 - Body, soul and spirit.... Explanation....

4758 - Re-incarnation.... Beings of light - Mission....

4759 - Vegetarian food?.... killing the animals....

4760 - Evidence of announcements.... reference to a play....

4761 - The true peace of the soul.... not of the world....

4762 - The world stands separating between God and man....

4763 - Spiritual seers.... teacher and adviser oft he fellow human beings....

4764 - Hardship - test of faith.... God meets the needs of the body....

4765 - Reference to the end and admonition to care for soul....

4766 - Faith without love is dead....

4767 - God's wooing of the renegades....

4768 - Collapse of ecclesiastical organisations.... True church....

4769 - Blessing of prayer....

4770 - God tolerates bad actions but does not call them good....

4771 - Tools of God.... conditions.... world sense.... control spirits....

4772 - Accepting the word act of free will.... truth bearer....

4773 - Reformers....

4774 - Significance of the era.... Christ’s embodiment on earth....

4775 - Voice of the spirit is truth.... Jesus Christ’s teaching.... Inner voice....

4776 - God's reward for His servants on earth....

4777 - New banishment of the spirits.... Salvation in one era....

4778 - Knowledge of God's plan of salvation....

4779 - Power of the direct word.... small number of servants.... free will....

4780 - Living against divine order.... sinking.... dissolution of matter....

4781 - Reunion in the beyond in a mature state....

4782 - Struggling for living faith.... opponents of God....

4783 - The Lord's visible appearance....

4784 - Right workers in the lord's vineyard....

4785 - Followers of Jesus.... spreading His teaching.... working of the spirit....

4786 - There is only one truth.... Feeling of heart....

4787 - Thought activity.... spiritual emanations....

4788 - Gaining knowledge of right faith through love....

4789 - Spiritual mission requires willpower.... love....

4790 - I live and you shall live too.... light and power....

4791 - Sin of omission.... repentance.... change in the afterlife....

4792 - Development process.... free or bound will....

4793 - Decay of earthly goods.... giant steps towards the end....

4794 - Leaders' and teachers' way of life is decisive for truth....

4795 - Recognition in earthly life or after entrance into the hereafter....

4796 - Right child relationship with God.... fulfilment of requests....

4797 - Ruthless action against heresies....

4798 - Disciples of the end time.... perk as reward for faith....

4799 - Calling the name of Jesus.... (word notebook Mahlberg)

4800 - End of the time of graces.... serious reminder....

4801 - Blissful condition of mature souls and the state of imperfection in the beyond....

4802 - Christ's descent to earth and reason....

4803 - Incarnation of many light souls during the last days....

Value of divine revelations ....

B.D. 4680 from June 30th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The value of spiritual revelations is only recognized by a few and cannot be proven to people in a school-like manner, but it will make all who awaken the spirit in themselves and are now worthy to receive divine revelations extremely happy. It can only be mentioned to fellow human beings, but the extraordinary grant of grace only becomes comprehensible to the spiritually awakened. And yet, fellow human beings should be made aware of it, because every divine revelation contains the strength within itself and can therefore still have an effect on the heart so that it feels the benefit and truth of what is brought to it as divine revelation and now desires it again and again, which can also lead to the awakening of the spirit. What comes from God will never be without beneficial effect .... only this effect presupposes a certain attitude towards God .... the human being must acknowledge God and be of a will turned towards Him .... Then he will also feel His word, His revelations, as a benefit, he will feel the strength which flows forth from the word of God, and he will seek to turn to this benefit more often, he will desire the word of God, gratefully receive it and be aware that he thereby draws closer to God Himself, because God is present to him as well as He knows the human being's desire and will to be directed towards Himself. A divine revelation is therefore always proof of God's presence, even if it is not passed on directly but through the mouth of man. The listener will always be able to feel the power of the word in the form of increased desire for the divine gift. Many people can place themselves in the blessing of divine revelations but most lack knowledge and therefore do not know about the extraordinary gift of grace, about the love which manifests itself through a revelation to those who want to know God. And without knowledge they don't strive for it, but without striving and desire no gift of grace can be given to them either, because then it would remain completely unnoticed. The fact that God reveals Himself proves the creator's intimate relationship from eternity with His living creations, whom He wants to let participate in His emanation of love, whom He wants to put into possession of light and strength .... (2.7.1949) For He knows about people's weak state in need of help, who are indeed His eternal living creations but who, due to their wrong will, started earthly life as spiritual beings turned away from Him and should turn to Him again of their own free will. Yet they are unable to do so without help, therefore God's love comes to meet them and wants to strengthen them and motivate them to change their will. But in order for them to recognize Him He reveals Himself to them in various ways so that it is now possible for them to change into the enlightened state from the beginning if only they want to. This is why divine revelations are of such immeasurable value, since they can shape the spiritual being's fate into a blissful one for all eternity, yet always dependent on the human being's free will during his earthly existence. God has constantly revealed Himself since the beginning of creation, the connection between God and people has never ceased, His revelations have always been the light which broke through the darkness of night .... the fallen creatures' lack of knowledge .... and thus the possibility was always given to reach the original source of light, to God .... But again and again the light was dimmed, i.e. what emanated brightly and radiantly from God was darkened or completely extinguished by human will. Pure truth was interspersed with error or displaced by falsehood. Divine revelations were disfigured and in this state still presented to people as divine. As a result, humanity fell more and more into darkness, except for a few who opened themselves in free will to divine revelations and were now able to receive radiant light again. Such rays of light shine sporadically in the middle of the darkness of night and their effect is indescribably beneficial for the perfection of souls which are in the process of ascent development and need help from God, but conversely the disfigured revelations have an unfavourable influence on this process, indeed, they mostly prevent it. For this reason God will again and again reveal Himself to those who are of good will and place themselves in a state which allows direct or indirect revelations. For God is the eternal truth and also wants to guide people into truth, because truth alone is light and leads people to the right realization of God's essence, which is love, omnipotence and wisdom, and thus also awakens the right love for God in them ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Outpouring of the spirit .... task of the servant of God ....

B.D. 4681 from July 2nd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Anyone who mentions My working through the spirit portrays the relationship between Me and My living creations as it is, and which the human being usually does not believe because he believes the deity to be infinitely far away from him and therefore does not recognize Its love either. But I want to win people for Myself, I want them to know that I am close to them, I want them to establish a familiar relationship with Me and therefore I want to reveal Myself to them through you who let My spirit work in you. People have completely lost their faith in such an intimate connection between Me and people, which results in hearing My voice, and when they speak of Me they only speak of a power Which they acknowledge; they certainly speak of Me as their and the universe's creator but not of their father, Who I am and also want to be for them in their consciousness, for until they recognize Me as father they will not love Me and desire Me either. Therefore you should proclaim to your fellow human beings again and again that you hear My voice, that I speak to you and constantly instruct you, that I impart knowledge to you in an unusual way which eliminates human aid, thus it cannot demonstrably come from outside but emerges from yourselves, which can only be regarded as evidence that I Myself make Myself known through My spirit in the human being. People certainly understand the enlightenment through the spirit by hearing it, however, it cannot be imagined in any other way than by right thinking .... but the fact that a knowledge is dictated to the human being only makes this concept correct, and you should testify to this as living proof. You shall enlighten people about the prerequisites for My presence, above all you shall demonstrate to them the strength of love and the consequences of a life of love, which is the prerequisite for My working, for My presence in the human being's heart and for the soul's ability to hear My voice within itself. You shall portray Me as a fatherly being Who cares for His creations, Who wants nothing else but to be united with them who have emerged from My love. Only the awareness of being able to call upon the eternal creator as father awakens trust and love for Him in the human being, and I constantly court this love and therefore need you, My servants on earth, as mediators. For through you I want to speak words of love to My living creations, and so that they believe that it is I Myself Who makes Myself known through you, you must continue to communicate with your fellow human beings and mention My working in you. You must point out to them My visible help to you if you are in need, the abundance of knowledge which was offered to you and with which you can prove My influence to your fellow human beings. You must remind them of My words: "I will remain with you until the end of the world .... I will send you the comforter, the spirit of truth ...." If people cannot find a proper explanation for these words of Mine, they will accept My working on you as a sufficient explanation and begin to think about the creator's right relationship to His creatures .... and, if they are of good will, acknowledge Me as father and likewise strive towards Me. And then you will have fulfilled a beautiful task and your reward in eternity will not be small ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Judgement of supernatural working .... (Gröning ?)

B.D. 4682 from July 4th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Don't burden yourselves with thoughts of seemingly supernatural events whose value and nature you cannot judge as long as you cannot convince yourselves of the spiritual basis of such occurrences. Where a connection with Me is established, that the most intimate union takes place between Me and the human being, there the human being's strength is also unlimited, and whatever he achieves he achieves by using My strength, thus in unity with Me. And then it is also My will that this expression of strength will be revealed to humanity. Thus I Myself am behind every supernatural deed, and it is the strength of faith which brings about every success. But I reserve this transfer of strength for Myself, that is, where I know a person as a representative of My teaching and his will, who is fully devoted to Me, and who is therefore active on earth in My name, I will also work in communion with him, but only there .... Thus you will be able to recognize for yourselves My or My adversary's assistance in every extraordinary feat of strength which can therefore be described as a miracle .... Faith and love are the hallmarks of My presence and My assistance. Where deep faith and true neighbourly love determine a person to help, I cannot be excluded because I Myself am love and will therefore always be present where loving activity takes place. But I will not prevent My adversary from using strength either if he finds the will turned towards him in a person, yet his activity will also be recognizable in the person who carries it out himself .... He will not be a proclaimer of My teaching .... thus not active in My name, because then he will only have to stand up for Me and My name. He will not spread My word, even though he speaks the name 'God' .... And by this the right and the wrong servants of God can be recognized and also every miraculous deed, that My word has to be preached where I Myself donate My strength for the benefit of suffering humanity. For I work to confirm My word because My word is the most necessary thing people need. And thus judge for yourselves if you are given the opportunity to judge, i.e., ask for information as to whether and to what extent My gospel is being proclaimed .... Where My adversary is at work My word will hardly be conveyed to people, otherwise My adversary would have to preach love and would no longer be My adversary from that moment on. But I leave the examination up to you so that you pay attention to what touches you miraculously, so that you reflect and appeal to Me for My support, so that you judge righteously .... acknowledge where My spirit is active and reject where My adversary is active. And I will guide your thinking correctly if you want to recognize what is right, for truth shall become yours if you desire it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Lord's right sendings .... gift of speech ....

B.D. 4683 from July 6th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I instruct My messengers to bring the gospel to people in My name, thus I send them into the world in My stead, i.e. to fellow human beings who are still in the midst of the world, thus who have not yet spiritually directed their senses. My gospel, the divine teaching of love, is to be presented to them so that they will adjust their way of life according to it, thus always be active in love. Now this task is spiritually of utmost importance, earthly, however, it is regarded as completely useless work, and therefore only few are willing to enter My service, i.e., to carry out their lord's will as My servants. Therefore, the messengers who are My messengers, i.e. who preach in My name, do not often get in your way. Yet there are many who appear to teach without, however, having been instructed to do so by Me and having been taught by Me themselves. They certainly pretend to be My messengers but they have not received the commission from Me and therefore have not been trained by Me for their teaching activity either. And thus their knowledge will not suffice, their teachings will only be piecemeal, yet if they are of good will and seriously want to serve Me I will enlighten their spirit, if they themselves allow it through the love which has to ignite in them I Myself shall be with them. Therefore all can feel taught by Me who only seriously want to be My servants. But this serious will is not inherent in all who call themselves My servants, and therefore the right gospel is only rarely conveyed to people, the listeners are only rarely under the impression of hearing Me Myself speak, and therefore the word does not really go to their hearts, they think more intellectually, they take literally what is to be understood spiritually and easily reject everything which is best and most successful for people, which is offered to them from above. Yet the few who are in possession of the pure truth, because they receive the gospel directly from Me and have the will to pass it on into the world,

(7.7.1949) I call them My messengers, for they convey My will to the earthly children who open their ears and hearts and thus let Me speak to them through them. The serious will to be active for Me and My name and thus also the right way of life arising from it makes the human being My messenger, My emissary, who now works with his lord's goods, who conveys My word to his fellow human beings. Anyone who has received this assignment from Me can be assured of My support in every way, I will give him the ability for the teaching ministry, I will give him the opportunities to appear in a teaching capacity, I will guide people into his path who need My instructions and are worthy of My address, I will also guide him to those who stand apart from Me and to whom the last lifeline shall be thrown; I will bless his activity for Me earthly and spiritually, I will keep him so that he will not fall and always present him as My apostle by giving him the gift of speech and a clear intellect which especially stands out in spiritual conversations because I want people to have a sign who that apostle's lord is, in whose service he stands. And they will be able to recognize it at any time if they remember My word which I spoke to people on earth. For My promises will be visibly fulfilled in them .... I want My word to be spread throughout the world .... I therefore want My apostles, My disciples of the last days, My messengers, to speak for Me and My name, I want them to proclaim My teaching of love everywhere and point people to the end, to the last judgment, to their spiritual hardship .... that they admonish and warn them, so that people will go into themselves and remember their souls .... And I will bless everyone who works as a labourer in My vineyard, who as My servant does the work I require ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Power of satan .... "Watch and pray ...."

B.D. 4684 from July 8th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Great is the power of him who wants to destroy you. He does not shy away from any means and wraps the cloak of righteousness around himself, he tries to confuse your thoughts so that you are no longer able to distinguish right from wrong. He wants to overthrow you, he wants to bring you down so that you remain lying on the ground and can no longer rise. And he will harass you in every way, but most of all when you have chosen Me as your aim and have taken the path which leads to Me. Then he will lurk at every crossroads and want to lead you astray. He approaches you under the mask of a friend behind whom you see no falsehood, and he tries to win you over through words and deeds which, however, do not arise from love but are only appearances which you should fall prey to. Pay attention to this and always stick to Me, then I will not fail to warn you and walk invisibly next to you, I will pull you onto the right path and put the feeling of disgust into your heart if the deceiver approaches you under the cover of love. Detach yourselves from the world and you will only be exposed to a few temptations, but he lures you with the world and its pleasures and not infrequently succeeds. Give up everything the world offers you and seek Me, Who can truly give you goods which are incomparable to earthly goods. Know that behind every earthly joy lurks the tempter who wants to oust you from Me and turn towards you and who uses the pleasures of the world to win you over. His power is great, for he has many means at his disposal which are successful with people. But I only offer you one thing .... My love which wants to help you attain beatitude. And this love expresses itself in the transmission of My word, which is why you must therefore regard My word as a gift of love which you should never ever underestimate and which you should therefore request and receive at any time if you want to increase your spiritual wealth and then also be strong in your resistance against the enemy of your soul. My word is a sure weapon against the attacker, for if you oppose him with My word he will lose all power over you and desist from his plan to win you for hell. But again and again he will approach you and try his arts on you and therefore "watch and pray, lest you fall into temptation ...."

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Light being embodied .... mission .... childhood of God ....

B.D. 4685 from July 9th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Consider that you are not of this earth if I look after you with a mission which aims to redeem the erring souls. Consider that it is My will that everything returns to its origin, that all My living creations must find their way to Me in order to become blissfully happy, and furthermore, consider that the imperfect spiritual being's will is so weakened that it would never take the path of ascent itself if it were not helped with advice and action by beings of light which assist them by trying to determine their will to turn towards ascent. And these beings of light are now partly spiritually and partly earthly active, that is, beings of light are embodied in the flesh for the purpose of proclaiming My will in order to fulfil their mission to convey My will, which is proclaimed through My word, to people and thus to be active for their redemption from the form .... And if you consider this you will also understand that you desire to return to your homeland and that this earth is not the right place for you to stay. But you will also understand why you have to humble yourselves, why you have to discard everything that reminds you of the world, if you want to carry out your mission and even make spiritual progress, which can certainly be achieved on this earth even for beings which originate from the kingdom of light .... For earth is the lowest work of creation of its kind which, however, enables the highest (brightest?) degrees of light which shape a being into a child of God. This is why I also allow the embodiment of beings of light on earth, yet the conditions are often difficult and require great love for Me and strong will in order to be fulfilled. Yet again and again I give you the comforting assurance that I will not let you fall, even though you must also let your will become active in order to achieve the highest, for I do not make the will unfree .... I certainly help but I don't force. And therefore you, too, must take the path of the cross, through suffering and love you must attain that degree of perfection which shapes you into true children of God, you must kindle your love for Me into highest ardour and then work for Me out of this love, you must be active on this earth in a redeeming sense, you must complete your mission until I come to fetch you into My kingdom ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Rights leaders .... messengers of God ....

B.D. 4686 from July 9th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Leaders also lack knowledge if they have not gained it from Me, if they do not fulfil the conditions which earn them the recognition, the knowledge of truth. Then they have elevated themselves to leading positions without being called by Me, and then they can only be blind guides who take the wrong path and cannot guide the people entrusted to them properly either. And I repeat again and again that I Myself call My servants on earth and give them the right training so that they will then administer their ministry correctly and be reliable supports and companions for their fellow human beings. In the last days I need people who know the pure truth, for many will want to detach themselves from those who cannot give them the right information about the meaning and purpose of earthly life. And a messenger from Me must step into their path and gently urge them onto the right path which, although it is often uneven and full of obstacles, nevertheless leads to the aim. These messengers, if they have an enlightening effect, will gain people's trust, and their teachings will be listened to because they reveal divine origin and because the truth will break through if it is conveyed to people in the right way. Blind guides will lead people astray, My messengers, on the other hand, carry a light and thus they illuminate the darkest path .... because My messengers have My word .... Powerful is this saying that I Myself associate Myself with the messengers so closely that they are able to hear My word .... But by this you also recognize My messengers and know how to distinguish them from the opposing forces, that they are representatives of My word which they receive from Me Myself. Consequently, they must also have the right knowledge because I teach them Myself ....

(10.7.1949) And you should join these leaders, you should entrust yourselves to them if you want to reach the aim, to reach Me, Who can only be reached by one path .... the path of truth. But the pure truth is only contained in My word, the pure truth can only be conveyed to you humans through My word, which is why I instruct My messengers to bring you My word and thus to be reliable guides for you on your path of earthly life. I send you right guides and if you pay attention to them you will gain much, for they possess much and can therefore give much to those who possess nothing. But they receive their possessions, their wealth, from Me and constantly accept it from Me, thus you, too, can come into possession of a gift which originated from Me, you can participate in the enjoyment of that which I can only impart directly to earthly children who are turned towards Me and willing to love. You can enter its blessings and then you will take the right path of your own accord, for then you will only follow the guides who, as My messengers, know the right path which leads to Me. And therefore make sure that you don't let yourselves be led wrongly, demand clarification from your guides, and if they cannot give it to you then don't choose them as your guide but search until you have found the right guide, and truly, I say to you that he who seeks will also find, for I Myself come to meet the willing and give Myself to him to recognize .... I approach him in a person through whom I can express Myself, to whom I therefore bring the gospel, unadulterated and pure, and who, therefore .... taught by My spirit .... can convey the full truth to him, which alone leads to Me and to eternal life ....

Amen

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Subordination of the will under the divine will ....

B.D. 4687 from July 10th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Entering into My will inevitably results in union with Me. For then the human being will strive for perfection, he will assimilate himself to My fundamental being and now become My image, so that every gulf between Me and him will be bridged and he will be able to constantly dwell close to Me as a spiritual being full of light. Entering into My will means giving up the former resistance, acknowledging Myself as the highest and most perfect being, inserting Myself into the divine order and shaping Myself into love, because I place love as the first condition in order to unite with My living creations. Furthermore, entering into My will means complete detachment from My adversary, since he tries to transfer completely opposite will onto the human being and the human being has now decided of his own accord to subordinate his will to Mine. Thus the adversary has lost the right to rule over the human being and the latter has liberated himself from his fetters. But entering into My will also presupposes knowledge of My will, and again the reason is given that I must convey My word to earth, which imparts knowledge of Me and My will to people. Hence it is an act of love and mercy that I do not leave people to their self-chosen fate but present their task in life to them, that I show them the path they have to take and that I thus acquaint them with My will, although I leave it up to them to fulfil or reject it ....

(11.7.1949) And now it is decisive how far the human being still opens himself to the influence of the adversary of Me. He has free will himself, thus he is not forced to accept My or My adversary's will, which also tries to make itself heard by the human being through physical impressions and sensations. His means are the pleasures and joys of the world, but My means is an emanation from the spiritual kingdom which, if it is used, also draws the human being's soul into the spiritual kingdom, for following My word is already a subordination of the will to Mine and thus an approach to Me which ends in complete unity. Subordinating the will therefore means fulfilling My will, My commandments, which I announce to people through My word .... But My first commandment is: Love God above all else and your neighbour as yourself .... Whoever fulfils this commandment has done everything; he no longer rebels against Me but acknowledges Me with a loving heart .... not under compulsion .... he has eternally returned to Me from Whom he originated, he moves entirely in My will, which is also his will, and as My child and heir he will be placed in all the rights of a child and thus be able to create and shape in fullness of strength and be eternally blissful ....

Amen

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Devils of the end time .... beyond closed .... new banishment ....

B.D. 4688 from July 12th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You will continue your interrupted development in the beyond if you do not leave this earth as perfected devils, thus there is still the possibility that you will develop upwards. But your attitude is devilish if you are full of hatred and vengefulness towards your fellow human beings who strive towards God, who are therefore of good will, acknowledge God and seek to fulfil His will. If these people are persecuted merely because of their attitude then a truly diabolical attitude can be attributed to the persecutors, and then all mercy will cease because the spiritual substance in that person will harden and, due to his distance from God, will have to fall into that state which causes banishment in hardest matter. The souls of these people cannot enter the kingdom of the beyond, for there is no possibility of improvement for them, only an ever deeper descent into hell, into remoteness from God. And it is therefore an act of mercy that the spiritual is bound again in matter, because in the state of compulsion it slowly progresses upwards again, even if it takes an infinitely long time. The beyond, the spiritual kingdom, can certainly also receive countless souls which remain in a completely inactive state for eternities but which are still capable of change, which therefore have not yet reached the degree which necessitates a banishment in matter. They can certainly still sink to that degree, but as long as there is still a possibility of the opposite, the soul will not be placed into the state of compulsion either, but which will inevitably be the fate of people who have become devils after the downfall of the old earth. Therefore, what is still capable of change will still be called away before the end of the earth, and these souls can increase their deficient maturity after their death if they are willing to do so. And thus humanity will ultimately only consist of good and evil people, and the separation of spirits has already taken place, so to speak, before the Last Judgment will be. For the few people who are faithful to God will give rise to the divestment of people's true spirit .... They will be hostile and persecuted and will truly have to live among devils .... And there will be hell on earth .... The most brutal means will be used to make the godly fall away, satan will unleash all his power and cunning to overthrow God from the throne and exalt himself. And it will seem as if satan is victorious. The faithful will tremble and hope and in their deep faith find the strength to persevere. They hope for the coming of the lord and the miraculous salvation from greatest adversity. And God will not let their faith fail, He will come in the clouds when satan believes he has already won the victory. Then the spiritual kingdom will have closed its gates, for then there will only be living and dead people, people who are destined to live on the new earth, who also have eternal life in truth, and people who will be banished into the most solid matter, who will endure death from which they will only awaken to life after an infinitely long time ....

Amen

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Pure gospel .... "My word endures until ...."

B.D. 4689 from July 14th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I want to be understood correctly by you and will therefore always try to explain My word spoken on earth to you correctly, providing you are interested in it, i.e. that you strive for truth and the right knowledge. To explain the right knowledge, to give you humans the right realization, is solely My right and My power, for the truth has to come forth from Me Myself but it can be conveyed via many stations and therefore also be brought to you by people. But these people who bring you the truth are always instructed by Me and taught accordingly, so that they have received the knowledge from Me before they teach you. Hence, if the origin of a person's knowledge can be proven to Me then you can unhesitatingly accept his knowledge as truth, but if the knowledge is of human origin, i.e. his own intellectual activity, then its truth is doubtful, and so that you humans can then constantly check what is offered to you as truth, again and again I will convey the pure truth to earth, thus I will preach the gospel in spirit just as I did on earth, and recipients of the gospel, thus listeners to My word, will be those who show their love for Me in their heart so that I can place the knowledge of the pure truth into their heart. Again and again I give explanations of My word, again and again I try to convey My teaching of love to them, and My spirit's working will not end until the end of the world .... For without this there is no truth, because people's imperfection always contaminates the pure, it disfigures the well-shaped, because the divine, which comes into contact with people, will, in time, acquire a human colouring, because the divine will never remain as pure amongst people as it originally came forth. However, as long as My spirit is active the divine will radiate down to earth, as long as My spirit is active the emanations of pure people who are willing to love will also be received, and thus the pure word of God will come to earth again and again, "My word will continue to exist for all eternity ...." Thus the earth will never be able to sink into darkness, My word, as I have spoken it on earth, will never remain misunderstood, for wherever an explanation is needed I am always willing to bring light through My spirit to people who are thirsty for knowledge, and I also always find the right ways and means to convey the truth to those who desire it. But in the end time people feel comfortable in darkness, in the end time people are satisfied with earthly knowledge, they don't want to hear My language and thoughtlessly accept what is offered to them as My word. And therefore they no longer understand My word either because it has not remained pure, but neither do they strive for the pure truth of their own accord. And therefore I draw their attention to error and lies, I send bearers of light amongst them who, by flashing brightest light, let people recognize the darkness in which they dwell. For I want them to come to knowledge, I want them to hear My word pure and unadulterated and therefore speak to them through My spirit .... I send My disciples of the last days out into the world to spread My teaching, to teach people love again, because without love knowledge cannot be received by them either. And thus I will speak through their mouth, My spirit will become effective in people who are devoted to Me and work for Me and My kingdom. And light will become apparent to all who desire light, the truth will be heard and understood by all who desire it and thus also by Me, Who am the eternal truth Myself ....

Amen

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Small community at the end .... misery - loyalty ....

B.D. 4690 from July 15th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

My small congregation will remain faithful to Me until the end, for it comprises the father's true children, they are My own who, through their intimate bond with Me, continue to receive strength to persevere even in greatest earthly adversity. My own will certainly be severely harassed by the children of the world who belong to My adversary and fight on his behalf against My own, but I will also always walk alongside My own as a fighter and grant them extraordinary strength so that they cannot be defeated even though the battle is extremely difficult. They have an indestructible shield which is their surest protection .... the shield of faith against which all attacks are unsuccessful .... The harder the earthly adversity becomes, the more confidently they expect My help, My coming from above and salvation from earthly adversity through Me .... they no longer have any earthly protection and are solely dependent on Me, on their faith, otherwise they would have to completely abandon Me and surrender to their earthly enemies. But now it will be recognizable what a strong faith is capable of .... In greatest adversity I will obviously bring help because My own firmly believe that I will help them. And I will never ever let this faith go to waste. And although the adversaries are earthly highly respected, have an abundance of material goods and seem powerful and strong, My own will not desire their goods, they will only strive upwards, they desire Me and spiritual goods, they have completely overcome matter and are therefore also ripe for the stay in paradise on the new earth, which will compensate them for all suffering in the last days before the end. They truly have to pass a test which shall earn them rich rewards, for they do not have to experience the severe suffering and tribulation at the end for their own sake but for the sake of their fellow human beings, who shall recognize by the strength of faith which attitude is the only right one and who still have one last opportunity to profess Me in view of the obvious activity on My part which gives them food for thought. Thus the great tribulation before the end is also to be regarded as a means of redemption for the erring souls, and therefore My special love applies to those who take up a cross for the sake of their fellow human beings and yet firmly stand by Me. But that it is bearable for My own is firmly assured to them, they will persevere and remain faithful to Me until I Myself come in the clouds and fetch them home into My kingdom .... and all adversity will be ended ....

Amen

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Man's life task ....

B.D. 4691 from July 17th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I will use whatever can help you to become blessed, for the spiritual adversity is great which is caused by your unbelief. Yet I want you to learn to believe, I want you to let go of all doubts, I want you to become enlightened, I want you to recognize Me, I want you to perceive My guidance, I want you to join Me, I want you to see in Me your father Who cares for you and wants to promote your spiritual well-being .... It is your task in life to attain the realization of your original nature, your aim and your destiny. But you can only gain this knowledge through faith, otherwise you will remain eternally lightless, thus ignorant. And true knowledge can only be gained through faith which comes alive through love, that is, if you believe in Me as a supremely perfect being then the love for Me will awaken in you and you will try to become like Me in My fundamental nature, thus you will strive for perfection. But only a person who strives to be good can become perfect. Therefore he must live in love .... Through this faith comes alive, i.e. becomes the innermost conviction.

Only a living faith strives for contact with Me, which means that the spiritual spark, which rests as My share in every person's soul, unites with the eternal father-spirit, thus the person's thoughts are meant for Me and he now speaks to Me in spirit and in truth, praying to Me. Then it becomes light in him, because he is lovingly active at the same time as the mental connection, driven from within by My spirit, which, because it is My share, tells the human being to do what I Myself do .... work in love .... And love is the key to wisdom, the light of knowledge which is kindled in him increases in brightness, the thoughts move in truth, from within he is now instructed by My spirit, which means that every thought in him becomes the innermost conviction, that he thinks logically and can and will also represent his now mentally gained knowledge to his fellow human being as truth.

You humans should come to this realization, to the truth from Me, during your earthly life, for this knowledge will determine your conduct of life which is good, thus pleasing to Me. Then you will have fulfilled your task in life, and you will have moved from the stage of ignorance at the beginning of your embodiment as a human being into the stage of realization, always in contact with Me, Who may never ever be excluded, thus I must work together with you if spiritual success is to be assured. You humans can reach this aim if only you seriously want to. And I help everyone because he alone is too weak-willed to strive for this aim. I guide people into his path who shall give him the impetus for inner self-examination so that the process can begin of its own free will which turns the still dead, powerless spiritual being into a creature striving for perfection which, in contact with Me, can reach the highest aim .... to become a child of God, as is its destiny ....

Amen

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Remodeling the earth in a moment .... miracle of creation ....

B.D. 4692 from July 18th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The act of remodeling the earth is incomprehensible to you humans because it does not proceed within the framework of lawfulness, as every earthly work of creation has so far emerged on the path of a slow upward development, but it will be the work of a moment apart from the destruction before, which affects all creations on the old earth and which, because it takes place before the eyes of the raptured and can also initially still be observed by the people succumbing to destruction, requires its time, as it is natural law. Hence people can observe the course of the work of destruction and therefore God does not work contrary to law, whereas the reshaping of the earth is an activity of God in the universe which is not visible to the human eye and therefore God does not need time but can let everything come into being in an instant which His strength of love and His wisdom wants to bring to pass.

The people brought to the new earth thus find a finished creation of immensely delightful versatility .... Creations which their eyes have never seen will astonish them, especially as they still remember the creations of the old earth and constantly draw comparisons. They will truly find themselves in paradise, standing in fullest harmony with their divine creator and father, cared for and guided by His love and instructed in everything that is foreign to them. People's relationship to each other will be like a large family and all will strive to gain the love of the heavenly father, to live for His pleasure and to be active in serving neighbourly love. They cannot estimate the duration of their absence from the old earth and their stay after their rapture, for the concept of time is taken away from them until their return to earth, which is why they also have no clue as to the period of time in which the new earth came into being. But they also know that nothing is impossible with God and therefore also consider a sudden creation to be probable, which is why their love and veneration for God always increases and their bliss increases when they look at the miracles which testify to God's love, wisdom and omnipotence and offer people a thousandfold compensation for the tribulation and suffering during the last time of the old earth's existence .... God certainly tests people severely but He also rewards their faithfulness, and blessed are those who experience the end on this earth as sheep of His flock .... blessed are those who must endure and endure the worst and in return exchange for the most beautiful, the paradise on the new earth with the constant presence of the father among His children .... blessed are those who persevere until the end, when God Himself will come in the clouds to fetch them into His kingdom, into the kingdom of peace, until He transfers them back to earth, which will truly reveal miracles no human being could dream of, because there is nothing on the old earth which could be cited as a comparison. Yet God's love knows no bounds and His creative will is inexhaustible and again and again brings about new works which surpass all past ones in order to make His children happy and to reward their faithfulness ....

Amen

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Good shepherd .... guide .... carefree living ....

B.D. 4693 from July 19th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Believe that I will walk beside you on your path through life if only you are of good will. I am the good shepherd Who truly tends His sheep, and thus I do not leave any of My creatures to their own devices, but I faithfully take care of every single one and guide it towards the aim .... I lead it the right way into the homeland, into My father's house. But if you now have a reliable guide, why do you still worry about your earthly well-being yourselves? Nothing should worry you if you know that I am with you and know everything that weighs you down and moves you. Only one thing should be your constant concern .... that you can stand before Me if I demand responsibility from you, as you have used your earthly life for the benefit of the soul. Seek to gain My pleasure in this alone, consider your soul, which I cannot consider without your consent .... I am constantly with you if you don't harm Me yourselves, and I will always guide you such that body and soul will find what they need .... I will consider the body if you pay attention to the soul's well-being. But whatever you want to give to the soul of your own free will I will also supply to you, for all gifts come from Me, and as your father of eternity I also take care of My children physically and spiritually. And therefore you should cultivate heartfelt fellowship with Me and choose Me as your guide, then I will never ever leave you and walk the earthly path with you until the end, and then you will not be responsible for any step, for it is My will, and every event on your path of life is foreseen by Me and determined according to your attitude towards Me, so that your soul will mature. Yet the awareness of having Me as your guide shall allow you to travel your earthly path calmly and carefree, and in every adversity of body and soul you should only trustingly come to Me so that I will help you and you will be relieved of all worries ....

