In the spiritual kingdom only those beings are admitted to the teaching ministry who possess knowledge which covers all areas. Every being can certainly pass on the knowledge it calls its own to the ignorant souls in the beyond, but all-encompassing knowledge is required of beings whose activity is to constantly instruct the children of earth or even the souls in the beyond. These beings have a high degree of maturity, they always and constantly receive their knowledge from God and therefore constantly increase in wisdom, even though they distribute it accordingly. Hence, as soon as a person on earth is destined to introduce fellow human beings to divine wisdom he must have received this wisdom beforehand, he himself must have been taught beforehand in a way which completely excludes error …. And this teaching ministry is carried out by those beings which are in closest contact with God and receive the truth from God Himself as a flow of strength which constantly flows to them. The activity of all beings in the beyond who are in the light consists of passing on what the being itself receives. However, every being can only pass on what its degree of maturity has brought to it; thus the degree of light varies and so does the knowledge. And they also have to receive this knowledge again from beings of light who are responsible for the teaching activity. This is why people on earth who are taught by God’s spirit can confidently entrust themselves to the teachers, for they are the recipients of light and strength who receive light and strength directly from God …. the emanation of His spirit …. and transmit it to earth. They are the people in whom the spirit of God is at work, thus they are taught by God Himself, as it were, although the knowledge is conveyed to them through those beings of light which are most intimately united with God, for everything full of light is one with God, except that the individual being finds the flow of divine strength inconceivably blissful and God therefore transfers this activity of love to the beings which have already found union with Him because He wants to make them happy. Yet even in the spiritual kingdom God’s laws are observed and the beings cannot act arbitrarily but have to subordinate themselves to divine will which, however, they feel as their own will. And therefore no being will push itself forward to an activity which goes beyond its degree of maturity, which therefore requires greater knowledge than the being possesses. And therefore the receiving human being on earth need not fear that he will be approached by beings which, due to their own ignorance, could impart insufficient or wrong knowledge to him, for completely ignorant beings have no access to the human being who abandons himself to the working of the spirit. beings of light, which have not reached the degree that they can carry out the teaching activity, only come to receive spiritual knowledge at the same time, so that the human being is instructed on earth, because this corresponds to divine will. But as soon as the human being is mentally instructed, those beings who are informed about the disputed questions can express themselves mentally, provided that the human being desires the pure truth and makes himself worthy of being instructed in the truth through his way of life …. i.e. does not grant the opposing forces power over himself through a way of life contrary to God ….

(17.6.1943) The most important thing, however, is to open oneself up to these instructions, to allow the beings distributing light and knowledge to have an effect on oneself and not to oppose this working. For the knowing beings of the spiritual kingdom are close to every human being and they constantly try to guide him mentally into the spiritual kingdom. If the human being now gives in to their influence and desires to penetrate the truth he can be constantly instructed, and the more demanding he is the more detailed he will be. And now those forces come into action whose knowledge is unlimited. For the desire for truth also testifies to the desire for God, and the eternal deity therefore approaches a desiring human being Itself by allowing the emanation of Its own strength to flow to him through bearers of light and strength …. And light and power is knowledge, deepest divine wisdom, which is now offered to man, mentally or through the audible inner word. The degrees of light in the spiritual kingdom are therefore decisive as to which degree of knowledge the spiritual being calls its own, and it now works with this knowledge, and indeed again in the sphere assigned to it, where its knowledge is desired and therefore can also be distributed. These spheres can now also extend to earth, for they are not bound to space but depend on the willingness to receive and on the degree of ignorance, both on earth as well as in the spiritual kingdom. And therefore all beings, which are already receivers of light, can always work there, where the degree of maturity of the souls corresponds to the knowledge of the giving beings, where therefore the distributing being possesses the knowledge, which the receiving being still lacks. But if an earthly child now offers itself to God for service, that it therefore consciously wants to work on the winning back of souls for God, then it also needs a special knowledge for this work, i.e., the man must also receive that, what he wants to hand out as labourer of the lord, in clearest and most comprehensible way; he must be instructed in a way that all knowledge is made accessible to him, that he is well instructed about the spiritual connections of all things and himself walks in fullest truth. But such instruction is only carried out by the teachers appointed for this purpose, who now introduce the human being to all wisdom on God’s behalf. For he can only fulfil the demands that are now placed on him if he is well instructed about everything that concerns the reign and work of God. His office is to spread the knowledge he receives himself, thus to be active on earth as a teacher again, and this teaching activity understandably requires complete knowledge, which can only be conveyed to him by the beings of light who are themselves in the most profound knowledge. But they also watch over the human being’s spiritual knowledge, thus they prevent any wrong transmission through spiritual forces, they protect the human being from erroneous thinking and always guide his thoughts towards the right realization. For with the deepest knowledge they also have the highest power at their disposal, against which all less perfect beings are powerless. The ignorant, imperfect beings are denied access because the desire for truth of the receiving human being sets them a barrier that they cannot cross. And this is why the human being can accept the spiritual knowledge imparted to him as profound truth with complete conviction; he need not fear being misguided as soon as he places himself at God’s disposal in humility and love in order to be active for Him on earth …. His God-centred will and the desire for the pure truth protect him from all error and also make him capable of a task which is again dedicated to spreading the truth on earth …. He can trustingly abandon himself to the beings of light and allow them to teach him ….

amen

You should not think that the opponent will bypass you even if you strive towards God …. His influence is unrestricted as long as the human being’s will is weak. Only a strong will can offer him the resistance which he cannot overcome. The will is always decisive as to whether he gains control over a person. But if the will weakens his influence becomes stronger again, and the temptations approach a person in the most varied of ways. For this reason he must constantly struggle, he must constantly appeal for strength and grace, for strengthening of his will, he must constantly be on his guard so as not to succumb to the temptations of evil, he must watch and pray …. for the prize is worth the battle …. The world and its enticements approach the human being time and again, it is the adversary’s most effective means to cause the human being’s downfall, for everything which belongs to the world separates the human being from God. He cannot possess God and the world at the same time, he must sacrifice one if he wants to win the other. The world, however, only offers illusive goods which are phantoms that make a person only temporarily happy and which crumble into nothingness. They have no lasting value but still destroy spiritual values, that is, they distract the human being from spiritual striving, and this is a regression on the path of development. The opponent constantly intends to detach the human being from God, therefore he repeatedly approaches him in the form of worldly amusements, he entices him with worldly pleasures, he tries to turn his mind to them and thereby desert God. And if a person does not oppose him with a firm will he will succumb, and the opponent will have won his game. The human being’s body enjoys the experiences but the soul gets into difficulties, for to the same extent as the person enjoys earthly pleasures the soul has to go short. If the soul can become stronger than the body then it will succeed in making the person feel discontented; these are the inner admonitions and warnings which are imparted to the person through the inner voice, if only he pays attention to them. Then he will make every effort to overcome his inclination for the world and with increased determination strive spiritually again. And this determination will also give him the strength and the grace of being able to achieve it.

But the voice of the world is frequently stronger than the inner voice, in that case the latter will fade away unheard, he will throw himself increasingly deeper into the whirlpool of worldly pleasures, he wants to enjoy himself and gets caught in the opponent’s nets of lies, who will tie the human to himself ever more firmly by offering him the pleasures of the world and making him totally unreceptive to spiritual possessions. He has bound his will and the person will find it very difficult to release himself from him, for the human must turn away from him of his own accord and desire God before the strength and grace can take effect in him. And therefore beware of the temptations by the world! …. Consider that God’s adversary will approach you time and again and that only your will is able to banish him. And in order for this will to become strong enough, you must watch and pray …. Pay attention to the danger which constantly lies in wait for you in the shape of worldly temptation, and constantly request the strength from God to withstand them, for every fall is a spiritual regression, and every overcoming will bring you closer to the goal. What God offers you is incomparably more valuable and can never ever be compensated by worldly goods, worldly pleasures or amusements. Be vigilant and know that you are constantly put under pressure by God’s adversary, who intends to make you fall …. Therefore appeal to God for strength and strengthening of your will so that you can resist every temptation ….

Amen

The human being can do nothing without God’s grace …. i.e., his will is so weakened and his strength of resistance so low that he would not mature spiritually on earth without divine help because he is constantly harassed by God’s adversary, who influences his will and thus renders him incapable of fighting against him. The influence of God’s adversary is so great on the human being because he holds the pleasures of the world before his eyes and the human being can now determine himself in a state of free will. Endless times before, his will was bound and nothing was accessible to him except that which corresponded to his nature. Free will now lets his thinking, feeling and wanting come into its own, his desires grow and are now directed towards things which still harbour completely immature spirituality, thus they are part of the adversary of God, which he now uses as a lure in order to also win back the spiritual, which had already drawn closer to God again. Through these lures he now weakens the human being’s will in such a way that he would not be able to fulfil his actual earthly task if God would not assist him with His grace …. with His help …. The influence of God’s adversary on people was enormous before Jesus Christ came to earth, and people’s will was so weakened that almost no human being was able to detach himself from matter, from the immature spiritual substance which tries to chain the already more mature spiritual substance to itself. The opponent of God ruled the world, i.e., the will of man subordinated itself completely to his will, and therefore he had great power. The will of a human being now put up resistance to him …. Jesus Christ recognized people’s weakness and its dreadful consequences, and in His immense love for people He tried to help them …. He offered Himself as a sacrifice for them in order to buy them a strong will, a will which was able to resist the adversary’s activity …. This was a gift which was therefore acquired for people undeservedly, and again it depended on their will as to whether they wanted to accept the gift or not. God’s adversary uses all means to prevent people from availing themselves of the grace of the work of redemption by trying to weaken or completely deny it …. And again it is God’s love and grace which is likewise extremely effective …. that people are offered the truth from above, that they are enlightened about everything and also the necessity of acknowledging Christ as saviour of the world is made so understandable to them that it is easy for them to believe in Him and thus to place themselves into the blessing of the act of salvation …. People’s will is weak, but God constantly endeavours to impart strength and grace to them because without it they cannot withstand the adversary’s temptations, because they constantly need God’s help in order to be able to master their earthly task, in order to be able to free themselves from the influence of the one who wants to bring about their downfall. Despite his weakness the human being is not helpless, for all the blessings of the act of salvation are at his disposal, i.e., if he believes in Jesus Christ as saviour of the world, in His death on the cross out of love for humanity, which was under the adversary’s spell …. if he calls upon Jesus Christ for His help he will also receive the strength to resist; he will be supported and held by Him, in Whom his soul believes, in all adversities and dangers threatening his soul; he will constantly find help from Him, divine grace will constantly flow to him, he will be able to separate himself from earthly possessions and strive towards God without obstacles; his spirit will recognize the truth brightly and clearly, his love will grow and thereby he will constantly receive new strength …. the graces of the work of redemption will have an overpowering effect on him and help him towards his own redemption ….

