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Book 79 · BD 7533–7548

Book 79 · BD 7533–7548

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Standstill of earthly life ….

B.D. 7533 from February 27th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

You start your life on earth without knowing the purpose of earthly life, you gradually become aware of yourselves and then you first have to be informed of the meaning and purpose of your existence. Yet this instruction by and large only concerns your physical welfare, and it can often take a long time before you become aware of a spiritual life …. before you consider your soul and its requirements. If, however, you are correctly instructed early enough, that is, if your attention is drawn to your spiritual development, then your soul will be able to prepare itself accordingly and assert its wishes, i.e. you can live a spiritual life next to the purely physical life and gain spiritual benefits for the soul …. However, a person who only pays attention to his earthly life, who only meets the body’s requirements and ignores his soul, will gain little spiritual success. Only when he becomes aware of the fact that there is a different purpose and goal than merely the physical welfare of the body can the beginning of a spiritual life be spoken of. Prior to that earthly life is just a standstill, lived in vain for the soul, for the human being’s spiritual development.

But every person has the opportunity to receive the information about the meaning and purpose of existence, it is just that he doesn’t always believe these explanations, in which case the soul will be considerably disadvantaged …. And then it can often take a long time until the person begins to understand the worthlessness of earthly ambitions and strives towards a different, spiritual goal. Nevertheless, it has to be left up to him in which direction he shall turn his thoughts and his will, yet he will always receive instructions and then it will depend on him whether these instructions will help him gain understanding, and whether he will derive a benefit from the information conveyed to him. He has to accept this information of his own free will, he simply has to want to fulfil the right purpose of his life …. Then he will also of his own accord turn to the Power Which He recognises above himself with an appeal for assistance, then he will be helped in coming to the certain realisation and subsequently live his life on earth consciously.

For the human being was given intelligence, he can think and mentally consider the pros and cons and thus make a decision, it solely depends on his decision as to whether he will only live an earthly life or strive spiritually as well …. And although it also depends on his will as to whether he thinks correctly he will nevertheless always be offered the option to arrive at the correct conclusion, he will not be left without help, for it is always possible for him to find and travel the right path, so that his life need not be a standstill but can result in complete spiritual development. However, in the final analysis his will is always the crucial factor, for it is free and its direction cannot be determined by any means. Yet everything will be done on part of God in order to direct this will such that it will turn towards God of its own accord, and then every support will be given so that the human being will reach the right goal ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

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

Work of the spirit in man ….

B.D. 7534 from February 28th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

My spirit shall work in you, My strength shall become powerful in you …. for then I will work with you and you will work with Me …. And no matter how weak you feel as a human being, My spirit gives you strength and power which has a spiritual effect, My spirit fills your soul and guides it to perfection. And once you are filled by My spirit your physical weakness will also disappear, then you will receive strength from Me and you will be able to master everything and also meet earthly requirements. For then you will be closely united with Me and have unlimited strength at your disposal. But you must believe and in this convinced faith seek My bond, then no limits will be set for you, you can accomplish whatever you set your mind to, you will succeed in everything, for you will no longer undertake anything without Me. But which of you humans possesses this strong faith that he unconditionally hands himself over to Me in order to be able to work united with Me according to his will? You all do not yet have this faith which can move mountains. And therefore you are fainthearted and despondent …. But you should make an effort to allow My spirit to work in you, you should request My strength and make use of it, because it will be given to you without restriction as soon as you request it to work with love. And then you will also learn to believe when My strength visibly proves itself to you …. My spirit will guide you and you will think and want correctly and then also request strength from Me where you need it. I want you to be filled with My spirit, but you must also want the same or the working of My spirit will be impossible …. You only have to approach Me with convinced faith that I Myself will make you happy with My presence, then My spirit will also have to become active in you, for wherever I am I express Myself through the spirit. Just believe and want Me to be with you, and I will truly comply with this will and never leave you again. And then My spirit will work in you and My strength will flow through you and your soul will mature as long as it still lives on earth. But if My spirit is working in you then it will also instruct you from within, it will make you feel what you should or should not do, it will convey right thoughts to you, it will reveal knowledge to you, and it will also kindle love in you for your God and father of eternity, for My spirit in you is My share which draws you into love for Me Myself because it remains eternally inseparably united with Me. And thus it also has to impart strength to the person who allows it to work, for he has to live in love or the working of the spirit would be impossible. And a life of love irrevocably earns him a supply of strength from Me, Who is eternal love Itself. This is why the working of the spirit is always connected with the supply of strength, or also: My spirit is strength which gives itself to everyone who lives in love …. This person will be brightly enlightened and his soul will also be able to do the work on itself full of strength …. And the human being will become aware of this supply of strength as soon as he establishes the heartfelt bond with Me, and then he will also consciously use it to work in love …. And then I will be in him and he will be in Me …. And then he will work united with Me with My strength ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (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)

Love is everything …. God's word ….