Amen

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Expression of the spirit dependent on maturity of soul and receptivity ....

B.D. 4694 from July 20th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

A certain maturity of soul is necessary in order to hear My voice, because the spirit in the human being expresses itself through the soul, i.e. it makes itself known to the soul, which therefore has to be so prepared that it is receptive for every expression of the spirit. For the human being does not hear with bodily ears but it is the soul which receives the spirit's utterance and passes it on to the bodily human being, the intellect. Therefore the soul must be turned towards the spirit within itself; for a soul which is more turned towards the body directs its ear towards the world and therefore does not hear the quiet voice of the spirit, thus the human being must first separate himself from the world, from the earthly, before he is capable of spiritual announcements which are imparted to him through the spirit. Then the human being has reached a certain degree of maturity of soul, because the spiritual spark in the human being already exerted its influence on the human being's soul beforehand, stimulating thinking, feeling and willing into loving activity. Once this degree of maturity has been reached, which is the prerequisite for receiving My word, then every question can be addressed to Me and I will answer it so that it is comprehensible to everyone. Thus the recipient of the announcements need not fear that he will then be mentally active himself and write down his own thoughts as My word. The human being is certainly mentally active but only in such a way that he processes the thoughts which I want and have transmitted to him through My beings of light. For the duration of the acceptance of My word the recipient is incapable of thought activity directed towards Me, rather, this thought activity is now an emanation from the spiritual kingdom which meets the recipient with My will and is conveyed to the soul by his spirit. This is why the human being can also convincingly represent the knowledge he has received in this way, for it is purest spiritual knowledge from the heavens, it is My voice which, however, can only be heard by the person who allows the spirit to express itself. But I will always give an earthly child devoted to Me the knowledge it requires, and it could then take advantage of this assurance by discussing with Me in thought what is unclear to it and where it requests clarification about it. Then it will be given to him in a detailed way, because I constantly want to communicate Myself to those who let Me speak to them ....

Amen

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The word of God proof of His love ....

B.D. 4695 from July 22nd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Nothing can prove My love for you more than My word. And therefore you cannot do anything more reprehensible than reject My word, because you thereby also reject My love. You humans do not yet understand what the latter means, yet your lack of strength, your spiritual low, is proof that you cannot ascend in your development without My love, without My word. Where My word is received through listening or reading or directly from Me, people will also draw strength from it, for I Myself speak to them and transfer My strength to the recipient, and this expresses itself in an increasing desire for Me and My presence, it expresses itself in spiritual striving, in loving activity, in turning away from the world, furthermore, it expresses itself in increasing realization, thus in correct, truthful thinking and knowledge about the beginning and destiny and thus in a way of life according to My will. All this is brought about by My strength, which you receive with My word .... Thus the transmission of My word is also evidence of My love which wants to make you happy in every way and help you reach perfection. For through My word the striving upwards shall become easy for you, through My word you shall gain an insight into My rule and activity and come closer to Me willingly and through activity in love. And since you yourselves, due to your imperfection as a human being, are unworthy to be addressed by Me but I nevertheless do so, you have proof of My love for you again, for with My word I give you a gift of grace of inestimable value and undeserved. Yet your will is too weak to desire My word and therefore I communicate with you in the word without being asked, yet it can only become effective for you if you accept it of your own free will, that is, you will only feel the strength of the word if your will is ready to receive it. And thus My word can also remain completely unsuccessful with people who certainly hear it but don't make use of it, for whom it is just an empty sound because they don't receive it into their heart but only hear it with their physical ears. They feel no effect of strength and therefore cannot recognize My love from it either, because they themselves have a hardened heart which is incapable of love. They don't know Me and don't desire Me, for their love still applies to the world and matter and they disregard what comes to them from the spiritual kingdom. But then it is never due to My word that they go empty-handed but due to themselves, because My gift of grace has to be accepted with desire and gratitude in order to be effective and to testify to My love for people ....

Amen

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Knowledge .... love - truth - God ....

B.D. 4696 from July 23rd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The clear realization of what exists, thus what can be called spiritual knowledge, is only part of perfection and can therefore never be achieved intellectually but only through a will which is completely subordinate to God's will and which results in a way of life which is full of love and which returns the being to its original state, to the state of freedom, light and strength. Then the being, whether on earth or in the beyond, will no longer be ignorant of things, then it will know everything, about God's rule and activity, about the connection of all created things with the creator, it will know about the original beginning and the final aim, about the meaning and purpose of divine activity and its cause and effect. Then the being has thus become knowledgeable, it stands in the light and can radiate light itself and again dispel darkness where good will is present again. To gain deep knowledge through thought alone is not possible because the intellect of man certainly carries out a spiritual activity, therefore seeks to order the thoughts, however as long as it happens without spiritual support, therefore where the intellect alone seeks to reach knowledge without the heart. The human being must be good from within, that is, he must feel driven to work of love, only then will the spirit of God come into action, which now orders and directs the human being's thinking, his intellectual activity, and only then will the result of intellectual thinking correspond to truth, which, however, will not have been achieved by the intellect but by the heart, which to a certain extent influences the intellect to receive and process the thoughts flowing in from the spiritual kingdom. The complete subordination of the will to the divine will is the first condition and presupposes this deep love for God and humility, which finds its expression in serving neighbourly love. Therefore, only the human being who fulfils the divine commandments and thus, through a life of love, unites himself with the one Who is eternal love Himself, but Who is also eternal truth and consequently all knowledge, the pure truth, must originate from Him but can never be passed on to those people who are indeed intellectually extremely active but devoid of all love. For they have no connection with the original source of love and truth and therefore cannot possess or achieve anything which God reserves for those who love Him and keep His commandments. What is not possible for the keenest intellect, to penetrate the all-encompassing knowledge, to penetrate the essence of the eternal deity, is easily possible for a loving heart, and again, even the keenest intellect will find a process incomprehensible which nevertheless results in demonstrable success. For the fact that a person without prior education can provide information and enlightenment requires knowledge which can therefore only have been conveyed to him spiritually and which therefore has to be regarded as proof that the deepest wisdom, the eternal truth, can only be gained through love ....

Amen

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Help to erring souls greatest work of love and mercy ....

B.D. 4697 from July 25th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You will be granted manifold blessings if you endeavour to help erring souls who cannot find the right path because they are blind in spirit. Bringing them light, pointing them to the right path and thus making it possible for them to reach the aim is a work of mercy and neighbourly love which is significant for eternity and which is therefore highly valued by Me, Who loves all My creations and wants to bring them salvation through you. Physically helping your neighbour is certainly also a work of love which will be rewarded to you; however, putting a soul into the state of recognizing its situation and subsequently changing itself, thus entering the right path which leads to My kingdom and is the only aim worth striving for, is far more meritorious, for at the same time it is evidence of profound faith if a person imparts his knowledge to another which has only been acquired spiritually, thus it cannot be proven. Moreover, such a work of love has an effect for the whole of eternity .... If you imagine that your efforts to enlighten an ignorant person can result in a state of light for his soul which it will never lose again, then this awareness must already be the greatest reward for you to have spared this soul unspeakable suffering which, however, would have been its fate in the beyond if it had entered it in darkness. To have brought light to a person is the greatest work of love, for it proves sincere, unselfish neighbourly love. Although the efforts for an erring soul are often seemingly unsuccessful, what a soul has once received will emerge again in it in cases of great earthly adversity, and then it is still possible for the person to confess it, and this will always be and remain your merit, for a saved soul will eternally thank its saviour if it once stands in the light .... if it has recognized the fate it has escaped through His help ....

Amen

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Coming need .... living faith .... test of faith ....

B.D. 4698 from July 26th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You have to expect an extremely great adversity in which only faith in Me can sustain you, for little earthly help will be able to be brought to you and you, left to your own devices, will have to appeal for all help from Me. And then you will visibly be able to ascertain the success of profound faith, for My love will always know ways and means that you will be released from the most oppressive adversity. There will be a time when human wisdom and human will will be ineffective because you lack the strength which you have to request from Me. And yet, one will be able to help the other, and if he does so his own hardship will also decrease, yet the entire living conditions will experience a change due to My natural intervention which, however, is intended to show worldly people the impermanence and worthlessness of that which alone is desirable to them .... Again and again I draw your attention to this time, yet in the gear of the world it seems impossible to you that such a time still lies ahead of you. But how then will you survive if you have not already prepared yourselves for it, if no help can be brought to you on the part of the world because I Myself prevent this? .... How can you expect help if you don't believe in Me and take refuge in Me? Your faith in Me is still very weak, even if you profess it with your mouth and also speak My name as evidence of your faith in Me. Yet true faith has to be won, and I only call true faith living faith, the firm inner conviction of what you claim to believe. But you will fail when this difficult test of faith is put to you. Only then will you realize how much more you should concern yourselves with thoughts of Me, your creator and father of eternity, Who is love, wisdom and omnipotence in Himself, thus He wants to and can help you and will do so if you have this firm faith in Me. It is faith which I want to shape into a living faith through My word, which I repeatedly convey to you, and through the adversity and tests of faith to which I already subject you so that you will mature and become strong in faith before the great adversity sets in. Still regard every day as a gift and make use of it, let your thoughts wander upwards, that is, think more often about your purpose of existence and aim, about life in eternity and about Me, Who is the controller and shaper of everything that exists and in Whom it will be easy for you to believe if only you seriously want to and mentally occupy yourselves with Him. For I truly help everyone to recognize Me who only has the will to do so. And if he calls upon Me I will hear him because I want him to believe in Me. Don't let the great adversity approach you until you have gained this faith in Me. I alone will be able to help you if all other help fails, for no thing is impossible with God .... And I will provide you with the evidence in the coming time that a profound faith is able to do everything and also banishes the greatest adversity .... Therefore you can also look forward to that time without fear if you have a living faith in Me, in My love, wisdom and omnipotence ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Right knowledge - right way of life .... truth ....

B.D. 4699 from July 26th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Everything you need to know will be conveyed to you as soon as you want to become knowledgeable .... For you will be given according to your desire for truth, yet in different forms, because each individual's thirst for knowledge is also different and I also know what is helpful for the maturing of the soul. And thus you will receive various instructions, you can gain insight into all areas, but your will always has to be good otherwise the knowledge of truth will be withheld from you. But then you can also judge the value or claim to truth of the knowledge conveyed to you by your fellow human beings, for the person who offers it to you must have fulfilled the conditions I have attached to the transmission of pure truth; thus, in order to think and speak correctly he must also act correctly and have a correctly directed will within himself .... He has to be turned towards Me, then he can also believe himself to be in possession of the truth and confidently stand up for it, thus his body of thought can be recognized as corresponding to the pure truth. This is why every debate with good people, with people who take My commandments as a guideline for their way of life, is valuable and beneficial, because it only brings truth to light, whereas it is completely useless to debate with people of an obviously inferior attitude, even though the gospel should also be preached to them. Yet you can never expect truthful enlightenment from such a person, and wisdom will never emerge from his speech, for it is denied him as long as he does not fulfil what is required of him .... as long as he does not make an effort to live a godly way of life which allows My spirit to work. Therefore, first try to ascertain the attitude of the person who wants to instruct you before you impart your spiritual knowledge to him; don't let yourselves be deceived by pious speeches, examine their deeds and their will as far as you are able, and then examine the mental knowledge he tries to impart to you and you will recognize the giver of what is offered to you .... For everything that is good originates from Me, and thus a good person is also constantly under My influence, a good person is mentally guided by Me and therefore can only receive and also distribute truth, and he will find faith with all who strive for truth ....

Amen

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Hearing the divine Word .... Thoughts ....

B.D. 4700 from July 28th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Only through the inner Word are you able to receive clarification about questions which cannot be answered by earthly scientists. An appropriate Authority regarding spiritual questions certainly exists, yet people rarely take the path to it. For this reason a truthful answer will also rarely be received which can only be provided by the One to Whom nothing is unknown, Who knows everything, Who also wants to impart the knowledge to humanity which enables people to recognise Him. Hence God manifests Himself through the Word and anyone who wants to hear it must gain God's love, he must make Him well disposed towards him by doing everything God requests of him .... then God will come so close to you that you will be able to hear His voice, for He expresses Himself through His Word, He makes Himself known to you, He speaks to you humans in easily understood language, He speaks through your heart to your intellect and deals with every question you voice or consider in your thoughts. He responds to you .... His Word is therefore a sign of affinity from Him to you, for you will only be able to hear His Word if you unite with Him either mentally or through activity of love .... And as long as the earth has existed God has always spoken to people in this way, however, until now He was more easily understood, whereas now His language is only seldom appreciated. These few people, however, are considered by Him to an unlimited extent. He wants to explain and substantiate everything to them so that they will be able to impart the knowledge they gained in this way to their fellow human beings for their souls' salvation. And in order to stop them from doubting further He allows them an insight into His eternal plan of Salvation, and thus He ignites a light for them which will never ever let them descend into darkness again .... He approaches those people in the Word who are willing to let themselves be taught. And thus the Word will forever remain the bridge between God and people which, however, can only be entered by a person if he withdraws himself from the world, if he avoids the broad roads which seem more attractive to his eyes and entice him to take them .... He can only perceive God's voice in solitude, i.e., he must avoid the world and let his thoughts wander into the spiritual kingdom. Then he does what he should do initially: He makes mental contact with God, he enters into a dialogue with Him, he presents Him with questions which move him by allowing his thoughts free rein .... And these thoughts are already emanations from the spiritual realm. For the human being is unable to produce anything by himself.

The intellect is certainly capable of receiving and processing the thoughts which flow to him, yet the thought itself does not arise in the person, instead it touches his heart, but it flows from the kingdom which lies beyond earthly spheres .... The thought is a spiritual product, thus a strength which takes on a specific form as soon as it is received by the intellect, thus the intellect is influenced by the heart to become active by shaping the influx of thoughts and giving them a certain order. The intellectual activity consists of retaining the thoughts which touch the heart as waves and cannot find a response if, due to the bustle of the world, a person's will only uses his mental activity for worldly things and pays no attention to spiritual currents. However, if the person seeks solitude and turns his back to the world, his heart will be touched and beneficially affected by spiritual currents and eagerly accepted by the person. Due to this willingness of reception the Word shapes itself, that is, the person becomes sensibly and clearly aware of what God Himself wants to tell him. Thus he hears His voice in his heart, the thought waves are received by the heart and conveyed to the intellect, and the person as such is able to rationally take possession of the received spiritual information and also understandably explain it to his fellow human being. This process is in fact simple and uncomplicated, it is just not understood by a worldly person because he does not appreciate the soul's sensations and therefore also only tries to explain mental activity purely organically. Yet the actual source of the thought is unknown to him and a relevant explanation not acceptable to him because he does not acknowledge anything of a spiritual nature, he only acknowledges what he is able to see or touch. But God continues to provide evidence of forces which human intellect is unable to explain and provides the information about everything through His Word .... Anyone who allows the Word of God to speak to him will have comprehensive knowledge at his disposal, for nothing will remain unknown to a person who allows himself to be taught by Him, and therefore the human being is able to broaden his knowledge, he can delve into everything and get any information he desires. For God does not impose any restriction on a person as soon as he gets in touch with the Giver of knowledge and truth and allows himself to be taught by Him .... as soon as he believes that God Himself speaks to him through the heart ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Explanation of the stigma...

B.D. 4701 from July 31th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

In My suffering and death on the cross you were given an example of profound love and greatest willingness to make sacrifices which is unparalleled. Now there are things between heaven and earth which are completely inexplicable to you humans because you know nothing of the influence of spiritual forces on a human being who allows such through his will, who moves in divine order. And thus you are often faced with a riddle whose solution, however, is simple for the one who has penetrated spiritual knowledge, for the one who finds an explanation for everything which is offered to him through his spirit. However, such an explanation from the spiritual kingdom can rarely be given to a person because only the direct working of the spirit is seldom admitted or taken into consideration. For often that is regarded as one's own mental activity which, however, is the working of the spirit, and only rarely can the spirit manifest itself in the human being so obviously that it is recognized and the result is therefore accepted.

My suffering and dying on the cross was exceedingly agonizing for the human being that formed My body, that the sacrifice of the man Jesus surpassed everything that could ever be considered an act of love on earth .... And yet, humanity almost no longer takes any notice of it, it has forgotten because it wants to forget. The concept of a redeemer of humanity has been extinguished in the hearts of most people, and only a few visualize the suffering of the man Jesus without, however, grasping and feeling it in its depth .... The spiritual world, however, is constantly under the impression of the redemption through Jesus Christ. The spiritual world full of light experiences everything in the present, it knows no concept of time, past, present and future are one for the beings of light, and thus they experience Christ's crucifixion at all times and praise and glorify Him Who opened heaven to them through His death on the cross, Who helped them to see God, Who redeemed the great sin which separated My living creations from Me for eternities. The beings of light are urged to draw people's attention to the greatest deed of love ever accomplished on earth .... The beings of light would also like to convey the profound impression Christ's crucifixion repeatedly makes on people, and they meet with resistance, for humanity is so under the impression of the world that the divine redeemer Jesus Christ is only a fanciful figure to them, that for them the portrayal of the act of salvation only signifies a fable and increasingly loses credibility. The luminous spiritual recognizes the increasing darkness on earth and seeks to kindle a little light here and there, it seeks to impart to people a faint reflection from the spiritual kingdom, driven by love for the unredeemed spiritual which, embodied as a human being, threatens not to pass the test of earthly life. Yet access to the human heart is difficult to find for the beings of light, for the soul has to give its consent of its own free will, even though the body can be uninvolved in this expression of the soul's will .... In a state of detachment from the body, in sleep or in complete lethargy of the body, the soul has to show the desire for an extraordinary supply of strength in every form. Then the beings of light take possession of the soul, which they also do not give up when the body is again in its usual activity in connection with the soul. Then the soul is granted an insight into the spiritual kingdom on the part of the beings of light, which is so impressed by it that the impressions of the soul are also transferred to the body .... Thus the human being does not see spiritual experiences in the bodily state, with the intellect and the eyes of the body, but only the soul sees what, however, is visibly noticeable in its body. The soul experiences the process of Christ's crucifixion with such intimacy but it does not pass this experience on to the bodily intellect, so that the human being's thinking is therefore completely uninvolved but the body is affected by the soul's excitement .... so that the body therefore experiences in the true sense of the word what the soul beholds .... The world full of light seeks to direct people's thoughts towards the greatest mystery in the universe, towards the greatest work of love, without which no-one could be redeemed from the spell of sin .... The beings of light take every opportunity where they can speak through a person to everyone around him; they also try to attract the attention of those who are unbelieving and try to give themselves a natural explanation. They light little lights which nevertheless spread a bright glow if they are not kept hidden or extinguished by the adversary's influence who seeks to stifle everything that points to salvation through Jesus Christ. For the battle between light and darkness rages ever more fiercely the closer the end comes, and therefore all indications will also increase .... Signs and miracles will happen, and blessed is he who pays attention to them and draws his conclusions from them ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Turning the will to God passing the earth life test ....

B.D. 4702 from August 1st 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The spiritual being which has decided to return to God in free will will also pass the test of earthly life, for the will alone is decisive in order to also receive the strength from God. God will support the will turned towards Him in every way, and even if the temptations approach him, God will hold him so that he will not fall, He will come to meet him as soon as he takes the right path to Him through his direction of will. The will towards God is the beginning of the redemption of the spiritual from form. But the human being must constantly mature through constant struggle, consequently his will is repeatedly put to the test by oppositions which he will either defeat or change his will. But the fact that the human being now completely distances himself from God, that he turns his will away from Him again, will never be the case, because God no longer gives anything which once voluntarily submitted itself to Him, thus was determined to strive towards Him. Periods of standstill can certainly occur, the human being can be indecisive and temporarily pay tribute to the world, yet again and again he will return to the one Who gave him life, again and again the desire will arise in him to move within the eternal order, thus to fulfil the divine commandments, and this is synonymous with the subordination of the will to God's will and thus already a passed test of faith which ends with union with God. At the beginning of its embodiment as a human being the soul declares itself willing to take on earthly life for the purpose of final maturing, thus the will to belong to God and to do in earthly life what earns it union with Him is first awakened in it. But it also has to carry out this will in full consciousness as a human being. And therefore it is, so to speak, freely placed into earthly life so that it can make a decision, and the human being can only make this decision as soon as he becomes aware of his distance from God. Thus he has to recognize his deficient state and strive for perfection, by which he therefore also strives towards God Himself. Then his will will also become active, and then God will also provide him with strength and never ever let him fall back into the hands of the adversary, from whom the human being has voluntarily withdrawn. Then he will constantly find support from those beings which have already completely entered into God's will and also want to move people towards it ....

(2.8.1949) Then they will no longer stand alone in the fight against the temptations of this world, then the beings of light will mentally influence the human being, and the will towards God will become ever stronger and therefore the supply of strength will also increase, because by fulfilling God's commandments the human being will be in contact with the giver of strength and will constantly be able to accept strength from Him. And the path of earthly life will not be unsuccessful, the human being will reach his aim .... the unification with God .... because his will is turned towards God ....

Amen

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Various apostasy from God .... Different distances ....

B.D. 4703 from August 2nd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You were given the grace to live as a human on this earth and thus to be able to achieve the highest degree of perfection, if you use the grace in a right way. It is not arbitrary, that you are authorized for this course of development by the creations on this earth, but recognized from My wisdom and joined by My love you walk on this earth, although countless possibilities to mature exist in the universe for the spiritual, that once was insubordinate to Me and shall return to Me. But the course of development is a benefit on this earth, that can lead beings to the brightest light and most powerful strength. But it is also a very hard school, to complete it the spiritual has volunteered, that already has a certain level of maturity once, so it has revived other stars before, but this also can develop up from the deepest depth in the bounded will and may gain the greater advantage, as it passes this test of earthly life. It can be a true child of God, who possess all the rights and all the power of the Father, so it can take the Father’s legacy .... in the most intimate union with God and supreme bliss. Who knows about the eternal salvation-plan of God and about the original ground of My doings and work, he is to ask often himself, what I am determinated, to bless just this earth with My personal presence, to attract the meat and walk among My creatures as a teacher and model .... He is wondering, what I am determinated, to bless this work of creation, the earth, and to come to aid the inhabitants in their ascent to salvation .... It is the spiritual, that was perfectly created by Me, that was apostated from Me by free will, but the break with Me was not equal to all beings, it was argued differently and is happened in various ways, so that the resulting distance from Me was just different in size, that former light beings plunged in the deepest depth and the outer darkness surrounded them, while others retained a glimmer of recognition, even indignant, climbing up to the light again. And so were the conditions, that allowed a return to Me, different, and there were necessary various possibilities to mature, which My works of creation offer in manifold versatility. Deeply fallen spiritual requires a process of maturity, that requires all the hardships, but also promised certain success, however always taking account to the free will, so never compulsorily leads a return to Me. The spiritual, which must go back the path through the creations of the earth, therefore has been in greatest distance from Me, but in the stage of a human almost near to Me, but now it must go the final step only in free will and has to pass a short, but severe test of will, then to enter into the original relationship to Me and to achieve his original quality, to be an eternal blissful being. The course of development is probably easier on other creations, but does not lead to the ultimate aim, to a complete union with Me, to the right childship to God, what for you humans probably is also difficult to understand, because these spirits were not sunk so deeply and still should not to reach the highest height .... But a glimmer of knowledge was left them, so their guilt was so far greater, than that they were able to find back easier but remained in a distance from Me, until they too could reduce by My love and mercy the distance to Me on those creations under less severe conditions, but also with less high aim .... Also they can be blessed creatures, but the grade of bliss is so different, but will never reach the grade of a child of God, of a spiritual being, who will use his will in a right way in spite of most difficult conditions and is therefore holded and pulled up by My love, to be blessed eternally in union with Me ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Loving Fatherly Words .... Guidance ....

B.D. 4704 from August 4th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You can always entrust yourselves to My guidance, and you will also always feel it if you are observant. You will not take one step on your own as long as you don’t exclude Me from your thoughts, as long as you endeavour to live with and for Me, as long as you consciously strive towards Me. Thus recognise in every happening My guidance, My hand, and place your trust in Me, for anyone who chooses Me as His confidante will truly find the most loyal friend, the most loving bridegroom, the most caring Father and Protector, Who cannot be replaced by anyone on earth but Who also wants to be loved by you in the same way as He loves you. I will always walk next to you once you have chosen Me as your guide, and I will truly guide you on the right path once I have taken over the care for you, then everything will approach you such that it will help your soul to progress. If you can bring this faith in you to life you will truly take your path on earth without worry and in peace, for I will look after you and have arranged everything in the best possible way. Everything will serve a good purpose; even adversity and suffering will benefit your soul if you carry Me in your hearts, thus, if you mentally stay in contact with Me and don’t want to lose Me. For only this will makes you dear and valuable to Me, and once a person has adopted this will, he will never lose Me again, I will be close to him and he shall constantly feel My love and care. He will never be alone and forsaken, he will always find the confidante in Me Whom he can talk to at all times and Who will always find Words of love and of comfort for him and forever stand by his side with advice and practical support ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Thirst for knowledge .... Unlimited knowledge ....

B.D. 4705 from August 5th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The field of knowledge is boundless. And even if you believe that you have been exhaustively taught by Me it is nevertheless merely minimal knowledge although it is sufficient in order to instruct your fellow human beings in turn and to impart a glimmer of realisation to them. Yet you could constantly receive new knowledge, time and again you would be given new information in all fields, time and again you could broaden your knowledge, and the questions and answers would have no end. But it is entirely up to yourselves as to how deeply you want to penetrate the fountain of wisdom .... The aspirant's desire will always be fulfilled and therefore you, who are being trained for teaching work, will time and again be stimulated through spiritual discussions, so that through your conversations you discover gaps in your knowledge in order to kindle your thirst for knowledge which subsequently can be satisfied. I want you to ask questions so that I Am able to answer you, it is My will that you take an active interest in conversations of a spiritual kind, that you don't merely listen but allow your heart and intellect to be impressed, then elucidating knowledge will be imparted to you which will satisfy you and make you grow in wisdom, faith and strength .... The deeper you penetrate spiritual knowledge the more convincingly you will be able to believe and the closer you will come to Me and receive strength from Me directly. The fountain of knowledge is inexhaustible and the field which only I can open up to you is unlimited .... Even if infinite time passed by you would never reach the end because My creation is infinite and because that which is perfect must also be forever boundless. Knowledge pertaining to spiritual subjects can therefore never be completed; all the same, what you humans need to know, what is absolutely essential for the soul's maturing, can indeed be offered to you to a limited extent, yet it depends on your free will as to whether you want to add to this extent or whether you are satisfied with what I give to you .... Time and again I say to you that you will receive an answer to every question, time and again I invite you to ask questions in order to stimulate your thirst for knowledge and time and again I offer you the opportunity to be mentally very active so that I can instruct you again in accordance with your will.

However, don't consider your knowledge to have reached an end, don't believe that you are already in possession of all knowledge. For it is an infinite subject your soul can still negotiate if it has the will to do so. Yet the knowledge you receive from Me is certainly sufficient in order to motivate a fellow human being in turn to believe in a God of love, wisdom and omnipotence .... And anyone who accepts this knowledge can already call himself indescribably wealthy, for it is the truth, and a tiny grain of purest truth can offset a vast amount of knowledge which is interspersed by error and is more likely to obscure the human being's spirit .... Pure truth alone is invaluable spiritual knowledge which merits the term knowledge. Only pure truth is illuminating, whereas teachings interspersed by errors will always leave gaps, they are concepts which often seem incomprehensible or incredible to a person who seriously desires to become knowledgeable. True knowledge, however, provides explanations for everything, because it is offered by Me, the Giver of truth. But true knowledge will time and again also give rise to questions; it will constantly inspire you anew to ask questions, so that it should increase and awaken the desire for more knowledge in a person. Inner desire presupposes enlargement of knowledge, this is why I welcome every thinking and questioning person who wants to be taught by Me. And although he does not voice the question I nevertheless answer him through My instrument which I use as a mediator between him and Me in order to express Myself .... Hence, you humans can receive extensive knowledge, no incomprehensible subject need exist for you if only you seriously strive for truth and enter into mental contact with Me. However, I require your full attention, otherwise you will be unable to hear Me, otherwise I refuse to answer although you asked a question yet without seriously expecting an answer, which you demonstrate with your thoughts, which are truly not hidden from Me .... 'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you ....' However, My prerequisite is a serious searching, an appealing thought and an expectation of My answer by listening within or by listening to a mediator .... but then you will be instructed, you will be able to receive unlimited knowledge which completely corresponds to the truth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Charity ....

B.D. 4706 from August 7th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

In christian neighbourly love lies the foundation of peace and harmony, both on a large and small scale, i.e., nations and states will live in peace with each other, just as people will live together in harmony among themselves if their behaviour is based on the principle of neighbourly love, if they only want to do good to each other and strive to keep suffering and worry away from their fellow human beings. Then there will truly be peace on earth .... but how far away are people from this now ....? They offend each other and are full of ruthlessness, even though they don't consciously want to harm people, yet there is no sign of love for each other, and that is why the great spiritual decline is so obvious, for without love the human being cannot strive spiritually either, without love there is no spiritual progress .... people do not reach their aim .... Only a few still accept the law of love which, however, has to be fulfilled or there can be no peace. And so every individual should seriously ask himself how he behaves towards this law .... he should ask himself whether he is doing everything in his power to bring joy, to alleviate suffering and to control the hardship which becomes obvious to him and requires his help. Man should think more of others than of himself, then he will also see what is lacking and be able to remedy it. Man should avoid everything that offends his fellow human beings, but do everything that makes them happy. Seriously ask yourselves whether you could justify yourselves if such a justification were demanded of you. And you will discover many omissions which are then a sin if the fellow human being suffers or suffers as a result, be it mentally or physically. Help where you can and protect your neighbour from suffering where you can .... Never let self-love prevail, never let your neighbour go hungry if you yourselves are doing well .... This is to be understood literally and also figuratively, for even a kind word, a good look, a helpful action can refresh and strengthen the fellow human being, therefore don't let it be lacking. Practice neighbourly love .... and your earthly life will be harmonious, there will be peace and harmony in and around you, and if all people lived according to this commandment it would truly be paradise on earth. But how does it look in the world? All bad qualities, greed, hatred, envy, discord, insincerity and self-love dominate people, they are not friends but enemies, they do not respect each other but seek to exalt themselves, they do not lay a soothing hand on wounds but inflict new ones, and thus evil becomes ever greater and plunges people into ruin. Love has grown cold among people, and that is the end .... For where love no longer exists all substance hardens, where the heart can no longer feel love all knowledge is lost, thus all life will also die, for only love alone is life .... Hence you humans can certainly still live physically but spiritually you are dead if you are devoid of all love. Again and again love will be preached to you, don't let these admonitions fall on your ears but know that they are the last calls from above; know that there is not much time left until the end but that you will be judged according to your love. Therefore take care that you do not need to fear the judgement .... Practice neighbourly love and thereby acquire eternal peace ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Traditional faith .... Conventional faith .... Misguided teachings ....

B.D. 4707 from August 7th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

It is extremely hard work to change people’s traditional faith, the conventional faith, into a living faith, because they do not yet understand the word ‘faith’. They have adopted the word traditionally without being aware of its actual deep meaning and rather adhere to external practices and customs than to the core which constitutes the teaching of Christ.

They may have indeed listened with their ears to everything in relation to Jesus Christ as the divine Redeemer and describe this knowledge with the word ‘faith’. They only mean by this that they do not object to this knowledge or reject it as improbable. But they have neither explored the details of the Christian teaching nor are they at all aware of the significance of the act of Salvation. Hence they refrain from forming an opinion of what they are being taught which, however, is necessary in order to gain a living faith, i.e. to gain an inner conviction for every religious doctrine.

But only living faith can lead to eternal life, because all kinds of conventional faith are unsuitable to transform the soul.

And everything is a conventional faith as long as the person is not overcome by a deep desire for pure truth. Because only this desire prompts him to think about the imparted spiritual knowledge which is then followed by inner conviction or by conscious rejection if he cannot find inner conviction, or living faith.