amen

God’s direct emanation to an earthly child, which manifests itself in the reception of His word, is a visible sign that the living creations are in closest connection with their creator, that therefore God will never ever let go of what He has created, that it certainly appears to be isolated in creation but is always and constantly guided by His will, cared for by His care and nourished by His strength, thus remains inseparably connected to Him. The human being is not able to recognize the gift of strength and divine care until he is fully aware of his affiliation to God, but then God sometimes makes Himself evident, that is, He visibly manifests His emanation of strength through the extraordinary transmission of spiritual gifts which provide information about His love, wisdom and omnipotence and His divine working. God expresses Himself by allowing His word to flow to an earthly child which has profoundly recognized that it belongs to God and now places itself devotedly at His disposal. And from this it can be seen what great value is to be attached to such proclamations because they testify to God’s direct activity. Admittedly, people who want to deny the connection between the creator and His living creations will also oppose this working of God with unbelief; they will never recognize the flow of strength from the spiritual kingdom and consequently the spiritual results will not be proof for them either that God is in closest contact with His living creations. But no more compelling proof can be given to them either; man has to gain the realization himself, for which he is offered enough opportunity if he just looks around attentively. But He cannot express Himself more obviously than when He Himself descends to earth in the word, i.e. when He imparts His divine word directly to an earthly child in order to enlighten humanity through it. He speaks to people like a father to his children, He instructs them like a teacher to his pupils, He brings Himself so close to them that they must recognize Him if only they are willing …. But He does not force Himself on them …. For His gift is extremely precious and He wants it to be desired. And this is why He cannot convince people who do not want to recognize His extraordinary working. He constantly gives and His gift can be recognized as soon as the human being’s will does not oppose it before he has tested it. For the receipt of gifts from above is an unusual process which has to presuppose a power which has not yet been fathomed earthly; and the human being has to recognize a spiritual power which is the originator of that which is imparted to people as the word of God. And this strength is God’s direct emanation through which He reveals Himself to those who want to recognize Him …. He obviously shows Himself to people, that is, His working can be recognized in every gift which now comes to earth, for every proclamation breathes the profoundest love of God, Who only transmits His word to earth in order to help people in greatest adversity …. And where love is recognizable, God Himself is also there, and where God Himself is, His radiance of love can also be felt …. God reveals Himself through His word ….

amen

Wise is he who constantly allows himself to be taught by God, who therefore utilizes His strength which His love and grace constantly wants to convey to people. For he who receives a gift from God cannot remain in his degree of maturity, he must develop himself upwards, he must become knowledgeable if wisdom is offered to him by God Himself. Having God as a teacher guarantees deepest knowledge and purest truth. And God will be the teacher of the one who wants to be taught by Him, for the will alone is decisive as to which forces try to transfer their thoughts to people. Every instruction, no matter how unimportant it may seem, supplements the human being’s knowledge as soon as divine strength supplies it to him, and divine strength is always at work when the recipient opens himself to this strength, when he desires the truth and strives towards God. It is a misguided thought that even powers which are distant from God can convey spiritual gifts to earth if these powers are not obviously granted access through a completely God-opposing way of life. For God-opposing forces will always want to deny the eternal deity, they will only want to enlighten people in earthly matters, and that too in a way which would soon reveal their ignorance. But as soon as spiritual questions are asked they are incapable of expressing themselves, and it is immediately recognizable to the person striving for truth when his fellow human being falls under the influence of those forces. Yet the truth-aspiring human being can unperturbedly abandon himself to the mental influences from above, he will always be shown the right way. The power of the knowing beings in the beyond is so great that they can keep all evil forces away from man. They watch over the truth and the protégés entrusted to them as soon as their desire is directed towards being taught by God Himself. And they increase in wisdom and strength of faith …. for anyone who is knowledgeable will also be able to believe firmly and unshakably because, together with the knowledge, he receives the power of realization which also allows him to accept the knowledge as pure truth. Allowing himself to be taught by God is also the only path to truth, for even if the truth is conveyed to him through fellow human beings, the human being must ask God for enlightenment, for illumination of the spirit, so that he will recognize it as truth …. And then he is taught by God, he has called upon Him for His help, and God as the eternal truth now guides him into knowledge, regardless of which mediator He uses for this. And that is what people usually fail to do, that they ask God to enlighten their thinking. They research and ponder and believe that they can intellectually absorb the wisdom, they try to acquire the knowledge through books and writings, and it can all be dead material and therefore not bring them any knowledge if they absorb it without having first asked for God’s help. People must turn to God, Who is the truth Himself, if they want to receive the truth and also recognize it as such. God Himself must not be ignored, the strength of the spirit must be requested from Him, otherwise it cannot become effective in the human being and the human being’s thinking will only remain intellectual thinking. But the human being who strives towards God will not do anything without having requested His help, and if he now recommends himself to God’s grace with faithful confidence his thinking will be enlightened; he will recognize the truth as such, he will be convinced of it and also stand up for it towards his fellow human beings, he will be able to advocate the truth because he has penetrated the knowledge imparted to him by God’s love, because he desired to be taught by Him ….

amen

Man enters into the right relationship with God when he turns to Him for help. For then he recognizes his own weakness and the power of the one Who created him. In the original state the being turned away from its creator by virtue of its free will by leaning towards the will of the one who misused the strength from God for creations which no longer completely corresponded to God’s will. However, every being which emerged from the will of God’s adversary and from God’s strength was free to choose to whom it wanted to belong, thus it was able to decide for itself, by virtue of its free will, in favour of God or in favour of His adversary. And it turned away from God, the original source of strength from Whom it had emerged …. But the original state cannot be restored in any other way than that the beingness fully and completely confesses itself to God again. The being is not forced into this right relationship with God, but its free will has to find its way to Him itself, and everything God has created only serves to change this free will so that it strives towards God of its own accord. This is why the being has almost reached its goal when it prays to God as a human being …. It is then no longer of a will turned away from God, and only a short probationary period is still necessary in order to become mature for life in eternity, for the kingdom where no earthly external form weighs it down, where it can fulfil its actual purpose and is blissfully happy. The free will of man may not be touched neither by God nor by evil power, and therefore he can never be determined to the right relationship with God, but he must enter into it of his own accord. The harder and more unbending this human will is, the greater tribulations it requires in order to give up this resistance to God. This is the only means God uses, that He moulds his earthly life such that it appears unbearable to him in order to indirectly induce him to turn to Him for help. He will also do so as soon as he believes in a higher powerful being. Yet precisely this faith is lacking in people who still have a completely wrong will within themselves. This is the endeavour of God’s adversary to destroy all faith in Him and to confuse people’s thinking. But here, too, God stands by people, and He tries to make them think through painful experiences; He often gives them the opportunity to take a serious stand on the question: What is the relationship between the creature and its creator …. God also reveals Himself to people who deny Him if only they pay attention to all the events that accompany their earthly life. He only tries to change their will, and if an unbearable adversity causes the human being to turn to Him for help, then the spell is broken, then he no longer completely belongs to God’s adversary but tries to detach himself from his power and submits himself to his creator of eternity of his own free will. And that is why prayer is the first thing. It is the admission of one’s own weakness and the acknowledgement of a power of such great importance, for the human being is now prepared to allow himself to be guided and led by this power, and now he can abandon himself to this divine guidance without worrying, and as soon as his will turns towards God he will be seized by God’s love and safely guided upwards. Anyone who calls upon God for help confesses that he belongs to Him, that he is His child, and thus he establishes the right relationship of a child to the father and is now also given His fatherly love …. he will receive strength and grace unmeasured, and earthly life will now earn him the maturity he needs to be able to enter His kingdom as a child of the father ….

amen

Love enables a person to make any sacrifice, and thus your love should be such that you will gladly and joyfully give up everything if this will help your neighbour. Sacrificial love is inexpressibly beneficial; both for your souls as well as for the soul of a fellow human being who thereby learns to love as well, for the love which touches him will also kindle the indwelling spark of love, which can develop into a flame. A person’s deed must be inspired by love, only then will it be true love which not only expresses itself in words and feelings but in active care as well. The bliss of accomplishing a kind deed which helps a fellow human being makes a person feel very happy …. Thus love by itself is already rewarding, because it is pleasing and encourages constantly new actions of love. A love which is willing to make sacrifices does not consider itself; a person gives of what he owns without thinking if it benefits someone else, he gives to others and is happy that he can help his fellow human being …. Only this kind of love will result in his soul’s maturity, which is his goal on earth, for it will make his heart receptive for the divine Love Itself, Which requires such a prepared soul as an abode in order to stay and work in a person. Through his love, the human being draws God, Who is Love Itself, close to him, and he will never be without love because divine love will fill his heart and his whole nature will change into love …. He will adapt himself to God; he will find the union with Him on earth already, which is the purpose and goal of his life on earth …. Anyone making a sacrifice out of love for his neighbour gives up very little in exchange for so much more …. As long as he is still fond of earthly possessions, as long as the commodities of the world mean everything to him, he will be incapable of any kind-hearted deed, for his selfish love will be too great and will prevent him from giving for his fellow human being’s sake. Only love will make him do this, the love for his fellow human being will make his possessions seem worthless to him, he will only try to help and will no longer calculate the advantages he would gain from his wealth, he will give gladly and joyfully because he will be motivated to do so by love …. But anyone without love is incapable of parting with the possessions of the world, nor will he ever experience pure joy, he will not get to know the happiness which kind-hearted activity triggers in a person …. And in order to help those people, in order to teach them actions of love, God allows adversity to come upon the earth …. harsh conditions, which should encourage every person to practise love; an adversity which intends to kindle the spark of love in every person in order to act with love. Once he has felt the happiness of kind-hearted activity, his heart will no longer be so hardened. Hence you humans should practise love, you should give what is dear and valuable to you if you can reduce people’s adversity with it …. you should not think long as to whether it will be to your advantage or disadvantage; you should be impelled by the love in your heart, and this does not stop and think …. It makes sacrifices and gladly gives what it owns, it only wants to help and ease a fellow human being’s fate …. And if you can make sacrifices, you will not become poorer but gain far more riches, for God’s strength of love will flow to you, which exceeds the value of all earthly possessions …. You will sacrifice earthly goods and exchange them for spiritual possessions, and these possessions will be yours to keep, they cannot be taken away from you, even if you leave the Earth and enter the spiritual kingdom …. Every sacrifice you have made out of love for your fellow human beings will increase your eternal possessions. For this reason you should spend your life on earth with continuous actions of love, you should be of service and give to others, offer help and advice to those who are still weak and require physical and spiritual assistance. You should make sacrifices in order to also awaken love in your fellow human being ….. so that you will fulfil your mission on earth ….

Amen

The lack of spiritual knowledge will become particularly apparent in the coming battle of faith, because then people will endorse or accept what they can affirm with conviction or, on the basis of ignorance regarding spiritual matters, discard all faith and fight against it. Only the knowledgeable person will know the correlation between all things, he will know the meaning and purpose of Creation and the human being’s task on earth. And since he is profoundly faithful and can endorse everything with conviction, he will also recognise God’s guidance and His will, therefore making his path on earth considerably easier despite the hostilities of the world, and he will victoriously pass the tests of faith. His knowledge will be his weapon, his strength and his fortitude …. Nothing can dishearten an informed person as soon as he knows that he is in contact with God. Nor has a knowledgeable person any doubts about the outcome of the battle of faith, whereas someone without spiritual knowledge is constantly subject to uncertainties and considerations, because the believers’ conviction makes him hesitant and although he certainly has a vague idea, he has no guarantee for the accuracy of his assumptions. The informed person understands every phase of the battle of faith; nothing will surprise him because he knows that everything God’s Word had revealed to people must come to pass. He himself became knowledgeable through the Word of God and therefore also knows the outcome of a battle which purely concerns the spiritual light, because the darkness fights against all enlightened beings. And thus the one side will fight with blind fury against any representative of divine truth; the laws people will have to submit to will neither demonstrate wisdom nor love …. Progress will not be aspired to, instead, an act of destruction will take place the intention of which will be to eradicate all spiritual information, which will particularly affect organisations whose teachings advocate faith in Jesus Christ as Redeemer of the world, for these will come under most brutal attack …. And the uninformed person will find no explanation for it …. he will discard his shallow faith as well and listen to even less informed people, but hardly any will seek advice with the believers, who alone would be able to provide an explanation. And yet, only this knowledge can explain the events in the world to them, only a knowledgeable person can truthfully explain the necessity and expediency of the battle of faith to his fellow human beings, only a knowledgeable person can comfort his fellow human beings and draw their attention to the One Who can and will help them if they entrust themselves to Him and bear up against their enemies …. And these knowledgeable people will be able to speak with conviction, God Himself will speak through their mouths in order to still win those over for Himself who are weak and undecided, whose will has not yet entirely turned away from God and who therefore cannot deny Him either. This is why God conveys this knowledge to earth in advance; He trains His Own fighters by guiding them into truth and informing them of the approaching time, so that they will gain strength from the truth of His Word once the time has come when He will need them to work for Him ….

Amen

A general despondency will take hold of people in view of the destruction wrought by human will. A time will dawn when no-one will be certain of keeping their possessions anymore, and this, too, is a sign of the end time that people will be seriously admonished to despise the world’s possessions, to only strive for spiritual possessions and to prepare themselves for the end which is so close at hand for everyone. It will be an anxious time and people will almost no longer have the will to shape their lives differently because they will recognize the frailty of everything they undertake and life will seem unbearable to them. Yet in view of the approaching end this state of suffering is necessary for people who can only thereby still come to the realization that earthly life is not the main purpose of existence. Every creature will feel the battle in the last days, for it will also have an effect on the animal and plant world and ever faster deformations will be the result. And people, too, will have to end their earthly careers prematurely, partly through the work of destruction that human will allows to be carried out and partly through divine intervention, which will also claim numerous human lives. But all these sacrifices shall again help the survivors to realize, the latter shall become aware of how quickly death can end life so that they think of their souls and of life after death. People must be made aware of death because otherwise they will value earthly life as such too highly and thereby be in danger of forgetting their actual purpose of earthly life. And this requires extremely painful experiences, for people pass by suffering and misery without feeling unless it is exceptionally great and overwhelming. People are not yet able to distinguish right from wrong, they only have their own advantage in mind and approve of everything that brings them such. And they do not consider their neighbour and his need. And so the adversary has won God’s game by not yet being recognized in his worst deeds, but instead finds approval and leniency. However, until a person realizes that he is guided by evil forces, until he abhors their activity, he will not find the right path. And this is why injustice has to be brought so close to him, he has to experience for himself what unkindness brings about and he has to change through his own suffering, he has to turn away from humanity’s behaviour which is under satan’s influence …. And he will only do so when he recognizes the futility of earthly goods, which only kindle desires and vices that lead to the greatest crimes. For it is only earthly goods for the sake of which people inflict the greatest suffering on themselves …. It will not be long before everything is left to decay, and this short time will still have to be a time of unspeakable suffering for humanity because it is far from preparing itself and thus thinks too little of life after death. But God uses all means to direct their thoughts towards it, and thus He allows what human will strives for in order to still save people by showing them the transience of earthly possessions and bodily life and thereby wants to guide them into realizing ….

amen

The divine stream of power, which is constantly supplied to every work of creation, does not diminish, even if it animates the whole universe throughout eternity. It can only increase in itself through the influx from the side of the beingness, which generates new power through activity. The increase of power is a process that is similar to newly awakened life …. New creations come into being, they are fed with the power from God, which drives them to perpetual activity and gives birth to new life again, because every activity brings about a new formation, which is again the bearer of the power from God, even if in the most different strength or abundance of power. But the power from God always stimulates activity, and every activity generates new power. Thus the flow of power from God is constantly increased within itself, and this also results in the emergence of ever new creations. The less resistance the flow of strength from God finds in people, i.e. the more willing people are to utilize the strength they receive by remaining in constant activity which always promotes the well-being of their fellow human beings, the more uninhibitedly the strength from God can flow over to the human being, and receiving strength from God means that he will be able to be most eagerly active, he will accomplish feats which seem almost incomprehensible to the human being. If he himself now lets creations arise through the work of his hands, then these creations again become carriers of spiritual substances, which are likewise induced to activity through the supply of the divine stream of power, and so unspeakably many new creations can emerge from one creation, which all receive the same power from God and are constantly fed by His greater than great love. People’s lack of strength is mostly due to the fact that they close themselves off to the flow of strength from God, which is the case when the person’s way of life makes it impossible for the flow of strength from God to flow to him, that is, when the person does not practice an act of love and therefore cannot receive any strength of love from God. For the life force flowing to man enables him to be active, but does not force him to do so. The increased influx, however, causes man’s busy activity in love …. and the activity in turn generates new strength …. This is a law that is irrevocable, but it is also a basic law of creation, which is therefore only conceivable in uninterrupted activity, even if this is not obviously recognizable to people. Human activity, on the other hand, will always bring forth products that are visible or complement visible creations or have the purpose of remodelling existing works of creation. And this means a constant increase, but never a depletion or reduction of the power that flows out from God into the universe. For God is perfect, and what is from Him cannot be limited as soon as it is perfect ….

amen

Every spiritual gift requires undivided attention for the divine expression of will; for this means that the human being must listen within in order to hear this declaration of will. God’s will can only be revealed to someone who withdraws into his inner life, since God’s voice is only perceptible in the human being’s heart; hence, a person has to listen within if he wants to hear God’s voice. And thus a person must first detach himself from the world, i.e., he must completely free his thoughts from earthly interests, he must establish a bond with the spiritual kingdom through consciously focussing within and enter into a silent communication with the spiritual beings in a perfect state or with the eternal Deity Himself. He has to present his spiritual adversity to God and appeal for being guided towards realisation, he has to try to live according to divine will and have the serious will to become worthy of God’s voice, then God will also let His voice be heard in the heart of someone who wants to hear it. For God requires people who clearly and understandably convey to fellow human beings what the voice of the heart has imparted to them, consequently He will also always be willing to instruct people according to the truth. Therefore, He also expects the attention of those who are prepared to pass on the knowledge they receive. For this knowledge is so extensive that people can be offered something new every day and every hour. But it must also be accurately communicated, and thus the teacher himself must be knowledgeable and always and forever accept this knowledge, and this requires constant mental concentration, that is, the recipient must willingly detach the soul from the body and utterly hand himself over to the working of spiritual forces …. he must listen to what his spiritual friends impart to him and know that every message from the spiritual kingdom is offered to him according to God’s will …. that he therefore receives the truth which he should pass on in exactly the same way. Thus, his own mental concepts must not precede the knowledge he receives but he must strictly keep to that which is offered to him from above. As soon as the person fails to listen to this voice in his heart he cannot be instructed either, for God will not manifest Himself more markedly as not to endanger people’s religious liberty. However, to the listener His voice sounds so clear and pure that he cannot misunderstand it, and thus he grows in wisdom because he is instructed by God Himself, Who also avails Himself of His heavenly messengers in order to impart the truth through His devoted earthly child to people on earth ….

But God is at all times the Giver of gifts from above, for it is God’s voice which can be audibly perceived by a person if he attentively listens within. Everything that is good is a divine gift …. everything that urges a person to do good, that teaches him to love and points him into the direction of God …. And these instructions are always given to a person when his striving applies to God and the eternal truth and when his heart has made itself receptive through the will to hear the voice of God and through a God-pleasing way of life …. otherwise the desire for God will not be rooted within the person. But then his thoughts will be influenced by God Himself and the spiritual beings devoted to God, and these thoughts will predominantly arise in his heart and need only be grasped by the person’s will by means of listening inwards to the divine gifts he is offered. If the person lives a life of love these thoughts will make such an indelible impression on him that he will accept these thoughts without doubting that it is the divine voice, since through love he is already so united with God that he knows His will and always strives to fulfil it ….

Amen

Every worldly thought weakens a person’s ability to see with the spiritual eye or hear with the spiritual ear. And that is why he must always endeavour to detach himself from the world. He must learn to despise everything earthly in order to be able to strive undividedly for his spiritual perfection. For as soon as he is able to see spiritually, as soon as his ear is able to hear the voice of the heart, the messages from the spiritual kingdom, he will also mature spiritually, whereas the world cannot offer him any spiritual goods, but rather robs him of them because it deprives him of the ability to do so. There are two worlds which want to bring themselves closer to the human being and the representatives of each world endeavour to assert themselves. Man’s will must decide for itself in which world he wants to dwell. He sees these earthly joys and attractions of the world with bodily eyes and feels them with the bodily senses; the treasures of the spiritual world, on the other hand, are not obviously revealed to him. If he wants to see these, he must first develop the ability within himself, which has the will of man as its first prerequisite. He must withdraw into his inner life regardless of the earthly world, he must open his senses to the spiritual influx, he must listen and observe what is conveyed to him from the spiritual realm, and it will be all the more understandable and clearer to him the more he separates himself from the world and suppresses his desire for it. For only one thing can be offered to him …. one world must be sacrificed in order to enter the other world. As long as the human being still dwells on earth, it is a struggle for him, for the earthly world pushes itself forward again and again. However, the will to gain insight into the spiritual kingdom gives the human being constant strength to overcome the earthly world, and the ability to see and hear spiritually grows from hour to hour if the human being is seriously willing to exchange this spiritual kingdom for the earthly world …. He is then able to separate himself from it with ease, he hears the voice of the beings of light speaking within him, which are only the organs of the divine voice, he sees what his physical eye is unable to see and his knowledge is enriched more and more. Yet it is always knowledge which is meaningless to the world but which should and can inspire people to likewise strive for the state which will bring them the goods of the spiritual kingdom. He must seek everything spiritual within himself, whereas everything worldly seeks to find access to him from outside. And again the spiritual can only then be imparted to the fellow human being when he likewise goes inwards, for only then is he receptive to what is offered to him, whereas before he only receives it with his physical ear but it remains dead to him as long as he does not let it speak to his heart. That which is to retain value for eternity must come to the human being from the heart, for these are the currents from the spiritual kingdom which emerge in the heart as thoughts and must be consciously grasped by the human being in order to become effective in him ….

amen

The perpetual process of change can be observed in all creations and therefore has to take place according to divine will, because no other being can implement its will in the works of creation. It is God’s will that the spiritual, which is bound in the works of creation, changes, and this change can only take place when also the outer form undergoes a change, and this outer change is therefore the actual life of the spiritual, it is so to speak the visible sign of an upward development of the spiritual hiding in it, because as long as this remains in its resistance against God, also the outer form remains almost unchanged. From this it can be concluded that all solid matter which remains in its nature and condition for a long time harbours spiritual substances which are opposed to God and that this matter should not be striven for by man if it is not needed for a serving purpose. If matter is used to mould things that are useful to man, then man himself contributes to the transformation of such external forms …. but if an external form remains and is desired by people for the sake of this external form, then the human being is in danger of being dominated by matter and this is a disadvantage for his soul. There are countless things which could be counted as so-called dead matter and which are desired by people without them fulfilling a useful purpose …. These are decorative objects of all kinds that merely trigger the joy of earthly possession without fulfilling a purpose. They are only a lure of the world as long as they serve to fulfil one’s own desires and do not fulfil their purpose in serving neighbourly love The spiritual bound in this matter captivates the senses of man, and this means a spiritual regression for the latter, since he demands something that he has long since overcome, and the spiritual in matter finds support through the desire of man, in that he strives for the possession of what he desires, and he gives the spiritual in the form the opportunity to remain in the form for a long time. But what does not change in its outer form does not progress in its upward development ….