B.D. 7535 from February 29th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

Everything that is supported by the spirit of love is beneficial for your spiritual development. If only the flame of love is always nourished within you then you can also speak of spiritual progress, yet without love you will remain at the same stage as when you began your embodiment as a human being. It is about your will, thinking and acting …. As soon as this is determined by love you also fulfil your purpose of earthly life, you mature your soul. But if self-love is the driving force behind everything you undertake, then this will only have a physical effect, you will not be able to achieve success for your soul. However, the spark of love slumbers in every person’s heart and only needs to be ignited …. The human being only needs to carry out a small work of love and this spark of love will have found nourishment and will increase, and the human being will then be driven from within into ever new works of love, because the flame of love will constantly increase until it completely fills the human being and his whole way of life will only be a constant working of love …. and then his self-love will also have become smaller and smaller, whereas love for his neighbour will constantly increase. But then the human being’s change of nature is also complete, for the purpose of which he walks on earth. This process of change requires the human being’s good will, which is free and therefore cannot be forced to carry out works of love; but if it is good then the human being will do of his own accord what corresponds to the commandments of love for God and his neighbour. And the fact that the will is good should be achieved through the supply of the divine word …. As soon as it is possible for the human being to be addressed by God, so that he willingly listens to His word, it is also possible for the human being’s will to turn towards God, to turn towards ‘good’, and then the human being is also inwardly willing to do good …. that is, to perform works of love. And therefore the supply of the divine word is a necessity, and the work in the vineyard of the lord consists of spreading the divine word, of conveying God’s address to people, of causing them to open themselves when God wants to address people through His word. And His address will always consist of Him placing the commandments of love for God and neighbour as paramount and clarifying their effect …. And then the human being can decide of his own free will what his attitude towards this will be …. He is certainly called upon to live a life of love, but he is not forced to do so …. However, his salvation depends on how he evaluates the divine word, whether he is not only a listener but also a doer of the divine word. But once the divine spark of love has been ignited in him it will no longer go out but always receive new nourishment. Eternal love Itself will repeatedly send Its ray into the heart and kindle the flame of love again and again until it flares up brightly and intimate love seizes the whole person, which then applies to the divine creator and father, Whom the heart has recognized and Whom it now also loves with all its soul. Then the purpose of earthly life is fulfilled …. But without love it remains idle, without love the soul cannot mature, and without love there is no redemption for the soul ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (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)

Right knowledge must be sought ….

B.D. 7536 from March 1st 1960, taken from Book No. 79

The light of knowledge cannot be given to you from Me if this is not your innermost desire, that you become enlightened in spirit. You are in spiritual darkness as long as you do nothing to dispel it. This darkness is the result of your apostasy from Me, it is the effect of the distance which you yourselves have willingly placed between Me and yourselves and which can only be remedied by you reducing the distance yourselves, by you coming closer to Me again, by you making My illumination of love possible through your will. And this illumination therefore also means enlightenment of spirit, that you regain the knowledge which you had given away yourselves through your apostasy from Me. But knowledge has to be conveyed to you again, knowledge has to be made accessible to you during your earthly existence so that you consciously live your life in accordance with this knowledge …. Nevertheless, it requires your free will to accept this knowledge when it is offered to you …. thus knowledge which corresponds to the truth cannot be given to you against your will. And that is why understanding this knowledge requires …. to the right knowledge …. this very will and the desire for it, otherwise it would remain incomprehensible to you even if it were presented to you without your desire. And so it can well be said that light is only given to him who desires light …. It can be said that only the human being who deeply detests darkness and longs for light, for the right knowledge about the purpose and aim of his earthly life, about the purpose and aim of creation and God’s plan of salvation, for the right knowledge about the nature of the divine creator, about the plan of salvation and the original sin …. In order to receive all spiritual knowledge there must also be a strong desire in the human being for his darkness to disappear and for a small light to be kindled for him again which illuminates the right path to perfection, because he would like to take this path. But if the human being has this desire then he will also certainly be enlightened by My spirit, then he will certainly be able to chase away the darkness, for then he will already have considerably reduced the distance from Me, through his desire for truth he will also have proven his desire for Me, and I will certainly not deny Myself to him, I will kindle a light for him which will now never go out again. The human being will remain in spiritual darkness as long as he is still turned away from Me, because this means the same: a lack of illumination of love which can only spread the light. The human being still rejects My love, and without My love he is without light …. He does not possess love himself either and therefore also belongs to the one who is the lord of darkness. And only when he changes himself into love will the desire for light awaken in him, and then the little spark in him will ignite and first spread a small light which, depending on his will, can grow into a bright little flame and then he himself will no longer be without realisation either, for love will bring him a real light ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (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)

Increased supply of grace before the end ….