And this elimination of wrong from right has to take place. Error has to be separated from truth otherwise people cannot find a correct concept of God, Whose essence is of such perfection that everything which testifies of Him also has to be perfect. However, false teachings will never reveal God’s essence but forever mirror a distorted image of God. But as long as the people wanting to instruct other people .... (08.08.1949) do not know the difference between conventional and living faith themselves, as long as these people have not gained the knowledge of truth themselves, precisely by forming an opinion with divine help thus having achieved a living faith, they will not convey the right faith to the learners either. This explains why countless people may well call themselves religious yet are far removed from it .... why error is therefore widespread and truth is only of little interest, why human beings accept much as truth which, with sincere will, they certainly could recognise as error. But they keep to tradition, for generations they thoughtlessly and unreservedly continue to adopt the same distorted teachings which initially were given by Jesus Christ in their purest form to the people and which only became clouded and distorted due to a lack of own thinking and thus deviations were ignored. Moreover, people became duty bound to accept religious dogma unconditionally, so that they did not feel responsible and thus their faith became increasingly inflexible and a dead faith cannot result in spiritual progress.

People’s attention should be drawn to their lifeless state, and thus living faith has to be preached all the time. They have to be advised that they may not call themselves believers as long as they only accept traditionally adopted spiritual knowledge without having made it their own, thus being able to uphold it with innermost conviction and not just with their mouth, and that this also necessitates intellectual contemplation. Then the veil will fall from their eyes, then heart and intellect will occasionally refuse to accept something, and only then will the truth be made known, which will then make the person joyful and turn him into a diligent supporter. And then the human being will be able to believe actively and have freed himself from formality, only then can his soul mature and only then can he be a member of the church which Jesus Christ founded on earth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Irresponsible experiments are the reason for the destruction of earth ....

B.D. 4708 from August 9th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The divine world order cannot be revoked; nevertheless human determination can challenge it, but only to its own disadvantage. Laws exist which human intellect will never be able to ascertain, for they not only affect the natural properties of earth but also form the basis of continued existence for other creations, hence they are impenetrable for the human intellect and have to be accepted, that is, they must not be ignored if opposite laws are not to come into effect, which were likewise given by divine wisdom, thus intending to maintain the eternal order.

A certain degree of creativity is indeed granted to humanity, and research in all directions can likewise be embarked upon. However, as long as the human being is not yet in full possession of spiritual strength he is subject to limitations both in regards to knowledge as well as to the exploitation of earth forces which are always active and must be utilized in definite conformity to law, in some sort of orderliness. If this lawfulness is ignored, if these forces are activated contrary to law, then the effect will be disastrous and total destruction of all matter will be the inevitable result, which human will is unable to bring to a halt. For then other creations, other celestial bodies which interact with these forces, will exert an influence and thus will be affected. People will no longer be able to observe these effects as they, without exception, will fall victim to such destructions, apart from those already in possession of spiritual strength who will be taken away from the endangered vicinity of earth by God's will.

Such a process will take place and thus signify the end of this earth. Human will is arrogantly resolved in wanting to investigate forces and through experiments thus will activate forces with said enormously destructive effect .... For the motives for these investigations, which will result in this unimaginable outcome, are not honourable. Hence God will deny them the blessing which rests on activities that aim to benefit fellow human beings. Besides, they will be contravening divine natural law in so far as that they conduct experiments at the risk of human life, that they use human beings as test objects who have to sacrifice their lives. This is a sin against divine order, against the love for God and other people, as well as a sin against humanity which thereby is doomed for destruction. For the knowledge of those conducting such tests is far from sufficient and thus they will be undertaken prematurely which, however, is known beyond doubt. And such irresponsible experiments cannot be tolerated by God, hence they will have repercussions for the experimenters, who will achieve nothing else but total destruction of all material creations on earth, thus a shattering of matter which, however, in the spiritual sense means a disintegration of every form and a release of the spiritual substances bound therein. Thus people will trigger this final act of destruction on earth, and the whole of humanity will be destroyed due to the fact that craving for fame, excessive need for recognition and greed for material possessions are turning people into reckless speculators, who nevertheless are not ignorant of the fact that they will endanger their fellow human beings and still conduct their tests. Previously gained experiences will already have provided them with enough cautions and warnings in order to refrain from them, consequently their action is a sacrilege which God will not leave unpunished ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Love power of the soul .... perfection ....

B.D. 4709 from August 10th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The strength for the soul's development is love .... Where love is present in the heart the soul will also turn to spiritual things, it will lead an inner life and not only pay attention to the world, although the human being lives in the midst of the world and has to meet its requirements because the task he is given demands it. Nevertheless, the human being can shape his inner life spiritually, it does not need to be affected by the world's gears. His inner life can be led completely separately and therefore also a soul can mature whose body cannot separate itself from the world, indeed, its merit will be far greater, for the temptations are also greater which want to hold such a soul back from spiritual striving. Yet love is its strength .... A person who is willing to love unfolds within himself what unites him with God, and then God's love draws him upwards, for love is the bond which is unbreakable and intimately ties the soul to God. A soul that is able to love will not get lost, for through love it detaches itself from God's adversary, whose emblem is unkindness and who loses all power over a loving soul. Love is the good, the soft in the human being, which drives him to always act, think and speak well and to help his fellow human being in every adversity. Love will therefore ennoble the human being, it will turn all bad instincts into the opposite, it will shape the human being into the divine image as which he was created in the beginning, because love let him come into being and only good can emerge from love. Such a being created by God's love could only be changed by unkindness, and this was the work of God's adversary who, however, did not have a determining effect on the being but only tempted it .... And the being succumbed to the temptation of its own free will .... The love in it grew cold and thereby it fell into the abyss .... it became imperfect and had to accept all the consequences of imperfection. And thus it also became powerless, because love is the only strength which enables the being to create and work. The being is in a struggling state as long as it is without love .... As soon as love fills its being again, it is also filled with strength and succeeds in everything it wants .... And thus it will also reach the former height again, the state of light and strength and in proximity to God, if only it develops love within itself, because then it will not lack strength, because then it will unite with God again, Who is love and the eternal source of strength Himself, from Whom a perfect being is now constantly fed. Only love makes the being happy, for only love leads to God ....

Amen

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Spiritual exchange of thoughts ....

B.D. 4710 from August 10th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You can gain incredibly much in an exchange of thoughts with spiritually inclined people if you desire the truth, for then knowledgeable spiritual beings will influence your thoughts by participating in your conversation and will interact informatively. Admittedly, you will then look upon your thoughts as gained by your own intellect when they are, in fact, transmissions from the spiritual realm, thought currents, which you received and subsequently enter and are retained by your consciousness. Spiritual exchanges of thought will always concur if both partners strive spiritually and possess the same degree of maturity, or it will be a matter of questions and instructions, if their degree of maturity differs. Yet such conversations are always beneficial, both for the knowledgeable as well as the uninformed person, because they always result in new realisations, precisely because of the participation of the beings of light which, in most instances, also initiated such conversations, for they bring their protégés together on earth, the souls which are entrusted to them, so that such conversations can take place and be influenced by them. However, if the debaters oppose each other, then controversial issues will often ensue whose solution is also the light beings’ work which can occasionally result in defeating the opposing partner. Moreover, discussions of a spiritual nature stimulate people´s thinking and this is of greatest benefit for the soul, for then it will form its own opinion of every spiritual question and only then can and will it debate with intense interest. But anyone who avoids every spiritual conversation also prevents the beings of light from carrying out their caring work, he remains inaccessible to every spiritual instruction and will never broaden his knowledge, because he does not communicate and therefore can neither accept what is right nor relinquish what is wrong ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Overcoming matter ....

B.D. 4711 from August 12th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Never forget that you are indeed children of the world but that you have to overcome the world in order to become aspirants of My kingdom, which is not of this world, and that this is your actual purpose of earthly life. Do not regard your earthly life as an end in itself but know that it is only a means to an end and that the end is only to detach yourselves from matter, thus to completely overcome the world. You have indeed been placed into this world and surrounded by matter which you can also make use of, yet only ever to such an extent that you, as well as the matter you use, are of service, that its actual purpose is fulfilled and at the same time you are able to serve your fellow human beings again through the use of matter and are thus active in neighbourly love. You shall overcome matter, but matter will overcome you .... it will try to captivate your thoughts, your souls, for this is the world's seduction, that everything worldly appears to you so appealingly that your desire for it is aroused and this desire can suffocate every other feeling if it is not fought against. You stand in the middle of the world, behind you lies the material world, i.e., all spiritual bound in matter still surrounds you, yet in front of you lies the spiritual kingdom, and both kingdoms seek to exert their influence on you. But your senses are still imprisoned by the material world and therefore cannot find the entrance into the spiritual kingdom. Therefore you have to fight against your desire, you have to fight against all covetousness which aims at earthly-material things. And in order to be able to do so more easily, the worthlessness of everything that surrounds you is presented to you; I constantly let you recognize the impermanence and nothingness of material things so that you detach your hearts from them, so that you become free from matter and can enter the spiritual kingdom unhindered by directing your thoughts to where there is no more passing away, where everything you acquire in spiritual possessions is permanent and imperishable.

You are indeed in the midst of the world but at the same time you can also occupy the spiritual kingdom if your soul desires it and only grants the body the right to dwell in matter, yet completely untouched by it, because the soul, the human being's thinking, feeling and wanting dwells in spiritual spheres and has found the true kingdom there where it feels at ease and will never again exchange it for the material world. Overcome matter, imagine its worthlessness and turn away from the goods of this world .... Seek to gain My kingdom and you will possess far more than the earthly world can ever offer you. For even if you are children of the world, the spiritual kingdom is open to you and accepts everyone who leaves the world behind in his desires and only strives upwards, who wants to enter My kingdom because he has recognized that the earthly world is My adversary's share and whom I therefore help to reach the aim ....

Amen

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Assisting in the work of redemption .... spreading the gospel ....

B.D. 4712 from August 13th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You can reach a high level of spiritual development by actively helping in Christ's work of redemption. His mission on earth was to spread the teaching of love, and as soon as you are active in the same way, as soon as you convey the divine teaching of love to your fellow human beings, as soon as you draw their attention to the effects of a right or wrong way of life, as soon as you do the same as Jesus Christ did .... bring the gospel to people .... you participate in Christ's work of redemption, and you help erring or struggling souls out of darkness into light. You don't know how indescribably important it is to point people to the divine teaching of love and therefore you, who receive the word of God directly from above, will be pointed to it again and again, for you have many opportunities to preach love, and you should make use of every opportunity, for only through love will the human being fulfil his earthly task, and through love can he redeem himself. Jesus Christ, in His greater than great love, gave a living example of what He advocated and what He adviced through His teaching .... He died the most bitter death on the cross out of love for people .... You should now pass on Christ's teaching of love, you should also be a living example, you should live a life of unselfish and active neighbourly love yourselves and thereby also awaken love in your fellow human beings, you should follow Him, Who truly showed you the greatest love .... Who bore your guilt of sin and made atonement for it to God. He gave His disciples the commission to carry the gospel into the world .... "Go ye, and teach all nations ...." He asked nothing further of them, just as He now makes the same demand of you .... To spread His word. And His word teaches love. Therefore, anyone who encourages his fellow human beings to be active in love, who exemplifies a right life of love to them, who takes notice of God’s word himself, that is, who receives it from above or from His messengers and also passes on to his fellow human beings what he receives, is a disciple of Jesus, he is one of His apostles whom He sends out into the world to teach all nations. For people need His divine teaching because they are devoid of all love and must awaken love in their hearts as the most necessary thing for their salvation, otherwise they will be eternally lost. God only requires one thing of them, to practice love, and if this commandment is fulfilled the soul is saved from certain death. However, people take too little notice of this and therefore have to be reminded again and again of their actual purpose in life, to shape themselves into love. And this task is incumbent upon you, who are called by God to spread His teaching of love, and you will be true followers of Christ, you will be redemptively active on earth and also one day in the spiritual kingdom ....

Amen

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World wisdom - spiritual knowledge ....

B.D. 4713 from August 14th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The all-encompassing worldly wisdom cannot replace the knowledge that can be called heavenly wisdom, that is, knowledge of what lies outside the world, but which cannot be proven either, precisely because it concerns truths lying outside the world. Anyone who is considered exceedingly wise in the world, on earth, can nevertheless be ignorant to the highest degree in matters concerning those regions, and his wisdom is gone at the moment of death, he has, so to speak, only participated in the exploration of a limited region, but over which the soul passes in its bodiless state, which is no longer worth fathoming for it, which it therefore leaves behind, no matter whether it has explored it completely or only partially. It now enters a kingdom where completely different explorations are of value, and its wealth or poverty now obviously comes to light and it determines the state of its new sphere of activity, which can be agonizing or also blissful. Anyone who has acquired spiritual knowledge on earth will be able to make use of it and thereby create a fate for himself which will make him happy, because he will be absorbed in the happiness of other souls which vegetate in complete spiritual poverty and are dependent on help. This spiritual knowledge is rarely striven for on earth because people do not yet recognize it as valuable and forget it above worldly knowledge. Worldly wisdom is not wisdom, for man only specializes in existing things, things which he can observe and, according to the acuteness of his intellect, also calculate and teach people about as established fact. He calls this 'knowledge', but it is only the knowledge of the divine order in which the whole of creation moves, and he procures this knowledge through intellectual research and brooding. As soon as his soul leaves the physical shell this knowledge is of no importance to it, it can do nothing with it in the kingdom of the spirits, where only that knowledge is of value which touches that spiritual kingdom; then the most minimal spiritual wealth, thus knowledge about the divine plan of salvation, about the creator's relationship with His living creations, can be beneficially used by the soul, it will constantly increase the wealth. Then the intellect will no longer be decisive but the heart, i.e. the soul's life of feeling, how far it penetrates spiritual knowledge. The area which is now accessible to its research is unlimited, it will therefore eternally bring new things and therefore also constantly make it happy, it will be a constant progress, an increase of spiritual knowledge and consequently also an ever more assiduous activity and a constantly increasing sphere of activity; whereas the worldly researcher is limited, if only by the recall from earthly life, which breaks off all research and makes it worthless for him. Worldly knowledge only serves the human being on earth but cannot be used in any way by the souls in the beyond for their activity. Worldly knowledge only concerns purely concrete things and leaves every spiritual question open. Nevertheless, worldly knowledge can also be of value to fellow human beings if spiritual striving is recognizable at the same time, then worldly knowledge will contribute towards the human being also seeking knowledge of areas which he cannot penetrate by virtue of his intellect .... if, for example, it is proven to him on the basis of worldly science that an offence is not possible after death and he then also intellectually recognizes another area which he then strives for and thus strives towards. Then worldly knowledge can be called the first stage which leads to spiritual knowledge, but it may also only be used as a stepping stone to spiritual knowledge, because this alone is decisive, because this alone is unlimited and therefore worth striving for and must be gained by everyone who wants to be admitted to happy activity in the spiritual kingdom ....

Amen

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Reference to the end and the intervention of God ....

B.D. 4714 from August 15th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Great things will still be revealed to the world, yet the world doesn't pay attention to it. Phenomena of the strangest kind could give people food for thought, yet they only hear, wonder and soon reject the thought; all admonitions on My part bounce off their worldly mind, everything spiritual is unreal and unprofitable to them, and therefore they don't turn to it. But anyone who only looks around him and pays attention will also recognize the near end by the signs of the time, for I speak clearly to the people of this earth everywhere, I manifest Myself in many different ways, I give indications of the eternal divine everywhere, just as I also brand people's sinfulness and let My displeasure become apparent. I speak softly and with gentle words, but I also speak with a loud voice in order to draw people's attention to the end, in order to present to them the horrors of a sudden death and the power of the one Whom they don't want to acknowledge and to Whom they are nevertheless at His mercy and cannot defy Him. Recognize all these signs as pointing to the near end .... And acquaint yourselves with a sudden end of your body's life. Live as if tomorrow will be your last day and imagine your further life in the beyond, give yourselves an account as to whether your life corresponds to My will, whether and to what extent you fulfil My commandments which demand love for Me and your neighbour. The end will be ever more obviously pointed out to you, and what still lies ahead of you is only ever a means of guiding the human will which is still turned away from Me and therefore endangers your soul. Don't let these means be in vain or ineffective, just pay attention to everything that contributes to the shaking of human thinking. And you will always recognize My hand if you are of good will, My will will be revealed to you, and as soon as you recognize Me everything that happens will be a blessing for you, even if it has a painful effect on you. I speak often and everywhere .... Pay attention to My voice, don't overhear it because of the world, for the world will decay. But what remains is My share and you should try to gain it, try to be counted as My own who are still far away from Me, for I will stand by My own in every adversity of body and soul and give them strength to endure everything the end time will bring. For great things are in store for you where you will need much strength and profound faith in order to stand firm and remain faithful to Me until the end ....

Amen

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Extraordinary gift of grace obliges to pass on ....

B.D. 4715 from August 16th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The grace of being spiritually instructed is not given to a person arbitrarily but always requires the will to use this spiritual instruction according to its purpose. Therefore the instructions, i.e. the knowledge gained through them, always have to be passed on so that fellow human beings will also benefit from what is offered to a person from above. Then grace will also become effective in the human being, then he will mature in his soul. Therefore, on the one hand the recipient of spiritual gifts is exceptionally gifted, yet he has an obligation which he absolutely has to fulfil, otherwise God's grace will remain ineffective in him. And thus this knowledge received from God has to be advertized in all directions, it has to be spread, it has to be brought to all doors and offered, yet it remains up to the messengers whether they are joyfully received and listened to, for every effect of grace requires free will. But if the bearers of truth make an effort to pass on the divine word then many doors will open, many hearts will be willing and able to receive it, many will therefore also be allowed to participate in the gift of grace and the souls will mature. Anyone who wants to work actively for the kingdom of God will always find a field of work, and now he must also prove himself worthy of the undeserved gift of grace which has fallen to him .... he must speak everywhere and mention the divine activity, he must convey His word to all those who are willing to listen to God and yet are unable to hear Him directly. And the living water will refresh and refresh all who are hungry and thirsty .... And thus recognize your task for the first time; believe that it is important and significant and that you should therefore place this task before the earthly one; believe that you are guided and that everything meets and moves you as it is necessary for your spiritual work; believe that God is always close to you and guides your paths, that He Himself brings people together who should work together or mature in each other, and consider nothing as coincidence .... Everything is divine providence, determined since eternity, because it has been recognized as good since eternity and not otherwise. And no matter how unreal it may seem to you, the spiritual is the only real thing, whereas everything earthly-worldly is only an appearance which fades away if God wills it, which does not exhibit and cannot give birth to anything permanent if the spiritual light does not shine and have a life-awakening effect. Anyone who is destined to work for the spiritual kingdom will only ever lead to the aim, which is called the redemption of erring souls. Everything will happen in his life in such a way that his fellow human beings will be given the opportunity to gain insight into the truth and that they will be pointed to their earthly task .... to redeem themselves through love .... Whoever is active in this sense, that he helps his fellow human beings to salvation, will also receive His blessing as a right and diligent labourer in the vineyard of the lord now and one day in the spiritual kingdom ....

Amen

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Gift of speech testimony to the work of the spirit ....

B.D. 4716 from August 17th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

What is given to you at this time speak and don't be afraid to speak it, for you are only driven by your spirit, which is My manifestation. So let everything come to you, whatever is done against you, for everything is firmly planned from eternity, and anyone who works for Me and on My behalf is under My special guidance and does nothing but comply with My will, for he has already surrendered his will to Me, he has given himself to Me of his own free will, and thus he is now My instrument, thus merely the executor of My will. The gift of being able to speak, if he uses himself for Me, must alone convince him that I have taken care of him, for it is proof enough of the presence of the one Who works in him .... "I am with you always until the end ...." this promise is to be taken literally, for I am truly present in those who love Me and keep My commandments .... who want to be active for Me out of love for Me and for their neighbour who is in need. I am with you and will not leave you forever, and even if you have to suffer because you are still in the midst of the world, because your body is not yet spiritualized and because your soul shall attain a higher degree of maturity, yet don't doubt that I Myself am with you. For with My will you also walk the earthly path through thorns and undergrowth, yet never without My guidance. And thus nothing can happen to you but what My will allows because My love and wisdom recognized it as good for you. Yet if you speak on My behalf it will be clear to you that you are under My protection, for even if you are harassed by opponents who try to make you unfit for your spiritual work you will be able to refute everything they say and visibly be filled by My spirit, you will speak on My behalf and stand up for Me and My kingdom with innermost conviction. And you will recognize My Working by the fact that a calmness will come over you as soon as it is necessary to fight for Me and My word, and that you will therefore fight successfully with the sword of your mouth .... For I am constantly with you and you do not go any way alone ....

Amen

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Narrow, thorny path to height .... world people ....

B.D. 4717 from August 19th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Countless people could still leave the broad path they are walking on and enter the narrow path which leads to Me, thus to the aim; they could still gather rich treasures, even though the time until the end is only short; they still have helpers at their disposal on earth and also in the spiritual kingdom who would like to provide them with right guides and to whom they could entrust themselves without hesitation. Yet their will alone decides, and as long as this will does not consciously turn to Me, for which faith in Me must first be present, as long as the world is still in the foreground, thus holding all of the human being's senses captive, they still walk on the broad path which seems more appealing to them and which they therefore don't want to exchange for the narrow, unappealing path, but which is the only path upwards. And yet they themselves should feel that the world can only offer worldly reward, whereas the spiritual kingdom can only be won spiritually, thus by surrendering the earthly world. Consequently, the path of earthly life will also show privations and hardship which shall let the human being change and mature. In the last time before the end the path to the height will be particularly difficult to pass, thorns and undergrowth will often make it impassable, and the wayfarer will have to look for help from above in order to reach the height without danger. And precisely these hardships and difficulties of life shall give you the proof that you are on the right path, for He who rules the world, Who wants to win you over for Himself, seeks to give you everything beautiful, to fulfil your wishes, so that you shall acknowledge Him and desire His kingdom. Not many take the narrow, difficult path and you can already recognize the time of the end because everything pays homage to the world, people live a worldly life and are only concerned about doing to their body what it desires. But those who walk the narrow path have their gaze directed upwards, they strive towards the spiritual kingdom, they are mentally connected to Me and turn their backs on the world, they don't look towards the broad, delightful path because they recognize it as misleading but are seriously willing to reach the right aim. Countless people could take an example from those and try out what a way of life that is less pleasing to the body than to the soul will bring them .... And people's spiritual development as well as their physical condition would truly look better, for earthly hardship and suffering would also cease to exist because people would not need it if they took care of their upward development themselves. Yet people don't listen to well-meant advice, they don't turn to My word and My indications of the near end .... And thus time will pass without success for the souls until the day has come when all will be called to account ....

Amen

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Bliss of the soul in receiving the divine word ....

B.D. 4718 from August 21st 1949, taken from Book No. 54

No earthly joy equals the bliss which the reception of the divine word means for the soul, although the body, the human being's intellect, has no share in the blissful sensation. But the reception of the divine word is always connected with the soul's dwelling in spiritual spheres, where the body cannot follow and therefore also remains untouched by the impressions. But the soul is flooded with strength and light and strengthens itself in the short time of its dwelling in the spiritual kingdom. It is, so to speak, removed from the heaviness of earth but connected to the body to such an extent that it can return to earth again at any time, which is why the state of receiving spiritual announcements is always a conscious one, for the body is waiting for what the soul will announce to it from its impressions in the spiritual kingdom, which are always passed on to the intellect in the form of instructions. But the body will never receive the soul's entire spiritual wealth, for the soul sees much which it cannot describe in words and therefore also cannot reproduce comprehensibly, but which nevertheless remains to it as a spiritual treasure which it will be able to lift after its entrance into the spiritual kingdom. What it imparts to the intellect is of importance for the duration of earthly life and contributes to ascent development, and therefore it should also be passed on to fellow human beings. The short time of receiving spiritual knowledge through the voice of the spirit is immensely profitable for the soul, and areas open up to it, which it has never known before and which are also inaccessible to the intellect of man. It receives rays of light everywhere, thus knowledge remains with it even if it has left those areas. However, whether it can also take the knowledge to earth, i.e. also impart it to the body, so that the human being as such takes cognizance of what was previously unknown, depends on the will of the person, however far he seeks to penetrate the truth intellectually. After a connection with the spiritual kingdom the soul will always communicate itself to the body, but to what extent the mediation takes place is determined by the human being himself through his will. Thus his soul's willingness to receive spiritual knowledge can cause happiness, even though the soul's communication with the body is not of such depth and extent that it also makes the human being intellectually happy, yet the soul communicates in different ways but is always strengthened through a connection with the spiritual kingdom, and its desire for spiritual nourishment will always increase, which is why the human being who accepts the divine word will never cease to gain spiritual contact, for the soul will always hunger more and more for the food that suits it and will no longer be satisfied with what the world can offer it once it has received what makes it infinitely more happy from the spiritual kingdom. At times, therefore, the soul withdraws into itself, i.e., the body knows little of its spiritual successes, yet it will never be left entirely without knowledge, which increases the more the intellect also demands enlightenment ....

Amen

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Dissolution of the old earth and resurrection in the moment ....

B.D. 4719 from August 21st 1949, taken from Book No. 54

To dissolve the earth into its original components means a transferring back of the spiritual into the former lowest and most imperfect state, should the dissolution proceed in the same backwards sequence .... But a sudden dissolution means a becoming free of the bound spiritual out of form, therefore an unbound state for the spiritual, which however is not yet ripe for a free working. Thus the spiritual would misuse its freedom, it would let off steam and be active in a sense contrary to God, because it has not yet recognized God but is still subject to His adversary, to whom the destructive principle is inherent, who does not favour any construction and no meaningful upward development. Consequently, imperfect spiritual substances that have become free must soon be bound again in a form if the divine order is to be maintained and a chaotic state is to be avoided in the spiritual world as well. A reversion of the spiritual in the form of a downward development of the earth is impossible from God's point of view because His principle is always only construction and progress, since love determines all His rule and activity. If an unlawful dissolution of matter takes place through human will, God will soon give the released spiritual substance another form in which the upward development will continue. If an act of destruction takes place from God, through His will and His power, then this is not to be regarded as a decline of works of creation but a violent act of liberation again for the purpose of a new shaping of the bound spiritual, whose will of service is evident to God and which He now also takes into account. Even the last work of destruction on this earth, which is staged by human will, is in God's eternal counsel the cause of a mighty process of transformation for the entire spiritual, which is bound in the creations of the earth. The cause of the work of destruction is human will, but the effect of it is God's will, which is why the downfall of the old earth is also fixed in God's eternal plan of salvation, because all spirits, including the devils, are serviceable to Him, even if against their will. For God's adversary seeks to prevent any upward development, he seeks to tear back again that which has already come closer to God and to make it apostate from God and to plunge it into the depths. But God's plans and His power prevent what he is striving for .... It now emerges from all this that the new earth with its creations does not need a time of development, since spiritual substances in every stage, in every degree of maturity, are released through the downfall of the old earth and this released spiritual substance can therefore also soon take on the new forms which God assigns to it and which it also has to take on if a battle is not to break out between the spiritual substance, which would throw it far back again because it automatically pushes towards the one Whose will gave it life .... Thus the new emergence of the earth will not take a long time, a retrogression of the earth will not be the cause of the end, as is often wrongly assumed, just as no slow development of the new creation is necessary either. God will let a new earth come into being at the moment with all conceivable creations which testify to His creative will, His wisdom and His greater than great love and give evidence of His power and glory. And therefore people of this earth will be allowed to see the new miracle of creation, as well as they will remain faithful to God at the end of this earth period and will be raptured as a flock of the elect with a living body. They will be brought to the new earth and form the tribe of the new generation and will be allowed to experience miracles upon miracles, for they dwell in paradise in blissful communion with the light-filled spiritual and yet possess the memory of the old earth and the downfall ....

Amen

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Shield of faith .... Trust .... God's protection ....

B.D. 4720 from August 22nd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I Am giving you a genuine gift, and in realising it you should be joyful. How can the world possibly harm you if I stand before you as a shield and let nothing harm you? Hence, take your stand behind the shield of faith and you will be protected against all attacks by those with ill intentions. I will always stand by you, always ready to protect you whenever you are in danger. And this belief has to be so certain in you that you thereby banish all fear and distress. I Am with you and hold on to you so that you will not get caught in the undergrowth, in the many worldly obstacles to which you fear to succumb. Just look up and call to Me in thought, then you will never walk alone but always in My company, able to live untroubled until the end of your days. Although the world will still badly bother you it should not cause you fear, for I Am stronger than the world, and if the world pesters you though I want you to be at peace, then it will be unable to harm you. Therefore, be joyful and happy and despise the world, that is to say, ignore it and what emerges from it. My kingdom will compensate you for what the earthly world denies to you, and to dwell in My kingdom is truly more desirable, for it will not disappoint you.

I Am also Lord over this earthly world and control your earthly life too, but you should leave this concern entirely to Me and not burden yourselves with it, because the state of your soul is far more important and you alone have to improve it. I can put your earthly life in order for you but you will have to shape your spiritual life in accordance with your will. And in order that nothing shall stop you from improving your soul I will take care of your body and all it requires to maintain and fulfil its earthly task. And because I make this promise to you, you can truly commend yourselves to Me, every experience will be for the benefit of your soul. Therefore I only expect your complete trust in My assistance and you will be helped with every problem you have. For nothing is impossible to Me, and all threads in eternity are controlled by My will, in wisdom and greater than great love .... always for the benefit of My living creations, for whom I want to prepare an eternally blissful fate ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Christ head of His church .... members of the true church ....

B.D. 4721 from August 22nd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The head of the church of Christ remains Jesus Christ Himself .... For this church, which comprises the community of believers, i.e. those who place themselves under the cross of Christ and want to participate in the redemption through His blood, which He shed for sinful humanity, is based on faith in His redemptive work. His church cannot be understood in any other way than on this faith in Him and His redemption, and this is also how Jesus' words are to be understood: "You are Peter, the rock, on you I will build My Church ....". Peter was the most faithful among His disciples, and he recognized the mission of the man Jesus, he believed in Him as God's son and redeemer of the world, although in hours of earthly distress he put the world in the foreground, which drove him to his threefold denial. His faith was therefore not weaker, only his flesh failed in the anguish and distress of the events surrounding Jesus. Therefore, whoever wants to belong to His church must acknowledge Jesus Christ, and therefore Jesus Christ will also always have to be confessed as a sign of belonging to His church. And thus His teaching will also have to be proclaimed in it, i.e. the same must be taught as Jesus taught His fellow human beings .... the gospel must be brought to people because the knowledge of it is necessary in order to revive faith in the redemption through Jesus Christ. For only the right faith is the cause for a person to enter into the right relationship with Him, Who acquired eternal bliss for him through His death on the cross ....

(23.8.1949) For this reason, followers of every denomination can claim membership of the true church of Christ if they only believe in Jesus Christ and His act of salvation and have penetrated His gospel and live their lives according to His divine teaching of love. These alone are the signs of the church which Jesus Himself founded on earth, that people remain in His spirit and never ever let Him out of their thoughts and strive to follow Him in deeds, words and thoughts .... Faith in Jesus Christ determines a person's right conduct of life, for Jesus' words, His gospel, are sacred to him; he respects them as God’s word and seeks to live them out. And through this he awakens the spirit in himself to life, and the working of the spirit is then the most unmistakable sign of being a member of the true church of Christ. But it is not outward bonds, the fulfilment of outward formulas or a forced membership in the traditional way that makes a person belong to the community of believers. For then the awakening of the spirit is not far off, which demands more than outward membership in name only. Anyone who sees Jesus Christ as the head of the church consciously strives towards Him and for him His word is the gospel .... the only path to the aim .... because the word is Jesus Christ's flesh and blood, it is bread and wine from heaven; consequently it must also lead to heaven, it must lead to the closest union with the divine redeemer Himself and thus make him blissfully happy. Hence the word is the core of Christ's church, the word is His teaching of love, and where this is conveyed to people there will always be the true church of Christ. And anyone who receives His word into his heart and lives accordingly is His follower, he is a member of His church, which is only ever to be understood spiritually, thus not bound to earthly organizations. Nevertheless, every earthly ecclesiastical organization can include members of this church as long as they fulfil those conditions, provided they are truly devout followers and confessors of Jesus Christ and His act of salvation ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Lack of faith .... assurance of God's help ....

