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Times of spiritual need …. help from above ….

B.D. 0908 from May 11th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

In times of spiritual hardship, the care of the father in heaven has always been directed towards the children of the earth, and thus the human race has been protected from complete decline the generations anew …. The greater the need, the more visibly the love and mercy of god intervened, but the world corrupted the generations again and again and the battle with darkness was a constant one, for the lure of the world was immense, but humanity was weak and without faith in eternal glory. And so more homage was paid to the world and its illusory goods, but little thought was given to the eternal divinity and life after death. The time of suffering on earth could therefore never be ended, but hardship and sorrow had to become ever more tangible, for there was no other way to convert such an unbelieving human race which only sought the joy of the world, it had to find its way back to the eternal creator in tribulations and oppressions of all kinds, it had to learn to recognize the transience of earthly things and had to take upon itself burdens, toil and suffering, for only through such was a return to the father possible. But now faithlessness has taken on such proportions that people no longer think of the lord even in the greatest suffering …. They certainly try to master their resistance, worries and misery with all conceivable means, and often in vain, but they cannot find the path to the heavenly creator because in their faithlessness they do not even remotely want to acknowledge such a creator. And thus they don’t pay attention to the spiritual gifts from above either and are therefore completely defenceless in the face of the great misery which is still destined for earth. And in this adversity the lord now remembers of the oppressed humanity …. He seeks to give it knowledge of spiritual life in direct contact, He seeks to awaken the sense for pure spiritual exchange, and people would only have to cultivate such contact for their part or make use of the results, yet such success does not increase earthly goods and is therefore not desirable either, and this now prompts the eternal deity to intervene sharply again, which will visibly appear to the whole world. And inevitably only His own will be spared the effects of divine omnipotence and justice …. And this hour is no longer far away when humanity will be shaken up and find itself in greatest turmoil, and this time will have such a dreadful effect that all strength and all assistance will have to be requested from God if people are not to end their earthly life in despair and be abandoned to complete ruin. For the end of the world does not mean the coming judgment, however, for the individual who does not want to recognize the temporal end will have come and both the believers and the unbelievers will be taken away from earth …. the former will be guided upwards, but the latter will have to immediately exchange the earthly kingdom fort he kingdom of darkness …. many miracles will happen first, but people do not pay attention to it …. And there will be great trouble among mankind, for the voice of God will not be heard and the call from above will not penetrade the hearts of the faithless, but will reverberate unheard. And this is decided in a short time, and all who want to escape unspeakable misery may heed these words, for the lord still remembers them in the last hour ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Flats in the father’s house …. state of happiness …. restlessness ….

B.D. 0909 from May 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

„And there are many apartments prepared in My father’s house ….“ In every human heart lies the desire for happiness and peace and it is this that gives him the urge to strive for everything that puts him in a state of happiness. And thus the explanation can already be found in this, why man must be constantly active, for he is driven precisely by the longing for something beautiful, something that is beneficial to his senses. It is not always the same what the human being strives …. Everyone sees their heart’s fulfillment in a different way …. And thus the question arises again here as to how eternal bliss has to be in order to make all hearts happy, in order to satisfy everyone’s longing and to be fulfilment for him …. You humans on earth are not yet able to grasp this today, for it is descriptions far beyond your comprehension which would have to be given to you in order to fully understand what awaits you in the beyond. And again, it is every person’s own business which state he creates for himself, both in which way as well as to what degree he becomes aware of well-being, for there are innumerable possibilities which can give him pleasure but which, conversely, can also make him aware of his soul’s emptiness, and therefore it is so immensely important already on earth to put oneself into the state of maturity, that the soul does not have to endure the agonizing state of recognizing its shortcomings in the beyond, for this is like a homeless wandering ….

There is no resting point given to the soul where it can lead a tranquil existence, instead, it recognizes with profound remorse that it has neglected to create an acceptable abode for itself in the beyond, and it is now dependent on the love of other souls, whether they want to grant it a stay or not. Such a state of homelessness lasts until the soul has become active itself and has recognized that it still has the opportunity to improve its situation, and then an extremely diligent striving begins, for the desire for happiness and peace is still present and will increase to the same extent as it is fulfilled. For in the state of light the most magnificent images …. indescribable charm and unspeakably beautiful valleys and heights present themselves to the spiritual eye, and the soul would like to take abode in the midst of this glory, and it only requires its will that its desire is satisfied and it finds a home which offers it all happiness and bliss. For the term ‘love and omnipotence’ is not fully comprehensible to you …. You don’t know what God’s infinite love has prepared for people who love Him with all their heart and keep His commandments …. Only when you enter eternity will you be able to assess this, and blessed will be he who has already gathered the building blocks on earth and finds in the eternal home what is the fulfilment of his deepest longing ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Spiritual seeing ….

B.D. 0910 from May 12th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Those who indulge in the world cannot grasp spiritual wealth, but those who live in God are given in abundance …. And so it is very easy to recognize who is in the truth and who is subject to error and a blind man in spirit will never be allowed to presume to pass judgement, for he sees with the eyes of the world and these do not penetrate spiritual territory. Conversely, however, a spiritually active person will be allowed to gain insight and all obstacles will disappear from his spiritual eye and what he sees will not be visible to the naked eye and yet clearly and distinctly perceptible to the eye of the spirit. To reach this state is extraordinarily happy for the earthly human being and will also not be denied to him, only it requires the human being’s strongest will to make the gift of spiritual vision his own. Spiritual matter is hidden in all matter and therefore this spiritual matter must inevitably start to function …. and it is this activity which visibly appears to the spiritually seeing person. It is like a constant use of spiritual strength, it is a regular exchange of inflowing and outgoing strength and thus a constant pulsation of the elemental strength guided by God through all works of creation, to which every being as well as every work of creation contributes through itself. What the human being is able to see spiritually has no connection whatsoever with earthly abilities of such beings but is a completely isolated activity, and only the truly spiritually advanced human being can arbitrarily and at any time put himself into the state where spiritual seeing is possible for him, and this always also presupposes the will to derive some benefit from such grace, and therefore the divine creator only allows such when there is no longer any danger of compulsive faith, when therefore whatever the earthly child gets to see does not exert a damaging influence on the person’s soul. And therefore only those earth children are admitted who already show a certain spiritual maturity …. that is, the viewer must be able to reproduce what he sees with an alert mind and also be able to fully grasp for himself what purpose all activity is based on, so that he, purely earthly seen, will himself be spurred on to the utmost by this everlasting activity in order to in turn give the spiritual in himself every opportunity to develop …. Whoever is able to see spiritually will also soon have overcome matter and only remain on earth for the sake of his fellow human beings, for this state will already be a sojourn in higher spheres for him, and matter will be left behind, as it were, for it does not belong in that world …. Nevertheless, a conscious vision into the spiritual kingdom brings unspeakable benefit to the earthly human being and should therefore be striven for with full will, since it is, after all, a matter of increasing spiritual wealth and collecting imperishable treasures for eternity.

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

"My kingdom has come from above …."

B.D. 0911 from May 13th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

And My kingdom has come from above …. and humanity does not believe it. It imagines itself to be knowledgeable and yet remains in deepest spiritual darkness, and every attempt to rouse it from sleep fails, for the night of death holds the soul in its grip and the day with its light is not desired …. And everything points to the time that I mentioned on earth. And so listen then: All of you who believe to walk in the spirit of the lord, pay attention to the events of the world …. do not worry about your temporal well-being either, but think of the endlessly long time in eternity, which brings bitter suffering to those who did not find Me on earth. Therefore, take upon yourselves everything the world wants to do to you, if only through this you can help the many erring ones. Don’t leave the erring to their fate but try to bring them help, for if you live in love for Me these trials will be blessed, yet you must willingly take upon yourselves the suffering of the earth and bear it for Me, your saviour and redeemer. For the earth will be a single source of fire, for people everywhere seek to detach themselves from Me and to fully compensate Me in earthly possessions for what they give away. The precious time on earth will pass people by unused and will only result in complete apostasy from God, to Whom they should strive …. The sun with its rays cannot break through the coldness of the heart, and one day the state without the warming rays of the sun will be agonizing, for anyone who remains in the night withdraws from the beneficial effect of the divine sun of grace; the suffering of the earth shall be a warning to you, it shall announce to you that you still walk in darkness; it shall be My loving warning for you to still turn back on earth from the previous way of life and to still desire the light. And in all world events recognize the working of the deity Which wants to draw your attention to the approaching end of this time, to the imminent purification of all spiritual substances, and thus consciously ask God, your creator and redeemer, so that you will not fall prey to eternal darkness …. Because the suffering on earth is only short-lived but the torment in the beyond is endless …. The kingdom of God has come down, and it is not of this world. It does not apply to your body, but only your soul, and so you must also grasp it with your soul and not ask to what extent it is beneficial for your earthly body. Nothing will remain which at present gives you pleasure in earthly goods, but the kingdom of God will be everlasting and good for him who receives it when it comes to him. My kingdom is not of this world and therefore cannot be perceived with physical eyes, yet it is possible for you to grasp it with your spirit, and spiritually you will also perceive the beatitudes and recognize the truth of everything I announced to you at the time of My life …. The tremendous misery on earth has moved Me to take care oft he human children again with all love and mercy and to bring My kingdom closer them again, but the adversary’s power has fanned the will of rejection so strongly, and the human being’s will offers him no resistance and yet is in greatest danger …. And those who recognize this shall be active for Me and constantly seek to bring light to those who still walk in deepest night. They will do nothing without My support. This assurance of Mine shall be a comfort to them and at the same time an incentive for ever more active work for Me, for they are My children for whom I fear and long for with all My love ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Control of the creature …. strong will ….