(27.6.1943) To desire such solid matter as possession is of extreme disadvantage for the soul of man because it makes him a slave of matter, it conquers him instead of man conquering matter. Objects which are created by human hands but which have no serving purpose are likewise suited to arouse human desire and now remain in their form for a long time, and the spiritual in them is bound for just as long. It cannot develop upwards because it is prevented from serving, because it lacks the will to do so, but man also does not help this spiritual by carefully protecting the solid matter from every change and thus prolongs the compulsion around the spiritual through his love for dead matter. In the same way, utilitarian objects whose actual purpose is a serving one, but which are not used for their actual purpose out of love for matter, are also an agonizing fetter for the spiritual substance hidden in them as long as the human being persists in his love for such things …. if the external form is not changed by divine will, i.e. if such objects are destroyed against human will through many different causes. Then the spiritual in the form is willing to serve, and the outer fetter is loosened or destroyed despite human love for it. A change of the outer form, therefore of all works of creation, must take place if these works are to fulfil their purpose; the spiritual in every work of creation must mature through service and then be released again to the next stage of its development. Man’s love for matter prolongs the state of compulsion of the spiritual in it, the stubborn spiritual, which does not let up in its resistance against God, now also influences the thinking of men to unite with it, it therefore drives to materialism and causes great spiritual devastation among mankind. Nevertheless, this spirituality feels the compulsion that the external form causes it and unlawfully tries to escape it …. it tries to confuse human thinking, i.e., God-opposing forces use the weakness of man for dead matter in order to incite them to unkindness against each other, to unlawfully appropriate the matter of fellow human beings and, if necessary, to achieve this through violence, which can also have a destructive effect on matter. In its ignorance, the spiritual believes itself to be free when its outer form is destroyed by people’s lack of love. Violent destruction is therefore never spiritual progress but an illegally interrupted course of development, for the release from a form only depends on whether this form fulfils a serving purpose. And in the same way the destruction of an outer form must have as its cause the will to produce something new from it which again fulfils a serving purpose. Then the change of the outer form is willed by God and for the spiritual in it an ascent to ….

amen

Thoughts are formed according to human will and therefore the human being is also responsible for his thoughts. As soon as the human being observes himself he will recognize that his thoughts follow the path his will prescribes for them, that he therefore discards thoughts which are unpleasant to him and dwells longer on those thoughts which appeal to him. And therefore the human will is decisive and this again is wrong or right before God according to the will towards the world or towards the spiritual kingdom. And that is why God can let the events come upon the human being no matter how sorrowful, it depends solely on the human will how he receives it and whether it brings about a change in his thinking. The hardship and affliction in the world should lead people back to God, i.e. their thoughts should be directed towards alleviating their fellow human being’s hardship, calling upon God for help and fulfilling God’s will at all times. However, people are becoming increasingly hardened and even the most severe suffering is unable to change them. For their thoughts are only focussed on earthly matter. Admittedly, other thoughts also push themselves towards the human being but he does not accept them; his will rejects them and holds on to such thoughts which are of little spiritual benefit to him, for he loves the world and also constantly lets his thoughts revolve around this earthly world. If the thought of God comes close to him, he rejects it instead of seizing it and seriously engaging with his creator and bringing world events into connection with the life of the individual and his attitude towards God. The impermanence of earthly possessions and the death of his fellow human beings which constantly appears before his eyes should distract his thoughts from the earthly and point him towards eternity, but he drops all emerging thoughts of it again or he resists them, and that is what he will have to answer for one day. His will strives towards the world and his thinking always remains in the same direction …. And this is the state of all humanity except for a few who, in their greatest misery, take refuge in God and commend themselves to Him and His grace. A few no longer demand anything from this world and strive towards the spiritual kingdom, but the majority cannot be dissuaded from earthly thinking even by the worst events, which is why the hardship and tribulation cannot yet come to an end. People’s low spiritual level necessitates this and the wrong thinking is still to be changed as a result because no other change can be achieved and time is pressing because it is approaching its end. And therefore much suffering will still have to befall the earth so that people will free themselves from their love for matter, so that they will overcome the earth and strive for spiritual possessions, so that they will make use of the last time they have left until the final decision ….

amen

Without hesitation, you should accept God’s gift and allow it to work on you, for it is the living water that constantly flows from the divine source, which you should drink and draw strength from. For you will truly need this strength in the coming times. God Himself has opened the spring for you in His love, for He knows of your need and He knows what you are lacking. And you truly do not need to live in want as long as His fatherly love is turned towards you as His children. And He will provide you with physical and spiritual food if only you desire the latter and open your hearts when He offers you His gift. His gift of grace, His word, the living water, is founded in His fatherly care, and since it is now offered to people with love it must also ignite love in people and let it flare up into a bright flame, it must awaken them to life, i.e. stimulate them to constant activity, it must bring refreshment and strength like the clearest water to anyone who wants to draw from the original source of wisdom and love …. This spring will never run dry, for God’s love and wisdom are inexhaustible. But those whose hearts do not long for refreshment and strengthening will not find the source, it will remain hidden from them and they will lose unsuspected strength. It is true that man is repeatedly informed that divine love has this gift of grace in store for him, he is repeatedly led close to the spring from which living water flows. But he is never forced to accept what is offered to him as a divine gift of grace. It is entirely up to his own free will whether and how he utilizes the flow of strength, and he can only be advised by fellow human beings to make himself worthy of divine love and mercy so that he can be abundantly provided for during his earthly life. And because the human being’s will has to become active itself, so few people come into possession of the most precious gifts, they remain poor where they could become immeasurably rich, they remain powerless where unsuspected strength is at their disposal, and they remain ignorant where profound wisdom would be at their disposal if they desired it. The lack of will determines their spiritual development, thus their degree of maturity, because it prevents the human being from becoming knowledgeable, for profound wisdom can only be drawn from the spring from which living water flows. But knowledge is necessary in order to reach the heights. Knowledge can indeed be gained through loving activity, but if the human being does not receive the strength from God, if he does not draw it from His divine source of grace, he is not capable of loving activity. The strength, however, will reach him if he is willing, that is, if he no longer resists God. Resistance, however, is when His gift of grace is ignored or openly rejected, resistance is when the human being does not open himself, when he closes his heart when the divine word, which imparts strength to him to a great extent, is made accessible to him. The human being cannot be forcibly guided into knowledge, thus grace cannot reach him either if he does not demand it or oppose it with resistance. And the human being will travel the earthly path without strength and his soul will suffer because it is denied refreshment at the source of truth, because it is not given the right food and drink, which is the fault of the human being’s will. There is no substitute for the supply of grace through the divine word; there is no fountain from which the same water flows to awaken it to life …. And so there is also no path that leads upwards if it does not pass by the spring of living water …. And the weary traveller on earth should pay attention to the spring, he should rest and strengthen himself for his onward journey, he should gather new strength and supply his soul with what it needs …. For it is not the body that is important on earth, but only the soul, and if it is deprived of strength, its earthly journey is far more difficult and usually goes astray. But it draws new strength from the source of divine love. It receives wisdom from God Himself, it attains realization and its state becomes full of light so that it now clearly recognizes its earthly path, that it sees the goal before its eyes and can pursue it with hope. And anyone who draws from the fountain of life is assured of his spiritual ascent, for it is God Himself Who draws and guides him along the right path towards his eternal home …. And therefore the divine fountain of grace will never run dry, the delicious gift of grace will always and forever flow from it, which is absolutely necessary in order to attain eternal life ….

amen

Man’s free will is in no way respected if his spiritual endeavours are suppressed, if he is forced into a way of thinking, regardless of whether it corresponds to the truth or not. The free decision must always be left to him …. He can certainly seek advice and such advice can be given to him by fellow human beings, but this always has to take the form of instructions which he can accept or not, depending on his will, but as soon as a certain amount of coercion is exercised insofar as that he is presented with an opinion which he is supposed to accept and an open battle is waged against every other school of thought, an attempt is made to eliminate the human being’s free will, and this does not correspond to God’s will. Yet you humans are approaching a time when all freedom will be curtailed and especially spiritual freedom will be completely undermined. This will happen through decrees of all kinds which will make people so indecisive and fearful that they will comply with all orders and even throw their own views overboard because they fear earthly power. People who have become knowledgeable through God’s immense love must openly stand up for the teaching of Jesus Christ, and they must not allow themselves to be put off by any measures or threats, but their will must become active and remain with what their heart proclaims to them as truth, and they must also live according to this truth on earth. But such a life is usually uncomfortable for people and therefore they easily give in, they give in to the old faith and allow themselves to be persuaded of something which is contrary to divine faith. This is a test that a person can pass if he consults God at all times and commends himself to Him and His grace. But he must never sacrifice his free will. What once appears to him as truth he must hold on to and defend with conviction; but those people who give up their own conviction without a fight are weak and unresisting and do not deserve the love with which God cares for each individual, for they betray Him for the sake of earthly success and their will takes a wrong path ….

amen

It is the right realization and the pure truth that makes the human being happy and gives him inner peace. As long as he still walks in ignorance, he is neither balanced nor completely satisfied, for he lacks the knowledge of the connection between the creator, the creatures and the events, he knows nothing about the cause and effect of every happening, and therefore he also does not understand the meaning and purpose and the necessity of all things and all events around him …. Through the right knowledge, through the pure truth, he is enlightened, he becomes seeing …. and now what was dark becomes clear, it becomes understandable to him, and the knowledge makes him happy. For he begins to comprehend even the difficult, painful aspects of earthly life; he knows that it is necessary and therefore it no longer seems so painful to him; he knows about the blessing of it, about its effect, as soon as he also recognizes the cause and sees all experience as a means that brings him closer to the ultimate goal. As soon as man is knowledgeable, there are no unanswered questions for him, there is no fear, no despondency, no timidity and no doubt …. his life becomes easy through unconditional trust in God, through deep, unshakeable faith. Everything oppressive falls away from him because he knows that everything is founded in God’s love and must therefore be good and lead to the goal. And he will never ask fate the desperate question: why? …. He knows that God is love and that he himself is the creature that has emerged from His love. And so he also knows that the final fusion with eternal love is his ultimate goal and that everything on earth is only a means to an end. He also knows what resistance the human being puts up against eternal love and what means of education are needed in order to break this resistance …. And thus the knowing human being must carry peace within himself, for if he recognizes the loving and guiding hand of God in everything, an inner calm will be his own, for he now entrusts himself completely to his creator …. As long as man has not yet penetrated this knowledge, he cannot yet comprehend God’s loving guidance; he therefore also looks at earthly events with different eyes. They burden and oppress him and rob him of his inner peace. But the right realization frees …. The right knowledge lets man seek union with God and also find it, for if he knows about God’s love and recognizes himself as a product of this love, he constantly strives towards his creator and sustainer and seeks to unite with Him. But only the right realization …. the knowledge of the pure truth …. brings about this union with God, whereas the ignorant human being only ever calls incoherent thoughts his own, cannot provide sufficient enlightenment and is therefore not inwardly satisfied by what he considers to be truth. And consequently, his thoughts will not make him happy either, on the contrary, they will often give rise to questions and doubts which he cannot answer or combat himself unless he turns to the giver of truth, unless he appeals to God Himself for enlightenment of spirit ….

