New Revelation recieved by Bertha Dudde

Proclamations No. 7549 - 7672

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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

7549 - Disbelief in an end....

7550 - Revival of the spirit.... address of God....

7551 - Faith can move mountains....

7552 - Unusual gift of grace....

7553 - Will guarantees the power to work the vineyard....

7554 - Urgent address to vineyard workers....

7555 - "Do not worry about what you shall say...."

7556 - God's act of creation and goal....

7557 - Fight against selfish love....

7558 - Spirit working....

7559 - Serious desire for truth....

7560 - To the worldlings....

7561 - Vineyard work suggestion....

7562 - Total spiritual change....

7563 - Neighbourly love....

7564 - Presentation of the lord's supper....

7565 - God's plan of salvation and end....

7566 - God-turned-will secures perfection....

7567 - Return path of the spiritual to God....

7568 - The knowledge of redemptive work does not pass away....

7569 - Self-awareness of the original spirit....

7570 - Shackles of the soul.... freedom....

7571 - Development of the soul.... Original spirit....

7572 - Refuge to Jesus....

7573 - Bond with God....

7574 - Time of the faith battle....

7575 - God's love expressed in the work of redemption....

7576 - Power redirection process.... childhood of God....

7577 - Good Friday....

7578 - Mental drought....

7579 - Easter....

7580 - Overcoming death.... resurrection....

7581 - Spiritual low level necessitates upheaval of earth....

7582 - The paradise of the new earth....

7583 - God's address is a great grace....

7584 - Serious examination of spiritual knowledge with God's support....

7585 - God's rightful representatives on earth....

7586 - Gospel of love....

7587 - Blessing of the spiritual activity....

7588 - Feeding the truth to earth and the spiritual realm....

7589 - "Behold, I stand at the door...."

7590 - Limitation of knowledge....

7591 - Renewed banishment is the result of spiritual death....

7592 - The power of prayer....

7593 - Right use of vitality....

7594 - The fall and rise of the being....

7595 - Release of spiritual substances through destruction....

7596 - Serious warning about the end....

7597 - Living faith.... Awakening of life....

7598 - Examining spiritual good.... feeding the word....

7599 - Admonition for all vineyard labourers ....

7600 - God's revelation.... "Receive and eat...."

7601 - Contact with inhabitants of other worlds.... ‘In My Father’s house....’

7602 - Meaning and purpose of existence: turning away from the world....

7603 - God's blessing should be requested....

7604 - Forerunner.... Knowledge about previous incarnation....

7605 - Grant of grace and efficacy....

7606 - God's protection to His own and to the vineyard workers....

7607 - Good will guarantees approach to God....

7608 - Love and suffering purify the soul....

7609 - The end will come unexpectedly....

7610 - Right or wrong will....

7611 - Separation of the spirits.... The end of an earthly period....

7612 - Spiritual compulsion.... Dogma....

7613 - The Father speaks to His child....

7614 - Granting of graces through God's love....

7615 - Work of the spirit.... right prophets....

7616 - Spiritual turn....

7617 - Many are called, few are chosen....

7618a - Where did evil come from?....

7618b - Where did evil come from?....

7619 - Turning to God is passing the test of will....

7620 - Exhortation to work in the vineyard....

7621 - Commandments of love.... Faith....

7622 - Following Jesus.... Patiently bearing the cross....

7623 - Activity of the beings of light.... Spreading the truth....

7624 - Countless evidence of God....

7625 - God's justice demands atonement....

7626 - Increased work of God in the end time....

7627 - Unification.... Blissfulness of the images of God....

7628 - Communion with the host....

7629 - Sincere desire for truth guarantees truth....

7630 - The final work of destruction....

7631 - The work of satan.... Help through Jesus Christ....

7632 - 'I am the way, the truth and the life.... '

7633 - Distress and help of souls in the hereafter....

7634 - The true home ....

7635 - God's nearness means peace and love....

7636 - Participation of the souls in the hereafter in the transmission of the word....

7637 - Clarification regarding the working of the spirit....

7638 - 'The measure you give will be the measure you receive....'

7639 - Working of God directly or through messengers of light....

7640 - Victory of divine love....

7641 - Requesting strength for the approaching time....

7642 - Living in divine order is fundamental law....

7643 - Natural event and chaos....

7644 - Spiritual death and renewed banishment....

7645 - The earth is school of the spirit....

7646 - Spiritual sun.... Life force influx....

7647 - St. John 21, 25....

7648 - God as a loving Father....

7649 - The redemptive work of Jesus was unique....

7650 - From the fire of love shines the light of wisdom....

7651 - Human-tangible knowledge of the work of redemption....

7652 - Offering the word is special grace....

7653 - Address to vineyard workers....

7654 - Re-banishment an act of justice....

7655 - Calling upon beings of light after prayer to God....

7656 - The soul will reap what it has sown....

7657 - Recognizing the father's voice....

7658 - Truth not without love....

7659 - Creation evidence of an essential Deity....

7660 - Forgiveness through Jesus Christ.... Degree of light and love....

7661 - Importance of the love commandments....

7662 - Rescue from the darkness....

7663 - Forwarding the truth is mandatory....

7664 - Right attitude to the work of redemption....

7665 - Faith in God in free will....

7666 - Instituted Words....

7667 - Concern for soul paramount.... Promise....

7668 - 'It is finished....'

7669 - The soul consciously enters its embodiment....

7670 - Apostasy and return of essence.... Love of God....

7671 - Process of change.... Self-shaping towards perfection....

7672 - Vast distance from God.... End....

Disbelief in an end ....

B.D. 7549 from March 15th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

There is not much time left until the end .... even if you believe that the announced end will be in the distant future .... you will be surprised how the signs will increase and the point in time you live in will become only too evident. But everything will always proceed within the framework of natural progression, and that will raise your hope time and again that the end is still far away. However, your will shall remain free until the last day, for you cannot reach your goal by force which consists of establishing your bond with Me, of voluntarily raising your hands to Me and thereby acknowledging Me, Whom you did not want to acknowledge until now. Earthly life will therefore make great demands on you, you will have to endure many adversities and always have the opportunity to turn to Me .... But everything will take place entirely naturally, although the awakened person will recognise it as the last signs before the end. And if I repeatedly proclaim that you are shortly before the end .... that you are only granted a little more time on this earth, then you should take this declaration very seriously and not always relate it to the future in line with people's point of view .... You ought to understand the words as they are given to you, you ought to take them literally, and you will do well by doing so .... For the time is close at hand when the earth will be cleansed and a new earth will arise again .... But regardless of how urgently I speak to you, you don't want to believe it, and I cannot provide you with any other evidence that My Word is truth other than that you will soon be shocked by a natural event and that you can then equally surely count on the end. Yet do you know whether you will survive the former or fall victim to this natural event?

Hence you should likewise consider it an end, for many people will thereby find their demise, and their life will not last much longer anymore. So don't be thoughtless and prepare yourselves, even if earthly life around you shapes itself as if only progress and prosperity exist .... Just one day, and everything will have disappeared and fallen prey to the destruction of natural forces, and the survivors will be presented with dreadful sights, because it is My will that they should come to their senses and still use the remaining time of grace they have left until the end. For everything I announce to you humans through seers and prophets will come to pass word for word, and you will soon experience the truth of My Word, and blessed is he Who accepted My Word and then found his path to Me, for in great adversity he will always find a way out, he will manifestly experience My help which I have promised to all of you who call upon Me ....

For this reason I speak to you, so that you can appeal to Me for strength in advance and then in utmost distress, when you only have My help to rely on .... you will receive it, for I do not forget My Own .... Therefore take care that you are counted amongst My Own ....Call upon Me in times of need, and I will answer your prayer ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Revival of the spirit .... address of God ....

B.D. 7550 from March 16th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The word of God is offered to you as pure as it flows from the mouth of God .... He speaks to you and you hear Him, you can hear His voice because He speaks through a human being to all of you who desire to hear Him .... You are in contact with the eternal word, for the word Itself leans towards you and desires entrance into your hearts. The eternal deity, the supreme spirit in infinity, empties Himself towards you, He makes His will known to you, He guides you into truth, He gives you knowledge and also gives you the right understanding for it .... But He demands one thing: that you listen to Him with an awakened spirit, otherwise everything presented to you will remain incomprehensible to you. Thus God requires you to awaken your spirit to life, and this means that you are initially willing to come close to God. And when He then makes His will known to you through His word, you will understand this will of His and strive to fulfil it .... you will endeavour to live in love .... And then the spirit in you will also be awakened to life through love, and then everything conveyed to you through the word of God will be understandable to you .... And thus you first have to be given the opportunity to listen to His word so that you will be encouraged to look for an approach to Him, so that His will will be made known to you, the fulfilment of which will result in the awakening of the spirit. And only then can further knowledge be offered to you such that you understand it and it can benefit your soul. And then you will also remain in constant contact with the word of eternity, for then you will desire His address and God will not deny Himself to you .... He will speak to you directly or through His messengers who will bring His word to you. And the people who have already given life to their spirit will always feel touched by God's address .... they will recognize the father's voice straight away, and they will be delighted to be addressed by Him. Nevertheless, the word of God shall also be brought to those who are still unawakened, they, too, shall hear His voice, and they will feel addressed or remain untouched according to their will .... but the grace has been offered to them which they must use in order to also experience their blessing. But the fact that eternal love condescends to speak to you humans is an overwhelming grace which you all don't make enough use of, for hearing the heavenly father's voice is the most beautiful thing for your soul which can be offered to it on earth. God speaks with His creature, the father speaks with His child .... His word sounds clearly and purely, and every word from His mouth is truth which will always make people happy as long as it remains unadulterated and pure. This is why only the awakened spirit can hear His voice and recognize it as His voice, whereas the unawakened person can certainly be offered the same from outside and lacks the understanding for it until he, too, has awakened the spirit within himself to life. But then he is blissfully happy when he recognizes the father's voice and feels addressed by Him. And thus you will all be addressed by God if you heartily desire to hear Him, for then His word will be imparted to you, always in a way which is beneficial for you and your souls, as you adjust yourselves and give Him the opportunity that He can address you .... be it through hearing or reading or through the inner word which can be heard by a person in direct contact with God if it is God's will that he receives His word for himself and his fellow human beings in order to spread it and convey it to all those who likewise desire to hear God .... The will and desire for His address also secures it for you, for God reveals Himself to everyone who loves Him and keeps His commandments ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Faith can move mountains ....

B.D. 7551 from March 17th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Faith can move mountains .... But which of you humans has such strong faith? You are all still too weak in faith because you are also too weak in love, for only love gives faith strength, because love itself is strength .... And thus a person's degree of love will always determine how strong his faith is. And therefore it is also understandable why humanity can be called faithless, for love has grown cold amongst people and therefore there can be no true, living faith where love is missing. But where faith is no longer to be found humanity also lives in profound spiritual darkness, for it cannot be given bright knowledge, and the spiritual knowledge imparted to people is not believed .... and faithless humanity lives in deepest darkness, whereas everything is bright and clear for a person who has gained a living faith through love. And this person only needs to increase his degree of love in order to attain a faith which can move mountains. Yet there are only a few people on this earth who possess such strong faith, and these are also capable of unusual activity which always expresses their high degree of love. They will be able to heal the sick, they will be able to work miracles, for the strength of their faith unites them even more closely with God so that, in union with Him, they will now also be able to accomplish everything their love commands them to do. For it will only ever be the working of love which arises from the strength of faith. The great, overpowering love drives them to help those who are in need, and the strength of faith also always ensures the success of their plan. Faith can move mountains .... Thus nothing is impossible for a person who calls such strong faith his own, which he has gained through love .... But people will always doubt it as long as they don't also live in love which has already earned them a faith which is alive, although it has only reached a low degree. Yet living faith is evidence of love, and love also gives light to the one who desires light .... And he will soon recognize the strength of faith, and it will no longer be difficult for him to have a living faith himself .... and then he only needs to increase his degree of love in order to also feel that the strength of his faith becomes ever stronger .... And then he will also stand up for what he believes with conviction, and he will feel his own strength growing and no longer doubt that a strong faith can also move mountains .... As soon as he has love he also possesses strength, and he can now use this strength as his love dictates .... He will turn it towards his neighbour who is in need, he will be able to help him where help often seems impossible, for he possesses a strong faith and does not work alone but with God Who is in him ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Unusual gift of grace ....

B.D. 7552 from March 18th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

And you have truly been given much grace to receive My word, for you now have proof that your God and father takes care of you, that He will not leave you in adversity even though you have created it yourselves. I do not leave you to your fate, even if you have chosen it voluntarily, but I help you to become free from all burden which signifies the guilt of sin you are in. You receive My word from above, I am present to you and speak to you, you can hear My voice, and you also sense that it is My voice if only a spark of faith and love is left in you. And therefore I speak to you again and again in order to kindle this spark, so that it will become bright in you and you can precisely recognize the path you have to take in order to come out of the valley of sin and death. I kindle a light in you and now you also recognize that your path is not the right one, that you have to turn back if you want to reach the right aim. And My word always presents the right aim to you, My word admonishes and warns you and encourages you to seek and take the right path .... You only need to listen to Me, you only need to pay attention to My word, and you will be guided on the right path and safely reach the aim, to Me, Who is your father from eternity. Oh, if only you would all pay attention to this great grace, if only you would all desire to hear your father's voice .... You would truly turn back on your path, you would give up the previous way of life and strive for only one aim: Me Myself, Who addresses you with heartfelt love and Whose love you could also feel if only you would always make an effort of good will to do what is right. For you can only hear Me or recognize My word as the father's voice if you desire to be addressed by your father .... And if My messengers offer you My word then you should not reject it but first let yourselves be addressed by Me. And you would feel that I speak to you if you received My word into your hearts completely impartially and moved it therein .... This grace of My address is granted to many people, for I know where My messengers carry My word which they receive directly from Me .... I know which path this word will take, and I bless all those who gratefully receive it and allow themselves to be addressed by Me .... who are willing to listen to their father in heaven and who open their hearts when My address is sounded to them. For not only the ear and intellect shall receive it but it shall be moved in the heart, and it will also touch the heart like the loving word of the father Who speaks to His child. And thus My grace will never stop bestowing Itself upon you, My love will always find its way to you who are willing to make contact with Me; you will hear words of love and comfort, words of instruction and admonition, you will be addressed as you need it for your souls to mature, and your heart will rejoice when you open it to grant Me entrance when I want to address it Myself .... And if the human being now recognizes My unusual gift of grace and allows it to take effect in him, he will achieve great spiritual gain, his soul will mature, it will seek the bond with Me and never ever want to relinquish it, it will constantly desire to hear the father's address and always listen to what the father has to say to it .... And I will be able to speak to My child and impart profound wisdom to it .... Yet the gift of grace must always be recognized and desired, the child must always want to go to the father and listen to His address, it must always desire Me Myself and I will give Myself to it, I will give it what its soul needs for maturity ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Will guarantees the power to work the vineyard ....

B.D. 7553 from March 19th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

To whom I give an office I also give the ability to administer it .... And whomever I have chosen to work in My vineyard will also be able to do so, for he receives from Me everything that is necessary for this .... He receives the right seed and also the strength to work with it according to My will. Only he must have offered himself to Me for service, for no human being will need to do such work against his will, because then it would be pointless, for success can only be achieved where love is active. And thus a true vineyard labourer should carry out his work with love .... The preacher of My teaching should take the spiritual hardship of his fellow human being to heart and try to remedy this hardship .... Then he will truly be able to achieve good success, then his work will be successful and bring him blessings. And everyone will be able to create and work according to his ability, for I will place everyone where he finds a suitable field of work which he can then also master. Therefore only the earnest will is necessary to be allowed to work for Me in My vineyard, and he will now also be assigned the work as he can manage it, as it corresponds to his ability. And every labourer in My vineyard should also wait until I call him to the right activity, for I know when the day and hour has come for him to work, and then I will call him Myself and he will gladly do his work. I need all of you, My servants on earth, for there is great spiritual hardship and much of the good seed with which I provide for you beforehand still has to be scattered so that you will not lack it. And My seed is My word which comes to you from above. Anyone who passes on this word of Mine, who ensures that it is spread, is a good worker for Me and will truly be blessed, for people need My word, the gospel must be proclaimed to them, they must know about My will, about My commandments, about their task on earth and about all difficulties they are facing .... They must know that they are close to the end and that they should do nothing more urgently than work on their souls, because there is not much time left. This is the task of every servant on earth who has entrusted himself to Me to work in My vineyard. Each one shall draw his fellow human beings' attention to the word from above, each one shall proclaim the father's great love Who wants to win His children back, each one shall pass on the divine teaching of love which makes My will known to them. Then he will be a good servant and I will reward his work .... And no-one need fear that he is not up to this work, for everyone will also have the opportunity to do so, for I will guide his fellow human beings into the way as they are willing to accept My word, and it will then arise of its own accord whether they accept My word or not. But you, My servants on earth, you must be mediators through whom I Myself can address people who do not yet allow a direct address. And thus you only need to want to serve Me and everything will approach you such that you will thus serve Me, consciously or unconsciously. For it is truly easy for Me to give you the gift of speech when you need it, when I want to address a fellow human being through you. But I must possess your will, which is free .... And I bless his will if it applies to Me and wants to contribute towards the redemption of the unfree .... And I will also always give you as much strength as you need for your vineyard work .... You will always be able to do it because this work is the most important and therefore it is also My will that you work with My strength. Therefore, never fear becoming unfit for work which is particularly urgent in the last days before the end and which has to be carried out of your own free will, for I keep My servants capable as long as I need their services .... And I also know how long you are still to serve Me and what task I set for everyone in the last days before the end .... And as long as I provide you with strength and protectively hold My hands over you .... and as long as you shall also fulfil your office which I have assigned to you ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Urgent address to vineyard workers ....

B.D. 7554 from March 20th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

My blessing will truly not fail to come to all who want to serve Me in the last days before the end .... If I repeatedly admonish you to diligently work in the vineyard, there is certainly a reason for it, for I know about the great spiritual hardship which can only be controlled through spiritual help, which consists precisely of My word being conveyed to people. I want to address everyone, but not everyone opens his ear and heart to hear Me Myself. And therefore I have to speak to them through mediators, I have to make use of you who have easier access to fellow human beings, and you now have to speak instead of Me wherever possible. And thereby you render Me a service which I alone can measure in its value. All people are My children whom I want to win before the end. But all people have free will and therefore I must also allow them the freedom of thought, will and action. And they often abuse this and I cannot stop them. Only through you can I send them admonitions and warnings, only through you can I draw their attention to their actual earthly task, only through you can I impart My teaching of love to them. And therefore I need you, and I bless every activity which applies to this vineyard work .... And you should not worry about your earthly and spiritual well-being, for like a good householder I will take care of My servants who serve Me voluntarily. I Myself will assign the work to you, I will guide you to the people you should work on in the vineyard, I will direct your thoughts correctly so that you speak where it is necessary and that you remain silent where your work would be useless .... You need only ever rely on My guidance as soon as you entrust yourselves to My guidance, as soon as you are willing to serve Me. You should not miss a single day when you can work for Me and My kingdom, for the time is approaching when you will have to make your decision, when you will all have to confess for or against Me. And then it will be difficult to work in the vineyard, then everyone will have to entrust himself to Me so that he will stand firm in the last battle of faith on this earth .... And then you shall have already scattered much seed in the hearts of your fellow human beings which will then also sprout and bear fruit when the adversity is great and they will be able to recognize the strength of a strong faith in yourselves. Work on the souls of your fellow human beings, and work on yourselves .... accumulate much strength which you will be able to receive abundantly through your service for Me .... Serve Me with all your strength and it will only be a blessing for you, and you will contribute towards the salvation of many souls which need help to be guided onto the right path. Serve Me with all love, and then you will also serve your neighbour and help him in spiritual adversity. For this is great and can only be reduced if you convey My word to your fellow human beings, which is blessed with My strength .... For then I Myself will be able to speak to them through you and many a heart will still open itself to My word and be saved from death ...._>Amen

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"Do not worry about what you shall say ...."

B.D. 7555 from March 21st 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Do not worry about what you shall say .... The time will come when you will have to answer for your spiritual activity. But then remember My word that I will put the words into your mouth, that the spirit from Me will give you what you speak and how you act. For he will guide you, i.e. I Myself will always be with you when it is necessary to speak for Me and My name, when it is necessary to defend the work for My kingdom, which is extremely important in the last days before the end. Then you will speak freely and openly and hardly anyone will be able to refute you, for no one will be a match for your explanations. You will stand up for the truth which cannot be refuted to you, and it will be possible to also present My word to those who have not had the opportunity to hear it so far .... And depending on their will they will accept or reject it. A time will come when you will be forbidden vineyard work, when it will be difficult to do it because the open battle against everything spiritual will begin .... And then much work shall already have been done so that now the seed can take root and the little plant will spread, so that the individual's power of resistance will be so strong that he will remain faithful to Me during this time of struggle. And everyone who is serious will experience My strengthening and need not fear that he will fail, that the enemies are stronger than he .... he will find the right support with Me, Whom he only needs to call upon in order to receive the necessary strength to fight for his faith. The time will only be short when My adversary will openly come forward to take action against Me Myself, for I will shorten the days for the sake of My chosen ones. They shall not have to fear becoming weak in the battle and therefore I will end it quickly. I will be with all who want to remain faithful to Me and I will provide them with unusual strength .... And when they have to answer, it will be I Myself Who speaks through them, and truly so that they will be unable to reply .... But the adversary will also fight with cunning and treachery, for he knows that the end is near and that his power will then be over .... Therefore he will rage beforehand and want to cause confusion in My camp, but he will run against solid walls which My angels form around all My faithful .... And then I Myself will come in the clouds and fetch My own to Me .... The day of judgment will dawn which will end all adversity of My own and usher in a new era .... And it will come as it is proclaimed through word and scripture ...._>Amen

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God's act of creation and goal ....

B.D. 7556 from March 22nd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The act of creation was the result of My love .... both the creation of the spiritual beings in My image as well as all earthly-material creations after the apostasy. My love wanted to give itself, it wanted to find itself again in the beings made in My image, which essentially were miniatures of Me. I was impelled by My infinite love to place such beings next to Me in whom I could find Myself again and to whom I could give My unlimited love. The fact that these beings fell away from Me was known to Me from the start and I did not prevent them from doing so, because it was their free will and because only then was it possible for Me to have 'children' next to Me instead of 'living creations', which was the goal of My act of creation. It will certainly take a long time until the deification of My living creations has been achieved, yet time means nothing to Me, but the goal I set for Myself has also been the cause of the various earthly-material creations, for they are the path which the once fallen spiritual beings will have to travel in order to return to Me, from Whom they once came forth. And even if this process of deification requires an infinitely long time until the being has undertaken it of its own free will .... one day it will nevertheless be able to create and work next to Me and then be indescribably happy. Yet in the meantime it will have to pass through many seemingly endless phases in constriction and torment .... at first in solid matter and then in the plant- and animal world until it has reached the stage of a human being, where it enjoys a certain amount of freedom but not the kind of freedom which had been its original state.

However, it can attain this freedom as long as it lives as a human being on earth. Since the being emerged from My love, and thus its fundamental substance is love too, it need only allow itself to be illuminated by Me and thus direct its hitherto averted will back to Me again .... Then the being, which had become disfigured due to its wrong resolve, will change back to its fundamental nature of love again .... And then it will also deify itself in line with My eternal plan and I will have achieved My goal: My living creation will have voluntarily changed itself into My child and is incomparably happy .... But this re-transformation into love is always subject to free will. And in the stage of a human being this free will can also turn in the wrong direction again without being prevented by Me .... Hence such a process of re-transformation can also take an eternity, because free will is never interfered with and therefore the being determines the duration of its wretched state itself. Nevertheless, it is able to reach its goal in one developmental period and it will be supported in every way to reach its goal. For My love pursues the being because it is a living creation that had emerged from My love. Thus you humans can see what an important factor free will plays in your earthly life, which is not subject to compulsion, neither from My nor from My adversary's side .... And thus My only endeavour is to teach you to recognise the significance of your free will so that you will then direct it appropriately. I can only ever influence you to direct your will correctly but not force you, just as My adversary is unable to do, but he can influence you just the same in order to gain your will for himself. However, you must make your own free decision and blessed are you if you take the right path, if you find your way to Me and strive for unity with Me again, from which you once voluntarily detached yourselves .... Blessed are you if you, in this earthly life as a human being, succeed in reaching the goal during one period of Salvation .... that you will become free from every form and thus be able to enter into eternity as free and fully enlightened beings of light when your existence on this earth has come to an end ....

Amen

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Fight against selfish love ....

B.D. 7557 from March 23rd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Much is demanded of you if you are still completely dominated by selfish love, for then it means a struggle for you to overcome it and change it into unselfish neighbourly love. But you must remember that you only take care of your body as long as you satisfy your selfish love and that you do not collect any spiritual treasures which will one day make up your wealth in the kingdom of the beyond. You must remember that your stay on this earth is not eternal but that you have to fulfil a task: to change your nature into love; for you enter earth as a human being with only a small degree of pure, selfless love, which you should now increase if you don't first have to kindle love in yourselves .... But selfish love dominates you, and you should suppress it, which always means a fight against all desires which demand fulfilment for physical comfort. Your attention must be directed towards your fellow human being, and it must be the human being's endeavour to carry out works of love if he wants to change himself, i.e. his nature, into love. He must learn to renounce for the sake of his neighbour, he must be willing to make sacrifices for the sake of his neighbour, he must be urged from within to do good to his fellow human being, and his self-love will become ever smaller the stronger the human being's will. And that is why it is said that the “kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and only the one who needs violence seizes it for himself'." Whose selfish love is still very strong will have to use great violence to reduce it, the charms of the world will constantly be placed before him, for God's adversary will tempt him wherever he can, and it will be difficult to resist all those temptations, he will have to use violence .... but he will succeed as soon as his will strives to fulfil his earthly task: to change his nature. He will be supplied with strength because he wants to reach his aim .... And in order for him to strive towards this aim he will repeatedly be reminded of the commandments of love for God and his neighbour, and if he is of good will he will first only fulfil his duty, he will strive to fulfil God's commandments .... until he is then driven from within to work of love and the fight against selfish love becomes ever less, for he will become victorious over himself if he is of good will. Yet most people are dominated by selfish love, they only think of themselves, love has grown cold in them and therefore they cannot become overcomers, they will only ever seek earthly advantages and not think of their life after death .... And their fate will be a bitter one, for they will enter the kingdom of the beyond poor and miserable, where it will also be difficult for them to ascend, because even then they will not want to give up their selfish love, because even then they will only think of their own fate and the fate of other souls will not affect them. It is particularly difficult for these souls to relinquish their selfish love, and they will have to remain in adversity and torment for a long time before they change and turn their gaze to the souls in the same predicament. For this reason anyone who still gives up his selfish love before he has to surrender his earthly life is to be called blessed on earth .... For once the soul has become acquainted with true love it will also be able to detach itself more easily from what it would otherwise not want to give away for its own sake. And then the danger will no longer be so great when it enters the kingdom of the beyond; then it will also be able to feel love for its neighbour and ascend more easily, one day it will also attain beatitude, because the more it practices love itself the more its love will increase. And it will have much opportunity to do so, for God helps every soul so that it can detach itself from darkness and reach the light ...._>Amen

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Spirit working ....

B.D. 7558 from March 25th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

I want to be able to work in you through My spirit .... I want your spiritual spark, which is My share, to seek contact with Me and that this spiritual spark now gains influence over you, that it determines your thinking, speaking and acting, that I Myself can therefore work in you because this spiritual spark is inseparably connected to Me. Hence you have God Himself in you .... and I will always be able to express Myself from within if you allow Me to do so yourselves through your will to be united with Me and your actions in accordance with this will. For if you seek the bond with Me then you will also irrevocably live according to My will .... you will live in love and thereby awaken the spiritual spark in you to life .... i.e. draw Me Myself to you through loving activity, Who is the eternal love. Thus the voice of My spirit in you, which you desire to hear, is only a sign of My presence in you, and I will always be able to be present to you if you live in love. And thus every working of the spirit always presupposes the human being's love, otherwise he would not be united with Me and then would also not be able to hear My voice within himself .... thus My spirit cannot work in a person who is devoid of all love. The spirit in you, which is My share, stamps you into a divine creature as soon as you only allow it to work. Then you will enter into contact with Me and I will now address you through the voice of the spirit, I will order your thinking and guide it correctly, and I will determine your will and action .... but only ever after your consent, after you yourselves allow the working of the spirit in you through loving activity. And My spirit will guide you into truth .... I have given you this promise, for at the beginning of your embodiment as a human being you are without knowledge, your spiritual state is dark, you know nothing about Me and My plan of salvation from eternity .... But if I want to impart this knowledge to you I have to do it through My spirit .... The spirit can only speak to the spirit, or also: You can only be taught by Me Myself, and therefore My spirit must be able to take effect in you. But then He will impart knowledge to you which encompasses everything .... Then you will be introduced to truth, because the spirit from Me can only impart pure truth to you. And you should all try to achieve that My spirit can become effective in you, because only then can you be guided into realization, because only then will it become light and bright in you and you need no longer complain about spiritual darkness. Since you therefore carry a spark of My spirit of God within you, all truth is also within you, for the spirit from Me knows everything, it is a ray of light of love which can fill your heart and chase all darkness out of it. The spirit from Me will teach you, it will kindle a light in you, it will reveal truthful knowledge to you, for it is in constant contact with Me, its father-spirit from eternity. He is My share and therefore also knows everything you desire to know .... "He guides you into the truth ...." And you are awakened to life when you allow the spiritual spark in you to work, when you have prepared yourselves in such a way that I Myself can empty Myself in you .... And I will truly give you everything you desire .... Yet I cannot enter into contact with a person who does not consciously strive for it, who resists Me and lives without love, for I cannot approach him, Who I am love .... And this person will also remain without realization, no matter how sharp his intellect and how long he lives on earth .... He will remain dark in spirit, for the spirit from Me cannot enlighten him because it makes his activity impossible for him. My share, the spiritual spark, certainly also slumbers in him but it is buried and will not be awakened to life, and the human being has rejected a gift of grace from Me which truly could have created beatitudes for him if only he had used it during his earthly life. The bond between the spiritual spark and the eternal father-spirit has to be established by every person himself, but then he will be able to achieve the highest spiritual success, he will increase in light and strength, he will allow Me Myself to work in him through My spirit, and where I Myself can be there will be no more darkness for ever ...._>Amen

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Serious desire for truth ....

B.D. 7559 from March 26th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The pure truth has to be desired in order to be received .... and desiring the truth means being willing to relinquish the existing knowledge, to completely empty oneself and now ask Me to impart the pure truth to the human being, which only I Myself can bestow upon him. For I Myself am the truth .... I am the way and the life .... I Myself alone can distribute the truth and thereby show you the path which leads to eternal life. But for the most part people are unable to detach themselves from the spiritual knowledge they possess .... Yet they should always bear in mind that there are many schools of thought, that different people's spiritual knowledge also differs but that there is only one truth, that not everyone can claim to stand in the truth as long as their thinking still deviates from each other. And therefore they should make every effort to come into possession of the truth, they should not be satisfied with knowledge which was transmitted to them according to tradition, they should first try to fathom the origin of their knowledge and always approach Me Myself for enlightenment of their thinking so that they will find the pure truth .... They must desire the truth .... And they will be able to be convinced that they will also find it, for I Myself take care of those who desire the truth with all their heart .... For I am the eternal truth and I want My living creations to walk in truth, that they think correctly, that they form a truthful picture of Me Myself and My reign and activity .... I don't want them to be ensnared by the error which is presented to people by My adversary so that it is impossible for them to recognize Me Myself correctly and then also to learn to love Me .... and because My living creations' love for Me is the aim which people should achieve, I want them to recognize Me correctly, and therefore I will repeatedly convey the pure truth to people who desire it, I will no longer leave them in error and enlighten their thinking so that they will learn to distinguish truth from error and turn away from the latter. Truth will always make people happy, for truth will spread light in the heart .... Error, however, darkens the path people take, and this never leads upwards, to Me, because it is My adversary's path into which he tries to push people who do not resist him. And every person should seriously ask himself how far he is satisfied with the knowledge he possesses .... he should seriously ask himself whether he desires the pure truth and what he has already done in order to attain this truth .... He need do nothing more than seriously ask Me to instruct him in the truth if his thinking is wrong .... But this will has to arise from the heart, he has to be deeply, holyly serious about moving in truth .... And most people lack this seriousness. They are content with the knowledge they have taken on and hold on to it, they don't think about it, otherwise they would discover contradictions themselves and would have to pay attention. But the will of man cannot be forced .... This is why error is far more widespread in the world than truth, and this is why I again and again try to address people from above in order to convey the pure truth to them, which should encourage them to compare and take a stand on it themselves. And blessed is he who accepts the truth .... Blessed is he who seeks to free himself from previous knowledge if it does not agree with the knowledge conveyed from above .... One day the soul will be able to record as spiritual wealth the knowledge it accepted on earth and will also take with it into the kingdom of the beyond .... It will be able to register a considerable plus compared to the souls which could not free themselves from their wrong teachings on earth, for in the spiritual kingdom the soul will only be able to work with such goods which correspond to the truth. All other knowledge will be of no use to it, no matter how much knowledge it possessed on earth. If it was not the pure truth it will lose it like all earthly possessions and dwell poorly and ignorantly in the kingdom of the beyond, where it will not be allowed to engage in a blissful activity until it has also accepted the pure truth .... which will certainly be offered to it in the spiritual kingdom but which, just as on earth, requires its free will to accept. And this is why it is so necessary for the human being that his thinking still becomes clear on earth, that he learns to distinguish error from truth on earth, for only truth is the path which leads to eternal life, only through truth can the human being become blissfully happy and no longer lose eternal life ...._>Amen

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To the worldlings ....

B.D. 7560 from March 27th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You must not give in to any deceptive hopes that you believe you still have much time left for your spiritual perfection. You should not hesitate one day longer to tackle your soul's work if you are not already walking on the right path and striving spiritually. You should only ever try to imagine that you would suddenly be called away and then ask yourselves whether you would be able to stand before My eyes. And you should only ask yourselves how you stand by Jesus Christ .... All of you who have not yet found Him are in great danger that your soul will get lost, that it will enter the kingdom of the beyond in adversity and darkness because it has not yet found redemption. All of you who are not yet confessors of Jesus Christ are especially addressed by Me that you only have little time left and should use this time by seeking contact with Jesus Christ, the divine redeemer, so that you will also find contact with Me, Who accomplished the act of salvation in Him. You are still in the midst of the world, and the world rarely only allows spiritual thoughts to arise in you. But I appeal to you to seriously think about it, to imagine a near end and to think about your soul which is in great distress. You worldly people have little faith and yet you should think about the fact that you will not perish even if your body dies .... And then you should try to imagine your fate, which cannot be any different than your way of life has been. And if you don't believe in the soul's survival, then just once seriously wish that you may think correctly, that a small light will be given to you .... Ask Me for it if you still believe in a God and creator from eternity .... And truly, I will give you a light, for I don't want you to get lost, but you must take the first step towards Me, Whom you will not be able to deny in your innermost being .... Don't let the short time you still have pass by unused, ask yourselves whether you are walking correctly and make an effort to fulfil the will of the one Who gave you life .... Seek union with Me in Jesus Christ, and you have done everything to save your soul .... And therefore seek to gain knowledge of Jesus Christ, the divine redeemer, do not keep your ears closed when such is conveyed to you .... Believe when a near end is proclaimed to you .... listen to the proclaimers and ponder their words, for I Myself speak to you through them because I want to bring you salvation before the end .... And also consider the transience of the world and all earthly goods .... And I want to bless every good thought, I want to strengthen your will and help you find the right path and detach yourselves from everything that still holds you captive .... I will help you if only you remember your soul and want to protect it from the fate it is heading for if you do not change .... Believe that there is not much time left for you and use this time diligently for your salvation ...._>Amen

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Vineyard work suggestion ....

B.D. 7561 from March 28th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You shall proclaim My word, and you shall inform every person of My unusual activity towards you, whom I lead into the path. For it is necessary that people learn of My love and grace which I bestow upon My living creations; they should know who they should turn to when they are approached by the great adversity which I constantly announce to you. And again and again you should tell them that My kingdom is not of this world, that it concerns the spiritual kingdom which you humans should strive for; you should tell them to remember their actual earthly task which consists of seeking My kingdom which is not of this world. It will always be your task to direct your fellow human beings' thoughts towards this kingdom if you want to be of service to Me, for people only ever move in this world and only pay attention to what serves their body's well-being; their striving is purely earthly and spiritual thoughts are far away from them .... But again and again you should point them to that kingdom which is not of this world. And therefore you should also inform them that the father's voice sounds from that kingdom, Who wants to address all people and uses you to pass on His message. People shall know that their God and creator speaks to them from above. They will not want to believe it and yet this unusual event shall be mentioned wherever the opportunity presents itself. And again and again human hearts will open which only need a push to take the path which leads into the spiritual kingdom. Spread My word and I will ensure that it will be accepted and spread again .... For My ways are wonderful, you don't know them, but I know where hungry souls wait for the nourishment which is My pure word for them .... I know where souls are waiting to be addressed by Me, and I arrange it so that the word you spread in My name will also reach them. You should just not be inactive, even though it seems to you as if all opportunities have been exhausted which enable you to spread My word. My word is blessed with My strength, My word is strength in itself, and where it can only touch a person's heart the soul will also come to life, it will feel the strength and receive wholesome nourishment for itself from My word. I still want to address many people through My word, and I will let your thoughts take the path which leads to such human hearts which you can provide with spiritual nourishment, with the bread of life which the soul can feast on. But don't become indifferent, for people are in need who have not yet found My kingdom, which is not of this world. Only My word shall sound to them from this kingdom and touch their hearts, then they will also approach the kingdom themselves .... And you should help them to hear this word, you should be My proclaimers who take their ministry seriously and again and again convey My word from above to them. You should see your task in the spreading of this word alone, and this requires constant vineyard work, which I admonish you to do again and again because it is very important. But you will also never be left without help, I Myself assign the work to you, you will be guided by Me, your thoughts and your will will be directed by Me so that you will always be successfully active for Me and My kingdom, which is not of this world. And if you are willing to work for Me you will also be able to carry out this work and never need to fear being unfit for it .... Just make your will your own and I will guide you to where your work is needed .... I Myself will assign the work to you and it will always be successful, because I bless every activity a helpful person wants to accomplish for Me and My kingdom, so that many more souls will find salvation, so that they, too, will strive for the kingdom which is not of this world ...._>Amen

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Total spiritual change ....

B.D. 7562 from March 29th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

A spiritual change for the better will no longer take place on this earth, and people who indulge in this hope are in erroneous thinking, and they will therefore be surprised when the course of world events will convince them that a spiritual change is by no means recognizable, that people always sink deeper into darkness the further time advances. People themselves are no longer changing to the extent that I could refrain from dissolving the creations .... They increasingly fall prey to My adversary, they fulfil his will and therefore become ever more ripe for the downfall which signifies the end of this earth for humanity. There are only ever a few who recognize the seriousness of the time, who make an effort to live the way of life according to My will, who believe in Me and therefore will find grace before My eyes .... And these also believe in an end because they can follow people's spiritual low and recognize that the earth is ripe for destruction. But these few cannot cause Me to refrain from the final work of destruction, for I must also remember the still bound spiritual substances which shall continue their course of development in new creations .... I must also remember those people who fail so that they can be reintegrated into the process of ascent development, so that they are taken from My adversary's power .... These people would irrevocably fall further and further into the abyss if I allowed the earth to continue and did not put an end to My adversary's activity. This earth period has to come to an end and a new one has to begin again, otherwise divine order would never be established, but this is My eternal plan of salvation. Once every redemption period comes to an end, and this period has now also reached the time when order has to be established again so that the development of the spiritual will continue. This is incomprehensible to every person who does not strive spiritually, but everyone whose spirit is awakened and who looks around with open eyes must understand it. Unbelief and unkindness are rampant, people no longer expect to live on after death, they don't believe in Jesus Christ and His act of salvation, they only live a worldly life and don't think about the purpose and aim of their existence .... And only rarely can a person still be won over for Me and My kingdom .... And thus a spiritual low has set in which can no longer be remedied other than through a complete reorganisation, a 'straightening' and transposition of the spiritual into the form corresponding to its state of maturity .... And this is what the work of transformation on the old earth is supposed to achieve, that all forms are dissolved and the spiritual bound in them is incorporated into other forms, so that the upward development can continue. And this requires a total change, spiritually and earthly .... it requires the end of the old and the emergence of a new earth .... it necessitates the establishment of the order of eternity, which will always be carried out again from My side when the time has expired, when a redemption period has come to an end according to the destiny of eternity ...._>Amen

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Neighbourly love ....

B.D. 7563 from March 31th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You will always benefit when you look after a neighbour in need .... because you will always be fulfilling My will which is expressed in My commandments of love for God and your neighbour. But you should practise love for your neighbour of your own free will, you should feel prompted from within, only then will you kindle the spark of love in you, and only then will your soul mature. Your every thought, word and action has to be based on love if it is to have a spiritual effect, or you will only ever accomplish earthly duties without the slightest gain for your soul ....

It is always just a matter of love .... of the inner urge to do good, to help where it is needed, to please and bring joy to where the opportunity presents itself .... it is a matter of the person's inner nature which should become completely absorbed in its love for Me and the next person, which overcomes all selfish love and is completely imbued by love, so that I Myself can be present in him and thus work in him through My spirit. Then the human being cannot be anything but good and will always live in unity with Me, then the earthly world can no longer tempt him but in thought he will always be in the spiritual world since the spirit in him determines his every thought and intention.

But as long as a person's thoughts are held captive by the world it will not be possible for him to develop love in himself, for then the world will still appeal to his selfish love and this will be satisfied first, which will always be at the expense of the next person. In that case he has to be noticeably confronted by his fellow human being's suffering; he has to see a lot of misery in order to motivate himself to help and to enable the spark of love within him to ignite so that he feels the benefit of a good deed. Hence much tribulation has yet to be experienced on earth, because love has grown cold amongst people, because My messengers of love are hardly ever appreciated and thus the spiritual hardship, which can only be remedied by love, is also extensive.

People's lack of love is spiritual hardship which always entails earthly hardship too, therefore the latter will continue to increase in the last days in order to still touch human hearts and awaken in them merciful neighbourly love. However, only a few people will escape this spiritual adversity, for selfishness is gaining the upper hand and that also means that worldly love will become ever more widespread, that people will become enslaved by matter and in their pursuit of it also prepare their later fate, that they will again become matter which they had already surmounted in the past.

And there is only one way out from this banishment, and this way out is and remains love .... Not even My love can release you from the commandment to practise love, for love is the first law, and without love no one can become blessed ....

Amen

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Presentation of the lord's supper ....