B.D. 0912 from May 13th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

By virtue of the immense willpower which a spiritually striving human being can acquire on earth it is possible for him to subjugate all creatures, and this process is solely based on an extraordinary use of divine strength …. It is not the human being as such who causes the subjugation but the human being’s will, which is subordinated to divine will, requests extraordinary strength from God and is now able to influence all creatures such that they have to obey his will. And it will willingly submit, for it has no will of its own but is constantly in God’s will, so that therefore nothing else is demanded of the respective being than what is intended for it by the eternal deity …. To make God’s will one’s own is truly the key to all wisdom and spiritual success …. fear the slightest resistance from any entity as soon as he gives up his will, i.e. for now the human being no longer directs his will himself, but divine care has, so to speak, taken all thought and action into its hands and the human being now lives, as it were, in accordance with his destiny from eternity …. And man was appointed by God as ruler over all creatures …. and he allowed this rank to be contested by him who caused man’s apostasy from God …. The will became weak, yet it rebelled against the divine will and thereby also succumbed in many respects to the creature, which, as the bearer of the divine will, for its part dominates man and so he is often dependent on the activity assigned to the creature …. i.e. it sometimes has a hostile effect on the human being as long as he has not reached spiritual maturity and thus does not possess the will in the strength possible for him …. Consequently, the human being still has to make great use of his life on earth if he considers that it is his right to shape his will such that complete control of the creature is possible for him. And if he achieves this strength of will his path on earth will also be much easier, for then everything will be subject to him, and his spiritual influence on the beings subordinate to him will also be extremely beneficial and likewise make the beings’ path on earth easier, since only one will controls everything and no different currents will influence these beings unfavourably. And thus, once again, the human being’s every endeavour will only have to be directed towards the one aim of recognizing the will of the eternal deity and fully subordinating himself to Him, and all struggles on earth will be easy but successful ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Examining the revelations …. most faithful devotion …. truth ….

B.D. 0913 from May 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Pay attention to the words that come to you today: It is indescribably difficult for the recipient of God’s word to remain in the same confidence, and it requires the strongest faith in order to accept every word as divine revelation without doubt. But in the realization that every gift from above is subject to divine protection, it is of utmost importance that the receiver surrenders himself to the divine guidance in complete confidence …. that he only ever accepts and is the doer of the office to receive and to impart. Any assessment of the gift is not his task, for the lord, in his turn, considers in all wisdom whom He has called to do this, and on the other hand, the earthly child never has the ability to examine a divine gift as to its truthfulness. The right path to heaven’s door can only be taken in the most faithful devotion …. Divine strength and divine will rule over all power of darkness, thus it is never to be feared that a child longing for God can itself in the snares

of evil …. for this is His strength, His protection and His security, that it strives towards the eternal deity, its creator and father. In such desire the opposing power cannot approach the human being and thus cannot exert any influence by expressing itself in the same way and using the human being’s will for its own lowly purposes. You humans on earth are in a certain state of compulsion, you pay too much attention to earthly appearances, you do not recognize the origin and the fundamental evil of wrong thinking. A person seeking divinity endeavours to escape from the adversary, and whatever the person consciously takes a stance on also passes into him, and the adversary has to watch his endeavour powerlessly and has no influence unless the person falls back into his weaknesses and thus hands himself over to the adversary again. But the will, which is meant for the deity and only ever strives for unification with Him, cannot be touched from another side, and therefore the human being need never fear that the spirit of untruth could express itself in such proclamations from above, and therefore all misgivings which could worry a truth-loving soul are invalid. The father in heaven already chooses the right fighters for His name, and He will know how to dispel any misgivings, for the spirit from God is exceedingly wise, loving and just ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Shackles of the soul …. state of suffering …. Saulus – Paulus ….

B.D. 0914 from May 14th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The soul’s desire is to be released from all suffering, for it is in a fettered state as long as it is still attached to earthly goods. Thus, on the one hand it desires the latter and thus creates the oppressive state for itself, but on the other hand it longs for final liberation and is grateful for every help which applies to the loosening of its fetters. And thus it is always its own will whether it gives in to the desire for earthly good or renounces this …. and accordingly its state will also be more or less free. But once it has perceived how much lighter and freer it feels when it has tamed its desire and voluntarily renounced it, its will is also stronger and it now consciously strives for this freer state, for a visible change is now taking place and the good spiritual forces are now also at its disposal. These seek to increase the soul’s striving by presenting all spiritual advantages to the soul and are only ever concerned to weaken the desire for earthly good, for matter, and to keep the sense for spiritual truths awake, and thus a total change can become noticeable, a Saul can become a Paul, and a soul which hitherto indulged in earthly pleasures can renounce all these and now only strive to do justice to the spiritual task. Such a transformation is always the result of a previous spiritual upheaval …. It can be preceded by earthly suffering, but it can also be the sudden realization as a result of a heartfelt prayer which was sent up to the father of the universe by a fellow human being in love for this soul in order to support the soul in the earthly fight …. in fight for life in eternity, for such a prayer was sent up to the heavenly father entirely unselfishly and therefore already has the strength within itself, since love was the motive …. Love must now have a redeeming effect on the earthly child, and the soul feels this very well …. it feels the relief, and now it becomes easier for it to continue on the path it has taken, because it recognizes the benefit and now also becomes active of ist own accord. The soul’s striving will only apply to spiritual life and it will henceforth declare war on all matter, and although it still comes into contact with it far too often as a human being it will now be able to renounce it with a light heart and only live for liberation from its shackles, in the knowledge that this is the greatest necessity and that its life on earth should only apply to this striving ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Faithlessness …. chaos …. distress of the earth …. helmsman ….

B.D. 0915 from May 15th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The time has come when everything rebels against God, there is spiritual chaos which eclipses all previous lack of faith; and it has come to the point that even those people who still acknowledged their creator deny their faith but in wrong consideration now submit to worldly laws because earthly advantage seems to accrue to them as a result. It is still left to the human being’s free will to decide, and therefore those people cannot answer for their actions to the creator, yet it will also come to the point that anyone who serves the world will be forced to deny his faith, for otherwise he will have no opportunity to meet earthly demands. And thus I warn you once again not to give Me away for the sake of earthly advantage, for who will guarantee you that you can enjoy earthly goods? …. And who has the entire fate of humanity in his hand, and who can also guide you out of earthly adversity? …. Only your lack of faith can cause you to fall away from Me, for you no longer recognize Me, you completely exclude Me and carve out your own earthly life. And yet you will have to experience that the creator of heaven and earth does not allow Himself to be denied, you will feel His hand, and that in a less than pleasing way, so that you do not forget Him but awaken from spiritual sleep. The world wants to raise servants of mammon, it is only ever intent on killing everything spiritual in the human being, and this will have such a dreadful effect when the great adversity sets in, for then the human being will be completely helpless and abandoned if he does not know one to Whom he can turn in search of help. And everything will collapse beneath him and around him which has been his support up to now …. The earthly world will become shaky and offer no security for the individual’s life, and only he will be strong and not helpless who truly looks up to the father of the universe with faith and entrusts his fate to Him …. I know My children and protect them, and I will also remember the weak who do not yet completely make their will serviceable to the earthly commandments …. I want to strengthen their will so that they will still recognize their true father in the last hour and give Him the honour. A time of grace is still granted, and the adversity on earth will announce it to you …. Make use of it and seek refuge in the heavenly father, for He alone can bring you help in every adversity; but don’t carelessly ignore it if extraordinary phenomena give you cause for concern …. Put everything into context with the adversity of the time, which you humans alone have conjured up for yourselves through your lack of faith …. Do not presume to create your own direction of faith …. You only bring yourselves to ruin and will feel the power of Him Who is above you. And that is why you recognize where you are heading and still try to steer your little ship of life into the right course …. let Me be your helmsman and cast out the anchor of faith …. let yourselves be driven by love and put all your hands on yourselves so that you will safely reach your aim, the eternal home, and feel safe in the harbour of divine love ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Communication from a being from the beyond ….

B.D. 0916 from May 15th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Those who long for Me with a loving heart shall find fulfilment of their longing and be extremely happy …. The world cannot offer them such happiness but the eternal spirit of love, from Whom everything that exists originated, can. And if this finds its way back to the father again, the reunion will mean a state of bliss which you will never grasp on earth. And this certainty should be an incentive for you to strive for My love and unification with Me with all your senses, and this will bring you spiritual advantage and be beneficial for your spiritual work ….