amen

Anyone who tries with all his might to free himself from erroneous views, i.e., who is willing to give up his previous thoughts in the desire for truth if they contradict the pure truth, will also clearly recognize what is error and what is truth. The human being then no longer needs to fear falling into erroneous thinking again, nor does he need to doubt what is offered to him as truth, for his desire for the pure truth enables him both to receive it and to recognize it as truth. The truth-desiring person also strives towards God at the same time, and he also fulfils the condition that God has set for receiving the truth …. he lives in love …. The desire for pure truth does not arise from his intellectual thinking, but is born in his heart precisely as a result of his activity of love. A person who lives without love will never have a desire for the pure truth; on the contrary, he shuns it, just as he avoids every opportunity that could convey it to him. He is rather uncomfortable with the thought of being enlightened about everything, which is why he prefers ignorance to the state of knowledge. It is only possible to bring brightness of spirit to such a person if he strives for it himself. In contrast, the willing person who strives for God and the truth has penetrated the truth in a very short time and is also firmly convinced that he is standing in the truth. And that is the characteristic of those who stand in the truth, that they no longer ponder and doubt but are firmly convinced that they are on the right track …. That they do not allow themselves to be put off when they are offered other teachings that contradict their own thinking. God Himself guides their thoughts and therefore they can only move within the truth, since He Himself is the truth. Anyone who desires the truth will therefore also strive towards God, and every will towards Him will be rewarded with His love, and His love will truly not let the person striving towards Him walk in error …. God wants people to know the truth, He wants them to become knowledgeable, thus He instructs them Himself if they entrust themselves to Him, thus ask Him for enlightenment and confess themselves as ignorant before God. The knowledge assumed by people offers them no certainty of the pure truth and therefore they take the direct path to God, Who is the truth Himself …. And God will not let their faith be put to shame, He will enlighten their spirit, He will teach them to think correctly and give them the gifts of realization so that they accept with conviction as truth what is imparted to them through God’s grace and love mentally or through the inner word. Only the desire for truth demands God, and this desire for pure truth also earns the human being complete knowledge, which makes him happy because he recognizes it as pure truth ….

amen

Countless souls are waiting for embodiment and thus new generations have to arise time and again. Human beings have to be born all the time so that souls can occupy their bodies during their final period of development on earth. Hence people’s willingness is always necessary for the embodiment of a soul, and at the same time it is also an act of love for the unredeemed soul if people offer it the opportunity for its final incarnation on earth. Only the will to awaken a new life should be the reason for a union between a man and a woman; without this will the bodily function, which is only intended for the awakening of a human life, is unlawfully performed. Many sins are committed in this respect, i.e. the divine will is not taken into account, the body is not educated to carry out its correct task and subsequently many souls wait in vain and cannot incarnate even though they have the degree of development which permits an earthly embodiment. These souls remain close to earth and try to persuade people to unite, especially people who are in love, since love has to be the motivating force for a union to bring forth new life. Love between two human beings is essential to give the awakened soul during its short time on earth the opportunity to achieve the kind of maturity which will result in its entrance into the realm of light. A loveless union provides the opportunity for embodiment to those souls whose bad instincts are still particularly strong and who, as a result, have to struggle considerably during their earthly life to overcome these instincts ….

The human will to have children is, however, mostly due to love for each other, and it is of great advantage for the incarnating soul if this love prevails because the spark of love leaps into the new-born being and it can gain spiritual maturity on earth much easier. Nevertheless, the effort to avoid descendants can be harmful to the souls who are willing to incarnate, in as much as people’s sexuality adds to the same urges in the new being whose soul consequently constantly has to fight against them during its earthly life. Souls who cannot incarnate nevertheless stay close to people and trouble them, i.e. they try to influence people to unite for the purpose of procreation. Understandably, in that case physical desires will always be stronger since the souls only try to influence people along the lines of their inclination, they just want to transfer physical lusts to get the opportunity for their own embodiment. Consequently, people who unite sexually without love shoulder a tremendous responsibility as they are surrounded by souls who want to incarnate, and their lust attracts equally disposed souls who use these uninhibited moments to occupy a newly created being which now starts its earthly path of life as a human being. And such souls are mainly predominant because only few souls entered life as a result of love and a conscious will for descendants. For this reason human generations will become consistently less spiritual because there is little love between people who were also born without love ….

Amen

If God Himself speaks to you, do not close your hearts, for He only speaks the language of love for a short time and you should listen attentively to His voice and make yourselves worthy of His love with which He cares for you …. but soon His voice will sound loudly and it will spread fear and terror amongst those who did not listen to His quiet voice. He will speak with a voice of thunder, and the whole world will have to hear it and be horrified by it. You do not have much time left to repent if you do not carry God in your heart, and that is why His messengers are already warning and admonishing you beforehand and pointing out the coming time. Time and again He hesitates and seeks to win humanity with love and kindness. He comes to them in the word and wants to educate them for Himself and His kingdom …. Yet they do not know Him and reject Him when He knocks on the door of His earthly children. For the world still entices with its pleasures, and the gentle knocking at the door of the heart is ignored. But when God will make Himself heard more loudly, nothing can drown out His voice, for He will make use of the elements of nature and they will speak for Him. And this voice will not go unheard, people will have to hear it because no-one should say that they were not warned beforehand …. for the end is near. And because people do not listen to the loving admonitions, they are in great danger of failing when the hour of decision strikes for people. If they hear the word of God beforehand they will realize the context and they will also be aware of the need for God to make His voice heard more impressively. There is only a short time left and you should make extensive use of this time, you should endeavour to recognize and follow God’s will. Then you will be prepared when God speaks to people with a booming voice. You will not be surprised, for through His word God has enlightened you about the meaning and purpose of earthly life and the consequences of the right and wrong will. And now you will also realize how little attention is paid to this in the world and how necessary divine intervention is and that people will only come to their senses through an extraordinary phenomenon, that is, if they are not completely hardened and unloving and also pass by this loud voice unimpressed. A time of suffering will dawn for the people of the countries whom God will afflict because they are extremely distant from God and yet are also to be led back to Him. God speaks daily to His own through the mouth of an earthly child who wants to serve Him. But only a few hear Him, so that He will now raise His voice to a strength that all people must hear. God is full of love and kindness but also full of justice, and thus many people will lose their lives because they are incorrigible. However, He will also know how to protect those who serve Him and also heed His quiet voice ….

amen

Everyone will noticeably feel the strength of the divine Word when the last days come. Many threads lead from the kingdom of the beyond to earth, God conveys His Word to people everywhere who partly hear it mentally or as the inner voice, and His Word will give strength to people everywhere. But even where the directly imparted Word is conveyed to fellow human beings it will make them stronger if they devoutly accept it and allow themselves to be affected by it. For it is certain that God will not leave His Own without help at a time when afflictions and adversities are rife and which requires tremendous strength. And therefore He blesses His Word with His strength so that all who hear it become aware of this strength if they believe. God’s adversary will exercise all his power and try to pull everything down that won’t offer him resistance. However, the Word of God is the best defence against him, the Word of God protects a person from his onslaughts, since God Himself is with the person in His Word and the enemy is powerless against Him.

If the human being believes then he will not need to fear anything, irrespective of what will happen to him. The world will certainly use any means in order to shake his faith, it will want to force him into renouncing it, yet God’s Word is stronger than the world …. Anyone in possession of it will ignore its voice, for he is closer to God than to the world and is permeated by His strength, but the human being will also remain in contact with God through His Word. In the last days, however, someone will appear who will loudly and distinctly preach the Word of God to people …. he will be guided by God’s spirit and God’s spirit will express itself through him. His Words will be impressive and even within the adversary’s ranks not remain without effect …. Those who belong to the world will pursue him but be unable to harm him until his mission on earth has been fulfilled. He will proclaim the Lord’s second coming, he will reproach people’s way of life and inform them of things which are new to them, he will encourage them to love and criticize their heartlessness with sharp words; his speeches will be forthright and aim to win people over for the kingdom of God.

And the strength coming forth from his words will verify the truth of what he is preaching. God Himself will speak through the mouth of His servant on earth and many will recognise His voice …. Yet eventually he will be captured, for Satan will incite the people who are enslaved by him to seize him. Then the Lord’s coming will be imminent, for then the heartlessness on earth will have reached its peak and even the believers will be at great risk of beginning to waver. Then the Lord Himself will come to take His Own home, to save them from the enmity of those who are enslaved by the darkness …. And things will come to pass which are beyond people’s imagination ….

Amen

The spiritual low of men requires that a total destruction and disintegration takes place on earth, from which nothing that is on earth is left out. And thus people themselves determine the end of the earth in its present form, for the earth is the carrier of the spiritual in a certain stage of maturity. But as soon as there is a constant regression, completely different shells are necessary for this spiritual than the earth has, and therefore it experiences a total transformation, and indeed the sooner the deeper humanity sinks. A period of development has therefore expired and the last signs of the near end will be the battle of faith, which will really express the spiritual low. For people will stop at nothing, they will pursue their goal in the most brutal way. They will try to oust God from the hearts of the believers and take away all spiritual freedom from people, and if God does not stand by them they will be completely defenceless against these dark forces. Yet His might and strength will be revealed when this time has come …. And His love will prevent His own from harming their souls …. And thus He will lift them up from the earth and destroy what resists Him and does not recognize His power ….

amen

It is a mystery to you in what form life awaits you in eternity. You cannot imagine anything as long as you are still bound to the earthly form …. And yet you know that this external form becomes obsolete at the moment of death. But your knowledge and your ability to imagine moves in the kingdom of this earth, thus you can only imagine something which has taken on a visible or tangible form, and yet you cannot transfer this form to the kingdom of the beyond as soon as you believe in a spiritual kingdom which is no longer supposed to have earthly creations. And now you are faced by unsolvable problems which will remain unsolvable as long as you are spiritually unawakened and unable to see spiritually. A high degree of maturity is required which earns you spiritual vision, and only a few people will still reach this degree on earth and be able to convey the impressions they have gained through spiritual vision to their fellow human beings. But fellow human beings cannot follow these descriptions as long as they have not attained the same high degree of maturity, and therefore it is impossible that a picture of the spiritual kingdom can be developed for people on earth. It is impossible to give them an explanation which could reveal the secret of the kingdom of the beyond …. The beyond remains an unsolvable problem for people, they will only ever be able to surmise according to their human conceptual capacity but have no certainty that it is as they imagine it to be. In the spiritual kingdom the beings, if they are not completely imperfect, live in complete freedom, i.e., they are neither burdened with any external form nor are they in any way urged to an activity, but everything they do arises from their free will and the urge to love activity. However, their activity is completely independent of earthly matter, of an external form, because no otherworldly being is surrounded by matter. Consequently, the being itself is also free of any cover, but is nevertheless an individual being that can freely will and determine as soon as it has attained spiritual maturity. It is the self, the actual beingness, which needs no external form and yet cannot be denied. And this self perceives the absence of a shell as a blessing that it no longer wants to do without. The self is not lost with the death of the body, it survives every spatial and temporal change, it always and forever remains the same self, also recognizable to the other souls, even though it no longer possesses its outer form. For every perfect spiritual being also beholds the spiritual world and is therefore able to see more than it was able to see in its earthly cover; it can also be active without limitation because neither time nor space impose limits on it. It needs no external form for this and is free and unhindered in every way. But it is not possible to give man a sufficient explanation about the kind of activity in the beyond and about the being in the beyond itself because he lacks all concepts, because nothing on earth can be compared with it, since all earthly laws are invalid in the beyond. But the human being tries to explain everything with earthly laws, and if he eliminates these he would lack all standards, thus his imagination would be inadequate. And so it would remain a mystery to him unless his spiritual state was so bright that he would be able to see spiritually and God would then solve these questions for him.