B.D. 7564 from March 31th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

All of you who hear My word and take it into your hearts, who are now also active according to it, are moving in My grace. Then you will evaluate a gift of grace of immeasurable strength, you will be filled by My spirit which will now pour into you through My word. And it will be easy for you to believe because My word from above is proof of My love for you and My love is now also a guarantee for you that you receive the truth from Me. You receive great grace through My word and your soul derives great spiritual benefit from it, because you use everything imparted to you through My word to mature spiritually. If you now accept My word directly from Me, even if it is conveyed to you through My messengers, then you draw from the source .... You drink the water of life at the spring which I Myself have opened up for you. You let yourselves be fed and watered by Me Myself, you come to My table and take supper with Me .... you get the nourishment which your soul needs in order to mature on this earth .... And it is I Myself Who offers you the nourishment, because I know what you need for your soul's salvation .... I know that your soul is weak and needs to be strengthened, I know that it is sick and in need of healing medicine, and I know that only the nourishment I Myself give you will let it become healthy and strong. And therefore I invite you again and again to come to My table and take supper with Me .... But you must come to Me yourselves .... you must take the path to the spring from which the living water flows; you must bow down and drink if your soul is to be nourished and refreshed for its further earthly progress. You must accept My word and not be satisfied that you are offered inferior nourishment elsewhere which is not beneficial for your soul .... You must ask Me for food and drink for your soul .... For only one can offer you the manna from the heavens, only one can convey His word to you from above .... and this one is the word Itself from eternity .... And when the word Itself bends down to address you, then open your ears and heart and listen to what I have to say to you .... When I Myself invite you to come to My table in order to let yourselves be satisfied by Me, then accept this invitation and be My guests who gratefully receive what the host offers them. And if you entrust yourselves to Me and let Me take care of you Myself, I will truly provide you with everything your soul and body need during your earthly existence. Yet My concern for your soul is paramount so that you will not come to harm and lose eternal life. And therefore I will always make My will known to you through My word so that you will comply with it and prepare your soul for life in the spiritual kingdom .... I will take care of your soul so that it does not need to live in want, but I will also give the body what it needs as long as the soul resides in it .... You shall be satisfied spiritually and earthly, you shall know that you can turn to Me at any time in spiritual and earthly adversity, that you will never ask in vain .... But you should come to Me yourselves, you should seek out the source which is opened up to you by My love .... You should let yourselves be addressed by Me and gratefully accept all My gifts of love from My hand .... And then you shall evaluate the blessings which I abundantly bestow upon you, so that you may mature in your soul, so that you may acquire the kingdom of heaven and be blessed ...._>Amen

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God's plan of salvation and end ....

B.D. 7565 from April 2nd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

My eternal plan will be carried out, for My love and wisdom were decisive for this plan and My might brings about everything I want. Therefore neither people's will nor My adversary's actions can prevent Me from doing so, and it would be easy for Me to initiate you humans to such an extent that you would also know the day and hour when I would carry out the plan. But My love and wisdom prevents this again, because it would not benefit My living creations if they would then fulfil their earthly task under a certain compulsion of will, which would mean knowing the day and hour of the end of this earth. But My love also wants to warn and admonish you humans again, My love only wants you to prepare yourselves and not to fear the end .... And therefore I repeatedly announce to you through seers and prophets that the end is imminent .... as it has happened since the beginning of this earth period and will happen until the end occurs. I will not leave you humans without knowledge about it, yet this knowledge will never be proven to you due to your freedom of will. You only ever have to believe it and live your life in accordance with this belief .... And then My plan of salvation will unfold such that you will not suffer any harm. But it will be carried out according to My will, for I truly know what serves you, My living creations, best, irrespective of whether you already live on this earth as a human being or still live in the bound state of the works of creation .... I know when the time has come for you to change your state, when all spiritual substances have to leave the form which keeps them bound, I know when lawful order has to be established again and what is helpful for the spiritual substances' ascent development .... And because My love and wisdom are decisive I will also pause the time I have set for Myself from eternity for My work of salvation .... And thus, when I announce the time to you humans as 'imminent', when I admonish you again and again to think of your end, this is also determined by My love, which truly wants to prepare a blissful fate for you and again and again shows you the path you should take in order to become blessed .... this is why I repeatedly speak to you humans from above, for you cannot receive information about what is to come in any other way, because no-one but Me can know this and because I want you to take notice of it, even if you only have to believe it. But you are blessed if you believe My word from above, for no-one but Me can instruct you in accordance with the truth, no-one can impart this knowledge to you if I Myself do not convey it to you through My spirit. Therefore it also requires firm faith to accept My word as truth, faith which was gained through love. And because there is so little love amongst humanity, the belief in an end is also rarely to be found, and people irresponsibly go their earthly way and don't use the time they still have until the end, which is truly only short. And if you knew the day and hour you would be frightened .... But this knowledge remains hidden from you, for it would be of no use to you for your perfection. But it will come, suddenly and unexpectedly .... And therefore My concern is always for you, and I address you again and again. The near end is the reason for My address, because I still want to win souls which listen to Me and believe My word, for these will prepare themselves, they will make an effort to live according to My will, and their good will will always receive strengthening from My side. Again and again they will desire to hear Me and truly draw strength from My word because I have blessed My word with My strength ...._>Amen

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God-turned-will secures perfection ....

B.D. 7566 from April 3rd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

And I will put My will into your heart if you strive to fulfil My will. Then you need only let your inner urge and will determine you and it will be right how you think, speak and act. My love is with everyone who strives to come close to Me, and guide him on the right path .... My care applies to him at every hour, and thus every day can be lived safely, it will always contribute towards the soul's perfection, and earthly life will not have been lived in vain, for the will which applies to Me is a guarantee that I will take care of the human being and lead him to perfection. You should all know that you need not do without My care, you should know that nobody can get lost who believes in Me in earthly life and wants Me to accept him, that he is united with Me. Every thought that applies to Me is proof of his faith in Me and a desire of his soul for its creator and father from eternity. Every thought which departs from the earthly world, which is directed into My kingdom, also proves the soul's will which strives towards its original state again because it is aware of its origin and wants to return to it again. And I know every thought and truly promote this will like a loving father .... I let the soul feel My love in order to increase its desire for Me and thereby also strengthen My strength of love. I take care of every person who has once turned his will towards Me, who has recognized Me as a loving God and father from eternity .... who believes in Me .... For this person will also feel love for Me, even if this initially takes a back seat to the deepest humility, because the human being recognizes his own inadequacy and unworthiness .... And humility is the human being's dearest confession to Me, for it is the opposite of the original sin, of the arrogance which once caused the being to fall. The human being recognizes Me as the highest and most perfect being, Whom he does not feel worthy to love, and therefore all My love belongs to him .... Therefore only ever direct your thoughts into the spiritual kingdom, let them take the path to Me and I will know that your will is meant for Me .... And then I will be able to take hold of you, and I will truly no longer leave you out. It only concerns your will in this earthly existence, for at the beginning of your embodiment as a human being this will is still in bondage to the one who caused your fall into the abyss. And you shall change your will, away from him and towards Me .... Therefore you can also believe that I have already seized you if you want Me to look after you, that you will find grace with Me if you consciously turn your will towards Me, if you want to be and remain My own .... Then your fate will truly be sealed, I will no longer let you fall back, I will draw you to Myself and will not rest until you have found your way home to your father's house, until you have found union with Me, your God and father of eternity, Whose love applies to you and will apply to you because you are His children, whom He has now won for eternity ...._>Amen

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Return path of the spiritual to God ....

B.D. 7567 from April 4th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

All fallen spirits have started the return path to Me, which is bound in the works of creation on this earth. As soon as it is embodied in hard matter this return path begins, which takes an infinitely long time before it is completed. But the bound spiritual is withdrawn from My adversary's influence, he no longer has any power over this spiritual, he can no longer press it or determine its activity according to his will, which would be contrary to Me, but this bound spiritual moves in the law of compulsion, it carries out its purpose according to My will and thereby, after an infinitely long time, reaches a state which allows the embodiment as a human being, so that it shall then pass the last short test of earthly life in order to finally become free from the form. Everything you humans see around you in creation is therefore spiritual striving towards Me, it has ascended from the deepest depth, and even the spiritual still bound in hard matter is at the beginning of its development .... it is spiritual substance wrested from My adversary which will one day also reach Me in the father's house, thus it will no longer languish hopelessly in the deepest abyss. For there are still many once-fallen spirits which have not yet taken this path of return, for the beings which emerged from My strength and Lucifer's will were innumerable, and eternities will pass until all fallen beings are completely redeemed, until all once-fallen beings will be spiritualized and able to work again in light and strength at My side in unlimited bliss. However, the stage as a human being is decisive for the duration of the return, for in this stage My adversary has influence over the spiritual again, which I cannot deny him either, because the spiritual once followed him in free will and he therefore asserts his right of ownership .... and during earthly life this right will therefore not be disputed. During this time he fights just as I do for the spiritual substance in order to win it back again, which has already moved considerably closer to Me through the path through creation, where it has already reduced its former resistance and now only has to make the final decision of will in earthly life as a human being .... where the human being can once again use free will, which he is now to direct correctly: To Me, from Whom he once turned away of his own accord. If you humans know about the infinitely long path of your preliminary development then it should not be difficult for you to make the right decision; but this course of development cannot be proven to you, and therefore you also lack the right faith in it, and you are in great danger of using your will wrongly again and surrendering to your adversary's influence .... which can mean a renewed fall into the abyss again if you don't profess Me after all before your physical death and escape his control. The path to the father's house is no longer long if you are allowed to start earthly life as a human being, and it will also be clearly shown to you, so that it truly should not be difficult for you to reach your aim .... But no coercion whatsoever may be applied to your will, neither from My adversary's nor from My side, and therefore your success is doubtful, and it requires your own will that you want to take the right path, and this will will truly receive support. But you should always remember your long time of pre-development, you should try to believe the knowledge you receive about it, and you should now lead your way of life accordingly .... For then you will bring an infinitely long time of development to a conclusion, you will return as children of your father, you will be able to create and work next to Me again in former perfection as you possessed it as original spirit, you will belong to those who have completely detached themselves from their former lord and now remain with Me for eternity .... you will have returned to the father as His children whom He will now also eternally no longer lose, for they have become perfect as the father in heaven is perfect ...._>Amen

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The knowledge of redemptive work does not pass away ....

B.D. 7568 from April 5th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

My work of redemption applied to all times, to the past, the present and the future .... All people will one day come into the blessing of My act of salvation, no matter in which epoch they walk across the earth as a human being .... And the knowledge will always be carried from one redemption period into the next, for My spirit will always instruct people about it and proclaim to them the earthly life of the man Jesus, in Whom I embodied Myself in order to redeem humanity's guilt of sin. The fact that you now live in this period on earth in which I Myself descended to earth is a very special grace, for it should be easier for you humans to believe in Me, you should be able to believe the existence of the man Jesus with conviction, for the knowledge about Him has nevertheless been preserved from generation to generation, even if it is difficult to provide evidence for it in the last days .... Soon after Jesus' death on the cross people in this redemption period were able to enter the kingdom of light as completely redeemed, which was not possible before the death on the cross .... They only needed to believe in Him with conviction, and this faith could also be easily won through love .... Yet in the later earth periods it will be more difficult for people to believe in Jesus Christ and His act of salvation .... And yet, it will also be possible again to open up living knowledge about the divine redeemer for them, because again and again My spirit will work in people filled with love, because again and again at the beginning of a redemption epoch people will be filled with love and then they will receive truly living knowledge and also pass it on to their descendants. Yet the closer it gets to the end of such an era again, the weaker the faith will become, and My spirit's working will also be able to take place less and less frequently .... But the knowledge of Jesus Christ, in Whom I Myself accomplished the act of salvation on the cross, will never pass away again .... For again and again people will be 'redeemed' and they will ensure that the teachings are passed on because they receive them directly from Me and are also convinced and because this is the sign of redemption through Jesus Christ when He Himself can now express Himself in the human being through the spirit .... The knowledge of the divine redeemer will never ever be lost, and therefore the work of return will always and at all times continue, which is only ever possible when people have found redemption through Jesus Christ, when they acknowledge Me Myself in Jesus Christ and have thus also found their way back to Me, from Whom they had been separated for eternal times. For this reason the working of the spirit must also be proclaimed to people in the last days before the end, for faith in Jesus Christ and His act of salvation is also lacking during this time and it must be possible to convey truthful knowledge to people, which is only possible through the working of the spirit. And again, the working of the spirit is proof that Jesus Christ brought salvation to the human being .... that I Myself took care of people who, due to their guilt of sin, could not have taken the path back to the father .... For the working of My spirit only became possible after My crucifixion, and a person has to allow himself to be redeemed first, i.e. he has to be willing to accept the blessings of My act of salvation. Only then will it be possible for My spirit to express itself in him, and only then can he be introduced to truthful knowledge about the mission of the man Jesus, about His act of love and mercy which He accomplished for sinful humanity because He sheltered Me in Himself .... because He was only the shell of Me .... And this spirit will work as long as there is still a human being on earth who waits for redemption .... And again and again it will proclaim and initiate people into My plan of salvation, again and again it will mention the divine redeemer Jesus Christ, for I died on the cross for all people, for people of the past, the present and the future .... because I want to redeem all people from their guilt of sin ...._>Amen

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Self-awareness of the original spirit ....

B.D. 7569 from April 5th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Every original spirit regains its self-awareness when it lives as a human being on earth and recognises itself as a human being. Then all the small particles of soul, which were once dissolved for the purpose of return through creation, are gathered in the spirit again, and then the being will be able to acquire the degree of maturity which it originally possessed as a created spirit, which it had renounced and now has to regain in order to enter the spiritual kingdom as a spirit of light. And thus every human being is an embodied original spirit, a once fallen being, My eternal love's product of creation, which had merely left Me of its own free will and therefore also has to return to Me again of its own choice.

But the human being does not know what he was, what he is and what he should become again .... He first needs a certain level of maturity before he can receive and understand this knowledge .... He certainly recognises himself as a human being soon enough but not as a spiritual being that is to fulfil its purpose, and since he only recognises himself as a human being living on earth, his thoughts are more directed towards the world. And this usually prevents spiritual awareness which he will only experience when he turns away from the world towards the spiritual kingdom. Then it is possible to inform him of his real purpose, and then he will be able to accept and adjust to it voluntarily, which will certainly result in his full spiritual maturity. However, once he has accepted it he will also be happy at the thought and the certainty of belonging to the original spirits which I externalised as living creations and which return to Me as children, and as human beings are therefore approaching their perfection.

And only the human will needs to be good, because then it will focus on Me of its own accord. The human being asks for his God and Creator and this resolve is already the right decision, it will have passed the test of will which confronts the original spirit as human being on earth. Life on this earth does not last long but it can fully suffice for a person to spiritualise himself so completely that he acquires the degree which results in the childship to God, i.e. which returns the original spirit into a state of perfection again. On account of his resolve he will have achieved the highest degree himself and can then stay in closest proximity to Me where the direct emanation of My love is assured to him .... even though every original spirit will be able to ascend ever higher once he is allowed to enter the kingdom of light, provided the right decision of will was made on earth. And every original spirit is ecstatically happy when he becomes aware of the infinitely long path he had travelled in order to achieve the greatest abundance of light, in order to be immensely blissful .... And he will sing My praises and give thanks and glorify Me eternally, he will be and remain My child which will never leave Me again, which will create and shape in accordance with My will for its own happiness ....

Amen

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Shackles of the soul .... freedom ....

B.D. 7570 from April 6th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You will remain in your deformation until your soul has proven itself, for even if the soul enters the kingdom of the beyond immaturely it will not feel free but still feel burdened by an earthly heaviness, even though it has discarded the earthly body. It still feels bound and is powerless to free itself from its bondage until it calls upon Jesus Christ and finds redemption. But if it can already cast off its bondage on earth, that it has found forgiveness through Jesus Christ, then it will freely emerge from its body at the death of its body and also enter the kingdom of light completely free. So it is not only the body that is a bondage for the soul, but its whole state determines whether it enters the kingdom of the beyond free or bound. And there are souls which are not aware of their bodily death, which still feel the same way about themselves and move in community with like-minded souls and also believe them to still be alive on earth. But this state is a state of agony for the souls, for they feel their powerlessness, they lack vitality and are therefore unhappy not to be able to do what they want and through which they believe they can improve their situation. If, however, they would compassionately think of other souls in this unhappy state and try to help them, their condition would soon noticeably improve .... But they lack love otherwise they would not be in this powerless state and would also already possess some realization. And therefore death is not the liberation from form for all souls, and it can also happen that the soul completely sinks back into the abyss and is banished again into hard matter, thus it has to go through the earthly deformations again in order to be able to live on earth as a human being once more. But people should strive to completely liberate themselves from the form through a correct way of life, so that death need not frighten them, so that the soul leaves the body in all freedom and this change only brings it a state of happiness. But this always requires redemption through Jesus Christ, the human being must always have found forgiveness of sin, that his guilt is redeemed when he enters the spiritual kingdom. For the guilt of sin is a burden which the soul feels heavily. And it will not have the feeling of freedom until it has cried out to Jesus Christ for forgiveness of its guilt. Only then is it 'redeemed', free from every bondage and can now enjoy this freedom in the kingdom of light. Only then are they able to look with spiritual eyes and also recognize the other souls, whereas before in the darkness or twilight they can rarely only perceive the other souls correctly, even if they are among like-minded souls. They don't recognize each other but they know it when they are together with them and also exchange information, but everything happens in a state of complete confusion, they cannot think clearly, and only occasionally do light moments come to them when spiritual beings of light want to help them. And if they make use of this help offered to them then their situation can also improve and they can find the path to Jesus Christ .... Yet their will is not forcibly influenced, which is why long periods of time can pass until such a soul finds redemption. And you humans on earth should try to imagine their fate, you should strive to escape such a fate yourselves by consciously fulfilling your earthly task, and you should also send helpful thoughts of love to those souls so that they can draw strength from it and change their will if you think of them intercessively. For the soul can only be happy when it is free from every form, and it can achieve this in earthly life if it lives according to God's will, if it acknowledges Jesus Christ as the son of God and redeemer of the world and appeals to Him for forgiveness of its guilt .... Then even bodily death will only be a redemption from every form for it ...._>Amen

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Development of the soul .... Original spirit ....

B.D. 7571 from April 7th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Spiritual substance matures during every developmental period, and one period can in fact suffice for the spiritual substance to progress through the creations to the point that it is able to embody itself as a human being and successfully pass its last test of will .... But several such periods may be needed for this spiritualization of hardened soul-substances if resistance is so strong that its higher development is too slow and the existence as a human being carries an added risk of the soul descending into the abyss again. For free will, which is tested during the stage as a human being, is decisive.

But prior to this, free will is constrained .... Although the hardened spiritual substance is no longer subject to God's adversary's will due to this process of development through the creations of earth .... the individual substances are nevertheless unable to use free will, instead they are controlled by God's will, that is, their process of development takes place in a state of compulsion, they are subject to God's will, Who assigns a task to all spiritual substances within the works of creation. By accomplishing this task within the law of compulsion they gradually progress, i.e. their resistance lessens; they carry out a helpful function and are able to slowly reach the state when their free will can be returned to them. And this process of development requires constant changes of the external shape .... it is a slow ascent, it is an integration with the laws of nature and therefore a submission to God's will, if only due to a certain amount of coercion which, however, only helps to relieve the being and one day is meant to provide it with the freedom to think, want and act using its own will again.

And this process through the works of creation cannot be avoided if the spiritual being is to return to God again, from Whom it had distanced itself to such an infinite extent as a result of its apostasy that it would never be able to overcome this distance of its own strength, and would never be released by God's adversary to return either if God did not remove the spiritual substance from him for the very purpose of banishing it into matter, into the creations on this earth. God's adversary is entitled to the fallen spirits because they had voluntarily followed him into the abyss .... But God has the same right because the beings emerged from His strength. Hence God is justified in removing them from the adversary's control, but in return the latter was given the right to influence the soul again when it lives on earth in the stage as a human being. And to this end the spiritual substance must have attained a degree of maturity again when it is able to use its will in order to freely decide which lord to choose.

But God cannot place the spiritual substance into this state instantly, it has to cover the process of ascent in the same progressive stages as it had descended, it has to relinquish its resistance slowly, as it cannot forcibly be broken. And this requires innumerable changes of form, through the world of rocks, plants and animals to the human being .... Every change of external shape also lessens its resistance, for the being has been of service in a state of compulsion by which it gains increasingly lighter forms .... But the sin of apostasy from God is so vast that the distance from Him is therefore vast as well, which means that untold changes of shapes are needed to reduce this distance in order to come closer to God again, when only the last free decision of will is required for the last form to fall off .... for the being to return to the Father again from Whom it had originated ....

And this whole process of development within the creations of earth is a continuous battle .... The spiritual substance tries to burst the external shape because it experiences it as a constraint, but each time it also experiences the rupture of the form as a relief irrespective of its level of maturity .... And this is why the struggle, which you humans are able to observe in the animal kingdom, only seems cruel in your eyes, whereas time and again every animal experiences the change of its external shape as a relief. For this reason God permits or even wants the weaker to succumb to the stronger, the stronger to terminate the life of the weaker and, in a manner of speaking, is thereby even able to serve the spiritual substance to continue its development. Therefore, as long as the being is subject to the law of compulsion everything is determined by God, its end as well as its new formation .... However, as soon as the being has reached the stage of a human being and has received its free will again, God withdraws His will .... And then the human being is given laws which he has to observe if his earthly life is to be successful .... On the one hand he is tied to the laws of nature, and on the other hand he is informed of God's will, to which he has to submit if his development is to progress and reach a conclusion, for the goal is to become free of every external shape and to enter the kingdom of light as a free spirit .... to return to the Father's house, to God, from whence the being once originated ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Refuge to Jesus ....

B.D. 7572 from April 10th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Carry all your worries to Jesus, Who has understanding for everything because He walked the earth as a human being .... And He will give you comfort, He will advise and help you, just as He as a human being helped His fellow human beings who came to Him in faithful trust and desired His help. For there is nothing that is impossible for Him, there is no worry that He cannot resolve .... There is no disaster which He cannot avert from you if only you trust in Him. For Jesus is God, He is your father from eternity, Who walked across earth in the shell of the man Jesus and to Whom all power belongs, Who works in love and wisdom on earth as well as in the spiritual kingdom .... And when you call upon Jesus you call upon God, the creator and sustainer from eternity, you call upon Him Whom you once did not want to acknowledge and through this heartfelt call return to Him from Whom you once voluntarily separated. Go to Jesus with all your worries and you are already on the way back to God .... He accomplished the work of redemption on this earth in order to redeem your great guilt of sin of the former apostasy from you. And He accomplished this work in the man Jesus, He chose His physical shell as His abode because a human being had to suffer and die on the cross so that humanity could take notice of this greatest work of mercy ever accomplished on earth. And in this human being Jesus God Himself walked the earth, for God, as the eternal love, filled Jesus fully and completely .... Love walked the dreadful path of suffering which ended with death on the cross. And with this death on the cross Jesus bought the right to bestow His acquired blessings upon people so that they became free from their lord, who held them captive in bondage until a saviour came to redeem the captives. He paid the debt to God's adversary with His blood and people could now become free from Him who acknowledge Jesus' act of salvation and want to partake of the grace. Then you will also acknowledge God Himself in the divine redeemer Jesus Christ, and this acknowledgement has to precede it, because then you will distance yourselves from the former sin of apostasy from God, because your will has now returned to God again and you will now accept His love and mercy again, which you once rejected and thereby fell into the abyss. You should not try to deal with any worries yourselves, you should always go to Jesus, you should carry all concerns to Him, because then you will unite with the father Who took abode in Jesus in order to atone for your guilt .... and Whom you thus acknowledge through your call, which is the purpose and aim of your earthly life: to accomplish the return to God from Whom you once voluntarily separated. Never walk your earthly path alone, always seek contact with Jesus, choose Him as your companion, as your guide, as your advisor and protector .... Stay in contact with Him in every earthly and spiritual adversity, and then you will truly be guided correctly, you will enjoy His protection, you will be relieved of your worries, for Jesus lived on earth as a human being and truly knows all the hardship a human being has to endure on earth. But He is also always ready to help because love fills Him, because He Himself is eternal love, because He and the father are one and His infinite love is always meant for you, His living creations. For you came forth from His love, and you shall also return to Him again .... And therefore He will pursue you with His love, He will do everything for you what you faithfully ask Him for in order to win you back again for eternity ...._>Amen

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Bond with God ....

B.D. 7573 from April 11th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

And during hours of psychological adversity the bond with the spiritual kingdom should be sought, your thoughts should turn away from earthly matters and seek refuge in the spirit; the human being should always bear in mind that he does not live for this world and that all earthly worries will fade away if they are compared to the fate of the soul, which requires far greater care. And you are all in a state of psychological adversity when you are influenced by God's opponent, who makes every effort to disturb your inner calm, who intends to cause discord, who wants to stop you from making contact with God, who creates a restless existence for you by trying to deprive you of your inner peace, who keeps you tied to the world .... He wants to prevent you from establishing the bond with the spiritual kingdom, and precisely because of this you should sincerely entrust yourselves to all beings of light, you should appeal to the heavenly Father for His protection and then hand yourselves over to the guidance of all benevolent beings, which will certainly protect you from the adversary's influence. You are quite often subject to psychological adversity, for all conflicts in life are suited to disturb your inner composure, and then the soul will be put under pressure by the enemy ....

However, you can confront him by instantly placing yourselves at the side of your God and Father and appealing to Him for His protection against all threats by hostile forces. He has promised you this protection if you choose Him as your guide and companion on the path and trustingly hand yourselves over to Him. Only the bond with Him as well as with all virtuous forces of the spiritual kingdom protects you and provides you with the strength which can resolve your psychological problems. And as soon as you succeed in forming an ever stronger bond, your earthly life will become increasingly more peaceful, for then you will also turn to Him with even the slightest problem and He will always be willing to help. However, as soon as you loosen the bond, the psychological adversities will increase even more, for God's opponent avails himself of every weakness in order to apply his influence. But the beings of light merely wait for you to show the right attitude towards them, for you to appeal for help from God, then they will be allowed to help you and are always ready to protect you from the enemy. You just should not place your trust in yourselves and your strength alone .... You are incapable of dealing with the cunning and trickery the enemy of your souls is using, but in unison with the enlightened spiritual beings you are strong and able to offer him resistance. And you are surrounded by many beings of light, they merely wait for your call, because they may only intervene if your will deliberately turns to the spiritual kingdom from which you expect help. And this help is assured to you, for the heavenly Father does not leave His children in the adversity of soul, as soon as the child's thoughts merely turn to the Father and it confides its distress to Him. Then he will instruct all his messengers of light and love, and they will act according to His will ....

Amen

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Time of the faith battle ....

B.D. 7574 from April 12th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You are still allowed to carry out vineyard work unhindered but the time will come when you who want to serve Me will be persecuted, when they will try to prevent your work, when they will be hostile towards everything that is considered work for Me and My kingdom. And then you will have to assert yourselves insofar as that you courageously confess Me and My name before the world. Then you shall indeed be as gentle as the deaf and as clever as serpents, you shall be cautious but nevertheless proclaim My teaching and again and again make My will known to people, about which I instruct you humans through My word .... You should not fear people who cannot harm your soul, and you should exercise your office into which I have appointed you. And this includes the spreading of My word, which will be important and necessary until the last day, because people can still be saved from ruin. And therefore I also keep urgently admonishing you to do as much vineyard work as possible before this time comes .... You should already cultivate the fields beforehand and provide them abundantly with seed so that the seed has already sprouted and can now also bear its fruit. For the battle against faith is coming, the battle against everything spiritual, the battle against everyone who still believes in Me in Jesus Christ .... For they want to eradicate this faith. This is the last battle, the last work of My adversary who still believes that he will be able to overthrow Me before his time is up .... who will then exceed the limits of his authority when he will take action against Me Myself, when he will try to deprive people of the knowledge about their God and creator and thus also make your free decision impossible. Then the time will come when he will be banished again, when he will be put in chains and completely deprived of his power for a long time. And you, My faithful, you should know this when the battle against faith will begin, and you should not fear people who can indeed kill your body but not your soul .... And you should know that I will then fight by your side, that I will be your commander and that the battle will always be victorious for you. For the battle of faith will not last long because I shorten the days for the sake of My own so that they will not fall prey to the adversary. You, who want to serve Me, you will build a wall around yourselves through strong faith, which I will strengthen again and again anew, for I Myself will be with My own in spirit and sometimes also visibly when the adversity requires it. And you will be exceptionally strengthened so that you can persevere until the end. For I will not leave My own in adversity, I will obviously support them and make them capable of resistance so that they will loudly confess before the world to whom they belong and through their courage of confession also win souls from the enemy camp .... For I wrestle for every single soul so that it will still find Me before the end and be eternally saved. The time until the end is still short and yet much work can still be done in My vineyard before you humans enter the last phase which the battle of faith means for you .... Then you can expect My coming every day, you can hope that I will come soon and I will not disappoint you .... I will fetch you away from the old earth when the day of judgment has come ...._>Amen

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God's love expressed in the work of redemption ....

B.D. 7575 from April 12th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You are all touched by My love which has never left you and which will follow you even if you reject it .... which will apply to you for all eternity and therefore will not rest until you have become Mine again. And I gave you all the evidence of My great love and mercy when I suffered and died for you on the cross .... For this greatest work of love brought the lost back to Me, although it is up to My living creation's own will whether it wants to return to Me. But one day every being will have the desire to return to Me, one day I will also possess the love of My living creations, and the creature will be blissfully happy like Me that it has found the father, as I have found My child .... But the act of salvation was necessary for this, My love had to enter into supreme action, love had to suffer unspeakably because only through this could the great guilt be redeemed which separated you, My living creations, from Me, your creator and father. The great debt had to be paid, and My love did do that. It suffered for you, and it died on the cross for you. And you humans should take part in this work of mercy, and therefore a human being accomplished it on earth, in Whom I Myself took abode. And this human being was Jesus, My only begotten son, Whom I sent down from above to earth so that He should save people from their adversity .... He had emerged from My creative power and His love for Me was immeasurable .... the love for His fallen brothers likewise and this impelled Him to the work of mercy, because He knew the hardship of His fellow human beings, because He knew that they could not become blissfully happy as long as they were burdened by the original sin which kept the path into the kingdom of light closed to them. People's guilt was enormous and I had to receive satisfaction for it for the sake of justice .... The man Jesus offered to do so out of immense love and I accepted the offer because I did not want to and could not resist love, for what love does is always right before Me and My eyes. The man Jesus walked the earth and His life was love which He constantly increased, which completely filled Him and which therefore completely deified the man Jesus, for love is God .... You humans will never be able to unveil this secret and yet it can only be made understandable to you in this way, that I am eternal love and completely sheltered Myself in the human being Jesus .... Only the outer shell was still human, but His whole being was God, for it was love and love is God. Love moved the man Jesus to suffer and die on the cross in order to redeem people. Only love could take on such a degree of suffering as Jesus endured, because love is strength and enabled the man Jesus to endure until the end without succumbing beforehand. And Jesus knew about this measure of suffering long before, and therefore He also travelled an extremely painful earthly path, always aware of the time that lay ahead of Him. He often feared to fail and not to be able to accomplish the work of salvation, yet love always gave Him new strength again .... For My love was meant for all My creations which had fallen away from Me, and this love sacrificed Itself for all My creatures. You humans will never be able to completely fathom the mystery of My human manifestation until your nature has completely changed again into love, as you were in the beginning. But I try to make it understandable to you so that you will learn to believe that He and I were one, that you call upon Me when you call upon Jesus Christ .... For it is about the recognition of Me, Whom you once did not want to recognize because I was not visible to you .... Now you shall recognize and acknowledge Me in the visible saviour Jesus Christ, and only then will you return to Me again, from Whom you originated. And therefore My love pursues you until this return .... I will not let go of you and will not rest until you acknowledge Me and return My love .... My love will touch you again and again, it will shine upon you again and again until you open yourselves to My radiance and then find your way home again into the father's house and be eternally blissful ...._>Amen

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Power redirection process .... childhood of God ....

B.D. 7576 from April 14th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The spiritual substance within you, your soul, is indestructible, for it is the spirit of My spirit, it is strength which came forth from Me, it can never ever perish again because its original substance is the same as I, Who am from eternity to eternity .... only with the difference that you had a beginning, whereas I am from eternity. The strength radiated by Me was love .... Love is therefore your substance, and the strength of love once emanated by Me cannot pass away but always returns to its starting point. Thus all beings, all original souls, which are far away from Me, must also return to Me again, because the fundamental law from eternity is that the emanated strength flows back again to the source of strength .... So the emanation of My power is like the creation .... What I wanted, I brought forth from Myself, and it came into being .... And it can no longer pass away because My strength is imperishable. Thus, as it were, only a process of redirecting strength takes place which gives Me bliss, because strength always has to become effective and this effectiveness of strength is the cause of countless creations, partly of a spiritual, partly of an earthly material nature. All creations inspire Me, irrespective of their stage, for everything contains My strength, My will gave rise to everything, and everything demonstrates My infinite love which seeks vessels to receive My strength. Countless creations, however, change constantly, the spiritual strength contained therein certainly escapes with every transformation and looks for a new vessel according to My will .... yet the beings which once came forth from Me remain eternally what they were once they have gone through the process of transformation through the creations and have become the original being again which they were in the beginning. But then they will eternally exist as My images, as perfect beings like Myself, which now have a sphere of activity themselves because they are carriers of My everlastingly radiating strength of love and now also conduct the process of redirecting strength themselves, which continues to make them happy. As 'beings' the spiritual beings now also possess self-awareness again, for I once let self-aware beings emerge from Me who recognized Me as God and creator and who finally also recognize Me as father once they have completed the infinitely long process of change. And because they now recognize themselves as eternally imperishable beings they are also blissful, for they can now also utilize strength, light and freedom according to their own will and feel the same bliss which moved Me to create all beings and all things in infinity .... They can, like gods, work and create, for they have become perfect as their father in heaven is perfect .... (14.4.1960) And I will reveal all secrets to you when you have reached this perfect state of maturity, and you will have insight into My reign and activity, My nature will become ever more understandable to you, you will revel in bliss, for you will realize that the father's love knows no bounds, that you yourselves will constantly strive towards Him, that He gives Himself to you and fulfils everything for you .... And yet, you will never be able to fathom My nature, for this, too, is part of beatitude, that you will constantly find fulfilment of your longing and yet your longing will not come to an end, just as the happiness through Me cannot come to an end either. And this state will last forever, an eternal longing for My love and a constant fulfilment, for there is no limit to perfection, and ever new beatitudes will open up to you because I want to make you eternally happy. And My constant nearness is the highest degree of your bliss, for My children receive the strength directly from Me which they then pass on again for their own happiness. And if you humans believe that your self will pass away then you are still in profound spiritual darkness, and then the path to Me is still infinitely long .... But once My ray of love has touched you then you will also recognize your origin and then you will also safely strive back to the aim, for then your soul will have an inkling of where it has come from and will involuntarily be drawn back to it. My love is able to trigger this realization in it, but I know if and when I can touch such a soul because I know what degree it has reached .... Then 'unusual grace' is spoken of, and it is also grace in a certain sense which I, however, know that it will be accepted and correctly evaluated. For the love for My living creations is endless and leaves no-one out .... It merely has to be reciprocated, and then its strength will be able to accomplish everything, including the ascent of a soul to the highest level .... And then the soul returns to its original state .... it becomes again what it was in the beginning, it has changed into My child and will now be eternally close to Me in supreme bliss .... It has achieved childship to God and I have reached My aim, which I set for Myself when I created all beings: that I have children next to Me who can create and work and are exceedingly blissful ...._>Amen

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Good Friday ....

B.D. 7577 from April 15th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Through My suffering and death on the cross you found redemption from sin and death .... I offered the sacrifice for you as a human being, I gave My life in dreadful agony in order to redeem your guilt of sin, in order to open the kingdom of light for you again which was closed to you due to your fall into sin. And this sacrifice was made by love in Me, for this alone was capable of accomplishing such a work of mercy, because love is the strength, because love is God Himself from eternity .... What the man Jesus suffered you humans will never be able to measure, for although I Myself was in Him the human body was not spared the suffering and pain because He wanted to atone for the great guilt for the sake of righteousness .... The sin of the past apostasy from Me was so immeasurably great that the beings themselves could not have atoned for it, even if eternities had passed. For the beings were full of light when they rebelled against Me .... And the man Jesus, by virtue of His immense love, knew about this great guilt, He knew that this sin demanded an immense atonement so that justice would be satisfied .... And He offered Himself as a sacrifice to Me, and I accepted this sacrifice because love offered it, or also: I offered it Myself, I Who am eternal love .... I took abode in the man Jesus, I filled Him with My spirit, with My love, which is strength, and thus the man Jesus also mustered the strength for this work of salvation, which was associated with immeasurable suffering and torment, which corresponded to the magnitude of the guilt .... For He wanted to redeem this guilt of sin, He wanted to make atonement for the sake of righteousness .... He also knew the hardship humanity was in when no help was brought to it, and His soul had offered itself to Me as a sacrifice, His soul had remained with Me when His brothers plunged into the abyss, and His soul offered itself for their salvation because they were no longer able to ascend and because the path of return into the father's house was also blocked for them as long as their great guilt of sin had not been redeemed. The soul of Jesus knew everything .... I had sent My son to earth, I had accepted His offer to make atonement for His fallen brothers .... And He knew about the measure of suffering that awaited Him. But His love impelled Him, His love was for Me and the fallen brothers whom He wanted to bring back to Me again .... He descended to earth and walked the path as a human being, He completely accepted Me into Himself; the love which filled Him more and more .... I Myself .... determined everything He did, for this love was only meant for enslaved humanity which He wanted to release from My adversary's fetters. And so He walked the path of the cross .... the path of suffering and love .... until the time had come when He sacrificed His life for His fellow human beings, until the day had come when He suffered death on the cross in excruciating pain and agony, when He sacrificed Himself on the cross in order to redeem the great guilt of sin which burdened humanity. He suffered unspeakably, unspeakable pain was inflicted on Him by His adversaries who, as My adversary's emissaries, went wild on Him .... They were sufferings which no human being would have been able to endure had He not been sustained by the strength of love .... had not love itself filled Him and given Him the strength to persevere until His death. And this act of love redeemed humanity from eternal death .... God's justice had been satisfied, My love had made the atonement and people were free from their guilt who acknowledge Jesus' act of salvation and want to participate in it .... I Myself took pity on people, I Myself accomplished the act of salvation in the human being Jesus, I chose a human form which took superhuman suffering upon itself so that My act of mercy became evident to humanity, so that it recognized the magnitude of its guilt and now carries its guilt to Him of its own accord Who died for it on the cross .... And since I Myself was thus in this man Jesus, people now come to Me with their guilt and ask Me for forgiveness .... They acknowledge Me as they once refused to acknowledge Me, and they thereby recognize and confess their guilt .... And I accept everyone who carries his guilt under the cross, and for everyone the path to Me is now also free, for everyone the path to the father's house is free, for Jesus Christ has opened the gates which were closed due to the fall ...._>Amen

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Mental drought ....

B.D. 7578 from April 16th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The spiritual drought has spread alarmingly and everywhere the influx of the living water is resisted .... And even if My messengers spread My word everywhere, it rarely enters the hearts and fertilises them, it is often only listened to with the ears or read according to the letters, but the heart remains untouched by it. There is great spiritual hardship, the fields lie fallow, no little plant thrives on them because it is not fertilised by the water of life .... And therefore My word also remains dead, it does not awaken to life without love. And people go towards the end. They don't know what this great spiritual hardship means for them, they don't know that the soul must have found life when the human being's physical life has ended, otherwise it will remain in a state of death for endless times again .... The spiritual drought is frightening and yet could be remedied so easily, for I continuously let the living water flow and all places could absorb it and become a Garden of Eden, for My water of life possesses this power to transform arid places into fertile land .... But people feel at ease in the drought, they lack nothing and therefore don't accept anything which could contribute towards a transformation. And My divine flow of love flows constantly, but only a few are under its effect of strength, only a few submerge themselves in this flow of love and recover to new life. But where My flow of love is resisted its strength will also remain ineffective, and the human being will walk along in dry steppe and be unable to draw a refreshing drink from anywhere. For satan walks through the world and prevents people from receiving the blessings of My love .... he represents to them the path that leads to the source .... he presents them with a mirage which they strive towards and never reach the aim .... My adversary determines people's will and they obey him wherever they could resist him. And when My messengers offer the water of life he whispers empty words into their ears and they pay no attention to what My messengers bring them .... And he has this power over people because they are without love, otherwise they would also possess the strength to resist and they would already be helped if their will turned away from him. And in this spiritual adversity I would like to come to their aid again, as I once did when I descended to earth .... I only want to direct people's eyes to the act of salvation, to Jesus' death on the cross, I want them to remember Him and take refuge in Him, Who alone can help them. For I also accomplished the act of salvation for these people, and I would also like to help them to life of the soul, but their own will is required .... They must feel their spiritual drought to be agonizing and long for the water of life, they must call to Me in Jesus Christ, they must take notice of My word and thus allow themselves to be addressed by Me .... They must want the seed to sprout in their hearts and bear fruit. They must want to become blessed, so that they do not remain in death but attain life. They must want to "rise from the dead." .... As soon as this will is fulfilled they will surely escape death, because then I will be able to influence their thoughts, because then they will deal with life after death in their thoughts and because then they will no longer pass by the source of the water of life but the soul will long for the drink which awakens it to life .... And then the spiritual drought will be remedied, then the soul will not need to fear falling prey to eternal death, then it will be fed and watered, it will come to life and will now no longer lose this life eternally ...._>Amen

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Easter ....

B.D. 7579 from April 17th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

And I rebuilt the Temple again as I had promised .... I arose from the dead on the third day, and My body also left the grave because it was My will that people should take notice of My resurrection. They did not believe in life after death and I wanted to provide them with the evidence that it had also been possible for Me to conquer death so that they would believe My promise that every person who believes in Me will arise into life. For this reason I let the body in its spiritual state arise from the grave, I appeared to My disciples who were able to see as well as touch Me because they should believe that I arose from the dead as I had previously announced. But only those whose spiritual state permitted it were able to see Me, for I was no longer physically among them, instead, body and soul had spiritualised themselves and therefore were only visible to those who were able to behold Me with spiritual eyes because I had opened their spiritual vision. And this, on the other hand, was the reason why people doubted, that they argued and voiced the suspicion that My body had been unlawfully removed .... just as even today My resurrection on the third day is still doubted by those who do not understand the soul and body's process of spiritualisation. People do not believe in a resurrection of the soul and yet, all people will experience the same process, when their body dies, of the soul leaving the body and entering the kingdom of the beyond, for it cannot die, but its state can be entirely different depending on its way of life. Had the latter resulted in maturity, the soul would arise into life .... to a new life in the spiritual realm .... My soul was fully matured, it had united with the Father-Spirit of eternity and during earthly life also knew how to influence the body to adapt to its desire, so that the body would already have attained the spiritualisation of all substances on earth and thus was able to arise after death with the soul, of which I provided the evidence on the third day. Yet even this process can only be believed because it can no longer be proven. But anyone who is spiritually awake, who knows of the human being's purpose and goal on earth, also believes in My resurrection on the third day with convinced faith, for he will be informed by My spirit which, after My resurrection, also illuminated My fully mature disciples who had spiritual vision, because it was My will and because they were already prepared such that the event of the outpouring of the spirit, My ascension, no longer signified a coercion of will. Therefore only a few individual people were able to behold Me after My resurrection and I strengthened these individuals for this unusual event. They saw Me .... and I wanted it this way, because My disciples were meant to go into the world in order to proclaim My Gospel and because they were to bear witness of My resurrection on the third day. However, I did not appear to the unbelievers, for they would not have been able to endure My abundance of light which would have illuminated their spiritual darkness. But anyone who hears My Gospel, who believes in Me and My act of Salvation shall also be able to believe in My resurrection from the dead, and it will indeed be possible for him to believe it because the spirit in him, which emanates from Me, educates him in the same way and grants him a living faith. He will not require any other evidence, inwardly he will be completely convinced that his soul will arise into life, consequently, he will also live his life on earth consciously, he will strive towards unity with Me, he will keep to Jesus Christ and in Him enter into contact with Me Myself .... he will strive spiritually and constantly try to live up to My will .... and he will not need to fear death because he will know that he will arise into eternal life ....

Amen

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Overcoming death .... resurrection ....

B.D. 7580 from April 18th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

And your life will be a blessed one, for to have risen from the dead is to have overcome him who was once to blame for your wretchedness, who cast you down to the depths .... To be raised from the dead is to have risen from the depths to the heights, to be able to enjoy light and life and to have escaped darkness eternally. And life is unceasing activity .... you will receive strength and be able to create and work in light and freedom, you will enjoy life, for your activity will make you happy, you will be able to create like Me, and what you want will come into being .... As long as you are still bound in form, be it as a human being or in the works of creation, you are still in the state of death, even though as a human being this state is already somewhat relaxed .... even though as a human being you already possess vitality which you only need to utilize correctly in order to attain eternal life. But I first had to buy this eternal life for you with My blood .... I first had to die on the cross for your sins and then rise from the dead on the third day, because I also had to overcome death and the one who brought death into the world. And only now were you able to come to life, which you will never lose again .... But therefore no being will ever be lost, for the act of salvation was accomplished for all people, and therefore the miracle of My resurrection also applies to all people, I overcame death for all people so that all who are still dead in spirit shall attain life. With My resurrection I have proven to people that death need no longer have any terrors, that there is no death, by which is to be understood a complete passing away of the ‘self’ .... Every person will come to life one day, and it is only up to him whether he spiritualizes himself during his earthly life, as My soul and also My body did through a life of love. For love is true life, love is the strength which stimulates unceasing activity, and every person who wants to reach life from the state of death has to practice love. Then there will be no death for him either, he will only leave the external shell, he will step out of the grave which meant earthly matter for him, his body of flesh, and he will enter eternal life as a free spirit which can dwell everywhere, which can always be active, which is no longer bound to place and time and which is therefore also inexpressibly blissful ...._>Amen

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Spiritual low level necessitates upheaval of earth ....

B.D. 7581 from April 19th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You will not experience a spiritual renaissance on this earth anymore. A low level has been reached which almost cannot be surpassed because people merely exist with worldly intentions. They do not consider a spiritual life nor do they ask themselves whether they are fulfilling their real earthly task, because they cannot recognise any other earthly task except serving their physical wellbeing and enjoying life to the fullest .... Only few people start their daily activity with spiritual thoughts, and only these few live their earthly life consciously .... They sense that the human being is not on earth merely for the sake of earthly life. They think about it, and since they are of good will they gradually come to understand the purpose of their earthly life. But there are only few of them, and a person will hardly ever succeed in guiding a fellow human being on the same path and convincing him of his true destiny. And thus one can speak of a low level spiritual which necessitates a change, which involves such a breakdown of creation that it inevitably has to result in an earthly and spiritual turning point.

There have been many times indeed when people lived without God, where much injustice happened and satanic activity was plainly evident. But this situation has gone too far, almost all people now lead a superficial life, they no longer think about it, they have no sense of responsibility, they grow up without faith or merely conform to conventional faith, which is entirely worthless for the development of the soul. And they are also swayed by error, by wrong thinking, they are far from the truth and cannot find it either because they are without love .... And the reason for humanity's ailment is that love has grown cold .... that people are no longer able to believe in a God and Creator, Who is love, wisdom and might in Himself and to Whom they will have to be accountable for their conduct one day .... They lack love and therefore also awareness, they are spiritually blind and walking towards the abyss. The end will come without fail because order has to be re-established if higher development, which is the purpose for people's life on earth, is to continue.

Whatever can be saved before the end shall be saved, because God's love will help wherever the smallest measure of will for good exists. However, it would be wrong to rely on people changing their attitude towards God and faith, it would be wrong to rely on a spiritual change that supposedly will take place on this earth. Because people grant God's adversary too much power and he truly is using it well. Hence one day his activity will have to come to an end, God will have to take his power from him, his era will have to be brought to an end, and that will also involve impounding his followers as well as himself so that his evil actions will be over for a long time. It will also necessitate a breakdown and transformation of the creations which shelter spiritual substances on earth, which in turn necessitate a new creation .... the formation of a new earth, so that spiritual development can continue .... And God knows when the time is right for this, He knows when humanity has reached its lowest level, when a transformation of earth and all its creation is necessary and, furthermore, He will keep to this time in accordance with His plan of eternity ....

Amen

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The paradise of the new earth ....

B.D. 7582 from April 21st 1960, taken from Book No. 80

I will transfer all of you to paradise on the new earth if you remain faithful to Me until the end .... This promise shall spur you on to diligent soul work, it shall be your hope and comfort in difficult days, it shall give you strength to endure, and it shall inspire you to always just stick to Me, to seek strength and comfort from Me, to request help from Me when you are in need. And I will help you .... Anyone who believes in Me will so obviously experience My help, and therefore he will also have nothing to fear whatever will come upon people, for he belongs to My own, who are My constant concern and who therefore will also survive the last battle on this earth because they believe in Me. I want to announce to you that you will certainly have to endure a time of adversity but that you need not fear it, for you will get through it with My strength and it will not affect you as hard as your fellow human beings who have no faith. And when the time comes when you will be harassed from all sides for the sake of your faith, then you will also know that My coming will not last much longer, for for the sake of My own I will shorten the days, for the sake of My own the time will pass quickly .... the time of the last battle of faith on this earth. And then you should always remember and hope for the joys in paradise on the new earth which lie ahead of you according to My promise. One day the time on this earth will come to an end because this is planned in My plan of salvation. And as soon as the first signs are visible you can also expect a quick course of all events. For I want to establish peace and order on earth again so that it can fulfil its task again to serve as a station of education for the spiritual, which will soon no longer be possible in the present time. Therefore a change has to be made, and this is imminent. But for the time being the last battle of faith will take place, because people still have to decide .... because a separation of spirits has to take place, which this battle of faith will bring about. But you, who belong to My own, you who believe in Me and want to remain faithful to Me, you will also survive this time unscathed, for in this battle I Myself am your commander, and together with Me you will win the battle .... because you are also confident and remember My promise. And then the joys in the paradise of the new earth will fully compensate you for all hardship and suffering you had to endure for the sake of faith but which you will also overcome with My strength, with My help .... And therefore you should look forward to that time without fear, for nothing can happen to you except what My will allows .... And this is only a blessing for you .... Only you should want to be and remain Mine .... And the time will pass quickly because I will stop satan's activity, because his time has expired and he will be put in chains again .... which also causes the end of the old earth and the day of judgment when I will come in the clouds to judge the living and the dead ...._>Amen

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God's address is a great grace ....

B.D. 7583 from April 22nd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

God's address has opened up a haven of grace for you which you are unable to appreciate. God pours out His grace on you in abundance because it is the last time before the end and because you humans need a lot of help in your weakness. But if He Himself addresses you, you can draw so much grace that you will meet every demand placed upon you. When He speaks to you His strength flows directly into you, you have a means of grace of utmost importance with His word, for you are already in contact with Him through His word as soon as you receive it with your heart, as soon as you are doers and not just hearers of His word. God truly pours out a measure of grace upon you humans which you do not deserve .... but it is the time of the end, and He knows about your weakness to withstand the challenges of the enemy during this time. He works with cunning and treachery and has many accomplices who support him in his activities .... And it would be easy for them to push all people away from God if God did not also influence people with all means to help them not to get lost to Him. And God's adversary first tries to destroy faith in God in Jesus Christ, he tries to deprive all people of their faith in a God and creator of eternity Who accomplished the act of salvation in Jesus Christ. But without this faith people are lost for eternity .... And therefore God comes to their aid in such a way that He proves Himself to people through His address .... that He reveals Himself to those who only open their hearts and ears to Him, who want to believe and need help in order to be able to believe .... God reveals Himself by addressing people .... This great grace cannot be grasped, but it is based on God's great love. He reveals Himself so that people of good will can believe. He gives people an undeserved grace by proving Himself through His address but does not force people to believe but leaves it entirely up to them whether they recognize God's voice as the father's voice or not open themselves to grace and then remain a slave to God's adversary for endless times to come. Being able to believe in God also means salvation from God's adversary. But if a person loses this faith, then he himself is also lost for eternal times. And God wants to help people to believe by addressing them and can be recognized by anyone who seriously wants it. For God's address will touch him like a gift which makes him happy and which he no longer wants to miss if only he is willing to listen to Him and think about it .... Then he will draw strength from this address, he will feel addressed by a being Which loves him, and he will also learn to love this being and listen to His address ever more often, he will accept and evaluate a grace and he will become strong in faith in a God and creator Who wants to be recognized as father .... And the human being, as a child, will now also give the father the love which the father demands from His child .... And thus His word is the antidote which shall wring God's creatures out of the hand of God's adversary .... The father addresses His child, and the child now remains united with its father for all eternity and has detached itself from hostile power, it has followed Him Who revealed Himself in His love and mercy, but it followed Him of its own free will when it heard God’s address. For no matter how powerful God's gifts of grace are, they must be accepted and evaluated of their own free will, they must not exert any coercion on people. But God's love now uses such means in the last days before the end which can be effective with good will on the part of the human being in order to prevent His adversary's activity, to completely destroy faith in God .... He will not succeed because again and again God reveals Himself, because again and again He comes to the aid of people who are in danger of succumbing to God's adversary .... But the final decision lies with the human being himself, for no means of grace, no matter how great, will force his will, the human being will always have to freely decide for himself which lord he wants to follow ...._>Amen

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Serious examination of spiritual knowledge with God's support ....

B.D. 7584 from April 23rd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

No person is denied the right to draw his own conclusions, but he should also know that intellect alone is no guarantee for correct thinking, irrespective of how keenly developed it is. This, in particular, applies to the assessment of spiritual knowledge for which no evidence can be produced. Whether or not such knowledge is truth can be assessed by a person as soon as he turns to God Himself for enlightened thinking .... otherwise he would be unable to examine it or form a correct judgment. But every person also has the right to reject what he cannot accept, providing he is of good will and examines it without bias. He should not blindly believe, he should think about what he is expected to believe, and he should pray for God's support to do so, he should know that the spirit within instructs him. This also demonstrates the right kind of desire for truth, and thus the truth will be given to him and he will also be able to recognise it as truth. For much is given to people as truth which nevertheless frequently contradicts itself, and then it is up to the person himself to ascertain the truth. But anyone who believes that he can figure it out with his intellect alone can expect to get even more entangled in error, because the intellect is influenced by the adversary of truth, by the prince of darkness, who will do anything to divert people from the truth and provide them with misconceptions.

However, the human being can protect himself by turning to God, by appealing to Him for the recognition of truth. For this reason no one can raise the objection that he is unable to form a correct judgment about truth or error .... As soon as he makes contact with God, as soon as he appeals to Him for enlightenment of spirit he will emotionally recognise whether he should turn to or ignore the spiritual knowledge given to him .... And he will always have the inner certainty of judging correctly because he has not formed his own judgment but God has enlightened his thoughts. But the good will to recognise and to do what is right always has to be part of it .... A rational person, however, will not scrutinise in himself what he is inclined to accept or reject .... He only uses his intellect which, however, takes a different direction, it does not consult God Himself but deems itself qualified for an examination. And it will frequently get it wrong because God does not want to be excluded and because truth comes forth from Him alone.

Yet neither should an examination be omitted because the person allegedly does not feel qualified to make a correct judgment .... For one day he will have to be answerable, and he will not be able to justify himself on account of other people's judgment which he accepted without hesitation because it was expected of him .... He should attain a living faith and that requires deliberation of what he is taught. Only the living faith will be valued by God, a dead faith, a conventional faith is, however, as good as no faith at all ....

And thus you humans will repeatedly have the opportunity to express your opinion about this or that teaching, about the spiritual information imparted to you, and you do well to turn to God Himself, for He, as the Eternal Truth, will make the truth available to you, He will place it into your heart, so that you will be able to form your own judgment, and that this judgment will also correspond to the truth. You should not just trust in your strength alone, for as soon as God cannot take part due to your will, due to your prayer, someone else will take part and he will make use of your intellect .... Then you will distance yourselves increasingly more from the truth, because he will not rest until he has achieved his objective ....

Amen

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God's rightful representatives on earth ....

B.D. 7585 from April 24th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Living 'representatives of God' on earth must be filled by My spirit otherwise they cannot serve Me in the right way. For they shall speak in My stead if they want to be My true representatives, and therefore they must speak as My spirit announces to them .... they must allow Me Myself to speak through them and thus address people directly .... They have to fulfil the conditions which allow the working of the spirit in them: they have to live in love themselves and lively believe that I reveal Myself to those who prepare themselves, and they have to constantly seek intimate contact with Me in order to be able to hear Me Myself within themselves. My true representatives on earth are driven by My spirit, for as soon as they are in living contact with Me My will is theirs and they cannot help but speak what I want to say to people. My true representatives must be filled by My spirit .... then they will also be able to give to their listeners what touches their hearts, because then I will speak to them Myself and My word will truly penetrate the heart when the human being longs for 'God's word' .... This is why My word can be heard everywhere on condition that the proclaimer first makes such heartfelt contact with Me that I Myself speak through him. And such intimate contact also includes love, otherwise the preacher does not desire to establish the bond with Me but speaks to his listeners out of his intellect and these words do not find an echo in their hearts .... unless the longing for My word is so strong in a person that I Myself want to address this person and then he also withdraws the strength from the word of God. However, the knowledge of the working of the spirit has been lost to people and even the proclaimers of the divine word lack the understanding for it. They don't believe that I speak to people Myself, that I only use the right instrument to address people directly .... They don't believe that God always reveals Himself in every way, that He speaks directly to a person who fulfils the conditions I attach to a direct reception of the word .... And because they don't believe in it themselves, they don't make themselves a receptacle for My spirit either .... And then they are also not suitable to work as My 'representatives' on earth, for a true representative has to serve Me as a mouthpiece, he has to let Me speak through himself so that people will receive 'God's word' in truth, for the proclaimers shall speak in My stead, they shall not submit their own intellectual work to people, they shall only ever hear what I Myself speak to them .... they shall let My spirit work in them .... But where faith in My working of the spirit is lacking, a person cannot claim to be 'My representative on earth' either, for only the working of My spirit in him stamps him as such. And this office can never be transferred from one person to another, no person can ever feel called to elevate a fellow human being to a 'representative of God' on earth, for this office belongs to Me alone. I choose My servants for Myself, I send the disciples into the world, I Myself speak through those who have prepared themselves to be a receiving vessel of My spirit .... I choose the right representatives for Myself on earth, for I know who is suitable for such an office, I know who serves Me as a mouthpiece, who completely enters into My will, who unites with Me so intimately that I can speak to people through him. And people will also recognize for themselves if and when they feel addressed by a sermon, for the right representative will find the right words which touch their hearts. Yet there are only a few of them, and yet I cannot deviate from My condition that the working of the spirit is necessary if proper vineyard work is to be done. Anyone who wants to work for Me and in My stead must have an awakened spirit or he will not be able to pass on the truth to his fellow human beings which originates from Me Myself. But without truth the path to Me is blocked, for no human being will be able to reach Me by the path of error .... But the truth is conveyed to you humans by the spirit from Me, which is why only such one in whom My spirit can work can be a true representative of Me on earth ...._>Amen

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Gospel of love ....

B.D. 7586 from April 25th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Again and again My gospel will be proclaimed to you, for I will never stop presenting the commandments of love to you because it is the most important thing in your earthly life to fulfil them. Therefore, again and again I will send you My messengers who will convey the divine teaching of love to you, again and again you will have to hear the gospel of love so that you will know My will and be able to live your life in accordance with it. I will not cease to preach love, for you can only become blessed through love alone. Your whole earthly existence is useless if you fail to work with love .... And you can still achieve earthly successes and still .... they are worthless for your soul, which can only mature through loving activity. And when I send My disciples out into the world I only give them the task of proclaiming the divine teaching of love, because this is the most important thing people need to know, because all other knowledge remains incomprehensible until the human being makes an effort to live a life of love. And so you will hear the same again and again: Love God above all else and your neighbour as yourself .... And a way of life in accordance with these two commandments will be blessed, it will earn you success, you will not cover earthly life in vain but reach the aim for the purpose of which you are on earth. For the fulfilment of these commandments brings about the transformation of your nature, in your last deformation as a human being you reach the state in which you originally moved, and you can leave the form as mature, you can enter the spiritual kingdom freely and light-heartedly after the death of your body. Practicing love is the most important commandment, it is the first and most important commandment, the fulfilment of which determines your fate in eternity. Every success you achieve on earth, every knowledge, no matter how extensive, earthly honour and fame .... everything is of no value if you don't have love in you, which first gives you the right realization, which correctly evaluates everything earthly, which leads you onto the spiritual path, the aim of which is Me Myself. For love alone leads you back to Me again, from Whom you once originated .... love alone shapes you such that you can come close to Me again, and love alone establishes the connection with Me which turns you into blissful beings. And if you ignore love your soul is dead, for love alone awakens it to life. But you shall acquire eternal life again in earthly life, which can only be found through love alone; you shall escape the state of death, you shall come to life .... And therefore I repeatedly bring My gospel to you, I address you Myself, I demonstrate the importance of the commandments of love to you, and I will never cease to send My messengers into the world with the instruction to proclaim the divine teaching of love. For your fate in eternity depends on it .... on the fulfilment of My commandments of love depends whether your earthly life is the conclusion of an infinitely long life in form, whether you will also cast off the last form and be able to enter eternity as a free spirit .... I want to help you achieve this, and that is why I speak to you again and again. And again and again it is My urgent admonition to all people: Love God above all else and your neighbour as yourself ...._>Amen

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Blessing of the spiritual activity ....

B.D. 7587 from April 26th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The work for the spiritual kingdom must be continued undaunted, for every spiritual activity results in its blessing. And although fellow human beings are not receptive to it, countless souls nevertheless benefit from your spiritual activity, for the hardship in the kingdom of the beyond is immense because it is necessary to bring help in the form of light and strength to the souls which still languish in the abyss .... And this certain help means My word for them, which they can hear just as much as people on earth if they don't completely reject it. The hardship of these souls is great, they sense that a decision lies ahead of them, that an even worse fate awaits them if they don't strive to change their situation .... But they also have bright moments, and at times they hear words which apply to them, to which they pay attention and which can cause them to seek the outcome of those words .... And this will always happen when you, My servants on earth, carry out vineyard work, when you hear My word or pass it on, when you yourselves move it in your thoughts. Then countless souls in the spiritual kingdom will also hear these words, and for many they can signify a change of heart and an improvement of their situation, because My word is the only means of help for those souls through which they can ascend from the abyss. You don't know how your spiritual work is pursued in the kingdom of the beyond; you don't know that you are constantly surrounded by countless souls who are only waiting for sparks of light to flash when you are spiritually active. For your spiritual work means the offering of nourishment to them, for they are starving and long for food and drink. Therefore don't let yourselves be depressed if your vineyard work on earth is seemingly fruitless .... It will always be successful, for no word that comes from Me will go unheard in infinity. But since the last days are about the redemption of countless souls from the abyss, these souls shall also be remembered from your side, for many souls are still close to earth and follow your activity. And to bring help to them is truly a vineyard work which is blessed by Me. What is often not appreciated by people is gratefully accepted by those souls once they have felt the strength of My word .... And you should bring My word to them as often as possible, and you should know that no spiritual work of yours is in vain and that these souls are eager listeners, that they always feel an influx of strength and are therefore also already won for My kingdom .... that they now strive upwards of their own accord once they have enjoyed this help which My word signifies to them at all times. And these souls will never turn away from you again, they will also bring other souls to you, they will receive My word as soon as you open yourselves to My word, and they will also experience blessings themselves from every spiritual activity you carry out for Me and My kingdom. No word is spoken or written in vain, every word will be heard and gratefully received by the souls in the kingdom of the beyond, for all of them desire the light, and you kindle this light for them when you work for Me and My kingdom, no matter what kind of work it is .... My word will always sound to them too, and they will always draw the strength from My word so that they can likewise be active and bring help to souls which are in the same need as they were before My word could sound to them. For this is My word's strength, that it motivates spiritual activity .... so that again and again new souls are won for Me and My kingdom ...._>Amen

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Feeding the truth to earth and the spiritual realm ....

B.D. 7588 from April 27th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Wherever truth is desired, spiritual progress will also be achieved, for the will to be instructed in the spiritual field is recognizable. This applies to knowledge which cannot be proven but which can move a person to reflect because his thoughts often wander into spiritual territory. A worldly person, however, will not desire spiritual truth, his thoughts are exclusively turned towards the world .... But if the desire for truth is present then it is also proven that the human being has other than worldly thoughts in him, and then he is also of good will and already unconsciously strives for spiritual higher development. And such a person will truly also be offered the truth, and he will recognize it as truth. When the word of God from above is conveyed to people then it will also be imparted to those who desire truth, even if the number of them is small. Yet God knows where His word is willingly accepted, He knows whose thoughts move in the spiritual realm and where the desire for truth predominates .... He knows which people are open-minded and faithfully receive His word .... He also knows where new ground can be opened up, and He will also send His messengers to knock at their heart's doors and offer them the gifts of their lord .... But He also knows how many souls in the spiritual kingdom are grateful for the supply of truth, and He truly considers all who merely desire to receive the truth from His hand, for this alone helps the souls to ascend in their spiritual development. And because the souls have to deal with everything on earth as well as in the spiritual kingdom, the truth has to be conveyed to them again and again .... But it always requires the willingness of those souls in the spiritual kingdom or people on earth to accept it .... it necessitates the sincere desire for truth, so that they will also recognize it as such and be happy about receiving it. And thus vessels must always be available from which the truth can be drawn .... People must declare their willingness to serve as such vessels and prepare themselves accordingly .... And pure truth will be able to be conveyed, it will be directly imparted by God, His spirit will pour into such a prepared vessel, and then all who desire the gifts of the spirit will be able to feast on its contents. To receive pure truth is an unusual gift of grace from God, because truth secures the ascent of every soul. But anyone who accepts it indifferently derives no benefit from this gift of grace, his soul will remain on the same level if it does not sink back to the depths. But every soul is free to make use of a grace or not, yet it need only want to and it will receive .... it only needs to desire the truth and will also be allowed to possess it. But then it will certainly ascend, it will mature, irrespective of whether it is still on earth or already in the beyond, for as soon as it receives truth the bond with God is also established and the soul can no longer sink back into the abyss ...._>Amen

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"Behold, I stand at the door ...."

B.D. 7589 from April 28th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Open wide the door of your heart when I desire entrance .... I knock at your door again and again, for I want to offer you a delicious gift; but I want to enter, you shall receive Me joyfully, you shall rejoice in My coming and desire with all your heart that I remain with you .... You shall recognize your father in Me, Who loves you and therefore wants to bring you good gifts .... You should not deny Me access to you .... This is all I ask of you, that you open the door of your heart wide to let Me enter. For this tells Me that you also show Me love, it tells Me that you have prepared the dwelling for Me in order to receive Me therein .... And now I can rule and reign in My house, and truly, it will only be for your blessing. For what I now offer you daily is food and drink for your soul, which now no longer needs to live in want, which unites with the spirit within itself and which will soon have found union with Me, because it will no longer let Me be displaced from its heart, because it is devoted to Me with all its senses and only ever wants the father to stay with His child in order to make it happy for as long as the soul lives on earth and also for eternity. Anyone who voluntarily accepts Me into his heart when I knock and desire entrance has achieved the greatest gain on earth, for he cannot be offered anything more delicious than My daily nourishment which I administer to the soul and which lets it mature already on earth. And thus I knock at all doors and seek admittance, and blessed is he who hears Me and opens his heart and prepares himself for My reception .... blessed is he who cleans and decorates the dwelling of his heart and at any time the lord can enter His house .... blessed is he who joyfully receives Me and no longer lets Me go away .... For I will never ever leave him, I will remain with him and bestow My love upon him, I will constantly speak to him and introduce him to the truth, because he has to know about it in order to attain the right knowledge, the light, without which he cannot be blissfully happy. And whose heart I was once able to take possession of belongs to Me, and I want to provide for him earthly and spiritually, for I will bring everything to him as soon as he lets Me enter his heart. For I do not come empty-handed, I have a rich cornucopia, and My gifts which I distribute will never end because I love you .... And My most delicious gift is My word .... for it is food and drink for the soul, it is My love's pledge, it is spiritual wealth with which you will one day be able to work in the kingdom of the beyond. And everyone will have such wealth at his disposal who opens the door of his heart to Me when I desire entrance, because I never come without gifts of grace and because I always know what the soul needs most. And I knock on many a door of the heart .... but not all of them open for Me, and then I have to move on and could not bring the soul any strengthening; I could not impart any gift of grace to it, and therefore the soul's nature remains miserable and it will also enter the kingdom of the beyond miserably when its hour has come. But it has forfeited the grace to accept Me into its heart, and one day it will bitterly regret it when it recognizes Who it was who knocked at its door without finding admittance. But I do not force My way in where the door is kept closed, I go further and only enter where I am joyfully received, where love opens the door wide for Me, where I can take abode and remain there, where the soul recognizes its God and father from Whom it never wants to leave ...._>Amen

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Limitation of knowledge ....

B.D. 7590 from April 29th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Your intellectual knowledge is subject to limitations .... Yet by way of inner enlightenment through the spirit you can gain unlimited knowledge, and this particularly applies to spiritual matters, it applies to knowledge which cannot be verified, which concerns everything of a ‘non-earthly’ nature .... For this knowledge can only be received from God Who distributes it in accordance with His wise judgment. Sharp as a person’s intellect may be .... he is unable to fathom spiritual domains, for God has reserved Himself the right to enlighten the person who asks Him for enlightenment and who also fulfils the conditions that make him worthy of an answer. But precisely this spiritual knowledge results in the person’s true understanding, which lifts him out of his state of darkness into the enlightened state of his original existence. Earthly knowledge is only of some value for the duration of earthly life, whereas spiritual knowledge remains forever.

As long as a person lacks this spiritual knowledge he lives in spiritual darkness. But he can gain this knowledge while he lives on earth .... he can achieve a state of awareness, he can receive clarification about things which his human intellect is unable to explain. He can transcend the limits of his intellect and gain knowledge which will please him and which he can take with him into eternity .... This knowledge is conveyed to him by God Himself through the spirit, providing he sincerely desires it and has fulfilled the necessary conditions: a 1iving faith in God, which he has awakened to life through deeds of love .... a sincere desire for truth and an inward listening in heart-felt contact with God, Whose Word he desires to hear. Living faith is necessary for a human being to believe that a direct communication from God is possible and listens for it .... And he will receive an answer .... God Himself will guide him into truth, God Himself will teach and explain to him whatever he wants to know. For God speaks through the spirit to the spiritual spark within the person, because spirit can only be heard by spirit.

And this divine spirit knows everything without limitation, only the human being himself limits the spirit due to his will .... due to the degree of his love which also determines the degree of realisation he will gain .... He can penetrate the most profound knowledge concerning the reign and work of God and His plan of Salvation, he can learn about everything which explains to him the purpose and meaning of creation and human existence, he can arrive at the most enlightening knowledge and thereby regain the degree of enlightenment with which he was originally blessed .... He can, in fact, find solutions to spiritual problems which human intellect will never be able to solve, and his knowledge will never be restricted by God unless the person limits himself as a result of insufficient love or adverse will .... which usually does not happen once a person could be taught by God’s spirit .... For God does not set limits, but human will is free and is always respected ....

Even so, there is no evidence for spiritual knowledge unless a person accepts the working of the spirit in himself as proof, which is indeed absolute proof to the believer, but it will not be accepted as proof by the unbeliever. For that reason spiritual knowledge cannot be conveyed academically, for even if it were passed on from person to person, the other person would lack the conviction that this knowledge is the truth, as long as he, in turn, does not meet the conditions required by God to receive spiritual knowledge. Hence, everyone has to acquire enlightenment for himself, or at least desire it and turn to the right source; but no one should believe he can gain this knowledge with his intellect alone, because God Himself is the primary source of all light .... because a human being can only gain true comprehension by way of God, Who could think of nothing better than guide people into truth, conveying true knowledge to them, and thus lead them from a state of spiritual darkness into the light. For light alone is beatitude, and to gain enlightenment is purpose and goal for every human being on earth .

Amen

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Renewed banishment is the result of spiritual death ....

B.D. 7591 from April 30th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Spiritual death necessitates banishment into matter, that is: a spiritual being having succumbed to death, which remains in a lifeless state, must be engendered into hard matter again in order to slowly return to life. As long as there is still a small spark of life within the spiritual being everything will be attempted in order to guide it further towards life, and this can certainly be successful so that the being will then be spared being banished into matter, and it will nevertheless slowly come alive, if only after an infinitely long time. But there is also a possibility that the being will become completely paralysed, that it will descend ever more into the abyss .... which many souls in the beyond allow to happen .... Then the spiritual substance of this being will be dissolved and once again placed into hard matter .... into the creations on earth. And it will have to travel a tremendously painful path in order to come back to life again. And people on earth can similarly descend in their spiritual state in the last days; they can keep striving towards the abyss of their own free will, they can completely commit themselves to the lord of darkness and, as his followers, descend into utmost darkness themselves .... And then it will also be necessary to dissolve the souls into countless minute particles and to place them into the creations again, they will have to take the path of higher development through untold forms once more until they awaken to life all over again .... And this low spiritual level has occurred; during the last days spiritual death is unmistakable and everything is being done on earth as well as in the beyond in order to stimulate individual sparks of life, in order to strengthen existing life and to prevent it from falling prey to death. For it is a time of infinite torment which the spiritual being will have to endure if it is banished into matter again. And God's love and mercy also applies to what has descended to the lowest point and wants to protect it from this fate. However, where the spiritual being's free will opposes Him God's plan of Salvation has to be carried out, after which a renewed banishment into matter will be unavoidable.

Were people to have precise information about this they would truly do everything in their power in order to escape spiritual death .... But they do not accept the knowledge of it, they don't believe in a continuation of life, they don't believe in a justification before God and neither do they believe in a God and Creator Who will demand accountability from them one day .... Their 'Ego', however, cannot cease to exist anymore and its abode will be appropriate to its state, and although it will no longer be conscious of itself in a state of death it will nevertheless feel the agony of its captivity, since it was originally created as a free spiritual being. Even so, in its lifeless state it cannot be placed where life exists because it had voluntarily chosen a state of death and its will was subsequently complied with. Free will, however, is a state of beatitude and the bound state is a state of torment .... And as a human being the soul chooses its own state. And God's love and wisdom allows it to keep its freedom but helps the human being in every conceivable way to attain eternal life .... just as He will grant His help again through a banishment into matter so that what is lifeless can awaken to life again one day. And God's love applies to all once fallen spiritual beings, it also follows them into the abyss and helps them ascend again .... but it is particularly active during the time when the being has regained its self-awareness and free will .... during the time as a human being .... so that it will then change its initially still dead state into a state of life. But the human being's free will remains untouched, it will be respected, and this free will determines whether the being will lose its external form for good or whether the form will become solid again .... so that it will return into hard matter once more. Then the being will have fallen prey to spiritual death and it will take an infinitely long time until it once again receives the grace of embodiment as a human being where it can acquire life for itself ....

Amen

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The power of prayer ....

B.D. 7592 from May 1st 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You should test the power of the prayer which is sent up to Me in spirit and in truth .... And you would have certain proof that your father hears you and listens to you .... that He inclines His ear to you and grants you what you ask for. But you must pray correctly .... You must intimately unite with Me and trustingly present your requests to Me, you must turn to Me with the trust of a child towards its father, you must be certain that I love you and that love will not fail. The right relationship with Me has to be established, and that is what your prayers often lack and therefore are not listened to. As long as you still see the distant God in Me, as long as you don't nestle up to Me like children, your prayer will not arise from your heart either, only your mouth or your intellect will speak but not your heart. But I only listen to the voice of the heart, I want to hear the faithful stammering of a child and feel the love of a child which the person who faithfully calls upon Me as his God and father will also feel for Me. And these words of his will reach My ear and My love cannot help but grant the child what it asks for. The strength of a right prayer is so great that you could truly go through your earthly life without worry; but since it is up to you yourselves whether you pray in the right way, you will make many wrong requests, you will only pray according to form, your mouth will utter words which are familiar to you, the intellect will also deal with it but the heart will remain untouched, because this requires the most intimate bond with Me which you humans only rarely establish. And great adversity will first have to befall you so that fear will cause you to call upon your God and father, and then this call will come from the heart and be heard .... But if love drives you to Me then your prayer will also be a right one, for love pushes towards the eternal love, love speaks to the eternal love, and the eternal love does not deny Itself .... Again and again love is the path to the father's heart, only love is able to send a prayer to Me in spirit and in truth, and love is never rejected by Me, it finds fulfilment in My love. And I know everything you need, I know your worries, I know your desires, and I know all your requests which cause you to pray .... But I want you to come to Me yourselves and appeal to Me with all tenderness of heart to help you, and therefore I require you to pray in spirit and in truth, for I do not pay attention to lip service, nor do prayers in form reflect your own thoughts and feelings, but which I require for a right prayer .... But if you present your requests to Me in all childlikeness then you will speak to your father like children, and then the father will also hear and listen to His children. He will release you from all adversity, He will take all your wishes into account, He will help wherever you need His help and you can live a carefree earthly life if you make use of the strength of a prayer which is sent up to Me 'in spirit and in truth'. For the father in heaven hears His children, He inclines Himself towards them and draws them to His heart, He gives them His love and with His love also everything they ask for, for His true children will only ever pray for that which is not detrimental to their souls, because their inherent love also gives them realization and therefore they would not ask for anything which I would have to deny them ...._>Amen

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Right use of vitality ....

B.D. 7593 from May 3rd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Every day you are allowed to experience as a human being on this earth is a grace for you, for every day can still help your soul to mature, which will then earn it a degree of light in the kingdom of the beyond which it could only achieve on earth. Every day is a grace for you which you cannot value highly enough. For as long as you still possess vitality you can also work with love and thus gather spiritual riches which will follow you into eternity .... At the moment of death this vitality is extinguished and you stand there powerless, even if you wanted to work with love .... if you have not acquired spiritual strength through loving activity on earth. As long as you live on earth you should enjoy your vitality because you can use it to create spiritual possessions for yourselves, because you can use it to work with love and thus accomplish your change of nature for the purpose of which you are on earth. Admittedly, you can also let your will become active in the wrong direction by using all your vitality exclusively to create comfort for your body, and then you will have left the grace of being human unused, which you will bitterly regret one day when you have attained realization in the spiritual kingdom .... But as soon as you make good use of your lifetime, as soon as you take every opportunity to work with love, your spiritual wealth will constantly grow and your soul will purify itself, which love and suffering can achieve. This is why days of suffering can also be a blessing for you, for the more the soul can purify itself on earth the more permeable it will be to light when it enters the spiritual kingdom and the higher its degree of maturity, which determines its fate in eternity. For this reason you should also humbly accept suffering days and regard them as a gift of grace from God, for it is far easier to attain a certain degree of soul maturity on earth than it will be in the kingdom of the beyond, even though an ascent is still possible then but it requires far more strength than on earth. And then the soul has to acquire this strength through loving activity first, but it usually cannot muster the will to do so and has to rely on people's intercession or help from the beings of light .... And no matter how much your earthly life burdens you, no matter how difficult it seems to you to bear .... you can always request God's help, you can only turn to Jesus Christ at any time to help you carry your cross or to provide you with strength so that you are able to carry the cross yourselves. But you still possess the strength of life which enables you to increase your strength yourselves when you carry out works of love. For love is strength, and you will always receive more strength the more you practice love. And you will also be able to overcome difficult days and mature your soul through every day which brought you love and suffering. It will be able to enter the kingdom of the beyond purified and will have gained a great advantage over the souls of people who only thought of their physical comfort and went through earthly life without any complaints. And the soul will also thank its God and father for the suffering which earned it that advantage .... It will be allowed to enjoy the light and be blissfully happy in strength and freedom, it will possess riches with which it can work for its own and other souls' happiness who are still in poverty and torment in a state which requires help .... And they will be blessed to be able to help those souls because their need is unspeakably great ...._>Amen

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The fall and rise of the being ....

B.D. 7594 from May 4th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

In the beginning the beings were incomparably blissful .... My love shone through them continuously and they felt this illumination as bliss, and they gave themselves to Me in ardent love, for they recognized Me as their God and creator, as the primary source from Whom all bliss emanated. They were perfect and therefore also blissful in abundance. For the perfect felt united with Me, to Whom they were therefore also infinitely devoted. Love filled all these beings, which constantly overflowed from Me into them, was reciprocated and flowed back to Me again. It was the most blissful exchange of strength of love which made both the beings as well as Me endlessly happy .... And this blissful exchange could have lasted for eternities, it need never have stopped if the beings had not changed their will which, as a sign of their divinity, was free and could determine itself. Although the being stood in brightest realization, it was flooded with light, i.e., it knew about everything .... it knew about its outcome, about its destiny .... it possessed all abilities which characterized it as My image. Thus it need not have directed its will wrongly.... But My opposite pole had an effect on the being, My first-created being, which had likewise detached itself from Me in free will and now stood opposite Me as an opposite pole with a completely wrong will. And many beings joined this opposite pole because they were able to see it, whereas I remained an inscrutable God for them. And their bliss was thereby impaired, i.e., due to their wrong will they resisted My illumination of love and consequently were no longer able to feel the bliss which initially made them overjoyed. But I did not prevent them, I allowed them to distance themselves ever further from Me because I knew that one day I would win them back again and then I would be able to provide them with even greater bliss than before. My love knows no limits, and therefore the happiness through My love must also be limitless, it must be able to constantly increase, the ray of love must be able to have an ever greater effect and therefore the bliss must also increase infinitely .... But this also requires creatures which can tolerate such an illumination of love .... it demands that My creatures increase their perfection in free will by shaping themselves into My children .... a work which cannot be accomplished by Me, only by themselves, because free will is required for this. And My 'children' will now also be able to endure such illumination of love, they will constantly receive love and radiate it like Me, and therefore they will also be allowed to be incomparably blissful, and their beatitude will never find a limit. The being which is love in itself cannot help but give love and make it happy .... My fundamental nature is love, and I would not be God if I were not constantly moved by the strength of love into new creations, for I want to make people happy and everything only contributes towards eternal happiness for the beings once created by Me. And thus all beings which are full of love are also moved by an immense creative urge to create and shape new creations, for they receive the strength from Me to do so because love constantly permeates them and love is the strength which can create and create. But My strength of love can only radiate through a being if it has become love itself, if it has accepted My original being again in which it originally stood. But that it re-enters this original state is and remains My constant aim, which I will also achieve one day. And then the beatitudes I prepare for the being which has become My child and returned to Me for eternity will also be unlimited ...._>Amen

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Release of spiritual substances through destruction ....

B.D. 7595 from May 6th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Just let yourselves be guided by Me and you will take the paths which are successful for you as well as for your fellow human beings, for the souls which allow relief work to be done on them. And I truly place My servants in the right place, in the place where they can work successfully for Me and My kingdom. But the work I require of them is also very different because My servants' abilities are different and because each one should work where his ability is needed for service to Me. A great work of redemption is underway and the whole universe is affected by it, for all spiritual beings sense the coming change and adjust themselves to it .... The evil spirit rages with increased strength, that is, its evil will intensifies and seeks to cause harm wherever it can, but the good spirit is also constantly active to weaken this work .... And I support what strives to carry out My will, both on earth as well as in the spiritual kingdom .... Mature and immature spiritual substances fight against each other, and the battle is also evident on earth, yet it always ends victoriously where I, as the commander of the army, can assist My own. And this spiritual battle is also felt by people who strive spiritually themselves and tap into the good forces, for the currents find influence everywhere where I Myself am the aim of a person's striving. And the end casts its shadow ahead .... Destructions will take place which no one thought possible before but which are nevertheless spatially limited .... before the total transformation of the earth will take place .... For the enemy of souls seeks to liberate spiritual substances through material destruction in order to gain them for himself, as he believes, and he uses people for this purpose, since any destruction of matter is impossible for him himself .... But the liberated spiritual does not come under his control but is bound again in form. But the destructions will take place and bring much misery upon people .... And this has to happen for the sake of the many bound spirits, which will still experience a change of their outer form before the end and can then already be conceived into lighter forms on the new earth. But people are also to be roused from their sleep of death, which will only ever be brought about by events which are unusual in their nature and extent. People themselves contribute much to destroying works of creation and thereby release countless spiritual substances from their bondage, but they don't consider that these still have to leave their form immaturely and that they don't exert a good influence as long as they are free .... that people will therefore feel oppressed and not recognize the cause of their restlessness .... And they would have to suffer far more under their influence if I did not soon want to bind this spiritual again in new forms .... This destructive work comes from My adversary who knows how to take advantage of people's greed for matter and causes them to carry out such works of destruction in order to release the spiritual substances bound in it .... But he gains nothing in the process but loses far more, because the human being in his urge to build up contributes to the new deformation of this spiritual substance again, albeit in a purely material sense. You who want to serve Me should know about all these processes, and you should do nothing more than try to lead your fellow human beings from the purely material path onto the spiritual path, which requires much effort and work from you but will always be a blessed beginning, no matter in which way you accomplish this task. The work you do for Me and My kingdom will be according to your ability, but the fact that you want to do it already earns you My blessing, and with My strength you will also be able to do it. And all beings of light will support you because they, too, carry out redemptive work in the universe and will always be active where their help is needed ...._>Amen

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Serious warning about the end ....