Now let your spirit wander into unknown territory. An extremely active spiritual exchange has been initiated from the beyond to earth and those who cultivate it are all intimately connected with Me. They desire spiritual nourishment and are constantly in contact with the teachers of the beyond in order to be instructed in love and wisdom. And the ignorant beings in the beyond are likewise involved in this, as far as their own will impels them to take notice of what is offered to you. Many a soul’s path of suffering in the beyond can be considerably shortened by this if it correctly utilizes everything it has received. And therefore it is also explainable that you are surrounded by countless beings who have received inconceivable blessings from your work due to the everlasting instructions which also benefit them. Now a being demands to communicate with you which is in direct contact with you and follows your spiritual work with utmost attention. And this is My permission that he who is devoted to you in love makes himself known, and therefore give yourself to his words without doubt: The evening was a blessing for Me, which let Me take part in your work. I have no one on earth who is as close to Me as you are, for I left the earth alone and left no one behind who remembers Me in love. And in the distress of My soul help has come to me, for I felt the power of your prayer and was, as it were, strengthened by it. I have hurried through space in order to be close to you and find so much unspeakable help and strength in every connection which your will establishes with the spiritual world that I thank the heavenly father with all My heart for the grace He bestowed upon Me through you. Depending on their worthiness, He considers earthly people and also us, but your prayer is a visible strengthening for us, and My suffering is weakened the more I am allowed to enrich My knowledge with the divine teaching offered to you. And now I want to make use of what I have received through you with all diligence, and I want to point out and lead ever new souls to you and preach the gospel to them according to God’s will. I only live for this spiritual task and see in every manifestation that comes to you such an infinite gift of grace from the lord and saviour that I only now grasp the full significance of the extraordinary nature of this proof of divine fatherly love. I would like to assist you in the most imaginable way, but My strength is not yet sufficient, and so it is only a special act of grace today that I may make Myself known to you and offer you My thanks for your loving remembrance and request for My soul’s salvation. And now a few more words shall enlighten you: The human being who misses his purpose on earth is regrettable if he arrives empty and bare in the beyond, but as long as God’s grace is so graciously offered to him, salvation can be brought to his soul, and therefore I let no opportunity go by unused and remain close to you, asking you to continue to remember Me in prayer and to give Me the love which you gave Me on earth and which I had little regard for; during life I did not find the right connection with you, but now I look for every opportunity where I can attend the spiritual exchange to earth, thanking the eternal deity Who lovingly grants Me this grace …. Who offers himself to the lord for service can truly work beneficially on earth as well as in the beyond ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Spiritual exchange …. explanation of the otherworldly friends ….

B.D. 0917 from May 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The host of beings in the beyond calls upon you to enter into an intimate relationship with it and not to be disturbed by any announcements, for you will be protected from all error as long as you desire the truth.

Behold, in the circle of friends surrounding you there is a diligent endeavour to assist you, and every manifestation goes, as it were, through the control of your guide and protector. Therefore you need not fear that someone can express himself arbitrarily, and neither can other spiritual forces determine you to write something down which is not in the lord’s will, for these are blessed hours which you devote to spiritual work, and during this time the spiritual friends protect you from everything detrimental to this work. Personal contact with the spirit world for the purpose of an earthly exchange of thoughts is only permitted if it is intended to give the earthly child an account of the spiritual activity of the beings in the beyond, and therefore those beings are allowed to express themselves in order to stimulate the earthly child into diligent spiritual activity. Thus that being which made itself known to you yesterday was in contact with you on earth and was not well-disposed towards you, but now it has recognized the strength and grace of prayer and therefore constantly seeks your proximity, follows your work and draws strength from it unceasingly. Until this time his train of thought had moved in a completely opposite direction, and thus he in particular needed obvious proof of spiritual activity, but now his striving is an eager one to tie up the spiritual threads in order to progress in knowledge and at the same time to impart this knowledge to the ignorant and erring spiritual beings in the beyond. And therefore it is understandable how much he would like to make himself known to you, for his striving is serious and only applies to the pure truth. And thus always trust the guidance of your spiritual friends and don’t let yourself be distracted by words which don’t immediately seem comprehensible to you …. Everything has been well examined and given to you with wise intentions …. to stimulate your thinking, to test your faith and to deepen your union with the father again and again. So hear a message of love from us today: He who gave you life guides your steps and cares for you so that you do not go astray, and you can entrust yourself to His guidance with complete faith. You will only find the right trust in Him when you have recognized Him as the God of love, and when the word from above reaches you, you can feel secure in His love and fully entrust your life to the divine lord and saviour, for He blesses those whom He has embraced with His love and is their constant protection and shield. Christ’s suffering on the cross was the testimony of His great love, and He also now takes it upon Himself again to save them from greatest adversity, and everything out of love for His children, and to protect them from unspeakable misery in eternity. The might of the most High is great, but greater still is love, and its omnipotence will prevail and redeem humanity from all sin ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Knowledge alone not enough …. fulfilment of the commandments necessary ….

B.D. 0918 from May 16th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Without his help the human being cannot fulfil his task on earth. Knowledge alone is not enough, it is only of value if all willpower is also used at the same time to make use of his life on earth in accordance with the knowledge. Life must be in harmony with what divine wisdom gave people to know in the form of commandments, and thus these commandments must be completely complied with, i.e. divine will must be respected and can never be eliminated. Now the human being uses all the strength he is entitled to for the solution of the earthly task for other purposes and thinks too little of the actual purpose, and he now exposes himself to the danger of walking through earthly life completely inactive, for he resists the right realization and lives in direct material experience …. he only knows the world, desires it and is the representative of the most blatant error as soon as any spiritual questions are judged. For this is not possible otherwise, since he himself makes all arrangements to look at the world from the standpoint of the enjoyer. And this should be a warning to you, for you will lose yourselves if a loving being does not show you the right path …. for the human being must be constantly active and only ever think of his soul ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Reminder to proclaim God’s word everywhere …. good shepherd ….

B.D. 0919 from May 17th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

To be allowed to gain insight into the kingdom of eternity is an incomparable grace and will only be granted to those who have seriously set themselves the aim of unification with God. For this reason, however, a special task is also given to those people, and it is their mission to deepen or change …. Precisely the person, who thinks he knows, often has the least knowledge of things that lie in spiritual regions, and teaching those people is without a doubt particularly necessary, for the spiritual night still encloses those who believe themselves to be in knowledge. Sometimes there is no lack of will, for the earthly struggle is a good teacher for them at the same time, and thoughtfully they observe the events of the time near and far …. But in the hustle and bustle of the world they look for their explanation and are very poorly and rarely connected with God, without rejecting Him. And this is a grateful field of work for the chosen servants of God. What obviously comes to light must give rise to serious reflection, and a field of activity offers itself to the representative of divine teaching who is willing to work. However, people seldom recognize a supersensible power, and therefore many different suppositions are open to debate. But not one can give sufficient explanation, and in the end the working of the eternal deity will be apparent to them, and all doubt will fall where light is seriously desired. Thus the state of the soul is extreme distress and it is therefore grateful for every help. Innumerable possibilities remain unused and could still lead to success, however the human being should be constantly active, who has the task to impart what he receives himself. There are still enough opportunities to inform people of their actual task, yet the time can also come when everyone will have to rely on himself and it will be difficult to help the individual on the part of human …. You should enter every open door and proclaim the word of God, because it is urgently necessary. Likewise you should mention the coming time which will have a frightening effect on everyone who does not stand firm in faith. And so hear the voice of the lord:

Many of My sheep still wander and do not find their shepherd …. they all go astray and get lost in the undergrowth and are in danger of falling off the cliffs they climb in their inexperience and recklessness. And the distress of all the sheep goes to My heart. I call, but they do not hear My voice, and I fear for every single life, lest they lose it forever. Sin has entered the world and is the death of every man …. And if I promise life to all those who follow Me, then I will take sin upon Myself and save them from eternal death, yet My sheep must follow Me and recognize their shepherd in Me. And I will faithfully guide them over all bumps in the road, I will prevent one of My sheep from getting lost, for I know them all and am concerned about every single life. And if they recognize their good shepherd in Me they will follow Me and willingly let themselves be guided by Me ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Teaching activity in the beyond …. eagerness of imperfect beings to learn ….

B.D. 0920 from May 17th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The eagerness to learn of the still imperfect beings in the beyond, once they have recognized it, is tireless. They seek to acquire spiritual treasures everywhere and accept everything offered to them with diligence and gratitude, and thus teaching in the beyond is also an office which is carried out with all diligence and devotion, for the benefit of the recipients depends on the one who teaches. Earthly people only accept what is offered to them after a long period of hesitation, whereas in the beyond the beings initially observe and examine everything quietly but very soon come to realization, then they eagerly acquire the spiritual knowledge in order to be able to use it again. For since they have experienced their own hardship, which was caused by the lack of spiritual knowledge, they now endeavour to protect the other spiritual beings from the same fate and give them everything which could reduce and shorten their torment. And every gift is gratefully received, for at the same time strength is given to the beings, and therefore every being strives upwards if it was only once given spiritual nourishment to taste and now only desires divine nourishment. It is also immensely pleasing for the teacher to preach the gospel to the poor in spirit, because love drives him to it …. Because in ordert o be able to teach, he must stand in love and in the light, i.e., he must have reached a certain state of maturity or perfection which also requires love to a great extent. All teachers are therefore driven by the love dwelling in them to divest themselves, i.e., to give away their knowledge to everyone who likewise desires divine wisdom. And thus every being in the beyond can continue to draw from the source of grace of divine love, and to a greater extent if it also participates in the connections between the beyond and earth. The initiated communications also allow the being in the beyond to gain precise insight, and unlimited knowledge is offered to the earthly children and can also be received in the beyond. The desire of these beings is indescribable and God’s love infinite, and thus He continually gives His grace to the beings which desire the truth ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Reproduction of prophetic words …. task …. sounding voice ….

B.D. 0921 from May 18th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Let your hearts speak and you will hear the voice of God within you and all doubt will be removed. But you still have a task ahead of you which should be your constant striving to solve. It concerns the last transmissions or rendering of the prophetic words which the lord gave to His own on earth, and this requires utmost devotion to the divine saviour, for this is a task which you can only completely solve if you are endowed with the gift to audibly hear the voice of the lord and at the same time can gain insight into the spiritual kingdom by means of spiritual vision. And so today we convey to you a proclamation which is well suited to serve you as an explanation of how you can succeed in attaining that state. The epitome of the divine commandments is to practice love, and this is to be striven for with all one’s strength. So many opportunities are offered to you, and you can constantly give love, for your spiritual state precisely demands active activity as long as you are still on earth …. But you must also make an effort to absorb the divine word, which imparts all strength to you. The word was God’s expressed will from the very beginning. Receiving it means the direct granting of all grace and divine strength, for the lord has invested His word with it and thus given the earthly child the ladder to heaven which guarantees an effortless ascent. If you now carry the word of God within you, you will be active in love, practice humility and gentleness, childlike in supplication present your request to the father in heaven, be peace-loving and merciful and do everything God announces …. The path to home may be easy and effortless to climb if you live up to God’s requirements, but it can also be unspeakably difficult and thorny if you don’t believe you need the strengthening of His word. Then you will have to go through suffering and worry so that you will become small and then nevertheless take refuge in all adversity to the father in heaven …. And your whole way of life should only be serving …. The father of all creation means fully submitting to His will, rejecting everything of yours which is not in harmony with His commandments, i.e. that is, always only do what the father demands …. and so you will also serve your neighbor and have to show him all love if you truly want to become one with the eternal deity, for only in the deepest humiliation lies exaltation …. only he who serves will one day be able to rule, and all arrogance has to be put to an end and God’s grace implored in utmost humility. The voice of the heart sounds tenderly and quietly in you, yet you will not hear it until you have removed all impurity from yourselves …. Where the lord wants to dwell and make Himself audibly known, there must be light and brightest clarity, there must be no resistance to the sounding divine voice and it will sound audibly in the hearts of those who surrender to this voice …. it will ring like a fine little bell and will be proof of the heartfelt fatherly love for the child on earth …. The more eagerly you endeavour to attain maturity of your soul the sooner you will be able to fulfil the task given to you, and thus the admonition is given to you in all love to devote yourself to the most eager striving so that you will fully fulfil your destiny on earth and serve the lord of heaven and earth in time and eternity ….

Amen

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Fulfilment of the commandments in the compulsory state ….

B.D. 0922 from May 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The divine commandments are so clear to you …. No further explanation is needed than that My will is made known to you wherever you desire to hear it. No being has the power to stop the voice within you, it will make itself heard again and again and give the human being the right instructions how to live in accordance with God’s will. If, however, the human being himself contributes towards silencing this voice within himself, then it is again his will to act against My commandments. For everyone is able to live in divine order if he seriously wants to …. Only the will is decisive, but this is completely free, so that a descendant of My commandments in a certain state of compulsion cannot be given the assessment which a voluntary observance of these finds with Me. Thus it makes a huge difference whether the earthly child shapes itself entirely of its own accord into an obedient, humble, God-above-all-loving being or whether such a shaping is laboriously brought about through a state of compulsion, for the latter will only be pleasing before My eyes when the earthly child voluntarily presents Me the heart …. if the coercive measures have helped to a certain extent to show the right realationship between a child and its father and it now seeks a profound connection with its creator and redeemer of its own accord. To be mindful of this right relationship is the first and most important commandment …. A child which seeks its father already thereby confesses its will to serve Him and will therefore not resist to comply with all of the father’s commandments. It will hate anything that goes against the divine commandments …. It is so unspeakably valuable to humbly submit to divine will in order to receive …. the manifestations of this will …. the word of God …. The human being is free to do this, thus it is not a commandment in itself, yet it is an indescribable blessing …. Thus I only ever make My will known to all people but do not command them …. Whatever he does, he should do voluntarily out of love for Me and out of his own need to remain in divine order. Guidelines have been given to him as to how he should fulfil My will and which is the right path to Me, to truth and to eternal life …. However, what deprives you humans of inner freedom cannot be of value …. The spirit of love must be active in you …. let it develop, then you will live entirely according to My will, then it will be easy for you to fulfil My commandments, i.e. to live entirely according to My will. Then you will also do everything the church prescribes to you, however, not because it prescribes it to you but because you want to be of service to Me, and therefore everything is right what you do out of love for Me …. Everything that is only the fulfillment of your duty but lacks love for Me is worthless. The future will teach you what measures will be taken to shake the church. Anyone who stands by Me inwardly will truly still stand like a rock in the midst of the surf, for he will lose nothing because that which he carries in his heart …. yet will be left without a foundation and deprived of external protection like chaff blown away in the wind, who was only My follower according to the letter. Everything will be empty sound to him, for his heart was distant from Me, even though he dutifully fulfilled what he was told to do as a divine commandment. Take note of this and do not burden your mind. The expressions of My will shall be offered to you as clearly as the sun, so that you will not be misled about Me and My love ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Recognition of the wrong way of life cause for repentance …. helpful beings ….

B.D. 0923 from May 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Every human being is burdened by the awareness of heavy guilt if he once takes a good look at his way of life and considers that his embodiment on earth is granted to him as a grace and that he does not use this grace as he would be able to with an earnest will. This awareness is so extremely depressing and peace-robbing but can also sometimes be the reason to give up the previous life and henceforth to concern oneself with the soul’s salvation, i.e. to seriously pursue the aim and purpose of life and only then to adjust oneself such that the earthly task is taken seriously. The human being tries to make up for what has been neglected so far and can often make the pleasant discovery that a spiritually striving human being finds support from every side …. For his will became active, and this causes the spirit beings willing to help to support him in every challenge from outside that he still often encounters, which he can now offer resistance with the help of those beings. For without this helping power the striving upwards is unspeakably difficult for the human being. The purpose of life is the union with the father in heaven. Anyone who has the serious will to bring about this unification will immediately be met by beings willing to help and strengthen his plan and give him the strength to carry it out. And therefore there can be no relapse once the will for perfection has come alive in the human being, for the eternal deity seizes the child, as it were, which longs for Him and places it in the midst of a sphere of activity which enables it to live this perfection and to use its life to the best of its ability for eternity. And from now on the human being will no longer be able to resist divine love, he will recognize the deity, firmly trust It, give himself into Its will and thus be completely permeated by the divine saviour, and all actions and thoughts will only apply to the reunion with the heavenly father, and once peace has entered his heart the human being will recognize that he is walking the right path which leads upwards ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Blessings of deep faith …. fulfilment of prayer …. knowledge ….

B.D. 0924 from May 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

People will feel the blessings of a profound faith if they are in great distress …. If they are earthly without help and turn to divinity in trust, their faith alone is the anchor which promises the most certain salvation, and the human being does not know to what extent he himself is often the cause that his request for help will be granted …. for a lack of faith endangers the fulfilment of his prayer, whereas a firm, unshakeable faith is already the fulfilment in itself, for those who believe in the lord are His true children to whom the father denies nothing and thus bodily and spiritually listens to their requests …. A beliving child on earth will never put his own will first, but submit to the divine will in all requests and supplications and gratefully and devotedly accept everything from the father’s hand …. And to these the lord rewards their faith and does not leave them abandoned and helpless in adversity and misery. And now the human being will also be able to understand that this very lack of faith causes earthly hardship more and more tangibly …. he will understand that the apparent harshness and unkindness of the deity, which is therefore also the reason why the human being often rejects the deity at all …. conjured up by humanity itself …. that the God of love cannot listen to the prayers of those who do not ask with profound faith, but only tentatively demanding that their wishes be taken into account …. This would be a danger for the human being, for it would only ever promote arrogance, disbelief and purely material thinking instead of reducing it, and in spiritual terms it would only have a corrupting effect; And if the human being does not recognize the strength of faith and feel it in himself, the spiritual question will also remain unsolved, for he will only grasp it when he believes. Spiritual results cannot be proven earthly, and only profound faith can fill the gaps left open by human intellect, and in profound faith alone also lies the power to become wise beyond human knowledge. Every thought based on profound faith is received spiritual knowledge and as such is indisputable truth, and if the human being therefore also brings faith to such strength that it cannot be shaken by anything, he will constantly receive thoughts which are nothing other than spiritual strength conveyed to him, which allows extraordinary abilities to develop in the thus believing earthly child, and thus faith alone is the cause when the human being can overcome the most inconceivable obstacles and become master of them, for he passes the battle with the help of spiritual strength which the father in heaven gives to His earthly child because it fully trusts Him. And thus every prayer which comes from the bottom of the heart and is undoubtedly sent up to the father is immensely beneficial, because then the human being will have profound faith and the blessings of such faith will be bestowed upon him to an unlimited extent ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Weakness of the spirit …. reduction of the ability to receive ….

B.D. 0925 from May 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The spirit’s state of weakness has to be overcome, for there is too great a task to be accomplished to allow for the unwillingness. And only serious will is ever needed to remedy such a state of unwillingness, for the human being should joyfully receive …. but that spirit wich is weak cannot joyfully accept what it is commanded. It has such an impact on the teaching spirits when the earthly child does not pay full attention to the teachings, they cannot easily make themselves felt and cannot transfer the strength if the recipient is not receptive. Therefore it would also not be possible to convey deeply spiritual good to you if the spirit is weak and cannot follow attentively. The more willingly the earthly child devotes itself to this work the easier it will find it to receive, and even if apparent advantages could motivate the human being to interrupt the connection from the beyond to earth for a short time, this would nevertheless be a gross neglect of the divine commandment or rather of God’s announced will, for this determined you to receive the word and you were completely free to accept this office or not. But your unique promise must also be maintained and may not be arbitrarily withdrawn or invalidated, for those who teach you eagerly await the moment every day when you turn your thoughts upwards and prepare to receive it. And therefore it is so unspeakably blessed if you can establish the connection with the lord quite often during the day, if the state of alienation is never again the reason for neglecting the reception, for only an earthly child which is willing to receive and joyfully awaits is completely able to bring such a work to completion, for the truth should be desired with a hungry heart in order to be recognized as such and can also be passed on. For God’s wisdom is profound and can only be understood when the earthly child is in fullest agreement with its otherworldly teacher. And then such an earthly child will rather forego earthly joys and pleasures than surrender the connection with the world of the beyond and appreciate the great grace of being united with its saviour and redeemer and hearing His call, Who displays His great love ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Mental influence by co-responsible spiritual beings …. enlightenment by superior beings ….