B.D. 4722 from August 24th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Prepare yourselves for the great event which I announce again and again. But know that all suffering will pass, even if you believe to collapse under it. Everything will follow one another quickly, there will be a rush of events, and in a short time that will happen, which I point out to you again and again. But how will you bear this difficult time if you don't look up to Me with more faith in the hours of adversity? I know what is coming and want to help you gain the strength of faith which overcomes everything that comes upon you. Just lean firmly on Me, know that you will not find the support on earth that you have in Me if only you believe. I am always there for you, I hear every call, every sigh, I know about every tear, about all sorrow which oppresses you, and I only ever want to call out to you: Why do you trust so little in Me, Who constantly promises you My protection and My help? Why don't you come to Me when you are burdened and threaten to sink under the load? Why is your prayer not so fully trusting that I can help you, that you, so to speak, force My help through the strength of your faith? And if you sincerely want it you can also believe, yet you have to seriously consider My word, you have to move it in your heart, i.e. deeply empathize with its meaning and realize that I am not telling an untruth, that you can therefore fully expect the fulfilment of My promises. Therefore, if I have promised you My help in every adversity of body and soul, think about the fact that I can help you by virtue of My omnipotence, that I want to help you by virtue of My love and that you must not doubt it, for then you will either not recognize My omnipotence or My love, and then you will prevent Me Myself from expressing love and omnipotence, because then you will step out of the right relationship with the child, but which I require in order to be able to reveal Myself in My love and omnipotence. Why are you afraid of the power of the world, why do you let yourselves be oppressed by earthly worries when you have a father in heaven Who can and will take care of everything for you because you are His children? Why don't you have faith in Him, Who constantly gives you proof of His activity and work, if you only look around you? Why is the worldly so much closer to you than I am, why are you afraid, since I am constantly present to you? And how do you then want to bear the heaviness that the future still brings? But I know about your adversity and want to avert it so that you can serve Me as a support when everything around you threatens to shake .... I need you and want to educate you to become strong, fearless representatives of My teaching. And I will achieve it, that is, your faith will become unshakeable and defy all storms. You will experience My help so obviously that all doubt will disappear and your faith will grow stronger .... and you will serve Me until the end ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Immortality of soul .... Wrong doctrine ....

B.D. 4723 from August 25th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You need truthful explanations because misguided teachings darken your spirit and portray My creative will and creative spirit wrongly to you. They show neither My love nor My wisdom and thus prevent you from igniting the flame of love in your hearts which would bring you closer to Me. Wrong doctrines can lead to non-belief, wrong doctrines can destroy all faith if they are not corrected, and therefore I want to enlighten you time and again for your own sakes, since you can, after all, only become blessed through faith and love.

What is the use of any teaching which questions the immortality of the soul? The soul is something spiritual, whereas the body is physical .... The body can certainly die, that is, pass away and disintegrate in its substance, but the soul, the spiritual essence, is immortal. It has to continue, it will merely leave the body as soon as the body has served its task as a cover for the soul on earth. It will leave the physical external form in order to continue its process of development in spiritual spheres, to steadily increase its maturity if it has reached a certain degree of maturity on earth or, if its course of life was unsuccessful, to either remain in the same state of total immaturity or to descend into darkness, depending on its will, but always in spheres which should be understood as being outside the earthly-material world.

Thus, the soul will in fact experience a state of death, but this should not be understood as obliteration, it is merely a state of complete lack of light and strength, a state of helplessness, yet it will always be conscious of its existence. The soul will never lose its awareness of existence, it can merely mean either the epitome of beatitude or inexpressible agony for the soul, which is always consistent with the way of life the person had lived on earth. Hence the soul's life corresponds to its life in the flesh on this earth. Consequently, the deeds of the flesh determine the soul's fate and the place of residence after its death, and the day of death is the human being's Judgment Day, after which it will arise into a life of light or darkness ....

The soul is something spiritual which can never ever cease to exist, it cannot be temporarily extinguished either but it will live eternally, with the exception that an existence in darkness cannot be called life but is spiritual death, yet neither can it be called a state of rest. A rest until Judgment Day is a wrong concept, because inactive souls experience this as personal torment, whereas a soul's true life is activity which, however, necessitates a certain degree of maturity, which a soul can easily attain on earth if it is of good will. The souls stay in the spiritual kingdom and can nevertheless always be in the vicinity of earth. They are merely outside of the physical world, thus they are no longer tied to a material form but are free spiritual beings if they are enlightened, otherwise they will be in a state of darkness, because complete lack of strength signifies constraint for them. But the soul can never die; it will merely escape its body, which thus will have completed its earthly life ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

The catastrophe and its consequences .... Neighbourly love ....

B.D. 4724 from August 27th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You will all return to a very primitive state of living, for only this will make it possible to motivate you into helpful neighbourly love, which alone can redeem you. Then all people will have the opportunity to be lovingly active although it depends on free will to what extent the opportunity will be utilised. And thus humanity will very quickly want to improve their living conditions again and this, depending on every individual person's will, by just or unjust means, for only few will want to be of service while the majority will want to be served and at the expense of their fellow human beings attain prosperity again, if only for a short period of time, for the end will follow soon .... However, whatever precedes the end has been determined for eternity .... A partial destruction on an inconceivable scale will affect large stretches of land and claim countless human lives. These people, therefore, will have met their end, yet their death will still result in their souls' entry into the kingdom of the beyond. The last hour for this world has not yet arrived when the gates into the spiritual kingdom will also be closed. The survivors, however, will still be granted a last reprieve, an extremely difficult earthly life which can nevertheless be called a time of grace as it still enables many people of good will to gain higher maturity. The huge event should make all people thoughtful and let them seek unity with God, but only a few will derive benefit for their soul by commending themselves to their Creator and Father of eternity and appeal to Him for mercy and help.

And they will indeed be helped. For there will be great and widespread hardship so that outside help cannot be expected. People can only help each other, and in their neighbourly love they will be strongly supported from above, they will be able to accomplish works which are in fact beyond their strength. Yet the will to help will gain them an extraordinary flow of strength, the will to help will also have beneficial consequences on them, so that the helpful person will receive spiritually and physically what he would like to pass on and thus his own adversity will be remedied too. The strength of faith and of love will clearly become evident and every human being can ease his fate by considering his neighbour and not just his own hardship. This great adversity comes upon you in order to revive love, for only love can redeem you and it grows constantly colder the closer it gets to the end. And anyone who is still able and willing to love will not be depressed by the hardship but will overcome it himself by virtue of his love for his neighbour. Even so, there will be much suffering everywhere. People will be torn apart, they will no longer hear from each other and everyone will then have the opportunity of using all his strength to alleviate the difficult situation in his surrounding area. And the human being can achieve much if only he calls upon God for support and desires help for other people. But anyone who takes advantage of his fellow human being and tries to benefit from his adversity will in the end belong to those who will be devoured by the earth on the last day .... he will belong to those who will be condemned, because they had become true devils and will have to share the fate of the one who will be chained up and banished into the new earth for an infinitely long period of time again ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Earth destiny .... surrender to God's will ....

B.D. 4725 from August 27th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You must endure what is destined for you, for earthly fate is shaped according to your will and the human being's task, which, if it is particularly important, requires a higher degree of maturity in order to be able to be carried out in accordance with My will. Suffering and adversity purifies the soul, suffering and adversity brings it closer to Me, and My presence is all the more certain the greater the adversity. For adversity is a sign of concern for My children who, in order to belong to Me completely, have to be educated, whose souls therefore have to purify themselves in order to be able to accept Me, in order to be able to endure My presence. And thus recognize your father's kindness in every adversity, for whom I love I especially take care of. I certainly love all My living creations, yet where I find reciprocated love I also want to increase the love I bestow, but this also requires a purified heart. Yet I also want to give you proof of My love if you need it to strengthen your soul in spiritual adversity. I want to let you have a glimpse into your farther life, and what you see in a dream accept it as a bright face, yet don't forget your task which is unspeakably important and should always be placed before everything .... Know that everything My spirit proclaims to you is truth and that everything will come to pass as I have foretold it to you .... Know that you will experience it and that nothing earthly will then bind you anymore, yet in closest union you will then serve Me in earnest striving towards the same aim and in recognizing the truth .... There is a love which is stronger than death, and whoever carries this love in his heart also conquers death .... Remember this when you want to give up because of My apparent hardship, which has imposed a fate on you that seems too heavy for you .... Nevertheless, I remain affectionately attached to you and intervene as soon as the time comes when I need you to work together for Me and My kingdom ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

'My sheep know My voice ....' Resistance ....

B.D. 4726 from August 28th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The way you consider My Word is the way I consider you. For it is the Father's voice speaking to you which you have to know if you love Me, that is, if you keep My commandments. Anyone to whom My Word is made accessible will accept it if he loves Me, or he does not love Me if he rejects Me, that is, he does not fulfil My commandments, he does not live in love for God and his neighbour, otherwise he would recognise My Words as the Father's voice. Thus it will also be understandable to you that I bless those who accept Me in the Word yet withdraw My blessing from those who reject Me, for they will not be able to say that they acknowledge Me although they reject My Word .... My sheep know My voice .... and anyone who recognises it will also vouch for it, he will speak on behalf of My Word and not be afraid to pass it on. For what child would not give credence to the Words of the Father .... I came to My Own and they did not recognise Me .... And today I come to My children again, yet they pay less attention to My voice than ever because they do not have the right relationship of children to their Father, because they grant the world more rights and don't have much time for Me anymore. And yet they call themselves religious.

However, I don't acknowledge their faith because I don't notice any love in their hearts otherwise they would desire Me or My Word or attentively listen to the gentle sound of My voice wherever it can be perceived .... But I don't acknowledge anyone as My true child who suppresses My voice for the sake of the world, for although the Fatherly love embraces all His children it also wants to be reciprocated by them. Love Me and keep My commandments, then you will also feel that My Word is Fatherly, then no resistance will arise in you and you will joyfully profess Him to your fellow human beings and ensure the spreading of the Word .... However, if you lack love it will not affect you and you will reject it as a nuisance, which is evident within your heart and also in your conduct, and then you will also reject My love which comes to meet you in the Word and through the Word gives you the evidence that the Father speaks to His children and wants to be listened to by them .... Seriously examine yourselves as to whether you are children of the world or children of your Heavenly Father, and remember My Words: My sheep know My voice .... and don't be faithless, but believing ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Spiritual gifts God's pledge of love .... presence of God ....

B.D. 4727 from August 29th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The spiritual gifts are a pledge of My love, for I will never hand out spiritual gifts to anyone who does not win My affection. I seek to prove My love to you because you are still weak in faith and I want to give you a sure sign of love for My children, who shall also love Me again with all their heart. And therefore I give you My word .... When I speak to you I let My love flow over you, and this means enlightenment of your spirit, thus receptivity for spiritual knowledge which corresponds to truth. To possess spiritual knowledge is a privilege, a gift from the one Who loves you and wants to make you blissfully happy. And you could certainly all acquire this gift, thus I would not withhold it from any of My living creations, yet it requires a loving heart turned towards Me, thus a reciprocal love which, however, I do not find everywhere. But anyone who has My word may know that he is loved by Me and thus he can completely hand himself over to Me in the awareness of My most faithful fatherly love and care. My word is the surest sign of My love .... which shall make your life easier and make you resilient in the earthly battle .... Anyone who has My love also possesses Me Myself and I am also present to anyone who possesses Me, and My presence also guarantees you My protection and My help in every adversity. Don't let fear and doubt arise but firmly trust in Me and every worry will be removed .... And thus free yourselves from all heavy thoughts and anxious fear, for one is always with you Who loves you and therefore protects you in every danger of body and soul, one is there in Whom you can entrust yourselves without limit and Who will never leave you without help ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

The Antichrist's scourge ....

B.D. 4728 from August 29th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The Antichrist's scourge will be wielded harshly over all who profess Me, just as it was wielded over Me before My crucifixion as a human being. Yet I will repel it from My Own, I will seize it Myself and instead let it affect those who are enslaved by Satan. His raging will certainly be sorely felt in the ranks of My Own, yet as long as they are covered by the shield of faith he will be unable to cause them much harm, for once again I will safeguard them against anything that is done to My Own. However, they recognise the reign of the Antichrist and that the end and with it their hour of deliverance will soon have come, and this knowledge gives them the strength which lets them endure anything. You will not have a peaceful time for much longer, hour after hour and day after day trickle away and the time My spirit has announced to you comes ever closer .... Earth is facing a powerful tremor with indescribable consequences. And even if you doubt .... you cannot stop it anymore and soon will have to make a decision for or against Me .... This decision will be demanded by the one who opposes Me and who will continue to oppose Me for an endless time to come.

He will arrive prior to Me and appear on this earth, and he will take possession of someone who wholeheartedly belongs to him, i.e., he will express himself in all his power and strength through the latter. People will join him in droves, they will admire him and voluntarily submit themselves to him .... they will be dependent on him because he exerts his influence on them as a human being and impresses them with his words and actions. He will be successful because they will all surrender to him of their own accord, and thus he will wield great power and use it against Me .... against all of those who believe in Me and profess Me .... He will fight against Me and thus also wage the battle against My Own, who will nevertheless remain loyal to Me until the end .... The time of the Antichrist has come and accordingly he will soon make an appearance, and then you will know that the end is near .... For he will only reign for a short time, and because he knows that he won't have much time left anymore he will open hell and release all that is evil which will cooperate with him in a shocking manner .... Yet the hour of his fall into the abyss has been determined since the start, and so it will come to pass as is proclaimed in Word and Scripture ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

God - truth - love are one .... truth ....

B.D. 4729 from August 30th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

And even if you refuse to accept the truth, it must fill your whole being if you want to attain the vision of God in the spiritual kingdom. For truth is the companion of love, and since you cannot become blessed without love you cannot be without truth either. But truth can be offered to you even if you have not yet changed to love. The truth can cause you to Work in love as soon as you don't intellectually close yourselves off to the truth and then stimulate your heart to participate in it. Then truth will inevitably result in love, because one cannot exist without the other. Without love truth is only intellectual knowledge, but through love the heart also participates in truth, and then truth permeates the human being's whole being. The unloving person usually also rejects the truth because it does not appeal to him, yet again and again it is brought to him as long as the person is still capable of change, thus not a perfect devil .... As soon as the fate of life has had an effect on his heart, as soon as it has become softer and more compliant and also willing to love his fellow human beings, he will no longer close himself off to the truth imparted to him, he will become able to recognize and do what is right, thus his soul will mature, which always means increasing love and increasing realization. But anyone who desires the truth through love can be firmly convinced that God will convey it to him, because He approaches a loving person Himself and thus only truth can exist next to Him. The human being's soul then certainly rejects what does not originate from the originator of truth, Who is present to it through love; whereas it eagerly accepts what corresponds to truth because it also recognizes God Himself in it. God, love and truth are one .... Love for God and one's neighbour infallibly also results in the supply of truth, and the ability to recognize comes to the human being at the same time as truth. But this is why the loving human being is certain to stand in truth, he is full of conviction and can therefore also stand up for it, and he will unconsciously or consciously spread light because he receives light himself and can also radiate it again to his fellow human beings. For light cannot conceal its radiance, and the knowing human being feels inwardly urged to pass on his knowledge, for he is driven by love to give to his fellow human beings what makes him happy himself, because he knows that only truth leads to God, from Whom it originates ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

"He who is not for Me is against Me ...."

B.D. 4730 from August 31th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

This is what you should learn to recognize: who is for Me and who is against Me .... You will not always be able to rely on words, for people are often not even aware of whom they serve, Me or the world .... They confess Me with their mouth and yet are connected to the heart of the world. Consequently, they serve two masters and one will always have the upper hand, and you should judge this and take appropriate action against it. For then it is the human being's will which is decisive as to how he decides when he is seriously reminded that he can certainly deceive himself but never Me. To be for Me means to stand up for Me completely, to confess Me in life without shyness and without reserve. But anyone who cannot do this is not for Me but against Me, for he is prevented and allows himself to be prevented from freely confessing by My adversary, and he offers him no resistance. Thus he does not believe in Me, he is, as it were, wearing two armpits, he stands in the traditional faith which cannot stand any test and does not withstand a serious examination. But it is a serious test when he is called upon to confess before the world, before his fellow human beings .... Then he fails, then My presence is improbable to him, the spiritual kingdom is unreal to him, he believes what he sees and also stands up for it. Hence he belongs to the world; but the world is not My kingdom, consequently he cannot be My representative on earth either, because My word does not mean to him what it is .... the emanation of Myself. And thus, if he is not entirely for Me, he either acts against My will or he is guilty of an omission, and in both cases he is against Me .... He does what the world demands, he denies Me, if not with his mouth, then nevertheless in his heart and distances himself from Me instead of approaching Me. And that is why it is said: He who is not for Me is against Me .... For I am not content with a person not only not rejecting Me but I demand that he confesses Me openly and unashamedly, otherwise I will regard him as My adversary, which he also is in his heart, even if he speaks My name ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Experiments towards the end of the earth .... Activating forces ....

B.D. 4731 from September 1st 1949, taken from Book No. 54

There is a set limit to how far people can go in their conduct towards what My creative spirit has brought forth. Thus, as soon as they presumptuously want to change natural creations, every one of which was given its purpose by Me, then people's attitude towards Me becomes irrational, they underestimate My wisdom and My might, believing themselves able to dismiss both and thereby sin against Me Myself as well as against what I have created. And then the limit I have set will be transgressed, and thus humanity will destroy itself, because their scholars will draw the wrong conclusions and the consequences of their experiments will be disastrous. People believe that they have the right to explore everything I kept hidden from them in recognition of their immaturity for such knowledge .... The earth in its core is and will remain inexplorable for people until the end. Furthermore, forces of gigantic power are kept bound by Me in the earth's core so as not to endanger the earth's continued existence, only that eruptions ensue from time to time to allow these powers a brief outburst in order to give spiritual substances capable of development the opportunity to take shape above the earth and thus start their path of ascent. These forces unleash themselves with My approval, and therefore their effects are intended in My eternal plan of Salvation.

The extent of an eruption will always be limited when it happens in accordance with My will, but human determination will never be able to stop it, human will can never be the cause of it since no-one is able to explore cause and effect. Yet in the last days people will presumptuously penetrate the earth deeply for reasons of research in order to release unfamiliar energies with the intention of utilizing them profitably, and won't consider the fact that they lack the knowledge and intellectual capacity for such experiments.

Hence they will have no respect for My works of creation, they will penetrate an area which is quite naturally closed to them and wanting to investigate it can be called an impertinence, from a purely earthly point of view. But from a spiritual point of view it will mean entering the territory of the lowest spirits whose banishment I recognised as necessary and which will then therefore be unlawfully invalidated by people, that is why revoking My eternal order will have unimaginable consequences.

Their manipulations will aim to utilise earth forces against which every resistance gives way, and which therefore can be used for all experiments. But people won't consider that these forces are capable of disintegrating everything within their reach .... they won't take account of their power against which human will and intellect are futile. They will open locks which can never be closed again once they have been breached, for the area people want to enter is unfamiliar to them and they don't know its laws .... The earth's core cannot be researched in this way and every such attempt will backfire, not just on the researchers but on the whole human race .... For the limits I have set may not be exceeded according to My eternal order, which always favours progress but never destruction, and thus its infringement also has to have the opposite effect!

Satan himself will put these thoughts into the people of the last days, he will urge them to undertake this plan, for he knows that the destruction of creation will end the spirits' progress, which is his endeavour in his blind hatred against Me and all spirits striving towards Me. Yet even this plan, albeit evil, will be an inadvertent service .... he will fall in with My eternal plan of Salvation .... A new earth will arise where the development will continue, whereas everything satanic will once again be banished into its creations ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Unit of the soul with the spirit ....

B.D. 4732 from September 4th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Take care that your soul matures so that the spirit within you can unite with it, that is, so that it can make itself understood and influence it according to My will. And your soul will then mature if you make an effort to live in love, thus to do everything that is good, if you fight against your faults and weaknesses, if you strive to become perfect. The will alone is enough for the spirit to become active in you insofar as it informs the soul what it should do .... so that the soul thus sensitively strives for what is My will. The higher the soul's degree of maturity, the more comprehensible the spirit's expressions will be to it. The human being's thinking, feeling and wanting will be turned towards the spiritual, i.e. the human being will be more concerned with his inner life, with the higher development of his soul's state than with earthly thoughts. And all this is the working of the spirit in the human being which exerts its influence on the soul which has now united with it and allows itself to be drawn upwards. For the spirit in the human being is My share and consequently can only lead to Me, it seeks unification with the father-spirit which, however, only takes place when the soul is ready for it, when the human being, through a life of love, breaks through the barriers which previously separated him from Me. The soul, the thinking, feeling and willing in the human being must take the direction towards Me without compulsion, then it awakens the spirit spark in itself to life. And now start its activity and never without success .... Once you humans have achieved this, the spirit in you will no longer rest, it will again and again try to persuade the soul to listen to it .... i.e. the human being will no longer walk thoughtlessly but will seriously consider his fate after death, he will reflect on his purpose of earthly life, he will desire to know the truth and look for opportunities where it is offered to him .... His senses will be spiritually directed .... And this is what you should strive for first, that you grant the spiritual spark within you power over you, which again can only happen through serious will for perfection. As your will is, so is its working .... If the will is turned towards Me then it will certainly lead you towards Me, and you will feel it in the direction of your thoughts which increasingly concern themselves with the spiritual, because this benefits the soul, thus it willingly listens to the spirit. If you all try to reach this state, that the spirit can express itself in you, then you will have made great progress in your development. For as soon as the soul hands itself over to the influence of the spiritual substance every guarantee for its ascent development is given, then that which is My share will draw you to Me, then you will unite with Me and you will have fulfilled your task of earthly life once the union with Me has taken place ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Tolerance ....

B.D. 4733 from September 7th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Tolerance on a spiritual level is inappropriate when it involves defending the truth, highlighting misguided teachings and combating lies. Then a straight path has to be followed, no concessions can be made against one's own conviction as soon as a human beings works on My behalf and thus is also instructed in the truth. Truth, however, is and will always remain the same, and if I educate a person Myself, then he will also be able to intellectually justify what he represents as truth to his fellow human beings. If then the other person's opinion does not agree with this explanation, then the advocate of My truth should not be tolerant and give in or accept the other person's opinion against his innermost conviction. Such tolerance would be the same as a denial of what the bearer of truth has received from Me. For he recognises the error and will not contradict it.

As soon as people's opinions differ they don't all have the truth, and only that person's opinion is correct, who has received the truth from Me Myself, who thus, after heartfelt prayer, is firmly convinced of his mental concept because he was taught by My spirit. This, understandably, presupposes that the person believes in Me, keeps My commandments and desires to know the truth. This person can consider himself to have been educated by Me and also be able to convincingly uphold his ideas to his fellow human beings. Anyone who is clearly recognisable as a bearer of truth, who receives his knowledge through the unusual process of the inner Word, can justifiably reject every other doctrine and denounce it, for it is his duty to uphold the truth he has received from Me directly. Tolerance towards someone who thinks otherwise makes him unworthy of the immense gift of grace he receives from Me, for he does not value it if he does not support it.

Hence, a bearer of truth should never be accused that he is intolerant towards supporters of misguided teachings, for only truth will result in people's spiritual progress. Only truth will lead to Me, to eternal life in bliss, and only truth results in knowledge and thus means light for the being that is embodied as a human being on earth. Therefore it would be wrong to let a fellow human being live with misconceptions due to consideration in order to be regarded as tolerant. It would be an admission of personal uncertainty and doubt of the truth the person is expected to uphold. Furthermore, it would be half-hearted work for Me and My kingdom, which would entitle other people to doubt the mission as well as the source of the spiritual knowledge, which is not being as eagerly endorsed as a divine gift of grace should be endorsed. For this reason I choose strong-willed people as bearers of truth for Myself, who are also able to represent My Word intellectually and who neither fear the world nor My false servants. And I choose courageous fighters who will fight on My behalf with the sword of the tongue wherever the truth is being distorted ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Earthly activity necessary for servants of God .... profession ....

B.D. 4734 from September 9th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

My servants on earth are called to cooperate in the redemption of erring souls. This work requires the use of all their strength, which I will constantly increase in order to also make their earthly activity possible for them, which should go hand in hand with the work for Me but never be given priority. For again and again I give My servants the assurance that I, as their lord, will provide for all needs of life and thus also for their daily sustenance. But the fact that I provide them with an earthly activity is by no means insignificant. The will to serve Me must never be the cause of inactivity, otherwise its value is reduced. The will to serve Me must also be an act of struggle to a certain extent, resistances must be overcome so that the will first proves itself, so that it asserts itself and thus its seriousness is evident. Spiritual work must not be regarded as a pleasant game, as an activity which should fill an idle person's daily routine, which is why I do not approve of it when a pastoral activity becomes a person's profession, so to speak, because then the spiritual work is stamped as an earthly one and in the end it is only a profession, i.e. an activity connected with earthly income. Earthly activity, however, should consist of serving the neighbour, and only through this serving activity can the human being be enabled to also work spiritually, because serving with love is the basic condition for being accepted by Me as a servant. And therefore every earthly activity which is basically serving neighbourly love will also be blessed by Me, especially when the focus is on service and not on material success. Then the ability for spiritual work will also be developed, the human being will become suitable for the work in My vineyard, he will be able to accomplish both by using all his will which, however, has to give preference to spiritual work. This will always be possible, even if the earthly activity seems to take up all the human being's strength and time. Anyone who puts earthly activity before spiritual activity is not suitable for work for the kingdom of God in the redeeming sense, but likewise only spiritual work is not beneficial for the human being's soul. For the human being easily runs the risk of representing the doctrine of love purely theoretically and practizing too little love himself, the inevitable consequence of which is a slowly increasing inability for his mission, because love alone is the key to wisdom and the human being will only be truly wise if he is lovingly active, which, in turn, he is often given enough opportunity to do. And therefore My servants will always be engaged in earthly activity so that they will have to prove themselves, and the stronger their will is the more beneficial the spiritual work will also be, and the work for My kingdom will be done according to My will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Signs of the end time ....

B.D. 4735 from September 10th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Pay attention to the signs of the times. Look around you with the eyes of the spirit and you will recognize the hour in which you live, you will recognize that night is approaching and that only a few minutes of light are still given to you until night falls. Everything points to the imminent decline, love is growing cold among people and only a few serve their neighbour selflessly. Notice how rarely truth is still to be found amongst people, how blindly they walk along without knowledge of the fate they will meet if they don't change. Recognize from all these signs that the life clock of many people has run out, recognize that the end is near. I cannot give you any other time determination for the end, you must observe the activity and goings-on around you yourselves so that you know when the day will end. I draw your attention to it because I don't want you to be surprised and fall prey to the last days, for you must be told that you must not let yourselves be deceived by the apparent improvement in the conduct of life of individuals; you must be told that, from a worldly point of view, there is no reason for a change but that one has suddenly been created and now the hour of My intervention has also come, which I have constantly announced. Pay attention to everything that happens around you and the sooner you will recognize in which time you live. Just don't lose faith in Me and My love, for everything I do and allow has your spiritual development as its aim, even though it seems cruel to you and you are unable to recognize Me in it. My own can feel safe in My protection, they can trustingly expect My help in every earthly and spiritual adversity; My own need not fear anything, no matter what may come, if only they raise their eyes to Me, thus constantly remain united with Me in thought and deed. And thus you know that there is not much time left until the earth experiences a great upheaval, so prepare yourselves for it; don't pay attention to the world but pay the greatest attention to your soul's life, give your soul the opportunity to mature by looking around you and, where you see adversity, intervene helpfully, also enlighten your fellow human beings about the seriousness of the time and preach love to them, because only love gives them strength to endure the life which still lies ahead of them. And show them by example the effect of a life of love, be strong in faith and active in love yourselves, and your strength will increase and you will overcome everything you are burdened with. You will also survive the most difficult time because I will help you .... And you will persevere until the end ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God speaks to man through the heart ....

B.D. 4736 from September 11th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Whatever your heart tells you to do, that you should do, for I speak to you through the heart, providing you want to hear My voice. Thus you can let your heart speak or your intellect, i.e. you can pay attention to your feelings or also let reason prevail, thus strive for some advantage through your actions, whereas the heart does not achieve this advantage. But if you want Me to advise you by first asking Me for instruction, then you need only pay attention to your feelings and what you do now will truly be right. Then your heart is merely the mediator of My will and you can follow its voice. Thus you will also be instructed according to your feelings, i.e. you will instinctively reject what is wrong and accept what corresponds to the truth. And this also explains why people who are intimately connected to Me instinctively reject misguided teachings when they are presented to them. This is a sign that their soul resists something that is unwelcome to it, that in its desire for what is right and true it is warned by the spirit within itself to accept something untrue, that it therefore unconsciously adopts a hostile attitude and does not hide its attitude but openly confesses it. Then I Myself will cause this person to express his rejection because I want misguided teachings to be branded as pernicious for the soul. But if a person's inner voice is silent and he does not recognize the wrongness of an action or teaching, then he does not ask for My advice but is convinced of himself or his ability to judge .... He does not ask and therefore cannot receive an answer .... I cannot speak to him through the heart because he is not mindful of his sensations. But the will to reject would nevertheless awaken in him if he were only serious about the pure truth which, however, he could only ever find about Me and through Me. Anyone who falls prey to misguided teachings must look for the blame within himself, for as soon as he demands the truth it will be offered to him. For I always speak through the heart to those who want to be instructed by Me, because I will not leave a person in error who desires the truth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God’s word proof of His presence ....

B.D. 4737 from September 12th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

My word proves to you that I am present to you, for you would never hear My voice in your heart if I Myself were not present in your heart. And this certainty should make you so happy that you should forget all earthly sorrow and always be cheerful and happy. For My presence is a sign of My love, and to possess My love should truly not cause any sorrow or displeasure in you. What are earthly possessions and earthly happiness compared to My love? My love can give you everything, both earthly happiness as well as heavenly bliss, My love can also make earthly life easy and beautiful for you, and thus, if you have the evidence of My love through the supply of My word, there should be nothing left which can cause you worry and sorrow, for you only ever need to look into your heart, you need only ever imagine Me as present to you, and you will be able to speak to Me in confidence and, in humble childlike love, present your needs to Me, and you will never ever ask Me for help in vain, you will never ever go empty-handed, because I always consider those who are My children who listen to Me when I speak to them.

Therefore always remember My presence if you are in need, know that you can speak to Me in the most intimate way and that I will hear you the sooner the more childlike and confident you come to Me, for then you will testify to Me your love and your faith, and then I will be able to grant your every request, for I do not let My children ask in vain, I give them everything if only they believe ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

"Learn to believe ...." assurance from God's protection ....

B.D. 4738 from September 13th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I have given you My word according to which you will cover your path of life under My protection, and this word shall be enough for you, even though you often cannot understand why you have to take this path. Just learn to believe .... Then nothing will seem unusual to you anymore, then you will always have the calm certainty that I am always ready to help you when you need Me. Learn to believe .... And a deep peace will enter your heart, which only undoubted faith can bring you. Again and again try to imagine My presence, and then you will also feel My love for you and hold a fully trusting dialogue with Me .... the profound awareness of My presence strengthens your faith, and every word that has come to you from Me will come alive in you .... Then you will live a spiritual life and draw ever closer to Me, and then My strength will overflow into you and all doubt in you will dwindle and give way to unshakable faith which will give you inner peace and security. Again and again I give you the assurance of My help, and thus you should let go of all anxiety and discouragement, for you are not alone but have Me with you as your constant companion and guide. And where I am there must be no fear and anxiety, otherwise you will neither acknowledge My love nor My omnipotence .... Learn to believe and your path of earthly life will be easily passable and still lead you to the aim .... Therefore, always keep My word in mind, which constantly gives you promises which will certainly be fulfilled, because My word is and remains truth for all eternity ....

Amen

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Every path is marked out for servants of God ....

B.D. 4739 from September 15th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The paths you have to take are marked out for you from eternity, since I have called you to work for Me and My kingdom. As soon as you have entered My will your thoughts, intentions and actions also correspond to My will, and thus every path you take is determined by Me as to how it fits into the work for My kingdom, i.e. this work of yours is decisive for the course of your earthly life. You will always be given the opportunity to carry out your mission, and I will always guide you to where you are needed, where you can be successfully active for My kingdom, if the human being's will does not reject you and he loses the blessings you want to bring into his house. What you experience is nothing by chance and nothing arbitrary; as everything comes about it is My will, and therefore you will never take a wrong path through your own fault, but wherever it leads there your activity is also necessary, even if the success is minimal. I Myself supervise your paths if you want to work as My servants on My behalf. I assign you the work which I deem necessary and which you are capable of doing. Therefore you can start and end each day without worry .... you cannot do anything other than what My will has predetermined for you, because you have given yourselves to My will, because you have offered your services to Me of your own free will and I can now direct this will which has submitted itself to Me. I do not take your free will away from you, yet if you subject it to Me yourselves, you will now do of your own accord, thus out of your will, what I have intended since eternity .... And this certainty must relieve you of every earthly worry, for if I direct your destiny you can also feel in My care and be assured of the father's most faithful care, but just as you must not regard everything you do as arbitrary but as having been placed into your heart by Me and thus always in accordance with your mission for which I have hired you because you have entrusted yourselves to Me. Thus every day will proceed as I want it to, and you will, as it were, always act of your own free will as My wisdom has recognized to be beneficial from eternity. Then it is also My will, and My spirit impels you to carry out My will. The paths I lead you are often strange, yet let yourselves be driven without worry. I constantly walk beside you and would never let you take a path which leads astray. Yet you must bear one thing in mind, that you always carry out what your heart impels you to do .... that you don't act against the feeling of your heart, for I announce My will to you through the heart. Therefore pay attention to what you want to do and it will be right and bring you success, and the work for Me and My kingdom will be blessed ....

Amen

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Responsibility for accepting misguided teachings ....

B.D. 4740 from September 16th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

It is very difficult for people to disassociate themselves from knowledge they were taught from an early age on and which they therefore do not want to renounce as misguided. They accepted this knowledge without thinking about it and since their education is not their fault they cannot, at first, be held responsible for accepting wrong doctrines. Nevertheless, as soon as they are able to use their intellect themselves it is their duty to scrutinise whether this spiritual knowledge is true. And they will have to be answerable as to whether they used their intellect as soon as they were able to do so. They should not accept all spiritual values as truth without scrutiny, neither can they justify themselves on the basis that they received this knowledge and are therefore innocent if they endorse it during their earthly life. They forget that they are responsible for their souls. They forget that I do not punish them but that they punish themselves, that is, that they remain in their state of imperfection, which can never result in their bliss .... but that I cannot release them from this state because their redemption requires their active free will which they, however, did not use correctly or they would have used their intellect to examine these spiritual doctrines. They remained passive. To a certain extent they allowed themselves to be imposed by something which they could just as well have rejected if they had wanted to.

The fact that people are answerable for their souls means that they have to recognise their guilt, that they have to realise that their wretched position was their own fault and justly identify and admit their own neglect, thus they cannot unburden themselves at the expense of those who instructed them wrongly. Indeed, these teachers, too, will one day have to be accountable according to their guilt, yet someone who accepts misguided teachings is not exonerated from guilt, since I have given the human being intellect which he should use for the salvation of his soul first. Anyone who seriously wants the truth will make an effort and find it too. And every instruction offered to the person has to be reviewed if it claims to be true. Thus the human being is duty bound to compare the spiritual knowledge imparted to him with those teachings, and the right will shall also yield the right results. Yet the state of his soul after his death depends on the person’s attitude towards the truth conveyed to him by My will .... full of light or darkness .... For only truth gives light to the soul, whereas error keeps the soul in darkness in which it had languished at the beginning of its earthly course of life as a human being but which it could have escaped had it used its will correctly ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Desire for truth condition ....

B.D. 4741 from September 17th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I will not withhold the truth from you, yet it will also be understandable to you that I want the truth to be desired, because only this demonstrates the will to enter into contact with Me and to progress from the state of ignorance into the state of realization with My help. To possess the truth will always signify light for the human being .... but the light will not be carried to the person who feels comfortable in darkness, since he therefore finds its glow annoying because he is comfortable with darkness. To offer the truth to a person who has no desire for it would be to radiate light into darkness, which would have to be called futile because the light is not needed and therefore not appreciated. And thus truth can be conveyed to a person in noblest form, he will not feel anything of its benefit because the spiritual darkness will not make him uncomfortable and the truth will remain completely unimpressive to him. This is why I request that you humans approach Me for the truth, that you, in the feeling of a deficient state, in the awareness of your ignorance, turn to the one Who can and will give you knowledge because He loves you as His creations which are blind in spirit and therefore wants to make you see again. But the light will never be given to you humans against your will .... You must want the giver of truth to instruct you in everything you need to know, then you will truly be enlightened, you will be allowed to receive unmeasured light, for the deeper the desire in you becomes the more you will be provided with knowledge which corresponds to the truth. But conversely, even the deepest knowledge can remain ineffective on you and not increase your state of light by one degree if it is indifferent to you to what degree you are knowledgeable. Then your spiritual state will also correspond to your desire, for I, as the eternal truth, want to be desired, and anyone who seeks Me will also find the truth. But anyone who does not desire the truth is not desirous of Me either, and thus the truth will remain withheld from him until he realizes that life can only be found in the truth and through the truth, until he recognizes that I and the truth are one and that no-one can become blissfully happy without the truth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Reminder to work diligently for the kingdom of God ....

B.D. 4742 from September 18th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You should tirelessly work for Me and My kingdom .... then you will fulfil your earthly task in accordance with My will, and then you will also master your earthly life, you will not need to be afraid that you cannot meet your worldly responsibilities, for earthly life will merely be secondary when spiritual life becomes more important.

Work diligently for Me and My kingdom, that is, try to inform your fellow human beings about My activity with you, try to instruct them of the truth, and draw their attention to the end and the signs of the time .... Take an interest in your fellow human being's state of soul and explain to them how vain and insubstantial worldly goods are, how people merely strive for worthless commodities and give scarcely anything to their souls because they don't know about their earthly task. Tell everyone whom I send your way. You have been instructed of the truth by Me and thus are capable to work as representatives of the truth amongst your fellow human beings. I have given you a rewarding task which will have beneficial results for you as well as for your fellow human beings, for the achievements won't just apply to earthly life but to eternity .... Fulfil this task with enthusiasm and do everything that furthers the distribution of the truth you have received from Me. Don't become indifferent in your work for Me and My kingdom but know that parched and starving souls everywhere are awaiting nourishment, which you should give to them with My gift from above.

And by remembering them you will be practising neighbourly love, for their souls require the sustenance from heaven, they need food and drink to strengthen themselves for their path of ascent. Work tirelessly, for time is short and requires diligent work in My vineyard, the souls suffer hardship, they are starved because too much attention is paid to the body's requirements and thus the soul's requirements are forgotten. Therefore help these souls, draw people's attention to the state of their souls, to a sudden end and their fate after death. Use every opportunity for spiritual conversations and thus motivate people to think about it. And then you will be doing the work for which I have employed you as labourers, and I will bless you, now and in eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Intercession for spiritual welfare ....

B.D. 4743 from September 19th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I want to help all of you to beatitude but only if your will is likewise willing, otherwise I will not gain free spiritual beings but only directed beings which I could not call My children. And thus your will must strive for perfection .... And therefore you humans can certainly pray for each other, yet the individual person must be willing to take the path to perfection himself. Strength can only be given to him through intercession which, however, can also be rejected by him if he resists the supply of strength, i.e. if he does not pay attention to the inner impulse towards good or the voice of conscience because he does not want to, thus he resists, so to speak, the influence of the spiritual world of light which takes care of him through a person's intercession. Through intercession the human being has a certain advantage in that his thoughts are directed towards his aim in life, towards spiritual development. He is mentally influenced by beings of light. But it is up to his own will how he will act, for this is free and not subject to compulsion, which is why a loving person's intercession for his fellow human being's spiritual well-being can help him but does not necessarily have to help him, since it depends on his will. Nevertheless, love is strength, it has a revitalizing effect and can also awaken a dead soul to life .... The will can be changed through loving intercession and thus rescue a person from spiritual adversity. Yet love must always be the reason for intercession, then it will not be unsuccessful, for resistance against the strength of love is not persistent, because love is always the victor which even the strongest will cannot withstand, because love is divine strength and enforces everything it wants ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise ....’

B.D. 4744 from September 20th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent ....’ and will give true knowledge to those who have no earthly knowledge but are devoted to Me in love and faith .... And the world shall recognise that in this knowledge a power reveals Itself Which the world wants to deny. The worldly wise shall be taken aback, and I also call those people worldly wise, who have received their spiritual knowledge academically, who have acquired it intellectually, but have not asked Me Myself for it .... Worldly wise I also call those representatives of My teaching who, although they support it, lack sufficient faith to confidently defend My every Word and therefore do not allow the working of My spirit within them either ....

The knowledge they possess will not make them happy, but what I give to My children who desire to hear My Word due to their living faith will also give them great joy, since they recognise it as a gift of grace offered to them by My Fatherly love. Anyone who appears wise before the world and allows his intellect to speak, is and remains ignorant and I shall disregard him .... However, when a heart secretly admits My presence then I will be active and become evident through enlightening this person’s spirit, so that he becomes wise and prudent and capable of throwing light onto things worldly intellect and wisdom are unable to fathom. And I will always work unnoticed, although I will then make sure that even those, whose heart is still inclined towards the world, can also take notice of the truth.

For I want to draw their attention to the fact that they should not seek wisdom from the worldly wise, but that wisdom chooses to present itself in a modest apparel in its quest to contact people. Wisdom does not abide where there is pomp and splendour, for it is divine, it originates from Me and selects a worthy vessel, which is spiritually prepared and does not need worldly merits to be chosen by Me as a bearer of truth. The wisdom of the wise will not find the key to truth, the intellect of the prudent will not seek it in the belief to possess it already .... The key to wisdom, however, is and remains love .... which can ignite to a blaze in the heart of a simple, uneducated person, and such a heart will attract eternal truth which will then make itself audibly known in his heart and guide him into truth .... Then the person will recognise God, love Him with all his heart and erect an altar to Him, he will share his abundance of divine gifts with other people, he will convey profound wisdom and brightest knowledge to all those who are willing to accept it. And thus all who listen to Him will be wise, for they are taught by God Himself, they receive My sermon and will already be blessed on earth and afterwards in the spiritual realm ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Trials to strengthen faith ....

B.D. 4745 from September 21st 1949, taken from Book No. 54

So that you don't become lukewarm in your striving you are repeatedly exposed to trials which are meant to raise your eyes to Me, because you must not distance yourselves from Me, for only with Me do you move forward, only My presence gives you strength, and only with Me can you resist the one who wants to ruin you. But the danger of forgetting Me because of the world is very great .... But if you want to be labourers in My vineyard, if you want to be active for Me and My kingdom, then you must constantly be in contact with Me, you must constantly seek My closeness anew, you must know that only My presence will give you strength in order to carry out spiritual work, which will be a blessing for you and your fellow human beings. And thus you should always be aware of My presence in order to constantly communicate with Me through which you receive the strength you need. If you are in spiritual or earthly distress then turn to Me in thought and draw Me to you, you desire My presence and also feel it if you turn to Me in heartfelt prayer and entrust your distress to Me. Then you will also establish the right relationship between children which will make you receptive for My emanation of love which comes to you in the form of My word and is visible evidence of My presence. And through My word you receive strength which you constantly need for your upward development. I will not leave you in adversity .... you should believe and therefore trustingly turn to Me; you should be so convinced of My presence that you will only pay little attention to worldly events in the certainty that I will regulate everything for you and that you will therefore pass the tests which I repeatedly impose on you to strengthen your faith. As long as you are weak in faith every adversity will worry and depress you, but if you let your faith grow stronger then everything difficult will pass you by without tormenting and worrying you, for again and again I call out to you: Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will refresh you .... Always remember this promise and you will also pass every test of faith, because then you will know that I am constantly present to you, always ready to help as soon as you ask Me for it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Prayer in spirit and in truth ....

B.D. 4746 from September 22nd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

A heartfelt thought of Me, a short prayer sent up to Me in spirit and in truth, is pleasing to Me and will be granted, just as I will always draw close to those who communicate with Me in thought, for I feel in contact with them because they try to find Me in absolute truth and therefore I can also let Myself be found by them. Formal prayers, however, are not pleasing to Me because they kill the spirit, they become monotonous conversations I can never listen to, since only the lips speak to Me and not the heart, hence these words will not reach Me because they don't arise from the heart but are merely uttered by the intellect. Anyone who wants to be heard by Me need not voice any words, I know how he feels in his heart, what he thinks and feels, yet only his conscious direction of thoughts to Me makes Me inclined towards a person, who thus recognises his Father in Me and believes that I will help him. He will be helped .... whereas a prayer can last forever without being successful.

In that case it will be a lip-prayer which I condemn because it can never be heartfelt, because it is not a prayer in spirit and in truth but only a formality which lacks all inner feeling. Communal lip-prayers are an abomination to Me, they literally make it impossible to establish such heartfelt contact with Me since each person will, understandably, have different thoughts, just as each one has different problems which, however, are not touched upon, thus the prayer is everything else but a confidential dialogue with Me which I, however, require in order to be able to grant the petitions. For only the intimate dialogue with Me expresses a person's faith, the confidence of assured help, which is the prerequisite in order to be able to grant people the help. And therefore you should withdraw into your closet if you want to pray, you should withdraw within yourselves and allow for My presence with heartfelt thoughts which show your love for Me .... Then you will pray as is pleasing to Me and then your prayer will surely be granted ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Sign of the near end: spiritual decline .... Apparent state of peace ....

B.D. 4747 from September 25th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

A sure sign of the approaching end is the spiritual decline amongst people. Only rarely will you find people whose soul's spiritual development is most important. Time and again you will be able to notice that people's thinking and activity are purely determined by the earthly world, that their thoughts and intentions solely apply to material commodities and that they lack all desire for spiritual knowledge. And once you recognise this you will also have to admit that My intervention will be necessary, or you don't believe in Me and the correlation between Me and My living creations. But again I draw your attention to the fact that the philosophy of life will change sooner than you think .... The commotion of the world will even let My Own occasionally question the truth of the announcements; they certainly want to believe yet worldly people and their opinion make them waver. However, I will protect them from falling away from Me .... I will appear unexpectedly and provide the evidence of proof to those who are dear to Me due to their will but who are still weak of faith. But since the world has no connection with the spiritual kingdom, since the degeneration amongst people is becoming ever more evident and the small circle of My Own will very soon be isolated from the world and its attitude to life will only be met with ridicule and contempt, the worldly event will help to fortify the faith of My Own, while worldly people will start to take notice if they, due to My love and grace, had been informed of My announcements of the near end through you, My servants.

I Myself will speak where your voice is being ignored. But you, who want to be My Own, continue to strengthen your faith ever more .... Withdraw from the world so that it cannot influence you; live quietly for yourselves and be of service to Me in Word and action; work in seclusion so that the world will not pursue you if it can be avoided. Time presses towards the end and every person's destiny is determined by his will. Don't deceive yourselves by the apparent state of peace, it is not a permanent condition but very soon will start to get cloudy and suddenly turn into a battle of immense importance .... Everything will be in uproar, the powers will fight each other earthly and spiritually and necessitate My intervention. Then a few people will still attain realisation and join the circle of My Own. And they all have My promise that I will help and protect them during the last days before the end. I will be with all who want to be with Me, and they will be aware of My presence and therefore be strong of faith, so that even in the fiercest battle they will persevere and remain faithful to Me until the end ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Astrology .... Destiny in the stars ....

B.D. 4748 from September 27th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Only what is relevant for the redemption of the spiritual substance, hence only what provides more or less detailed knowledge about My plan of Salvation and thereby also testifies to Me and My fundamental nature, should be regarded as given by My spirit. Knowledge outside this framework, which neither awakens in people the belief in My love, wisdom and omnipotence, nor promotes the individual’s maturity of soul .... furthermore, knowledge which contradicts Christ’s teaching such that it negates the human being’s free will, which thus would leave the person at the mercy of his destiny without his own will .... finally, knowledge which believes that it can reveal a future veiled to people by My wisdom .... is not the working of the spirit and therefore not in accordance with My will. Rather, it is My adversary’s means to divert people from true knowledge and to mislead them. People will never be able to ascertain or calculate how an individual person’s destiny unfolds itself, all such claims are wrong conclusions or conjectures. They could certainly be coincidentally accurate but then never on account of calculations or influences from specific stars; instead a person’s destiny always corresponds to My plan of eternity which is based on the human being’s free will.

In the great space of creation myriad stars are indeed visible to the people of this earth, but these stars do not exert an influence on people, (28.09.1949) which can be understood by anyone who considers that countless stars are moving within their designated orbit, that this regularity has been recognised by My wisdom since the beginning of eternity to be good and right, that all stars support living beings for the purpose of higher development and that their destiny is also determined, but it will never be affected by other stars. The inhabitants of earth can only physically sense atmospheric currents which appear in the proximity of certain stars but they have no bearing on the destiny of an individual person.

The conformity to law in the entire universe, the eternal order which can be seen in My creation, is certainly sufficient evidence of a guiding power .... But the same order also takes place in the process of development of the beings, for whom creation as a whole came into existence in the first place .... The fact that these creations have a certain influence on the development of spiritual beings is correct, but only in as much as that they provide the latter with the opportunity for perpetual transformation and therefore gradual ascent. However, in the stage of free will people are confronted by events the way I, in My wisdom, deemed them to be beneficial for the being. The fact that all life on Earth takes place with a certain regularity causes people to come to wrong conclusions .... they interpreted this regularity in line with their own ideas and concluded that they relate to the destiny of the human being. Yet these investigations do not correspond to the truth by any means and are not approved by Me either, for I will always accept the human being’s free will, even though I have determined his fate since eternity ....

Amen

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Exhortation to living faith .... thoughts ....

B.D. 4749 from September 29th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

And thus the voice of the lord speaks to you who take notice of His word through His servants on earth: '

"Nothing is hidden from Me, even your thoughts are revealed to Me, and I judge you according to these thoughts". Your innermost thoughts are known to Me and therefore it is pointless to try to deceive Me with words. Your heart betrays you, even though your mouth speaks differently. I want to make you eye and ear witnesses of the last event on this earth; I want you to then stand firm in faith, and I therefore prepare you for the coming time. And now it is up to you what you take from My word. I only want to draw your attention to the fact that you may only hope for My help by believing in Me, for at the end of the time on this earth only the believer will keep his life, while the unbeliever will find death, but this refers to the death of the spirit, the state of being banished into form. Thus I demand faith in order to be able to help you, and I am not satisfied with merely professing faith with the mouth. I know every thought and therefore you cannot deceive Me. My love certainly wants to help you, yet you reject My love which comes to you in the form of My word, for you do not accept My word and therefore not Me Myself either. And thus your fate is sealed, for My adversary gains power over you because your will does not resist him and because you do not accept the strength of resistance from Me which you could always receive through My word. And thus I call out to you once again: Look within yourselves, try to gain living faith, make contact with Me and draw strength from Me which you need in order to persevere until the end. And bear in mind that I know everything about your will, about your weakness of faith and also about your lack of loving activity. Yet if only you turn your will towards Me I will help you and save you from certain ruin; I will give you strength so that you will attain the right faith, so that I can save you from the night of death ....

Amen

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Earthly care unnecessary .... God's help ....

B.D. 4750 from September 30th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Do not worry about earthly things, but leave this worry to Me. Do you know what I have intended for you? Do you know what I deny you? And why I give you one thing and want to take away another? But I know what is good for you and truly withhold nothing from you that does not harm you. But now that you are My servants, every worry about earthly things is unnecessary, because He in Whose service you are will take abundant care of you and knows about all your needs and will meet them because He loves you. Don't worry about what tomorrow will bring, but be careful how every worry will vanish into nothing if you have faithfully entrusted it to Me .... Whatever weighs you down, carry it to Me and I will certainly take your burden off you if only you come to Me with complete faith, if you see your father in Me and now speak to Me like a child to its father for help in your adversity. For I only wait for your plea and as soon as it rises from your heart to Me I will hear it. But also know that you are close to the end and that you therefore also have to live through the time of adversity which I have announced to you; that you are therefore still exposed to many trials but which I only allow to come upon you in order to help you gain a strong, insurmountable faith. I will release you again from every adversity of body and soul and thereby make Myself recognizable to all who demand a sign from Me, of My presence, of My love and omnipotence. Yet you are wise if you disregard all earthly worries, if you only work diligently and silently for Me and only lean firmly on Me with the firm confidence that I will take all your worries upon Myself and give you what you need .... then you can truly be certain of My help, for I know about all your hardships and will remedy them when the time is right ....

Amen

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Spreading the doctrine of love task of the servants of God ....

B.D. 4751 from October 1st 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I have taken you into service because I know about your will, about your ability to be active on My behalf. And thus I now instruct you so that you can perform your service well, I train you for your activity. You will only be My pupils for a short time, but then your knowledge will suffice to be able to be a wise guide for your fellow human beings. Yet I will constantly remain with you with My spirit, that is, your teaching activity will always be carried out with the assistance of My spirit; and therefore you need not fear not being up to your task. For I Myself actually instruct the people to whom you are to bring the gospel. But this has to happen through you because I cannot speak to them directly without revealing Myself to them in My divinity. But they would not be able to bear this in their immature state and therefore I need you as mediators, for they need My instruction which I send to them through you. Hence you work for Me and I through you, for people are in dire need because they no longer know anything about Me and can no longer believe what they are told. But I want to revive their faith or correct it, for people are wrongly taught and therefore have already fallen away from Me, because every error leads away from Me and only the truth leads to Me. This is why I take action against error, this is why I instruct you, My servants, to always preach the truth and fight against error, because only the truth leads to eternal life, because you can only become blissfully happy through the truth .... Thus I only need you to spread the truth which I convey to you so that you will be suitable as spreaders of My teaching, which only commands love. I need you since you, through your will, make it possible for Me to make Myself known to you, because only through My direct activity, through the transmission of My word, can the truth be conveyed to you and thus you, as My disciples, increase your knowledge which enables you to teach your fellow human beings. You are to bring light to them, which they urgently need but have had to do without until now, because people are rarely found who can dispel the darkness of night as bearers of light. This is a beautiful task which brings blessings to both the teachers and their pupils and which will also always find My approval, My support, My grace, precisely because it is necessary. Therefore I constantly accept servants who want to work for Me and bless them and their will. And anyone who serves Me like this on earth will be rewarded by Me in eternity, for a faithful servant is worthy of his reward ....

Amen

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Worshipping the mother of God ....

B.D. 4752 from October 2nd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

All your spiritual questions will be answered, as this will help to provide clarity where truth should be distinguished from error. However, you always have to meet the condition of being interested in the pure truth, for when you are governed by the desire to have an already existent point of view confirmed you are unable to receive pure truth. You have to request it and be willing to accept the right answer .... The mother of My earthly body was destined since eternity to be the childbearer of humanity’s Saviour. She possessed a soul of light which incarnated on earth for this sublime mission, thus she was pure and perfect compared to her earthly sisters. Nevertheless, she still had to experience an arduous life in order to attain supreme bliss in the spiritual kingdom, to become a true child of God, to achieve complete union with Me. By fulfilling her mission she had certainly earned the right to be regarded the holiest being in the spiritual kingdom, since due to her path of suffering on earth she had become an image of God. Her love for Me had placed her into a state of suffering which also spiritualised her body. And thus she was a shining example of a mother bearing profound sorrow over her child. However, the divine worship shown to her by people is not in accordance with My will. She certainly had been the mother of My earthly body but in the spiritual kingdom she is a being of light which, full of love and wisdom, wants to help you humans attain light and, as a result, beatitude.

Beatitude in the spiritual kingdom is only possible in unity with Me .... but a soul can only achieve this unity with Me through conscious aspiration and a heartfelt bond with Me. Thus I have to be the only worthwhile thought on the mind of someone who wants to achieve beatitude .... He has to try to find the bond with Me voluntarily, uninfluenced by spiritual powers, because .... were it allowed, every person would feel their influence, since their love for the people they want to help is immense. The soul deserted Me voluntarily, it has to return to Me voluntarily .... Any influence by the beings of light would be a restriction of free will. The act of free will is the will’s voluntary inclination to turn to Me, which expresses itself in the conscious association with Me, and this endeavour will be supported by the beings of light in every way. But the worship of any being of light is a wrongly directed will. The beings of light live in love for Me, they constantly honour and praise Me and never want to accept an honour by people for themselves, because they recognise in Me the Being which is most worthy of worship and in their humble love for Me reject any honour for themselves, as they feel that I alone deserve it. Anyone who is aware of the light beings’ true relationship with Me, whose love for Me has kindled into brightest fire, will also understand the erroneous thoughts of people who show such worship for the mother of God, as takes place. They will understand that it cannot be in accordance with My will, because people effectively create a second God for themselves, a being to whom they show adoration and honour, which it does not want to accept, since the human being should only ever strive to establish the relationship with Me in order to achieve his goal while he is still on earth ....

Amen

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Mediator between God and man ....

B.D. 4753 from October 4th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

A mediator between God and people must always be ready to receive from God and to give to people. Love for God must make people able to hear His word, and love for fellow human beings must drive them to convey the divine word to them. The gulf between people and God is so great because people themselves make no attempt to open a path to Him, and therefore a mediator is needed who bridges the gulf, who has therefore already found the path to God, who constantly walks it in order to receive good gifts from Him, but who also gives this gift to his fellow human beings because he feels love for them and wants to establish the connection between his fellow human beings and God so that they can also receive and utilize divine gifts. Being a mediator between God and people is both blissful and obligatory at the same time, for what God gives him is not only intended for himself but it is spiritual knowledge which is to be given to all people and is only conveyed to earth through a human being, because its origin is in the spiritual kingdom but people, in their still imperfect state, cannot receive anything directly from the spiritual kingdom and therefore require an intermediate station through which what they need to become perfect is imparted to them. For God stands by the weak, He seeks to impart strength to him which, however, requires a will turned towards Him. And thus the mediators shall instruct people so that they learn to recognize and love God and thus also have the will to belong to Him. Then they will also pay attention to His word and be filled with strength .... They will fulfil their task of earthly life and thus be won over for the spiritual kingdom. Then they will have been brought to God through a mediator, they will have entered the path which leads to Him themselves, they will have reduced the gulf which lay between God and them .... they have found their way to God through the mediator .... And this is the task of those who want to serve God and are accepted by Him to work for His kingdom .... These are the labourers in the vineyard of the lord, who help their fellow human beings to knowledge, to right faith and to a way of life in the will of God and thereby to eternal bliss ....

Amen

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Help of the light beings .... spiritual bondage ....

B.D. 4754a from October 5th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The willingness to be of service to Me is exceedingly joyfully supported by the beings of light, and thus every request, especially concerning spiritual work, can be addressed to them. For the beings of light are concerned with conveying the truth to the earthly people entrusted to them, and therefore they welcome every strength on earth which helps them to come into contact with their protégés. However, it is still up to people to make contact with the beings of light through thoughts or calls, otherwise they cannot be helpful since they respect people's freedom of will, yet they are always close to their protégés and direct their thoughts into the spiritual kingdom, recognizing it when the human being feels drawn to it and now starts the conscious connection with the spiritual kingdom. Then they can support him in every way ....

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Help of the light beings .... spiritual bondage ....

B.D. 4754b from October 6th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Spiritual bondage means when spiritual thought material is withheld from people in order to prevent them from being able to draw comparisons between different schools of thought. The human being can examine and reject or accept by virtue of his intellect, he can also make a wrong judgment; but he always takes a stand on the spiritual knowledge which is imparted to him. And in order for his judgement to be correct he must be able to compare, and according to his decision he will then lead his way of life and thus be held responsible for it. But as soon as he is deprived of every possibility to compare spiritual knowledge with other knowledge, an examination is also omitted .... he must now accept without examination what he is told from outside, he is then compulsorily a believer .... but then one can never speak of a true faith. But true, living faith is necessary for the attainment of eternal life, and in order to gain this living faith the human being will again and again be offered spiritual knowledge which is of divine origin and which is very thought-provoking because it deviates from the knowledge the human being possesses and which therefore has to be tested for its credibility by a person who seriously desires the truth. And everyone will be able to do this, he will also recognize what is right emotionally, yet the guiding principle is always the word proclaimed from above which, as purest truth, originates from God Himself and enlightens people about everything that is necessary to achieve maturity of soul. Again and again the divine word is conveyed to people, and as soon as the human being is seriously willing to know the truth he will be enlightened by the divine word and learn to distinguish error from truth. But if this divine word is withheld from the human being so that it is made impossible for him to seriously examine spiritual knowledge, then this is spiritual bondage which truly demands responsibility, for the human being is forcibly induced into a faith which can never become a living faith but always remains dead, because the human being lacks conviction which, however, he can only gain after seriously taking a stand and weighing up different teachings. The truth is repeatedly conveyed to earth from God and must never be withheld from him, yet the scrutiny must be left to him himself and it must be left to his will what he decides, otherwise the human being could not be held accountable but he would also constantly remain spiritually blind ....

Amen

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Faithful community .... presence of God .... His church ....

B.D. 4755 from October 8th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Where a small congregation forms which seeks to work in My name, which takes My will as its guideline and which performs works of love in faith in Me, which accepts My word and also represents My teaching of love to its fellow human beings, there I am constantly present and let My spirit work in this congregation .... I Myself am in their midst if only they mention My name and profess Me in their hearts. And thus I will always guide their thoughts such that they will only speak the truth if they want to instruct their fellow human beings, I will always bless their endeavour which applies to their fellow human beings' souls, I will obviously be their advisor and guide in order to increase the small congregation. I will supply them with people who are receptive for My word which is to be spread, and My support will always become apparent by giving the representatives of My teaching an extraordinary gift for teaching, thus the working of My spirit is obviously recognizable. And thus My will will also be recognizable that the gospel shall be spread, and thus anyone who strives to fulfil this will belongs to My congregation, to My church, which I Myself founded on earth. My church will only ever be small, the right followers will only ever be a few who earnestly strive for perfection and are so profoundly devout that they approach Me Myself for help and receive this help in the form of My word. They are believers and therefore they recognize Me and enter into the right relationship which secures My presence for them. And if I am present to My own they can also hear Me and I can make My will known to them. But a believing congregation will never only look after itself, it also tries to draw in outsiders and thus speaks and promotes Me and My kingdom. And thus I bless them and all their efforts, for their members shall stand firm in the final battle on this earth. Only where I Myself can be present through living faith and unselfish love will people have the strength to endure, for I Myself will constantly supply them with strength .... they will constantly receive My word, I will speak to them, and thus whoever I am present to will be strong and remain faithful to Me until the end ....

Amen

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Predetermined earthly life .... Whims of destiny .... God's love ....

B.D. 4756 from October 8th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Every earthly worry comes to nothing if you believe in Me. As soon as you acknowledge a Controller of earthly fate you must also be certain that this Controller knows all requirements and that He has taken them into account when He, in His wisdom, determined every person's earthly life. Hence, everything that comes upon the human being has its cause, its reason and its purpose. The purpose is always the attainment of psychological maturity which, however, can often proceed without opposition. Oppositions are all those disagreeable moments which the human being briefly describes as whims of destiny. Consequently, a person will also have to endure what he rationally condemns because it doesn't suit him. It is, however, necessary for a person's higher development and it will always go away again, it will effectively put itself right through My will, although the person is usually of the opinion that he has personally contributed towards removing that which seems unpleasant to him. Everything takes its course according to My eternal decision, and if you thus consider that every happening in your earthly life has been predetermined to the finest detail, that even your physical end has been planned from the start, you must realise that you cannot change anything and that therefore every worry is unnecessary, since everything will have to happen according to My will. And if you believe in My love and wisdom you will also know that everything is good for you, because you, as My living creations, also possess My love and this love determined your course of life in order teach you to become My true children. And so you need only hand yourselves over to Me, thus humbly endure whatever I send to you, then no worry will burden you, because I will take it from you when you no longer need it, and because nothing that comes upon you will last forever but will soon be resolved again. And if your suffering lasts longer, then it is necessary for your soul and it would only be detrimental for you if I removed your sorrow prematurely. Believe in Me and trust Me, and if you are burdened by a problem then confide it to Me .... My love can turn everything away from you and will indeed do so, because a father will always give to his child such that it will be happy. Yet then you must really come like children to the Father .... you must believe in Me and grant Me all your love .... Then the goal will have been reached on earth and you will neither require distress nor suffering in order for your souls to mature fully ....

Amen

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Body, soul and spirit .... Explanation ....

B.D. 4757 from October 9th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

People cannot understand the relationship between body, soul and spirit, which makes it difficult to explain to them the working of the spirit. The spirit is in opposition to the body, whereas the soul finds itself between both, thus it effectively has to side with either the body or the spirit but it can never pay attention to both. In the beginning of embodiment as a human being the soul is totally attached to the body. Hence it endeavours to fulfil the body's every desire, that is to say thought, feeling and will .... the human soul .... are wholly focussed on the body which, still consisting of matter itself, also seeks to unite with matter. Thus the person will long for material possessions because they epitomise the body's satisfaction. Therefore the spirit will not come into its own, the soul ignores the spirit's demands, the spirit cannot find acceptance because the body is still stronger and completely occupies the soul, thus dominating its thoughts and aspirations. However, the soul can also recognise the worthlessness of earthly things, it can consider its bodily wishes to be unimportant, it can demand more of earthly life than mere material goods .... then the spirit comes into its own .... Then it will express itself and be listened to by the soul. The soul will start to move in a different direction, it will no longer ask for the body but strive for spiritual values. It will accept being taught, that is, it shall willingly accept what the spirit conveys. Indeed, it will feel happy and pay consistently less attention to the body, or it will try to incline the body to do what the spirit demands of the soul .... to renounce earthly matter in exchange for spiritual knowledge. Now the spirit will be victorious over the body. Both spirit and body try to win the soul for themselves. And as soon as the spirit has succeeded in displacing the desires of the body, it is the stronger ....

But what is meant by spirit? .... The spirit is the Divine in the human being; it is that which identifies the human being as God's living creation, the spirit is the bond which connects the human being to the eternal Father-Spirit. It is the human being's realisation that he will always be in contact with the Father of eternity. The human being only recognises himself as God's living creation when the spirit becomes active, until then he will merely be conscious of himself as a living being who wants whatever life has to offer. But once the human being recognises himself, the world will no longer mean anything to him. Then he will search for higher values, then his thoughts will be directed towards the spiritual kingdom, then he will try to make contact with the One Who gave him life, then his thoughts will be right and his wishes and actions in accordance with divine will. Then the spirit of God will be working within the person. The soul subsequently will give itself to the spirit to be guided and taught so that body, soul and spirit unite at last and seek unity with God, because the human being's spirit constantly strives towards the Father-Spirit to Whom he is, and remains, inseparably joined for eternity ....

Amen

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Re-incarnation .... Beings of light - Mission ....

B.D. 4758 from October 11th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I will never let you fall prey to error if you want to know the truth. And where you lack the right knowledge, where you have the wrong idea, I will enlighten you Myself, because I do not want you to think wrongly. Although you only live for a short time on this earth as a human being, it is not too short to enable you to achieve beatitude. During your life on earth you are able to change your nature completely. You are able to entirely discard your selfish love, which was strongly developed in you at the start of your earthly life, and change it into unselfish love for other people, and thereby acquire a degree of maturity which will allow you to enter the spheres of light and thus be blissfully happy ....

Yet the degree of beatitude in the spiritual kingdom varies considerably, depending on the extent to which the soul's state is receptive to the rays of light which affect it directly, which have their origin in Me and thus require My presence. Hence, it signifies unity with Me, and that can only happen with a being that has shaped itself into love. Therefore the degree of love also determines the degree of happiness .... The human being is certainly able to attain this degree of love while still on earth and depart from it as My true child. Then his fate will be infinite bliss.

But it is also possible for him not to achieve this perfection and yet shape his soul on earth through deeds of love such that it becomes receptive to light. In that case he will have passed the test of earthly life by having turned his will towards Me, and he will have proven it through labours of love. The kingdom of light will now accept his soul, which subsequently will be able to develop further. However, it will never be able to reach the degree that can be achieved on earth by a person who seriously strives for perfection. For his soul will be seized by Me and My emanation of light will find no resistance, because the soul became crystallised through love and thus My love is able to permeate it completely.

And now you will understand that this degree of beatitude requires the prerequisite of just one earthly life, or there would be less merit, thus the reward would also have to be reduced. You will understand that unification with Me has to take place voluntarily and with utmost effort on earth already, and that this bliss is My gift in return for absolute devotion to Me, which I will also reward with My undivided love. It therefore follows that it would be an act of injustice on My part if I gave the same reward to souls who did not make use of their earthly life in the same way ....

Every human being has the same opportunities to achieve maturity. All means of help are at his disposal, he is able to request blessings, that is, utilise any amount of blessings, and with correct use of will every human being is able to reach the goal of becoming perfect, because he is only required to shape himself into love, and love can be practised by every person if he wants .... I truly do not expect anything unattainable from you humans, since the help of Jesus Christ is available to you after all, which so strengthens the right will that it can be put into practise. You humans could all become blissfully happy if only you wanted to .... Consequently, the right will has to be rewarded accordingly; the soul has to be rewarded differently in the spiritual kingdom than a soul who was negligent in its self-discipline during its earthly life, who did not take its endeavour for perfection seriously. A soul like that will have, understandably, attained a different degree of light, even though it can also be called blissful, because it has lifted itself out of darkness, out of the state of complete ignorance, because it will have become a recipient of light, albeit to a lesser degree ....

The soul in the spiritual kingdom is able to ascend to ever greater beatitude, for the constant emanations of light it receives will increase its degree of light. This explains why a re-incarnation on earth for the purpose of full maturity would be unnecessary as well as pointless, since the soul's past memory has to be taken away and only free will would be decisive once again, which could just as well fail. In that case, the already achieved degree of light would be at risk; whereas in the spiritual kingdom the soul will keep what it has already achieved and is able to work with it most successfully. The return of a being of light to earth for the purpose of a mission is an act of utmost love and mercy, because every liberated soul finds life in the flesh intolerable once it has but a glimmer of knowledge.

A being which departs from earth so immaturely that it will find itself in utter darkness, will indeed stay close to earth, but it is usually unaware of its lost physical life. It has an immense craving for earthly possessions, yet to return a being like that to earth would truly be neither wise nor loving, for its will would never endeavour towards higher development, because the greed for matter needs to be overcome. This is far more difficult on earth than in the spiritual kingdom, where the being is able to recognise the insubstantiality of matter, and disassociation from it already signifies the beginning of its ascent. A being with a faint glimmer of awareness is extremely happy in its spiritual state and will never long for the restraint of earthly life again.

But to possess a faint glimmer of awareness means to possess a small amount of knowledge that corresponds to the truth, and this possession makes the being very happy already, because it is able to work with its spiritual wealth .... thus it is urged by love to share its possession with needy souls.

However, every deed of love increases the influx of light, it increases knowledge and intensifies beatitude. Such a being will never surrender its free spiritual state in order to return to earth because it realises that it is able to ascend in the spiritual kingdom and that its work is needed ....

When, by comparison, a being of light incarnates on earth, it is an act of utmost love and mercy, which already needs a high degree of love, for it involves helping misguided people living in utter darkness who require exceptional help so as not to descend into the abyss. Such an incarnation can result in the childship to God .... the highest degree of perfection which, however, can only be gained in earthly life; for the soul has to take the same path in the flesh with all temptations by the powers of darkness. It enjoys no privileges as a result of its former maturity, merely a total descent into the abyss is impossible since it is protected by spiritually mature souls who will indeed help but not force its will. As a human being it has to struggle and fight and has no past memory. It has to live a life of love in order to then serve its fellow human beings as a guide. This soul's earthly fate will be far more difficult yet it will reach the goal, because its earthly progress was motivated by love, and love is strength which conquers everything, which achieves everything. And since it signifies the unification with Eternal Love Itself it will also always find support from Me ....

Amen

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Vegetarian food? .... killing the animals ....

B.D. 4759 from October 13th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You can ask Me as your teacher for everything and I will answer you. I will give you the right understanding for what is unclear to you and it will be easy for you to grasp. Whom I give the ability to penetrate spiritual knowledge, whose spirit I thus enlighten so that he shall instruct his fellow human beings with the same spiritual knowledge, must have been found suitable by Me, he must have developed spiritually such that I Myself can enter into contact with him through his will. But a connection with Me presupposes an inner complete devotion to Me which alone attracts Me, because whatever longs for Me is also seized by Me. Now I have by no means imposed restrictions on people, just as I never make demands on people to mortify themselves in order to reach the kingdom of God. I created everything, and when I placed you on earth I also gave you the right to make use of the earth and everything on it. When I handed over the earth to you as masters of creation, it was up to you which relationship you wanted to create between yourselves and the created beings which surrounded you. I gave you no commandments, I left you complete freedom, I stepped back, I left you alone with My works, so to speak. For you were meant to test your will. You were meant to enter My divine order of your own accord, you were meant to remain within it and thus had to think and act uninfluenced by Me. And thus you had to create your own relationship with everything that surrounded you.

My works of creation, however, are all spiritually enlivened, that which you can behold you have already overcome yourselves, i.e., your soul has gone through every work of creation which signified a state of compulsion for it, and this until the material external form released it. The escape of the spiritual from the form was always an act of redemption, for the following form was always softer and more yielding until, after an infinitely long time, the soul was allowed to occupy its last form on this earth. The good human being now unconsciously does what helps the spiritual being, which is still bound in the form, to ascend, because his soul knows the state of torment and wants to reduce it out of his love. And thus an act of liberation can be perpetrated which appears cruel and yet cannot be judged as cruelty ....

(14.10.1949) A distinction must be made between an act which merely aims at destruction out of evil will and one which is intended to fulfil a purpose which appears good to the human being .... Furthermore, a distinction must be made between the human being and the animal insofar as that the human being may never take the life of another human being because there is no further embodiment for him on earth, because earthly life signifies the last station for the maturing of the spiritual, whereas the spiritual in the animal has not yet reached the final deformation, thus a transition into a new form in the bound state or into the human being is the result of killing and can therefore be called progress. Furthermore, the circumstance in which the animal's life is taken is decisive. It has to be an act of love insofar as that the animal is spared pain and agony, for it must always be seen as a divine creature which possesses My love and therefore already has to be treated with care, so that the spirit in it will feel love on the part of people and be willing to sacrifice its life for the benefit of people. Since it now serves people in truth, it fulfils its earthly task and gains a higher degree of maturity which secures its embodiment as a human being or also a higher level of development in another living being. The killing of an animal out of wantonness is a sin, for it prematurely breaks off a stage of development. But the same deed can never be regarded as a sin if its motive is to help a fellow human being. The extent to which this assistance corresponds to My will shall also be explained .... (15.10.1949) Everything you eat is blessed by Me if you are of a believing heart and strive to reach Me. A person who consciously strives towards Me or unconsciously works in love and is thereby close to Me cannot sin. Whatever he does will be right in My sight because he is willing to live to please Me. Thus he will also be able to consume what he deems good without harming himself physically or spiritually. He should only consider that he consumes spiritual substances with every food, it will be understandable to him that fleshly food has its effect on the human being's soul according to the nature of the animal and that therefore the gentle animal is preferable if the human being has the choice. However, if the human being wants to refrain from eating meat he will also find enough substitutes in the plant kingdom, yet he should always be free to choose his physical nourishment, for I will bless his every nourishment if he asks Me for the blessing. However, excess is by no means good because then the human being's self will be displaced, because an increase of spiritual substances will take place which the human being sufficiently possesses from previous embodiments and which can signify an obstacle to his development. In a just measure, however, the human being need not fear any unfavourable influence. A just measure, however, is guaranteed by the fish, which does not contain any substances detrimental to the soul and is therefore the most beneficial food for the soul. I do not command you a certain food, just as I do not forbid you any food. You should only always pay attention to the preparation so that the bodily nourishment adapts to the human being's nature, so that particularly harmful substances are excreted and can no longer come into contact with the human being's soul. The human being will make such preparations himself because he has received the feeling for it from Me and, as soon as he strives towards Me, he will be taught by Me what is right and pleasing to Me ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Evidence of announcements .... reference to a play ....

B.D. 4760 from October 17th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Time will bring you the evidence that you can believe My words which announced what is coming and that you can therefore also accept as truth what I teach you through the transmission of My word. Time will further confirm to you that error is to be sought where truth is to be represented, for it will be obvious that I am giving you a sign .... My working will appear so clearly that there can be no doubt as to what I condemn and what I bless. I will visibly protect My own while I will destroy that which is hostile towards Me. There will only be a short time left until the world experiences a spectacle which proves Me and My Working, for it draws everyone's attention to Me because the eyes of the world are directed to where I will speak to people's horror and visibly protect My own. You will experience that an error will be uncovered, that a throne will collapse which seemed secure. I have announced it to you, but you do not want to believe it .... and so it will surprise you, and then you should only pay attention to what you will hear, for it will give you information about many things. I want to speak to people who cannot be taught otherwise, I want to make My will known to them, albeit in a painful way because it will greatly shake their faith, yet it can be exceedingly good for their souls, for thereby they can attain the truth which they need for maturity of soul. But pomp and splendour will not earn them the truth, pomp and splendour will pass away, for what I send to people destroys the external, and only he who possesses the core will be unable to rob himself of faith. He will certainly see everything external deteriorate but only call upon Me in his heart, and I will help him at all times so that people will recognize how I bless the good will of those who see their father in Me and therefore only fulfil My will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

The true peace of the soul .... not of the world ....

B.D. 4761 from October 19th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The world cannot give you true peace, for in it there is only struggle and strife. But where there is peace on earth, there the world is no longer considered, there the connection with the spiritual kingdom is established, there I can give you, as I have promised you .... the true peace of the soul .... But as long as you stay on earth you will have to fight for this peace against yourselves, because you are still children of the world and don't ask your father in heaven to grant you true peace .... Only by completely renouncing the world with its pleasures will true peace enter your heart, for then you will find Me and no longer desire anything else, then your heart will have become still in love for Me. Then I am its aim, its desire, its hope and its life .... Then the heart has found what it desired and nothing in the world now offers it a substitute .... My adversary has lost power over the one who has found his soul's peace in Me, and whether he now also wants to influence him again and again through the world .... the peace I gave it, the soul will no longer surrender for worthless goods or pleasures of the world. Therefore, first fight a battle against yourselves so that you may attain peace, so that I may give you victory, so that a true and real peace may be granted to you which will make you blissfully happy, because it is My gift, My promise, which is fulfilled in those who love Me and keep My commandments ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

The world stands separating between God and man ....

B.D. 4762 from October 21st 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The world stands between you and Me. But I placed you in the midst of the world so that you should learn to recognize who its ruler is and avoid him of your own free will for My sake. I want your decision of will, which you can only make if you know both Me and My adversary in order to then strive towards the one out of inner drive. Thus the world is an obstacle for you to reach Me, for the world usually keeps its victims, it entices you with glamour and splendour and the human being is accessible to its temptations. But I want him to put all earthly things aside in order to gain Me, I want him to be filled by the thought of Me and to begin to regard the world as unreal, I want him to freely decide in favour of Me, and he will also be able to do so if only he has the serious will. It will always mean a struggle for the human being, for his thoughts and aspirations are mostly directed towards the world. Therefore he first has to overcome matter before he unites himself undividedly with Me. I demand this devotion to Me, which is only possible when the world no longer has any influence on the human being. Only then will I have gained victory over the human being's soul, only then will the human being be ready for the spiritual kingdom, only then will the soul have entered the path which leads into the father's house, only then will the adversary have lost all power over it. I seize the human being with My love and constantly fill him with light and strength, and his soul ascends, it now also strives towards its aim of being constantly united with Me, and it will also certainly reach its aim ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spiritual seers .... teacher and adviser oft he fellow human beings ....

B.D. 4763 from October 22nd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Anyone whose spiritual eye is opened can see through all matter, there is no impenetrable form for him, just as there is no distance for him and he can therefore willingly place himself everywhere in order to observe the spiritual working, which is only visible to someone who has reached a certain degree of maturity. He who is able to see spiritually can now also teach his fellow human beings truthfully about the essence of creation, about the activity of everything that is visible to people as a divine work of creation. He can perceive the life of seemingly dead matter as well as that of the plant and animal world, which is otherwise hidden from people and therefore it is not believable to them how tremendously active the spiritual is in every form. But the spiritually observant person transcends the limits which God has set for the mortal human being, the spiritually observant person sees the spiritual kingdom just as clearly as he sees this earth, he can put himself into a state at any time where all things become apparent to him, and thus his knowledge is increased and his love increases immeasurably. However, he is unable to communicate everything he sees to his fellow human beings because there are no possibilities of understanding many things, because the spiritually observant person sees something in his maturity of soul which would be incomprehensible to his fellow human being if he wanted to explain it, because there is no possibility of comparison for it on earth. Thus the spiritually seeing person has reached a maturity of soul which allows him to see more than is comprehensible to the human intellect, which is why he finds no faith in his fellow human beings but gains immeasurably much for his soul. For every act of spiritual vision is a profound and intimate connection with the spiritual kingdom which never remains unsuccessful for the soul, for it absorbs even more than the eye of the spiritually seeing person, it can communicate with the beings of light and receives great wisdom from them which remains hidden to the human being's intellect. And therefore it is already a state of maturity of the soul which announces a person's near end, for once a person is able to see spiritually his soul can leave the body and carefree enter the spiritual kingdom, he has already reached this maturity on earth and no longer needs further maturing, only a time on earth can still be granted to him for the sake of his fellow human beings, for a spiritually seeing person is a teacher and advisor for his fellow human beings, and his experiences can be believed, for he sees and hears more than any other mortal, because his soul can leave the body at any time in order to receive ever new impressions in the spiritual kingdom ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Hardship - test of faith .... God meets the needs of the body ....

B.D. 4764 from October 25th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Everything can be taken from you, yet you will not need to live in want if only you commend yourselves to Me. Everything comes from Me, and thus I can also give you back at any time what you need for the preservation of life. Yet you should not only think of your body but only make sure that you do not leave the soul in need, for for its sake alone the body's need approaches you. But I will not leave anyone who puts his soul's salvation before all physical needs in the adversity of soul and body, and thus he need not worry about earthly things either. For I always know what he lacks and give to him at the right time. And so don't let yourselves be frightened if you get into a hardship which seems insurmountable to you, know that I am always on standby and that you only have to pass the test of faith for your own sake before I intervene. Don't be frightened but only believe and thus let Me work for you .... What happens to you is a process of redemption with the most certain effect, and as soon as you look at your whole life in this way all fear must leave you, after all, I am the one Who wants to shape you into His children and therefore gave you life. Therefore, if you recognize your father in Me you can confidently entrust yourselves to Me in the firm belief that the father helps His children wherever it is necessary. Yet I draw your attention to the fact that you should not despair in days of adversity, that you should not become anxious but only lift your eyes with full faith to the one from Whom help comes. And He will help you because you are His children and because a father loves his children and will not ever withdraw this love from them ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Reference to the end and admonition to care for soul ....

B.D. 4765 from October 26th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Everything points to the end .... Look around you and don't allow yourselves to be deceived into believing that you will ascend earthly and that you have overcome the time of adversity. It is only just beginning and what you will experience will surpass all previous ones. Pay attention to the signs of the times and compare them with what I have announced to you. You don't want to believe that the last time has come and therefore you don't pay attention to My announcements. And yet you will not be spared but be witnesses to the truth of My word. Only you would gain far more if you believe and recognize My obvious working. You will gain much for your souls, for then your faith will strengthen and also help you to endure the difficult time. The day will approach which I have determined since eternity. But I don't want to let you experience this day without warning, and therefore I come to you again and again in the word and draw your attention to the enormous change in your situation in life. You cannot benefit from anything earthly, you cannot make provisions, you cannot flee and bring yourselves and your possessions to safety either .... you can only take care of your soul so that it will experience this day prepared. Then you will be safe in My fatherly heart despite all adversity and I will also support you earthly. Therefore do not strive to create earthly improvements for yourselves in the short time you still have left, for nothing will remain for you but what I grant you and what falls to you as soon as you are only Mine through your will. Do not increase your earthly goods, but only the wealth of your soul .... Give food and drink for it and thereby make it strong and mature for what is to come. For even if the time from Me to the end is short, it will still make the greatest demands and you shall be able to meet them through strong faith. Pay attention to the signs of the times and recognize that the end is near .... And do everything in order to be able to expect the end with composure and trust in Me, prepare yourselves by only thinking of your souls, seek heartfelt contact with Me, your creator and father of eternity, so that you will remain faithful to Me until the end ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Faith without love is dead ....

B.D. 4766 from October 26th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

If you fulfil My commandments of love then you will also attain living faith, yet without love your faith is dead. Works which are done with unselfish love are strength-giving, and this strength expresses itself in a faith which believes everything to be possible and thereby also makes everything possible. You must always remember that love is strength, thus an activity in love always results in an influx of strength. You must remember that love is something divine, that you attract Me Myself if you are lovingly active .... If I am close to you then the soul knows this, even though you, as human beings, are not aware of it, and this presence of Mine also gives the soul the certain feeling of help .... and this certain feeling is faith, a faith which is convinced, thus it is alive. Through love you attract Me and, since I Myself am love, it is understandable that I do everything for you, that I grant you everything you request and expect from Me in strong faith. And thus your faith is strength again, for you oppose Me with your faith which, so to speak, forces Me to act as you expect, because I have promised you that a firm faith will achieve everything. Through loving activity you win Me and My love .... Love never fails itself, and if you seriously consider the depth of My love, the conviction will also grow in you that you are children of this love, and then your faith will also be alive and you will be able to move mountains, because then you will make use of My strength which enables you to do whatever you want. But you will never be able to believe alive if you are not active in love. Faith without love is dead, it is without strength, without life, it is only a word but no concept. Love alone enlivens it, because I Myself am love and thus present to you ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God's wooing of the renegades ....

B.D. 4767 from October 27th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You humans are children of My love, and this love determined Me to approach you, who have voluntarily distanced yourselves from Me, again and again and to court your love. Yet you are without love in return, your hearts are cold and My courtship is in vain; I only win very few hearts which give their love to Me and long for My fatherly love and return to Me in order to never separate from Me again. Yet My love never ends .... and I will never cease to woo that which became apostate to Me because it believed it could exist without My love. For it is My share, it is strength from My strength which I will never ever want to do without because it is the emanation of My love, thus of My Myself. What has gone out from Me must inevitably return to Me again because it belongs to Me. And therefore you can certainly keep yourselves willingly distant from Me, even for eternal times, you will nevertheless not be able to prevent Me from reaching out to you again and again to fetch you back into the kingdom of love, you will nevertheless become and remain My own for all eternity. I love you, I desire you, but I don't force you to return to Me and love Me again. My love, however, signifies supreme bliss for you which, however, you will only feel if you give Me your love, if you hand yourselves over to Me, if you completely submit your will to Mine, not out of fear but out of love .... I don't want creatures who have to bow down to Me because I am powerful, and therefore they are free to believe in Me or not, they shall not be forced by the evidence of My existence to surrender to Me, but only the love in their heart will give them this evidence, but then I will already have won them, then they will have voluntarily become Mine .... But whom I have won, whose love belongs to Me, I draw to My heart and never ever leave him, and he will feel My love wherever he goes and stands. I will take abode in his heart and constantly stay with him, I will give him the evidence of My love .... he will hear My voice in his heart, the father will speak words of love to His child and I will constantly instruct him in accordance with the utmost truth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Collapse of ecclesiastical organisations .... True church ....

B.D. 4768 from October 28th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The last days will be preceded by a time when My Word and everything referring to Me as Creator and Provider will come under attack. People will intend to destroy the faith in a Deity, which thus will signify an open battle against everything of a spiritual nature. Ecclesiastical organisations and their supporters will be affected most, because measures will be taken against every externally identifiable representative of My kingdom and My teaching. As a result, I will awaken messengers of My Word outside of these organisations, who are called by Me to spread My teaching, for they are in possession of the full truth and therefore also suitable teachers for their fellow human beings in the last days. For it will be necessary during the last days before the end to strengthen people's faith or to awaken it, because only then will they start to think about the reliability of teachings which were passed down to them through tradition. And they will realise that I Am not with those who only associate with Me through the church, who believe themselves privileged due to their affiliation to a particular church ....

Indeed, I love each one of My children, but if a child does not fulfil the Father's will by not using its bestowed gift of intellect and thereby activates its intellect and heart in order to know when it is doing My will, to recognise when false prophets pretend to be My messengers, the child will distance itself from Me and only find its way back to Me with difficulty. They, too, constantly receive My Word from Me, I constantly approach them by trying to give them the information directly, that is, by sending them My messengers to enlighten them, yet they do not accept instructions and can therefore no longer be excused if they stray onto a wrong path. However, once people lose their church due to My adversary's actions, only people who are truly devout and so intimately connected to Me that I can always be close to them, will not falter. They will not be affected by the harsh measures and brutal laws, for they know where to find the true church of Christ and will merely defend My Word with ever increasing eagerness, even though they will not be safe from the pursuits of those who fight against everything that is related to faith.

All of you, however, will still have to make your decision, and only your inner conviction that you know the truth, which is proven to you by the Word I conveyed to you Myself, will then give you the strength to offer resistance. Then you, and all those who listen to you and want to serve Me, will use all their power of persuasion, and nothing will disturb them, for then they will know that they only need to wait a short time until they will be happy. They will know that everything external can certainly waver but not the church which Jesus Christ founded on earth .... the true church, which cannot be overcome by the gates of hell. Nevertheless, untold people will lose their faith, they will find it incomprehensible that I will not protect the church they regard as 'founded by God', and they do not call themselves to account as to whether or not they are members of the church founded by Me, because they are not allowed to think about it.

And thus, something that people regard as invincible will fall apart. It will collapse like a house of cards because it is a human structure that cannot last. Yet My Own will not be overcome, they will have the strength of faith that offers resistance because it finds My support. They will receive the strength from Me because they firmly believe in Me and therefore belong to My church which cannot be overpowered by the gates of hell. However, it will be a difficult time to which I will refer again and again in order to remind you, who belong to Me, to prepare yourselves, to constantly accept strength by receiving My Word and through deeds of love .... The time of battle is close at hand and then you must be forearmed .... you have to stand firm when those who hold on to an external belief fail, who deem themselves living in truth without ever contemplating what they are expected to believe. They will waver and fall away, but you should stand firm and provide the evidence that an inner, living relationship also results in a living faith which will provide you with the strength to endure to the end ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Blessing of prayer ....

B.D. 4769 from October 30th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You all don't make use of the grace of prayer often enough, you all don't speak to Me often enough, for every silent conversation with Me is a prayer which earns you inconceivable blessings for your soul. As soon as you mentally establish the connection with Me .... because every good thought attracts Me .... the supply of strength is also immediately possible, because I constantly emanate strength which permeates everything that opens itself to it. A connection with Me must always have a good effect for you humans, and therefore you cannot put yourselves into a state of receiving strength often enough, even though you feel little of it physically the soul is nevertheless immensely strengthened in order to be able to continue striving upwards. Even the will to approach Me, which is expressed in every thought turned towards Me, has an extremely beneficial effect, because I seize this will immediately and this therefore means a plus for the soul. The will turned towards Me will not rest until the connection with Me has been established, until the human being quietly communes with Me, until a prayer rises up to Me which not only deals with earthly concerns but also appeals for grace and strength, for the soul's salvation. And I will always listen to My child because I want to make it happy spiritually and earthly. If you knew the blessing of a silent, humble prayer to Me you would make much more use of the blessings of prayer, you would often let Me be present to you through heartfelt remembrance, for this is an elevation into spiritual spheres, this is a dwelling in the kingdom of light, which you don't feel physically but one day you will become aware of when you have left the physical shell. Your soul is already there where it will one day dwell .... it leaves the earth behind for the time of prayer, the soul reveals itself before Me and lets Me clothe it with a garment of light which, although it is extremely transparent, is nevertheless a cover for the soul which is beneficial to it. The soul reshapes itself, so to speak, and the more often this process takes place, the more radiant the cover of light becomes, the greater the desire for Me. The soul no longer feels endlessly distant, it comes towards Me in a familiar way, it wants to hear and feel Me, it wants to receive light and strength .... It now, earthly speaking, holds silent communion with Me, it prays in spirit and in truth .... and, spiritually speaking, is in spheres of light, close to Me, only open to the emanation of Myself. Heartfelt prayer must bring the soul to maturity, for a person who intimately turns to Me also seeks to fulfil everything I ask of him .... Therefore often detach yourselves from this earth, let your thoughts wander upwards, seek Me in your thoughts, come to Me trustingly and faithfully .... Therefore, in prayer, quietly and devoutly listen to Me, listen to what I say back to you, and soon you will also learn to understand Me, you will hear My voice within you, you will then make use of the grace of prayer because you will directly connect with Me and every connection with Me will help you attain maturity of soul ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

God tolerates bad actions but does not call them good ....

B.D. 4770 from October 31th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

What I let come to pass need not always correspond to My will, on the contrary, it can be completely contrary to My will, yet I do not prevent it because, on the one hand, I respect the human being's free will and, on the other hand, the wrongly directed will shall be recognized in order to be changed according to better knowledge. However, recognition usually only takes place when the effect of bad actions, thinking or speaking means harm or loss in some way, when it is somehow corrupting. Only then is it possible for a person to realize that he is acting contrary to My eternal order. There would be no possibility of progress for the human being if I wanted to prevent every bad action, thus withdraw My strength from those who intend to carry it out. The human being must mature in free will. He is in possession of vitality as long as he lives on earth with flesh and blood; and he must be able to use this strength freely in every direction, his will must decide correctly .... This is the test of faith which you all shall pass, and you are only good when you choose the good of your own free will, although the bad would earn you great advantage. And therefore I will never prevent a deed, I only can and want to prevent or turn the effect against the will of the acting human being. And thus something people recognize as bad can appear to be favoured by Me and yet I am not pleased with it, I merely tolerate it but never ever approve of it. However, the human being has to take responsibility for everything his will has striven for, even if it has a beneficial effect through My will. Then it is an opportunity for the souls to mature which are victims of deeds born of a bad will, which I certainly allow but never approve of, as soon as they violate the commandment of love for God and neighbour ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Tools of God .... conditions .... world sense .... control spirits ....

B.D. 4771 from November 2nd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Those who call themselves My servants on earth are truly not always in My service, yet they pose as My servants without having received instruction from Me, and understandably they do not do the work which is important for the salvation of erring souls .... they cannot spread truth and enlighten people, they are not suitable teachers because they have not been taught correctly themselves and can only pass on what corresponds to their knowledge. However, this knowledge is not the true, inviolable spiritual knowledge I taught as a human being on earth, instead, it has already undergone many changes and truly no longer contributes towards the human being's ascent, as it is his destiny in earthly life. Yet it is My will that the truth be revealed to people, and therefore I Myself come to My own and make Myself known to them in such a way that there can be no doubt that you humans are being taught by God. Nevertheless, I set conditions which have to be fulfilled if the human being wants to hear My revelations and pass them on to his fellow human beings. One of these conditions is to completely shut oneself off from the world and only listen to the voice in the heart. Only then, when the world completely recedes into the background, can I make Myself known to the human being through the heart. But to close oneself off from the world means not to cherish worldly thoughts, to only listen to what I want to communicate to him as his teacher after intimate contact with Me through prayer. But only few people fulfil this condition. They are still too attached to the world and therefore take part in everything that happens in the world, which is why earthly thoughts also interfere with the messages, not because I withdraw My protection from the recipient but because I don't force him, because every spiritual message signifies an act of free will, although I seize the will turned towards Me and protect the person from sinking into the abyss. Nevertheless, a distinction must be made. Purely inspired proclamations, where the human being hears dictatorially with his spiritual ear, will always correspond to the truth. But as soon as the human being lets his thoughts wander into worldly territory, as soon as he does not listen with undivided attention to the inner voice, worldly thoughts also intrude and want to take hold. Then the truth suffers cloudiness, but this is only possible when I Myself am pushed back, that is, you humans no longer desire to hear Me, so to speak, but hope for enlightenment about earthly matters. Then the world intervenes of its own accord, that is, the beings whose yearning is the earthly world. Then answers are presented to him by these beings which, however, have nothing in common with spiritual proclamations.

(3.11.1949) None of My instruments is free from worldliness, only that it exists in a small measure and is usually completely eliminated in the connection with Me. But because the human being lives on earth the world also approaches him again and again and can also sometimes capture the senses, even if only for a short time. And this is what has to be taken into account that a tool also lets purely earthly questions arise in him, by which he now interrupts a purely spiritual connection and thus the human being's intellect now starts to work. But you must always be told that spiritual knowledge can never be deformed if the human being himself is truth-loving and truth-desiring. Spiritual knowledge is constantly under the protection of controlling spirits, i.e. the beings of light will know how to prevent any misrepresentation or lack of understanding on the part of the receptor .... Divine truth can never ever be defaced by a person who offers himself to Me for service and who is serious about his task. Earthly knowledge, on the other hand, is still subject to error unless the human being asks for enlightenment of the spirit for the exclusive solution or answering of questions in the earthly sphere ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Accepting the word act of free will .... truth bearer ....

B.D. 4772 from November 4th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

What is to be revealed to humanity I will convey to it again and again, and I will truly find the right representatives for the truth from above. I will choose suitable vessels for My spiritual emanations and thus turn people into bearers of truth and givers of light who are also suitable for passing on to their fellow human beings. Nevertheless, they should not accept anything without examination, i.e. mental examination of spiritual knowledge which is offered to them as truth. For error could just as well be passed on to you humans, and since you have to answer for it you are also obliged to examine it, which, however, should be undertaken with an appeal for My help. But this examination will be easy for you if only you have the will for truth, and the ability to recognize will be given to you at the same time as the truth. But the bearers of truth are under special protection by Me, for since they are to spread My word I also understandably have to ensure that it remains pure for people who strive for the truth. The purest truth shall become theirs. Nevertheless, the bearers of truth also have free will. Receiving My word is always an act of free will. Therefore I will also not prevent them from listening to error and adjusting themselves to it. I will certainly enlighten their spirit so that they can clearly recognize error. Yet I will not force them to accept the truth either, I will only explain the content of My revelations in an easily understandable way so that it will also be easy for the willing person to accept the truth and also to represent it to his fellow human beings. And thus the truth from Me will always and constantly be supplied to earth, and again and again people will find themselves worthy and able to be recipients of My rays of light. I know their hearts, their ability to love and their willingness to serve Me, thus to work for Me and My kingdom. And I will bless the work, I will bless the good will and love for Me and constantly grant protection and help to those who thus stand up for the truth they have received from Me. And I will constantly guide the truth to earth so that humanity need not walk in darkness and become acquainted with My will. For the fulfilment of My will is their task in life, which every human being must and can accomplish if only he is of good will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Reformers ....

B.D. 4773 from November 5th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

There have always been people who desired truth and were close to Me in profound love, who very soon realised that the pure teaching which originated from Me has been spoilt, because those who wanted the truth also recognised the error and digression from the pure truth. A person who loves Me knows that My Word is divine but he also recognises all misguided teaching as human work because love for Me and desire for truth sharpen his intellect and perception. And therefore error has constantly been fought against, i.e. time and again human beings have tried to correct what was wrong and consequently appeared as reformers, being met with hostility by those who could not detach themselves from error and defended it as God’s Word. And I was always with them in as much as that I joined them in the fight against error, thus I Myself spoke through these humans to everyone who listened to them. And there were always people who avidly absorbed what the former conveyed to them, who acknowledged and eagerly supported it themselves.

Thus every reformer found his followers which resulted in the ‘division of the church ....’ i.e. the church which claimed to have been founded by Me experienced frequent changes because it insisted on holding on to doctrines which were recognised to be wrong and its parting members followed their own school of thought by forming another church, which again claimed to be My church. The founders of this church were indeed enlightened by My spirit since they looked for the truth for love of Me. However, their followers did not always seek or require the truth, instead their dislike of the first church made them follow the second. And now it is the same again: Only the human being who seriously seeks and requires the truth will find it, for I will reveal Myself to him and he will always know of My teaching which I preached to people during the time of My earthly life. My spirit will always enlighten people who, in their desire for pure truth, pray for the enlightenment of spirit ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Significance of the era .... Christ’s embodiment on earth ....

B.D. 4774 from November 6th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

A highly significant era, which had started after the Flood and is effectively unique, is now coming to an end. For God Himself descended to earth during this era to show people a safe path, because they were failing, because they were no longer aware of the significance of their earthly progress as human beings and had made pointless what could have been extremely successful .... because they did not utilise their earthly life for their souls' higher development. God embodied Himself as a human being on earth during this time; He took on flesh and thus lived as a human being amongst people. He accomplished what people so far had been unable to achieve, He detached Himself from human nature and voluntarily strove towards God. It is wrong to assume that the Divine in the man Jesus protected Him from human failings and human emotions; on the contrary, He had to resist them particularly vehemently and yet was victorious, because love gave Him strength and because His will was exceptionally strong through love.

Hence, he provided humanity with the evidence that it is possible to develop oneself through love into a God-like being, which is every human being's task and therefore the meaning and purpose of earthly life itself. He provided the evidence as a human being and the Deity united Itself with Him, because Jesus, the man, had shaped Himself into love. This act, therefore, took place in accordance with divine resolution during this era, and the entire universe participated in it .... All human beings before and after God's human manifestation on this earth share the blessings of the act of Salvation, which was accomplished by the human being Jesus on behalf of all beings in eternity. And yet, even this era will now come to an end, because humanity completely ignores Christ's act of Salvation and therefore does not apply for help in order to fulfil the purpose of earthly life. There is no other option for this human race since they reject the best way, that is, they ignore it. Thus an extremely important era will come to an end and yet its significance is not recognised.

Nevertheless, the act of Salvation remains effective, likewise, the blessings of the act of Salvation will not ever become ineffective; Christ's teaching, the pure Word of God, will be everlasting and taken across into the new age, even though the old earth will disintegrate, in as much as the entire earth's surface will be transformed and none of the creations on the old earth will remain. Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Redeemer of the world, will remain the epitome of spiritual development, His divine Word will then also be taught again. It will be made accessible to the people of the new earth through personal contact with the spiritual world of light, as well as with God Himself, Who will stay as Father amongst his children who will have taken the path of Christ and thereby have also changed themselves into love. God, the Eternal Love, will interact with them like a father with his children. And these human beings of the new earth had their beatitude purchased by Jesus Christ through His blood, through His death on the cross ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Voice of the spirit is truth .... Jesus Christ’s teaching .... Inner voice ....

B.D. 4775 from November 7th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

What you are told by the voice of the spirit has to be acknowledged as spiritual truth, for the spirit does not err but, as part of God, knows everything and also informs the soul of what it needs to know. Therefore, if you let the voice of the spirit speak in you, you will hear God Himself, albeit always providing that you desire to hear God. Only your desire for God decides whether you may hear His voice. God, however, loves His children, and anyone who longs for Him is His child, thus He will also communicate with those who want to hear Him. Therefore a person, who is serious about receiving the truth, will truly not ask God in vain .... God will reveal Himself to him, but He will do so in different ways because people often lack the knowledge and faith that God Himself will speak to people. Consequently, they do not listen carefully to His voice within, and thus God will bring His Word in other ways to them so that the person may partake of the truth, which is always upheld in His Word. But only in His Word should you humans search for truth.

Take notice of what Jesus taught during the time of His earthly life and accept it as God's Word, for the voice of God spoke through Jesus, the spirit of God was working through Him, and therefore everything He taught was purest truth. Hence you should always keep to His sacred Word; you should accept it in your heart as God's Word through which He wants to guide you into truth, if you sincerely appeal to Him for truth. He will give it to you, He will always convey it to you in the manner you are receptive to .... yet you will also always be able to listen inwardly for the divine voice, and if you practise this in the firm belief that He will reveal Himself to you as His children, you will soon hear His tender and soft voice inside yourselves. You will catch yourselves holding quiet conversations with your Heavenly Father, and then you should regard it as His Word, as His voice, which speaks to you Words of love and wisdom. And you may always believe these Words, since the will and desire for truth and the conscious endeavour for God also ensure the working of His spirit, and you will receive the truth from God Himself, Who is eternal truth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

God's reward for His servants on earth ....

B.D. 4776 from November 9th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Anyone who serves on earth with love and humility will receive a royal reward in the spiritual kingdom. He will be allowed to rule in My kingdom and his power and strength will accomplish everything his will strives for. He will dominate infinity with his will, for no limits are set for him by Me and My strength is at his disposal without measure. And yet, his will will only ever be determined by love, and his unlimited strength and power is the result of his love. And therefore his ruling power is only unlimited beatitude for himself as well as for the beings to whom his love applies. I will reward his services royally .... you humans cannot grasp this statement, for you certainly know about earthly goods, glory and honour but never about heavenly bliss and its goods, which no human eye has ever seen and no human ear has ever heard. And these goods belong to those whom I reward for their will to serve Me on earth in the last days before the end. Yet you should not offer your services to Me for the sake of reward but love alone should determine you, love for Me and for your fellow human beings. For only with this love in your heart will you be able to carry out what I have made your task. Only love shapes you into servants to whom I promise royal reward for their diligent work, which consists of inspiring fellow human beings to live a life of love as well and introducing them to My word, to the eternal truth, which can only be gained through love. Their work therefore consists of making Me known to them as father and creator from eternity, so that they themselves strive towards Me of their own free will. Your task consists of instructing them and this through the transmission of My word, which I Myself convey to you from above .... You shall receive and pass it on, and I will reward you for this service to an unsurpassable degree. I want to make you blissfully happy, and everything I offer you shall be crowned by My love for which you will constantly long and which will always and constantly give you fulfilment and thus make you unspeakably blissful ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

New banishment of the spirits .... Salvation in one era ....

B.D. 4777 from November 10th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The most severe punishment for any spiritual being that has already lived embodied as a human being on earth, is to be placed into hardest matter. Countless creations are proof that untold beings have to start their process of development again. As long as there are spirits in need of development, material creations will also exist to serve as carriers for the spiritual substance and, due to their usefulness and different external forms, depending on their shape and more or less hard substance, will enable it to develop. As long as these creations do not cease to exist the spirit is not yet released either.

It is possible for the spirit to evolve from hardest matter to a human being in the course of one period of Salvation. This opportunity is available .... But it requires the surrender of resistance within a specific length of time, which is just as possible but very often fails due to the spiritual substances' obstinacy which is so God-opposing at first, that an eternity can pass until its resistance is broken or has lessened. And this resistance is demonstrated by creations which, to the human eye, appear to remain unchanged, often throughout an infinitely long time .... creations, which effectively form the earth's crust, which have to be forcefully dissolved through divine will if the spirits are to be provided with an opportunity for higher development. Consequently, one period of Salvation does not suffice for this spiritual substance.

Nevertheless, at the end of this era it can sense the turmoil in the universe and then will surge towards a new transformation of its own accord. The resistance to God will decrease because it senses God's enormous strength and might, and God will take its needs into account and at the end of an era will dissolve all creations. This signifies a turning point for the spiritual substances which had been bound in inactivity within the earth through an eternity. The spiritual substance will now be willing to be of service and will subsequently be placed into an external form which, at first, will only permit minimal activity. Thus the process of development above earth begins and will, with certainty, also lead to the embodiment as a human being, albeit only after a long period of time.

This is an additional explanation about the forthcoming final destruction of earth which is part of the eternal plan of Salvation, and even though many people's lives will fall victim to it, it will nevertheless be a release for the spiritual substance which ardently awaits its new transformation ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Knowledge of God's plan of salvation ....

B.D. 4778 from November 11th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You can gain insight into My eternal plan of salvation, I do not withhold the knowledge of it from you, you just have to have a certain degree of maturity in your soul so that you can grasp what My plan of salvation reveals to you. Faith and love must predominate in your nature, otherwise you would be incapable of accepting the knowledge of My plan of salvation as truth, for only through love can you recognize My love as the motive for My activity; only faith finds an explanation for everything. This is why this knowledge cannot be conveyed to all people and yet it is the only explanation for everything that happens, for the emergence of creation, for people's life on earth. Only when people have recognized the meaning and purpose of earthly life, the meaning and purpose of creation, will they also acknowledge My plan of salvation, which makes the connection of everything understandable to them, which otherwise appears incomprehensible. But the knowledge of My plan of salvation is now imparted as evidence of My working of the spirit to those who make it their business to know the truth. But this knowledge cannot be taken from the book of the fathers, yet it is therefore not to be rejected, for there is still much that is not recorded in this book .... which I withhold from those who do not awaken their spirit within themselves and on the other hand give to those who possess the key of wisdom .... and who have shaped themselves into love. Thus I inform them of everything that was, is and will be for all eternity. I also want this knowledge to be spread so that people become aware of their great responsibility for their souls. I want them to seek a purely intellectual explanation of the meaning and purpose of life which seems acceptable to them. Through knowledge I want to point them in the right direction. And whoever is of good will, knowledge will also give him information which he had long desired and not found. The heart will reveal to him what the intellect could not give him. Only then will the whole of life be understandable to him, only then will he learn to recognize Me and seek the connection with Me, Whom he recognizes as worth striving for and as the only aim for the spiritual, which is embodied as a human being on earth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Power of the direct word .... small number of servants .... free will ....

B.D. 4779 from November 12th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I will never lose anyone who hears My word through his inner voice, for the strength of My direct word is so strong that it will always support the human being, even in hours of greatest adversity. And even if he thinks I am far away, even if he is pushed away from Me by the world, I nevertheless work invisibly and am always by his side when he is in danger. Whoever hears My word, I must also be present to him, otherwise he would not be able to hear Me. But the awareness of My presence shall nullify all misgivings and all fear. And furthermore, I need everyone who is for Me and wants to serve Me. For the time has come when the seed shall be scattered, when everyone who is only willing will be hired by Me to work for My kingdom. But because I need the human being's free will to do so, the number of My servants is only very small and therefore I will not abandon a single one and deprive him of the strength he needs for his task. As soon as you are to work you must have strength, and so that you will obviously feel the influx of strength in order to then be able to loudly stand up for Me and My teaching, you should first get to know the powerless state in which you are often despondent and fainthearted because your faith is still weak. Then you will clearly feel the unusual supply of strength, then you will become of unshakable faith and be good helpers for Me when the time has come ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Living against divine order .... sinking .... dissolution of matter ....

B.D. 4780 from November 13th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Great is the danger in which humanity hovers, and it does not recognize it. It is not aware that it stands on the precipice. The frenzy of pleasure does not give rise to thoughts of eternity; it lives and enjoys or longs for the enjoyment of life. The desire for the world predominates, and thoughts of eternity are seldom carried by a human being in his heart, and the end is near. The world order must remain, and this requires a transformation of what and how it is in the world. Humanity lives against the divine order because it no longer recognizes God and surrenders to His guidance, because it no longer believes in Him. A life against the divine order can only result in decay, in dissolution, so that the divine order can be re-established anew. And this dissolution is always to be expected when God is eliminated from people's thinking, because this also means the withdrawal of the strength which comes forth from God and is meant to enliven the human being so that he can pursue his spiritual development. The withdrawal of strength, however, is equal to the cooling of the substance, i.e. the hardening of it, which again means the lifelessness of everything that had life in it .... a cessation of all activity, a sinking of what was once alive into dead matter. They do not know or believe that people themselves bring about this state through their way of life, which is completely turned away from God, and therefore they cannot be persuaded to change their thoughts and intentions. They are also not accessible to instruction because they deny everything spiritual, a continuation of life after death and a connection with a creative power, thus they are completely worldly, i.e. earthly-minded, and this attitude is also the cause of the end of earth for the purpose of a new formation in alignment with the eternal order, without which a world cannot exist. For although the decay is more spiritually noticeable and an apparent earthly ascent could be ascertained, spiritually this is nevertheless an act of decay, of dissolution and downfall, for the actual purpose of all creation is the maturing of the human soul, But this now becomes completely impossible and thereby a spiritual drift into darkness takes place to such an extent that God puts a stop to it and dissolves a work of creation in order to let it arise anew in His eternal order, as a maturing station of the spiritual, as it is and remains the purpose of this earth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Reunion in the beyond in a mature state ....

B.D. 4781 from November 14th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Souls in the spiritual kingdom recognise each other when they have the same degree of maturity and at a certain degree of maturity are receptive to light, which thus gives the ability of spiritual vision; whereas souls in darkness are unable to recognise each other, although they had been associated on earth. In that case they are in fact able to perceive beings and interact with them but identification is out of the question, for they no longer have physical characteristics, and spiritual vision requires a certain degree of maturity. But an enlightened soul is able to locate and approach a soul it had known on earth, it just will not be recognised by the latter. For this reason enlightened souls are able to help, but under cover, so that their emanation of light will not forcefully influence the imperfect beings. Therefore, souls having departed from earth in an immature state will meet and be approached by helpful souls in the spiritual kingdom because they had been connected by love when they were still on earth. Nevertheless, the soul has to be voluntarily receptive to their instructions and advice. It can be guided to the right path, but then it will have to walk it by itself ....

Whereas two souls with the degree of maturity that renders both receptive to light, even though of different intensity, have the ability of spiritual vision and will recognise each other with indescribable joy. They will then join to work together, complementing and teaching each other and always communicating with love, which delights the soul immensely. Thus there is a definite reunion in the spiritual kingdom, but it can take considerable time until a soul has entered the spheres of light and only then will it meet its loved-ones again, realising that they had often already been close as its advisor and guide on the path of ascent. The bliss of meeting again is indescribable and compensates for much suffering that the souls had to endure in the beyond before they came to the light. But with the help of a light-soul's love the goal will definitely be reached, for love is the strongest power that can still help the unredeemed, which will also ensure its entrance into the spiritual kingdom, into the kingdom of light and bliss ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Struggling for living faith .... opponents of God ....

B.D. 4782 from November 16th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

A struggle for faith will become necessary in the forthcoming time, for My views will be opposed which signify an onslaught against what you advocate. You will be severely harassed by the completely unbelieving as well as by those who call themselves believers but who are far removed from the right faith because misguided teachings darken their spirit and their faith is therefore of little value because it lacks the love which awakens the spirit. You will have to fight very hard and must not let yourselves be shaken, therefore I tell you beforehand so that you will resist by calling upon Me more sincerely than ever for help, for strength of faith and strength of love. And I will hear you, after all, it is a matter of providing the opponents with proof that a strong faith will stand firm as soon as the human being leans on Me, Who wants to be a strong and secure wall for him. The objections made to you are often such that you will also stumble and doubt the truth of My proclamations, yet a call to Me will give you the certainty again that I speak to you as your father and truly do not mislead you. Yet it is satan’s work who uses all his strength to become victorious over Me. And he will completely confuse people's thoughts, and they will accept and defend the most impossible as truth, while they persecute the pure truth and harass you severely. But then you will know that My adversary is at work who tries to make you unfit to do the work for your lord. Then you will know that your prayer is necessary, i.e. that you have to gain strength through heartfelt contact with Me in your thoughts, that you should come to Me with your worries so as not to become weak. For intellectually the objections seem justified but the heart rejects them, and you can always follow the feeling of the heart, it will guide you correctly.

My adversary uses sharp weapons, he confuses people's thinking in such a way that everything that is used as an argument against Me seems credible to them. He will win over the intellectuals who will speak according to his will and are against faith, which is why many people will fall away and you, too, will become questionable if strong speakers get in your way whom you don't feel equal to if you don't call upon Me to help you. But with My help they will not be able to irritate you, they will meet with resistance, because then you will also be able to refute everything the sharpest intellectual person says against you. You certainly have a sure means to remain strong in faith if you always take My word into yourselves, which again and again gives you the certainty that you walk in truth. Don't leave this means unheeded so that the adversary does not overpower you, so that he does not make you doubtful but always finds the defence which My presence .... through My word .... means for him. I Myself am present in the word, thus My word will always protect you from every weakness of faith, from every onslaught by the world and from every doubt. Therefore I can only advice you again and again to accept My word as often as possible, for with My word you receive the strength which protects you from every attack by the enemy of your souls ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

The Lord's visible appearance ....

B.D. 4783 from November 19th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I want to give those of you who are My Own a sign before I intervene in world events for the sake of saving erring souls. I want to provide you with the evidence that all My announcements will come true, and I want to reveal Myself to each one of you in a different way. Nevertheless, a vigilant person will know that it is I Who approaches him, even though I choose a form for Myself which adapts itself to its environment, which will not give the impression of being unusual. I want to come to everyone who wants to be of service to Me and ensures the distribution of My Word. I personally want to come to you in order to strengthen your faith, so that you can endure the following events calmly and collectedly and will be able to assist your fellow human beings. For you, My servants, must remain calm and level-headed in the general turmoil in order to provide consolation and help where the adversity is great and help is needed. Anyone who recognises Me straight away will feel blissfully happy in My presence and accept every Word from Me as a gift of boundless love, and his heart will equally come aglow with love, My strength will flow into him so that he could accomplish anything if he wanted to. However, not everyone will recognise Me straight away, yet some will sense that a special person is speaking to them whose Words they accept as absolute truth. And only in the end will they recognise Me in a flash and cheer and, if I have left them, glorify Me as I will nevertheless remain as an indelible image in the heart of the one I delight with My presence. Thus they will find Me in their heart again even when I Am no longer physically visible to them, so that they will constantly be able to draw strength from it and diligently accomplish the work for My kingdom after I have spoken from above which will result in acute adversity for people. Then much work will be in store for My Own and I Myself will help them, I Myself will speak through My Own to all those who want to hear Me and give credence to the Words of My Own. I will speak to them, and you will testify to Me, you will mention My appearance and with lively Words express what you feel for Me in your heart.

You will win many over, since in view of the great adversity people will be grateful for every explanation, consolation and help. You will work for Me and My kingdom because you feel impelled by Me, Who dwells in your heart and Whom you will never lose again once you have seen Him. I will never ever let go of that which has become My Own, this is why I will come to My Own during the last days before the end, and they will recognise Me because love will tell them who I Am. And their bliss will accord to their degree of love when they behold Me. Anyone who looks into My eyes will be overcome by an incomparable sensation of bliss, so that he will recognise more than a mere person in Me. Admittedly, someone who is weak in faith and love and nevertheless wants to strive towards Me, will not instantly recognise Me, yet My Words will touch his heart and kindle the fire of love in him. Then he will recognise Me, sometimes only after I have left him and am no longer physically close to him. I Am among you as a human being, yet I only choose a cover for Myself so that you can see Me and dissolve it just as quickly again in order to be invisible to you. And thus I want to give strength to all of you, so that you will remain faithful to Me and persevere until the end. It will necessitate immense strength, which you will be unable to muster by yourselves. However, I know My Own and will no longer leave them to My adversary. Therefore, have faith and always expect My help. The greater the adversary is, the closer I will be to you, and you will behold Me physically. But then you will know that the hour is near when I will reveal Myself to all those who do not want to believe and are unaware of the approaching end. Then the time I allocated for people's redemption will soon have run out .... and be followed by the day of the end and with it the last Judgment, as it is proclaimed in Word and Scripture ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Right workers in the lord's vineyard ....

B.D. 4784 from November 20th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I entrust My messengers with a mission which they can certainly fulfil if they want to. So that the will can become action, I Myself guide them into opportunities where they become aware of their mission and work for Me. But the will is free, they are not forced by Me to be active for Me but of their own accord they have to speak as their mission demands. Therefore they have to be eagerly committed to a cause, their hearts have to be filled with what they want to convey to their fellow human beings. And therefore I can only use workers who are very devoted to Me, so that they desire to hear words of love from Me, and My word has to fill them, since they have to communicate themselves to everyone who gets in their way, otherwise they would not be able to testify to Me vividly enough and then their speech would remain ineffective. I demand much and yet not much from those whom I call My servants on earth. They must sacrifice everything to Me and yet not give up much once they have recognized the worthlessness of earthly goods and pleasures. But half measures are not enough for Me, and anyone who is not fully committed to the matter is also incapable of fulfilling the mission I assign to him as his task in life. Yet love is the strength which enables him to do so .... love for Me and for his fellow human being makes him able to work as a labourer in My vineyard. Love for Me earns him My word, love for his fellow human being impels him to spread My word. And thus many could certainly make themselves available to Me for this mission, yet those who have love lack faith in My direct activity and therefore cannot receive My word through the inner voice. They can certainly also be active and spread My word in the will to serve Me, as it was conveyed to them from outside, yet they must become enlightened in their spirit through eager activity of love in order to recognize what is in truth My word and what is human additional work. Then they, too, will be My messengers, My servants on earth, who are active in the redemption of erring souls, then I will bless them and all who are active in My name for Me and My kingdom. Yet everyone should strive to establish the connection with Me in order to be able to hear Me Myself in the word, because then they will receive the truth in a form which enables them to teach, and thereby they can serve Me as it is My will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Followers of Jesus .... spreading His teaching .... working of the spirit ....

B.D. 4785 from November 21st 1949, taken from Book No. 54

In My name you should be active .... What I have done on earth you should also do, always leading Me and My activity, My teaching of love, so that you identify yourselves as My successors or also fulfil the lord's command as servants. Then you will work in My name for the kingdom of God, you will continue the work of redemption which I have started by giving your fellow human beings the means and ways to redeem themselves. This is a beautiful service you render Me if you, like Me, preach love to your fellow human beings, if you impart My teaching to them, which is given to you purely and unadulterated for this purpose. I Myself train you for this, I give you what you should pass on to your fellow human beings .... I instruct you so that you may spread the gospel throughout the world. I ask nothing of you but that you do what I have done .... live in love and thereby kindle the light of wisdom in yourselves; then you will be able to let this light shine and illuminate the darkness which is spread across the earth. Warn and admonish your fellow human beings and announce the near end to them, just as I have also announced the judgment to people. Then you will be My right servants, My supports in the end time, then you will be faithful workers in the vineyard of the lord. The time of your work will only be short, which will only begin in its full extent when I have revealed Myself to people through the elements of nature. But even before that you should be diligently active and do the preparatory work which will condition your work later. You should familiarize yourselves with My word such that you become living representatives of it, you should let yourselves be taught by Me and be My eager pupils. You should make an effort to follow Me in your way of life, you should serve Me with your heart and mouth, that is, let Me speak through you so that My will will be made known to people. You should receive the pure truth and also represent it, i.e. take action against error which is corrupting for people and prevents them from becoming blessed. And everything you are to do you learn through My word .... Therefore be grateful that you may receive My word, that I speak to you directly or through messengers, that I accept you as co-workers and instruct you on the work you should do for Me and My kingdom. Love shall drive you to activity, yet I will help you as I have promised you, and your reward one day will truly be no less ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

There is only one truth .... Feeling of heart ....

B.D. 4786 from November 23rd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You are certainly free to join any school of thought, yet you must always remember that there is only one truth, that, because different schools of thought also teach different doctrines, only one can be true, therefore an examination should never be avoided, which anyone can carry out if he earnestly wants to. Truth is guaranteed where divine revelations are conveyed to earth; therefore they can always be used for comparison. And truth only exists where it agrees with the teachings of the divinely imparted Word. However, if a direct revelation is not available for comparison, then it is absolutely essential to appeal to God for assistance, in which case the human being will surely make the right decision, that is, he will either decide or reject what he is duty bound to believe by a school of thought .... Sincere desire to know the truth and a prayer to God in spirit and in truth assures him that he will correctly recognise what is truth and what is error. And his heart will either encourage or warn him against joining a school of thought, but he must also pay attention to his feeling and not act against it. No spiritual organisation on earth is devoid of error, because the pure truth, which originally motivated the founder to advocate it and to win fellow human beings over, will be changed by people time and again. This is why every seeker in all schools of thought will experience doubts, and for good reason, so that he will pursue the truth himself, and, through earnest deliberation and in connection with God through prayer and kind-hearted activity, awaken the spirit in him, which will then instruct him truthfully and guide him into true knowledge. A person can therefore find the truth in any spiritual movement providing he genuinely wants it. A blind person needs to entrust himself to someone sighted, and since only God can see they must be a spiritually awakened leader instructed by God, who can offer true support to the blind, who will guide him and also help him gain his vision if it is wanted by the blind himself. However, a blind leader will not be very beneficial; he will also lead everyone entrusted to him astray as long as he has not gained the ability to see of his own will. But a person who has not drawn his wisdom from divine revelations is a blind leader .... a blind leader is someone who has received his knowledge from likewise poorly sighted people again and thereby did not become enlightened but travels his path in the same darkness as before. God takes care of everyone who desires truth. Lack of knowledge, error and a dark spiritual state can only be found where the desire for truth does not exist because this is the prerequisite for God, as the Giver of truth and as the eternal Truth Himself, revealing Himself to a person, for anyone who desires it will be offered the truth ....

Amen

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Thought activity .... spiritual emanations ....

B.D. 4787 from November 24th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

A short hint, a slight doubt, is enough for the one thirsting for truth to pursue the truth, and he will never remain without success. His thoughts are picked up by the beings of light and an answer is radiated back, which the human being regards as his own thought material and pursues. This thought activity is the actual living in the human being, it is the activity which is also continued in the spiritual kingdom, it is the actual function of the soul which now moves through it either on earth or in the spiritual kingdom, depending on the aim to which it turns its function .... thus corresponding to the direction the human being gives to his thoughts. If the human being desires truth, then his thoughts circle far away from earth because he feels that truth is not to be sought on earth but outside of earth. Every doubt now settles in the heart and is now the object of his thinking .... If the human being's thoughts are now turned towards earthly problems, the same process certainly takes place that the thought waves, which are spiritual emanations, approach the human being, yet they then emanate from spiritual forces which are very close to earth, thus they are still so connected to earth and matter that they want to communicate their thoughts, their will, to people. Now these thoughts are often subject to error because they are imperfect beings which stay close to earth and absolute truth cannot be expected from them, which is why earthly knowledge can again and again trigger doubts and give rise to constant research and mental activity. But if a person's thoughts concern the knowledge of eternal truth, if they therefore wander into areas which are not connected to matter and the earthly kingdom, then those forces which are above matter will also intervene .... thus spiritual beings which have entered the kingdom of light, where every being is in fullest realization, thus what it communicates to the human being also corresponds to fullest truth. Then their emanations touch the human being's heart, they are processed by the physical organs of intellect and felt by the human being as his own thought result. But a thinking person has to ask himself where the thought material comes from, because everything has to have an origin but the human being himself is not able to let something arise from nothing. Therefore a spiritual substance must be present which condenses, thus takes on some form .... And such a form is the thought, which is explained as originating from the human being himself. But it is spiritual strength which requires a source of strength, a source .... the source is God Himself, the bearer is the beings which have become perfection, which constantly draw strength from God and also radiate it for their own happiness. The radiation of thoughts is the actual activity of the beings of the kingdom of light, for it signifies the illumination of that which is lightless, thus devoid of all knowledge. The fact that the human being opens himself to these emanations through thought is unknown to him, yet he places himself under the influence of these spiritual forces, but through the direction of his thoughts and his will he determines himself which forces approach him; however, a digression of thoughts into the spiritual kingdom, thus the will to fathom knowledge which lies outside of earth, is always of greatest blessing, for it earns him the support of beings which stand in truth and can lead him to the light ....

Amen

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Gaining knowledge of right faith through love ....

B.D. 4788 from November 26th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The knowledge of which faith is the right one is very easy to gain as soon as the human being is in love, for through love the human being will become wise, thus he will receive knowledge from God ....

(27.11.1949) Then he will no longer need to search but be convinced of the teachings which correspond to truth and thereby also know that it is the truth. And thus God has made it easy for people to acquire the right knowledge insofar as He only requires love from them. For every person can awaken love in himself if only he wants to. The fact that so many different faiths could arise amongst people is only proof that people are devoid of love. Where there is no love people's thinking becomes confused, they drift away from what is right and true and they make up their own religious doctrines which they eagerly advocate and try to win over followers. Where love is, there is also truth; the thinking of people who are lovingly active will always agree, and no special external instruction is required for confirmation, for the conviction to possess the pure truth lives in the heart of everyone who lives in love. Where truth is, God is also present, and He instructs people through the voice of the spirit. The different schools of thought must of necessity make people doubt and investigate because they all represent something different and, since there is only one truth, must now be tested for their truthfulness. And God has given every single human being the gift to be able to do this if he wants to .... otherwise it would be a dubious act of God's love and justice for Him to place every individual person into a different denomination or school of thought through birth or upbringing .... from which it can be seen that what is right and true has to be born within the human being, that nothing brought in from outside can help or hinder a person's inner right attitude towards God, towards love and thus also towards truth. For God, love and truth are one .... Truth and love cannot be where God is disregarded, i.e. not acknowledged. God and truth cannot be where love is eliminated, and God and love will also guarantee fullest truth, thus right thinking, at all times. Therefore, the right knowledge can also be gained in every school of thought or faith as soon as love precedes everything and the human being's spirit becomes enlightened through the practice of it, so that he now recognizes what is truth and what is error, which teachings of a school of thought correspond to truth and what is additional human work and therefore erroneous before God. Without love the human being lacks wisdom, for this is the effect of love, which is why all people who do not comply with the law of love have to live in error and wrong thinking and are therefore far removed from God, Who is love and truth Himself ....

Amen

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Spiritual mission requires willpower .... love ....

B.D. 4789 from November 28th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Great strength of will will be required from people who want to work for Me and My kingdom on earth. It is not a game, not an easy activity which you have entrusted to Me .... it is not difficult work as such, yet since it requires all your will you have to use force, you have to wage a constant battle against yourselves, you constantly have to submit your will to Me, you constantly have to set the world back if it still captures your will. You will not be determined in any way, i.e. forced to think, want and act, freely out of yourselves you will have to work for Me and My kingdom for the redemption of erring souls. Yet you will always experience a strengthening of your will if only you ask Me for help .... for the sake of Jesus Christ, Who acquired a stronger will for you through His death on the cross. The temptations approach you ever more strongly, yet you should prove your will even in hours of adversity and always put spiritual work first. It is an important mission which you should fulfil, and not everyone is capable of carrying it out. But as soon as a person can muster a strong will, he will easily accomplish the work. The will alone is decisive, you shall render your services to Me of your own accord, of your own accord you shall help Me where it is necessary to alleviate people's spiritual hardship. I do not appoint you to do this, your heart should long for Me and for My love and therefore constantly strive towards Me, constantly be active for Me. It requires a strong will, but one day I will reward it, as I have promised. But you should not serve Me for the sake of reward either .... Love for Me and the unredeemed shall drive your activity, and if you let the love in your heart ignite into highest fervour then your will will no longer betray any weakness, then you will be active with increased eagerness, because love is the strength which drives you, because love also strengthens the will, because if you work with love you live as followers of Jesus and thus, like Him, have a strong will at your disposal which accomplishes everything it strives for. Strengthen your will through loving activity, and if you nevertheless feel weak then pray and pray directly for strength through heartfelt supplication and intimate dialogue with Me. Then you will truly not fail in your service for Me, then you will work for Me eagerly and joyfully for the blessing of all those whom you take care of in their spiritual need ....

Amen

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I live and you shall live too .... light and power ....

B.D. 4790 from November 29th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

I live and you shall also live .... I am constantly active, and thus you should also utilize your strength, which you draw from Me unmeasured if you are perfect. Life alone is a state of bliss, life is consciousness of freedom and possession of strength, life alone is desirable, for it includes everything that makes the being happy. I will give you eternal life .... Do you now understand what promise these words contain? That I want to give you the best you can possess? Do you now understand that I wanted to save you from the night of death through My death on the cross? That I wanted to redeem you from a state which completely contradicts the state of life? The night of death is the most dreadful thing that can be granted to a being from Me, it is a state of weakness and lack of strength, it is opposed to My fundamental nature, for everything that is My share, everything that is a sign of My divinity, is lost to the being if it remains in the night of death. It lacks light and strength, freedom and bliss, it is a tormented, blind, powerless being which is condemned to eternal darkness if it does not strive of its own free will for the life I can and will give it if it only strives towards Me. I live and you shall also live, for you are My children, My creations, which carry a part of Me within themselves and which emerged from My strength of love which gives birth to life and is creatively active again and again. And thus I do not want to leave what has emerged from the light in darkness, which it has certainly chosen itself but which does not bring it a blissful state. I want My creations to attain eternal life, that they assimilate themselves to Me as the inexhaustible life and are active in creating and shaping like Me, Who is constantly creatively active, because life never means a state of rest but constant utilization of the strength of which I am the original source. And thus I also want to feed My living creations from My source, I want to provide them with strength so that they, too, will be active according to My will, so that they will live just as I live, and so that they will find their bliss in constant activity, as I have promised them ....

Amen

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Sin of omission .... repentance .... change in the afterlife ....

B.D. 4791 from December 3rd 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You will have to answer for every sin of omission, for every unused opportunity, yet it will not be held against you but you will be reminded of it and now realize for yourselves what you have neglected and what advantage you have forfeited as a result, and your remorse will be great. For this is the punishment for your wrongdoing which you will never be able to forget and which therefore causes you immense self-torture which can certainly be regarded as a just punishment because you ignored God's grace on earth and cannot atone for this wrongdoing in any other way than through profound remorse for your harshness and your disobedience of God's commandments. And the torment will only become less if you try to act in the kingdom of the beyond contrary to your unkind life on earth .... if you then practice love of your own accord for the souls who have to suffer like you and who are helped by every deed of love. Then you will also feel the strength of love, then you will try to right your wrongs. But this requires a small spark of light which gives you the recognition of your self-inflicted situation, for as long as you don't possess this glimmer of realization you are not yet aware of the great failure on earth either, for then you are only filled with selfish love which only wants to improve your own fate but not that of the other suffering souls. And this state can last a long time, depending on the tenacity of will and the degree of self-love. Love first has to be awakened, which can certainly happen through the prayer of a person on earth who lovingly remembers that soul. Then the soul will be transferred into surroundings inhabited by unspeakably many suffering souls, so that the former shall get to know mercy through suffering .... For the suffering is far greater than its own suffering. And now the soul must prove itself. If it only has a helpful thought then strength flows to it to carry it out, and now a small light is kindled which can no longer go out, for it feels a happiness within itself and begins to think about the activity in love and is supported in it by beings of light which, in a disguise beneficial to the soul, instruct it and stimulate it to loving activity. And as soon as this state has occurred it recognizes what it has missed .... Its remorse is great but its will to help also increases, and the more it practices love, for which it is given ample opportunity, the weaker the feeling of remorse in its heart becomes, because it is now so full of gratitude towards God Who still gives it the opportunity to ascend, although it knows that it will never be able to make up for what it missed on earth, that it will never be able to reach the highest degree of beatitude. But it is blessed to be able to work in love and to be relieved of its misery ....

Amen

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Development process .... free or bound will ....

B.D. 4792 from December 4th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Every passage through matter is to be regarded as a process of development for the spiritual being which is completely opposed to Me, which certainly results in a weakening of the resistance against Me and is therefore the only means to slowly bring back to Me that which has completely fallen away from Me. This process of development can repeat itself many times, depending on the spiritual being's attitude in the stage of free will as a human being. But this stage must be granted to the spiritual being after the endless times of bound will, otherwise the ascent development would not have resulted in a state of perfection but the spiritual being would remain directed, i.e. it would become as it is through My will but not through its own will. Free will, however, is a sign of perfection, free will is absolutely necessary if God-likeness, i.e. alignment with Me, is to be achieved. The stage as a human being is usually also evaluated to such an extent that the being either remains in the same state or increases its state of maturity during earthly life. And then the possibility is given to continue the ascent development in the spiritual kingdom if the former does not sink back into the abyss through stubborn resistance, thus will turned away from Me. But the stage of free will can also easily result in a regression, the being as a human being can carry out the apostasy from Me again, it can render all stages of its development in the state of compulsion pointless, thus sink back into the state which necessitates renewed banishment into the solid form in order not to be mercilessly damned by Me forever. But My love does not allow this eternal condemnation, and therefore My will of creation is unlimited, because again and again I create new possibilities to help this spiritual being, which has sunk into the abyss, so that it will one day be able to redeem itself of its own free will. Coercion is never exerted on the spiritual beings from My side, and even the state of bound will is not a state of coercion insofar as the being can only change into a new form when its resistance to Me subsides, which it admittedly does not do consciously since it is devoid of all knowledge. Nevertheless, the transformation of every will is known to Me. The spiritual does not recognize itself, but I recognize it. The testimony of the spiritual into solid matter is indeed an act of force on My part but at the same time an act of atonement for the sins of these beings embodied as human beings, which became true devils due to their complete distance from Me, due to hatred and unkindness, which is why they deserve a just punishment and this act of punishment is at the same time an act of mercy to lead them out of deepest darkness into light again. Such a process of development can turn a perfected devil into a true child of God, but just as the devil in the being can break through again in its human stage and therefore its fate is a repeated agonizing banishment into matter until it nevertheless feels touched by My profound love one day and then pushes towards Me in a state of free will in order to never fall again, in order to attain ever higher perfection, because it is now indissolubly united with Me ....

Amen

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Decay of earthly goods .... giant steps towards the end ....

B.D. 4793 from December 6th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The end is approaching with giant strides, and if you knew how close it is you would spend all your time for your souls, if you even believe in the soul's life after death. Yet you still turn your eyes to the world, that is, everything earthly still moves your mind too much and you take care of your physical well-being where the soul needs your care much more. You don't really believe in the end yet, and that is what makes your spiritual striving weaken. You still doubt the truth of My word, and therefore you are not quite suitable for spreading My word as long as the world still holds you captive. But the world's goods are not permanent .... Let these words pass through your mind, for you will very soon experience the confirmation, you will very soon see earthly possessions deteriorate and realize how futile the world is, and thus the worldly people also enjoy their possessions. But you, who want to be My servants, detach yourselves in your heart from everything that belongs to the world. Look upwards more and more often and desire spiritual goods, for they alone are enduring, and anyone who possesses spiritual goods need not fear earthly decay. His wealth cannot be taken from him even though he loses everything on earth. Therefore, try to increase your spiritual wealth, don't worry about earthly needs, start the day with thoughts of Me and also end it like that, and often have a conversation with Me, Who can distribute spiritual wealth to you and also sustain your earthly life. How many worries do you cause yourselves unnecessarily which I can and will remedy if only you believe in My love. I will give you the evidence of what I announce to you and then you will remember the unused opportunities you let pass by because of your weak faith. Only take care of your souls and thereby make yourselves My charges whose bodily worries I take over. Don't pay attention to the world, for it keeps you from spiritual striving, it deprives you of the strength for spiritual work, it withdraws you who have already partly overcome matter .... Don't let yourselves be taken captive by the world, for it will soon have ceased to exist for the people of the present time, and what will come after that is determined by you yourselves through your will. Direct your senses spiritually, lift your eyes to Me and prepare yourselves for a great experience which will come as surely as one day follows another .... Soon, very soon, the end will come, but before that I will still show Myself to those who want to believe, and I will speak to everyone in serious language so that they will reflect and prepare themselves for the end which will follow very soon ....

Amen

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Leaders' and teachers' way of life is decisive for truth ....

B.D. 4794 from December 8th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

It is of utmost importance for you humans to be informed of the truth and that you therefore join a school of thought which upholds the truth, whose leaders and teachers are educated by God and thus enable the working of the spirit within themselves. And by the way of life of those who claim to be the representatives of the truth from God you will always be able to recognise the degree of truth, and thus you will at all times know how much value can be ascribed to their teachings. Therefore you should first pay attention to the attitude the leaders and teachers of a school of thought have towards the divine commandments, towards the commandment of love for God and their neighbour. Don't let their speeches alone deceive you, whether they put into practise what they teach is the only crucial factor and places people into the service of God. For a way of life according to God's will makes the human being an aspirant for the spiritual kingdom and therefore he will think correctly, for a person who fulfils God's commandments recognises the truth and his power of judgment is considerably enhanced through the enlightenment of his spirit, which becomes effective as a result of his loving activity. A person whose way of life corresponds to God's will can always be believed, and if he then endorses a specific school of thought he will also work for God and His kingdom, because God will never let a person become guilty of a lie if he strives towards Him and wants to advocate the truth.

The human being's will always has priority, and accordingly God will take care of him or He will turn away from him. The right will, however, is full of humility and obedience towards God; hence he will never try to stand out, that is, he will not want to achieve earthly advantages or honour and fame, no reputation or high office, he will only quietly and modestly serve God and for the sake of truth endorse the truth because he feels that only truth leads to God and due to his love for his fellow human beings he would like to lead them to God as well. The teachers themselves have to be educated by God .... Yet only love will gain them this extraordinary privilege, and therefore a person has to have love if his spiritual knowledge is to be acknowledged as truth, as directly received knowledge from God. Consequently, where you humans cannot detect love in a servant of God you should also reject his spiritual information, for it is not from above, it is Satan's work of deception who, under cover of piety, tries to spread error and will always find good ground where love is missing. Test it and appeal to God for help to make the right judgment, yet do not accept without scrutiny if you don't have the guarantee that the Word of God is imparted to you directly from above. Test all things you are offered, by appealing to God, and keep what is good .... This is God's will so that His spirit shall become active in you ....

Amen

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Recognition in earthly life or after entrance into the hereafter ....

B.D. 4795 from December 10th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Progressive knowledge is the success of a way of life according to My will. Yet a person's state of knowledge need not always be noticeable, yet the soul has the wealth of knowledge within itself which it only becomes aware of after the human being's passing away, so that it can therefore enter the kingdom of light with a high degree of knowledge, even though it was inexperienced as a human being on earth. But then the human being did not need this knowledge because he also endeavoured to live a life pleasing to God without it and his life of love therefore earned him a rich treasure with which the soul can work in the spiritual kingdom and is blissfully happy. However, people who search for truth, who want to enrich their knowledge and are unconsciously or as a result of My revealed will lovingly active, will receive knowledge which will change their initial ignorance, they will constantly increase in knowledge until everything that moves them spiritually is clear and understandable to them. But they can already work on earth with their knowledge, they can give light, they can pass on their knowledge and bring brightness where there is still deepest darkness. They can be guides for their fellow human beings and will have reached a high degree of light by the time they enter the beyond which will enable them to carry out a delightful activity and help the erring souls in the beyond in their adversity. For ignorance is a state of distress, just as darkness is always a regrettable state for a being which originally stood in the light. Ignorance is the result of the apostasy from Me, because the spiritual being withdrew from My flow of love due to its distance from Me and this meant complete spiritual darkness, which the being experiences as torment in the spiritual kingdom. On earth it can easily put itself into a state of light, because active love activity results in a supply of brightest light, yet this requires free will, which usually fails because the being is still too much in self-love and thereby renders the strength from God ineffective, which expresses itself in brightness of spirit, thus in a state of realisation. Love is always indispensable for the human being to attain knowledge, love always has to be awakened in the human being before he becomes knowledgeable, and love will always earn him a degree of light, even though he will not be aware of it himself in earthly life. However, the realization comes to him in a flash when he enters the spiritual kingdom, where there is then no more error for him because he immediately recognizes every error and detests it. For light is bliss and darkness is torment. But darkness can be broken through, and even many beings of darkness can change if they follow a ray of light and likewise turn their will towards the working of love, which they always have the opportunity to do, as on earth, so also in the spiritual kingdom ....

Amen

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Right child relationship with God .... fulfilment of requests ....

B.D. 4796 from December 10th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Whatever you ask for with firm faith will be given to you if it does not harm your soul, and since you may receive My word as often as you want I will always express Myself and speak to you through the voice of the spirit. I will always advice you what you should do and what you should refrain from doing, I will always instruct you and impart profound knowledge to you, and therefore you will always be welcome to Me if you come to Me as a pupil or if you, as children, ask the father for clarification. I want to be a just father to you, Who indeed does not tolerate injustice if you carry it out but always lets you recognize the injustice. You may always come to Me in trust, because I understand everything and also forgive everything if you come to the father like children and appeal for My love, which is expressed in the word. Anyone who desires My word belongs to Me, and anyone who belongs to Me will not make a wrong request to Me which would make him doubt My love. I hear him who believes in Me and reveal Myself to him through My word. This is why an intimate connection with Me, once it has taken place, can never be broken off unless he allows himself to be captured by the world and turns his back on Me and the spiritual kingdom, that is, his will strives away from Me and towards the world. Then I will cover Myself, then no call will reach My ear either, then My adversary will have won him, yet through the human being's own fault. But anyone who does not pay attention to the world, who only ever desires Me, is no longer offered anything by the world and My word is the most important thing to him, My voice fully compensates him for what he gives up in the world. For through My word I reveal Myself and give the human being the evidence of My nearness, My presence and My love. Love, however, grants everything, it understands and forgives everything, it only wants reciprocated love in order to be able to make all who give Me their love happy without measure ....

Amen

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Ruthless action against heresies ....

B.D. 4797 from December 11th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You certainly have the right to oppose spiritual knowledge which contradicts your knowledge if you feel impelled to stand up for the truth. But you, who hear My word yourselves or receive it indirectly from Me through My servants on earth, have the proof of this: lies and error are the greatest evils, for they poison the human being's soul, it is, as it were, enclosed by a cover which does not allow any rays of light to pass through, and if this cover is not forcibly pulled away the soul will sink into darkness. Such an act of violence is the ruthless action against false teachings, the uncovering and branding of these by a bearer of truth, who is thus only a tool through which I Myself come to the soul's aid. It is not right to silently tolerate an error where it is recognized and the truth can be opposed to it. Understandably, however, the knowledge which is opposed to the error must have flowed from the right source .... thus the eternal truth itself must be the original source of what is called truth, then divine wisdom will also include the power of persuasion within itself. Then a bearer of truth must succeed in suppressing error, as long as the one being taught is of good will. It is urgently necessary that fellow human beings are guided into right thinking, because every hour on earth is lost for the soul which it spends in wrong thinking. For brightness of spirit is a sign of the human being's redemption which is taking place ....

(13.12.1949) Brightness of spirit means the influx of strength from Me, thus the pouring out of My spirit upon a person who is worthy of it. Thus he must already have detached himself from My adversary, he must have entered the path which leads to Me. Then his thinking will be right, then he will recognize error, then he will ascend, and liberation from form is the aim he has reached. That is why error must first be recognized and banished, truth must be consciously requested as My share and opposed to error by bearers of truth. And this is your task, which is why you need never show consideration for a representative of erroneous teachings but must relentlessly uncover what does not agree with the eternal truth from Me. You should and can always go against error and advocate the truth, only you must be enlightened by My spirit yourselves, you must have received the truth from Me Myself so that you can advocate what you teach with conviction. Anyone who convincingly stands up for his opinion will always be victorious in a battle of words, for My word, which he now makes the content of his teaching, speaks for itself and will never fail to make an impression. And thus I admonish you again and again to wage battle against teachings which obviously contradict My word conveyed from above. For the truth has to be spread if people are to find the right path to Me, because only the truth leads to Me, whereas error eliminates Me, Who am the eternal truth Myself ....

Amen

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Disciples of the end time .... perk as reward for faith ....

B.D. 4798 from December 14th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You, My disciples of the last days, you truly only have faith without any evidence that I once walked on earth in order to exemplify to people the path they should take in order to become blessed. You must now let this faith in Me become so alive that My spirit can work in you, which I announced to you with the words: "I will send you the comforter" and "I will remain with you until the end of the world". What cannot be proven to you will nevertheless convince you as the only truth, because the spirit within you makes it known to you. And thus you can feel like My disciples, like apostles, like My first disciples who had Me Myself around them as obvious evidence and for whom it was therefore far easier to believe what I taught them. But you shall experience My return, you shall experience the crowning of your faith, you shall visibly experience Me at the end precisely because you believe and establish such a close bond with Me through this faith that I can and will reward it .... through My visible presence and your being brought home into the kingdom of peace. This is such an immense privilege on earth that you have to earn it, that you have to struggle and provide Me with the evidence that you believe in Me and My act of salvation. How often will the bulwark of faith still be shaken in the last days, then you must remain steadfast and by no means let yourselves be influenced by people's speeches. And this strong faith has to come from yourselves, for every one of you humans can request My support, and if he prays to Me in spirit and in truth he will truly receive what he asks for. And thus you should ask for strong faith, and the feeling of My presence will also let you become profoundly faithful, even though you otherwise have no evidence of Me and My working on earth. But if I wanted to exert My influence by giving you evidence, your merit of faith would be weak and a favour, such as the extraordinary return in the clouds, would be a compulsion of faith which I, however, will never use because you shall become perfect. And thus you must struggle for strong faith and not allow yourselves to be distracted by any doubts. You live in truth and will also reach the aim, for you will be looked after by beings of light which constantly surround you and also order your thoughts, so that you can provide your service as My true disciples on earth for the blessing of fellow human beings who are in danger of falling away from Me. You will complete the mission of My first apostles .... spread My teaching in the last days before the end. You will also be able to do so because I am constantly present to you and also give you the grace to recognize Me and My working .... And thus you will need no further evidence than only My working of the spirit, which I pour out on all those who want to serve Me and believe in Me ....

Amen

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Calling the name of Jesus .... (word notebook Mahlberg)

B.D. 4799 from December 16th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The mystery of divine revelations is only a mystery as long as people are not yet clear about the outpouring of the spirit. And as long as this is the case they will also doubt, reject, regard genuine things as false and also listen to false prophets again, because people are more addicted to finding out about something unusual, something hidden from them, than they are to the deep desire for truth and the love for God as the original source of truth. Divine revelations originate from this primal source, because the eternal deity expresses Itself to people so that they can learn to recognize It and love It. So for the first time it cannot be denied that God reveals Himself. Whoever wants to hear Him must come close to Him, otherwise God will not reveal Himself to him. And thus the first condition is a strong faith that God is present to man .... But God's presence can only be accepted if the human being draws closer to God through love, thus if he attracts God, as the eternal love, through his conformity to Him. And thus a way of life in love must be obviously recognizable where divine revelations want to have been heard. Faith and love are therefore necessary for the time being, and from them comes humility .... a profound humility towards God, Who is recognized as the most perfect being and makes the creature's imperfection, respectively the far distance from Him, become conscious. God gives His grace to the humble .... Therefore, a person who is worthy of divine revelations will never put himself in the foreground, he will never emphasize his own person but only ever stand up for God towards his fellow human beings. And such a humble person who stands in love and faith can never be a false prophet, he will be used as God's instrument and be the recipient of divine revelations which have to be judged as spoken by Himself and only contain purest truth. There are no half truths, there is no partial knowledge, if God makes Himself known to a person, if He pours out His spirit upon a person who makes himself worthy of it. God will always and forever impart His word to people on earth, and this word of His will always and forever remain the same ....

(17.12.1949) But if God speaks to people through the heart and mouth of a willing human being, if He therefore gives His word through him to all people, it must always be expected that satan will use all his zeal to prevent divine activity and, since he cannot turn against God Himself, he will try to make his instrument submissive. Thus he will endeavour to prevent people from receiving the divine word as often as possible. He will not shy away from any means, but he will always have a strong opponent in Jesus Christ, the son of God and redeemer of the world. For He was, so to speak, satan’s greatest enemy from the beginning of His mission, because He overcame him and, through His victory, wrested countless souls from satan. This enmity between the supreme spirit of light and the prince of darkness will result in a constant counteraction of the latter to the supply of pure truth. But the human being as such has a sure protection against all such influences and God-opposing efforts in the divine redeemer Jesus Christ Himself, Who, through the mere call, through the utterance of His sanctified name, gives the human being the strength to defend himself against the troublesome enemy. But this call must not merely be a lip prayer, a thoughtless utterance with the mouth, as everything that is to have the effect promised by God presupposes a prayer in spirit and in truth. Jesus Christ is still the patron of profound faith, He is still a match for the adversary's power and is only able to render His adversary harmless through His will alone. But whether people want to make use of His protection is up to them. Unbelief in the power of His name gives satan the upper hand, but then people have only themselves to blame if they fall into his power, which God will always try to prevent but will never forcibly influence the human being's will. Faith alone is the inexhaustible strength which a person can oppose the adversary and he will certainly give way, yet faith is a matter of a person's free will, he can achieve everything but will never be forced by God, which is why the human being who does not believe profoundly will feel the power of His adversary who tries to make him fall away from God .... (19.12.1949) Thus the invocation of Jesus' name is and remains the surest protection, for satan has to give way to Him, otherwise Jesus' deity would have to be doubted or satan’s power would surpass God Himself. It is wrong to assume that promises once given could lose their power and effect; it is also wrong to consider utterances of immature souls from the spiritual kingdom to be divine revelations, for a distinction must be made between transmissions from the spiritual kingdom to the human being's physical ear and those which touch the spiritual ear as works of the spirit. A distinction must therefore be made: Outpouring of the spirit in the awake state from communications out of the spiritual kingdom in the unconscious state where, so to speak, all spirits have access and the human will allows those spiritual beings to be heard to which it hands itself over. Then the formal utterance of Jesus' name is not enough to displace those spirits. But if Jesus Christ is called upon in spirit and in truth, those spirits will also be banished. Therefore it is also not advisable to establish contact with the spiritual world if the results are obtained in an unconscious state, which may also never be presented as divine revelations, because the working of the spirit in the human being is necessary for such, so that God's utterances are heard as an inner voice. Intercourse with the spiritual world can certainly be initiated through eager spiritual mental activity, because then the spiritual beings will mentally influence the human being, but then the human being's will, his way of life and his degree of maturity are still decisive as to which beings approach him and mentally instruct him. Yet the call of Jesus Christ in spirit and in truth will certainly protect the human being from spiritual danger, just as it is not otherwise conceivable if a divine power full of wisdom and love is to be acknowledged, Which also has power over satan and will truly protect Its living creations from its influence if the living creations themselves seriously want this, if they therefore strive towards God and want to escape from satan. Always seek the fault or the reason in yourselves if your experiences do not correspond to the promises of Christ. His word is inviolable, it is unchangeable and purest truth, therefore it will also remain and never lose its effect. And people will always be able to take His word as a guideline for their way of life, and the fulfilment of His promises will be certain to them ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

End of the time of graces .... serious reminder ....

B.D. 4800 from December 20th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The time of grace will soon be over and people will not change. They rebel against every stroke of fate which should bring them realization, they don't make use of any help from God because they don't believe in Him. They walk in darkness and shun the light, and a dreadful end is in store for them according to God's eternal plan of salvation. And this end is coming soon. No matter what people start to do in order to live well, it will all be done in vain and people will no longer benefit from it, for their thinking and striving is only earthly, but everything earthly is transient, and even the earth will experience a change in its external form which necessitates the dissolution of matter. And thus matter, which surrounds the human being, will pass away and only that will remain which people have created and acquired spiritually. And this will be very little with most people. Again and again they are reminded of the end, of the transience of earthly things, again and again they are placed in situations where it is easy for them to take the step into the spiritual kingdom .... where they are urged to pray, to call upon the one Who is their creator and sustainer; yet they rarely take the opportunity to gather spiritual riches. And thus the admonitions and warnings have to become ever more serious, ever sharper means have to be used to make people think, to make them aware of the transience of earthly things. And therefore the world will experience a spectacle which would certainly be suitable to bring people to their senses if only they would recognize it as a sign from above. But only few see it for what it is .... as a last admonition and warning call from God before the earth experiences a work of destruction from which the new earth is to emerge. God announces Himself beforehand and gives a last sign, and whoever pays attention to it can still save his soul from eternal death. But anyone who passes by it will have to expect a difficult fate when the end has come, for on the day of judgment every person will receive what he strived for on earth .... Anyone who has sought the spiritual kingdom will also enter it and then be allowed to dwell in paradise on the new earth. But anyone who was a friend of matter will receive what he desired .... he will again be bound in hardest matter and will have to languish in captivity again for an infinitely long time because he was unable to detach himself from that which he was meant to overcome on earth .... because he did not want to free himself from the earthly and left the spiritual unnoticed. You humans, remember the end .... for it brings true death to the soul which did not seek life on earth. Detach yourselves from matter, do not be slaves to that which pulls you into the abyss. Let yourselves be admonished and warned, and listen to the voice of the prophets who speak to you in God's stead and announce to you the near judgment. And so listen to their speeches and respect them as God’s word, Who wants to speak to you through His servants on earth so that you may save your soul from eternal death, so that you may come to your senses and stretch up your hands to Him so that He may help you and save you from eternal ruin ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Blissful condition of mature souls and the state of imperfection in the beyond ....

B.D. 4801 from December 24th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

Blissful conditions have been prepared for you in My Father's house. There you will find everything that gives you joy when your soul has become free from all earthly desires and ready for the spiritual kingdom. But you can only understand these blissful conditions, the joys for your pure, spiritualised soul, when you already strive for spiritual values on earth, when the earth and its possessions cannot attract you anymore. They are spiritual pleasures which give the soul unspeakable delight. They are pleasures which touch the feelings of the soul like earthly pleasures touch the body, bringing the soul great happiness because it no longer has any earthly desires. Like on earth, the soul will also experience beauty in the beyond and, like on earth, it will also experience feelings of happiness but far more profoundly. It will consistently long to increase its spiritual riches and this longing will indeed be granted. It can see and hear indescribable creations and will continually draw wisdom and strength from it .... It will move in the most delightful surroundings for which there is no earthly comparison because earthly creations are poor and barren in contrast, and therefore the human being lacks the imagination for the wonders of divine love which the Father allows His children to see. And since every being is in contact with like-minded souls the bliss will increase considerably and the light will become steadily brighter.

On the other hand, the state of the imperfect beings in the beyond can be described because it does not differ much from that on earth so that the souls still believe that they are living on earth, and this for a long time. Just as people on earth live for material things and cannot understand how spiritually aspiring human beings can withdraw from the world and still be happy, they also live in the spiritual world with the same desire for material things which will be granted to them but in a way that the achievement of their wishes cannot make them happy until, after a long time, they have become aware of the worthlessness of material things and begin to detach themselves from them. But the spiritual kingdom of light with its inhabitants will be closed to these beings .... It is another world of which they will have no understanding as yet nor could they exist there because the abundance of light would consume them. But disguised beings of light are always amongst them, who try to teach them and attempt to direct their will to liberate themselves from earthly lusts and to help them strive for something higher so that they also can enter, often after a long time, the kingdom of light. Souls with the same degree of imperfection can enter the beyond yet will need different lengths of time to mature fully .... it all depends on their hearts' ability to love, which, sometimes will change faster in the spiritual kingdom than on earth, but they can also take a very long time to overcome their errors and bad habits. However, these immature souls are always faced with known concepts, while in the kingdom of light the soul will meet completely unfamiliar conditions where seeing and hearing result in blissful happiness and the wonders never end. Herein is the promise of Jesus fulfilled: 'Eye has not seen and ear has not heard what He has prepared for those that love Him' ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Christ's descent to earth and reason ....

B.D. 4802 from December 24th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

My descent to earth was necessary because people, My living creations, suffered immense hardship due to their own fault. However, My Fatherly love did not want to let them perish. Besides, My adversary revolted against Me insofar as that he totally controlled My creations, which his will certainly created but nevertheless with My strength, and was effectively denying them freedom of will by weakening My living creations such that they were no longer able to use their free will correctly, that is, in a way that was pleasing to Me. And thus I wanted to help My weak creatures in their desperate need .... This hardship not only applied to their earthly life, this hardship would last forever had I not come to help them. I felt pity for My living creations although they had turned away from Me of their own free will .... However, the fact that their will was so exceedingly weak as to be controlled by My adversary was merely the result of their lack of love .... Love is strength and fortifies the will to resist the assaults by the enemy of the soul. Wherever love exists there is no danger of falling prey to the adversary because the presence of love demonstrates My presence too. But at the time of My coming into the world people were entirely without love .... apart from a few to whom I came in order to help them in particular, so that their utterly heartless surrounding would not lead to their ruin. I descended to these few because they were under great pressure and called upon Me in their distress. Yet even their faith had become weak, no-one established the connection with their Creator and Father of eternity such that I was able to express Myself audibly to him. Where love did not exist, faith was missing and My opponent reaped a great harvest, for his activity even robbed the few of their faith in Me, in My love, wisdom and might .... And thus I Myself came into the world .... A human body received Me because I wanted to help people as a human being in order to provide them with the evidence that a person is able to approach and unite with Me if he strengthens his will through love and then deliberately fights the enemy of his soul, My adversary. My body was purely human but it was inhabited by a soul of light which, however, initially had no past memory at all until the unification with Me through love had taken place. Only then did the soul recognise itself and its mission. Jesus, the man, had united with Me through love, for love is strength, it is My fundamental substance, it is the Divine which permeates everything, hence it also shaped the human being Jesus into a divine Being Which was bound to be full of strength, might and wisdom.

Thus I entered the human form after it had shaped itself through love into an abode for the Eternal Deity. You humans will find it difficult to understand this enigma as long as you still lack love, yet where love exists there is also light .... that is where I Myself can work and enlighten your spirit .... I came to My Own and they did not know Me .... However, I wanted to reveal Myself to them and therefore had to enlighten them as to why they were in the dark, why they didn't recognise Me and why they were in great danger. And therefore I instructed people through the man Jesus. I brought them My Word which they themselves were no longer able to hear but which was heard by the human being Jesus, since due to His love He allowed Me to be present in Him .... For My presence means that you humans can hear My voice. Hence, you can only hear Me if you change your nature through love, if your love allows for My presence ....

If love is within you, you are strong and no longer need to fear My adversary who intends to ruin you. I had to come down to Earth because you lacked this knowledge and I wanted to inform you of it again. And this is why I come to My Own again, for once again there is immense hardship, once again people don't recognise Me, My adversary is firmly in control of them again and only a few call upon Me for help. And I grant their prayer and Am in the midst of those who want to be My Own. And I bestow My Word upon them .... except that I Am not physically amongst them but Am with them in spirit, as I have promised. However, I will return to Earth and fetch My Own into My kingdom .... For the adversary's activity is getting out of hand, thus the time has come for him to be bound again, the time has come for the goats to be separated from the sheep .... It is the time of the end, of which it is written that I will come in the clouds to judge the living and the dead. Yet I will be present to anyone who remains in love, he will not need to be afraid of the last Judgment, I will be His Redeemer again from greatest adversity, the Saviour, Who will come from above when Satan believes that he has won his game .... And he will be bound in chains so that peace shall come upon those people who are of good will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Incarnation of many light souls during the last days ....

B.D. 4803 from December 24th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

The earthly world also helps the beings of light to reach perfection. For it offers the most opportunities for attaining childship to God, which even a being of light can only achieve by means of living in the flesh on this earth. In that case, however, their life on earth as a human being does not require the higher development in a state of compulsion, instead the enlightened soul can directly engender itself in the flesh in order to then pass its decision of free will, for which it will often be sorely tested. Time and again beings of light will descend to Earth, and many such incarnations will be especially granted during the last days before the end, since precisely this difficult lifetime on earth guarantees the highest degree of maturity, whereas erring people will also require spiritual leaders, which only people embodied by beings of light can become. Jesus Christ, too, was such a soul of light which accepted a great and sacred mission that made greatest demands on a human being's will. His soul was certainly perfect when it entered this earth; nevertheless, this degree of light had no influence on the earthly life of Jesus the man, or it would have devalued His mission, the redemption of humanity. The conditions placed upon the human being as such were extremely difficult .... Like every other human being he had to overcome the body's wishes and cravings, which were extremely strongly developed in Him and thus required extreme self-control and abstinence. His soul had to resist immense temptations, as a human being Jesus had to fight a constant battle against Himself during His younger years. And therefore His love, gentleness and patience had to be valued far more than those of a gentle and passionless person who does not need to overcome anything because little or nothing attracts him. The soul of light knew its mission from the start and travelled its earthly path when humanity's hardship necessitated it ....

Thus Jesus came into the world at a time when people's carnal sensuality had become rife and people needed to be given an example that and how it would be possible to exercise control over their carnal desires. Everything, even the most difficult, is possible with the strength of love .... Nothing exists which a human being who lives a life of love cannot overcome. Love itself is strength and thus can shape the free will to become incredibly strong so that everything is possible for a person. If, therefore, an extraordinary number of light beings are incarnated on earth during the time of the end, then they will all be given a mission which requires love and willpower. However, all these souls have the same in common: to spread the divine Word amongst people. For knowledgeable souls open up the knowledge to them on earth again, that is, it is brought back into their memory again, and they feel urged to pass the knowledge on to their fellow human beings who live in spiritual darkness. And thus the characteristic of those from above rests in the fact that they eagerly participate in the distribution of the divine Word, but, please note .... of the Word which has originated from the spiritual kingdom .... The teaching of love which Jesus Christ proclaimed on Earth was God's Word spoken through Jesus and will remain it for all eternity. And this teaching of love should and must always be mentioned where a person wants to stand up for God. Thus embodied souls of light only find earthly happiness by spreading this divine teaching of love, and they are God's true representatives on earth. Whatever is taught outside of this teaching is human work. No-one who supports this originates from the kingdom of light, instead his home is in the realm of darkness. And the souls of light will always desire to take action against such teachings which, in the last days, will happen very often ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna