Gifts of Heaven · Volume 2 · Chapter 305

An informal message

31st July 1843

"Who is as blind as My servant? And who is as deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as the perfect man and as blind as the servant of the Lord?" To whom, oh Lord, is this prophecy of Isaiah (42:19) aimed?

[1] First, this prophecy aims at Me and says nothing else but: Who is as full of love as I, God from eternity, I who even adopt a servant-form to serve all My children as Father in the most just way? And who is so full of patience, long-suffering, grace and compassion and does not listen to the many blasphemies of the people and does good to those in the world who mock Him, disregard Him and love everything that the world has more lively than Him, the Lord of Life ?!

[2] Who is as indulgent as the All-seeing One? And who respects people's sins as little as I, the only Holy One, since I even enter the dwellings of sinners and hold a joyous meal with them and teach them the ways of life Myself, and draw them and guide them, and yet do not force them to step out of their external freedom and take it captive, in order thereby to reach inner, true freedom in the spirit – but each one can do what he wants in this!?

[3] It goes without saying that, since everyone can attain to the inner freedom of the spirit only through the voluntary, complete restriction of his outer world-freedom – that is, eternal life is founded in a complete denial of self. Because whatever man does pleasurably according to his outer free will, that pulls him away from the spirit and blocks the quiet and always narrow path into spiritual free will.

[4] Outwardly he may well recognize what is true, what is necessary for inner life. But he will still never perceive the mighty love-drive in himself to do this completely, but will either be content with the knowledge alone, or he will be half here and half there – thus a lurker who will hardly ever reach inner, spiritual freedom!

[5] But for all that I am always deaf and blind and allow each one his joy and his love until it will show in the end what someone with the external freedom will have achieved, no matter how fair it was before the world.

[6] But as it is first with Me according to this prophecy, so it is, secondly, also with every servant and messenger whom I send or awaken. He may only teach, but may not violate anybody, but, in such a case, should withdraw as soon as possible and make himself blind and deaf, so that all may have the free use of will, whether for life or for death – for this the servant is not responsible, and he must be deaf and blind, that each would receive his own merit, either so or so!

[7] That is why I now also no longer give the servants any other miracle-power, except only that of the word. Whoever will let himself be led by this, he shall reach inner, spiritual freedom. But he who is not satisfied with this miracle, is to remain undisturbed in his outer freedom and it's consequences!

[8] Behold, this prophecy aims at all of this! Observe it, and you will reach inner freedom! Thus says the Lord! Amen, Amen, Amen.