B.D. 0926 from May 22nd 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Those spiritual beings are active in visible proximity to earth whose task it is to inform people of the constant transformation of everything that lives on the earth’s surface. This task is only possible in the form of thought transmission, and thus their work will mostly extend to showing people the various forms of creation quite vividly so that they will start to think about them and ask questions, the answer to which is precisely the activity of those spiritual beings and is therefore conveyed to people by the spiritual beings in the form of thoughts. It is easy to explain that not all thoughts transmitted in this way will be accepted as answers, indeed they will often be rejected as untrustworthy and not taken seriously as their own thoughts. And so all efforts of the spiritual beings in the beyond are in vain, the earthly child is exposed to constant harassment, namely by those beings whose mental influence they reject. These beings cannot be dismissed at will since they have a certain connection or spiritual affiliation with earthly people and are therefore also to a certain extent jointly responsible for their spiritual state of maturity. And it therefore happens not infrequently that all spiritual affections depress the human being, i.e. that he is forced to deal with such thoughts which burden him. He will try to shoo them away but again and again they arise, either to make the human heart indignant or also to make it deeply thoughtful, in order to ultimately recognize the truth of such thoughts after all and to pay more attention to them from now on. The spiritual friends can exercise the teaching ministry and also did so eagerly until now but were rarely consciously listened to, and that is what makes it so difficult for the human being to progress. But those who willingly give themselves to the helpful forces, their state of maturity is much more likely to be guaranteed. Only in exceptional cases will earthly children be instructed by very highly placed spiritual beings, but this again for the purpose of a general enlightenment of the whole of humanity in order to help it in great adversity, and then the thought transmission happens in such a strange way that the human being should pay attention and make use of such exceptional attention the greater the adversity on earth is and visibly becomes apparent. And even if the human being refuses to accept spiritual good which is offered in this way …. wisdom from the heavens will prevail for the blessing of those who do not resist and as a constant reminder to those who think little or not at all of their mental condition …. One day they will have to recognize that they put up resistance to all good spiritual influence and therefore got into dire straits, and their struggle in the beyond will be a far more difficult one in order to attain the truth, for since they rejected spiritual support in earthly life they now have to live in want and now make every effort on their part to achieve what they could effortlessly achieve on earth. For the struggle in the beyond is far more difficult than on earth ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Lack of faith …. power of prayer …. coincidences ….

B.D. 0927 from May 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Remember the lord everywhere and at all times, and you will also become aware of His faithful care in all adversity. Anyone who places himself in His care truly need not worry about what tomorrow will bring, and anyone who lifts his eyes to Him in right trust will find his fate in God’s hands. The person of little faith, on the other hand, resists the danger from outside and yet cannot turn it away from himself, for he needs it to awaken or increase his faith and trust in the lord, and if he is timid and does not grant his prayer strength he will have a hard time fighting, and this is only due to his lack of faith. In the forthcoming time all those who lack faith will be in dire straits and a palpable pressure will weigh upon them …. (24.5.1939) For example, people put themselves in the position of having to make a decision in an important matter and not being oriented to how the consequences of the decision he has made, he will always feel a certain uncertainty and understandably ask for advice, and then he will turn to someone who is able to assess both the benefit and the harm which every decision entails, and he will advise him to his advantage. But in exactly the same way the divine saviour also wants to be asked for His advice in every earthly matter, because He is nevertheless able to create the greatest possible advantage for the earthly child, which not only has a physical but also a purely spiritual effect on it. But this again requires first establishing the childlike connection with the father, for only a child is able to pray so intimately to the father that it will also be fulfilled. And therefore the lord also called out to all of you: “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest ….” And if the father in heaven gives you this assurance, your faith shall be based on these words …. You shall unconditionally accept what the lord and saviour says …. you shall not doubt and not hesitate to comply with the divine will and carry an unlimited trust in Him in your heart …. And you shall remember the everlasting care of the divine lord. Not for one second does the lord withdraw His will from you, His creatures. The most diverse coincidences in life should make people think that, according to a certain wise plan, all events in life happen as they do, and these coincidences are only the visible intervention of an invisible power. And therefore the human being must also stand in the midst of all events, and the controller of all works of creation must also be granted the power to be able to avert the destined fates at will, and therefore the human being needs prayer so that he himself has it in his hands to hand over everything difficult to the divine lord and thereby be allowed to walk his earthly path unburdened and thus, to a certain extent, to choose the path which brings him the greatest advantage in spiritual matters, which brings him the greatest spiritual advantage without, however, excluding divine strength, for it is only this which ensures the right success for the being on earth …. but which has to be asked for consciously and therefore the human being recognizes the divinity with deep faith and Its working in love, omnipotence and wisdom ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Battle of faith …. method …. criticism …. God's protection ….

B.D. 0928 from May 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The battle for the souls is such a difficult and responsible one that every effort must be made if the erring souls are not to be lost forever. And thus the lord has wisely decreed that all assistance shall be granted to them where they struggle for knowledge, and all grants of grace shall be expressed where only the slightest will strives towards the truth. This is the basic realization from which it must be obvious to you humans that only God’s infinite love is always at work to redeem humanity and therefore also works so extraordinarily. In the near future everyone will have to struggle to remain true to himself …. He will first have to fight the battle of faith with himself and will have to ask God for great strength to stand firm when everything around him threatens to falter. Likewise, a general obvious method of struggle will be used, which will hostile and persecute every spiritual direction that has not passed through the supreme criticism. The last attempt will be to try to determine people, regardless of denomination, to renounce the old doctrine and join a new direction which, however, contradicts Christ’s teaching and must therefore have a ruinous effect on humanity. The general spiritual decline will be the reason why no great resistance will oppose this endeavour, and the hardship will be ever greater since the soul will distance itself ever further from the only truth and therefore also from the eternal deity. For humanity’s aim is complete detachment but not unification with Him …. The consequences of this effort will be all the more dreadful, because the gulf that separates people from the truth and correct recognition is getting bigger and bigger. Notwithstanding this, the bearers of power presume to intervene in divine activity …. And anyone who willingly serves Him and works to instruct erring souls will likewise be protected on all His paths and may always be certain of divine protection. For the world is incapable of destroying divine will, even though it constantly strives towards spiritual downfall …. Where God’s will opposes its beginning, even the greatest ruler will be powerless, whereas the human being who is willing to serve God and submits to divine will will be extremely strong and resistant. The human being can certainly err and be guilty of the greatest sin by allowing himself to act against divine wisdom, yet the world will truly not reward him such that he would benefit from it forever …. but following the divine instructions will result in a thousand blessings, for all souls who are shown the right path upwards will thank their saviours for all eternity, and their gratitude will truly be a reward which exceeds all earthly rewards a thousandfold ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Awakening from spiritual sleep …. light …. spiritual sun ….

B.D. 0929 from May 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The day of awakening from spiritual sleep is not preceded by any signs but a ray of light will suddenly fall into the darkness of the spirit, and anyone who has once entered the area of the ray of light will follow its exit, and henceforth it is light and clear around him and in him, for now the divine power, the spirit of love from eternity …. Just as the light inevitably breaks through the darkness, the night of the spirit has now also become a victim of the dawning day with the glimmer of knowledge. Everything that was hitherto hidden in darkness comes to light and is exposed to every test and can now freely unfold and shape itself. And it would be completely impossible to leave the previous dark spiritual state without spiritual knowledge. Accordingly, all spirit must also be flooded with light from God and see a fettered state in the darkest dwelling of spiritual darkness, for it was given the ability to develop itself, yet the still worldly soul keeps it under its spell, and release from it is no sooner until a loving being musters all will to liberate the spirit from all fetters. It is able to do much through its love, it also feels oppressed itself when it has to stand apart where light and life beckons and it lies in its power to change the dark night into brightest day. Thus it is of extraordinary importance that the human being first recognizes himself …. that he is able to distinguish whether the state of the soul longs for light or feels more comfortable in perpetual darkness of spirit and is therefore not yet ready for enlightenment of spirit. It is indescribably difficult to let the spiritual sun shine for those who are completely blind in spirit, they will neither see nor hear, for they look upon their darkened state with pleasure, as it were, and believe themselves to be knowledgeable and far superior to the spiritually enlightened, and they don’t believe they need the light of enlightenment. It is difficult to help them, and only a person who is constantly inadequately thought of can finally be seized by the desire for light if he recognizes his state of soul as the cause of an unsatisfied life and is now intent on obtaining enlightenment of spirit for himself …. and thus consciously desires light ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Mystery of the trinity …. God the father …. God the son ….

B.D. 0930 from May 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Behold, My child, I look into your heart and know your will to serve Me, yet I miss your soul’s faith in the omnipotence of divine love, and thus you will always hesitate when obstacles stand in your way, where unreserved faith can remove these obstacles, for the one who desires My love will never be abandoned by Me, and if he now needs My help it will always be given to him in all places. And if your heart urges you towards Me I will be close to you and keep everything away from you which could disturb the connection with My child. For I need souls who trust Me …. I still have much to say to you and am therefore always ready for you if your heart desires Me.