B.D. 7537 from March 2nd 1960, taken from Book No. 79

In the end time the measure of grace poured out on you increases because the demands on you are also excessive and because My adversary uses all his might to pull you down into the abyss. You humans are weak and in need of a great supply of grace, you are irrevocably lost if you don’t receive help, you are dependent on an unusual supply of grace which, however, will also be granted to you because I love you and want to save you from ruin. For this reason you will repeatedly experience unusual help in the last days; although you will often not want to see it as ‘help’ because you humans are often severely affected by all kinds of strokes of fate; but these, too, are to be regarded as means of grace, because you and your fellow human beings will be clearly informed of the transience of all earthly things and thereby also receive an indication of your actual destiny …. Thus you will be made aware of yourselves and your task on earth. Everything that stimulates you to spiritual striving is to be regarded as a means of grace …. But the greatest and most significant means of grace is the transmission of My word from on high …. In the last days faith has become so weak that even the book of the fathers is no longer particularly respected, that people no longer take My word from it, that they only read it according to the letter but do not value it as My address. Therefore I have to address them differently, I have to convey My word to people on earth again through messengers, through servants devoted to Me …. I must seek the opportunity to speak to people as a father speaks to his children. A bond must be established from the spiritual kingdom to earth …. People’s attention must be drawn to an unusual activity on the part of the spiritual world. How the individual person receives it depends on himself, on his will to do good and on his willingness …. But it is an overwhelming grace that I Myself address you in the last days and announce to you everything that is to come, that I initiate you into My eternal plan of salvation, that I enlighten you about all correlations, that I give you a testimony about Myself and My nature, about My infinite love for you and about My eternal plan, through which I want to win you back again, you who once got lost to Me. This knowledge, which I convey to you through My word from above, is a very special gift of grace through which you can still be saved from ruin in the last hour if only you listen to Me, if only you open your ear and heart to hear My voice. And the closer it gets to the end the more abundantly I will distribute My gifts of grace, and again and again it will be possible for you humans to recognize Me Myself in every event which affects you …. And only someone with a completely closed heart will not make use of the blessings which are so abundantly offered to him. But anyone of good will can make use of them …. And anyone who immerses himself in My word, which is conveyed to you humans from above, thus also evaluates the gifts of grace, and he will feel it in his soul that he receives strength and will be able to survive the time of the end without danger. He will always be able to draw strength from My word, which is blessed with My strength. For people are weak and I want to help them in the coming time so that they will withstand all demands, so that they will also endure the coming battle of faith, so that they will persevere until the end ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (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)

Short or long lifetime ….

B.D. 7538 from March 4th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

The time given to you for your earthly life is not long, compared to the infinitely long time of your preliminary development, the duration of which cannot possibly be estimated by you. And your earthly life can even be shorter if you are called back into eternity prematurely. Therefore you should eagerly consider your soul, you should provide it with as much nourishment as possible so that it won’t have to starve if it only lives for a short time on earth …. You should constantly provide it with ample food and drink and never rely on a very long earthly life, for you don’t know the day and hour of your physical death …. But your soul will also be able to mature in a short period of time if you are of good will and help it to mature. No-one can determine or know how long he will live, and precisely this lack of knowledge ought to encourage him into actively improving his soul, his way of life should be such that he can calmly consider every day to be his last without having to worry about his soul’s welfare.

And a great many people will lose their lives during the last days, for a large appraisal will still take place and many people will yet be recalled prematurely for the sake of their soul’s salvation, because they had neglected their psychological work but nevertheless shall not fall prey to the merciless fury of God’s adversary who would only draw them ever deeper into the abyss if these souls were not saved from him before. Especially people without spiritual aspirations don’t consider an early death and live irresponsibly although they cannot be called bad. God takes pity on them and wants to help them to develop further in the beyond, which will in fact be far more difficult but not impossible, whereas on earth the fate of souls who live without a sense of responsibility could easily result in a complete descent into the abyss. You are offered enough opportunities on earth to reach full maturity in your earthly life, but if you don’t take advantage of them you are not making the most of your life as a human being either, although it was only given to you for the purpose of your soul’s maturity. If you don’t use the grace of your embodiment as a human being and help your soul achieve final maturity then it is also irrelevant whether you live for a long or just a short time on earth. Yet even if you reach old age, earthly life can still be regarded as brief compared to the time of your preliminary development. Nevertheless, even a very short time on earth will suffice to fulfil your purpose on earth. And thus your maturity is not dependent on the length of your earthly existence but purely on your will of making expedient use of this existence.

Through the Word of God you are shown time and again the right path in order to achieve your soul’s perfection …. you are repeatedly reminded of the divine commandments of love, the fulfilment of which is the only purpose and goal of your existence as a human being …. And you can always practise love even if your life is short, your soul will derive a benefit if you live a life of love …. However, if you don’t keep these two commandments your life will be in vain and your responsibility even greater the longer you live on earth; in which case you can only be thankful if your life will be shortened and you still have the opportunity to develop further in the kingdom of the beyond, so that you will not go completely astray at the end of the day when everyone will be judged according to his efforts ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

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

Source of life ….