B.D. 7596 from May 7th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Consciously receive My Word as your Father's loving speech and listen to what I want to say to you: You are living in the last phase of this earth, it is you who live in the last days, it is you who can still experience the spiritual turning-point if your state of maturity allows you to persevere to the end. The time of the end has irrevocably come, regardless how implausible you deem this to be. For the day is predetermined in My plan of Salvation and it will be adhered to because the time is fulfilled. There will be no more delay, for the adversary's activity is getting out of hand and his actions will always be brought to an end when he exceeds the boundaries of his authority .... when he has influenced people to the point that they lose all faith in a God Who one day will hold every individual person to account as to how he has lived his life. The human being is supposed to choose his Lord during his lifetime on earth, he is supposed to choose Me and reject My adversary and thus he must also be informed about both powers who want to possess him and fight for his soul. This knowledge is crucial for making a decision.

My adversary, however, tries to suppress this information and he succeeds because people, due to their attitude and their will, leave themselves open to his influence. And he takes advantage of it in a way which surpasses his authority by far: He influences people to take violent actions against the believers, against everything that is to be understood as belief in a God and Creator .... Most of all, he tries to induce people into eradicating the belief in the divine Redeemer Jesus Christ. He will unleash the final battle of faith and, in a manner of speaking, force Me to put an end to his activities in order to save the few, who want to remain loyal to Me, from eternal ruin. And this time is near and therefore also the end. By repeatedly announcing this to you through My Word I only intend to make you realise the significance of the time you are living in, you should be aware of the gravity of this time and take care not to fall prey to My adversary's artful temptations, for he influences people in an appalling manner in order to make them abandon their belief in Me and is very successful. And if I Am now counteracting his actions by speaking to people Myself in order to enable them to have faith in Me or to strengthen their faith, then this, in itself, is already an explanation for My Word from above, which truly ought to convince you, for My love for you humans motivates Me to help you in a time of momentous spiritual hardship, which can let you go astray for eternities and which I therefore would like to stop from happening to you.

Even though your free will alone is decisive I nevertheless take pity on your ignorance, your misguided thinking and indifference, and by talking to you I try time and again to shake you out of your apathy and motivate you to think. Believe that you will be in great spiritual peril if you don't abide by My Word and fight against your enemy .... Believe that you have the strength to do so, that you need not fear to succumb in the battle against him .... Just change your will. Direct it towards Me if you want to find God and I will let Myself be found by you. But if you are indifferent My adversary will gain the upper hand over you, and then you will be lost for an endless time. This is the danger you find yourselves in and I know that you need exceptional help, yet I cannot determine your will, I can only ever speak to you again and warn and admonish you, I can only ever give you My merciful love and inform you of what is to come, of the time you are approaching .... I cannot do anything other than lovingly speak to you time and again, so that you may recognise a God and Father, so that you will believe in Him and loyally abide by this faith. But the end will come irrevocably, for My Word is truth and fulfils itself, and the hour of the end has been predetermined since the beginning of time .... Hence accept My Word in your hearts and just desire to become blessed .... And I will not leave you, I will give you strength to persevere until the end .... I will be a powerful protection and shield for My Own and support you when you have to profess Me before the world ....

Amen

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Living faith .... Awakening of life ....

B.D. 7597 from May 8th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Awakening into true life begins when the human being makes conscious contact with God, when he acknowledges a Being above himself .... when he thus believes in this Being and tries to join Him, that is, when he feels a relationship between the higher Being and himself and would like to continue this relationship. In that case the spiritual spark in him has already come alive and is trying to influence him from within to strive towards the eternal Father-Spirit. The spark of love has already ignited itself, thus he will always feel inwardly urged to do deeds of love, although at first they will only consist of being kind towards his fellow human beings .... But love will always be recognisable or the life in him would be unable to arise. And now this life is making itself noticeable, it is effectively a second life within himself, independent from his actual physical life which every human being experiences even if the spiritual spark in him is still dormant and he is thus spiritually dead. But only this second life gives the human being real satisfaction, for then he will be associating with God through directing his thoughts towards Him and through prayer .... And this person will not forget his God either, because God Himself will hold on to him and prevent the person from succumbing to death once more ....

Nevertheless, a distinction has to be made between the intellectual knowledge of Him and the living awareness of a higher Being, for anything taught can be forgotten again, it can be rejected at a later time; it has not yet brought the soul to life .... The latter knowledge, however, can lead to a living faith if the human being is of good will .... And then he will never lose the life again once it has come awake in him. And it can arise from the moment the human being is able to think. For as soon as he is willing to love his thinking will be guided correctly, and then he will seek the bond with God, with a Being to Whom he can give himself with confidence. For the human being feels his own inadequacy, he feels that he needs a Guide and Protector because he is aware of his weakness .... And therefore he looks for the Being from Which he expects help in every situation of life .... It happens unconsciously at first but it makes him very happy if he can believe in such a Being and has entered into contact with Him. This is the plain and simple faith which can be gained by every child but which is alive in him and not the result of teachings, which the child can certainly accept but which do not bestow the inner conviction upon him. For this conviction involves the child's willingness to love which brings the spiritual spark within itself to life. And everything else will then be induced by this spiritual spark, which time and again will stimulate the person's longing for the eternal Father-Spirit until the person quite consciously establishes the bond through heartfelt prayer which then, however, will absolutely guarantee the Father's care of the child and will never again let it descend into spiritual blindness, into death.

This is why the passing on of religious doctrines is not sufficient; although they will not be rejected they won't necessarily bestow 'life'. Only love manages to attain true life, and this alone motivates the children to think about the religious doctrines and look for the Father, Who will also let Himself be found .... And then the spiritual spark within the person will constantly urge him towards the Father-Spirit. He will feel inwardly pushed to bond with Him; he will feel inwardly pushed into kind-hearted activity and prayer. And both will initiate the unification with Him, which is the purpose and goal of earthly life .... both will awaken the human being into eternal life, into a life he cannot lose anymore because it is the spiritual life which has nothing in common with earthly life. And then the human being will have found his God, the child will have found the Father and surrendered itself to Him forever .... And from now on the human being cannot die again; he will live eternally ....

Amen

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Examining spiritual good .... feeding the word ....

B.D. 7598 from May 11th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You may only accept as truth that which has its origin in Me. And thus you have to check where spiritual knowledge has originated which is presented to you as truth. And you will be able to do this if you are serious about recognizing truth or error, and if you approach Me for spiritual enlightenment that you will think correctly yourselves and thus also judge correctly. And you will mostly find out that it is spiritual knowledge passed on from person to person, the origin of which you are no longer able to ascertain. And then you will do well to inform yourselves as to what extent such spiritual knowledge corresponds to the word conveyed to you from above by Me .... The truth has to come forth from Me in order to be able to be addressed as truth. And again and again My pure word has also been conveyed to earth from Me .... Therefore it must be able to be compared and correspond with the spiritual knowledge which is offered to you from outside. And then you will recognize for yourselves to what extent truth has been offered to you. But you should never accept it unchecked, and if you can no longer ascertain its origin then be careful with accepting it, for only pure truth will result in spiritual gain for you, whereas error or lies mean danger for your souls. But this examination is usually omitted .... And therefore much error has crept into My gospel, it is no longer the pure teaching as I Myself proclaimed it on earth. Many changes have been made and people no longer know how to distinguish between the pure truth from Me and the humanly added extras and represent everything as 'divine word'. But if 'My word' is to remain in existence for all eternity I have to convey it to earth again and again anew, because imperfect people do not keep anything pure but in their imperfection also disfigure the most perfect, My word .... and thus I must always ensure that My pure word is conveyed to people so that My word will be fulfilled: “Heaven and earth will pass away but 'My word' will remain for all eternity ...." And you humans should do your part, you should want the truth to be offered to you by Me, you should pay attention to what spiritual knowledge is then brought to you from outside, you should pay attention to the origin and desire that God Himself may address you .... And I will do so by awakening your spirit and you will brightly and clearly recognize where error has crept in and reject it as such. You are capable of doing so if only you are willing to receive truth and intimately unite with Me and appeal for the supply of it. Then your spirit will be awakened and able to precisely distinguish truth from error, and you will be able to book a spiritual benefit for your souls which only truth can bestow upon them. And you need never fear that you yourselves are incapable of rightly judging what is truth and what is error .... Your will and desire for truth also guarantees you such, because I Myself do not want you to go astray, that the truth is withheld from you by My adversary and his representatives on earth. Thus I will help My own to find the truth, only you should want to belong to My own yourselves, i.e. strive towards the truth and thus towards Me Myself, Who is the eternal truth. It is all so simple and should be understandable to you humans that I only ever want to make the truth accessible to you, thus everything is done on My part to bring you into possession of truth .... And you need only want to live in truth and your will will be complied with. But you should never unquestioningly accept spiritual knowledge which is given to you by people, for only a serious examination can guarantee you the supply of truth, otherwise you will be indifferent and never be able to distinguish error from truth because you lack the serious will to do so. You can and will receive everything you desire from Me, yet without your desire I withhold Myself because I respect your free will, because My grace cannot work against your will either ...._>Amen

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Admonition for all vineyard labourers ....

B.D. 7599 from May 14th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The waves of unrest trying to take hold of you, My servants on earth, will keep rising, and you will go through all kinds of problems and yet, you must remain faithful to Me in all problems of body and soul .... Always remember that you are living at the time of the end .... And this endtime will still bring you a great many surprises of various kinds. But one thing is certain, you should faithfully keep to My revelations, to My Word, which comes to you from above. For even in this respect My adversary will try to cause much confusion by aiming to intersperse the truth with serious errors, and he will be successful because people often lack the spirit of discernment .... because they often lack an awakened spirit. However, they can pray for the gift of discernment, for I will truly not let a person live in error who sincerely desires the truth. And I will certainly convey to you the knowledge you need in order to successfully accomplish your vineyard work for Me and My kingdom .... for this reason it is not necessary for you to adopt unfamiliar spiritual knowledge you have not received from Me. But you should pay attention to what happens around you, to what is going on in this world and to people’s actions, because thereby you will recognise the activity of the one who is raging during the last days because he knows that he does not have much time left. And thus I tell you time and time again that you should leave the control and guidance to Me, because I know where and in which way a person who is willing to work for Me is a faithful labourer .... And I will truly assign his work to him, he will not need to search for the work he should do for Me. However, it is My adversary’s activity to keep confusing people’s thoughts, to rush and irritate them, to deprive them of their inner calm, to turn people against each other and to destroy all good relations .... My adversary also exerts his influence by diverting people’s eyes from purely spiritual processes and directing them towards the machinations of immature spirits which avail themselves of ensnared people in order to cause trouble .... Follow your path steadfastly, be willing to serve Me as faithful servants and always wait for where I will deploy you for your service .... And I will guide you .... but do not act independently, instead, let Me arrange everything, because I know the success or failure, I also know My adversary’s activity and can only ever advise you to turn to Me, to hand yourselves over to Me and not to act overzealously, because all agitation is My adversary’s work, but you can only find inner calm in Me. If you let Me be your guide and constant companion, everything will work itself out in such a way that you need only follow your inner urging and you will be acting in a righteous and good way before Me and thus serve Me in truth as My labourers in My vineyard. But do not allow yourselves to be influenced by strange forces. And you will always have to fear a strange force if you lose your inner calm. Everything requires its time, and even the activity of evil forces is permitted by Me so that the extent of people’s resistance to them can be tested. When the time is right I will confront them with My strength and then you, My servants, will know that you are working and acting for Me. And therefore there is only one thing to do: trustingly hand yourselves over to Me and appeal for My guidance, then you will be called to service which could be a success for Me .... You should not tackle things of your own accord without having received instructions from Me .... but you should at all times be ready to serve Me, then you will be guided such that you can accomplish your vineyard work well, that you can save souls from their final downfall .... that you therefore will be diligent labourers for Me during the last days before the end.

Amen

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God's revelation .... "Receive and eat ...."

B.D. 7600 from May 15th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

My word gives you everything you need on earth .... For as soon as you are addressed by Me you will not lack strength and grace, and you will be well provided for spiritually and earthly .... for My promise is “I will not leave you orphaned ...." I will reveal Myself to you and thus make Myself known to you as your father. And a father truly provides for his child spiritually and earthly if only it allows itself to be addressed by Him. For then you will give Me the evidence that you love Me and I will likewise prove My fatherly love to you by speaking to you. And a loving father's heart is always ready to give. Thus you will not need to do without anything when you hear My address, for then you will know that you are My children who are also subject to My spiritual and physical care. And how happy you may praise yourselves that you hear My word, for thereby you are given the evidence that you belong to My children who have already taken the path to the father and who will also safely reach the aim. And no more anxiety should befall you, for your very will to let Me speak to you also gives you the strength to continue on your earthly path in the certainty that you will cover it until the end .... For it is "My flesh" that you eat and "My blood" that you drink .... It is bread and wine which you may enjoy for the strengthening of your soul. You receive Me Myself within you, for I am the word made flesh .... Just consider the depth of these words .... that I Myself am within you when you hear My word, when I speak to you, when I offer you My greatest gift of love which you can ever receive from Me on earth. I am in you or you would not be able to hear Me, and My presence must make you overjoyed. Therefore you can truly consider yourselves blissfully happy when you are in the grace of My direct address, when you receive My word directly conveyed to earth through messengers, when you are honoured by My address which stamps you as My children, for only My own can recognize My pure word and only My own accept it into their hearts. And the fact that you hear or are allowed to read My word will be proof to you that you belong to My own, and you should be happy in this certainty and only desire ever more eagerly to hear My word, you should not let any opportunity pass by where My word sounds to you, for then you will also have the guarantee that I Myself am in you and with you, otherwise you would not be able to hear Me, otherwise you would not recognize the father's voice Who speaks to you Himself. And you shall hungrily enjoy the food I offer you .... you shall eat My flesh and drink My blood and thus receive Me completely into your heart .... You shall receive bread and wine from the heavens and let yourselves be strengthened in a way that no other nourishment your earthly body is able to receive. For I offer My nourishment to the soul, and this nourishment lets the soul mature and helps it to attain eternal life .... Do you now know why I sent the words to you through My disciples: “Receive and eat, receive and drink”? do you know then that I also addressed My disciples, that they heard My word and that they should carry this word out into the world? "Do this in remembrance of Me ...." What have you humans made of My words, and what meaning have you given them? That in the end only a few still know that I still give people bread and wine, that I give them My word as proper nourishment for their souls .... and that I am present to them when they can hear My speech, My voice. And My word will endure for all eternity .... Again and again I will address people where they allow My presence, and again and again they will be able to draw strength from My address so that their souls mature, that they fulfil the purpose of earthly life, that they shape themselves into love and now seek and find union with Me because My love constantly addresses them, because My love draws them and thus the soul can no longer resist My illumination of love, My word ...._>Amen

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Contact with inhabitants of other worlds .... ‘In My Father’s house ....’

B.D. 7601 from May 17th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Countless heavenly bodies circle the universe, and they all have the task of helping immature souls reach maturity ....

So now you can understand the Words: ‘In My Father’s house are many mansions ....’ And every star receives the souls whose state of maturity is suitable to its conditions; in other words, the potential for maturity differs on every star and the souls are placed accordingly. But the living conditions, too, are always different, because the stars’ nature and consistency vary. A detailed description cannot be given to people on earth because much would be incomprehensible to them and requires spiritual knowledge in order to be understood. But for all souls, whatever their degree of maturity, suitable stars exist for maturing, where souls of good will are able to ascend. For even there the spiritual beings’ free will is taken into account, even there spiritual constraint is not applied, although the respective living conditions constrain the beings to the extent that they have to accept them or they could not survive in their world. And everywhere the beings will receive a light which reveals the purpose of their existence .... Whether they accept and utilise the light is up to them but it is decisive for their ascent. And all these works of God’s creation are ‘mansions in the Father’s house ....’

Hence all spiritual essence will one day achieve the degree of maturity which will enable it to exchange physical creations with purely spiritual ones .... which you humans are unable to perceive with your physical eyes. Because everything that is visible to you are creations which shelter beings which are still immature, since perfected beings are active in the kingdom of light and no longer require ‘visible’ creations for their abode. But the distance between all these works of creation is vast and they are not within reach of each other either .... The inhabitants of all these worlds are tied to their planet, to the star on which they live .... They are only able to change their abode after reaching a certain degree of maturity, and not arbitrarily but in line with God’s fundamental law .... to which all His creations must submit, including the beings who are allocated to them. It is therefore foolish to assume that the inhabitants of these worlds could arbitrarily depart from them and approach other worlds without fearing their own destruction. Because the living conditions are different on all stars and these cannot be excluded arbitrarily. However, during the last days even such plans are being worked on.

(17.05.1960) God’s opponent takes advantage of people’s gullibility by feigning that they can have contact with inhabitants of other worlds and that these, for apparently good reasons, also want to make contact with the inhabitants of earth. He intends to undermine the belief in an end of the old earth and thereby prevent people from preparing themselves for this end .... But people should be informed that earth is a planet on its own which has no connection with other worlds, and that any connection with other worlds can only be spiritually established .... Hence the human being is, in fact, able to make contact with inhabitants of advanced worlds, with the kingdom of light, by way of good and appealing thoughts for help at times of spiritual hardship .... which will then be given to him spiritually .... but that it is not advisable for him to call on beings on other stars whose spiritual degree of maturity and their ability to offer spiritual help is unknown to him. Physical help is definitely out of the question, as God’s adversary would like people to believe that these beings could exert their influence on the inhabitants of earth before a final destruction. Only God can provide the right kind of help when the time arrives which is feared by you humans, and if you believe it He will grant this help to everyone who asks for it.

And He truly has enough angels who exclusively comply with and implement His will, and they will also take care of people when the hour comes .... But God’s adversary has found fertile ground in people’s gullibility onto which he can sow many bad seeds. People would rather accept his misguided instructions than pure truth, which shows the value of his seeds. Because error is always accepted over truth, the human being will always seek to gain advantage from error and reject the truth, which does not promise him any profits. The end is near, and it will come without fail .... Every teaching is wrong which questions an end or provides people with a way out that does not correspond with God’s will .... For God Himself will lead everyone out of danger who entrusts himself to Him, who takes refuge with Him, who belongs to His Own who need not fear an end ....

Amen

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Meaning and purpose of existence: turning away from the world ....

B.D. 7602 from May 18th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

And it will soon become certain to you that the world cannot fulfil your wishes and desires, for it will disappoint everyone who still has a spark of spiritual life in him, i.e. it will not be able to permanently satisfy him who strives for the life which lasts forever. Only the one who is completely enslaved by the world and thus by the lord of this world will not cease his striving for this world, for the lord will not let him who holds him captive. Yet again and again God Himself will let the human being recognize the signs of this world's transience, again and again the world will disappoint the one whose soul God is still struggling for .... and again and again this will therefore be a means to release the human being from his love of the world, even though he still has to stand in the midst of the world because this is what life as a human being demands. But he will realize that the world is not the meaning and purpose of earthly life but that he is on earth for the sake of his soul and that it desires something else than the world can offer it. For this reason you humans can also expect a change in world events with certainty, you can be certain that many things will happen and might startle you out of your rest, for for the sake of the few who are still undecided which path they should take, the path will obviously be shown to them .... They shall still surrender their love for the world, and they will be helped to do so, for anyone who recognizes the world as deceptive and worthless will also not hesitate to surrender it for that which appears more valuable to him. And this purpose is pursued on God's part when He allows things which you humans often cannot understand and reconcile with God's love. For He always takes the individual's spiritual hardship and attitude into account and is always ready to help. And if the world seriously disappoints a person he will also find the path to God more easily .... And this is what He wants to achieve, that they seek God of their own free will and that He can then also let Himself be found. (18.5.1960) But as long as the world fulfils people's desire their gaze will also remain turned towards the world, and then they will not pay attention to a God, for they still regard earthly life as an end in itself which, after all, is only a means to an end. And only recurring failures can inspire them to think differently and make them reflect. And what people first perceive as a severe blow of fate can soon reveal a great blessing, it can change the person inwardly and also determine a different way of life which is beneficial for his soul. People are placed in the world, they are meant to prove themselves, to meet the requirements which serve the preservation of the body, but they should not forget the spiritual life for the sake of the world, which they absolutely have to live next to the earthly life if the earthly path of life is to be fulfilled. For the soul should mature, and it must be thought of, which is all too often neglected because of the world. And yet, the transience of earthly life, the worthlessness of the world, is so obvious and can be recognized by every person of good will and is also recognized by those who are responsible and therefore also think about the meaning and purpose of existence on earth. And God helps all those by letting them become ever more aware of the transience of the world .... by often forcibly removing what is only an obstacle to the ascent upwards .... And He will still often manifest Himself through fateful events which are not dependent on human will but clearly betray the intervention of a higher power. For He wants to be recognized, He wants to be called upon and asked for His help, He then wants to prove Himself to people through His obvious assistance, and He wants to push people away from the world and turn them towards the kingdom which is not of this world .... He wants people to seek Him so that He can also let Himself be found ...._>Amen

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God's blessing should be requested ....

B.D. 7603 from May 20th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Don't fail to appeal for My blessing in whatever you start, for thereby you demonstrate that you have chosen Me as your leader, that you don't want to do anything without Me, that you thus want to be in contact with Me .... And this assures you of My blessing and My guidance wherever you go .... And believe that you need not fear any setbacks if you have appealed for My blessing beforehand, that this request will truly protect you from failure .... for even what you possibly consider failure will then, in truth, only benefit your soul. You should only ever think of Me, that is all I expect of you; but you often exclude Me from your thoughts, and then you always run the risk that My adversary will intrude and influence you unfavourably.

I want to caution you of this, otherwise you make your earthly path more difficult, because you can have a far easier life if I Am and remain your constant companion .... And time and again you have to request My assistance, for the bond with Me is necessary in order to be protected from My adversary who will not stop bothering you. He has much power during the last days before the end which only you can reduce, for your will and thoughts when they are turned towards Me are a substantial shield in the battle against him, it is the best weapon you can use to oppose him, since then you will call Me to you, from Whom he takes flight and thus lets go of you too.

He causes much confusion even amongst My Own, because he will put everyone belonging to Me under extreme pressure by squeezing between people and turning them against each other. And then you only need to make contact with Me and he will set you free. For you and your will are the decisive factors as to whether he can take possession of you. This is why you don't need to be afraid of him, because he is completely powerless if your will applies to Me and thus you give yourselves to Me with complete confidence and appeal for My protection. But he has great power over you if you walk alone, without Me and My illuminating guidance. Then he can be effective in his domain, and he does so in truly satanic style.

This is why I keep telling you, do not start anything without first appealing for My blessing, and thereby proving to Me your resolve to be connected with Me, and you truly will finish your day's work with My blessing, it will be successful, you will walk along calmly and with inner peace, you will no longer be a target for him, for I will be walking by your side, and he will take flight from Me, because he cannot bear the bright radiance of My light that surrounds you now ....

Amen

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Forerunner .... Knowledge about previous incarnation ....

B.D. 7604 from May 22nd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You, who live on earth during the last days in order to be of service to Me, should not lose yourselves in assumptions as to whose spirit you embody. I have spread a veil across things which are not conducive to your earthly life and your mission. This is why the knowledge about your former incarnation on earth is withheld from you. Let it suffice you to know that I provide everyone willing to be of service to Me with great strength and grace and that, precisely because the adversary's activity during the last days is so powerful, it also requires powerful spirits of light in order to counteract and stand up to his activity where redemptive work is carried out on earth. And these spirits of light must remain profoundly humble in order to accomplish their mission, because pride, or arrogance, in particular offer the adversary the best opening for an attack and might therefore undermine this mission. And all people are in danger of falling prey to this, his very attribute and arch-evil .... For this reason such opportunities are not supported on My part, instead I only ever try to influence the human being to remain profoundly humble, because then he will also be able to resist My adversary and not get caught up in his nets of lies. And it is not helpful for a person to know about his previous incarnation .... or he would receive this knowledge the moment he starts his work for Me and My kingdom ....

But one person will know about it, it will not be concealed from him, because he has to accomplish the most demanding task in the last days: as My forerunner to announce Me, as a voice in the wilderness to proclaim My coming in the clouds and to pay for his mission for Me with his life .... This knowledge, however, will not burden him because he will be a supremely powerful spirit who consciously undertook his last embodiment on earth in recognition of the urgency of his task, which he shall be willing to accomplish out of profound love for Me. He is one of the few who seal what they proclaim with death .... He has the strength to do so because he loves Me Whom he once did not quite recognise, who indeed had to give up his life for Me once before but who is willing to die a thousand deaths on My behalf .... who therefore also travels this final earthly path in awareness of his mission and his origin. But he will only be certain of this when his final mission begins, when he .... having previously lived in utter seclusion .... steps into the limelight, when his heartfelt bond with God suddenly enlightens him about the task he has to accomplish on earth .... Then he will proclaim Me with fiery zeal, he will do whatever it takes to refer people to the end and the last Judgment; he will speak frankly and boldly against the rulers whose power he does not fear, instead he will publicly denounce them because he recognises them as emissaries of Satan, against whom he openly campaigns.

And this will be My last sign, for he will appear during the final stages, during the time of the battle of faith, which will be waged shortly before the end. Regardless of what you hear earlier .... his time of activity will not start until this battle of faith erupts, when the lights will shine brightly to point people to the path which all people shall take .... And he will be the brightest light which will shine where you least expect it .... his radiance will outshine everything and therefore also be recognisable by all who don't shun the light .... But be patient and wait until then, and don't entertain false assumptions in advance .... For you will often still be misled by My adversary who wants to divert your vision in order to stop you, who are willing to serve Me as loyal servants, from your own missionary work. Don't let yourselves be deceived .... you will very clearly recognise when the time has come where such extraordinary things will happen that I, too, will have to intervene extraordinarily in order to help My Own. For My adversary's actions will shake their faith as well if they don't firmly adhere to Me and hand everything over to Me in confidence of My right guidance. And then you shall also feel My will within your hearts, so that you no longer need to ask what you ought to do. My will shall be within you, you shall not be able to act against My will, and you will also know that your actions are merely fulfilling My will. Time and again I say to you: don't be hasty, wait until I call you, until I place My will into your heart, for your premature actions can also destroy what has been laboriously built up before.

Always bear in mind that people's faith is still too weak, that they occasionally need a lighter fare so as not to harm their souls .... And to these you should only preach My Gospel of love but not present them with teachings which they are unable to grasp. And this also includes the knowledge about the incarnation of spirits of light, because they often lack belief in the soul's continuation of life altogether. It is not always appropriate to announce the appearance of the forerunner prior to My second coming to such people, yet if they accept My Gospel of love they will also learn to believe and recognise him when he appears, because he will be preceded by grave events and a 'separation of the spirits' will then be recognisable .... people, who are either for or against Me and therefore exhibit corresponding spiritual understanding. Not much time will pass before all these Words will be understandable to you, and then you will no longer ask but know that My coming is imminent, because you will recognise the one who was My forerunner during My time on earth and who will be it again, as it is proclaimed in Word and Scripture ....

Amen

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Grant of grace and efficacy ....

B.D. 7605 from May 23rd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

My grace flows to every human being .... Hence it is wrong to say that this or that person is unusually gifted, rather, it is his own will that the human being opens himself to a flow of grace which touches him, that he accepts what I bestow upon him .... and since I distribute unlimitedly he can therefore also receive unlimitedly. Thus he is then under the influence of a flow of grace which is also recognizable to his fellow human beings and is also felt unusually. But then it is also obvious to fellow human beings that this person must be extremely willing to love or he would not positively relate to the flow of grace which touches him. For the love within him also lets him recognize that he is considered by his God and father, and then he consciously accepts the gifts of grace from My hand .... Thus My word from above can reach a person or be conveyed to him through My messengers .... the person willing to love will recognize and accept it as My address. And this is an unusual gift of grace which can promote the soul's development to the highest degree in a short time. But the same word can be offered to a person who ignores or rejects it .... He has received the same unusual grace and .... because his heart has little love .... he still does not let it take effect, he does not make use of the grace and therefore has no spiritual progress to report. But he was no less lovingly considered by Me, yet his free will was decisive as to how he accepted My gift of grace. And I also know whose will is turned towards Me and whom I can therefore also bestow with gifts of grace which seem unusual .... I know whose soul only needs a little impetus in order to completely embark on the path of salvation, to brightly and clearly recognize its earthly task and to eagerly work for the salvation of its soul. I also know where a spark of love has the strength to ignite and let a bright flame flare up, and I am always willing to help by supplying you with graces, because My love for you is boundless and I want to give you everything you lack so that you will become blissfully happy. And thus only simple devotion to Me is ever necessary which also secures a strong influx of grace for you. And you can be certain that you will be helped in every way to mature spiritually. You can be certain that I know about all your shortcomings and always want to compensate for them with graces which you then only need to use. And you will do so if the spirit of love predominates in you, for then you will also feel My love for you and gratefully accept what My love offers you. I constantly want to give and make you happy, and all My blessings are gifts because they flow to you without merit .... because they are only ever intended to promote your upward development, which is determined by your free will itself .... And My blessings flow to you so that this will is used correctly. And no-one will be ignored, everyone can draw unlimited grace from My love .... But no-one will be forced to accept My grace ...._>Amen

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God's protection to His own and to the vineyard workers ....

B.D. 7606 from May 24th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You will have to attach yourselves ever more firmly to Me, for the afflictions will also become increasingly stronger and you would be unable to resist without My help. But you know that I always want to be your protection and shield and support if only you stick to Me and no longer leave Me out of your thoughts .... Only the bond with Me can be your secure help, and the more intimately you establish it the less you will be affected by all adversity which, however, will increase the closer it is to the end. And I speak to you as your father Who truly wants to spare His children all adversity .... I speak to you as your God and creator, Who truly also has the power to protect each of His children from adversity and suffering .... And I speak to you as the father of the house Who promises safe protection to His servants who faithfully serve Him. For I need you .... There is still a time when much rescue work can be done, there is still a time when you live in a certain freedom, when you can be active for Me and My kingdom without being prevented by worldly power. But the time will soon come when this activity will also be forbidden to you, when you will only be able to work in secret and when you only have to place all your trust in Me that I will protect you, no matter what you undertake .... And I have always promised you My protection and will thus grant it to you so that you can still work until the end comes .... Therefore, don't worry unnecessarily and don't let yourselves be weighed down by afflictions of any kind, but only ever seek to strengthen your bond with Me and you will have nothing to fear .... no matter how troubled things are around you .... I am your protection and shield and your companion wherever you go .... For there are still tasks to be fulfilled until your day's work is completed, and as long as I need you, you are also under My protection. None of you can shape his life's destiny according to his will if I am not of the same will or allow his plan; but since I know what task you still have to accomplish on earth I will also shape your life's destiny accordingly, and in this confidence you should only completely hand yourselves over to Me and everything will take care of itself. Every earthly worry is unnecessary as long as your spiritual salvation appears to be the most important thing for you. And if you want to serve Me you should also strive for your spiritual salvation, and then you can also be sure that I will take care of you fatherly and guide you until the end of your life. For I will not leave My own in adversity of body and soul, I will stand by My own and reveal Myself to them as God and creator, as the most loving father from eternity ...._>Amen

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Good will guarantees approach to God ....

B.D. 7607 from May 25th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The will to do good also ensures that the human being comes closer to God, that he learns to recognize Him and submits to His will. The spark of love is placed in the heart of every human being, and it is this that determines the course of development of the human being, his spiritual maturity. A person can be of good will from his youth, he can prove to himself and his environment that he is of good will to help if he complies with his inner urge .... if he allows himself to be guided by his conscience. And he can now also certainly come to a certain spiritual realization very soon .... he will learn to recognize God and seek to approach Him, and God will meet him because He knows about the human being's good will. And this is the secret of love .... Eternal love powerfully attracts the person who nourishes the spark of love within himself, who is therefore of good will. And this person will then also recognize the love with which God is inclined towards him, he will recognize God in everything that surrounds him, in what happens and in what concerns him .... He will surrender to Him and of his own accord do what is God's will: he will live in love and awaken his spirit .... and he will mature in his soul. Thus it only requires good will to achieve the aim on earth for the purpose of which the human being lives. And even if he initially knows nothing more about it .... the realization comes to him of its own accord because the spark of love is active in him and thus awakens the spirit in him to life. Then he has emerged from the initially dead state and becomes active himself in God's will. And God will now give him the task which the human being declares himself willing to fulfil, consciously or also unconsciously, for God knows to what extent he will comply with this task and what abilities the human being possesses in order to walk on earth for blessing. And the human being offers Him no resistance because his will is good and he completely submits himself to God's will. This devotion to God is the most beautiful thing in life, for then it relieves the human being of all responsibility, it gives him inner peace and joy, it leads him ever closer to God Who now draws him in turn, Who does not leave his side and Who protects him against all attacks by the enemy of his soul. And then it will truly also be easy for the human being to fulfil his earthly task, he will not need to use great force in order to acquire the kingdom of heaven, the yoke will be gentle for him and the burden light, for he is of good will. And his love for God and his neighbour grows daily and constantly fills him with more strength to be able to accomplish everything that is required of him, both spiritually and earthly. Then he will also have entered into the right relationship, he will then associate with God like a child with its father, and the child will feel the father's love and walk through earthly life in peace with God .... it will also know that its true home is not earth but that it will return home to its father's house after its death, because the father draws His child in His love until it has found its way home to Him ...._>Amen

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Love and suffering purify the soul ....

B.D. 7608 from May 26th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Love and suffering purify the human soul, love and suffering are the purifying agents which make the soul permeable to light, which repel everything impure from it and shape the soul in such a way that it can enter the kingdom of light without having to perish from the radiation of light which then happens to it. Love alone could bring about such a purification of the soul, for love is radiant light which consumes everything that exposes itself to it, so that then only the spiritual substance remains which once came forth from God as a perfect being. Love alone would therefore bring about a transformation of the soul so that it could enter the spiritual kingdom completely spiritualized and clear. But love is not brought by people to the degree which would result in such a transfiguration of the soul .... And that is why love must also be accompanied by suffering, which is also a sure means for its purification. And suffering must therefore be humbly borne by people if the soul is to completely purify itself and become a spiritual being permeable to light. And therefore you should also bless suffering and accept it as a gift of grace from God's hand. You don't know the effect of love and suffering, again and again you are told how successful you can be if you live in love and patiently endure the suffering imposed on you during your time on earth. Yet you don't value this knowledge, you are negligent in your activity of love and you often rebel when suffering weighs you down .... You want to shake it off you, you don't like to endure suffering, and therefore your soul needs a long time until it has completely purged itself, and often it doesn't achieve it on earth, and then it enters the kingdom of the beyond without being sufficiently prepared .... It has not yet been completely purified on earth, and therefore it is not so easy for bright light to shine through it, because again and again the dross darkens the light, because again and again it prevents the rays of light of love from touching it, which will always constitute its beatitude. Love and suffering are necessary in earthly life because they help the soul to mature .... However, the soul can reduce the amount of suffering at any time if it exercises love to an increased degree, if its degree of love is so high that all dross of the soul is dissolved through love .... thus if the process of transformation through love has taken place and the soul is completely purified when it departs from this earth. Yet the person who is unable to be depressed by suffering can consider himself blissfully happy, for the soul increasingly repels the dross and more and more freely receives the light which it can now radiate through on earth and which then constitutes its bliss in the spiritual kingdom. All spiritual substances shall mature, body and soul shall spiritualize themselves during earthly life, and this can also happen quickly if the human being endeavours to always live in love, and if he also bears the suffering imposed on him with regard to its effect on the soul .... if he bears it without grumbling or complaining .... if only he always regards it as a God-imposed means of purification which can earn the soul progress which will make it highly happy after the death of the body, where the soul's maturity alone determines its fate .... where the soul alone is assessed according to its state of maturity and this therefore necessitates a complete purification which only the human being's will can accomplish itself. For he must be willing to love and suffer on earth .... Then the soul will become increasingly more receptive to light, then its spiritual destiny will be sealed .... it will attain life and will now never lose this life again ...._>Amen

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The end will come unexpectedly ....

B.D. 7609 from May 28th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

And unusual intervention by God will take place when the time is right .... This has been announced to you over and over again, yet you doubt it, because the time I still grant to you as a reprieve seems too long for you; however, you fail to consider that I regard time differently, that a short extension of time is irrelevant in view of the magnitude of My intervention, in view of the overwhelming act of destruction which this intervention as well as the forthcoming end will mean to humanity. You forget the fact that you were nevertheless only granted a short time of grace but that even the longest period of time will one day come to an end and that you should, therefore, expect every day that My announcements will fulfil themselves. And this is how you should also look at your life, always thinking that every day could be the last day for you. One day, when you no longer live on earth in the flesh, you will realise how short your whole lifetime on earth has been. And then you will also understand the urgency of My admonitions and warnings, for only then will you realise that your concept of time on earth is different from that in the spiritual realm. However, you should already recognise this while you are living on earth and therefore accept My admonitions and warnings, you should not doubt even if you think it takes a long time until My intervention will take place. It will nevertheless come unexpectedly and cause tremendous adversity to those people who are not yet so united with Me that, in their distress, they simply take refuge with Me.

The day will come unexpectedly, like all big natural disasters of a similar kind, which you humans are unable to prevent or evaluate in advance .... Even so, it will come without fail .... I will repeat this time and again with all urgency, because it is necessary for you to prepare yourselves for it, for you to believe and always live your life in view of this natural event. For no human being will know whether he will belong to the survivors, no-one will know where the event will take place and which countries will be affected by it. You all should count on it and be thankful to Me if it passes you by. For in that case you will still have to fulfil the task of carrying out labours of love for those affected unfortunate people and of showing them the path to Me, so that I can comfort and uplift them and lead them out of all adversity. For truly, nothing is impossible for Me, and an intimate prayer can avert much suffering and hardship, wherever it may be. This is why I repeatedly come in the Word to you, so that you can draw strength from it in advance and calmly face whatever will affect you. And time and again I say to you: take care that you belong to My Own, who will find refuge and protection with Me, whom I will strengthen over and over again and to whom I will impart extraordinary strength to work for Me and My name. And then the end will not be far away anymore. And you should all prepare yourselves for this end and learn to believe ever more firmly what is proclaimed to you through My Word .... For everything will come to pass when the time is right ....

Amen

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Right or wrong will ....

B.D. 7610 from May 29th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You could already achieve the transformation into love in a short time if only you seriously thought about your purpose on earth and also reckoned with a quick recall. Then you would direct your thinking more spiritually, you would live more responsibly and thus also fulfil the commandments of love for God and your neighbour, always providing you are of good will. For it depends on the direction of your will whether it still belongs entirely to God's adversary or has already turned towards God. In the latter case God takes hold of the human being and constantly gives him strength to ascend, and then his thinking will also be right. And this turning towards God is innermost experience which no human being determines, which even God's adversary cannot prevent, which the human being does himself of his own accord and which alone is decisive for his spiritual progress, for this will turned towards God now also enables a supply of strength from God's side. And then the contact is already established and this is also a guarantee for the change of being into love .... For the influx of strength from God means the illumination of God's love, which will have such an effect again that the human being's spark of love will ignite and grow into a bright flame, because the strength of love will not remain ineffective. For this reason, however, it is necessary that people receive the knowledge of God, of His infinite love, wisdom and power, so that the human being himself can adjust to it, so that he can turn to Him if his will is good. Everything else is taken care of by God Himself in His love, because He knows that the human being is weak and will never be able to ascend to Him on his own .... But the human being's good will is enough for Him to supply him with the necessary strength .... And thus the human being is fatefully guided through his earthly life, always in such a way that it serves him to accomplish his change of nature, that he learns to recognize God and can turn to Him. Yet his will remains free, he will neither be forced by God nor by His adversary; he has to decide for himself and, if he makes the right decision, can reach his aim in a very short time .... For the will turned towards God now guarantees him His help in every way, and therefore it is not difficult to find and travel the path into the kingdom of heaven, because he can always be certain of God's support, Who truly does everything to regain His children who were once lost to Him. Only the will to unite has to come forth from the human being himself, because the being itself had once separated itself from Him even in free will. But that the human being can achieve it in an earthly life, however short, is certain and therefore also the thought comforting that every human being can reach his aim if only he wants it himself. Life's fate takes his nature into account, and God always helps in His love where the human being threatens to fail. He cannot compulsorily correct a will which is completely turned away from Him, and then the human being will go to ruin, then he will have to accept the consequences of a wrong will, which are truly extremely painful but cannot be avoided according to the law of eternity. The human being has full freedom of will, and he should only use it in the right way ...._>Amen

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Separation of the spirits .... The end of an earthly period ....

B.D. 7611 from May 30th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The path as a human being through earthly life is the once fallen original spirit's last phase of development on this earth .... it is the conclusion of the time this spirit was granted for its higher development, it is the conclusion of the period of time during which the original spirit is able to attain perfection again if it makes good use of the last phase, the stage as a human being, if it turns its will in the right direction during this time. Thus it is able to achieve its goal of entering the kingdom, from whence it originated, in a completely spiritualised state again; it is able to return to the light, to the Primary Source of eternity, to the Father, from Whom it formerly emerged as His living creation. But although this earthly life is short, compared to the infinitely long period of time of preliminary development, the great risk nevertheless exists that the human being will misuse his will again, that he will not strive to attain his perfection but descend into the abyss again .... And since this is his free will he cannot be prevented from doing so, just as he, vice versa, cannot be forced to turn his will correctly. Hence it is a matter of testing his will for the second time, and he has to pass this test as a human being or his course through earthly life will have been unsuccessful .... which might also result in a renewed banishment into matter if he is not granted the last grace to gradually ascend in the kingdom of the beyond under far more difficult conditions than on earth. This possibility still exists for as long as the earthly period has not yet been concluded because the realm of the beyond is still open to the souls which depart from this earth in an immature state. Yet the gates to the beyond will close as soon as this period of Salvation comes to an end and a new one starts again .... For the end of an old era also means the complete separation of the spirits, it means a reintegration of all spirits into external covers or creations which correspond to their degree of maturity.

And for the purpose of a renewed banishment hell will also spew out everything during the last days, then every possibility to advance further in the kingdom of the beyond will also be over, on account of which considerable redemptive work is still carried out in order to still save souls from below from a repeated banishment into matter. Substantial sifting will take place in the beyond and on earth. And if people on earth would consider how far they have already progressed and how near they are to attaining their perfection they would truly muster all their strength in order to still make good use of the time they have left until the end .... Yet no matter what is said to them they take nothing seriously; they don't use the time in order to reach their goal and the last grace of their embodiment as a human being is passing them by ineffectively, for even all other means of grace bestowed upon them during this time are either not accepted or used incorrectly, and an infinitely long process of development is coming to an end without have reached the right outcome for the human soul .... for the once fallen original spirit, which is intended to return to God .... However, people can only be admonished and warned, and that happens to a large extent through the divine Word which God's greater than great love conveys from above to people on earth as an exceptional means of grace .... And all people will be addressed by it and need only open their heart and ears in order to feel the strength of the divine Word and to assuredly ascend. Thus every human being has the option to obtain strength for himself, he only has to be of good will and strive to fulfil the purpose of his earthly life .... He must live the short time until the end of his life consciously, he must want to comply with the will of the One Who had given him his life, he must hand himself over to Him and appeal to Him for strength and grace. Then he will also reach his goal, for this appeal will always be granted to him, and God will bless everyone who turns to Him for strength and grace, and his earthly path will not have been in vain ....