And so detach your thoughts from the world and hear the voice from above: The mystery of the divine trinity has always been for man the cliff on which he has failed. And that is why today you will again receive an instruction which, without leaving any doubt, shall contribute to the solution in all clarity and easily reveal the problem to the thinking person …. And thus the spirit from God came alive and the light shone brightly and clearly …. divinity is able to shelter itself in all fullness in a being, but that the pure spirit is inseparable and the most unworthy being is in closest contact with it, that therefore also only this inseparable spirit is to be understood by the eternal divinity and everything that has emerged from it is only the spirit out of God …. which no longer correctly recognizes the feeling of belonging to it and thus separates or removes itself, but nevertheless is always only divine product, therefore is always and eternally as original substance spiritual from God …. Who therefore removes himself from the divinity no longer recognizes himself, but nevertheless remains what he is …. but who seeks the connection with It his spiritual senses the affiliation and is therefore consciously the same …. And now you will be able to grasp that the mystery of the trinity of God can be explained as follows: God’s love made itself known to human beings as father …. thus as the origin of humanity …. Love bridged humanity’s separation from its creator and thus embodied itself in a human being Whose spirit recognized its belonging to God and Who was thus, as it were, one with the divine father-spirit. And thus the human being was only externally a being in itself, the spirit, however, was God’s …. The original relationship was established, the spirit recognized itself, and thus God was in all fullness in that Which became His abode on earth in order to be visible to humanity. The divinity united with the human body had become visible, as it were, in order to let people recognize the distance they had created for themselves. Divine love had thus become active and now also placed divine wisdom in the heart of the God-man. For His spirit was one with God and therefore also had to be in all wisdom and be able to serve all divine strength …. God’s wisdom had to express itself through the mouth of man, and thus all of Jesus’ activity on earth was God’s activity through the son of man, but not that a second being expressed Itself through it. And the concept God the father …. God the son cannot be explained in any other way than that the eternal father-spirit revealed Himself through the mouth of a human being, that God the son is therefore the same as God the father, only made comprehensible to the human being through Jesus Christ, Who overcame the separation from the father-spirit precisely through the realization of the unity with eternal love …. No one comes to the father but through Me …. This is probably easier to explain than that everyone who wants to unite with the father must also recognize that the divine spirit in him is inseparably connected with the father spirit and that everyone has to find this way and therefore follow the divine redeemer in everything, Who exemplified His life to those who like Him desire to go to the father. This is not possible in any other way than only by following Jesus, Who as son of man gave the example that only the spirit from God has to recognize its affiliation to Him and that there are then no more barriers which separate it from the father ….

Amen

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Epitome of bliss …. redeeming the soul …. poor in spirit ….

B.D. 0931 from May 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Anyone who chooses Me as his guide is exempt from all spiritual adversity, for he will be guided correctly and even the hour of death will not frighten him, for he only sees Me and longs for Me and gratefully places his earthly life into My hands. And only now does his right life begin, and the embodiment of this life is Me, for henceforth My love is his bliss, My nearness inexpressible bliss and My kingdom eternal glory …. those who love Me desire Me with all intimacy and I will fulfill their desire and I will satisfy their longing and immediately arouse them anew, so that the being that is Mine trembles with an unexpected feeling of happiness …. that it only has to love Me ever more ardently and also fulfils My will in the beyond with devoted love. And this fulfilling of My will is, in turn, the release of the souls from the bonds of darkness …. Whoever is in love must understand that I dearly love all these poor in spirit and await their final return to their father’s house …. And so I keep all doors open and await their entrance …. And I will show them the right way with all patience, and whoever follows Me will soon recognize the right guidance and seek to remain in constant contact with Me. And all spirit will be transferred into such a willing earth child who follows Me …. And this will truly have the opportunity to give the world a testimony of My love, and well he who hears this testimony and thanks Me that I want to rescue him from spiritual trouble. I want to think these struggling souls in a very special way, if they only desire Me, even if their state is still immature they shall nevertheless have every opportunity to enter into the right relationship with Me, and then I will seize this earthly child with double love and surround it with all love, and this will be proof to it that I truly only care about the individual’s salvation. And from then on your life will only be love, for you cannot help but live in Me and with Me once you have offered Me your heart and I take hold of it with My will, which contains My love and wisdom and knows all hearts …. I want to make people infintely happy and only need your consent, which again only consists of you giving Me your heart voluntarily, i.e., preparing the dwelling place for Me in you so that one day I can give you the same dwelling place in the house of the one Who has been your father since the beginning ….

Amen

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Voice of conscience …. redemptive work on earth ….

B.D. 0932 from May 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Let this be a warning to you that you should pay more attention to the voice within yourselves, for it is the demands of the world which drown them out, and in the world’s affairs you pay no attention to the divine demands which are revealed to you through this voice. And therefore the earthly struggle is the only means, for it is most likely to cause you to consult yourselves and this can be beneficial to your inner life. But in constant listening to oneself lies an exceedingly great blessing, and this contributes immensely to self-improvement, for the human being seeks to give an account of all thought and action and to bring it into connection with the destiny imposed upon him. And the human being’s thinking is even more stimulated in cases where it concerns direct manifestations of divine will; these will correspond with what the human being himself perceives in the form of the inner voice, the conscience. Every right-thinking person will have to affirm these announcements where they are guidelines which every person should accept and follow …. The divine will will not make an opposing sense …. the same thing will always be demanded of everyone …. to live in love for God and one’s neighbour. And everyone will profoundly recognize the injustice of his actions if he acts in a way contrary to the divine commandments.

The large community of those who work to save erring souls are in closest contact with the eternal deity, for in order to be able to participate in such work of salvation it is necessary that they, to a certain degree, have also become partakers of the blessings of the act of salvation and that they have already found the path to God, that they, for their part, are now in full realization, thus that they are fully conscious executors of the divine will. Consequently, the human being who serves the lord on earth in such a way that he willingly helps the erring souls has fulfilled all prerequisites in order to attain a certain degree of maturity, for he now does everything on earth on God’s behalf, since His will constantly influences him and the earthly child consciously and voluntarily complies with this divine will. And thus it will be understandable that all paths have to be taken as is good in order to be able to be redemptively active, but that the human being’s free will has always been a prerequisite before God’s will takes hold of it, and therefore the human being is certainly outwardly active as a human being but always on behalf of the lord, and therefore everything he undertakes in order to serve God and have a redeeming effect will be blessed; All the powers of heaven are at such an earthly child’s disposal, and if the spirit of the latter has set the unification with the eternal deity as its aim then it will certainly achieve it, for it may only want to, and its will is, as it were, God’s will which no obstacle can oppose. And everything will obey his will. And again the question arises for the human being as to which office the eternal deity has given to the human being whose task it is to have a redeeming effect. And it cannot be sufficiently pointed out that every activity achieves redemption which is love in itself …. Only love can signify redemption, only in love does God work Himself and therefore directly …. And whatever God does must ultimately bring salvation to unsaved beings. For every work came into being through God’s love only for the redemption of all spiritual beings which are in a banished state through their own fault. People’s spiritual state on earth does not allow for complete redemption as long as love is switched off in all people’s thoughts and actions. But conversely, a person who has completely become a lover can have a strong redeeming effect on his surroundings through mental influence. In deepest agreement with the eternal deity he can make all strength from God his own and with the help of this strength assist the entities around him and likewise awaken their spirit, and the slightest prayer to the father calls for this strength. However, the eternal deity does not allow the path to realization to be completely bypassed …. so that a being can effortlessly attain what is the purpose of earth life …. The will to do what is right must determine the human being to abandon himself to the work of the deity so that the power of God can then express itself there precisely through the earthly child which is active in love and destined for the redemption of erring souls, which is preformed for this purpose and chosen by God to successfully meet the spiritual adversity on earth and to rule over people for the blessing of its ministry ….

Amen

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School of the spirit …. earth life as a station of education ….

B.D. 0933 from May 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Every individual creature is subject to the law to complete the school of the spirit, and it has to do this compulsorily through all periods of development in order to, however, be released from compulsion in the last stage and now be free to make use of the possibilities which serve spiritual development. The earthly child can be taught in the most exhaustive way if it only wants to be taught …. Spiritual strength is always at its disposal to initiate it into everything worth knowing for the salvation of its soul. It also constantly receives spiritual admonitions which it can hear through the inner voice, and all this is only ever a means to an end to achieve the spiritual state of maturity in order to reach that height which signifies the sphere of light for the earthly being and which differs considerably from the unfinished beings’ stay outside of this sphere. As long as the human being does nothing to improve his spiritual state, as long as he is only purely earthly concerned about his well-being, the soul’s state will always remain the same as when it entered earthly existence. Then the soul will have reached a dead end …. it will not strive for higher development, it will neither seek spiritual nourishment nor knowledge and thus will not change its state in the slightest …. However, time on earth will slip away and days and years will be spent useless …. For the soul has no part in all experiences but only the body. What would be the soul’s share is not tangible to the human being and thus often not desirable. And yet the only important thing on earth is that the spirit be awakened and come to development. For only then is earthly life the educational station for the human being, when the soul strives towards ever higher realization and thus consciously completes the school of the spirit and the result is the state of perfection, which ensures entry into spheres of light after bodily death and is therefore the purpose and aim of embodiment as a human being ….

Amen

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Father words of love …. audible voice ….

