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Spiritual battle of the Fallen
18th November 1848
Jakob Lorber saw on November 17 between 11 o'clock before midnight and 1 o'clock after midnight northwest, the sky very strongly reddened and was put into fear by this fiery sign. He therefore asked the Lord the following question: "Oh Lord! Was the great sign in heaven that I saw yesterday only a so-called northern light or is it a prophetic sign of a future, perhaps even greater bloodshed? Oh Lord, if it would please You, I would like to know from Your most holy mouth what it is basically and whether and what it means after all.
[1] Well, well, then write, I will surely tell you well; but do not hesitate, when I will reveal it to you.
[2] Yesterday's light and fiery sign in the sky was, according to it's outward appearance, a natural, so-called northern light; but the reason for this was and is not as natural as the appearance in itself, which of course is also only spiritual, but is exceedingly strongly misunderstood in it's true essence by the short-sighted and now all too often blind people, since it is regarded merely as a kind of electrical emanation and not as a spiritual conflict. But I tell you and all of you that this phenomenon in itself is also completely spiritual and therefore also means something completely different than what people think.
[3] See, all so-called heat and fire-spirits who come bodily for these wars, are now angry and wrathful beyond measure because of the acts of violence that have been inflicted upon them. But since all spirits of such a fierce mind come, after the falling away of the body, under the protection of the peace spirits of the north of the earth, it also goes without saying that the too indignant spirits of those who have died in the present wars also go there to go through the school of peace, rest and reconciliation.
[4] That with all newcomers this school produces at first an even greater indignation than with which they have arrived from the world is certainly easy to think and understand, since a restless spirit only then becomes restless to the fullest extent when it is offered rest, just as with a disturber of peace still living here, if it is caught.
[5] If his body is also quiet because of the threatened evil consequences, but the inner man is all the more furious, who, if he had power, would surely take the most dreadful revenge on his conquerors. Therefore, however, it is all the more the case with the spirits that have become detached from their bodies, because they after all enjoy a certain freedom by virtue of which they can do as they please, though only apparently and not effectively.
[6] So these spirits, of which now the north is as if overcrowded, penetrate therefore further towards noon and excite there all spirits that have already become more peaceful in these regions and start a formal fight with them, so that they stand up to defend themselves. When then such a fight begins, it becomes apparently bright red in the atmosphere. And when soon the spirits of peace come and capture the overly hot enemies in a certain way, this gives the appearance of whitish bundles flying in all directions through the glowing red looking atmosphere, and this until the red finally changes completely into a dull white-yellow, whereupon the whole appearance soon disappears.
[7] But that such extraordinary spiritual eruptions and the spirit-wars arising out of them also arouse and awaken a quite equal lust for revenge and fight among the spirits of the same kind still living bodily on earth, that you can accept all the more certain as you know how much in everything the whole external world and it's outward appearances depend only on the spirit-world, may it be good or bad. And so you can also accept this extraordinary phenomenon as a reason why, especially from the North German side, might even be followed by bloody movements!
[8] Of course, I'm also there in the background, which I either veto or fiat – and that according to how people are and behave. But the people are still mostly bad and full of malice, arrogance and domineering revenge, and so a fiat rather than a veto should surely be given by Me.
[9] I tell you: A great deal of innocent blood powerfully cries out to Me for revenge, and that sounds unpleasant to My ears. Therefore consider for yourselves what I, as the only just eternal retaliator, will be obliged to do.
[10] I say to you: Great woe to all who misuse My power given to them and My great patience and long-suffering for the downfall of their brothers! If I shall strike them, they will be struck forever.
[11] It will happen so quickly that you will not know it; yes, it will be like lightning, and they will seek in vain the fox's bow and holes to hide themselves in, but it will be in vain. For to hide from My eyes and hands might well be somewhat difficult. This I, the omnipresent and all-seeing One say. Amen, Amen, Amen.