Amen

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Spiritual compulsion .... Dogma ....

B.D. 7612 from May 31th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You shall have full spiritual freedom .... You should not be forced by any side to think, you should not be led or kept away from spiritual material of whatever kind by commandments and prohibitions .... It should be entirely up to you how you relate to the spiritual knowledge you receive, and you should not be prevented from receiving spiritual knowledge either, because it must be up to you whether you relate to it positively or negatively. And thus you must not be taught doctrines of faith as 'dogma' which you therefore have to believe if you don't want to fall into spiritual or earthly punishment. It is wrong to command you to believe something, for you should only believe what is pure truth, and every doctrine of faith must therefore first be tested for its truth .... which, however, is often denied to you and you should therefore accept these teachings under 'spiritual compulsion'. God has given you free will, He has equipped you with the gift of understanding, thus every person must also be free to believe what he wants, even if purest truth is offered to him. For he is only on earth because of his free decision, only his free decision is valued, but not a thinking and acting which was demanded of him under a compulsion of will. Freedom of will marks man as a divine creature, freedom of will is to accomplish the way back to God, man's will is to freely decide for God. Spiritual teachings should now show him the right path to God .... And they will also show the human being the right path if they correspond to truth. However, due to the influence of God's adversary many lies and errors have been brought into the world .... The doctrines of faith are interspersed with error and can now rather be an obstacle to reach the right path to God. And this is something the human being should decide for himself, he should freely choose the spiritual knowledge offered to him, for one day he will also have to answer for his way of life on earth, for his spiritual development. But he can achieve great spiritual progress through right faith, i.e. through the acceptance of truth, and therefore he should make an effort to experience this truth, and this requires free will and serious examination of what is presented to him. But if a doctrine of faith is elevated to a 'dogma', then the human being is, so to speak, forbidden to examine it, he must, as it were, submit himself to a higher authority which, however, is not entitled to curtail the human being's freedom of will. For spiritual coercion is not God's will, and a dogma is spiritual coercion .... Every individual human being must take responsibility for his salvation, thus every individual human being must also be allowed to deal with his thoughts when it concerns spiritual knowledge, teachings which are demanded of him to believe. He must be willing to reach God, and then he will also clearly recognize what has come forth from God, and only then will he accept it as truth. And this examination must not be forbidden to him by church organisations, otherwise the human being will be made unfree in his thinking and acting. Only through the freedom of his will can the human being attain the perfection again which he once also surrendered in free will. And therefore this free will may not be touched during earthly life, which, however, would always mean a 'dogma'. Only what the human being makes his own in free will is decisive for his maturity of soul, for his fate in eternity ...._>Amen

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The Father speaks to His child ....

B.D. 7613 from June 1st 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You all are able to listen to My voice within yourselves and it will speak to you .... Yet how rarely do you humans establish such an intimate bond with Me and keep constantly thinking of Me. How rarely do you give Me the opportunity to speak to you by consciously entrusting yourselves to Me in order to talk to Me personally, by withdrawing from the world and involving yourselves in thoughts solely of Me. You do this so seldom because you don't seriously believe that you will be able to hear Me, that I will speak to you like a father speaks to his children. You have not yet established the relationship of a child to its father, I Am only ever the distant God to you, Whom you dare not address and Who therefore cannot talk to you like a father to his child .... But you can try it at anytime .... You only need to withdraw from the world, you only need to quietly enter into contemplation and take the path to Me in your thoughts .... You need only wish to hear My voice and your desire will be fulfilled when you listen attentively and observe the thoughts which arise in you more distinctly, because the more intimately you are giving yourselves to Me, the more you will desire to hear Me. For I will answer you .... because I do nothing more gladly than talking to My children who are now bound to Me by a strong bond of love, the Father's love to His child. And if you would make this attempt more often, you would be delighted by the inner peace permeating you, for you would feel My nearness and in this nearness you would also know yourselves to always be protected. Every one of you could attain this blessing of My communication, even if he is not conscious of the fact that it is this intimate contact with Me which provides him with inner tranquillity. But soon he will not want to miss these hours which he gives to Me, which he spends in quiet contemplation, and his soul will mature, for he will never be without a flow of strength when he has looked for and found Me.

Every thought of Me is a blessing .... All people should avail themselves of this and time after time turn to Me in thought, for then he will have already addressed Me and I can answer him if he listens to this answer, that is, if he waits quietly and then takes notice of his arising thoughts. Then he draws Me to himself, and thus I can always be with those whose thoughts are with Me .... They induce My presence themselves, and My presence always has to be of benefit for your souls. Hence you should often give yourselves the blessing of My presence, for it requires your will to withdraw from the world and lift yourselves into spiritual spheres, where you will always be when your thoughts are with Me. And then your soul will truly not suffer anymore, for it will be strengthened by Me Myself, Who has access to it now, Who can now speak to and give it what it needs to fully mature during its time on earth. For I want that it should achieve perfection while it is still on earth, and as soon as I can influence the soul directly its perfection will also be guaranteed. And therefore I want to be able to address it directly, yet your will has to decide that you will intimately devote yourselves to Me and desire to hear Me .... Then I will surely be with you and I will talk to you like a father to his child whose love I want to win forever ....

Amen

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Granting of graces through God's love ....

B.D. 7614 from June 2nd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Only ever request My grace and I will grant it to you in abundance. For I gladly consider you as soon as you only address one request to Me, and you will never present a spiritual request to Me in vain, for I will always give you what is beneficial for your soul's salvation. But graces are aids for the maturing of souls .... Grace is everything I bestow on you as a gift, everything which has not been earned by your merit .... Graces are gifts from My love, for it constantly endeavours to grant you spiritual and earthly support .... And when you approach Me for grace then you also acknowledge your God and father Who alone can and will bestow grace upon you. For My love guarantees you this, which applies to you and will always apply to you for all eternity. You will never call upon Me in vain for grace and strength, because I only wait for your call in order to be able to distribute what I want to bestow upon you so that you will become blissfully happy. And the person who always thinks of Me first in every adversity of body and soul can consider himself fortunate, for he will soon be relieved of his adversity again, after all, it is only a means to turn your thoughts towards Me. But once I have reached this aim all hardship will also leave you, and you will also have made use of a grace which was bestowed upon you by Me. I always want to stay with you with My grace, I want to constantly bestow gifts of love upon you, and you need do nothing more than accept these gifts of love, to appeal for My grace, and you will receive it in abundance. It is an act of mercy when I bestow this grace upon you, because you live weakly and wretchedly through earthly life and can use all help from My side, which you have not earned but which My love cannot withhold from you because you are weak and wretched. And thus you will always be carried by My grace, that is, My merciful love will always consider you according to your weakness, and you will never go empty-handed if only you inwardly express the request for mercy, if you appeal to Me in every weakness or adversity. And wherever you are, I will walk amongst you, I will be with you at all times with My grace, I will guide you along the paths you should take for your salvation, I will take part in everything that moves you and I will guide your thoughts right .... And all these are blessings which you cannot value highly enough, they are gifts of love which the father offers to His children, they are the evidence of My love for you which never ends. Therefore only ever commend yourselves to My grace, for then you will also turn your thoughts to Me, and then I Myself can also be with you and protect you against every danger to your body and soul ...._>Amen

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Work of the spirit .... right prophets ....

B.D. 7615 from June 4th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You carry the divine spark within you, that is, you are My share and will remain so for all eternity, for this divine spark of love is the spirit of My spirit, it is the bond which unites us, which will irrevocably bring us intimately together if you don't completely spill the spiritual spark within yourselves through an unkind way of life and conscious turning away from Me. The embodiment as a human being would not lead you to any aim if it were not for this spark in you which you can ignite within yourselves and which then will certainly strive towards Me Myself as its exit .... The divine spark within you is therefore love .... You have the ability within yourselves to feel love and to exercise it because this spark of love causes you to do so if you give in to its urging, which you feel as the voice of conscience .... But whether you are willing to work with love is what your soul's maturity depends on and thus your fate in eternity. For the ability is placed in you through that spark of love which has a direct bond with Me. But I cannot place willingness into your heart in the same way because this is the free decision for the purpose of which you live on earth. But if your will is ready for it then you can accomplish great things, because the spiritual spark in you affects you such that you seek unity with Me as the father-spirit of eternity and can then also develop unlimited abilities, or even that you acquire the abilities again which you once possessed but voluntarily relinquished through your apostasy from Me. This great sin has been redeemed by Me through My crucifixion, at the same time, after the redemption of your guilt, the possibility has now been created for you to allow the spirit to work in you .... that is, to establish the direct bond with Me as the father-spirit, so that My spirit can now flow into you for increased activity. This possibility did not exist before My crucifixion, even though the divine spark of love was dormant in the human being, thus people were not incapable of loving activity. But willingness first required the redemption of guilt, for people's will was weakened by My adversary, and this will was strengthened by My sacrifice on the cross, by the recognition of Jesus Christ's act of salvation. And the will could then cause My spirit to unite with the spiritual spark and thus work in the human being. But a distinction has to be made between people who were burdened with the original sin, who therefore first had to be redeemed in order to experience the working of the divine spirit .... and people who had missions to fulfil on earth, i.e. who descended to earth from above in order to inform people of My coming .... and who were also inspired by My spirit to speak for Me and My kingdom, who were therefore prompted by Me and also understood the language of the spirit, because they were souls from above, thus non-fallen original spirits. And again and again I awakened such prophets to announce My coming to earth. They heard My voice and understood Me, they lived in love and were recognizable at all times as My emissaries and servants .... But these prophetic announcements could not be compared to the 'gifts of the spirit' which all people were able to acquire after My sacrifice on the cross, who were prompted by their weakness of will to devote themselves to Me in Jesus Christ with complete faith and to appeal to Me for strengthening of their will and who were then impelled by their spiritual spark to consciously seek the bond with the father-spirit and also establish it through a life of love .... then they were guided and instructed by their now awakened spirit, they received the gifts of the spirit according to their ability and their task, which was now assigned to them by My spirit .... And they were now awakened to life which they could no longer lose eternally. And all of you humans can now strive for this awakening of the spirit, providing you acknowledge Jesus' act of salvation, providing you yourselves have relinquished your past guilt of sin and therefore My spirit can unite with the spiritual spark in you again, which was not possible before My act of salvation. Understand the outpouring of the spirit right .... you must strive for it yourselves of your own accord by awakening the spiritual spark within you and then establish the most intimate bond with Me through loving activity and your own will, so that My spirit can overflow into you and think of you according to your desire and your task recognized by Me and now assigned to you .... Then you will be 'filled with My spirit' .... and it will guide you and introduce you to all truth, it will let you hear and feel what I Myself want to communicate to you, for 'My spirit' is 'I Myself', and I now speak to you because your spiritual spark has intimately united with Me and made the address possible .... And this is My love for you, that I speak through My spirit again and again and to all people and that everyone is able to hear My voice who believes in Me, who loves Me and keeps My commandments ...._>Amen

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Spiritual turn ....

B.D. 7616 from June 5th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The spiritual turning point can soon be expected but no longer on this earth. Individual souls can certainly still be saved, they can be induced to leave My adversary's camp and cross over into My camp, but they will only ever be a few for whose sake I will also delay the end, even though the spiritual low has already occurred which justifies the end of the old earth. But I have fixed the day and therefore I will not accomplish the work of transformation of the old earth an hour earlier than it has been planned since eternity .... And with the end of the old earth a new time also dawns .... Then the spiritual turning point will have occurred and everything will again move in the righteous order which corresponds to My law. And all people will then also be spirit-filled, for the inhabitants of the new earth will then be in a state of maturity that My spirit can constantly overflow into their hearts. They live in and with Me, I Myself can instruct them, I can speak to them, I am in the midst of My children and all live a right and righteous life in paradise on the new earth .... This spiritual turning point is imminent .... Even if I still delay, but the time has approached, and the time limit is only short until the appointed day. But you still have a time limit, and you should make good use of it, for no matter how short it is, every individual can still achieve spiritual progress, and every individual can prepare himself to belong to those who may live the paradisiacal life on the new earth, as I have promised you. You should know that every day you work with love will bring you unimagined wealth; you should know that I accept everyone who calls upon Me and also grant him the strength to accomplish the work of transformation in himself .... And you should believe that you are close to the end of the old earth, that the day will come sooner than you think. And according to these words you should now live, i.e. shape your being into love, and you will have done everything and can then look forward to the end with great peace of mind .... Just let love flare up in you and know that you thereby unite with Me and that you can never ever get lost in your connection with Me. Make the spiritual change in yourselves before the end, turn back on the path you are now walking on .... if you have not yet taken the spiritual path. Let yourselves be called by Me and reminded to remember the end, and then eagerly start working on your soul .... Connect yourselves with Me in thought and don't sever this bond, for then you will be saved, even if the end comes suddenly and unexpectedly, if you are called away beforehand or even if you still experience the day itself .... But then you can no longer get lost, you will have taken the path home into the father's house, and you will reach your aim on earth or in the kingdom of the beyond if you have to leave earth first. But change yourselves and your nature into love .... I urgently call upon you who have not yet seriously thought about your purpose on earth, who walk your earthly path without Me and are therefore in greatest danger of losing yourselves completely to My adversary. There is still a short period of time, words of love still sound to you again and again which admonish and warn you .... But it will soon be over, and then irrevocable judgment will come, irrevocable the last day will come and the responsibility for each one of you. For I restore the order which is law from eternity, and that also means the end of the old earth, the end of a redemption period and the beginning of a new one .... It means an earthly and a spiritual turning point .... a new earth and a new heaven will arise, as it is proclaimed in word and scripture ...._>Amen

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Many are called, few are chosen ....

B.D. 7617 from June 6th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Anyone who feels called to a spiritual task should also regard this task as a matter of priority, for an inner calling has come forth from Me and therefore My will shall also always be fulfilled. And My spirit will announce to the human being what I require of him, and therefore he need only follow the inner urge in order to now also fulfil his task. Many people have been called by Me in the last days but only a few have been chosen because the tasks given to them require certain abilities as well as a firm will to serve Me. And I can truly assess what task I can give to the individual, and I know how he will now fulfil it. And accordingly he will now be employed to be successfully active in My vineyard. And his life's fate is also arranged in such a way as to be advantageous for his service for Me. And at times it appears as if this fate would be detrimental to the human being's task, as if the human being would be fatefully hindered in his service for Me .... Yet he should remain in the constant certainty that he is called by Me for his service and therefore will also be kept fit for it by Me as long as it is My will. And he should be eager and always remember that he is only a faithful servant to Me when he complies with My instructions .... when he does what is within his power .... And he should not let himself be determined by fellow human beings in his vineyard work, he should only listen to My word which will sound to him whenever he desires it. For My true vineyard labourers will also hear My voice within themselves, and thus they can only ever do the right work if they open themselves to this voice and obey it. But who is My right vineyard labourer? Anyone who seriously places himself at My disposal out of love for Me and his neighbour, who wants to cooperate in the redemption of erring souls and who therefore establishes and maintains the intimate connection with Me in which he can hear My word which instructs him about his earthly task. This serious will to cooperate is highly valued by Me and I take him into My service because I need labourers in My vineyard who are extremely active in the last days and thus help where there is great spiritual need .... But they are not allowed to act on their own authority, they shall wait for My call and accept My instructions which I will then also clearly send to them through the heart. And I will bless everyone who still offers himself to Me for service, because it is necessary in the last days that eager work is done so that people will still be saved from the destruction of earth, which is imminent in a short time .... which will bring about a spiritual and earthly change, as I repeatedly announce through My word, which you should therefore also believe so that you will not get lost ...._>Amen

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Where did evil come from? ....

B.D. 7618a from June 11th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You cannot assess to which abysmal distance the once-fallen spirit has sunk as a result of its opposition to Me, his God and Creator of eternity. He knew Me, he possessed an abundance of light which excluded all deficiency of realisation .... throughout eternities he received the evidence of My love and strength; he knew he had come forth from Me, that I had created him; he was inconceivably happy to receive My strength of love and he used this strength according to his will, which continuously augmented his bliss .... And yet, he left Me .... He rebelled against Me, rejected My love and plunged into bottomless depths .... He, whom I once created in My image, became My direct opposite .... And now you humans pose the question as to how this could have been possible; after all, the first being, the bearer of light, was created in all perfection, as nothing imperfect can come forth from Me .... This question can only be answered in that perfection knows no limitation, no restriction; it was able to move in any direction without being prevented from doing so. Free will is an imperative part of perfection .... perfection includes the fact that everything has the rightful measure but this also means that free will can exceed the rightful measure and that the rightful measure will thereby be revoked .... Lawful order is the rightful measure in all things. Consequently, if free will diverts from the lawful dimension, disorder will ensue, a state, which no longer corresponds to My will, to My eternal order. Hence something initially divine, something good, changes into something non-divine .... into something opposing God .... And this is therefore the concept of ‘sin’ .... On the other hand, it must be possible to exceed the ‘rightful measure’, otherwise free will could not become active, but it can just as well remain within eternal order. It is therefore indeed possible that a being created by Me can entertain wrong thoughts and intentions because it has free will .... but it is never pushed by Me Myself into wrong thinking and wanting, because it would be impossible for Me, the most perfect Being, to ever have a wrong thought, hence the allegation is wrong that evil is also inherent in Me .... Nor did the being I externalised have anything evil in itself when I created it .... everything it possessed was the lawful measure so that it did not have to fall ....

However, because the thoughts and intentions of the perfect being were unlimited, it was also able to go beyond the rightful measure .... it was able to lose itself and step out of the eternal order. But this spiritual confusion of the being could only occur when it turned away from Me, when it prevented My Word from sounding in him, for My Word was unable to give or demand anything else but perfection .... My Word would never have induced the being into leaving My eternal order, but once the bond with Me became loosened and the being no longer listened to My voice, it was also able to think and want in the wrong direction, because this option was open to it on account of its decision of will. Yet ‘sin’ .... the wrong will .... was at all times external from Me, I was only ever able to think and want in lawful order. I Myself was perfect, I created perfect beings and these remained perfect for as long as they upheld their connection with Me, but which they were also able to sever as a sign that they possessed free will. But this bond with Me guaranteed right inclinations and thoughts .... detachment from Me resulted in wrong inclinations and thoughts. For the being aspired towards something external to Me .... Lucifer, the light bearer, put himself in My place, although he recognised Me as the primary source .... The beings which came forth from both of us put Lucifer in My place, even though they, too, possessed the light of realisation .... Hence they deliberately carried out the separation and no longer moved within the right order, they no longer possessed the rightful measure, instead, the negative now predominated .... whereas in lawful order the positive prevails. In other words: perfection was being lost and something imperfect emerged from this change of will, which expressed itself in a negative way and thus distanced itself increasingly further. Something outside of Me also went outside the lawful order, because lawful order can only be in Me, the most perfect Being, and because everything that does not correspond to this order is evil .... therefore sin. And so the answer to the question as to whether I carry evil in Me is clear. Nothing evil can exist in Me or I would not be perfect. And evil is always that which steps out of this perfection and turns the rightful measure around, which thus revokes the eternal order, which is the fundamental principle of My nature. However, as evidence of its divinity I had to give free will to every being, and this had to have the option to change itself in any direction .... And thus the being itself created evil when it rebelled against Me, when it left the eternal order, when it wanted to use its strength negatively and work against Me .... when it distanced itself from Me. And for the sake of My ultimate goal .... for My living creations to become ‘children’ .... I did not prevent the being, nevertheless, it could just as well have remained with Me, it did not have to become sinful and fall, it could have voluntarily remained perfect and enjoyed supreme bliss, nevertheless, it voluntarily forfeited it.

Amen

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Where did evil come from? ....

B.D. 7618b from June 10th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

However, it cannot be denied that the human being has evil within himself, for he does not live in lawful order as yet, he is still outside of Me and must first have entered the order of eternity again in order to then, as a perfect being, also have cleansed himself of everything evil, in order to be a divine being again .... My image. But, on the other hand, it cannot be said that at the birth of a human being evil has been implanted in him by Me either, for this does not correspond to truth; instead, the soul, which now animates the body, is an aggregation of tiny immature particles which are not moving within lawful order as yet and have to enter this order during their existence on earth .... It is still distant from Me when it embodies itself as a human being and shall unite itself with Me. Free will, which the original spirit once possessed, should strive towards unification with Me once more, it should liberate itself from all negative thoughts and will indeed only allow positive thoughts to arise in him the more the human being strives towards Me and seeks to unite with Me again. In that case he will push everything evil out from him, he will try to keep the order, he will find the 'rightful measure' in everything .... He will be good again just as he was in the beginning. Evil is only external to the Divine, it is the 'disobedience to God' .... But I cannot be disobedient to Myself .... My fundamental nature is love. I can only ever give and provide happiness, but I cannot force the being to accept My gift .... It must also be able to reject it because it has free will. However, as soon as it rejects My love, it opposes Me and places itself outside the circuit of My flow of love. And then the positive turns itself into the negative .... From then on the state of the being is such that it starts to want and think wrongly and distances itself ever further .... The process of return gradually reduces the vast distance; however, as long as the being has not voluntarily looked for and found the final proximity to Me it still harbours wrong thoughts which are .... because they are against Me .... evil and should be changed into the opposite during its human existence. And if the human being voluntarily seeks unity with Me, then he will reject every wrong thought, he will look for and only want the good, the Divine .... He will want to become again what he was in the beginning .... My image, My child, which is and will remain united with Me for all eternity ....

Amen

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Turning to God is passing the test of will ....

B.D. 7619 from June 12th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

To pass the last test of will on earth is your own business. And that is why your earthly life is responsible, because your fate in eternity depends on passing it. You can develop your will in every direction, you will not be hindered; but you have received intellect and can therefore think and consider all pros and cons .... But you also have prayer .... But as soon as you are able, that is, willing, to pray, you have already passed the test of will that you turn to Me. Then your heart has already spoken .... But your intellect can also come to the same conclusion if your will is good; then it will also be able to recognize Me in everything that surrounds it and it will also turn to Me as the creator and Sustainer of all that. Yet by far the greater part of people do not use their intellect when it concerns spiritual problems, and then there is a great danger that they will not pass the test of will on earth .... There is a danger that people will not seek contact with Me, their God and creator, that their will will be directed away from Me, that they will see nothing but the world and live their worldly life until they die. Then their earthly life was in vain, for they cannot be forced to change their will, it must be entirely up to them which way they turn, and then they must also bear the consequences for their life in the beyond. Yet these people do not believe in a continuation of life, they do not believe that their souls are imperishable and that their earthly life has a negative effect on their soul. But they cannot be forced to believe either, thus only one possibility remains, that they repeatedly receive information about Me and My working through their fellow human beings and that they have to go through hardship and suffering in order to then take the path to Me in their helplessness .... Once his will has found its way to Me I can also take hold of the human being and help him further up, but this conscious turn of will towards Me has to be done by him himself, it has to take place in all freedom of will, and the human being is saved for all eternity. My adversary, however, will try everything to prevent this conscious turn of will towards Me, yet again and again My love creates opportunities for the human being which cause him to turn his thoughts towards Me, thus he will always be supported by Me without being forced to make a decision of will, but neither can My adversary. But the soul's fate in eternity depends on the right decision of will, and therefore I will again and again point out to people through My word that they are on earth for that purpose, so that their intellect can deal with it and now also becomes active. Therefore, again and again people will receive information through My word about a God and creator Who also wants to be the father of His living creations .... And people will also gain knowledge but first have to adjust to it .... And whoever believes will be blessed .... but whoever does not believe will face an agonising fate in the kingdom of the beyond, and he will still remain in torment for eternities until he, too, will one day find his way to Me of his own free will ...._>Amen

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Exhortation to work in the vineyard ....

B.D. 7620 from June 13th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

This is your mission, that you spread My word .... I speak to you again and again and I want you to pass on My word, for I speak through you to all people who want to listen to you. And thus I send you out into the world again, that is, I give you the task to proclaim the divine teaching of love, to inform your fellow human beings that you have received this teaching of love from Me directly and that they should therefore live their way of life in accordance with this teaching of love. If you are able to inform your fellow human beings of this, youâ€™ll have done a lot of successful vineyard work. you have successfully worked in the vineyard, and you have been efficient servants for Me who worked for their Lord according to His will. People live in ignorance; they don't know how detrimental a life without love is for their soul .... But their attention must be drawn to the fact that they must not live so thoughtlessly, they must know about their purpose of earthly life and their task, they must be instructed that they can only become blissfully happy through love. And therefore the commandments of love have to be conveyed to them, they have to experience that I Myself speak to people again and again, that I also want to address them and that I now also do so through you .... They also have to learn about My divine teaching of love and then arrange their lives accordingly so that their earthly life will not have been in vain, so that their souls will mature on earth and they will be able to enter the kingdom of light and beatitude after their death. Therefore you, My servants on earth, should do everything that is beneficial for the spreading of My word .... This is why I call upon you again and again, because it is urgent, because the time you have left until the end is running out. And every spiritual work you do for Me will truly be blessed, for every soul I can address through you will receive strength if only it listens to Me in readiness, if it does not reject you and thus also Me Myself, Who speaks to them through you. Every word the soul receives is an influx of strength which enables it and which otherwise could not be conveyed. And I truly struggle for every soul in the last days before the end, which I can protect from ruin, from falling into the abyss. If you want to be My co-workers then voluntarily place yourselves at My disposal, allow Me to speak through you and pass on My word and a great blessing will truly rest on your activity, even if you don't feel it that way on earth. But I know the hardship of every single soul and also know how I can alleviate it. But I need you, My servants, for this, because I cannot address every person Myself, because you shall serve Me as mediators who have access to those and who prefer to be listened to and who therefore will also experience the blessing from My word. And thus I admonish you again and again to work diligently in the vineyard, because not much time remains for all of you until the end. And every word you impart to your fellow human beings will work as strength, and where My strength can radiate there will also be no downfall, for people will then also make contact with Me if they willingly listen to you and thus allow themselves to be addressed by Me. The strength of My word will touch their souls which then turn towards Me and let themselves be seized by Me. And then the soul can no longer get lost, it will turn to Me in its adversity and I will rescue it from danger, I will snatch it back from the abyss, I will help it to ascend and it will be saved for eternity ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Commandments of love .... Faith ....

B.D. 7621 from June 14th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Again and again the divine commandments of love are held up to you, again and again the divine teaching of love is proclaimed to you, and again and again you are admonished to lead a life of love, for that is the purpose and aim of your existence on earth. But how does it look in the world? Where can unselfish neighbourly love still be recognized among people? Everyone only thinks of himself, selfish love is predominant and people do not remember God's commandments .... love has grown cold amongst people .... and this is a sure sign of the approaching end, because unkindness is the evidence that another person rules, that people have fallen prey to him and that everything has left the divine order, whose fundamental principle is love. And where there is no more love God, Who is Eternal Love Himself, will also be eliminated .... where there is no love there will also be no faith in God and therefore also not in the divine redeemer Jesus Christ, in Whom God embodied Himself in order to redeem people .... And where this faith is lacking there is only ruin and destruction. For the prince of darkness reigns there, to whom people who live without faith in Jesus Christ have fallen prey. And he drags humanity down into his kingdom, he prevents every spiritual upward development for the purpose of which the human being lives on earth .... But God's love does not stop wooing people's love. Again and again God addresses people, again and again He fatefully approaches them and wants to win their love .... Again and again people are made aware of their fellow human being's adversity, which should and can cause them to ignite their love, to intervene helpfully and to urge the love in them to continue their work .... But God no longer finds much reciprocation of His love, and time comes to an end because people themselves create the conditions through their lack of love. And yet, again and again they will be taught love, again and again messengers of God will proclaim His Gospel; they will preach God's love which never ends and which the human being should strive to acquire, which will fill him with happiness and save him from darkness. Again and again the word of God will be brought to people, for God courts every person's soul until the end, He will not give up anyone before the end has come, He touches all human hearts and seeks to kindle the flame of love in them .... For it is still a time of grace and He will still pour out His blessings on humanity in abundance. And everyone can make use of them, everyone can receive unmeasured graces and use them for the salvation of his soul .... But he must fulfil the divine commandments of love, for he can only become blissfully happy through love alone. And again and again opportunities will be created for him where he can be active in love. And every person is capable of doing so, because the spark of love is placed in every person's heart, which can therefore flare up if the person wants it, if he listens to what God's messengers tell him, if he remembers his soul and wants to help it to reach the right aim. Yet the human being's will is free and very weakened by the influence of God's adversary. But one can strengthen it .... And therefore faith in Him is indispensable, and this faith only comes alive through love .... And therein lies people's great spiritual hardship, that they lack faith and love. And therefore love has to be emphasized again and again as the most urgent matter, and anyone who listens to God's messengers and is of good will will also obey God's commandments, and he will attain faith in God Who redeemed humanity from sin and death in Jesus Christ .... And this one will be saved from destruction ...._>Amen

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Following Jesus .... Patiently bearing the cross ....

B.D. 7622 from June 15th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You demonstrate that you follow Me when you patiently accept the suffering which My love places upon you so that your souls will mature. Always remember that I requested you to follow Me with the Words ' .... let him take up his cross and follow Me ....' I certainly want to help you carry your cross but you should not try to throw it away completely, you should always consider that you can remove many impurities from your soul if you patiently carry your cross. I will always give you the strength for it if you ask Me, for I Am always close to you if you live in My discipleship on earth. And you don't have much time left .... Therefore you will have to endure increased suffering because I want to help you attain a degree of light while you are still on earth which will enable you to enter into beatitude when your end has come. But always remain in contact with Me through loving activity, prayer and constant thinking of Me, for then I will always be able to be close to you and you can safely follow your path even if you have to carry a small cross. However, a steady life in carefree tranquillity would not be beneficial for you unless you were so extraordinarily lovingly active that your soul's process of maturing would be successfully accomplished .... But you are all still too half-hearted in your kind-hearted actions and therefore gain too little for your soul, and thus the suffering must contribute towards your purification process. And always remember the terrible suffering I have taken upon Myself on your behalf .... You yourselves would have had to endure this suffering on account of your guilt of sin and you would have been incapable of doing so. This is why I accepted the guilt on your behalf and suffered indescribably because I love you and wanted to endure the suffering on your behalf. Then your cross will seem small to you, you will gladly carry it because you want to follow Me, and you will safely enter through the gate into the kingdom of light because I pave the way and open the gate for you so that you will be blissfully happy. Accept your cross, that is, patiently and for love of Me carry all suffering which burdens you, but which is needed for your maturity of soul, for one day the soul may take pleasure in the light, one day the cross it had to carry will seem an easy one. Let Me walk by your side, then I will help you carry and you will not feel the burden so much. And I Am with every person who calls upon Me in thought, I only wait for this call because I cannot take effect in you against your will despite My love for you. But I will never leave you alone and even the cross placed upon you is proof of My presence, because I thereby gently admonish you to follow Me, Who took all of humanity's suffering upon My shoulders and walked the path to the cross with it. Therefore be patient, no matter what weighs you down, My love will strengthen you, My love will relieve you from the cross when the time is right ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Activity of the beings of light .... Spreading the truth ....

B.D. 7623 from June 16th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

In the spiritual world there are the kingdoms of light and darkness .... For the spirits' apostasy from Me created the kingdom of darkness, whereas previously everything was light and there was only beatitude for the beings. And the bliss consisted of the flooding of all beings with light, for light constantly emanates from Me as the original source of light, and every being was permeated by My divine light of love. When, as a result of the spiritual being's apostasy from Me, it also rejected the light of love because the spiritual being closed itself to this radiation, it fell into a state of darkness, it lost all realisation, the beings' thinking became confused and the darkness became ever more dense the further they strove away from Me, the stronger their resistance to Me and My illumination of love became .... The kingdom of darkness arose which encompassed all those beings who had thus turned away from Me of their own will, who could no longer be enlightened by Me because they were in resistance to Me and thus also outside My circle of love .... And this kingdom of darkness will exist as long as there are still unredeemed spiritual beings, because darkness is simply the state of being distant from God, because there can be no light outside of Me, Who is the original light from eternity .... As soon as a being has found its way back to Me again, as soon as its will turns towards Me and has striven for and attained the former perfection, it will also find itself in the kingdom of light again, for it has entered My circle of love again and allows itself to be permeated by My strength of love as it once was .... And then it is also blissful again, as it was in the beginning. It is in the light, i.e. in fullest realisation, it knows everything, it knows all correlations, it knows its destiny, My will and now also seeks to comply with My will in everything, because it has entered My will itself through its approach to Me .... thus it can no longer act other than in My will. Then it will also be active as My co-worker itself, then it will pass on the light which now constantly flows into the being through Me, for it sees in it a delightful activity, it sees in it its task to bring light into the darkness in order to also help the being in darkness to bring it redemption from its torment. For the being suffers from darkness, even if it has voluntarily thrown itself into it, yet its original state was light, and only then can it feel bliss again when the divine light of love shines through it again. The light can now shine dimly and it can shine super-brightly, i.e. I can only illuminate a being dimly if its degree of love and maturity is not yet very high .... However, I can also grace it with the highest abundance of light, according to its maturity .... but light remains light .... Anyone who has once received light, who is once again struck by My transmigration of love, will also attain a certain realisation, and this will and must correspond to the truth, because My transmigration of light of love is nothing other than placing the being into a state of light in which it attains the right realisation .... thus false knowledge could never be imparted to it through My illumination. For wrong knowledge is darkness of spirit, but then one cannot speak of a spirit of light if it is still in the state of darkness. Hence a being of light can never pass on wrong spiritual knowledge, only its realisation can still be limited .... which, however, excludes the fact that such a being seeks to spread something untrue, instead, it then restrains itself, for it only ever transmits light from Me to where there is still darkness. It will then do so to a limited extent but never give itself away to pass on knowledge which does not correspond to the truth. Thus untruth will never be conveyed to earth by a being of light, but beings of darkness can disguise themselves as beings of light, and then caution is always advised. But you can recognize these beings as soon as they convey untrue teachings to earth. You only need to pay attention to what they proclaim to you and how the transmission to earth happens. Every being of light will want to convey the knowledge of Jesus Christ and His act of salvation into the darkness, for salvation through Him is what people should strive for during their earthly life .... And finding this redemption is their earthly life task .... For it then transfers the being into the state of light again .... Every being of light only ever fulfils My will, and thus it also has to proclaim according to My will if it wants to be active as My messenger. And My will is only ever that you find salvation through Jesus Christ during your earthly life. Therefore, anyone who proclaims on My behalf is also qualified to do so as a bearer of light, that is, his degree of light is so high that he has fullest realisation and cannot convey any error. Anyone who has not yet reached this degree will not be allowed to teach in such a way that people on earth receive instructions through the spirit .... And you should check whether the 'working of the spirit' underlies the conveyances which reach people from the spiritual kingdom, for then the same truth will and must always be the evidence that My spirit is at work. If contradictions can be ascertained, then caution is also advised, because unspirits can easily intervene if a person declares himself willing to be a medium who cannot yet demonstrate the degree of maturity which allows My spirit to 'work' in him. And often teachings are spread through such mediums which are completely erroneous and therefore require an awakened spirit in order to be exposed as error. For Jesus Christ's act of salvation is invalidated by such teachings which try to make credible a repeated life on earth as a human being, which can arbitrarily be put back again and again until the human being's final perfection. For such teachings belittle the significance of the divine act of salvation and can therefore also be recognized as misguided teachings by anyone who seriously strives for truth. A spirit of light will never convey such a teaching to earth because it does not correspond to truth, because a soul of light only teaches according to My will and everything it imparts to other beings is only ever the pure truth from Me, for it is permeated by My light of love and cannot pass on anything but truth. And a spirit of light is also only admitted to instruct people when it stands in brightest realisation .... when it receives My flow of love-power .... My divine word .... through him and thus he only announces to people what I Myself want to announce to them ...._>Amen

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Countless evidence of God ....

B.D. 7624 from June 17th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

I make it easy for you to believe, if only you wanted to, for I furnish you with such obvious evidence of Myself and My working so that you would easily be able to recognise Me and consequently could also gain a convinced faith. I give evidence of Myself through creation, through everything surrounding you .... And I give evidence of Myself through My Word which rings out to you from above and is conveyed to people who are willing to believe .... For the will to do so must be present first, then the human being will also be able to believe. The will to believe opens his eyes, ears and heart .... and he will be able to see, hear or perceive countless pieces of evidence of My existence, because I will reveal Myself to a human being of good will .... because I will come close and make Myself known to him. Hence no person can say that it is impossible for him to believe .... but it is merely a lack of willingness, and no human being can be compelled. In that case his will is still utterly opposed to Me, for the denial of a Deity is proof that the person is still totally entrenched in the original sin, that he has not abandoned his past opposition to Me, and then his will cannot be forcibly broken either.

Even so, I constantly try to attract his will during his earthly life by repeatedly revealing Myself to him in the most diverse ways, so that he can always recognise Me by merely changing his will. Faith in Me can be gained by every person, because he lives in the midst of My creation and the works of nature frequently affect him, which he only needs to think about. Admittedly, an opposing will always tries to find different explanations about the miracles of creation rather than the existence of a spiritually tangible Creator of eternity; yet as soon as his own will becomes less important other thoughts will be able to arise in him and he can consider it possible for a higher Power to be the Originator and Controller .... And I will always endeavour to influence the human being such that he can achieve this realisation.

During the last days before the end faith will continue to dwindle, and even My revelation will not achieve very much, precisely because of people's will, which cannot be coerced. However, I will not stop speaking to people from above, because My Word has the strength to change a person's thinking if he allows it to take effect in him. For it does happen, albeit only rarely, that complete unbelievers hear or read My Word and feel touched by it. However, every soul is important to Me and I will not slow down trying to attract each individual soul. And by way of fate I also cross the path of people who do not want to believe, by allowing them to meet with serious difficulties so that they can turn to an overwhelmingly powerful Being with an appeal for help .... Yet I must always grant complete freedom to their will and therefore I can only ever aim to influence this will, which indeed will be done by My love and mercy for as long as the human being lives on earth ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

God's justice demands atonement ....

B.D. 7625 from June 18th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Every injustice has to be atoned for by the sinner .... This is demanded by My justice. And this sin has to be removed on earth or in the beyond and when a soul, burdened by sins it had committed on earth, enters the spiritual kingdom, it can take an infinitely long time until it has removed this guilt of sin .... Yet it is unable to make

Amends for the original sin of the past apostasy from Me in the kingdom of the beyond, because the original sin is too great for the being to remove it itself, whether on earth or in the spiritual kingdom. Nevertheless, even a soul still burdened by the original sin is demanded to make

Amends for sins it had committed on earth, and for these alone it might have to endure an unspeakably difficult and agonising fate, because My justice demands compensation for every sin.

Yet My infinite love has taken pity on all sinners .... it has redeemed the guilt of sin, it has made reparations for it, it accomplished the act of Salvation on behalf of sin-burdened humanity, and it also paid for the original sin, so that the souls will be able to enter the spiritual kingdom truly redeemed when they have to leave the physical body. I have made the atonement Myself in the human being Jesus through My bitter suffering and dying on the cross, through an act of compassion which only love was able to accomplish. And thus even the greatest sinner can be released from his sin and enter the kingdom of light, provided he accepts Salvation .... provided he voluntarily approaches Me in Jesus Christ and for the sake of the crucifixion appeals to Me for forgiveness .... Yet this path to the cross has to be taken in free will, otherwise the human being places himself outside the act of Salvation, otherwise he does not belong to those for whom My blood was shed as atonement for humanity's guilt of sin.

You will only be able to appreciate the great importance of the act of Salvation if you consider that it depends on you yourselves as to what kind of fate you will sooner or later experience in eternity .... if you imagine that immeasurable suffering will await you because you have sinned and do not accept the mercy of Jesus Christ Who wants to release you from your guilt of sin .... if you consider that you yourselves will not even be able to redeem your immense sin within an eternity and will therefore have to linger in unspeakable torment and darkness for eternities .... And, if you consider that you can also be released from your own guilt by just handing yourselves over to Me in Jesus Christ .... if you walk with your guilt of sin to the cross and appeal to Me in Jesus for forgiveness. You have to answer for every sin and make

Amends, and you all have sinned in your earthly life ....

But you all can also find forgiveness; you can become free from your guilt and enter redeemed into the kingdom of bliss by just turning to Jesus Christ, to the divine Redeemer, Who has served Me Myself as a cover, because My love wanted to accomplish the act of Salvation for you humans and this could only take place in the external shape of a human being, Who took all sins upon himself, Who suffered and died as a human being and Who shed His blood out of love in order to help His fellow human beings and release them from spiritual adversity. You need only direct your path to Him, you need only entrust yourselves to Him in your spiritual hardship, confess your sins to Him and ask Him that He might also have shed His blood on your behalf, so that you will be released from you guilt of sin, so that you will be able to enter the spiritual kingdom when the day of passing away from this earth has come for you ....

And He will accept you, He will wipe out your guilt of sin, for He has satisfied My justice .... He has endured the suffering and pain which you should have endured and which you cannot be spared if you leave the earth unredeemed, without Jesus Christ .... Admittedly, you will still be able to call upon and find Him in the kingdom of the beyond, and even then you can still be redeemed, but the path is long and difficult and you often lack the will to do so .... Yet without Jesus Christ the gate to the kingdom of light remains locked for you, without Jesus Christ you will never be able to become blessed ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Increased work of God in the end time ....