amen

Every mission on earth with the aim of redeeming the bound souls is pleasing to God and thus has His blessing, but those who have accepted such a mission as their task in life must also endeavour to spread the pure truth. Not everyone can therefore carry out this work if he does not know the truth himself. And the human being’s will is once again the decisive factor …. it depends on the reason which impels him to tackle this work. His good will to be of service to God and to lead lost souls to Him will also grant him the pure truth which enables him to accomplish redemptive work on earth. This is why such an intention must first be preceded by the realisation of his own lack of knowledge, which prompts him to genuinely turn to God with an appeal for spiritual enlightenment. Only this fulfils the first condition for a profession, which must arise from the heart, but it must not be a profession in the sense of the word. However, the danger of the latter exists once a person deems himself knowledgeable due to academically accepted knowledge which nevertheless does not enable him to work as a teacher, because he does not recognise the truth as yet and therefore cannot pass it on either. In that case he will never be able to instruct his fellow human beings correctly. He will not be able to explain the purpose and goal of earthly life to them because he has no knowledge of the very first beginning and the ultimate goal of everything which must take the path across earth. He will merely strictly adhere to dogmatic teachings, which are certainly passed on again academically but which do not stimulate the soul’s activity and would be able to awaken its indwelling spirit. The human being merely accepts the knowledge intellectually but it fails to enter his heart and therefore does not achieve the soul’s transformation which, however, is absolutely essential for the soul’s redemption from its bound state. This academic knowledge can therefore never be enough for a mission on earth whose aim is the redemption of erring souls …. And thus it is also understandable why professional missionaries have such little success unless profound humility towards God and deepest love for their fellow human beings impels them to take up this office …. For only the latter are true servants of God whose work amongst people can be a blessing for them. True service to God solely consists of helping to redeem that which had emerged from God and separated from Him but which the eternal Love will never turn away from …. And as soon as a person sets himself this task in life and, in recognition of his own ignorance, desires God’s support, he will be of service to God. Then he will be able to fulfil his task conscientiously and successfully, he will fulfil his mission on earth and contribute towards the redemption of the bound souls …. Whereas the actual profession of a servant of God is no guarantee that he had first fulfilled the condition and thus he must also be denied the ability of being able to instruct his fellow human beings of the truth. Consequently, the redemption of these souls is questionable, because only truth can set people free, because only the pure truth is redemptive ….

Amen

Man needs little for earthly life if he pursues the spiritual goal, i.e. if he is only concerned about his soul. And God provides enough for his earthly needs and he will lack nothing, as the lord has promised …. And that is why earthly worries are unnecessary, as the heavenly father knows the state of His children and what they need for their physical well-being. And He considers them earthly and spiritually, He not only maintains the body but also gives the soul what it needs in order to mature for eternity. However, man must put the care for the salvation of the soul before everything else so that Jesus’ promise can be fulfilled: “Do not worry about what you will eat or drink or what you will wear, but seek first the kingdom of God, and everything else will be added to you ….” Yet people know no other worries than for the well-being of their bodies, and since they do not think about their souls, God leaves them to their worries, because they do not pay attention to Him. And so He also withdraws. They should recognize the unsuccessfulness of their earthly striving and therefore He often takes from them what they have painstakingly gained, and thus they live in constant worry about their body’s well-being, whereas they could go through earthly life easily and carefree if they wanted to pursue another goal which would simultaneously guarantee their earthly needs. Yet people have no faith, they do not pay attention to the divine word, they do not pay attention to Jesus’ promise; they do not believe in the truth of what Jesus Christ taught on earth and consequently cannot receive the blessing of this promise either. And thus no other relief will be offered to them and they will have to fight the battle of existence through their own fault, just as unbelief will always disadvantage people in body and soul. God has created man for the sake of a task, He has created him in such a way that he has to look after his body in order to maintain his earthly life. And if he now fulfils the task, which consists of maturing his soul, then he need not fear at all that his body would have to starve, even if he puts earthly activity behind his spiritual striving, because now God Himself considers him …. by supplying him with everything man needs for daily life. How carefree mankind could walk on earth if it seriously considered the word of God and wanted to live accordingly …. Instead, however, people are only concerned with the preservation of the body and disregard spiritual needs. But anyone who strives for the kingdom of God is constantly in His care, he will receive everything he needs to live, he will never need to live in want, nor will he need to worry if what he possesses is taken from him, for God knows about his needs and worries and is ready to help at the right time. He tests His children in faith and tries to strengthen those whose faith is still weak. And that is why anyone who carries God in himself, who is united with Him and eagerly endeavours to acquire the kingdom of God will never find himself in need of the body …. God will consider him at all times, and His care will know how to prevent a person who observes Jesus’ promise from getting into bodily distress: “Seek first the kingdom of God …. everything else will be added to you ….”

amen

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak …. for the flesh still belongs to God’s opposing power because it still harbours many spiritual substances which are immature and therefore at the beginning of their higher development. And these substances are still too much in the power of the adversary, they push towards him and also try to pull the human soul along with them. And so the spirit in the human being wages a constant battle with all the immature entities that surround him. Although the soul has decided in its favour, it is also still surrounded by entities in need of purification and is constantly pressured by them to turn towards the world, which means everything that is beneficial, i.e. pleasant, for the body of flesh. The soul is very often weak and unable to offer sufficient resistance to these desires. And yet it must try to overcome this counter-current, it must wrestle with itself, it must only direct its will towards what the spirit imparts to it, it must desire to hear it and reject every temptation from outside by paying no attention to them and only desiring to hear the voice of the spirit. It must pray fervently for a supply of strength and must not tire, for God allows all these temptations in order to strengthen the will and faith so that it may prove itself in the face of greater opposition from outside. The human being is still fighting against purely physical desires and oppositions but a time will come when he will have to stand firm against external temptations, when he will have to prove himself before the world and when the body will not only have to renounce but also accept suffering in order to set an example of strong unshakeable faith to the world …. He will always and constantly be supplied with strength so that his will becomes strong …. And this will shall already now be strengthened by overcoming small resistances, the soul shall only ever remain united with the spirit in it, it shall learn to despise everything worldly, it shall pass it by unimpressively and by no means hold it back from spiritual striving, the weakness of the flesh shall be fought against and the result will be an ever stronger will which overcomes everything that opposes it. But this strong will cannot be achieved without a fight, otherwise it would be an undeservedly received grace which has to bring the human being to maturity without him striving for it. The supply of strength from God is indeed such a grace which, however, has to be requested time and again, and thus the prayer for increased will will provide him with strength and grace, his will will grow stronger, for then the human being will call upon God Himself for His help and this will also be available to him in abundance. Prayer is also a means of battle against the enemy’s temptations, although even the will can be so weakened that it is incapable of prayer, for this also requires the will which, however, will then also find support. But the human being must not surrender to the temptations, the allurements of the world, without will; he must not become so weak that he is no longer able to pray, in every adversity of the soul he must take refuge in prayer, in God, Who will then truly not leave him without help. He must heed the subtle voice of the spirit, which will urge him to pray, to call upon God for strength and grace …. Only then will every weakness of the flesh be overcome, he will become strong in spirit, and his will will conquer all resistance ….

amen

It is impossible to restore worldly order again as long as people are full of hatred and envy, for these are God-opposing qualities which will have to destroy all order, since anything that is opposed to God is also in opposition to divine order. And this is a state of extreme heartlessness which will never manifest itself constructively but will always have a destructive effect. Understandably, a destructive state like that cannot go on indefinitely, and therefore God Himself will call a halt to it in a way which, admittedly, will also result in enormous disorder, but in which God’s wisdom is nevertheless recognised as the only means to restore order again. Humanity itself will make no attempt to end a battle which causes suffering and boundless misery across the whole world. Consequently, it must be ended in a different way; nevertheless, it will not reduce the suffering on earth because it is needed by the human race. People must return to the old order, they must learn again to forego their neighbour’s possessions, which they aspire to own and for which they fight with the most appalling weapons. Their addiction to earthly commodities will cause the world conflagration, which will be difficult to extinguish …. Yet people will not achieve any earthly gain, on the contrary, they will incur immense losses, the extent of which humanity has no knowledge of. For every victory will have been bought at the expense of indescribable losses, both in regards to material assets as well as to human life. However, humanity has become insensitive to such losses, it ignores what human will has caused, and thus, divine will itself shall intervene in order to forcibly initiate a change of world events …. because people’s thinking can only be turned around when they feel that they are helpless, that a stronger Power than themselves takes the control out of their hands and utterly shatters their will. The spiritual darkness they are in is the cause of their heartless actions, whereas their heartlessness is the cause of darkness again …. They must realise in a flash that their thinking is wrong, that they are chasing after the wrong goals and that they will come to a deadlock if they don’t return to divine order and radically change their way of life. The divine intervention is intended to cause this flash of realisation, even though they are still far removed from believing in a higher Power, Which controls their destiny …. Nevertheless, they can only attain faith through deliberation, and their thinking shall be stimulated when they see that everything turns out differently than it was humanly possible to foresee. The spiritual as well as earthly chaos conjured up by human determination would, without God’s intervention, increase and lead to final destruction, because humanity no longer respects divine order, apart from a few who are devoted to God and strive to fulfil His will. But they do not arrest the process of development, they are merely the cause for intensified measures against divine order; and the time has come when humanity subjects itself to God’s adversary and their thoughts and actions become increasingly uncaring. God’s intervention will entail inexpressible suffering and destitution but it is the only option to lead people back to divine order and to change their spiritual state, although this will only be the case with a small amount of people. And therefore the time of the final annihilation of those who are inconvertible is coming ever closer, as is proclaimed in Word and Scripture ….