B.D. 0934 from May 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

This is the right relationship with God, that the earthly child completely gives itself to Him and only wants to live in His will. Hence you humans will only be able to partake of the father’s blessings once you have recognized this correctly, for the father gives His child without restriction whatever it desires and thus also the abundance of blessings which the child requests. And if it receives these in all humility it can be called rich beyond measure, for then it will have everything it needs to come to the father for eternity. And thus every offering contains a treasure of grace within itself, and this should prompt you to lift the treasure quite often, for you thereby receive nourishment for the spirit and strength from God. Therefore hear the divine voice: I include everything in the omnipotence of My love that gives itself to Me, and those who feel it within themselves that I am close to them completely detach their hearts from the world and only want to hear My voice. And it will be like a soft murmur in their heart and they will not grasp it but lean towards Me ever more longingly, and I will increase this longing and stir up the fervour in their hearts, and an inconceivable feeling of happiness will reveal My presence …. And this is the sign that I have taken possession of the heart, that I have chosen it as My dwelling place and never want to sever the connection, and if the earth child then listens within it will be able to hear My voice and receive My word directly. And it shall be this encouragement to you, My child …. The body is earthly but the spirit is Mine …. and in spirit you will be united with Me, therefore don’t pay attention to the body and don’t let it be an obstacle to the connection with Me. You have passed through worlds, separated from Me, yet the hour of unification is near and soon I will fetch My child home …. but first you still have to fulfil what I have chosen you for. You have to go through trials which will let you reach the state of maturity in the near future, and then nothing will stand in your way of unification with Me. The soul remains unaware of the great grace bestowed upon it, it certainly feels the benefit of its release from long-lasting bondage but cannot appreciate the salvation that has befallen it, that it has been chosen to participate in a blessing which particularly influences the inner life and can only be felt deep within the heart. Anyone who is not inflamed by love for Me cannot assess the value of this blessing either, and therefore he is a privileged one who is close to Me in love, for I Myself want to reveal Myself to him and make him the most blissful being already on earth, so that he will recognize the father in Me and come to Me in childlike humility that I will bless him ….

Amen

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Angel passing through the world …. natural phenomena …. distress – worry …. poem

B.D. 0935 from May 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

And there goes an angel through the land, and his endeavour is to bring light to the people and to hold them back from the abyss towards which they are heading. And so it happens on behalf of the lord that the world experiences great things and is visibly kept agitated. The sun covers itself and only rarely lets its rays penetrate to earth, or it scorches in great fervour where it is divine will. And the earth is afflicted in every way; the powers of heaven and earth unite to let men become attentive through every event. And people’s minds are to be burdened so that they long for release from this pressure and contribute to it themselves by trying to make life easier for each other where it seems unbearable. And this angel who walks through the world makes himself known in the roaring of the storm, in the whispering of the wind, in scorching heat, in pouring rain, in lightning and thunder and in every natural phenomenon, in every disaster …. for all this is God’s will and therefore only imposed on people by His permission. And wherever the human intellect would like to try to explain and justify the correlations of all this in a meaningful way, the law of nature is still not sufficiently explained that it excludes the rule and activity of the eternal deity. It is the human intellect that erects a barrier and blocks the way to the knowledge of God. Think less and believe more and you will nevertheless increase in knowledge and soon have a rich treasure, and then the endeavour of the commissioned angel will have succeeded in bringing you enlightenment if you pay attention to everything that happens in nature around you and lift your gaze upwards ….

Need and worry

Take note of the fact that in the world

sorrow is making its entrance ….

that suffering is constantly pressing you

until you look up to heaven ….

For in the coming time on earth

only immune to suffering is he

who always trusts only in Him ….

Whoever looks up to Him in faith

escapes the torment and misery,

for He, as lord over life and death ….

He will help you at all times,

He will keep all suffering away from the one

who begs Him for protection ….

He will hear the prayer

when the child on earth

find the way to his father in trouble

and is ready to serve Him ….

This child remains His for eternity ….

Amen

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Life …. spirit from God …. natural law ….

B.D. 0936 from May 29th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Life is everything that contains the spirit from God. But thus all life will also be conditioned by God’s spirit, i.e. God’s strength will always have to be active in order to enliven matter, and thus matter and God’s spirit always come into contact, and that’s how life comes into being …. a being that is constantly becoming active itself …. and this activity is the working of spiritual strength and can be observed everywhere. Every newly created living being is bound to the activity which is its destiny according to divine law. All spirit from God assigns the specific activity to the being, and the being now carries out the activity which is intended for it by the creator. And all activity of living beings is based on a certain order. The more regular duties a living being has to carry out, the more obvious the divine order becomes, which people then describe with the word ‘natural law’. A certain regularity can indeed be observed, and this reveals the spiritual influence which is exerted on every being on the part of the creator …. but at the same time it is the best proof that a will controls everything and that this will is continuously active so that the living being does not cease to be. For even if endless times pass, the earth will continue to be alive, and this life will always be conditioned by spiritual strength …. And the spiritual strength will always and forever bear witness to a supreme being Which constantly sends this strength into the universe. If everything on earth were completely motionless and therefore dead, then divine or spiritual activity could certainly be denied, yet life itself, which always appears to people in all things, is the most telling evidence of a constantly expressing strength, and if the human being himself remains constantly active he will also fulfil the destiny which was assigned to him from the beginning, thus he will use the spiritual strength and, to a certain extent, live his external life as a human being and at the same time a spiritual life, to which he is likewise impelled by spiritual strength; thus he will fulfil a task which is assigned to him, either in a purely earthly sense or also as a life-giver in a spiritual respect …. only everything will and must live, because the spirit from God cannot tolerate anything dead, for He Himself is, after all, the true life and the greatest spirit of love from eternity ….

Amen

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Truth …. willpower …. bridge through love ….

B.D. 0937 from May 30th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Blessed are those who seek strength and salvation in My name and resist all evil influence. All spirit is alive through the will to serve Me, and thus it recognizes the profound value of truth and its eternal existence. For what is sent to you as My word can never ever pass away …. For My word is truly eternal life ….

Amen

By virtue of the human being’s own willpower it is possible for him to live in utmost truth, yet he must also desire it from the bottom of his heart and in all abundance and then let this desire become active through his will. He must do everything himself which smoothes the path to truth for him …. He must establish the connection with God, as the eternal truth Himself …. and he must prove himself worthy to receive the truth from God’s hand …. He must also do everything which can lead to the expansion of his knowledge by placing himself at the disposal of the supreme being of God to receive His will, His word and thus the eternal truth in order to make it accessible to humanity again. For the lord of heaven and earth always and at all times wants to give strength, comfort and help to His creations, and this through His word. He constantly remembers humanity with love and expresses this love through the giving of His word. And for this He needs earthly children who devote themselves to Him of their own free will, who are, as it were, the mediators between Him and humanity …. who offer themselves to Him and completely submit to His will …. A bridge is built, as it were, and the lord descends to people in infinite love, lovingly inclines Himself towards them, gives pure truth and thus turns people’s hearts towards Him. With gentle love He draws to Himself those who longingly stretch out their hands to Him, He soothes their pain, comforts them in suffering, He lets them look into His kingdom by instructing them and informing them of His working and activity, both on earth as well as in the beyond, and thus increases love for Him …. anyone who desires the truth also hears the gentle call of the eternal deity …. he follows it and allows himself to be grasped by the loving father’s hand. The soul may hesitate at times, but the spirit within recognizes the truth, and thousands of little angels keep watch that the soul of a truth-loving child does not stray. For the will is strength in itself, and where the will turns towards divinity the still weak soul will find support and thus be able to offer resistance if it is threatened by human or earthly danger. Only a quiet plea to be guided the right way protects it from all error, and thus those who desire such and offer themselves to God the lord for the service of suffering humanity, which walks in spiritual darkness, will be instructed in truth without interruption. The soul certainly senses the right path but in its inexperience it often hesitates to make use of the messages it receives and therefore remains doubtful and uncertain until help comes in the form of heartfelt prayer which the human being sends to the father for clarity and recognition of truth …. Then it will become light and bright in him, and he will be able to clearly distinguish the teachings of heaven from the teachings of the world ….

Amen

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Neglect of earthly work …. sloth …. idleness ….

B.D. 0938 from May 30th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Notice how you have to fight harder and harder against inner restlessness the more you withdraw from the regular activity of the day, for it is a blessing for you if you are constantly active in earthly relationships. The person has a mental balance which also makes him more capable of spiritual striving; moreover, this can only serve as proof to fellow human beings that the profession need not suffer for the sake of spiritual work. And this is of greatest importance – the approaching time of spiritual awakening must at the same time be marked by exceedingly brisk physical activity, for only through such is also the proof supplied that a morbid condition need not necessarily be the occasion for strange spiritual activity, that rather the one can harmonize very well with the other and earthly work need not suffer any loss. And so you only receive the admonition to devote yourself to spiritual work with all eagerness, to always give it first priority, but at the same time to also do justice to all earthly demands as far as it is compatible with the former. At the same time this gives an inner satisfaction which in turn contributes to the earthly child giving itself over to its spiritual work with all love and devotion and is thus much more and better able to work in this field. The slightest sluggishness of the body also has a hindering effect on the soul; the human being becomes reluctant to do any work, and it again requires days of inner struggle before the old relationship is established, because many other impressions have shaken the connection with the father and only with great will can all disturbances be overcome. For it is increasingly difficult to receive these announcements the further away the earth child is from its father. And where the human being allows himself to be distracted from the actual activity of the spirit his comprehension is also impaired, and then the human being is often confronted with questions which are inexplicable to him, the answers to which cannot be received so easily because the necessary understanding for them is lacking, yet this only ever happens when the earthly child neglects the spiritual work and pays more attention to earthly events. For the temptation is very strong …. the adversary seeks to make it apostate wherever he possibly can. So be on your guard, keep in prayer and constant activity, for idleness has never brought about any good, therefore the human being should beware of it as long as he is still able to perform earthly work ….