B.D. 7626 from June 19th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

At a time when God's adversary is in control it is particularly understandable that God Himself comes to people's aid because otherwise you would succumb to him, even if you are of good will. For His power is great in the last days before the end, for He knows that He does not have much time left and fights with all means to achieve victory because He believes that He can overthrow God and wants to rise above Him. This is why God's activity is extraordinary and people can confidently live through this last time without having to suffer damage to their souls, because God will pour out grace in equal measure and everyone who does not want to fall into the adversary's hands will feel this influx of grace. The adversary cannot oppose the human being's will; and if he turns to God, the human being himself already repels the adversary, and he also has the strength to do so because God knows every person's will and then also provides him with the strength to resist the adversary. Therefore, the human being does not need to fear the increased activity of God's adversary if he only wants to belong to God himself ..... For the adversary has no power over this person. And he will also recognize that God's love constantly surrounds him, for the bestowals of grace will be obvious to him, he will feel God's hand and take hold of it and allow himself to be guided by Him .... And truly, the nearness of God will displace the enemy, and God will be close to everyone who wants to take hold of His hand .... Yet the adversary will reap great rewards among the children of the world, for it will become easy for him to deprive those of their faith in God, and then he will also have control over people who no longer have any protection and have mercilessly fallen prey to him. There is great spiritual hardship amongst people because they cling to the world and do not turn their thoughts to God so that He can take hold of them, so that He can snatch them from the hands of the enemy. But God's adversary has the same right to wrestle for people's souls, yet it is up to the human being himself whether God or His adversary wins the battle, for the human being himself can choose his Lord whom he wants to follow. And God therefore reveals Himself to people in many ways so that He can be recognized if the human being wants to recognize Him .... But the will is free. And thus the direct supply of His word, God's most obvious evidence of grace, can be a very clear revelation of God for one person, whereas it leaves the other completely untouched because his will is still completely turned away from God. But it is an extremely effective means of grace that the human being can learn to recognize and love God, and it is truly a clear counteraction, it is an activity against the raging of God's adversary, which becomes clearly recognisable in the last days before the end. For God comes to the aid of all people in this time because they alone are too weak to resist it .... God helps people to recognize him when he disguises himself and appears as an angel of light in order to seduce people .... God does not leave them without help in their spiritual adversity, for He wants you to become blessed, He wants you to be victorious in the battle of faith on earth .... He wants you to find Him and then also be eternally saved ...._>Amen

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Unification .... Blissfulness of the images of God ....

B.D. 7627 from June 20th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The final aim of your earthly life is the union with Me .... You should have found unification with Me by the time the hour of your death approaches, you should pass over into the other realm without fear and dread, you should only change your abode and move into your parental home which you had left eternities ago .... You should have found your way home to Me and be happy again, as you were in the beginning. This is the purpose and goal of your earthly life, and to arrive at this goal should be your constant ambition, since it is achievable for you. I Am not demanding the impossible from you. You are My children, you came from Me and it has to be your natural ambition to return to the Father, because your Father’s love draws you and because, after all, you were originally created in My image .... The unity with Me, therefore, has to be more in accordance with your whole being than the distance .... For this reason you have never been happy being so far away, and you cannot be happy again until we have been united, because being united with Me also means being enlightened by My love again, which is equal to unimaginable bliss. You are My creations and belong irrevocably to Me ....

You deserted Me due to your misguided will and misguided thinking .... But as soon as your will and thought are in the right order once more you will also look for unification with Me, you will do everything to decrease the previous distance and indeed succeed during your earthly life because I long for this unification Myself and therefore will help you too .... because My love pulls you and you cannot resist this love when you have accepted the right order again ....

And you can expect a truly marvellous fate indeed when you have united with Me .... The realm of light is once again open to you, you can work in strength, light and freedom in accordance with your will which, however, is also My will .... You will be able to enjoy the kind of pleasures you have never dreamt of .... you will see and hear what your eyes and ears have never seen and heard on earth for I have prepared immeasurable happiness for those who are Mine, who love Me and therefore have united with Me forever. Because love embraces Father and child with a heartfelt bond .... love, which should be kindled within you during your earthly life and which then radiates through the human heart, establishes a connection with Me as Eternal love .... the human being can then accept his original essence again and becomes what I Myself have eternally been: love ....

And thus the human being who has transformed himself into love once again has to be inseparably joined to Me, he has to be enlightened by My love as he was in the beginning, he has to be so close to Me that we are completely merged by love, and therefore his return to Me must have occurred, which was always the purpose and goal of his earthly life .... And this relationship can no longer lead to a return to the abyss .... The being has passed its test of volition, it has transformed itself from ‘God’s living creation’ into ‘God’s child’, it has achieved perfection on earth, it has regained all qualities and abilities which it once had renounced due to its desertion from Me .... And I have achieved My goal .... My eternal plan of salvation has been successfully completed by that being, i.e. what I could not ‘create’ has nevertheless been achieved by this plan of salvation: God-like beings .... Children, whose own free will and not My omnipotence, has turned them into perfected beings .... Only now have I proper ‘children’ who are My images in every way .... who can create and work by My side and within My will and yet use their own will which, however, completely corresponds to Mine because this is intrinsic to perfection.

You humans can achieve this goal because I Myself long for the unification with you and truly will do everything to guide you to the goal if your will submits to mine .... if you willingly accept My guidance, if you fully and consciously strive for unification with Me and live in love on earth .... Then every gesture of love shall bring you closer to Me, then you will allow My presence within you, and then union has to follow because ‘whoever lives in love lives in Me and I in him ....’ Consequently, love is the bond that locks us together and then is eternally inseparable ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Communion with the host ....

B.D. 7628 from June 21st 1960, taken from Book No. 80

I feed you with the bread from the heavens, I water you with the water of life .... I bring you My word .... And whenever I speak to you, whenever you receive My word and willingly listen to it and let it work on your hearts, you take supper with Me, you come to My table and let yourselves be fed and watered by Me as your Host, Who has invited you to take supper with Him .... this is a process so powerful that you cannot grasp its effect .... you accept My word which flows towards you as an expression of My love, which gives you evidence of My presence, which proves to you the bond between Me and you and which is therefore the most delicious thing you can be offered by Me on earth. If you hear My word then you have accepted My invitation which I address to all people, for you shall all take supper with Me, you shall all come to My table and let yourselves be fed and watered by Me .... But only a few accept My invitation and receive the right food and drink for their souls. However, I alone know what your soul needs in order to mature on this earth, and I alone can give it what it needs. It can only receive the right nourishment from My hands, which I Myself have prepared for it and want to supply to it without restriction, so that it will reach its aim while still on earth, so that one day it can be blissfully happy in My kingdom, which is not of this world. For this reason it will also be offered nourishment from My kingdom, light and strength will flow to it through My word, the soul will be provided with spiritual nourishment, and this signifies My word for it .... And when My word flows to you, directly or also indirectly through My messengers, I am therefore ready to hand out the nourishment for your souls .... I am ready to take supper with you, to offer you bread to satisfy you and to refresh you with fresh living water so that you can continue your pilgrimage on earth invigorated, so that again and again you draw the strength you need for this pilgrimage. And I call everyone to Me, I come close to everyone with My word .... I call My guests from the street to My table, because they all cannot progress if they have not received strong nourishment from Me for their souls .... For the souls are weak or sick and need strong food, they need good medicine. And since I know about all conditions of the body and the soul I will also always come to help in such a way as serves the body or the soul best .... But a weak or sick soul suffers from hunger and thirst, and therefore I administer food and drink to it, for I want it to become healthy, to become strong and resistant to the enemy's attacks, which will never cease as long as you walk the earth. And therefore you should listen to My call, you should not reject My servants when they invite you to take supper with Me at My table; you should voluntarily follow them and let yourselves be entertained by Me, you should let yourselves be addressed by Me and thus accept My word which is the best nourishment for your soul, which is evidence of My love which I want to bestow upon you always and forever .... And therefore I want to be united with you .... I want you to come to Me and stay with Me, that you constantly desire to hear Me, that My word resounds within you and that you are aware of My presence .... Then you will also constantly be My guests, you will gratefully receive the gifts from My hands which My love offers you .... I will be able to feed you with the bread from the heavens and water you with the water of life .... You will never ever need to starve, because Eternal Love Itself is your host and wants to remain so for all eternity ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Sincere desire for truth guarantees truth ....

B.D. 7629 from June 22nd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Understand that it only requires a sincere desire for truth in order to be able to receive it .... Yet this sincere desire is rarely to be found, even though every person claims to strive for truth. But this, too, is just something people say without spending any thought on it, given that the desire for truth ought to arise from deep within the heart and not leave the person again .... he should dread nothing more than falling prey to error, and therefore he has to approach Me in his heart and appeal to Me to impart the truth to him. And it will be given to him .... If, however, the human being has received knowledge and holds on to this knowledge without ever having checked that it is true, then it will also be difficult to offer him the truth if it does not correspond to his knowledge, for he will refuse to let go of his knowledge in exchange for the pure truth .... In that case he lacks the inner desire for truth, and he will also be incapable of examining it because he fails to make contact with Me, because he fails to appeal to Me for spiritual enlightenment in order to be able to form a correct opinion. This is why it is not always possible to convey the pure truth to earth, this is why so much spiritual information is assumed to be true although it cannot lay claim to it. And yet it is endorsed as truth .... especially if it originated from the spiritual kingdom, if people believe that they definitely have received the truth. But since the recipient's sincere desire is a prerequisite for the conveyance of truth, the 'origin from the spiritual kingdom' does not always guarantee the truth of what is transmitted to earth .... rather, it necessitates serious examination. And this has to be conducted with Me, with My support.

For the spiritual kingdom also shelters beings of darkness or imperfect beings which still uphold the incorrect knowledge they have taken across from earth and which they just as eagerly endorse in the kingdom of the beyond as they have done on earth. The human being is unable to detach himself from what he loves even in the spiritual kingdom. And that is significant for his process of development, since it can last eternities until such a soul has liberated itself, until it finally starts to accept the truth. But it can influence people in the spiritual kingdom detrimentally if it finds willing people to whom it can mentally transmit wrong information or through statements made to people who consider themselves mediums who consciously establish contact from earth to the spiritual kingdom. Such contact can and will only be beneficial if the human being is governed by the sincere desire for truth and always appeals for support through My spirit .... Then there will be no risk, then the person will build a firm wall around himself which ignorant beings cannot overstep and only the world of light will have access to him, which will truly only impart the truth from Me because it works on My instructions and because it is My will that you shall be taught the pure truth ....

And everyone should examine himself as to what extent he wants the truth .... He shall fear error and always pray to Me for protection from it and his appeal will be granted, for I Myself want you humans to live in truth; I Myself want you to receive it, hence I will also provide you with the opportunity, always assuming that the same will for truth is inherent in you which is your certain protection from misguided spiritual information, from erroneous thinking and wrong interpretation of what you are offered. For the truth-desiring human being will also have the right power of judgment, because I convey it to him at the same time as the truth and therefore he is also able to examine the value of the spiritual information. I Myself Am the Truth, I Myself want to enter into contact with My living creations and thus I also want My living creations to live in truth .... And I will protect them from the influence of beings which try to spread error and disguise themselves as beings of light in order to deceive you into becoming victims of misconceptions. The close bond with Me also guarantees correct thinking, correct instruction, it guarantees you the transmission of truth through the spirit .... For the spiritual spark inside of you is part of Me, and it will truly instruct you correctly .... You should all endeavour to be directly taught by your spirit so that you won't need to abide by transmissions from the spiritual world which you cannot verify because you don't know the spiritual state of those who receive such channelled messages .... for there is always a great danger of interference by beings who lack realisation .... But wherever My spirit is at work you will know that I speak to you Myself and that I really impart the truth to you because I want My living creations on earth to live in truth .... because only through truth can they attain Me and therefore also bliss ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

The final work of destruction ....

B.D. 7630 from June 23rd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The final work of destruction will be caused by people's own will, nevertheless, I shall not hamper this will .... firstly, because it is free and shall also have to justify itself, and secondly, because I based My plan of Salvation on this free will in a way that it will benefit the continued development of the spiritual beings .... I truly do not determine people's wrong inclinations and actions; I only let them have absolute freedom which they, however, misuse by interfering in the laws of nature, by experimenting with forces which they cannot fully control as yet and whose effects they therefore don't know. But it is their fault that they conduct experiments for the wrong reasons, that they are not motivated by thoughts of love to carry out their intentions .... And for this reason their guilt will have such terrible consequences .... For it will result in an act of destruction to which everything living in, on and above the earth will fall prey .... For although the planet as such will remain the entire surface of earth will nevertheless become changed, and that will also mean the destruction of all life and all works of creation on this earth which constrained spiritual substances. And thus, these spirits will receive their freedom for the time being, they will be able to escape from their form regardless of the degree of maturity they had reached. But they will not keep this freedom .... For they will have to continue their path of development and therefore will be placed into new forms. And in order to make it possible for the spiritual substances still bound in the creations to continue with their development I shall allow the wrong will of people who will cause this work of destruction, but the human race itself will perish as a result of this wrong will, for only My Own will survive the final destruction, and there will only be a few ....

The majority of people, however, are already so distant from Me that their spiritual fate is already decided, for they have reached the lowest point which excludes further development on this earth .... On account of their profane state they will give rise to the end of the old earth, and thus it will come to pass as people want it themselves: everything will be changed yet only in line with My eternal law of order .... People will indeed initiate it, yet I Myself will determine or direct the consequences according to My eternal plan of Salvation, which was based on people's wrong will so that all wrong thinking shall nevertheless still yield right results .... For I will direct the consequences according to My will, admittedly it doesn't correspond to people's will but it serves the spirits' continued development. And that is My plan, of which I inform you time and again so that each one of you can shape himself according to this plan while there is still time, for each one of you can still belong to those who will be saved at the end .... each person can still shape his nature such that he will belong to 'My Own' .... But he must believe and live a life of love, he must turn his will to Me, and I will accept him and grant him the strength to achieve the work of transformation on himself .... Then he need not fear the end either, regardless of how threatening world events seem to evolve .... I protect My Own in every adversity and danger, I help them in an earthly and spiritual way, for My Own shall become strong in faith and therefore noticeably experience My help .... And time and again I announce this to you humans so that you can prepare yourselves if only you are of good will to live in order to please Me .... For the end will come without fail because the time granted to you is over ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

The work of satan .... Help through Jesus Christ ....

B.D. 7631 from June 24th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

In the epoch when God walked across earth in Jesus Satan raged particularly fiercely amongst people, for since Jesus' crucifixion many souls have been lost to him and he still hopes to win them back because he wants to arrogate to himself dominion over everything and thus also over the spirit world which had emerged from his will and God's strength. And he also believes he can win back those who have already found union with God because he believes he can once again exert his influence on these beings as he did in the beginning with the apostasy of the spirits. And that is why his rage is particularly strong in the last days on earth, that is why he uses all conceivable means to assert himself and to snatch human souls from God which have already turned to Him of their own free will. But his degree of realisation is so low that he does not realize the impossibility of his plan, for he is blinded in spirit and will never attain enlightened realisation as long as he is still active as God's adversary, as long as he has not returned to the father's house himself. But this is why people also have to expect unusual grants of grace in order to be able to withstand his onslaught. And God, in His love for the unredeemed, will help him until the end so that people can resist him if they are willing to do so. But you humans can certainly reckon with the fact that a hard battle will still take place before the end, for the adversary's time has not yet expired where he can work, because he is entitled to also fight for the souls which once followed him into the abyss. And therefore you humans should also know about the process in the kingdom of the spirits which explains your existence as a human being on earth .... you should know that increased demands will be placed on you in the last days but that you will also be able to liberate yourselves completely from its control and that your freedom is therefore well worth the struggle, for freedom will then also guarantee you light and strength and bliss .... You should know why the last days will be so difficult for you humans and what causes underlie this phenomenon .... And you should resist because thereby you will attain beatitude in the spiritual kingdom or in the paradise of the new earth, where you will be compensated for all hardship and tribulations you still have to endure until the end of the old earth. But you always have protection and a shield, a helper in greatest need .... you have Jesus Christ, to Whom you need only call when danger threatens you .... Who will never leave you without help, Who will never ignore your prayer to Him .... Who will always stand by you because you now call upon God Himself in Jesus Christ, Who redeemed you from sin and death .... He walked across the earth, He opposed God's adversary with His resistance, He redeemed the guilt of sin for you, He paid the purchase price for all of you with His blood, and thus you are free from your adversary if you want this and take refuge in Jesus Christ, thus acknowledge His act of salvation. Then he may rage as much as he likes and use all his arts of seduction .... he will not be successful with you who hold on to Jesus Christ, for you will be able to receive grace without measure, your will and your love will be strengthened and you will be able to free yourselves from the chains which God's adversary once threw over you .... Jesus Christ Himself will set you free if only you have the will to follow Him. And you will receive strength until the end in order to be able to persevere, for the strength from God is certain to all who are His and want to remain for all eternity ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

'I am the way, the truth and the life .... '

B.D. 7632 from June 25th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

I will show you the way you should go during your life on earth .... I Myself am the way, the truth and the life .... He who listens to Me treads the path, he is guided into truth and he attains eternal life .... Whoever listens to Me will also obey what I advise him, what I demand of him, and he will then go the way of love, which irrevocably leads to Me, Who am the Eternal Love .... And thus he returns to Me again, from Whom he once started. He has completed his path of development, and he has returned home to the father's house, he is with his father, as it was in the beginning, and he will work and create with Him, as it is his destiny. So I Myself am the way .... these words I spoke to the people when I walked on earth, and I asked them to follow Me. My way was exceedingly sorrowful, but the love in Me let Me go it ..... And so you should always remain in love for Me and for your neighbor, and you should also bear the suffering patiently, always remembering My way of the cross, which was so immeasurably difficult because I took the guilt of the whole of humanity on My shoulders to carry it under the cross .... I had to go this way of the cross, because I wanted to suffer for the fellow human beings who were My brothers and who, through their fall into the depths, had loaded heavy guilt onto themselves, which they would never have been able to redeem. I took pity on the state of the people, because it was wretched, and they could never have reached bliss, if I had not taken care of them. Love determined Me to all thinking and acting, and love brought the redemption sacrifice for the people .... And if I therefore call Myself the way, then your way must also be a way of love, you too must accept your fellow human beings in every adversity of body and soul, you too must be prepared to make sacrifices, your being must be filled with love, then you will go the same way that I have gone, and then you will also reach the truth and eternal life .... I Myself am the way, the truth and the life .... If you humans acknowledge Me as the divine redeemer Jesus Christ, in Whom I Myself offered the sacrifice on the cross for all people, then you are also on the right path, you will receive the truth from Me and attain beatitude, because only the pure truth can awaken you to life, And then this will always be a life of bliss, because only the right life can be given to you by Me, which means the permeation of My strength of love, which makes the being incomparably happy, which therefore has taken the right path that leads to Me, back into the father's house. And therefore I show you the right way, I instruct you that only love leads to happiness, that only love guarantees you truth and that only love gives life to the soul, which it then also never ever loses. Because then also the union with Me is secured, which is the aim and purpose of earth life .... Then the being .... the soul .... has changed again to love, and it has entered its original state, it is blissful again as it was in the beginning ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Distress and help of souls in the hereafter ....

B.D. 7633 from June 26th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You are offered everything that is helpful for the maturing of the souls. For you only stay on this earth for the purpose that the soul matures, that it spiritualizes itself, that it becomes able to enter the kingdom of light when it departs from this earth. And the time of your earthly life has been granted to you for this maturing, or it is also the last time of your embodiment on earth, when your soul as a human being still has the possibility to become free of all external form and to be able to enter eternity as a free spirit. For it can also leave its body and still be bound, it cannot yet have regained its spiritual freedom if it has not properly evaluated earthly life. But then it is also deprived of the possibility of ever becoming free in the kingdom of the beyond through its own strength, for it no longer possesses this strength because it loses its vitality upon the death of the body and could not take over spiritual strength because it failed to acquire it on earth. And then such a soul is in a bad way, for it is dependent on the help of the beings of light or on loving intercession, yet in such a way that its will remains free and is rarely directed differently than it was on earth .... that the beings of light experience rejection, just as on earth every person experienced rejection who wanted to instruct the soul in a favourable way. And then only intercession remains for the soul .... And it can praise itself happily when good thoughts follow it into the spiritual kingdom, when loving fellow human beings take care of it and intercede with God for such poor souls .... For they will experience the strength of love which comes to them through this prayer, and the strength of love is often able to change the soul's thinking, the strength of love is able to give it a small light which illuminates its long path in the kingdom of the beyond. But the souls which have acquired little love on earth are in a bad way .... which are followed by few good thoughts and are still too immature to order their thoughts themselves and to ask for help .... The souls may in no way be forced to change their will, they can only be influenced and must now voluntarily surrender themselves to this influence, then their state can slowly experience an improvement, and then they will also show themselves to be more open to the light beings' efforts and accept their teachings. This is why it can often take eternal times until a soul awakens from its night, until it longs for light and strives towards the light when it temporarily shines upon it. For God does not leave a soul in its misery forever, yet He always leaves it the freedom of will, otherwise there would truly no longer be an unredeemed soul on earth and also in the kingdom of the beyond. For the soul must have found redemption through Jesus Christ .... And if it does not find this on earth it has to seek and find Him in the spiritual kingdom. And this often requires long instructions until it has found faith in the divine redeemer and calls upon Him for help .... But then its redemption is also assured, then it will inexorably take the path of ascent in the spiritual kingdom, for then it will have handed itself over to the One Who died on the cross in order to redeem people .... But the time of the earthly change as a human being is intended to bring redemption to the soul. It shall find Jesus Christ in earthly life as a human being, it shall hand over its guilt to Him while still on earth and sincerely appeal to Him to release it from all guilt for the sake of His blood, which He paid as the purchase price for all souls that once fell and once walk across earth to test their will in order to gain the last maturity of soul. And it can consider itself fortunate if it has found the divine redeemer Jesus Christ before the death of its body .... Then it will truly be able to enter the kingdom of the beyond redeemed, then no darkness will surround it, it will no longer need to endure suffering and torment, it will be free from every bondage and allowed to be blissfully happy in light and strength in the spiritual kingdom, in the kingdom of light, which only redeemed souls are allowed to enter and which is truly the right home of every soul, for which it should long and do everything on earth in order to be able to enter this home again when its life on earth is over. Then it will be and remain blissfully happy, then it will have properly evaluated earthly life .... then it will have become free from every bondage, and it will be blissfully happy in this freedom ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

The true home ....

B.D. 7634 from June 27th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The spiritual realm is certainly an entirely dissimilar region to the earthly realm and it requires a strong will to strive for the former realm while the human being still lives in the midst of the world .... They are two entirely different kingdoms and one kingdom totally seems to exclude the other. However, the more seriously a person wants to enter and stay in the spiritual kingdom, the more real it will become to him and the stronger he will feel that the spiritual kingdom is his actual home, that the earth is merely something transient which the human being simply has to pass through in order to reach his true home. But on the whole the spiritual region will seem unreal to a person and time and again he will have to fight, he will have to exert force in order to mentally escape the world for a short time and to drift over into the spiritual world. Nevertheless, he will succeed if this is his serious will. Yet one thing must be present in him: the desire for God and, as a result of this, a life of love .... In that case the human being’s soul will already be grounded in the spiritual kingdom, for the right kind of love comes from God and leads back to Him, Whose kingdom is not of this world. However, the human being must possess the right kind of love, the love for God and his fellow human beings .... As long as the human being is still dominated by selfish love, he will be more in touch with the earthly realm and a ‘spiritual’ world will seem implausible to him, this spiritual world will be distant to him and also cannot entice him to seek contact with it. Hence, the degree of love will be the decisive factor as to how real the spiritual kingdom seems to a person, to what extent it dominates him and how strongly it will influence his thoughts .... But he can become convinced of it, he can live more in the spiritual realm than in this world if his love for God and his fellow human being has been kindled in him. Then the human being will also convincingly advocate this spiritual kingdom to other people because he will be utterly convinced of it himself, and he will also always mention what he inwardly feels .... He will portray the spiritual kingdom as the only kingdom worth striving for and try to motivate his fellow human beings to likewise strive for this kingdom and to relegate the secular world as worthless into second place .... always regarding this secular world as transient and paying more attention to that which is everlasting. A person who remains in contact with the spiritual kingdom and makes it the goal of his endeavour on earth is far more likely to find inner peace .... The human being will never find complete happiness in the earthly world, for he will also discover the transience of this world and his life will remain unsatisfied if he only ever longs for earthly possessions and is content with fulfilling his earthly wishes, because his soul feels that it needs something different in order to be happy. His soul will not content itself with what the world can offer .... It will only be able to feel truly happy when it is offered possessions from the spiritual kingdom. Only then will it have entered the region of the spiritual kingdom, only then will it have found its true home, only then will it acknowledge the spiritual kingdom as its home and only then will it know that this kingdom is real and that it cannot be taken away from the soul again once it has arrived at home, once it has found its way back to the Father’s house from which it once had originated.

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

God's nearness means peace and love ....

B.D. 7635 from June 28th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

As long as you humans are still far away from Me you will not be at peace, no matter how abundantly you are blessed with earthly possessions. For then you will anxiously guard your possessions instead of handing them out to your fellow human beings .... which would always mean love and love would then already unite you with Me. The great distance from Me is nothing but unkindness .... and if you had love then the distance from Me would also have decreased, then you would believe in Me and make an effort to fulfil My will. Hence you lack love, and therefore you will never be able to be happy on earth either, because a loveless person is also in constant conflict with his fellow human beings and because he lacks the inner peace which only the bond with Me secures for him. To be distant from Me also means unhappiness .... You worldly people can indeed numb yourselves with earthly joys and pleasures and thus not feel so unhappy about the distance from Me, but then it will also only be a temporary numbing, but it will lack a permanent bliss which is solely based on love. Love is union with Me and therefore also bliss .... Lack of love is distance, and therefore the human being must also lack true beatitude, even if he does not want to admit it to himself. The human being who is richly blessed in earthly terms cannot therefore always be called happy unless he only regards his earthly riches as borrowed and uses them in accordance with My divine love .... He gives where there is need and tries to make people happy who suffer a lack of earthly possessions. Then his love for his neighbour will also be profound and he will prove his love for God when he helps his neighbour according to his strength. Then his earthly wealth will also be blessed, he himself will also be able to enjoy it, he will not be denied earthly pleasures which I Myself prepare for him, because he can enjoy them without harming his soul, for he remains intimately united with Me in every situation of life through his love, he has already overcome the great distance and can therefore also call earthly goods his own because he uses them correctly, i.e. in the service of neighbourly love. Hence again and again love is preached to you humans, if you want to unite with Me, if you want to lift the vast distance from Me, if you want to enjoy peace and bliss on earth already, which you can only find in unity with Me. And only love establishes this bond with Me, only love secures My presence for you, and only through love will you regain your original state which consisted of immeasurable bliss, which united you so firmly with Me that I could radiate My love through you .... Yet as long as you lack love you are also distant from Me and therefore cannot be blissfully happy either ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Participation of the souls in the hereafter in the transmission of the word ....

B.D. 7636 from June 29th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You humans are illuminated by My love when you receive My word and love light and strength .... So you can also radiate light and strength again to all beings which surround you, which are attracted by the rays of light and long for light and strength. You can hand out to them what you yourselves receive .... Then you will be very successful in your vineyard work, for you will not only accept My word from Me but countless souls in the spiritual kingdom will participate in it, and they will be blissfully happy about the strength they receive, which they will feel even more than you yourselves because it has a spiritual effect and these beings can only be spiritually provided for in their adversity. My flow of love energy reaches you because you want it yourselves, because you consciously establish the connection with Me and now also give Me the opportunity to let the flow of love energy flow into your heart .... But those beings are still in darkness or in light twilight and they only wait for the flashing rays to rush to their exit .... They suffer from darkness and lack of strength and feel it that they can receive light and strength from you .... And once this has been the case they will no longer leave you and only wait for the moment when they will be beneficially touched again, which happens through the supply of My word. You humans don't know about their great hardship, yet as soon as they are willing to accept My bestowal of grace I also bestow grace upon them and I also speak to them Myself if they willingly listen to My word. And these souls will also not doubt that they are addressed by Me Myself, and they will find their way to Me, i.e. to salvation, the sooner they accept the knowledge of Jesus Christ and His act of salvation, then they will desire Him, call upon Him and appeal for His forgiveness .... Hence this knowledge is what first has to be imparted to the souls in the beyond if they don't already possess it .... And mostly the unredeemed souls are without this knowledge because they did not believe in Him on earth and because they were not imparted the right knowledge, the truth, and lacked the understanding for Jesus' great act of mercy. Thus, as soon as you humans inform them of the divine redeemer, as soon as you use every opportunity to speak or read about Him, you will also be marked by sparks of light and the souls will take part in your teachings .... Then you will be doing irreplaceable vineyard work, and you will be able to help those souls to salvation, because then they will turn to Jesus Christ themselves once they have gained knowledge of Whom they can call upon as their Saviour. For the influx of strength and light proves to them the truth of what they experience with you, and therefore they don't hesitate for long to act in accordance with My word .... Love also awakens in them and they now help those in turn whom they know to be in the same need .... they also try to bring them to you and induce them to listen to you when you receive spiritual instructions .... You have no idea how wide a circle you draw through your willingness to receive My word .... you don't know how grateful the souls are who found relief with you, who were able to receive light and strength and now also utilize them again in accordance with My will to work in love for those who are in the same need. For this is the effect of My word that it impels you into loving activity because it conveys strength and the strength from Me is expressed in works of love .... And therefore you should not let yourselves be discouraged if you have little success on earth with your vineyard work .... You don't do it in vain, and the success in the kingdom of the beyond is truly not small, for the work of redemption also continues there because many souls still have to be redeemed before the end comes, before everything spiritual is transferred again to where it belongs according to its degree of maturity ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Clarification regarding the working of the spirit ....

B.D. 7637 from July 1st 1960, taken from Book No. 80

If you want to be addressed through My spirit you must keep My commandments .... You must live a life of love .... For My spirit is part of Me and only speaks when the human being unites with Me through kind-hearted activity, so that his spiritual spark can be addressed by Me, by its Father-Spirit of eternity. But I promised you that I will reveal Myself to the one who loves Me and complies with My commandments .... And I keep My Word, every promise will come true providing you live up to the conditions I linked to it. In order to be able to hear Me through the voice of the spirit, you must be so closely united with Me that your spiritual spark can perceive My Word and pass it on through the heart so that you can hear what the spirit says to you. The fact that your indwelling spirit can be addressed by its Father and be understood by you is a very simple and understandable process .... but almost no-one is interested in this process .... It is rejected as the working of unclean spirits, it is even denied by those who pretend to serve Me .... It is denied because they themselves have not yet enabled My spirit to speak to them .... And they have not enabled it yet because they are lacking faith and love .... Their belief in such 'working of God in a human being' through the spirit is completely missing, and therefore the human being makes no attempt either even though it would be possible for him were love kindled in his heart .... In that case My spirit cannot express itself, for such an audible manifestation always presupposes the belief that My love for you humans is so great that it reveals itself .... People's relationship with Me must be such that I can speak to them like a Father to My child .... And a child will trust its Father completely and expect to be addressed by Me. Only then will I be able to speak and My child can hear My voice.

The 'outpouring of the spirit' has become an incomprehensible and implausible concept for people, they no longer understand what they are to make of it, otherwise they would not reject the Word you humans receive from above through My spirit, otherwise they would extremely jubilantly and with profound gratitude listen and comply with it ....

But the outpouring of the spirit cannot be proven other than that the human being shapes himself into love, that he establishes the heartfelt relationship of a child with Me and, with utmost faith and trust, patiently listens to hear My Word, because the spiritual spark in a person strives towards the Father-Spirit and thereby induces My presence in the human heart .... and My presence must always have the effect that I speak to a person with Words of love and comfort, and with Words of wisdom impart knowledge to him which only the spirit in a person can receive from the spirit of God. While living on earth I have time and again promised people that My spirit would be with them when I would no longer be amongst them .... I clearly and distinctly announced the working of My spirit with the Words 'I will send you the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, which will guide you into all truth and will remind you of everything I have said to you ....'. And when it manifestly brings you the truth, you reject what is offered to you .... because you don't understand My Word, you don't think about what these Words might mean. And therefore you do not correctly understand the outpouring of the spirit upon My disciples, or you would not doubt but instead believe .... However, I linked it to the condition 'He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me .... and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him ....' You no longer live a life of love, otherwise you would clearly understand these Words of Mine and unhesitatingly accept My Word, which I convey to earth 'through My spirit' .... Then you would make the effort to shape yourselves into a receiving vessel for My spirit, you would .... providing you believe in My 'working in you' .... strive for it, because then you will also be guided into all truth, as I have promised. However, you don't pay attention to the Words I spoke when I lived on earth .... you don't pay attention because they are incomprehensible to you; and they are incomprehensible to you because you no longer live in love, which would assuredly develop your understanding .... And thus, reading the Scriptures will be of no great avail to you if you don't have love within you, which opens up your understanding in the first place. For this understanding .... the right way of thinking .... is also the working of the spirit in you, but this is only possible in a heart full of love. First you must keep My commandments and thus live in love, only then will I be able to reveal Myself to you through My spirit. You humans have lost the knowledge of this, which is proven by the resistance of those who came together in ecclesiastical communities or organisations, who rely on the 'Book of Books' and yet don't understand its contents properly .... and they must first be instructed by My spirit before this understanding can be given to them. Only then will they be able to believe that I will send you humans 'the Comforter, the Spirit, which will guide you into all truth ....'

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

'The measure you give will be the measure you receive ....'

B.D. 7638 from July 2nd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

And you will receive the same measure you give to your neighbour .... you will receive to the same extent as you are willing to give, you need never suffer hardship if you share your possessions with your fellow human being in need .... And I will bless you at all times, because you will be acting according to My will by merely being lovingly active. You should know that your reward in heaven will only be small if you only selfishly consider yourselves on earth, if you get as much out of life as possible without considering your neighbour; in that case you will have received your reward on earth already, then you will receive earthly possessions which are transient because you aren't acquiring the love which can follow you into eternity .... Yet you should give with love, the prospect of reward should never motivate you to be lovingly active, for then true love will be missing which turns your offerings into true gifts in the first place. And you will receive the measure you give yourselves .... You will receive in a spiritual and earthly way according to your will to give and be able to travel your earthly path richly blessed and never suffer adversity. The reward you receive in the spiritual kingdom for your way of life will make you very happy, for every deed of love results in light and strength in the beyond, with which you will subsequently be able to work for your own blissful happiness .... I Myself will give to you, just as you gave to your neighbour .... except that My gifts are boundless, that I give an abundant measure, that My love for you will reflect your gifts a thousand fold and that you therefore will not suffer deprivation, neither on earth nor in the spiritual kingdom. Hence you can gather immense wealth for yourselves on earth, which will follow you into eternity .... if only you always let neighbourly love speak, if you take notice of the other person's adversity and try to reduce it. And this adversity can be spiritual as well as earthly .... If you ease his spiritual adversity, your spiritual gain will be great indeed, for then you will be providing for yourselves for eternity and one day the soul will be grateful to you for what you offered it. Earthly adversity will come to an end because the human being will not live on earth forever. Spiritual adversity, however, is persistent and can last for an infinitely long time if the soul does not receive help to release itself from it. And since I send you an unlimited amount of spiritual knowledge, you should also pass it on and thereby please your neighbour, who will experience spiritual adversity for as long as he does not know the truth, as long as he has not found the path to Me and seriously thinks about his purpose on earth. You can help him to do so, then you will truly have carried out an act of Christian neighbourly love, for which you will be richly rewarded one day, for then you will have worked on My behalf, you will have tried to attract your neighbour to Me and allowed Me Myself to speak through you, which will never be without blessing for you and for your neighbour. For every person suffers adversity who has not yet actively approached Me, and every person shall be offered the opportunity to establish a heartfelt relationship with Me, his God and Creator of eternity .... For I want to be a Father to him and I want to be recognised by him as his Father .... and if you help him with this and thereby return My child to Me, your work for Me and My kingdom will be blessed. And I will give to you as you give to others, and you will never go short, neither in a spiritual nor earthly way, for your Father in Heaven grants you gifts in abundance, because He loves you ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Working of God directly or through messengers of light ....

B.D. 7639 from July 3rd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

When the word of God is presented to you men, unformed and pure, as it was received from above through the Spirit, you should remember that God promised you this gift with the words: "I will send you the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, who will guide you into all truth. You should remember that He promised you "the Spirit" and that He said: "I will remain with you until the end of the world". "Thus it is He Himself Who speaks to you when you hear His word through the voice of the spirit, for He will always speak to people and thus "remain with you until the end of the world." Whether He speaks to you directly or through His messengers of light .... it always remains the same word, for it emanates from Him and flows through all beings of light .... Thus it must always be recognized and acknowledged as His sanctified word, because it emanates from the Eternal word Itself, from the original source of light, because God's love allows it to flow into infinity and everyone can hear it who opens himself and fulfils the conditions God has attached to the 'working of the spirit in the human being'. God therefore works .... and this must always be mentioned, for the working of the beings of light is also the "working of God" .... It is the exchange of light and strength which takes place in the spiritual kingdom and thus makes the beings of light infinitely happy .... And these beings will always distribute the same, thus the announcements received from above, from the kingdom of light, which alone is governed by God's will and lower forces can never intervene to spread error, will never contradict each other. And therefore you humans should listen to the word of God, accept it in your hearts and live accordingly. And then the light will shine through you, your realisation will increase, knowledge will be imparted to you and all spiritual darkness will disappear. And then you will also recognize when you are offered error, for then you will recognize the contradiction with the pure word of God and reject it because it will not bring you light but would like to darken your realisation .... But you should stand in the light, this is God's will, and therefore He will also kindle light where this is also the human being's will to receive truth. And you humans should only have the sincere will for truth within yourselves, you should only try to muster the understanding for the 'working of the spirit', i.e., you should try to find out the truth about it .... And then it would also be self-evident to you that truth can only be conveyed to earth by God through His spirit and therefore may also be accepted without hesitation, for God Himself gave this promise to people when He lived on earth. He will be amongst His Own until the end of the world, and He will instruct them in truth .... and this can only happen through His spirit, which works in the person who believes .... (1. Tess. 2, 13) And God wants to work in every human being, but the human being himself must make this possible by preparing himself to be a receptacle of the divine spirit .... by living in love, thus by keeping God's commandments, so that God can now reveal Himself to him. Where love is absent, His word will not be able to resound .... where love is absent, the spirit of God cannot work .... and where love is not there is also no faith in God's working through His spirit. Yet truth will never be or be represented where love is absent, for God, love and truth are one and nothing can be thought of without the other. The spirit of God must be at work if people want to be instructed in the truth, and the spirit of God must also open people's understanding for it, otherwise the truth will not be recognized as such either. And therefore the human being must first shape himself into love so that the Eternal Love Itself can be in him, so that It can address him through the spirit and then introduce him to the truth, as God has promised ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Victory of divine love ....

B.D. 7640 from July 4th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

For My love never ceases .... Do you know what lies in these words of Mine? That I have loved you from the beginning and will continue to love you for all eternity .... that you will never lose this love of Mine and that you will therefore also one day be intimately united with Me again, even if eternities will still pass by .... I will possess you again as I once did, and you will be immeasurably happy. Yet even as long as you are still far away from Me My love pursues you, and I do everything to shorten the time of separation from Me for you, because you are children of My love. Therefore you cannot be lost forever, My adversary will not have power over you forever, one day he will have to hand you over to Me because the strength of My love is stronger than his power and because My love has also paid the ransom for you. Yet as long as you are still distant from Me your state is an unhappy one .... you are not happy because My love alone signifies true beatitude for you and you still reject My love. And therefore, again and again I carry My love to you, again and again it pursues you and wants to motivate you to open your hearts and let My love radiate into you. You cannot go astray but the time of your distance from Me can still last an exceedingly long time, and during this time you will be wretched .... But I want you to become blessed .... I want to shorten your state of unhappiness, for I long to be able to make you happy, to be united with you and to let you feel the delights of union again. For I love you and My love never ends .... And this love urges Me to speak to you and to prove My love to you through My address .... for I know that you are in need, earthly and spiritually, and I want to help you in these hardships with advice and action, I want to chain you to Me through words of love and comfort, I want you to desire to hear these words again and again and that you will now receive strength through My address, that love will likewise ignite in you and that you will now consciously turn to Me and long for unification with Me .... And then My love will have won, then you will also voluntarily open your heart to My illumination of love, and then you will already manage on earth to join Me and desire My presence ever more intimately .... And then you will have passed the test of earthly life .... and you no longer need to remain at a distance from Me, you have come close to Me and My love has won .... It will certainly win once, but that you will already find your way back to Me in this earthly life .... that you will not need to walk the path through creation again is what My infinite love wants to achieve, so that you will become blissfully happy and be able to behold undreamed-of glories with Me when you have finally returned to Me .... And therefore I will address you again and again as long as you live on earth, because My address alone can bring it about that you change, that you shape yourselves into love .... that your love unites with Me and that you, too, long to live with Me .... as the Eternal Love and to create and work with Me as it was in the beginning ...._>Amen

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Requesting strength for the approaching time ....

B.D. 7641 from July 5th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

As yet your life is not over, you can still make unlimited use of blessings, you are still being offered My Word from above and have a certain amount of spiritual freedom in order to spread this Word, in order to live up to it yourselves and to feel the strength of My Word, for you are not prevented from kind-hearted activity, you can speak and act according to your will .... you can work in My vineyard and be active for Me and My kingdom. And you should be conscious of this grace .... For one day the time will come when you will be prevented from working for Me and My kingdom and when it will be made difficult for you to live according to My will. By that time you shall have gathered enough strength in order to persevere, even if the enemy takes action against you, for then you will offer him resistance, because it is My strength which will take effect in you and because he is unable to resist Me. For this reason you shall gather much strength in advance and draw this strength from My Word, for I speak to you so that you will become strong in faith and love, as well as full of strength, and will easily survive the approaching time of adversity. And thus you shall be lively, active in love and with a living faith, and nothing can cause you harm, no matter what happens. For then you will be closely united with Me, and the certainty of My presence provides you with inner peace and complete lack of worry, the conviction of My presence will not let anxiety arise, and all difficulties will pass you by, even though for the sake of the human race they cannot be prevented. And regardless what the days will be like .... They are still final blessings for you and your salvation of soul ..... For the soul can and still will mature, if only your will is good and directed towards Me. Then I will take care that it will not fall prey to the enemy, I will take care that it will gain strength and always offer resistance when it is put under pressure by him. But you should still use the days remaining to you until the end, you should pay no attention to physical hardship but only ever consider the soul, for its salvation is at stake, and for the sake of its salvation My gifts of grace will increase as well and will not stop until the end. But you must be told that you don't have much time left until the end .... You must be told that you ought to believe and prepare yourselves for the end, otherwise My Word will touch your ear in vain and you won't utilise the exceptional gift of grace. And even if you find it difficult to believe .... call upon Me for strength and be willing to live and think according to My will .... and I will support you and provide you with strength, I will guide your thoughts correctly, so that you will not go astray when the end has come .... Simply direct your thoughts to Me and you will not go lost, for then you will also learn to believe the closer it gets to the end. Make good use of your remaining time, gather strength by appealing to Me in prayer for it and be helpful .... and you will be able to await the end calmly, for I Myself protect and guide you, I Am present to you who love Me and you will not lose your way ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Living in divine order is fundamental law ....