B.D. 7539 from March 5th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

All of you should lie down at the source of life, at the spring which I have opened up for you, from which the living water flows which you need on your pilgrimage on this earth. Do not pass by the spring on your earthly journey, where you can draw from it and again and again fetch strength to continue the pilgrimage. For it leads steeply upwards and requires strength. And therefore you should refresh yourselves again and again, you should sit down at the spring and drink from the water of life, so that your soul will be strengthened and be able to continue its path with strength …. Again and again I open up a fountain of life for you humans, for I know that you are in need of strength, I know that you often sink down tired and cannot continue on your path because it leads upwards and you are too weak to ascend …. I also know where your path leads past and that is why I let the water of life spring forth just there, so that you will be led to the source and can rest in order to strengthen yourselves anew …. I convey My word to you wherever you may go …. It will be handed to you through messengers and you need only open your hearts; you need only bow down and draw from the source. For My word comes from Me Myself and is offered to you directly or indirectly through My servants. Take it, you will be nourished and strengthened by Me Myself, you will be provided with strength by Me Myself, I will take care of your adversity and provide you with spiritual nourishment. I provide you with strength and help you to successfully complete your pilgrimage. I offer your soul the bread of heaven, I nourish it with My word …. You may accept My word unadulterated and pure, it is blessed with My strength, it will have an effect on your soul like a drink of fresh water, like a delicious bread from which it can draw all the strength it needs for its maturing as long as it stays on earth. And just as water flows out of a spring pure and fresh, My word also sends you unadulterated spiritual knowledge which still contains all healing power, which therefore also refreshingly and fortifyingly touches the soul and enables it to successfully continue its ascent which leads to the most glorious aim, back to Me into the father’s house, which the soul once voluntarily left. It has sunk deep and must now also strive upwards again, its fall into the abyss has distanced it far from Me …. it therefore has to cover an equally long path in order to reach Me again. And this path requires strength and perseverance …. again and again the soul has to provide itself with renewed strength, again and again it has to seek the source of life where everything it needs for ascent is supplied to it. Again and again the soul has to hear My word, it has to drink the water of life which will also flow to it again and again at the source, because I Myself have made this fountain of life accessible to it …. because I Myself convey My word from above to you humans and you may then also always hear this word as soon as you desire it. All of you should gather around the spring, accept from Me with a grateful heart what My love offers you, also draw the water of life for others and offer it to them if they cannot gather at the spring like you …. Then you, who want to serve Me, make sure that they are still allowed to drink; then also carry My word to where the land is dry, where the spring is far away …. only bring them My word …. the water of life …. as clear and pure as you yourselves have received it from Me, protect it from all contamination and ask Me to bless the word with My strength when you pass it on to weak, needy souls who are already sinking by the wayside and are no longer able to rise …. Restore and refresh them and they will receive strength again to walk on …. They, too, will feel the strength of My word and make an effort to walk to the source themselves in order to get strength for their souls, food and drink, which you all need in order to recover, in order to cover the ascent to the height which the attainment of the aim demands of all of you. For no human being has the strength on his own, everyone needs a supply of strength for his pilgrimage on earth, every soul needs food and drink, every soul needs nourishment which gives it strength to successfully complete its earthly path. And it finds this nourishment with Me, this nourishment is offered to it by My word, which I have blessed with My strength ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (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)

God's care for the human being ….

B.D. 7540 from March 6th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

First seek the kingdom of God …. For it is your task in life to find the contact with My kingdom so that this kingdom can receive you again one day when you leave the earth. This is, in fact, your only task, because everything else will sort itself out, if only you make an effort to do justice to this task. You were placed in this earthly world in order to look for the spiritual kingdom while you live in it …. But you were also given a glorious promise that you will be able to cope with this earthly world as well if you fulfil the condition of looking for the kingdom of God first …. In a manner of speaking, I promised you a reward which, by itself, should alone entice you to comply with My requirement, for as a result of My promise you are also spared the struggle for existence, the worry about your life, about your earthly life ….

You need only take care of your soul’s salvation, and I will take over the care for your physical well-being and sort out everything, which otherwise would demand a great deal of effort from you if you had to deal with it by yourselves. I will take over the care which earthly life demands of you as soon as you fulfil My requirement: to first strive for My kingdom and its justice …. i.e. if you completely hand yourselves over to Me because you recognise Me as your God and Creator, as your Father of eternity, because you recognise that true justice can only be found with Me, a life according to your soul’s maturity, and because you realise that this is why you should seek Me and My kingdom, which will then certainly be opened for those of you who hand yourselves over to Me with complete trust in My justice …. You should only live in the right way with a view of acquiring My kingdom …. You should strive for heartfelt contact with Me ….

However, don’t look for Me in the world, for My kingdom is not of this world, therefore you must turn your thoughts heavenwards, away from the world and its enticements …. you must think of My kingdom, your true home, which you once abandoned and to which you should return again. And you will not regret it if you follow My advice to strive for this kingdom, for you will also be relieved of all earthly worries and problems at the same time, because I will take care of these on your behalf and, in every adversity, I will truly look after you. I will provide for you in an earthly way like a father for his children, I will give to you what you need in everyday life, and I will also provide you with an abundance of spiritual wealth, for as soon as you turn your eyes to Me and My kingdom you will also receive gifts of grace from there and your bond with Me will grow increasingly stronger, earthly life will no longer be a burden to you, you will have what you require …. physically and spiritually …. For then you will have escaped from the danger of succumbing to the world and its demands, of completely becoming enslaved by it and thus you will also have escaped from the lord of the world by completely consciously turning towards My kingdom which will now be granted to you. First seek the kingdom of God, all other things will be given to you …. This promise shall encourage you to look for the bond with Me and My kingdom, for as yet you are often held back by earthly worries, which you take more seriously than the worry for your soul …. But I promise you certain help, I take all your worries upon Me, providing you first look for Me and My kingdom …. Therefore you can live your earthly life completely without worry, if only you would always remember My promise …. However, only a few people take these Words seriously but they are released from all earthly burdens, for I Myself look after them, and I will lovingly look after every person who only ever strives to gain Me and My kingdom. And he will certainly reach the goal, he will find Me and unite with Me. He will not live his life on earth in vain, he will be admitted to My kingdom and be very happy ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

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

Man determines his own fate ….