Amen

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Consequences of spiritual backwardness ….

B.D. 0939 from May 31th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

People’s spiritual state is far more alarming than you believe, for you still walk along with great peace of mind where you would have to turn away in horror if you wanted to recognize the spiritual state correctly. And it is of utmost importance for you to receive enlightenment as to the consequences of your backwardness. You attach almost no importance to spiritual higher development in earthly life but only pay attention to the body and its desires, but you don’t pay attention to the soul and don’t know how dreadful the effects of your sluggishness are for the soul, how no salvation can be brought to you other than that the danger which threatens you physically and mentally is so vividly brought before your eyes …. You look back on your life at the end of days without any satisfaction, for it brought you no progress whatsoever, and all suffering on earth is small compared to the great suffering which now awaits you on the other side. And it would be easy for you to take part in all spiritual work if you only hold this ‘later’ in front of yourselves …. Life demands total commitment if you want to master it and rise to the lordship over all useless weaklings who shy away from the struggle for life. In the same way, the spiritual life always only demands mindfulness, determination and utmost truthfulness …. But then you will also overcome earthly life and an eternal life in all glory will beckon to you, you will then, instead of serving, be able to rule over the spiritually unfit weaklings, you will be able to rule over the spiritually unfit or arrogant souls in the beyond …. It will bring you unspeakable delight to look back at life and to be fully aware that it was used correctly for spiritual progress, you will realize that only the knowledge of spiritual things can weigh in the balance, and earthly knowledge is valued at zero by the divine saviour and redeemer …. You will accept all offered spiritual things as pure truth and seek to enrich yourselves with treasures of all kinds which, however, only let love for God and your neighbour arise in you and are therefore purest spiritual possessions, for all earthly endeavours will be recognized as useless and worthless at the end of days, and such recognition will let people die in remorse and self-reproach …. this feeling of remorse cannot be chased away arbitrarily, but endless times gnaw at the person when he has left earthly life. And therefore, again and again he will receive instructions during his lifetime to prevent him from having to perish in the beyond under suffering and remorse. And humanity should pay attention to this and only try a little to give an account of how far it contributes to promoting the spiritual state itself, and then compete to still reach the highest possible level of perfection on earth …. This struggle is certainly difficult, but of such unspeakably beneficial influence, since it gives man the opportunity to leave earth as a being of light and enter the kingdom of the beyond. For everything the father in heaven gives is a sign of His steadfast love, which wants to protect you from severe suffering and therefore sends His grace to people in abundance, so that everyone will receive what he needs to strengthen his spirit ….

Amen

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Strength of faith …. God's help ….

B.D. 0940 from June 1st 1939, taken from Book No. 18

The earthly child feels abandoned when days of hardship and worry befall it, and it does not want to recognize the blessing of such trials. It finds it difficult to turn upwards in its abandonment because it does not fully trust. And yet it cannot be helped until it feels in its deepest heart that only one can help and that appealing to this one for help is the only means to end its suffering. And again it has to be said that it is therefore up to the human being himself to alleviate his suffering, that he first has to gain deepest faith and then it will be easy for him to turn away all suffering or to overcome it as quickly as possible. Therefore let it be said to you: You will still have to endure much and can only faithfully hand over all your suffering to the lord, but then you will also visibly recognize God’s help and your life will be an easy one. Try to attain this realization and make it your aim to bring your faith to that strength which is necessary to be able to defy everything difficult, and you will easily overcome what otherwise seems insurmountable to you. And so go about your day’s work and consider the following: Numerous helpers are at your side and give you advice in all things. Spiritual strength is available to you if you only ask for it. It is only up to your will to request it and it will be unreservedly conveyed to you, thus there is also no need for hesitation in worldly worries, for the father in heaven gives without restriction what His children desire from Him, and the support of helpful spiritual friends can also be requested and is assured to you as long as you are only willing to serve the lord in willing devotion and ask for the stength to do so …. For the humanity’s soul is the most important thing. Everything that is now in the service of the lord and active for Him need not fear the decline of physical efficiency, for inexhaustible sources of help are at its disposal and truly only require profound, undoubted faith. And therefore ask for it from the bottom of your heart ….

Amen

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Refinement of the fellow human being …. rejection …. hour of recognition ….

B.D. 0941 from June 1st 1939, taken from Book No. 18

This is the right faith when the human being sees My working in all events and does everything with complete trust what his heart advises him to do. I am constantly close to you and guide and direct you, and therefore your actions cannot go against My will where your constant striving is for the spreading of My word. The only path to realization only leads through the commandments of love …. Whoever takes care of a soul with a loving heart already thereby brings the divine influx close to it. He will have an extraordinary ability to influence people mentally, he will, as it were, find contact with the still unawakened spirit through love and stimulate it to become active. Everything in the human being longs to be released from the bondage, it is only in a completely inactive state and has therefore become powerless, therefore it is also in urgent need of stimulation. The human being believes that he can reject everything spiritual, always in the erroneous opinion that he thereby escapes responsibility, but he does not recognize his own situation …. and therefore does not make an effort to save …. Although he remains in constant defence, he inwardly pursues these thoughts and his unused earthly change will become frighteningly clear to him …. The spirit in him relentlessly demands justice and can no longer be held captive …. he heeds the voice from beyond and has to accept it against his will. And so all spiritual striving is accompanied by success, even if it is often not very visible, for the human being will only very rarely openly admit how deeply the lord’s words touch him. He does not want to admit it to himself and yet is under the spell of the word which comes from above. The burdens of earth fade into the background, and henceforth the bridge to the beyond is no longer impassable, but often taken up by seeking, yet doubting earth children. And all this can be achieved by the love of a person in the service of the lord who only strives for and wants to give the ennoblement of his fellow human beings, and since only the joy of giving underlies the action, the seed will not have fallen on stony ground either ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Vocabulary …. self-suggestion …. transcripts ….

B.D. 0942 from June 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 18

Man’s vocabulary is enormous when it comes to recording and writing down eternal truths. It is in every way remarkable how often man is willing to believe that words lie dormant in the subconscious and are thus brought to light by self-suggestion. This is all the more erroneous the more rarely man is able to draw from his own knowledge. So-called suggestion would only be possible if knowledge existed in man (would be = ed.) but for some reason fell into oblivion (would have fallen into oblivion = ed.). If, however, transcripts arise on a scale far beyond the knowledge of the person concerned, then all the efforts of the doubters are in vain and every objection to find an explanation in this possibility is invalid. It must always be borne in mind that the writer himself has hitherto been completely isolated from all knowledge and that the thought activity of the person concerned is, humanly speaking, not particularly called upon, that therefore his own working out of thoughts is out of the question but that these thoughts, as it were, come to the writer without the slightest effort and are only received through the human being’s will. Every such proclamation requires a fully knowledgeable teacher as the giver and a receptive, i.e. fully willingly surrendering earth child to spiritual power. Only in this way can the emergence of the same be explained …. while so-called self-suggestion is still a concept for people whose complete explanation they cannot give themselves, for they do not seek to find the only correct solution based on spiritual principles, but they draw boundaries for themselves beyond which they are not willing to look …. and can therefore never fathom the last and thus also not correctly explain a process which can only be explained purely spiritually. The strangest assumptions have given rise to people’s fearful frowning upon any such influence of invisible forces …. Because it is not completely comprehensible to them, they keep away from everything of this kind instead of striving for clear knowledge about it …. Only the human being who demands to stand in fullest truth is not content with such an inadequate explanation, as the words ‘self-suggestion’ and ‘subconsciousness’ will indisputably always remain such. For people these words have also only become a concept of something inexplicable, but if they were to make these words comprehensible down to the smallest detail, then they would no doubt suddenly no longer want to know anything more, for in the end they would then have to acknowledge a spiritual working after all and thus likewise pass over into an area which they today try to deny. It is extremely difficult to give or receive information if people do not have faith …. Only faith is able to fill the gaps which still remain open in purely intellectual thinking. Thus it will never be possible to teach humanity better where faith is completely excluded …. for then the key to truth is missing. And there is only one thing to do, to turn with complete trust to the right source which lets the ciearest and purest living water flow out …. and to close his ear to all hostilities in this world ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

Unused earth life …. conscious work …. state in the hereafter ….

B.D. 0943 from June 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 18

It is of incomparable advantage for the soul if it is aware of its earthly task and now strives to the best of its ability to fulfil this task. If the human being imagines that the unused earthly time triggers the most bitter self-reproaches at the end of earthly life, this will have to be an incentive for it to work diligently on itself, for the human being creates his own state in the beyond. He will always have to bear the consequences for his way of life …. and can create an extremely beautiful life for himself in the beyond to the same extent as, on the other hand, an agonizing, unspeakably bleak state can be his fate, and this likewise through his own fault. And yet, the father in heaven only requires His earthly children to practice love …. All people should find love for each other and only live for each other, so that in this love they will also love God above all else and sing glory and praise to Him for all eternity …. For where love lives, there man will also connect intimately with God, and the earthly change will also be blessed through love, for these children are close to the father in heaven and their state of soul is light and clear. And if a person consciously strives to improve himself, if he consciously appeals for God’s grace and consciously fulfils God’s will constantly, the soul’s state can easily be brought to maturity. For the human being has recognized his purpose on earth and will now never go through this earthly existence uselessly and irresponsibly. He has found the right path which leads to the height, to the eternal homeland ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 18 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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

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