Amen

Those whose spirit is enlightened should let their light shine and pass on the gifts of the spirit to those whom God leads into their path …. For this is charity at work, giving to those in need …. But spiritual hardship is even worse than earthly hardship; spiritual hardship burdens the soul, for it dwells in the midst of earthly goods, whereas earthly hardship can be remedied as soon as a person is mindful of the well-being of his soul. The commandment to love one’s neighbour extends to all hardship that a person can alleviate through his help. But who offers spiritually, his soul is grateful for every gift, which reduces its trouble, and for that reason spiritual gift is to be given to it, but which again only that man can hand out, who himself is spiritually enlightened, who therefore constantly receives knowledge, so that he can offer it to his fellowmen. The will to instruct them enables him to receive knowledge, for his state will become enlightened to the same extent as he requires spiritual gifts for his fellow human beings …. What is demanded of him he will receive first …. He will be taught in order to be able to teach again. And thus he will also carefully ensure that he only spreads the pure truth, for God, as the eternal truth, wants people to be supplied with the truth who desire it, and thus He will not allow the light to be darkened which streams brightly and clearly to earth from the heavens. It protects the human being from wrong reproductions of what is conveyed to him from above, i.e., once the spirit of God is active in the human being he will also be correctly guided in his speaking and thinking by all beings which are enlightened and look after the human being on earth. And thus, if he intends to convey the truth to his fellow human being, he will be protected from erroneous thinking, he will be able to teach at any time and to everyone …. It will always correspond to God’s will because the spirit of God itself expresses itself through that person …. because the human being cannot conduct spiritual conversations of his own accord if the spirit from God does not impel him to do so, providing the person is willing to serve God and spread the truth. Only this will alone is decisive as to whether the human being stands in truth, whether he himself is spiritually enlightened and thus able to bring the truth to people. And only a person who is in truth himself will speak with conviction and stand up for the truth, for he is rich in spiritual knowledge which will not allow him to remain inactive. Divine truth is strength from God which constantly stimulates activity …. Therefore, anyone who has the truth will not be silent, he must speak because the strength from God impels him to do so, just as a light must shine without fail, thus its light illuminates the whole surroundings …. But a truth-loving person will never be able to argue with conviction for something that does not correspond to the truth, for he is prevented from doing so by the spirit from God …. If he speaks, he speaks the truth, because he cannot speak anything other than what the spirit from God imparts to him, and because his thinking is also guided by the spirit of God and his heart constantly urges him to transfer the gifts of the spirit to his fellow human beings ….

amen

The desire for heavenly food will always be satisfied, and thus the word of God is fulfilled, which promises His spirit to those who hunger and thirst for it. However, receiving divine food is always linked to a task …. to pass it on to our fellow human beings …. The extent to which a person is mindful depends on his will to do so. For his knowledge can vary in extent, and it will be all the more extensive the more he puts it at the service of his neighbour, the more willing he is to work with his knowledge and contribute to the redemption of the bound. For then he will be included in the circle of teaching beings who fulfil the same mission on earth as in the beyond …. to spread divine truth amongst ignorant people. He is then likewise a labourer in the vineyard of the lord who has voluntarily placed himself in His service and is now well provided for in order to be able to carry out his service properly. God therefore makes use of him as a tool, while man again takes the gifts of God as his tool in order to be able to work for Him. And if he now wants to receive these gifts, he will be abundantly provided with them …. Both the receiving as well as the passing on makes him happy, his spirit is constantly active in order to absorb the transmission of the spirit outside of him, the emanation of the divine spirit, and to convey it to the soul, which again lets the intellect become active, which now, driven by the heart, tries to transfer the gained spiritual good to the heart of the fellow human being and finds its happiness in this activity. And the desiring person will recognize the gifts imparted to him as divine spiritual gifts and greedily receive them, he will again be fed from above, whereas with other people they can fade away on the ear without having made an impression on the heart. The word of God is only effective in the heart of the one who desires it, who hungers and thirsts for it …. It can only be effective there because a divine gift presupposes a person’s willingness to receive it, even though it is also offered as a special grace to those who are still ignorant and therefore do not know the desire for the bread of heaven, yet the gift must first have awakened the desire before it is effective. God’s love constantly tries to win people over to His word, because without it the soul’s higher development cannot take place, and therefore He offers it to them in very different ways. He also passes it on to those who do not receive it in the usual way, who are outside the church and who are not completely turned away from God. He passes it on to them, but makes the effect dependent on whether they are willing to receive it, whether the desire for it is awakened in their hearts, whether they want to penetrate the knowledge that was previously offered to them in the smallest measure. He tries to make people understand that they have to hear His word in order to be able to fulfil their task on earth, that they absolutely have to be guided into the right knowledge in order to be able to recognize the nature of God, and that they can only receive this knowledge through His word, which is offered to them by His love. If the will to be introduced to this knowledge is aroused in a person then he is already desirous and his will can be complied with …. he can be fed with the bread of heaven, the truth can be imparted to him, which now drives him again to pass on what he himself has received. It is only the will to participate in the teachings from above which now also makes him worthy of them …. For if this will is serious, then he moulds himself in such a way that he is receptive to the divine word. And then he will also develop his ability to teach, he will feel the urge within himself to likewise initiate his fellow human beings, and since he is now active as a labourer in the vineyard of the lord, he is merely God’s instrument through which God Himself works …. through whose mouth God Himself makes Himself known. God makes use of people for the sake of freedom of faith, He lets people receive His wisdom through the mouth of man, He instructs them Himself and only uses people so that His working does not appear supernatural and compels people to believe. And that is why every servant is welcome to Him. He needs many labourers for His vineyard because it is urgently necessary to break through the spiritual darkness with the light of knowledge and this can only happen through the transmission of His word, which brings light because it contains the divine truth which alone leads people towards God ….

amen

It will never be possible to enter the spiritual kingdom through research, nor will it be possible to receive knowledge about spiritual things in a scholastic way. And the reason for this is that the heart must be active in order to fathom knowledge and truth, otherwise neither can be imparted to it. spiritual knowledge has nothing to do with worldly knowledge, indeed, even a person with little worldly knowledge will be far more receptive to spiritual knowledge because it is made known to him through the voice of the spirit, which only resounds in the heart and is heard the easier the less resistance is put up to it by intellectual knowledge, which mostly rebels against spiritual knowledge. The mind is exposed to all influences; both good and bad forces try to assert themselves, and that is why it is full of wisdom, which, however, does not always have to be truth. It is human wisdom that fills the thinking of a person who has only gained it intellectually. However, only the working of the spirit in the human being offers a guarantee of pure truth. Consequently, divine wisdom does not come from outside but from within, from the heart, and can therefore only be heard if the human being is introspective. But the truth never comes to him from the outside unless the bearer of the truth has been taught by God Himself, i.e. the spirit of God has come alive in him. It would now be wrong to want to deny knowledge of the truth to every worldly researcher, just as, conversely, a person taught by the spirit of God can also have great worldly knowledge, provided that spiritual knowledge was sought first and therefore God provides him with spiritual and earthly knowledge …. He then only grants access to the knowing beings, and they also consider him according to the truth, both spiritually and earthly. But he must also utilize the spiritual knowledge towards his fellow human beings, otherwise it cannot expand if the spiritual knowledge is the result of unselfish loving activity towards his neighbour. Thus every intellectual researcher must at the same time fulfil the commandment of neighbourly love in order to penetrate knowledge that cannot be gained purely intellectually. People do not want to accept this because it is incomprehensible to them that thoughts are born in the heart, i.e. that thinking, feeling and willing are decisive as long as thoughts move in spiritual areas. Only a person whose feelings and will are good and noble, who is therefore able and willing to love, can think rightly, i.e. think truthfully. For his thoughts are guided by the spirit in him, which, however, can only work in a loving person. But the spirit in the human being receives the truth from the spirit outside himself, which is God’s emanation of love, which therefore knows everything because it is divine, whereas the human being, who lives without love, cannot partake of this emanation of God’s love and his thoughts are merely the transmissions of ignorant forces as soon as they touch upon spiritual areas or the function of the thinking organs, where earthly questions are merely solved. And such results can and will always be disputed because the human being as such can always err. Love and truth cannot be separated from each other, because both are divine and therefore cannot be thought of without each other. But love is part of the heart, consequently truth can only be born in the heart, it must be felt and also recognized as truth by the heart, then received and thought through by the intellect and thus remain with man as intellectual property. The intellectual man, however, ponders and researches and tries to dissect everything, his heart remains mute and unfeeling as long as he is not active in love, and then he comes to conclusions that are completely erroneous; but he tries to prove them again with false intellectual results. He is convinced of the correctness of his conclusions only to doubt them again when another intellectual researcher has arrived at different results and again supports them as the only correct ones. The spirit from God, however, gives simple and clearly understandable explanations which are so plausible to the human being if he is in love. He knows no doubts because his heart, his being capable of love, also gives him the power of realization and the explanations of the divine spirit are understandable and therefore credible to him. He knows that he walks in truth, he also knows that this truth can never be refuted, that it always and constantly remains the same, because the truth from God is eternally unchanging, just as God, as the giver of truth, remains unchanging for eternity ….

amen

When humanity is facing a spiritual turning point, this is always a time of tremendous earthly upheaval, which spiritually and earthly only leads to chaos that ultimately ends in complete destruction. For a spiritual transformation of humanity can no longer be expected when humanity has reached such a state of chaos that it is no longer able to recognize God. This is why God has to bring about a complete transformation, which can therefore be called a spiritual turning point, because now an old period of time comes to an end and a new one begins, i.e. one period of development replaces the other. However, people believe in a spiritual turning point within humanity in the current period of development …. Yet it is completely hopeless that humanity, which is so distant from God, will strive towards God again of its own accord, since it is devoid of all love and thus no longer recognizes God either. Consequently, an upward development of these people can no longer be expected, they will not remain on the same level of development either but will only develop regressively, and this will inevitably lead to complete spiritual as well as earthly decline. An unimaginable chaos is therefore the consequence of this and ultimately a divine intervention, a dissolving of that which can no longer achieve higher development. The old earth must be changed and with it also the spiritual bound in form, which has failed in the last test of earthly life …. A spiritual turning point must occur, an end must be put to the disinherited state and a separation must take place between those who strive towards God and those who are completely disinherited, so that the former will not fall prey to the latter. This point in time is no longer far away because the increasing lack of love of men attracts them themselves, and when the thinking man recognizes the lack of love it will also be understandable to him that God has to distance himself more and more from men because his nature is love. And since love is the original substance of creation, it must perish as soon as God withdraws His love from it. The few people whose hearts are not yet completely cold are still holding back this event, but no spiritual blossoming is to be expected and consequently also no long duration until the end of this disembodied world. The spiritual turning point is the reshaping of the old earth into the new earth, the spiritual turning point is the departure of the disinherited people and the time of deepest peace, which then follows the time of tribulation on the old earth on the new earth. However, the spiritual turning point can only come after the human race of the present time, which is completely disinherited, has been swept away and can no longer oppress the few people who recognize and confess God, for there is now a human race on earth, which is intimately united with God, which serves Him and lets love be the first law, which fulfils His will and does not offend against the divine order, which therefore leads a life of peace and bliss, which is constructively active and knows no suffering and tribulation …. It is a time that is completely different from the time before …. But this time of spiritual change can never ever be granted to the people of the old earth, for they will never ever ascend after they have sunk so far spiritually that all love has grown cold amongst them. There is no spiritual blossoming amongst those people who are neither moved by adversity nor tribulation to think differently and turn towards God …. There is only a constant regression which results in spiritual and earthly chaos which can only be ended by the complete destruction of everything that harbours immature spirituality. However, humanity can no longer be given much time because it will not remain on the same low level but will allow itself to drift further and further into the abyss, and the consequence of this must be an inevitable catastrophe, for the ever increasing distance from God itself determines the hour of destruction because it signifies an increasing lack of love and this a withdrawal of the divine strength of love, without which nothing can exist …. And the behaviour of degenerated humanity also reveals its spiritual low …. And it can be seen from this that the time is drawing ever closer which signifies the end of humanity …. The end time has dawned and it will not last much longer because the time limit God has given to the spiritual for redemption has expired …. The end of a redemption period has come and the dawn of a new redemption period signifies the time of the spiritual turning point ….