B.D. 7541 from March 7th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

The kingdom you desire will become your abode …. Spirit or matter will be your cover, depending on your will, but this is free. The fate that awaits your soul after the body’s apostasy is one you have created for yourselves through your will, which was meant for spirit or matter. Understand that you yourselves are the originators of what awaits you after your death. For you receive what you want: a stay in hard matter or in the spiritual realm …. The fate you have chosen for yourselves during your life on earth awaits you. But they are quite different lots …. They signify bliss or torment, and only those who strive for the spiritual kingdom in earthly life will be allowed to enjoy a beautiful state, they will be blissful, whereas hard matter will again become the shell of the spiritual, which only strived for matter on earth and which is in a state of hardship and torment …. yet through its own fault. You humans live on earth for the purpose of spiritualizing your ego …. of your soul, which is no longer far from its completion. But you must accomplish this spiritualization yourselves of your own free will, and therefore you cannot be hindered if you turn more towards matter again and your ego slowly hardens again …. when your soul sinks back into the depth from which it had already ascended so far that it should only still prove itself as a human being …. It certainly has the opportunity to completely spiritualize itself in the short time of earthly life, for it is granted assistance in every way. But it is also exposed to temptations by the world, it is constantly enticed by matter and seeks to take possession of it; thus it can, in free will, place the material world before the spiritual world, and then it irrevocably takes the path of return to the abyss, then its perfection is in question unless it still comes to its senses before the death of its body and strives towards the spiritual kingdom with a strong will …. which is also possible for it because this will is respected and supported at all times. This is why the material world is a great danger for the human being whose will is weakened ….. For the will determines the soul’s spiritual state and this can very easily develop regressively …. And then the soul’s matter will stay when the body falls prey to death. But if the human being seeks to attain the spiritual kingdom, if his thoughts move more in this than in the earthly kingdom, if he seeks the bond with God, then he need not fear falling prey to matter and his fate in the beyond will be accordingly …. He is in the spiritual kingdom which he aspired to on earth, and only the soul’s degree of maturity determines the degree of light and bliss which that spiritual kingdom offers him …. but it is the spiritual kingdom …. the soul has been able to completely detach itself from the material form, it has reached its original state again, since it was able to create and work in full freedom in light and strength …. It has reached its aim on earth and now no longer needs to pass through the material world, but this is the fate of the souls who only desired matter on earth. And it is the last time of grace, it is the time before the end, when unusual help will still be given to all people so that they can still accomplish their complete spiritualization on earth …. Unusual events provide unusual help where people themselves have become too irresponsible and indifferent …. God Himself comes to the aid of all souls because He loves them and wants to spare them the dreadful fate of a new banishment …. But all people have free will, and this determines the soul’s fate in eternity, in the time after the death of the body, which can be extremely glorious but also equally agonizing, depending on this will and the way of life the person leads on earth. Anyone who strives towards the spiritual kingdom will also enter it; anyone who desires matter will have to take it as a cover again, for the kingdom of the beyond is closed to these souls as soon as the last day on this earth has come ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (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)

God's word announces His will ….

B.D. 7542 from March 8th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

All thinking, willing and acting that is in accordance with the will of God serves the soul to its advantage …. And the will of God is love …. And thus a person’s thinking, wanting and acting must always move within God’s will if the principle of love prevails, if love determines all thinking, wanting and acting. Therefore the divine teaching of love cannot be preached to you humans often enough, which clearly presents God’s will to you and therefore every person who wants to become blissfully happy has to know about it. And because people become negligent, because love has grown cold amongst them, because they are indifferent towards the divine teaching of love, God lets His word sound from above …. He draws people’s attention to a process which again has the transmission of the teaching of love as its occasion, thus He once again conveys this teaching to people so that they recognize its importance and should deal with it mentally …. His word sounds from above which teaches love for God and one’s neighbour again in order to ignite the spark of love in people which is buried and in danger of being suffocated. For love has grown cold amongst people and they don’t know what this means …. that it signifies a spiritual low from which God still wants to rescue people before the end comes. God Himself addresses people and gives them the commandments of love for God and neighbour again …. He gives them the same gospel again which He also proclaimed when He walked the earth. For He wants people to live in love again, because they can only become blissfully happy if they change their nature, which only knows selfish love and therefore the human being is distant from God …. God wants people to seek contact with Him, which is only possible through love or through heartfelt prayer which, however, will only be sent up to Him by a person full of love. Love is the first thing, and love must therefore be preached again and again to people who are blissfully without love. Only when the human being’s thoughts, intentions and actions are determined by love will he live according to God’s will …. And God announces this will to people through His word. He will only ever instruct people to fulfil His commandments of love, for then their thinking, wanting and acting will also be in accordance with God’s will. Therefore, the divine teaching of love cannot be switched off, it is the most important thing because it gives people the guideline for their way of life, because it clearly reveals God’s will, which will always be love for God and one’s neighbour, because then the human being will change again into the former perfection, because then he will accept his original nature again, which was pure love. And again and again God will sound His word from above, for what is taught on earth is no longer respected, even though it is also meant to be the divine teaching of love, yet the proclaimers on earth lack strength if they are not in most intimate contact with the one Who Himself is the word from eternity …. And therefore God Himself addresses people and conveys His word directly to earth, because the adversity on earth is great, because love has grown cold on earth and because only through love can the human being be saved …. And thus he will be taught again and again, and again and again he will be given the commandments of love for God and his neighbour, which he only needs to fulfil in order to acquire eternal life. Yet without love he will be lost for eternity, without love he will live his earthly life in vain, without love his soul cannot mature, without love he will remain a slave to God’s adversary who is devoid of all love himself ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Comforting Words ….

B.D. 7543 from March 9th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

I want to lead you through every adversity …. if only you entrust yourselves to Me, if you submit to My will, if you don’t resist Me with your own will or wrong actions. I will place what you shall and shall not do into your heart, and you can always believe that it is My will, and you can unreservedly do what you inwardly feel impelled to do at all times. Time and again you will experience moments when you will seemingly lose your inner calm, but equally you will also find it again, for this, too, is part of your soul’s spiritual maturing process, that in times of distress it turns to Me for help, that time and again it seeks a renewed bond with Me, so as not to become indifferent to its psychological task. And this shall be a comfort to you, that I know all your adversities …. and that I will put an end to them when the time is right …. You don’t need to be disheartened once you have handed yourselves over to Me and My guidance; you can be assured that I will guide you well and that your every path is predetermined by Me Myself, that you can thus follow it and it will always lead you to the goal.

Yet your life cannot pass you by without struggle and suffering or you would not achieve any spiritual progress, but this is your reason for living on earth after all. However, I will always be your protection and shield; I will always take care that you do not break down under the cross with which I burden you for your salvation …. It will not be heavier than you are able to endure, and it will also be taken from you again when it has achieved its purpose: to gain a degree of maturity for your soul which heightens its bliss when one day it can discard the body and enter the spiritual kingdom. The cross will be taken from you again as soon as the purpose has been achieved, for I will not let you suffer any longer than necessary, and I will also help you carry it when it seems too heavy for you at times ….

You can truly live your earthly life without worry and it will be endurable for you, you will be able to master it with My help, for you granted Me the right to walk by your side as soon as you had chosen Me as your leader. And this shall always be your guarantee that you will not take any wrong paths, for I will prevent it because I love you and because you have turned to Me of your own free will. Just sacrifice to Me whatever weighs you down and it will be a blessing to you. But don’t allow yourselves to get depressed by minor disagreements which will confront you time and again but which are not long-lasting ….

Just renew your heartfelt bond with Me, which is the purpose and goal of all earthly adversities, and you will soon experience a change, once again you will gladly and cheerfully go through life, you will be released from your burden and learn to love Me as your Father ever more, Who will protect and guide you through every adversity ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

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

Following Jesus Christ ….

B.D. 7544 from March 10th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

You are always urged to follow Christ, and again and again Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross is therefore placed before your eyes so that you yourselves take the path to the cross and thus also walk the path of discipleship, as soon as you have recognized His act of salvation as a work of mercy which no human being accomplished on earth before or after Jesus. And if you acknowledge Jesus Christ as God’s son and redeemer of the world, then you will also carry your sins under His cross and ask Him to shed His blood for you too …. You will ask Him for forgiveness of your sins and be willing to walk the path of following Jesus, i.e., to love and suffer on earth. You can only redeem yourselves through love and suffering if you bear your suffering in view of Jesus Christ, for He alone makes you able to do so, otherwise you will collapse under the cross which is imposed on you during your earthly life. With Jesus Christ, however, the cross will become easy for you, for He will help you to carry it …. Yet you don’t know what blessing your soul will receive if it takes up its cross and follows Jesus, you don’t know how much faster it will mature if it humbly bears the suffering it is burdened with and yet looks up to the cross of the saviour and redeemer Who died for it in order to make it possible for it to be released from its guilt. And it will find forgiveness, for Jesus Christ has redeemed all people from sin and death who want to become free from their adversary, from the enemy of their souls. You should walk the path of following Jesus …. This also includes a measure of suffering which you must be willing to endure and which Jesus’ love has burdened you with, so that you will always come closer to Him, so that you will call upon Him when it seems too difficult for you …. But you should try to bear it because then you will follow Him, Who preceded you on the path to the cross. Through His path to the cross He opened the way to eternal beatitude, and if you now follow Him on this path you will also reach the gates through which you can enter the kingdom of light. But the path of following Jesus will always mean a path of suffering which will only become passable for you through love, because love is strength and then you will also endure the cross which is burdened upon you. It was the infinite love of the man Jesus which gave Him the strength to walk the path of the cross to the end, and love will also be the source of strength for you which makes the path of suffering easier for you, which lets you become overcomers. But without love and suffering your soul will not be able to mature, without love and suffering it will stay away from the path to the cross …. Therefore, take up your cross without grumbling and carry it until the end, and it will become increasingly easier for you, for the divine cross-bearer Jesus Christ walks beside you and He will lighten your burden, He will support and strengthen you because you are willing to follow Him ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (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)

Jesus' work of love and mercy ….

B.D. 7545 from March 11th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

You should always look towards the cross, you should always remember the saviour Jesus Christ, Who died for you on the cross …. You should always try to imagine His bitter pain and suffering which He endured for your sins, so that your guilt of sin was redeemed and you could enter the spiritual kingdom again unburdened, the kingdom of light, the gates of which Jesus Christ, the divine redeemer, opened for you. For your sins He suffered, for your sins He died on the cross …. He, Who Himself was without sin, took your guilt of sin upon Himself and went the way to the cross for you. And He did it out of immense love for you humans, whom He knew to be in greatest spiritual need, whom He wanted to release from the fetters of the adversary who had held you captive for eternities. It was a work of love and mercy, such as has only once been accomplished by a human being who was not differently aligned like you, but only harboured so much love in His heart that He wanted to sacrifice Himself for His suffering fellow human beings. And it was this love which gave Him the strength for His act of salvation, it was this love which drove His will, which enabled Him to endure immense suffering and pain and to walk the path of the cross until the end, until His exaltation on the cross, until His agonizing death. But love was God …. It was God Himself Who sacrificed Himself on the cross, it was the eternal love Who suffered and died for humanity. And this love needed a human shell which endured suffering and pain …. a shell in which the greatest work of mercy ever experienced by humanity took place …. This sacrifice on the cross cannot be remembered often enough, because it was unique and yet applied to all of humanity, to the people of the past, the present and the future …. Again and again people must experience that the work of redemption has been accomplished for all of them; again and again they must hear that they themselves also belong to the redeemed if their will is willing to accept the graces of the work of redemption …. Again and again people must remember the divine redeemer, they must turn their gaze to the one Who died on the cross for humanity …. they must imagine their own sinfulness and know that the divine redeemer also died for these sins, providing they are carried to Him, under His cross …. that the human being therefore wants to become free from them and appeals to Jesus Christ for forgiveness of his guilt. The human being must consciously take a stand towards Him and His act of salvation. And therefore he should always remember that he would be lost without Him, the divine redeemer Jesus Christ …. He alone is his saviour from deepest adversity, He alone forgives his guilt, He alone leads him into the kingdom of light and bliss when he has handed over his guilt to Him and asks Him for redemption …. And therefore no man’s life is hopeless, no matter how much he has sinned …. One took all guilt upon Himself and redeemed it on the cross out of immense love. And you should acknowledge this one, you should know and believe that Jesus was the son of God, that He was a human being Who harboured a soul of light within Himself which was so full of love that it was able to contain eternal love Itself and that this ‘eternal love’ walked the earth in order to suffer and die for people …. in order to redeem them. And if you believe and acknowledge God Himself in Jesus you will also become free from all guilt, you will be able to enter eternal life as He has promised you ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (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)

Understanding God's incarnation ….

B.D. 7546 from March 12th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

You should mention every teaching which comes to you from above about the problem of My human manifestation in Jesus, for they will always contribute towards giving light to the human being who longs for light. Precisely this problem is much disputed, and even if people want to accept the existence of the man Jesus they are nevertheless not aware of His actual mission, and they cannot understand that I Myself walked across earth in the man Jesus. But it is of great importance to acknowledge Me Myself in Him because the redemption of every individual person depends on it. The beings which once detached themselves from Me in arrogance, which did not want to acknowledge Me as their lord and therefore fell abysmally, absolutely have to take the path of return to Me, and this includes that they acknowledge Me as their God and creator, as their father of eternity …. I died for this great sin of the former apostasy from Me in the man Jesus on the cross, thus I redeemed the great sin through My suffering and death …. But this also includes the complete return of will to Me, which therefore also requires an acknowledgement of Me …. an acknowledgement of the man Jesus as God’s Son, in Whom the eternal deity Himself embodied Himself, so that Jesus Christ must therefore be acknowledged as God and the human being must turn to Him in order to thereby also prove the acknowledgement of Myself. It is difficult to make this problem comprehensible to the human being, but as soon as he knows about the aim of all people on earth, that the soul has to spiritualize itself in order to accept the original being again, then it is also possible to understand that the human being Jesus had spiritualized Himself in such a way…, that I, as the eternal love, could take abode in Him, that His original nature thus completely corresponded to Mine, that we were no longer two but one and thus I Myself accomplished the act of salvation which ended with the most painful death on the cross …. I am a spirit Who fills the whole universe, I cannot be personified as a limited form as you imagine, but I was able to take a form as My abode, I was able to radiate this form fully and completely with My spirit, and then this form also had to be Me Myself. It was only the outer shell of a human being, but what was in this outer shell was divine spirit, that was I Myself from eternity …. Again and again this teaching shall be brought to people, for again and again I try to guide people into truth through My word, to give them full understanding for the greatest mystery, for My incarnation in Jesus, so that you will learn to recognize why Jesus Christ has to be acknowledged, why you should call upon Him and then only ever call upon Me Myself. As long as you humans lack this understanding you will also have a certain indifference towards Jesus Christ, because you only ever look at the work of the man Jesus but cannot find a spiritual connection which is the basis of His mission on earth. But you humans were the reason for this act of salvation, you humans caused Jesus’ descent, your original sin was the motive for My incarnation in Jesus, for only I Myself was able to redeem this original sin because it was too great for you to have been able to pay it off yourselves, even if it had been your will. And I had to use a human shell to do so …. a shell which was able to suffer and die like any other human being but which, by virtue of the spirit of God sheltering within it, was able to endure unusual suffering which any other human being would have succumbed to prematurely. So I Myself took on such a cover and became a ‘human being’ ….. But the human being, Who served Me as a cover, was ‘God’ at the same time, for only the outer cover was matter, but what this cover contained was spirit in all fullness, for My spirit permeated everything in Him, His body and His soul, because the human being Jesus had prepared Himself such that I could take abode in Him. Nevertheless, He died as a human being on the cross, He bore immense suffering which I allowed to suffice as a sacrifice of atonement for the whole of humanity, for all people of the past, the present and the future. And if the human being wants this problem to become comprehensible to him, then he will also be given the understanding for it. Nevertheless, there must be messengers who receive and pass on My pure word, and everyone of good will will also feel inwardly touched when he is given information about the extent to which Jesus was God and I, as your God and father, became human …. But the degree of his understanding depends on the degree of love which fills a person’s heart …. Love will kindle a light for him and he will also recognize the light of eternity, Which Itself became human in order to redeem people from sin and death ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (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)

God is a kind, merciful judge ….

B.D. 7547 from March 13th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

You will always be pointed to My infinite love and mercy, and therefore every sinner shall fearlessly come to Me and appeal to Me for forgiveness of his guilt of sin …. I walked the earth as a human being, I experienced all weaknesses of My fellow human beings as a human being, I had understanding for them because I Myself was human …. I look down with immense love on all people who are at fault and My mercy wants to help them. But they have to come to Me themselves and entrust themselves to Me, and therefore they have to know about My love so that they will have faith in Me, Who does not condemn them but wants to help them to become free from their sins. For the sinner is still under My adversary’s control, he is still a slave to him, and therefore he will remain in sin as long as he has not yet escaped from My adversary. But he will only be released from him when he takes refuge in Me to help him …. And he will only take refuge in Me when he has recognized Me as a kind, merciful judge under Whose power he willingly submits …. Therefore you should not speak of a God of wrath, of an unmerciful judge who mercilessly condemns what has become sinful …. My love and mercy know no bounds, and if your sins were as red as blood I would wash you white as snow …. you can believe this, for you are all My creatures who came forth from My love and whom I will love for all eternity. You just have to recognize your guilt, you have to admit yourselves that you have become guilty and come to Me with this admission …. And you must approach Me in Jesus Christ for forgiveness of your guilt. For I died on the cross for this guilt and thus redeemed it. You should always remember that I am a God of love, not a God of wrath. The fact that My justice cannot endow you with beatitude should only ever make you strive to establish a just balance yourselves, which consists of you recognizing and confessing your guilt …. that you appeal to Me for forgiveness in order not to fall prey to My justice, which may not be eliminated despite My greater than great love, because justice belongs to My perfect nature. Yet since I Myself redeemed the guilt on the cross, you need only want Me to have shed My blood for you too, and then you can also avail yourselves of the blessings of My act of salvation …. You can count on full forgiveness of your sins because My love has redeemed them. And I call out to all sinners: Come to Me, under My cross, and cast off your burden of sin …. and you will be set free from it, because My love and mercy wants to prepare a blissful fate for you …. because I want you to return to Me from Whom you once came forth ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (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)

God's endless, immeasurable love ….

B.D. 7548 from March 14th 1960, taken from Book No. 79

You will eternally not need to do without My love, for My fundamental nature is love, thus I cannot help but show love to you, My living creations, whether you are worthy of it or not …. Even your apostasy from Me could not reduce this love, because this is not possible or My nature would change, which is eternally supremely perfect, thus it also has to emanate unlimited love. If it were possible for you to grasp this infinite love of Mine you would also reciprocate My love, because you would open yourselves to My illumination of love and be unable to do otherwise than push towards Me in love. But because you are still imperfect you cannot imagine My all-encompassing love, you measure with human yardsticks and also set limits to My love, and therefore you are also unaware of My attitude of love which is always and constantly valid for you, especially during your time on earth when you are supposed to prove yourselves. The fact that I Myself am love is still incomprehensible to you humans as long as you have not changed yourselves into love …. Therefore you will only be able to understand everything when your nature has become love, but then you will already have come so close to Me that you will also feel My great love for you, and then you can also be called blessed, even if you still live on earth. But first I want to impart this knowledge of My love to you, you should have faith in Me, you should not see the distant God in Me but your father Who lovingly looks after His children and does not want them to go to ruin. You should know that everything that affects you fate-wise is determined by My love, for My wisdom recognizes what serves you, and because I want you to become blessed I also use the means which promise success. My love for you is exceedingly great, and if it were to be united with My righteousness, with My perfection, I would create unlimited beatitudes for all of you because I want you to be happy …. But the law of eternal order requires a degree of maturity for these beatitudes, a state which only love can create …. Therefore you first have to change yourselves into love before My love can make you completely happy. But it is always and forever meant for you, and if you were able to imagine that I embrace you with heartfelt love despite your inadequate state of maturity, you would also give yourselves to Me without restraint and bridge the wide gulf which still keeps us apart as long as you keep away from Me …. try to imagine My great love for you, try to come close to My heart, awaken love for Me in yourselves and now give Me your heart …. try it and it will only be for your own good, for then you will be willing to unite with Me, and this will is already blessed and will also lead you to the aim. Always remember that My love is unlimited and that it encompasses everything that has emerged from it …. And you are My living creations whom I want to make into My children …. This is why My love always and forever belongs to you and will also reach its aim one day, so that it can radiate through you again as it once did, so that it will make you unimaginably happy because My love knows no limits ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 79 (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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