B.D. 7642 from July 6th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You are unable to revoke the divine laws but you can act against them .... Yet the latter will never be beneficial for you, for only the human being living within divine order is fulfilling God's will, and only this person can become perfect as long as he lives on earth. But to obey divine order means to live a life of love, for love is divine law .... Love is God Himself, Who is the most perfect Being in infinity. Thus, without love there cannot be perfection, and since bliss and perfection belong together, no human being can be blissfully happy without love. But people can also ignore this law, and this was done by the beings when they deserted God and plunged into the abyss .... thus they had acted against divine order but were nevertheless unable to repeal love itself .... they were merely no longer able to stay within the cycle of this love and therefore they remained without love themselves .... Their will turned against the divine law, their will rejected God's illumination of love, that is, they stepped out of the divine order, they became heartless themselves and thereby also violated divine law .... They fell into sin .... for everything which opposes love is sin and therefore also opposes God Himself. And the logical result of the apostasy from God was therefore an unhappy state, because the being absolutely has to live in divine order if it wants to be happy, that is, it must constantly be able to receive and give love, for love is the fundamental law of eternity, which is and forever will remain the first divine law.

You humans can enter into the divine order again at any time if you make love the basic principle of your lives, if you only ever allow your thoughts and actions to be determined by love .... Then the past state of blissful happiness will soon be granted to you again, for then you will live according to divine law, then you will fulfil God's will, and then you will also unite yourselves again with the Lawmaker of eternity, with God, Who is love Himself. And your character will be the same as it was in the beginning .... God's emanated strength of love, which is now forever merged with God, but as an individually self-aware being it is able to enjoy the inconceivable happiness which it is given by the Eternal Love Itself.

If the being contravenes the divine order it will only ever harm itself, it will never be able to revoke the eternal law. It will only ever get into a wretched state from which it can only be released if it is willing and makes the effort to enter into divine order again. And this is the meaning and purpose of earthly life, for the soul .... the once fallen being .... at the start of its embodiment as a human being is not within this order, but always outside of it. However, it can attain the state, it can completely submit itself to divine order again, and the soul can completely change itself to love and also have submitted itself to divine order. And then the being will be happy again as it was in the beginning, for if it is love in itself it will also correspond to God's fundamental nature and unite itself again with Him, from Whom it once had originated ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Natural event and chaos ....

B.D. 7643 from July 8th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

There will be unprecedented chaos after My intervention during which you will have to prove yourselves. Yet regardless of what will happen, you can always count on My help. Life will be bearable for you if you live it with Me, if you keep hold of My hand and walk every step with Me .... But the fact that there will be chaos is certain, even if it seems incredible to you at this moment in time, even if you cannot imagine its nature and magnitude. For it is the time of the end, it is My very last wake-up call, you will still have to experience the final great upheaval so that those of you humans who still walk different paths take the path to Me .... so that you still make good use of the short time which will then still be granted to you before the end. The chaos after My intervention through natural forces will be indescribable and you will need much strength in order to persevere. However, you can always appeal to Me for this strength, you can make sure to receive it through kind-hearted activity, you will never be helplessly left to your fate if only you are willing to help your fellow human beings and ask for My help to do so. I let this natural disaster befall you for the sake of your spiritual hardship, it is intended to make you think about the value of earthly life if it is lived in a purely worldly way.

For you will lose all possessions, you will be forced into situations in which you will need a lot of help and will only be able to find this help with Me, for earthly assistance will be impossible. But I can and will help you as soon as you call upon Me in spirit and in truth, as soon as you merely send sincerely pleading thoughts up to Me to take care of you in your adversity. And the less selfish your prayers are the more you will experience My help. And then I will expect of My Own to speak on My behalf and also to refer their fellow human beings to Me, to try and strengthen their faith in My infinite Fatherly love and thus to work for Me and My kingdom, for then they will find receptive ears and hearts, although the majority of people will not listen to them .... But it is necessary to still win the few people for whose sake I let the disaster come upon earth. For every single soul is important to Me, I don't want a single soul to go astray if it can still be saved, and I will also enable My servants to speak fluently so that they can be successful labourers in My vineyard. You must all gather much strength in advance because the hardship will be severe, but I assure you that you will be able to prevail if only you hold on to Me, and I will imbue every person with strength who thinks of Me in hours of greatest adversity .... With faith and trust in My help you will all be strong and conquer all earthly adversity. For you should only take the path to Me .... That is the sole purpose of My intervention, so that you do not go astray again for an infinitely long time when the end has come ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Spiritual death and renewed banishment ....

B.D. 7644 from July 9th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Spiritual death is the worst fate that can happen to the soul, for it will be unable to release itself from it once it has departed from earth. It exists, it is also conscious of itself and yet is entirely without light and strength, and this is a state of inconceivable agony. It inevitably leads to a renewed banishment into matter again unless people intercede so effectively on its behalf that it provides the soul with strength, so that it can change itself if it has the will to do so, that is, if it doesn't directly resist it. As long as a soul is apathetic in this state, it can receive help from the enlightened spiritual world or through loving intercession .... But it can also be so hardened that it rebels with burning rage against the power which .... so it believes .... keeps it imprisoned. Then it will steadily descend further and harden into solid substance, which subsequently makes its ascent in the kingdom of the beyond impossible. Then it will have to travel the infinitely long path of higher development through the whole of creation again, for one day even this soul shall wake up to the life which lasts forever .... Countless people on this earth are in this danger of succumbing to spiritual death, for during the end time they do nothing in order to acquire this life. They live without love and therefore without God as well, they already harden their souls to matter on earth, for they strive towards it and fail to consider the spiritual life they are supposed to create for the soul while they live on earth. They bow to the one who is master of the earthly world and also strive for his goods .... And these cannot bestow life upon the soul but they certainly assure its spiritual death.

And if it enters the beyond in this lifeless state it will be in utmost danger, for heartless people rarely leave friends behind on earth who will send loving thoughts to them in the spiritual kingdom. And only these can save the soul, for every loving thought, every prayer full of love has an effect of strength on such souls, they are so effective that the soul changes and has the will to ascend. Then it will have escaped eternal death, it will no longer descend into the state which results in its renewed banishment. All you humans have no idea about the strength of love or you would make an effort to live a life of love .... And then you will attain life, for love itself is life, and it awakens everything that is dead back to life again.

If, however, you don't use this strength, if you go along without love, your soul's spiritual substance has no option but to solidify and thereby gets into a dreadful state, for then death will not lead to the souls transience, instead it will be a state of vegetating in awareness of its existence and of agonising helplessness and darkness. As long as you still live on earth you are incapable of imagining this state, yet you should do everything in your power in order to avoid it, for everything is possible for you on earth, you repeatedly have the opportunity to accomplish deeds of love on earth, and then the danger of death will be over, then you will have to awaken to life while you are still on earth and thus will also be able to enter eternal life, then you will have conquered death. And you are all able to live a life of love, for the divine spark of love is in all of you, which need only be kindled in order to never be extinguished again, because love always gives you new strength and you will inwardly be motivated to be active once you have kindled this spark of love in you. However, you cannot be forced to do so, but the dreadfulness of spiritual death can only ever be pointed out to you so that you will try to avoid this horror of your own accord .... For as long as you live on earth you have the strength to be lovingly active; but once you have entered the kingdom of the beyond you will be incapable of doing anything by yourselves, then you will be dependent on help and can consider yourselves fortunate if it is provided for you by people whose thoughts follow you with love .... Only love redeems, only love is strength .... and everyone should acquire love for himself through loving activity as long as he lives on earth, so that he will not succumb to spiritual death ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

The earth is school of the spirit ....

B.D. 7645 from July 11th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The earth has ceased to be a place of education for the spirit .... It must first be brought back into the right order, i.e., everything that is bound on it, from hard matter up to the human being, must first be brought back into the right order. from hard matter up to the human being, must first be brought back into the right order, all spiritual substances still bound in matter must be helped to serve, and the human being .... who is to serve in free will .... must likewise integrate himself into this order of eternity. must likewise integrate himself into this order of eternity, otherwise he will lead his earthly life in vain and thus the grace of embodiment will be withdrawn from him in favour of the spiritual substance which is ready for service and has already reached the degree of maturity which allows its embodiment as a human being. Yet the work of God's adversary is so strong that he, too, must first be put in chains so that people can fulfil their task of earthly life without being constantly influenced by him. Although the human being has free will and need not subject himself to the adversary's influence, his will is weakened because he does not acknowledge Jesus Christ .... because he is without faith and without love. And on this earth only a few people still change by acknowledging Jesus Christ as God's Son and redeemer from sin and death and hand themselves over to Him. The majority have already fallen prey to God's adversary and therefore no further upward development can be expected on this earth .... For this reason God will create a new earth where the spiritual's ascent development is guaranteed again, where people recognize their earthly task and live in accordance with God's will and where the spiritual still bound in the creations will also experience a faster development than is still possible on this earth. Endless long times always pass until a new period of development begins again, because people in the old earth period no longer strive for this development and are far more of an obstacle that the still bound spiritual can also ascend. For people act contrary to divine order in everything, they no longer know their purpose of existence, they don't believe in God and in the survival of the soul, they are inaccessible to all teachings and go open-eyed towards the abyss .... the renewed banishment in solid matter .... And therefore God, on the other hand, liberates that which was previously bound in this hard matter and lets it go on its upward course of development through the creations of the new earth, and all spiritual substances will now achieve faster development again because they are also surrounded by people who have developed the spirit of love within themselves and therefore also have an extremely favourable effect on the still bound spiritual substances in the plant and animal world. As soon as divine order, which is no longer respected on the old earth, is restored, all spiritual substances will reach maturity more quickly, which is necessary again for the next deformation. And people will also mature in their souls, for they live in love and thus with God and consequently also have to unite with God again more quickly, which is the purpose and aim of earthly life. For earth is only a transit station to the kingdom of light, but earthly life as a human being must also be evaluated accordingly, the soul must pass through the school of the spirit on earth in order to mature and be able to enter the spiritual kingdom as a soul of light. And this divine order is no longer adhered to on the old earth, and therefore it will experience a total change in that everything that is bound will be set free and be begotten into other forms again .... but just as the human being who has failed will lose his external form and sink back into the abyss .... in order to once again take the path through the creations of the earth .... Yet God's love and wisdom directs everything correctly, and He will truly let everything happen in such a way that it will serve the still bound spiritual being for the best ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Spiritual sun .... Life force influx ....

B.D. 7646 from July 11th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The sun of the spirit sends forth its rays and all of you shall enter its circle of rays in order to be illuminated for your soul's salvation. The sun of the spirit is the light of love which emanates from Me and wants to strike all My works of creation in order to fill them with strength which ensures the life of everything created by Me. For the whole of creation is sustained by My strength of love, thus constantly illuminated by the sun of the spirit. Whether it is the beingness still bound in form, whether it is the soul of man .... Everything can only come to life through My illumination, thus it can be active, for it receives strength from Me through the illumination which it needs for activity and which therefore also testifies to life. Yet there is a difference in the strength of the illumination which, in the human stage, can be of such abundance that it can result in eternal life for the human being if he is willing. For the strength of the illumination which hits him also depends on his will alone, and therefore also the measure of strength which can fill the human being. For during earthly life he not only receives the vitality necessary for existence but the more he enters the area of radiation of the spiritual sun the more he is also filled by spiritual strength which his soul receives and processes, and this then only works for its eternal life .... Spiritual strength carries the perfection of the soul into the human being so that it can then be active in the spiritual kingdom and be blissfully happy. Activity always proves life .... Activity always requires strength .... and strength is constantly radiated by My love, touching all beingness, depending on its degree of maturity or development. The beingness which is still bound in form is constantly illuminated by My strength, otherwise it could not exist as a work of creation .... And thus every work of creation is also active, even if it is not apparent to the human eye, but it changes in its external form, which brings about every activity. And all these creations contribute to the mutual preservation .... therefore this supply of strength is the strength necessary for the existence of the works of creation. And thus the human being also receives this vitality, but the human being should make use of it by entering My flow of strength of love of his own free will .... by entering the area of radiation of the spiritual sun .... by also being spiritually active in addition to his earthly activity, i.e. by working with love .... thus certainly performs earthly works which, however, have a spiritual effect if they are done in love. Then he will be illuminated by the sun of the spirit, then he will draw spiritual strength, then My divine sun of love can shine upon him and it will touch his heart .... the soul will receive the rays and be driven to unusual activity .... it will ceaselessly practise love, and thus it will come to life through love, which it can never lose again .... And then it is constantly active, it has emerged from the state of death, which was its lot because it had voluntarily removed itself from My flow of love .... And it must come to life again, for only then can it be blissful again as it was in the beginning. Then it will be permeated by My flow of strength of love again, as it once was, then it will create and work in My will again, then it will have become perfect, then it will be My image again .... a divine being that works in and with Me and is blissfully happy ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

St. John 21, 25 ....

B.D. 7647 from July 14th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

My Own will receive explanations from Me if they genuinely desire them .... My plan of eternity certainly conceals many things from people, because unlimited knowledge is always just a sign of advanced spiritual maturity or, for that matter, because knowledge increases as soon as love becomes more profound. And I know and have known for eternity which degree of love people will achieve and therefore mentioned no more during My life on earth than people were able to take in, since the understanding of most profound wisdom also depended on their degree of love. Nevertheless I mentioned many other things which were not imparted to people .... for there were also kind-hearted people in My vicinity who were able to absorb and understand deeper knowledge. Yet I always advocated one teaching, I conveyed the commandments of love .... I always urged people to live a life of love. And this teaching of love is still ‘My Gospel’ today which ought to be presented to all people of good will. For the human being’s degree of maturity entirely depends on fulfilling My commandments of love, and the human being’s degree of realisation in turn depends on the soul’s degree of maturity. Love guarantees truthful knowledge which can penetrate all depths. And the human being had also always received remarkable information the more his nature transformed itself to love and desired the knowledge .... Yet not many people wanted to know. They were usually satisfied with the knowledge handed down from person to person and which could be found in the Book of Books.

But knowledge .... the truth from God .... is inexhaustible, it cannot be limited because I, as the most perfect Being, know no limitation and thus do not limit a person’s knowledge either if he strives towards perfection and completely shapes himself to love. Then he will learn things which are not written in any book, and he may penetrate divine wisdom ever more and will never cease to be amazed .... However, it would be foolish to make such knowledge accessible to all people through books, for it requires a high degree of spiritual maturity to comprehend it, which too few people on earth posses. But it is possible to achieve, and this is why people should constantly be referred to My commandments of love, the fulfilment of which can indeed enhance their soul’s maturity. And although life on earth is short, it suffices for the attainment of a high state of maturity; and therefore every human being can depart from earth with a high degree of realisation providing he readily fulfilled these commandments of love .... for then I will reveal Myself to him in spirit, and I will place the right thoughts into his heart or convey to him the truth through the inner Word. And then he will exceed the knowledge to which he was academically introduced or which he acquired through intellectual reasoning. But he will also recognise that the Book of Books contains the truth because then he will read it with an enlightened spirit, regardless that alterations had occurred through human intellectual thought which, however, can only be detected and rectified by an enlightened spirit.

‘He who loves Me and keeps My commandments, to him I will come and reveal Myself ....' And I shall truly guide him into truth and give him the right understanding for it. However, what is not absolutely necessary to know in earthly life and what was therefore kept hidden shall, in the last days, also be disclosed to all those who want to belong to Me and to whom I therefore reveal My eternal plan of Salvation. For they should become aware of the gravity of this time, they should know what lies ahead of them, and they should in all kindness be admonished and warned to consider the end and to prepare themselves for it .... And this is why knowledge is conveyed to people which they, depending on their degree of love, will either accept or reject .... They are not forced to accept it but they should think about it .... they should, because they no longer take any notice of the Book of Books, nevertheless receive My Word, which only teaches love again, but which provides people with a deeper insight into My plan of Salvation because the time of the end has come.

Now I can present knowledge to people which is no longer beneficial to them only because their faith is weak or has completely vanished, hence this information will purely be heeded by those of strong faith, who may therefore also gain an insight into My eternal plan of Salvation .... So I Am revealing Myself to them and inform them that what I proclaimed through seers and prophets ever since the beginning of this period of Salvation is coming to fruition, for sooner or later this period will come to an end and the future becomes the present. And anyone with an awakened spirit will also find full concurrence with the Words of the Scriptures, for whatever comes from Me is always the same and never contradicts itself. And just as the harvest is the conclusion of a farmer's efforts, so I, too, will reap in the end and gather those whose souls have fully matured on this earth, and they will enter into life in the spiritual kingdom or on the new earth, as is recognised and determined by My wisdom and love. I will judge the living and the dead .... I will place everything where it belongs in accordance with its state of maturity, and this will also mean that many people who failed in their earthly life and descended into the state of death again will be banished into hard matter once more, from where they will slowly have to find their way back into life over an infinitely long period of time. For nothing shall be lost forever, and one day even the lowest fallen spirit will find the life which it will then never ever lose again ....

Amen

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God as a loving Father ....

B.D. 7648 from July 15th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

For the majority of people I Am the distant, inaccessible God, providing they still believe in Me .... But they have no bond with Me, they look for Me in the distance, they indeed see in Me their God and Creator but not their Father .... they have not yet established the relationship of a child with its Father and therefore dare not address Me like a Father nor do they expect help because they exclude My Fatherly love and only see in Me a punishing God, a merciless Judge Who condemns them without pity if they don't live in accordance with His will. People do not know about My greater than great love for them or they would approach Me trustingly and communicate with Me .... They don't know that they came forth from My love and that My love belongs to them despite the fact that they became sinful .... They are still distant from Me and therefore cannot be permeated by My strength either, because then they would have to turn towards Me devotedly .... because they would have to seek My presence and muster the will to be accepted by Me as My child ....

And it is difficult to convey this knowledge to them .... for I Am and will remain an unattainable Being for these humans, Which stands sky-high above humanity and has little or no contact at all with them. They don't believe in a correlation between the Creator with His living creation, they feel and are indeed isolated as long as they don't lift the isolation themselves and try to join Me. I, however, want to be the Father of My children; I want to be close to people, so close that they will be able to hear Me. But this first requires the human being's free will to be in contact with Me. The human being, too, must want to approach Me, he must abolish the vast distance between us himself by his very will to be in contact with Me. And this resolve can awaken in the human being if My love is proclaimed to him time and again, if I Am presented to Him as a supremely perfect Being Which is pure love and Which wants to give His great love to His living creations in order to make them happy. I must be presented to people as supremely perfect, and perfection includes an abundance of love for My living creations. Only when the human being can believe in My love will his love for Me ignite and he will yearn for contact with Me ....

And then he will also feel like My child and long for the Father in order to intimately communicate with Him. He will no longer feel any inhibitions, he will speak to Me like a child speaks to its Father, and he will also feel My love and therefore approach Me trustingly .... And then I can be present with him, then the vast distance will have been abolished, then the child will also be able to hear My voice because .... if it strives towards Me .... it has become love itself, which causes the unity of the child with the Father .... And as soon as you are able to portray Me to your fellow human beings as their God and Creator, as a most loving Father Who only desires to be united with His children again as it was in the beginning .... as soon as you present Me as a God of love, people will lose their immense shyness in regards to Me and trustingly turn to Me when they are in trouble. They will receive My help and then try to come ever closer to Me, for then they will be seized by My love and gently but steadily be drawn upwards. And one day the union will take place too, for once the human being has felt My love he will not detach himself from Me again but ever more eagerly strive towards Me, and the vast distance will finally have been overcome, with the human being no longer only seeing in Me his God and Creator but his Father, to Whom he will then take his path and with certainty also reach his goal ....

Amen

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The redemptive work of Jesus was unique ....

B.D. 7649 from July 17th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

This was My love's greatest work that I died for you on the cross. My love is infinite and therefore always and forever applies to My living creations, even if they are still far away from Me. It also pursues the deeply sunk and helps it up again and again. And it will not rest until the work of return is completed. Yet the greatest love on My part would not have been able to accept you again if you had not first become free of your guilt of sin .... For even love cannot eliminate justice, and the guilt had to be redeemed first, atonement had to be made for it .... an atonement which the sinful creature was incapable of making, even if eternities had passed by .... This is why My love Itself redeemed the guilt by accomplishing the act of salvation, by suffering and dying on the cross for the sins of humanity. My Love Itself accomplished the work and embodied Itself for this purpose in a human being Who allowed this embodiment in Himself because His love for Me and His fellow human beings was so strong that He wanted to suffer and die for them .... I Myself, as the 'Eternal Love', was thus in Him, in the man Jesus, Who shed His blood for His brothers in order to redeem their great guilt of sin .... This was a unique act of salvation which can never be surpassed in its greatness before or since, for I truly chose the most bitter death because the magnitude of the guilt was immeasurable and required the greatest suffering and pain in order to establish compensation for this guilt towards justice .... For although Jesus' cover was human, yet Jesus' soul was from above, which also explains that it suffered far more in the kingdom of darkness than a person living in the midst of sin can imagine. But He wanted to suffer for His fallen brothers, and I accepted this sacrifice because the love in Him wanted to make it and because I never refuse love when it wants to express itself. For love is My primal element, and thus I found Myself in the man Jesus and sacrificed Myself for humanity. This act of mercy is so immense that it will also remain incomprehensible to you humans as long as you still live on earth, but one day you will recognize what has taken place in the spiritual kingdom through this act of salvation .... you will recognize it when you have entered that kingdom yourselves and when you are then allowed to experience the process of Jesus' crucifixion yourselves, which will then overwhelm you and make you sing praise and thanks .... And every mature soul will be allowed to experience it in the spiritual kingdom and only then recognize the love and grace which prevailed that I Myself walked across the earth in the man Jesus. For a bridge has now been built from people to Me which may be entered by every soul that wants to come to Me .... There is a path from the kingdom without light into the kingdom of light and bliss .... And this path could and can be taken by anyone who wants to reach Me in My kingdom. It is the path Jesus took and which you all only need to follow in order to be united with Me again. Thus the guilt of sin has been redeemed .... And this act of salvation was accomplished for all people of the past, the present and the future, everyone can find redemption who seriously strives towards the final aim, the union with Me, for he will find forgiveness of his guilt through Jesus Christ, Who laid down His life for him, Who paid the purchase price for all souls with His blood .... And every 'redeemed' soul will be allowed to experience the sacrifice on the cross itself .... But never will such a work of redemption be repeated .... For Jesus died for all people of the past, the present and the future, and this means that My love was satisfied with this work of mercy .... but that the human being himself must now also want his own redemption, otherwise Jesus died for him on the cross in vain .... Anyone who does not find his way to Jesus Christ will never accept redemption, for it can only be brought to him through Him .... anyone who rejects Jesus Christ also rejects Me, and he will never be able to unite with Me .... anyone who does not accept Jesus Christ will continue to be burdened with his great guilt of sin, and the gates to the kingdom of light will be closed to him .... (17.7.1960) And you humans of the present time live in the redemption period in which I Myself ascended to earth in Jesus in order to redeem your guilt, in order to accomplish the great work of mercy which is unique and will remain so for all eternity. Thus you were able to exploit the blessings of the act of salvation during your earthly life, and you still have the opportunity to do so if you are not yet redeemed, that is, if you have not yet approached Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins .... For you still have a short time left until the end. But you will inevitably have to seek and find Him during this time if you don't want to go astray for eternity, for there is no other redemption for you than that you acknowledge Him and thus Me Myself in Him, so that you will be released from your original sin through your will, which burdens every person who has not yet taken his path to Jesus Christ. And therefore My name will be preached with increased zeal throughout the world. Jesus Christ will be proclaimed throughout the world, and truly, every person who believes in Him and gives himself to Him in this faith will be allowed to experience the strength of His name .... Then he will live for eternity, even though he will lose his earthly life before the end. But faith in Jesus Christ protects him from destruction, for no-one can perish who acknowledges Him because He shed His blood for all people .... for the people of the past, the present and the future .... Let it be said to you that His work of redemption was a unique one, the like of which has never happened before and will never happen again .... For I Myself sacrificed Myself in the man Jesus on the cross, and My act of love truly had such an effect that the redemption of all humanity's guilt is guaranteed, no matter how great it was and is. But people have to want to be redeemed .... Against his will no human being will be forced to accept the blessings of My act of salvation .... against his will no human being's guilt of sin can be redeemed .... And therefore people cannot be spared the fate of a new banishment either who do not voluntarily place themselves under the cross of Christ, who do not accept Jesus Christ, who have no faith in Me and My greater than great love, which wants to help all people who are in spiritual hardship. I must let them go their way which, however, will certainly lead to the aim one day .... I leave them complete freedom, but how they use their freedom determines the state which awaits them as soon as the end of the earth has come. And the time and hour of this end has been determined since eternity, and it can no longer be stopped because divine order has to be restored, which no longer reigns on this earth. But I can only ever point out this end to you and admonish you to utmost soul work .... And this consists of increased activity of love .... And then you will also be able to recognize Jesus Christ as your saviour and redeemer, and you will take the path to the cross, and then you will also no longer be able to get lost ...._>Amen

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From the fire of love shines the light of wisdom ....

B.D. 7650 from July 18th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Love alone is the key to wisdom .... and it will be difficult to separate error from truth for the one who does not have love, for he himself is outside of truth and cannot recognize it. But again, it will be possible to attain the truth if the serious will to do so is present and if the human being knows about the effect of love. Love is the light itself, and a heart willing to love is illuminated by the inner light .... for love awakens the spirit to life which, because part of the father-spirit from eternity, also carries all wisdom within itself and can now impart it to the human being from within. The fire of love radiates the light of wisdom .... If only you humans were able to grasp this profound truth, that there is no truthful knowledge .... i.e. wisdom .... can exist if love does not glow in the human heart. For only where love is can the human being penetrate the deepest depths of divine wisdom, and then he will also far surpass his fellow human being's knowledge, because if he has love within himself he will .... God Himself within himself and can now be introduced to all truth by Him. The human being should always remain aware of the fact that he harbours all wisdom within himself .... that he stood in brightest light in his original state and thus in fullest realisation and that this light was only buried due to his fall into sin but can surface again at any time when he is free from his guilt of sin, when he is redeemed through Jesus Christ and has now awakened the spirit within himself through a life of love. And then he will also be able to distinguish error from truth .... He will be able to pass wise judgment as soon as disputes arise which concern spiritual knowledge. And this one shall be heard when it is necessary to check whether a spiritual knowledge corresponds to truth. But many people will claim of their own accord to have awakened their spirit, many people will count themselves as awakened in spirit, and divergent thought material will be represented as truth which, however, can never be truth from God if it deviates from each other .... And people themselves cannot measure their fellow human being's degree of love either, and then there is only one way out .... to go to God Himself and ask Him for clarification, Who Himself is the 'Eternal Truth'. For you should know that God's adversary can also disguise himself under the cloak of love .... but then it is not possible to speak of unselfish neighbourly love, instead love is practised for the sake of an advantage which the fellow human being usually does not notice. But there is this danger, and then it is not possible to speak of transmitting truth, of 'wisdom', of the light which radiates from the fire of love. And therefore you humans should examine and not let yourselves be misled by teachings which seem difficult to accept .... Then you will be inwardly warned, for anyone who desires the truth need not fear falling prey to error, he will have a right feeling for defence if spiritual good is occasionally offered to him, and he will also recognize when the adversary has intervened and where he can intervene. And he should only join God all the more intimately and ask Him for protection from error and for right recognition .... And his thinking will be right, he will not err in his judgment ...._>Amen

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Human-tangible knowledge of the work of redemption ....

B.D. 7651 from July 20th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You will only understand My act of salvation correctly when you are able to comprehend the spiritual processes after the creation of the beings from Me. And this requires a high spiritual maturity which opens up the deepest spiritual knowledge about all these processes to you and which only few people on earth still achieve. But only then will you understand My infinitely profound love for My living creations, for before that the term 'love' has not yet been completely clarified for you either, and you only ever apply human standards which, however, cannot bear comparison. The redemption through Jesus Christ will indeed be revealed to you one day, it will reveal to you what is now still beyond your power of realisation .... and you, now free from all guilt, will be able to grasp My work of love in all its depth .... But as long as you live on earth as a human being you can only be taught in a human way. Nevertheless, you will be instructed in truth; thus you need not believe that 'limited' knowledge deviates from the truth .... You can represent the knowledge you receive through My spirit as unconditional truth, even though it does not yet reveal the ultimate wisdom to you. For the spirit from God does not err. But it considers you according to your state of maturity and one day you will recognize that you lived in truth on earth because you had the grace to be taught by My spirit. And thus you can confidently reject it if you are offered spiritual knowledge which does not coincide with your knowledge .... And you will also feel for yourselves whether and what you may reject, because even then the spirit within you will order your thinking and protect you from error .... The act of salvation was unique, it will not be repeated again but it will always be allowed to be experienced as present in the spiritual kingdom .... and the souls which have this maturity that they may experience it will also then be able to gain insight into those spiritual processes which already substantiated Jesus Christ's act of salvation at the creation of the beings and which testify to My immeasurable love, which is always and forever at work and will also one day achieve the fallen being's complete spiritualisation, because everything is possible for love. I cannot grant you full insight in the human stage, for you would perish in view of what My love has planned since eternity .... You must be content with the spiritual knowledge you receive through the working of the spirit within you .... And you should also not seek to penetrate My plan of salvation if I still deny you insight, if I set limits where your maturity does not yet allow for the deepest wisdom, but the limits will fall with increasing maturity of soul .... And one day you will also penetrate the secrets which are still veiled to you, one day the infinite depth of My love will also be revealed to you, for then your degree of love will also be appropriate, then the unification will have taken place which will result in a complete permeation of My strength of love, which is synonymous with profoundest realisation of My reign and activity in the spiritual kingdom ...._>Amen

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Offering the word is special grace ....

B.D. 7652 from July 22nd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The presentation of My word will only ever mean an unusual reception of grace for you if you accept it in your heart and live it out, i.e. if you are not only listeners but doers of My word. When I speak to you and you let My words go to your heart, when they don't just ring in your ears but leave a deep impression on you, then you will also make an effort to live according to these words of Mine, and then you will enter into My will .... and you will be saved for eternity. My word is the most effective means of grace .... you need only let yourselves be addressed by Me and you will not remain unaffected by it if only your will is good .... and your will is good if it desires Me.

(22.7.1960) Your will is good if you are of a righteous mind .... Then you can only ever experience blessings from My word, for then you will also receive the strength which strengthens your will at the same time as the word. And if it is now turned towards Me I can take hold of you and draw you to Me .... As long as you walk across earth as a human being streams of grace flow to you because I know that you are too weak and need My support, because I know that without My gifts of grace you would never be able to cover the path to ascent. And My love for you expresses itself in the bestowal of grace. I use the most diverse means to help you, and all these means are graces, they are gifts of My love which you have not earned but which My love does not withhold from you. All these means are effective if you pay attention to them, for they can cause you to change your will, they can show you the path to Me. But no means is as effective as My word .... When I address you directly then you receive the strength from Me directly, and this draws you to Me again .... My strength strengthens your will and at the same time makes you able to fulfil My will revealed to you .... Thus you not only remain hearers of My word but you live out My word .... provided that you listen to Me without any inner resistance when I speak to you. My word is only ineffective in the face of resistance, but where the resistance is broken .... and you consciously turn your will towards Me .... the strength with which I have blessed My word is effective. And then you will have to progress in your development, then you will have to ascend because I constantly draw you through My word. For My word is the nourishment of your soul .... I speak to your soul with My word and it will soon recognize the father's voice and submit itself to His will. And the father will always address His child as necessary, for the father knows His child, He knows its faults and shortcomings, He knows its will, and He now tries everything to win back His child for eternity .... And My word always achieves this. For My word is radiance of love from Me which touches every person who opens himself, who thus listens when I speak to him, who does not let My word fall on his ear. You cannot be offered a substitute for My word, for no other gift of grace equals My word, because this gift of grace requires a bond with Me which consists of turning the will towards Me. Only then will you humans be able to hear the 'father's voice', otherwise My word will only remain empty letters which you do not understand, which do not touch your heart. Only by turning to Me will you establish this bond which will result in the influx of strength from Me when you expect My address, which will then certainly be granted to you. And you humans can be certain that I speak to everyone who opens his ear to My address, who wants Me to speak to him and who therefore will also feel the strength of My word when it sounds to him. Then he will exploit a means of grace of unheard-of significance, for as soon as I can address him .... directly or through My messengers .... he is in direct contact with Me, and then he can no longer fall, then he must irrevocably take the path to ascent, and then he will also irrevocably reach the aim .... to the final union with Me ...._>Amen

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Address to vineyard workers ....

B.D. 7653 from July 23rd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

And you will have to serve Me with increased zeal if you want to control people's spiritual adversity. Wherever you can convey My word you should do so, for only My word can still bring people to their senses, because otherwise they will not be made aware of what they still have to expect, and because it is still possible through My word that people who hear it will deal with spiritual matters because My word is blessed with My strength. Therefore, don't neglect anything you can undertake; only ever hand out what you receive from Me and don't let yourselves be deterred by failures or temporary rejections of the spiritual good you offer to your fellow human beings. For something of it will always remain, and when the time will come upon people many will remember it. Again and again I will lead people into your path to whom you are to convey My word, to whom you are to mention My reign and activity and My unusual gift of grace to you. And I will put the words into your mouth .... only place yourselves at My disposal when I want to speak through you, that is, take every opportunity to speak to your fellow human beings about spiritual things and a great blessing will rest on your endeavour, you will experience many blessings yourselves and your fellow human beings will also gratefully accept the gifts they are offered. And you should also not ask why you, My servants, have all been placed in different situations in life .... why one person's situation differs from another. You should only ever let Me rule, for I truly know what serves you all best, and I also know where and how the most successful vineyard work can be done. But I Myself have all the strings in My hand and I also know how to guide them with wisdom and love .... And you should not believe that I will once withdraw My guidance from you, that I will leave you and your work to yourselves .... I am always with you whom I recognize as My true servants because they are willing to serve Me. And I can only use such servants to work for Me and My kingdom. And you can believe that there is great need and that I accept every one of you who is therefore willing to do vineyard work. I will put My will into your heart, I will guide your steps, I will order your thoughts, and thus you will be driven from within to work according to My will. Therefore, entrust yourselves to Me daily and hourly, ask for My guidance and My blessing, and always remain united with Me in thought, in prayer and through prayer of love .... And you will truly not need to worry about anything yourselves, everything will come about by itself, and you will always recognize My hand in everything you experience, in everything that happens to you. For if you want to serve Me then you will also love Me, and then My love can also provide for you such that you will always and constantly be provided for in body and soul. Therefore only ever look up to Me and unreservedly give yourselves to Me, and your earthly path will be blessed .... you will be true servants to Me who diligently carry out their work, who are faithful co-workers to Me in the coming time, in the last time before the end ...._>Amen

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Re-banishment an act of justice ....

B.D. 7654 from July 24th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Hear My words: I want you to return to Me, to become blessed again as it was in the beginning .... But this is not decided by My will alone, your free will must also desire and strive for the same, you, too, must want to stay with Me again in order to be able to enjoy the happiness of union in My presence. As long as you don't muster this will your fate will be wretched, regardless of whether you live on earth or in the kingdom of the beyond, for My will alone cannot release you from it, otherwise you will remain bound creatures which were once freely created in My image. And so that you now direct your will correctly, so that you strive towards Me in free will, earthly life as a human being was given to you. And you should now also make good use of it, you should only take care of your soul's salvation. My infinite love longs for you, who are still far away from Me, and this longing for love will not stop until you have become My Own. And My love tries everything to motivate your free will to turn to Me, because then the return to Me is also guaranteed .... because then I Myself will seize you and be able to draw you to Me and once then the unification will take place, which is the aim of your earthly progress as a human being. But there are limits to you, your earthly course will soon be over, even if you are not called away prematurely .... But the time is only short, then every person will lose his earthly life who does not already belong to My Own .... who has not yet striven for or entered into union with Me .... And then a bad fate awaits the latter, then their will has failed, and then the distance from Me increases, for people sink irrevocably into the abyss who have not returned to Me by the appointed time as was their destiny. My love for you humans is boundless and I will truly still do everything in order to save you from this downfall, but I will always respect your free will because I cannot act otherwise according to eternal law. For My love can only work where it does not meet with resistance .... But a will turned away from Me is resistance which sets limits to My activity of love. And I don't break this by force but respect it, even if the being then falls back into the abyss, because this is then its own will. Therefore, don't think that those people will be wronged if I don't stop the end, if My plan of salvation unfolds as it was determined in My love and wisdom .... Don't feel sorry for people who don't want to become blessed themselves, for so many graces have been bestowed upon all of them, and I will still bestow My graces until the end, and everyone could still change, because it is completely up to him how he directs his will .... Everyone will still be showered with graces, everyone will be made easy, for I truly try everything and I don't demand anything impossible from people .... They could all still find their way to Me, for the time would suffice for the change of will, even if it is still so short. But like the will, so is the lot .... they will not be unjustly considered because My infinite love truly applies to every creature and I want to regain every creature before the end .... And thus I create new possibilities again for the spiritual being, which fails as a human being, in order to be able to reach the final aim one day after all .... the union with Me .... with Me .... but the human being who fails delays his return to Me again for eternal times, and he has to suffer immeasurable torment for his wrong will because he misuses it again .... Yet he has chosen his state himself, he has approached the abyss himself despite constant admonitions and warnings. And to release him from it again will be My constant endeavour, because My love will not diminish and will also follow the fallen one into the abyss, so that it will one day find its way to Me after all, so that it will one day return to its father's house after all ...._>Amen

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Calling upon beings of light after prayer to God ....

B.D. 7655 from July 25th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

In your contact with the spiritual world only your attitude towards Me determines whether your soul will derive benefit from it. For good and evil forces fight for your will wanting to exercise their influence over you, and you alone decide which forces will be allowed to approach you. The crucial factor is your direction of will, which always has to aim towards Me, if the beings of light working on My behalf are to be permitted to protect and instruct you.

Your constant bond with Me assures you their protection and care, and their influence on your souls will always be favourable and promote your souls development. For even these beings, which are full of love, are not permitted to influence you against your will although evil forces are also unable to do so .... this is why you are always protected from their activity when you closely unite with Me, when you appeal to Me for protection and help. Then I will be able to instruct My beings of light to watch over you, and then you will truly be safe. For the love of these beings is immense and they will do everything for you as soon as they see that your will applies to Me.

Hence you can always consider yourselves carried by their love as long as you uphold your bond with Me, which thus allows their unrestricted activity. And you can mentally connect with them as well; you can present your problems to them and request their protection, which they will very gladly grant to you. You should entrust yourselves to all good spiritual beings and keep all wicked spirits at bay. For that reason you may also ask the good forces for protection against evil forces, and they will form a barrier around you and deny entry to the latter. But you are surrounded by spiritual forces at all times, by those which mean well and those who try to harm you .... and also by spiritual beings which anticipate your help, which are weak and uninformed and feel attracted by your proximity, because they see your light and strive towards it, since they lack light themselves.

And in that case you should also ask the good forces for their support to teach and guide them, and to protect them from the advances of evil forces which try to influences these beings too .... You should only ever want to act virtuously and righteously and request help to do so, be it in earthly or spiritual difficulties, for beings of light are always ready to help those on My behalf who want to be My Own and make intimate contact with Me in prayer. Hence you can constantly send your thoughts into the spiritual kingdom, and you will always receive a reply from there, which you mentally accept and are thus also able to speak of a 'life in and with God' ....

Just don't exclude Me from your thoughts. For I want to be your beginning and your end, you shall begin and end your daily activities with Me, and then all angels will truly look after you, they will support you with advice and practical help, for they love Me and are also full of love for you .... and therefore they will only ever accomplish My will. However, you can make this very will of Mine inclined towards you at any time, and you will then lead a blissful life on earth, for then you will be living under My constant protection, since you will be safeguarded by all My angels on your path of life and they will protect you from all forces intending to cause you harm ....

Amen

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The soul will reap what it has sown ....

B.D. 7656 from July 26th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You should not entertain deceptive ideas that you can gather treasures for your earthly life because you will lose them faster than you had acquired them. I caution you not to strive after earthly possessions and get attached to them, and time and again I will show you the transient nature of worldly possessions. You spend much time and effort when it comes to collecting worldly treasures and rarely consider that you cannot keep them, that you have to let go of them when you leave this earth, but that they can also be taken from you by other means if this is My will. You only appreciate what belongs to the world and yet is temporary; but you ignore the eternal .... you only take care of your body and ignore your soul .... And thus you use your energy of life wrongly, you only use it for your physical well-being but inconsiderately prepare a wretched fate in eternity for your soul. Because during your earthly life you do not give to the soul that which serves its perfection alone, you let it starve, whereas you excessively provide for your body without ever gaining from it. Because even your earthly life can end from one day to the next, and then you will enter the kingdom in the beyond poor and empty-handed and will have to suffer much pain.

For once you should think about the fact that you yourselves have no control over your life, that your life on earth could be short and that death could approach you any day without your being able to prevent it. And you should think about the 'thereafter' .... but you do not believe that you are not obliterated at the moment of death, you do not believe in the soul's continuation of life and that this life will then be in accordance with your life on earth and your concern for your soul's salvation. And on account of this unbelief you live thoughtlessly and do not question the meaning and purpose of your earthly life. You are content when you get what you like on earth, when you provide the body with a sense of well-being and collect many earthly possessions for the future .... And you do not actually know whether you will still have a future. However, you all know that you will have to die one day .... And this knowledge should make you want to evaluate your earthly life consciously. But you lack faith, faith in a God and Creator, Who will hold you accountable for your conduct on earth one day. And because you do not believe, you are indifferent.

But you can all be certain that the hour of your accountability will come and that your regret will be bitter when you find yourselves in great spiritual poverty in the kingdom of the beyond and eventually realise what you had neglected on earth due to your own fault. Because it is by grace that you were allowed to become embodied on earth, and not to have used this grace will be bitterly regretted by the soul one day since it will never be able to make up for its neglect, although in the kingdom of the beyond it will also receive help to ascend from the abyss, but the circumstances are far more difficult than they are or were on earth. You should not live so thoughtlessly because the hour will come for every human being when he has to leave the earthly body and then the soul will enter the spiritual kingdom .... Although this hour can bring much pleasure and joy it can also bring great darkness and pain .... but always in accordance with the human being's own will which he had demonstrated by his conduct during his earthly life .... He will reap what he has sown, he will enter the kingdom of light and bliss, or he will be received by darkness which will not release him again until the soul has changed its attitude and then, with loving support, it will walk the path of ascent ....

Amen

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Recognizing the father's voice ....