amen

You truly need My guiding father’s hand, for you cannot find the right path that leads to Me on your own. You do not value your earthly life because the world holds you captive with its pleasures; and you are in constant danger of forgetting Me above the world. Time and again I therefore have to let you be nudged, I have to put obstacles in your way which hinder you in your worldly frenzy, which hold you back from worldly goings-on for a short time, I have to take you firmly by the hand and direct your worldly senses towards the goal of your earthly life, I often have to intervene with all severity if you do not follow My gentle guidance, and then bitter suffering and great tribulation will be your fate, otherwise I will have to give you up for eternal times. My love for you will not abandon you as long as you walk on earth …. You are all My children, even if you turn away from Me, and I will not leave you …. However, if you want to take up your father’s inheritance then, like children, you must completely submit to My will and you must not resist Me. But as long as you still walk on earth you still resist Me, you want to decide for yourselves, you want to oppose My will with your will, you rebel against Me as soon as you do not live in accordance with My will on earth …. And My will is that you live in love (on earth) and thereby try to unite yourselves with Me …. But your goal is the world; everything the world offers you you seek to gain from it, and the world is not My share but My adversary’s, thus you do not seek Me but the one who has opposed Me since eternity. You do not want to recognize Me as your father, otherwise you would love Me and be obedient to Me …. And yet I will not let you …. But I have to resort to painful means, I have to forcibly separate you from the world, I have to take away what your heart is attached to in order to show you that it is not permanent, that it is only illusory possessions which are intended to blind you …. I must show you that for their sake you are in danger of losing Me completely and thus also of giving up your filial rights. You do not know what this means …. you do not know which trivialities you prefer to this right …. And therefore you feel My guidance to be harsh and cruel, which is only due to My love for you. Recognize Me and My love and try to imagine them as the cause of all your suffering and hardship, then you will also derive benefit from them, you will recognize the futility of worldly possessions and now strive for spiritual possessions. Let yourselves be guided by My fatherly hand, which will truly lead you correctly even over cliffs and rocks, over thistles and thorns …. The path is short and arduous, but it leads to the goal …. while the wide path that entices you is certainly strewn with roses but will surely lead to ruin …. for you can only reach your goal by overcoming …. But the adversary entices you with the pleasures of the world and drags you into the abyss ….

amen

God Himself takes abode in the human being’s heart who has shaped himself into love and thus unites himself with Him …. because love leads to unity with God; through love the human being assimilates himself to the eternal deity and has reached his goal which was set for earthly life. And once the human being is intimately united with God, his life on earth will only be perpetual labour of love, for God Himself will now work in him and His activity is love …. …. And then his soul is ripe for eternity, and if God still leaves the human being on earth then this only happens for the sake of his fellow human beings, who should take his way of life as an example so that they, too, will give themselves to God in serving love and seek union with Him. God Himself can take abode in a well-formed heart, He can fill a person’s heart with His grace and love in all fullness, He can express Himself through his mouth and dwell amongst people who are of good will. For now He will constantly speak to them through His instrument, through the earthly child who has become love, who hears His word and imparts it to those who want to hear it. And as soon as He Himself speaks to people, He will also be recognized in the word …. The word will penetrate the hearts of fellow human beings because it is offered to them with love, because God Himself speaks through those people who are united with Him through loving activity. The human being himself will be happy, an inner peace will make him happy, he will always feel surrounded by divine care; suffering and misery will pass him by and only love for his fellow human beings will make him suffer as soon as he is unable to help them. And again it is the divine voice that speaks from him to those, and it also awakens love in his fellow human beings who recover from the divine word if they are ill in body or soul …. who draw strength and fortification from the word that God’s love offers them through a human being. A person whose heart God Himself chooses as his dwelling place can already be called blessed on earth. For he has overcome the earth, even though he still dwells on it. He no longer lacks strength when he is oppressed by the world, he has God within him and in His presence he feels strong and invincible. He also pays no attention to the attacks of the world, for he knows that nothing will happen to him without the will of God, which is in him …. Nor is he afraid of death, for he knows that he will pass painlessly into eternity, because he who lives in God and has God in him will not know the horrors of death. He only longs to be rid of his bodily shell and to see God face to face …. he demands nothing more from the world and finds his happiness and peace only in union with God, with the one who is love …. he wants to be close to God and cannot help but live constantly in love, because love itself is in him and works powerfully ….

amen

The demon of hatred is poisoning the whole world …. And people enslave themselves to him. But hatred destroys, whereas love builds up, and the work of devastation on earth will happen on an ever increasing scale the more hatred rages amongst humanity. God’s work of destruction will not end this hatred either, instead it will only make individual people here and there come to their senses, and they will subsequently realise by whom they allowed themselves to be dominated. And for the sake of these few will God manifest Himself and show His power and strength. The majority, however, will carry on living in hatred and keep trying to assert itself with means born of hatred and which inflame ever more hatred. For hatred is intensified unkindness, hatred is the most dreadful attribute because it has indescribably destructive consequences, not just in an earthly but also in a spiritual way. For it eradicates all noble impulses or puts them at great risk. The person who lives in hatred is flung to and fro by demons, his striving towards ascent is constantly in jeopardy because he will repeatedly be thrown back again as soon as he allows himself to be carried away by hatred, because he keeps handing himself over to the power of the one who only tries to convey hatred and unkindness to people. And his power over such a person is great. And it is even greater when the whole of the human race lives in hatred …. This has to signify a spiritual decline which will have alarming effects insofar as that people willingly implement what they are told to do by God’s malicious opposing power …. that they will destroy all possessions in order to damage their fellow human beings. God’s adversary is eager to release all spirits which were banished by God into creations. For this reason all his thoughts and intentions aim to destroy that which was created through God’s will. But since his will and power cannot take hold of the works of creation, he seeks to force his will onto people …. He plants hatred into them and thereby impels them to implement what is impossible for him …. to destroy the creation …. Thus he uses the people enslaved by him as his henchmen, he places satanic thoughts in them, he stirs up hatred in them and thus drives them to cause immense damage to each other. People willingly carry out the impulses their soul’s greatest enemy gives to them …. Their actions give rise to constantly renewed hatred and hatred produces ever new works of destruction …. Such a poisoned human race will progressively move towards its downfall, for it will hardly find the path back to loving activity ….

Amen

It is impossible to make people believe that their earthly life will completely change during the forthcoming time. They count on an end to their time of suffering, followed by economic development and flourishing and improved living conditions, and on a time of tranquillity and peace which will replace the time of upheavals and suffering. They don’t want to believe that a far more difficult time is still ahead of them, that they cannot expect any improvement but will still have to endure indescribable suffering and misery. And they dismiss any reference to this as fallacy or imagination. It is therefore very difficult to make them change their lifestyle, to encourage them to conduct themselves in a way which is pleasing to God and to consciously work at improving their souls. For only faith in this would make them seriously strive to attain God’s pleasure. Instead, they take no notice of it and ignore God’s every admonition, although He speaks to them through adversity and sorrow. This lack of belief exacerbates the spiritual darkness; there is no way to enlighten them because the light itself will be extinguished if it is kindled in order to illuminate them …. God Himself takes pity upon these people and tries to enlighten their spirits, but they close themselves to it and can never attain the truth. Only the truth can save them, yet they don’t want to hear it because it completely contradicts their future plans, because it deprives them of their hope for earthly improvement and an end of their state of suffering and expects of them a transformation of their souls and a change of their present way of thinking. They don’t want to believe, consequently, there is no other means to make them believe but through steadily worsening earthly plights …. for only through these will they stop being so extremely earthly minded. And this increased earthly suffering will come about through an event which will dwarf everything which came before it, because people will be left at the mercy of the raging of natural forces which human will cannot control. For only when they recognise a higher Power will they bow down to this Authority and humbly ask for help. Thousands of people will certainly be severely affected and the suffering should be enough to make them realise their own helplessness and prompt them to sincerely call upon God for help ….

However, for as long as people are the creators of great adversity it will result in increased hatred and often greater ungodliness, because in their immense adversity they are no longer able to recognise the God of love. But as soon as they are faced by a Power Which they will have to acknowledge because It visibly expresses Itself, the possibility also exists that they will bow down to this Power and appeal to It for mercy. Then God can helpfully intervene. Although it is indeed an extremely painful means of education, it must nevertheless be used if at least a small part of humanity is still to be saved, that is, if in the last hour they will still recognise God in the raging of natural forces and establish contact with Him, without which there will be no salvation. And thus the most powerful event lies ahead of humanity, which it will be unable to escape but which cannot be averted by God because humanity does not heed His admonitions and warnings nor does it change its conduct, but continues to go on living thoughtlessly without paying attention to Him. The slightest God-inclined will would prevent this event from happening and prompt God to show mercy and forbearance, yet people distance themselves increasingly further from God and act in opposition to His will. And since God foresaw this will from the very beginning He has also known for an infinitely long time the effect of people’s wrong will and uses the final means in order to win those people over for Himself who are as yet not entirely opposed to Him …. He will make the Earth tremble and thereby instil fear and terror in people …. He will speak to them through the elements of nature, He will let the forces of nature erupt and express Himself loudly and clearly through these …. And this event will entail immense changes; it will cause a complete turnaround in every individual person’s lifestyle, and the consequences of the natural disaster will be so very significant that everyone will have to pay attention to it, thus no-one will remain unaffected by it. And blessed is he who will still change his thoughts; blessed is he who will still be able to recognise the hand of God in everything that will still be imposed on humanity in the coming time; blessed is he who will still find his way back to God, who strives to fulfil His will and establishes the right relationship with Him …. He will be helped by God in his adversity and the difficult time will not be in vain for him if it pulls his soul back from the abyss before it is too late.

Amen

And yet this time has to be called a time of grace, for God helps people in every way to find the path of ascent, time and again He makes His word accessible to them, He tries to guide them into truth, which alone directs their thoughts into the right direction. He tries to make them understand that they live their earthly existence for the sake of a higher goal in order to induce them to establish the right relationship with Him. These are all favours which flow to people through His great love and mercy. And the believing person is also given extraordinary care in order to be able to successfully survive the final battle of faith. He will likewise provide them with extraordinary strength in the form of the divine word, which He will impart to them directly and which will strengthen the believers in the most difficult time of affliction. For He will be among them and, through His visible appearance, encourage and strengthen His own to fight for Him. And even if it may seem as if God has abandoned people because the earthly hardship is so great …. He is closer to them than ever …. He is only waiting for their plea to be able to strengthen their souls, even if He abandons the body to earthly suffering …. For it is not the body that is in danger, but only the soul, and the suffering that the body has to endure only serves to purify the soul, which will thank God one day in eternity. Where the human being does not decide of his own accord due to the weakness of his will, God urges him to make a decision, for He knows of the human being’s weakness of will and comes to his aid, even though the human being as such is not yet able to recognize His help. Many an earthly life is shortened and therefore requires increased means of education in this short time. And that is why the time is so extremely painful and yet it can be a blessing for many who, without suffering, would sink hopelessly into the abyss …. It is a time of grace, even if it is a time of immense suffering, but only through such suffering can humanity still be transformed, whereas a carefree life only increases the distance from God and would no longer result in spiritual success. Yet the consequences are so extremely significant for those people who have failed in earthly life, the further course of development is so agonizing and dreadful that the suffering of the last days can be called minor because it is only of short duration compared to the suffering which the spiritual substance, which has failed on earth, has to go through. And this is why the suffering on earth still has to be regarded as grace, after all, it still gives people the opportunity to establish the bond with God and thereby avert the worst from themselves …. the renewed banishment into a solid form after the end of this period of salvation …. but this is the fate of the spiritual substance which remains resistant to God and which even the adversity and tribulation of the last days did not let it find its way back to God. These have ignored God’s grace and must also accept the consequences …. God’s longsuffering, love and mercy are immense, yet the redemption of the spiritual has a goal. God, however, stands by the spiritual with all means of help, He still tries to save the souls which are not entirely in the adversary’s power and therefore bestows grace upon grace upon people …. and only the will of those is needed to let this grace take effect in themselves, then even the immense suffering of the last days will be a blessing ….

amen