B.D. 7657 from July 27th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You must feel addressed by Me, otherwise you will not recognize the father's voice and My words will sound in your ears. The intellect alone, however, is unable to accomplish this, the intellect alone only sees the letters but does not grasp the spiritual meaning. This can only be understood by the heart, by your spiritual spark, for when I speak to you then the father-spirit expresses Itself in you, Which the spiritual spark hears and conveys to the soul which then recognizes the words as a fatherly address. Anyone who is not touched by the voice, who does not feel addressed by the father when My word is brought to him, consciously or unconsciously shuts himself off from My word .... He either allows his intellect to push itself forward or his will resists it .... he closes his ear and approaches the examination with a bias, which he should certainly carry out with every spiritual knowledge but which he can only do with My support. But I speak to My Own and My Own recognize the father's voice. And what I have to say to people I tell them through My messengers and servants on earth who agree to pass on My word. And this word of Mine was in the beginning and will remain, even if heaven and earth pass away .... For I Myself am the word, the word is My emanation of My strength of love to all beings which are conscious of Me and to which I want to make Myself known. My word is the manifestation of My will, and if the human being is to do My will he must also experience My will and therefore also hear My word which is conveyed to him directly from above through My servants .... Every person should certainly hear My voice within himself, I would like to be able to address every person Myself, yet every person must seriously want to be addressed by Me if he now also wants to hear Me Myself .... And he will be able to hear Me and also recognize My voice as the voice of the father Who loves His child and therefore also reveals Himself to it. And this is proof of My love that I reveal Myself, that I speak to My children in order to give strength to all who allow themselves to be addressed by Me. I have blessed My word with My strength, and everyone can perceive this who, after heartfelt prayer to Me, receives My word in spirit and in truth and gives himself to the effect of My word .... everyone will feel the strength of the word, because it is the direct emanation on My part when I can speak to My Own, when I can make My will known to them and give them words of love and comfort .... And no-one will want to miss this proof of love who has once received it from Me. But he will also always be an eager servant to Me, he will spread My word, for the strength which flows forth from My word will now not let him remain inactive .... he cannot help but work for Me and My kingdom. He is driven by the strength of love which flows through him with the acceptance of My word. Therefore you are all blessed who receive My word .... be it directly or through My messengers, for strength flows to you from above which now never rests .... you will be faithful servants in My vineyard, you will fulfil the mission you have been given .... you will serve Me as fit instruments and help in the redemption of the unfree .... you will speak in My stead to your fellow human beings, who shall all hear My word, so that they shall know about their task in earthly life in order to now also be able to fulfil it .... And your work will be blessed ...._>Amen

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Truth not without love ....

B.D. 7658 from July 28th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

People must strive towards Me in all seriousness of their own accord, they must inwardly feel the need to unite with Me, then they will also be guided into right and true thinking and learn to distinguish truth from error. But as long as this serious will is missing, they cannot be given clarity, which is the right of the one who wants to reach Me. The fact that so much error is widespread in the world is largely people's own fault because they did not observe the commandments of love and therefore My adversary entered their hearts, who mentally misled them and they did not recognize the error as such. And thus people will always be far away from the truth who live without love .... But it will be bright in those who take My teaching of love seriously, who make an effort to live a life of love and therefore also awaken their spirit to life. Nevertheless, it is also difficult for them to free themselves from error as long as it is presented to them as truth by those who acknowledge them as leaders .... Yet I only ever value their degree of love .... If they sincerely desire the truth, it will be supplied to them .... If they are unable to separate themselves from their previous knowledge then they will one day come to enlightenment in the kingdom of the beyond in a flash .... But their nature must always have shaped itself into love in order to attain the right realisation, for I evaluate their way of life according to their love, and according to their love will be the degree of light in which they enter the kingdom of the beyond. And thus pure truth is the share of the one who changes to love. For My adversary has no power over this, and error is also recognized as such by him. In the last days before the end love has grown cold among people, therefore they will be receptive to everything that contradicts the truth, whereas they will host the truth and persecute every bearer of truth. And this is a sure sign of the end .... Only a few live in love and only a few walk in truth. But the masses will always stand behind My adversary, error will be accepted as a matter of course and not recognized as error. But then you should also know that the time is fulfilled, for this is the spiritual low, that My adversary has gained dominion over people and that they believe him, i.e. the one who fights against the truth because he is My adversary .... The light fights against darkness, and the darkness is already so deep that the light has difficulty penetrating because people themselves prefer darkness .... But anyone who desires light will also see its rays, for that is where I direct My ray of love-light and it will strike people's hearts and touch them beneficially, and they will no longer want to miss the light. And this light is My word from above .... the pure truth which everyone may receive who seriously desires it and who lives in love. Therefore, first make an effort to live a life of love, and you can be certain that I consider everyone according to his love .... for anyone who has love is not in possession of the adversary, he belongs to Me, and to belong to Me also means to receive My light, whether on earth or in the spiritual kingdom .... To belong to Me means to be enlightened and to inwardly distance oneself from misguided teachings which My adversary has spread in order to separate people from Me .... But the loving human being recognizes Me and strives towards Me .... And he will also reach Me, for love unites him with Me, love brings about the final union with Me, and love also recognizes Me as the Eternal Truth ...._>Amen

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Creation evidence of an essential Deity ....

B.D. 7659 from July 29th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Everything you see around you in creation serves the perfection of the spiritual. Nothing is meaningless and purposeless, everything has its purpose, even if you humans cannot recognize it. But God's wisdom has ruled everywhere where His love created .... His omnipotence brought everything to fruition that wisdom and love wanted .... The whole of creation is the expression of God's strength of love, His immeasurable wisdom and power. And creation is suitable to let people recognize the greatness of a God and creator; it is also suitable to let people believe in a God and creator if only they think about what they see around them. Yet people walk blindly in spirit through earthly life, who pay no attention to what proves God's greatness to them; they cannot see because they do not open their eyes to the wonders of nature .... They take everything for granted and nature tells them nothing because they don't believe. For the believing human being involuntarily remembers the Eternal Deity when he merely delves into a work of creation and reflects on its origin and purpose .... For creation proves a God because it testifies to a lawful order which always requires a Lawgiver and because it reveals the purpose and destiny of every work of creation, which in turn proves a wise, thinking Being Who gave His destiny to everything created. But the human being must also have the will to find out whether an essential Deity seeks to reveal Himself to people through creation .... He must want to think correctly and thus also strengthen his faith by being proven a God and creator through creation .... He must reflect in the will to gain insight into problems which are objects of dispute amongst people .... For there will always be people who seek to deny a God and creator to those who acknowledge Him, who believe in Him .... And in such matters of dispute creation truly serves to provide every person with clarification if only he seriously desires it. And the very seriousness of this desire is decisive for the answer which the human being will now mentally receive .... For the miracles of nature are not human products, but neither are they arbitrarily created works, otherwise they would not reveal the lawful order. For creation is an expression of strength which was directed by a will as long as its results are purposeful and subject to certain laws which always testify to a wise Law Giver. Anyone who asks will receive an answer .... but anyone who gives himself the answer as it suits him, because he does not want to believe in a God and creator, will also certainly err, for his thinking will be wrongly guided by the one who did not want to acknowledge God himself and who is therefore also stricken with spiritual blindness and will never convey the truth to a human being .... Anyone who does not acknowledge God is under the influence of God's adversary, and this influence will always aim to destroy people's every belief in a God and creator .... But the human being can free himself from this influence if he earnestly seeks to know the truth himself, for the desire for truth results in his train of thought being directed such that he can nevertheless attain faith in a God and creator Who reveals Himself to him in the wonders of nature. For God can be recognized by anyone who wants to recognize Him .... And He has so many means of grace at hand which help the human being to believe .... He need only look around and the light of knowledge can be kindled in him if only he is of good will .... Then all works of creation will preach to him of God's love, wisdom and omnipotence .... Then he will be able to believe and never lose his faith again ...._>Amen

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Forgiveness through Jesus Christ .... Degree of light and love ....

B.D. 7660 from July 30th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

And you will enter eternal peace, for all adversity will have ceased to exist, all worries and anguish will be over, you will be surrounded by an abundance of light and your life will be a blissfully happy one .... Nevertheless, you must have attained maturity of soul, all guilt of sin must have been taken from you, you must have become My Own during your life on earth and have returned to the Father from Whom you once came forth. Hence, you must have found redemption through Jesus Christ, otherwise you would still not be free from the guilt of sin and your entrance to the kingdom of light and bliss would be closed for you. Therefore you should strive to find forgiveness of the guilt of sin while you are still living on earth. Try .... if you still can't believe in Him as yet .... to find clarification about Jesus, the Son of God and Redeemer of the world. And appeal to Me Myself for conveying this clarification to you so that you can believe in Him with a living faith and subsequently step under His cross with your burden of sin and ask Him for forgiveness .... And all guilt will be taken from you. This will ensure your entrance into the kingdom of light, because Jesus Christ had paid for your guilt with His death on the cross. However, the degrees of light after your death can be quite different, for it depends on your soul's state of maturity as to how light-receptive it has become on earth .... It depends on your way of life on earth and to what extent you lived up to My will .... that is, whether the commandments of love for God and your neighbour had become your guideline for your conduct and you had changed your nature into love. Only the degree of love determines your soul's maturity. And no-one can practise love on your behalf, love is the law of eternal order in which you must live in order to adapt to your fundamental nature again, in order to become My image once more according to your purpose. And to become love means to discard all faults and flaws which still adhere to your soul, to fight against all low cravings, to shape your nature into humility, gentleness, peacefulness, mercy, righteousness and patience .... to dispose of all bad habits and to always remain in heartfelt contact with Me, Whom you acknowledge in Jesus Christ as your Father of eternity. You must fight against all faults during your life on earth, then your soul will become as translucent as a diamond and able to receive the rays of light which signify its beatitude in the spiritual kingdom. Then it will live forever, it will not know death anymore, no sin and no blemish .... it will be pure and clear and thus also worthy of My presence, and it will be able to behold Me face to face .... For it will see its Saviour Jesus Christ, in Whom I made Myself visible to My living creations, just as they once desired .... Shaping yourselves into love must be accomplished by you humans on earth yourselves, if you want to be inconceivably happy one day. Yet first take care to dispose of your burden of sin, for this will draw you down, and being burdened by sin prevents you from entering the kingdom of light. If you find it difficult to believe in Jesus Christ then try to pray to your God and Creator Who called you into life and appeal to Him for enlightenment and for His help to believe .... And I will truly grant you this prayer, I will not leave those in ignorance who desire to know, and I will present the truth to him such that he will be able to accept it .... For faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Redeemer of the world is absolutely essential in order to be accepted into the kingdom of peace and bliss. Only then will you acknowledge Me, Whom you once refused to acknowledge, from Whom you once separated of your own free will and fell into the abyss .... You must want to return to Me voluntarily, and you can make this will known by turning to Jesus Christ and admitting your guilt of sin with an appeal for forgiveness .... Then your sins will be forgiven, I Myself, Who accomplished the act of Salvation in Jesus, the man, will absolve you from them, and I will also help you to attain maturity while you are still on earth, providing you want to unite yourselves with Me, to return to Me voluntarily and to shape yourselves again as you were in the beginning ....

Amen

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Importance of the love commandments ....

B.D. 7661 from July 31th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

And if you fulfil My commandments then you belong to Mine, for then love unites us .... Love is My original substance, love created you and love is also the substance of your being. And if you now live in love according to My commandments you will shape yourselves into your original nature again, and then you will join Me, you have become and will remain My Own for all eternity. And now you will also recognize the importance of My commandments of love and understand why I repeatedly emphasize these commandments of love of Mine, why I repeatedly admonish you to spread My Gospel, to proclaim the divine teaching of love and to live a life of love yourselves .... You will also understand that and why you can only become blessed through love. It is not just a matter of doing this or that, for works without love have no value, works without love cannot be valued differently than every earthly action which you carry out in duty .... Love must be the driving force for every action, only then can the change of nature take place in you for the purpose of which you live on earth. And you must kindle love within yourselves, it cannot be practised on your behalf .... for only through love can you approach Me in order to then also be eternally united with Me. Nor can anyone join Me (strive towards Me) who does not have love within himself, for since I am Love Itself the human being himself must also be in love if he wants to recognize Me and strive towards Me .... Love urges love, love seeks union. My love always and forever belongs to you, My living creations, it will always long for you and will do everything to be united with you again. But My love can only unite with love again .... The bond can only be striven for and established on your part, for I am always willing to do so, yet it first requires your will, and this will be just as willing when love has ignited in you which then also irrevocably pushes towards Me. And therefore My commandments of love are of utmost importance .... Everything is worthless without love .... and even if you are earthly blessed as richly as you are, if fame and honour accompany your path through life, if you can prepare earthly pleasures for yourselves without measure .... you are to be called poor if you do not have the love within you which first gives your earthly life the right fulfilment, which prepares you for spiritual life, which ensures your union with Me, which makes you My children and gives you eternal life .... And thus anyone who belongs to My Own also knows about the urgency of My commandments of love, and he will do everything himself to encourage his fellow human beings to work in love, he will set an example for them, he will not be able to help but do good, think good and speak good .... For he is filled with love, and the union with Me ensures his right thinking and right will. And his whole way of life will be determined by love. Yet without love the human being is and remains dead in spirit, he can neither recognize the truth nor feel it as blissful .... Without love he is blind in spirit, he lacks every ray of light which illuminates his inner being .... Without love he remains attached to My adversary, and he is already wretched on earth and also enters the kingdom of the beyond in this wretched state .... just as again only love is able to change his wretched fate .... just as he can only achieve ascent through love, because this is the law from eternity that love belongs to beatitude ...._>Amen

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Rescue from the darkness ....

B.D. 7662 from August 1st 1960, taken from Book No. 80

In the darkness My adversary has dominion over the souls but nevertheless they are not completely written off, for My grace and mercy also occasionally sends sparks of light into the abyss which light up those souls and can now be heeded by them, depending on their will. They can also escape this darkness if they want to follow the sparks of light, then they cannot be prevented by My adversary because he himself flees every ray of light which emanates from Me and thus clears the way for the souls. Therefore every spark of light can have a redeeming effect .... but also remain unnoticed by the souls, which then means further perseverance in the abyss. Again and again individual souls break away from the darkness and long for the light, and these are then also guaranteed ascent. Admittedly, they are not immediately willing to accept My Gospel when it is presented to them, they also often return to the abyss again .... but no ray of love light remains completely without impression once they have let it take effect in them. And therefore, for the time being only a soul's free will is necessary to follow the sparks of light, because the souls are not forced to do so and because the spark of light can also only ever light up so strongly that it does not necessarily affect the souls. But the souls, whom loving intercession follows into eternity, are mostly charitably touched by the sparks and they follow them .... And then the souls are led to where they can receive small teachings which make them thoughtful. But right children of the world are difficult to impress, for their thoughts still dwell in the world and they often don't know that they have already had to exchange the earthly world for the spiritual world .... These souls also always stay close to earth, where their longing draws them, because they cannot easily detach themselves from these places. Long times can often pass before these souls understand the state they are in if they are not taken care of by people in loving intercession .... Don't forget to include such souls in your intercession, for you humans can help them, you can release them from the densest darkness if you don't leave them out of your thoughts, if you call them to you and proclaim the Gospel of love to them .... If you call them they will also listen to you, for they don't resist love .... because they feel it as an influx of strength and feel beneficially touched by it in their powerless state. Loving intercession can cause the soul to constantly stay close to the person and also pursue the blessing of love .... and this can bring about a change of mind, for which otherwise the souls often need eternal times. But love is a great power .... And thus love will always remain victorious, and souls will be rescued from the abyss which are followed by love into eternity. For for the sake of your love My work of mercy can also be carried out on the souls in the beyond .... For the sake of your love I can send strength to the souls as soon as they want to use it for loving activity. And then their ascent into the spiritual kingdom will also be assured .... But first they have to find Jesus .... And therefore you humans should proclaim the Gospel of love to the souls in the beyond and make the knowledge of Jesus Christ accessible to them .... And according to their will and attitude towards Him their own salvation will also take place sooner or later, for Jesus is also in the kingdom of the beyond their Saviour and Deliverer from all adversity .... Jesus also follows the souls into the abyss and He seeks to lift them up into the light, and then the souls will also recognize Me Myself in Jesus, they will seek and find Me Myself and I will be able to introduce them into the kingdom of light and beatitude ...._>Amen

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Forwarding the truth is mandatory ....

B.D. 7663 from August 2nd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

It is a blessed beginning to convey the truth to fellow human beings when the human being himself is in the grace to possess it .... The truth is a gift from God, Who is the Eternal Truth; and He sends it to those who believe in Him and keep His commandments .... who live in love. And the truth will always inspire .... But the human being who fulfils the commandment of neighbourly love must .... what makes him happy himself also turn to his fellow human being, otherwise he lacks love, otherwise he makes himself unworthy of the possession of truth .... But love urges the human being from within to only ever give and make happy. And thus he will also gladly want to pass on the truth, and fellow human beings can then also be addressed by God Himself, for receiving the truth is synonymous with the transmission of the divine word which He Himself guides to earth. Truth can only emanate from God Himself, and it will always be emanated into a vessel which voluntarily opens itself to receive .... If God wants to convey the truth to earth then He does so through His word or through the right direction of thoughts, yet always such that the human being is convinced that he has been guided into truth by God Himself. For not all people hear the voice of God Himself, not all people know or believe that God speaks to them directly if the human being fulfils the prerequisites for this .... Nevertheless, the human being can move in right thinking and then he, too, will stand in truth, only he has to fulfil the same conditions which guarantee the supply of divine truth: He must have a living faith in God and have gained this faith through a life of love .... He has to approach Him for the truth, he has to appeal to Him that God may enlighten his spirit and guide his thinking correctly. And then God will truly give him the truth which will make him inwardly happy. But then he also has the duty to lead his fellow human being to the same realisation of truth, to show him the way how he can come into possession of truth .... He must stimulate him to love, which then results in living faith, and he must awaken the desire for truth in him so that he, too, will feel the joy of thinking correctly. The human being himself will always feel joy at being able to communicate with his neighbour when he possesses the truth himself, for he is now constantly urged to exchange ideas with his fellow human beings, to speak and counter-speak and to solve unresolved problems, because he is now also spiritually awakened, because he lives a spiritual life next to the earthly one, because truth is the path to life and constantly impels him into activity .... to work as a servant in God's vineyard for God and His kingdom .... He will now experience blessings himself and spread blessings, because truth is a gift from God and everything that comes from God radiates blessings. What comes from God will also always lead back to God, and it is the human being's destiny to seek and find God in earthly life in order to unite with Him eternally .... And God can only be recognized through truth, therefore He Himself guides this to people because He wants to be recognized and loved so that His living creations will turn to Him and strive for unification with Him .... And therefore every person who possesses the truth should also pass it on, because then he will also help his fellow human beings to learn to recognize and love Him, and because then his fellow human beings will also take the path which leads to God .... because then they will attain the life they will never lose again ...._>Amen

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Right attitude to the work of redemption ....

B.D. 7664 from August 3rd 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Jesus' crucifixion was the act of atonement for the sins of all humanity. He took all humanity's sins upon Himself when He walked the path to the cross, for He suffered unspeakably both physically and spiritually because the guilt of sin He wanted to atone for was too great. It was the original sin of the spiritual beings' apostasy from God which people would never have been able to atone for themselves, and it was the sin which all people commit in earthly life .... Yet He offered the sacrifice on the cross in love in order to redeem people. No human being is aware of the magnitude of this act of mercy, and no human being can appreciate during earthly life what unheard-of grace it means that he can turn to Jesus Christ for forgiveness of his great guilt. For only this forgiveness opens the gate to the kingdom of light for him, because a being burdened by guilt can never enter that kingdom, because it would have to remain in the kingdom of darkness forever if it did not have this forgiveness through Jesus Christ .... And no human being can measure the torment and pain the man Jesus suffered for sinful humanity, which was only ended by the most bitter death on the cross .... No human being can measure the suffering and humiliation He took upon Himself out of love for His fellow human beings, whom He knew to be in deepest spiritual need .... He wanted to remove this great adversity from people, He wanted to smooth the path to the father for them, who were His fallen brothers, He wanted to redeem their guilt of sin because this required God's 'justice', that atonement was made for this guilt of sin. But people have to acknowledge His act of salvation .... they must want Him to die for them too, they themselves must confess their guilt before Him and ask Him for forgiveness .... This is all that is required of them in order to then also be released from their sinfulness, in order to be entitled to the spiritual kingdom again, where there is freedom and light and bliss .... Acknowledging Jesus Christ, the divine redeemer, and taking the path to Him oneself .... is all that is required of people but which every person also has to do of his own free will in order to belong to the redeemed for whom He shed His blood .... The act of salvation has taken place for all people of the past, the present and the future .... But one's own free will is necessary for the human being himself to become free from his guilt of sin, otherwise the whole spiritual world would be redeemed abruptly and would also make a life on earth superfluous if there were only 'redeemed' souls after the death of the cross .... Free will is not eliminated for this redemption, and thus the human being himself must want Jesus to redeem him too through His death .... He has to want to belong to the redeemed and thus consciously ask Him for it. And all people should realize that they themselves must first have the right attitude towards Him, the divine redeemer .... they should believe in Him and unite with Him in thought, they should pray to Him that He may save them, that He may liberate them from sin and its consequences .... And therefore they must acknowledge Him. But then they will have a living faith and thus also the right attitude towards Him, and then they will also belong to those for whom His blood flowed on the cross. Without Him and His redemption, however, the human being will remain in darkness, he will remain in the kingdom which belongs to God's adversary, he will have no connection with God Who embodied Himself in Jesus, he will be outside of those for whom Jesus died on the cross. And then he cannot be saved from spiritual adversity either, then he will collapse under the burden of sin and be unable to rise again without help .... For only the divine redeemer Jesus Christ can free him from his guilt ...._>Amen

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Faith in God in free will ....

B.D. 7665 from August 4th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

My strength of love flows into every human heart when it opens itself to receive it. And My strength of love causes the spark of love to ignite itself and the flame to leap towards Me, the Father-Spirit of eternity. And thus the path to Me is unimpeded, it was started purely by the will to be illuminated by Me and My love, in other words, anyone with a positive attitude towards Me, anyone who believes in Me and wants to stay in contact with Me, will also receive My divine strength of love. And then he will advance in his development, for this is the effect of My strength. Hence the human being first has to believe in a God and Creator and recognise himself as My living creation, for only then will his desire awaken to enter into contact with Me, and then he will open himself to Me, thus willingly allowing himself to be illuminated by My strength of love, for only this willingness is required for it to happen. But it is difficult for a person to be affected by this ray of love if he does not believe in Me, if he merely regards himself to be a product of nature and therefore never establishes a bond either, because he refuses to acknowledge a Being Which has created him.

An extraordinary occurrence could certainly allow him to gain faith in Me, yet he may never be compellingly influenced or his faith would be worthless. And all proof of My existence is compelling. Even My Word would be compelling evidence were I to speak to people directly from above, so that everyone would have to hear My voice and believe in Me .... Such faith, however, is of no value .... Yet My Word is conveyed to humanity all the same, I merely avail Myself of a human form and speak through it directly .... but I leave each person the freedom to believe or disbelief whether these Words are spoken by a supremely perfect Being .... Free will is always decisive, and faith can never be forcibly attained. And even if I Myself revealed the most profound wisdom to people it would nevertheless not suffice to persuade a person into believing in Me if he doesn't want to ....

Alternatively, however, it is enough to give evidence of Myself to a person .... The human being can gain such convinced faith through My Word that no power of hell can take it away from him. For My Word is an illumination of love which can touch the human heart, which can trigger the love that grants him radiant enlightenment .... And then love will be pushing towards love .... Then a light will be kindled within the heart, the radiance of which dissolves all that is dark, which completely drives away the darkness .... which bestows a living faith upon a person, which is unshakable and withstands every onslaught that time and again is launched by hostile forces .... And thus it will always be up to the human being himself as to whether he allows himself to be touched by My ray of love, for he has to open himself voluntarily .... he has to want to enter into contact with Me as his God and Creator; he has to believe that he has emerged from the hand of a perfect Being and that he cannot sever the connection with this Being .... Then he will acknowledge Me, and only then will he look for Me and I will let Myself be found ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Instituted Words ....

B.D. 7666 from August 5th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

It will always be beneficial for you when you are touched by My flow of grace, for nothing flowing forth from Me remains ineffective if it is willingly accepted. And a willing acceptance is guaranteed when you turn to Me in prayer, when you desire to be blessed by Me .... when you desire My Words. And thus it is My will that you learn how I want you to understand My Word, 'Do this in remembrance of Me ....' For you derived from this a practice in which you literally hand out bread and wine and by eating this bread and drinking the wine you are convinced of having accepted Me Myself in you .... But the correct meaning of My Words has not been understood by you. Yet precisely the acceptance of 'bread and wine' is very important, but I want My Word with its strength to be understood by this. You cannot become blessed if you don't listen to My Word, the bread of life, the manna which comes from heaven .... You must let yourselves be addressed by Me, I Myself Am the Word Which became flesh for you humans .... When I lived on earth I distributed the bread of life open-handedly; I spoke to all people and nourished the souls of those who were of good will .... I gave them bread and wine, My Word which I had blessed with My strength .... I educated My disciples into becoming true proclaimers of My Word because they were intended to spread My Word across the world .... for all people need food for their souls, all people were meant to 'eat My flesh and drink My blood', My Word was to be made accessible to all people in the same way as it had come forth from Me Myself; they should receive purest truth, which only the Eternal Truth Itself was able to provide. However, My life on earth only lasted for a short time. And during this time I prepared My disciples for their teaching ministry .... And when the hour of My leaving approached, when I took Supper with My disciples before My arduous path to Golgotha .... I assigned them to their task .... I pointed out their mission to inform the world about Me, My teaching and also about that which was still ahead of Me and therefore said the Words, 'Go ye into all the world ....', I broke the bread and passed it to them as well as the cup with the wine .... and My disciples knew that I termed the bread and the wine as 'flesh and blood, that I spoke to them figuratively and they understood that I expected them to take My Word to people, so that they would remember Me and never ever forget Me again. They knew that they were meant to distribute to their fellow human beings in the same way as I had distributed the bread and the wine to them .... And thus I undoubtedly inaugurated My disciples into the ministry for which I had educated them ....

However, at no time ever did I institute such a communion service as you humans have assumed from My Words. It had never been My will that you humans should perform an act and in so doing expect a result which, however, requires other prerequisites than merely the acceptance of bread and wine .... Understand that it was the instruction for My disciples to go into the world and to spread the Gospel .... To proclaim My Word to people which, in truth, is My flesh and My blood, the bread from the heavens, and which is and will remain indispensable for people who try to find union with Me and who will also have found it when I can speak to them directly, when My strength can pour directly into them and thus result in the unification which is the purpose and goal of life on earth. But the first condition is that the human being shapes himself into love, for he cannot accept Me Myself .... My Word, My flesh and My blood .... if he lacks love .... I Myself Am Love. I can only unite with love again. Hence it is not possible for Me to enter the heart of a person who carries out the external act, who digests the bread and wine but whose heart is utterly devoid of love .... For I do not understand 'love' as an emotional response which confronts Me at that instant, instead, I understand it as a quelled selfish love which expresses itself in neighbourly love, and which therefore also testifies to love for Me. This is a true union with Me in which I can speak to him, in which he is offered My flesh and My blood, My Word with its strength. Then the human being will constantly keep Me in mind, he will start and end everything with Me, he will always endeavour to live according to My will and take the path of higher development .... he will reach the goal, he will attain eternal life and beatitude ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Concern for soul paramount .... Promise ....

B.D. 7667 from August 6th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

Every spiritual request will be granted to you. For as soon as you are concerned about your soul's salvation you also recognize the meaning and purpose of your earthly life and try to live up to it. And because you know that your spiritual development requires spiritual help you request it and it will be granted to you. Everything that helps the soul to ascend will be given to you because you think of your soul first and thus also seek My kingdom with its righteousness. And then My promise will also come true that you will be given everything else you need in order to be able to live your earthly life. But from this you will see that it is far better for you to take care of your soul's salvation and to appeal for spiritual help for it than to worry about earthly needs or to approach Me for such, because your earthly life is secured at the same time if you first take the spiritual state into account, if you first think of the soul and strive for My kingdom. The care for your soul's salvation should be a priority, you should want to help it, to provide it with what it needs in terms of nourishment .... You should remedy your soul's adversity, you should not let it go hungry and always appeal for My support, for strength and grace and constant care through Me Myself .... You should hand your soul over to Me so that I will guide it onto the right path which leads upwards. And even if you no longer take earthly life so seriously it will nevertheless take place in all order, for I Myself will take care of you because you endeavour to bring your spiritual life into the right order. And this always happens when you appeal to Me for strength and grace for your path of life. Then you will also recognize the right meaning and purpose of your existence, and then your maturing will also be assured. The soul will progress in its development, you will reach the right aim. Anyone who is concerned about his spiritual well-being already has the right realisation, he knows why he lives this earthly life, and he is also in contact with Me, otherwise he would not appeal to Me Myself for strength and grace which he needs for the soul's ascent. But anyone who is united with Me, whose earthly path has not been travelled in vain .... anyone who is united with Me, the light of realisation also shines for him, and therefore he constantly approaches Me for strength from Me because he recognizes the influx of strength as his original state, and thus he also opens his heart to My illumination of love .... He asks Me and I give Myself to him and thus fill him with light and strength. And no spiritual request will go unheard at My ear, for spiritual requests have been sent to Me in spirit and in truth which always touch the father's ear and cause Him to make Himself His own to His child because He loves it and also wants to be recognized and loved by it as father ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

'It is finished ....'

B.D. 7668 from August 7th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The One who allowed Himself to be nailed to the cross on behalf of your sins has truly accomplished the act of redeeming humanity from sin and death. For I Myself dwelled in the human being Jesus, thus it was not a mere human being who accomplished an act which should only be judged in an earthly sense, but I Myself took pity upon the whole of humanity and atoned for its sin in order to enable its return to Me, which had become impossible for every single person because of the original sin, that is, the guilt of the past apostasy from Me and the fall into the abyss. It must repeatedly be emphasised that I Myself have offered the sacrifice in a human shell .... And it must be stressed that 'Love' made this sacrifice, but that I Myself Am the Eternal Love. You humans are unable to comprehend the full depth of this act, but you can be certain that it was not 'human work', even though the human being Jesus sacrificed His life on the cross; yet it only happened so that humanity would take notice and become aware of its enormous guilt, the redemption of which required an exceptional deed which was and will remain unique. Thereby the complete redemption was accomplished so that it only depends on the human being's will to release himself from the guilt of sin which burdens him for as long as he does not acknowledge Jesus Christ's act of Salvation. The act of Salvation has been accomplished for all time .... It need not be repeated, it covers the redemption of all once-fallen spiritual beings because I Myself attended to it, for the sake of My love I Myself wanted to remove the guilt and for the sake of justice I made amends for it. The enormous extent of suffering the human shell had to endure was sufficient atonement for Me .... However, the human being Jesus would have been unable to endure the extent of suffering by Himself had the Love in Him not enabled Him to do so. Time and again I stress that this act of Salvation is and will remain unique, because its redemptive effect will last for all eternity. As long as fallen spirits still exist, the divine Redeemer Jesus Christ will also be mentioned, and the acknowledgment of His act of Salvation will always liberate people from the guilt of their past apostasy from Me and, truly, no further sacrifice of atonement will be necessary because I Myself accomplished this sacrifice for all eternity .... Thus you humans should be satisfied with this explanation and not pay attention to satanically-inclined events which cannot be brought into harmony with My act of Salvation. For if ever My act of Salvation is described as incomplete, if ever people are shown a path to happiness other than the path to the cross, then the divine working of the spirit cannot be spoken of; then there will be forces at work which seek to prevent your redemption, which try to deter you from Me, Who wants to be recognised and acknowledged in Jesus Christ .... In that case you should be careful, for My adversary knows how to present himself in an angel's garment of light and then you will find it difficult to expose him. But always call upon Jesus Christ, Who certainly recognises His enemy and adversary, and appeal to Him for protection. For He and I are One, and if you pray to Me for correct thinking and for protection in every spiritual adversity then you will no longer have to worry, for then you will be guided wherever you go, the 'redemption' will reveal itself in you .... and you will clearly and assuredly recognise which way you will have to take and where danger threatens you. I have redeemed you from all sins, for My crucifixion was the atonement for your guilt. And this act of atonement cannot be lessened by My adversary, nevertheless he will continue to try to influence you humans such that you become unsure and start to doubt Me as your Redeemer Jesus Christ .... For during the time of the end many false Christs and false prophets will arise and try to pull you onto wrong paths. Then you shall be strong in faith and know that you should only keep to Jesus Christ, because by doing so you acknowledge Me Myself and call upon Me as a Father in every adversity and distress of body and soul ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

The soul consciously enters its embodiment ....

B.D. 7669 from August 8th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You start your earthly path entirely aware of what is in store for you and voluntarily give your approval .... But your past memory will be taken away from you again; otherwise you would cover your earthly progress under a certain amount of compulsion which would not be beneficial for your soul. Therefore you should not complain about this or that stroke of fate, for they are all merely the means which are intended to help your souls attain maturity and which, with the right attitude, will indeed lead you to perfection. Thus your will needs to aim in the right direction, this is the test of earthly life which you should pass and the reason for your life on earth. When you incarnate as a human being all obstacles seem easily surmountable to you, and you gladly take them upon yourselves because you realise that it is the last embodiment in a shell, that you can live in complete freedom after your earthly progress is over. And it is indeed possible for you to liberate yourselves from the physical form through this earthly life if you always appeal to God for support. Thereby the soul demonstrates that it wants to fulfil its purpose on earth, it demonstrates that it acknowledges God and desires Him or it would not call upon Him for His help. And then the soul will be able to overcome even the most severe strokes of fate, it will never have to bear them alone but receive much spiritual support, so that its earthly progress will also show periods of relief and it will always emerge from every test more mature. Yet without such trials it will be unable to progress in its development. It receives this realisation prior to its embodiment as a human being, and it does not refuse to take the path on earth. If, however, it retained its past memory then its intention and actions would hardly be free, it would constantly act under compulsion as well as out of fear of what is to come, even if it weren't granted complete clarification and knowledge of it. Nevertheless, as human beings you should know that you voluntarily accepted your earthly fate, and this knowledge should reassure you, insofar as that you should always remember that your complete liberation from the physical shell is possible, just as your earthly progress is destined too. You should be aware of the fact that you may always receive spiritual support, that God Himself wants you to return to Him and that He yearns for you, thus He will leave no stone unturned in order to make your return easier, and that you therefore need not fear anything which is destined to come upon you .... For with His help you will be able to surmount everything, with His help you will succeed in becoming master over His adversary who still keeps you enchained .... He has no more power over you if you desire God, Who is Father to all of you .... Who fought in Jesus Christ against His and your enemy and Who defeated him too. And you need only ever pray to Him for strength, He will always stand by your side, He Himself will provide you with strength when it concerns living life on earth successfully .... when it concerns overcoming everything that is difficult, that is imposed on you by destiny, so that you will mature fully while you are still on earth, so that you achieve liberation from every shell and will be able to enter the spiritual kingdom as free beings ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Apostasy and return of essence .... Love of God ....

B.D. 7670 from August 9th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You may have fallen away from Me but you still belong to Me, since it was My strength which made you arise .... And you also have the divine spiritual spark within you, which is My share, which is and remains indissolubly connected with the father-spirit from eternity .... So you are Mine .... but you yourselves, your free will, have created a distance between us; you have consciously strayed from Me, you have loosened the bond with Me, you have distanced yourselves abysmally from Me .... Admittedly, only willingly, for you are and nevertheless remain My Own, otherwise you would not be able to exist if I wanted to completely sever the bond between us and thus separated Myself from you. Then My strength of love could no longer be in you which secures your existence, you would disintegrate into nothing if I wanted to completely withdraw My strength from you. But this cannot and will not happen eternally, because My strength is love which let you arise, and because love will never ever destroy what has emerged from it. You are My creatures .... created by the will of the one who is now My adversary and will remain so for eternities .... But when you were created My strength of love flowed into My first-created spirit and enabled it to create in the first place, and thus you were products of My strength of love which was utilized by it through its will to create beings which could never pass away again. But through his stimulation and through your free will you placed yourselves into a state which excluded My nearness, and thus I was no longer able to make you happy either, as was the case in the beginning. For My radiance of love meant unlimited bliss for the being which, however, it voluntarily relinquished or rejected when it willingly distanced itself from Me. Nevertheless, it will remain My Being for all eternity, and it will certainly change its state again one day, it will emerge from the imperfection into which it had placed itself into the state of perfection again and then also come close to Me again of its own free will, and then it will also be able to be blissfully happy again as it once was .... But for this reason I do not relinquish My right to My living creations either, because they emerged from My love. But since their free will once turned more towards My present adversary, he also had a right to these creatures, which gave rise to our mutual love. And I will not deny him this right, but I will also never stop influencing My creations such that they voluntarily take the path of return to Me without, however, forcing them. And My adversary does the same, who uses everything to finally win the creatures over for himself but likewise cannot use any coercion. And now it will be decided who is stronger and what is stronger: love or hatred .... Love will win the victory, for My love never ends .... it pursues the beingness into the deepest depths, it does not let anything fall, it does not separate itself eternally from the beings it has created, and one day it will also achieve that the being will open itself again to the love it once rejected .... that it will let itself be illuminated by Me again and slowly change itself back to its original being, which was love .... It belongs to Me and will also eternally not be let go by Me, I will follow it with My love, I will do everything to also win its love, and love is of such strength that everything is possible for it, that it defeats the strongest enemy, that it breaks the strongest resistance, that the being will once give itself to Me again and then eternally no longer be able to sink, that it will enjoy unlimited bliss at the father's heart, Who never ever lets His child perish ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Process of change .... Self-shaping towards perfection ....

B.D. 7671 from August 11th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

You all carry the divine spiritual spark within you .... consequently, you are all My share, because this spark cannot eternally detach itself from the father-spirit. And this spark is love, thus My fundamental substance, and thus you are My emanated strength of love which has hardened in its substance into material form, which already contains matured strength within itself .... the soul .... which in turn encloses the spark of love from Me which establishes the bond between you and Me. Although your will once dissolved this bond it still exists in truth, for you cannot detach yourselves from Me eternally, you are and remain Mine in time and eternity. And I will not relinquish My right to you either, because the strength once emanated by Me must, according to the law of eternity, also flow back to Me again. However, the time of distance from Me, which was thus voluntarily striven for on your part, simultaneously serves for a process of change .... that the beings created by Me shape themselves in free will such that they correspond to My image .... which is why I did not prevent their former apostasy from Me. And this process of change can take eternal times because the being's free will is decisive. But it will come to an end one day, and then I will have achieved what I wanted: eternally free, blissful creations which, standing in highest perfection, create and work with Me .... I then have children whom even My omnipotence could not create, who had to shape themselves into this according to the law of eternity .... And whether a person still stands so far apart from Me, whether he also connects with all forces of hell during earthly life, he is My share and will remain so until he has found his way back to Me, until he has returned to his former exit, for I leave nothing to My adversary forever, but even this adversary will surrender to Me one day, he too will return to Me, for he too is an emanation of love from Me which will irrevocably take the path to Me again, even if eternities pass over it. The work of shaping itself into highest perfection first required its detachment from Me, because the being, in all independence and freedom of will, now had to tackle this work: to strive for perfection with all its strength and to strive towards the father-spirit again, as Whose share it remains, even if the being has still distanced itself so far from Me, even if it has still fallen so far through its own fault. It can never ever completely detach itself from Me, and therefore it must one day return to its origin again, because I will eternally hold and pull it, even though I never touch free will. But when it has returned to Me it will also be indescribably happy, for the being can only find its beatitude in union with Me, and this union must have been fully consciously striven for, for the bond exists and has always existed, even if the being still turned away from Me itself, even if it voluntarily detached itself from Me and no longer believed in Me .... I will not drop anything that has emerged from My strength of love, and I will also once achieve My aim that the being will voluntarily return to Me .... And then a being like Me will be allowed to dwell by My side, then it will have accomplished the work of shaping itself, then I will call children My own and they will be indescribably happy .... And therefore nothing can be eternally lost that once emerged as a being from My strength of love .... Everything will return to Me one day, because a complete detachment can never take place, because all creatures are and will remain Mine for all eternity ...._>Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Vast distance from God .... End ....

B.D. 7672 from August 12th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The fact that people have distanced themselves from Me to such an extent is an obvious sign of the times, for thereby they hasten the end themselves since earthly life no longer fulfils its purpose .... that people look for and find unification with Me .... Their earthly existence was only given to them for one reason: to take the last step in their return to Me, to eliminate the distance they had once created themselves through their apostasy from Me.

In earthly life they are now granted the final opportunity to understand their wrongdoing which made them fall into an abysmal distance from Me ....As a result of My love and grace this distance has already been so reduced by way of the path through the works of creation that they have now reached the point of return to Me which, however, has to occur in free will, and therefore the once fallen spirits were granted the short time of earthly life which fully suffices in order to reach the final goal .... the union with Me.

Yet people fail to consider the purpose of their earthly life, they look at everything with earthly-minded eyes, they don't decrease their distance from Me, in fact, they are more likely to increase it because they lack love and this always signifies a vast distance from Me. And thus the time has come where earth no longer serves as a place of spiritual education, where it is missing its purpose .... where it has become pointless for the human being to live on earth because he only uses his stay wrongly and is far more inclined to extend his distance from Me. And this means that the human being's soul is in utmost danger of being banished into matter again, of descending into the deepest abyss once more. And therefore a large transformation is about to happen to you humans to enable the earth to fulfil its purpose again: helping the soul to attain maturity.

Hence present-day people hasten the end of the old earth themselves, for I want to restore the old order and let the earth become a place of education for the spirit once more which, however, necessitates disintegrating and reshaping the creations, including those people who do not recognise the meaning and purpose of earthly life and just live a purely material life without taking their souls into consideration. And regardless of what I will still allow to happen until then, it will no longer lead to a change in people except in a few who will find Me in the last hour, and whom I also want to save from their downfall.

People no longer believe in Me with a living faith, and a dead faith cannot awaken the souls to life. For people live without love. They no longer take notice of their fellow human beings' hardship, they just feel great love for themselves and this love drives them back into the adversary's arms again, and so they steadily widen their distance to Me, given that love alone establishes unification with Me and heartlessness merely proves their remoteness from Me. Hence the time which separates you humans from the end is getting ever shorter .... whether you believe it or not .... It is the lawful consequence of humanity's heartlessness which only a very change into love would be able to revoke but which can no longer be expected on this earth.

Earthly life is purely a matter of the soul becoming fully mature .... yet no-one is aware of this task incumbent on him apart from the small flock of My Own who, although they will be unable to stop the transformation of this earth, will nevertheless inhabit the new earth as the root of the new human race. Their fate will be an exceptionally glorious one, which people should truly regard as the most important thing to strive for in these last days .... yet it is never believed and no person can be forced to believe it. However, time and again you shall be informed of it, for I will let My voice be heard until the end and remind and warn all people, and until the last day every person will still have the opportunity to change himself .... to strive for another goal rather than purely the material world .... And blessed is he who still uses the short time to change his nature to love; for he will not have to fear the end because then he, too, will belong to My Own who will be protected and saved by My strong arm ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna