Divine Revelation
My beloved sons and daughters, you live in a time unlike any that has existed before. Such a time requires a holy revealed word suited to the circumstances and one that, for all its love, reflects the necessary seriousness with great clarity. Yet for all those who not only believe My message but also follow it, it will be truly good news.
Ever since—in times beyond imagining—the Fall took place, leading to the formation of realms outside heaven and finally to the emergence of the material universe, there has not been a single moment in which the forces of darkness have not tried to wage their struggle against Me and My creation with the aim of building a creation of their own. Without scruple they made and still make use of every means and possibility available to them, which are far more sophisticated, differentiated, and extensive than human beings can imagine. In many revelations I have drawn your attention to the subtlety of their methods and to the very great watchfulness required of My human children if they are not to walk into the many traps that have been set.
Because darkness lacks the comprehensive consciousness and overview needed to recognize that it cannot win against the forces of light, it never at any time withdrew its efforts. But when it had to realize that its strength would not be sufficient after all to bring a creation of its own into life, it changed its intention. It began to seduce, intrigue, lie, and deceive—all with the goal it never again lost sight of: to bring about chaos and destruction. In this way it also obtained its energy, both from the human beings it could enlist for its purposes and from those who, for lack of trust in God, went through life full of fear and worry.
There were times—for example in the period you call the Middle Ages—when it seemed that a greater distance from God could not exist, because the image of Me and My love had been turned into a distortion beyond compare. But I tell you, the distance between Me and the overwhelming majority of My human children cannot be greater than it is today. The excesses of violence that in earlier times so often culminated in torture and burning are no longer the means used by the opposing forces today. They have understood how to estrange Me from human beings so that hardly anyone still seeks and finds Me in the heart. They have altered My teaching in such a way that My holy activity in everything is no longer recognized. They have made Me into an abstract God who seemingly allows injustice without mercy and in whom it is not worth believing.
Truly, truly, I tell you, the ignorance of human beings is immeasurably great! Never before have they allowed themselves to be so blinded and at the same time led astray like willing sheep!
An immense number of your brothers and sisters from the light have made it their task to incarnate in this difficult time in order to build a counterweight to all that is negative. If they were not here, and if they had not already brought much light into your darkness, the phase that lies ahead of you would be considerably harder to master. But they, and all those whom they have already been able to inspire to rethink and move to act in the spirit of love for their neighbor, have contributed and continue to contribute to ensuring that the light will not lose its radiance.
But that does not change the fact that the time announced over many centuries must come so that the wheat may be separated from the chaff and what is dark can no longer present itself as a bringer of success and bearer of light.
This time is here, even though there has not been, and will not be, the one starting signal, the one signal, because the transition is gradual. But I tell you: The final battle has begun!
When the words “final battle” are spoken, people immediately think of armed conflicts. Many in your time of relative calm find it difficult to believe in such a clash of opposing forces, even though it really requires little imagination to picture a scenario of this kind.
But final battle does not necessarily mean the immediate use of military means. The conflict between light and darkness cannot be identified by that alone. It does mean, however, that the phase of preparations has largely been completed, even though these preparations continue to be expanded and refined. And it means that the ground has been prepared and the seed of negativity sown, and that the first harvest is being gathered. A decisive step has been taken—after carefully thought-out planning and a period of preparation extending over centuries and millennia. Hence My word about the beginning of the final battle.
Especially in recent years and decades, the preparations were carefully dosed and intensified in small steps, which in this way went largely unnoticed. The opposing forces benefited from technological development, which enabled them to penetrate more deeply into almost every area of life in order to sow their seed there. Whoever goes through the day with open eyes and ears could not fail to notice that changes have taken place everywhere that present themselves as conveniences and progress. But on closer examination they reveal themselves as skillfully constructed traps in which a large part of humanity all too readily and all too often becomes entangled.
No sector of your daily life was left out; everything was infiltrated, everything was “worked on” from within, often enough estranged from its true purpose and partly hollowed out. You can look wherever you like and everywhere you will find seed that carries negativity within it: in the economy, the environment, marriage and partnership, education and nutrition, in culture with its many facets, in finance, social coexistence, the worldwide possibilities of communication, the countless differing religious ideas, and much more.
There is nothing wrong with My human children making use of progress in every field; indeed, because everything is evolution, progress is necessary. One thing builds upon another. But whoever asks whether My law of love served as the foundation of a highly praised advance will, on honest examination, clearly recognize in which developments darkness had a hand.
Restriction of consciousness takes place gradually. Accepting and using offerings that, on closer examination, do not do justice to My law of love impairs attentiveness, watchfulness, and the ability to discern. The result is an initially imperceptible restriction of insight and of the “view into the depths,” which intensifies over time. Access to spiritual knowledge is either not permitted in the first place or is gradually obstructed until the focal points and supposed necessities of life shift more and more toward distracting externals. This need not necessarily happen during a single incarnation. The opposing side plans for the long term, and so it is entirely possible that a mentality content with “bread and circuses” can build up over several incarnations.
Once again, My beloved: Do not underestimate My adversaries and yours! What you see—if you see it at all—is only the tip of a vast iceberg. The real danger comes from the part that is invisible—but not inactive!
Yet your seducers too are My beloved children and your brothers and sisters; and they remain so, regardless of the extent and manner in which they oppose the law. They too will be redeemed by love—which does not mean that you must make yourselves blind and deaf to the dangers of their conduct.
The struggle between light and darkness that has lasted since ancient times can be compared to a game of chess in which both sides are constantly acting on the opponent’s squares. As soon as one side makes a move, the other makes its countermove. In the course of the game, when you look at world events, it often seems as though Black has the upper hand and might decide the game in its favor. But appearances are deceptive. If you use the logic of your heart, you will also recognize why:
There is no power stronger than love. If, in the image of the chess game, you allow Me the color White and thus the first move, and if you are further convinced that I play without error, then you know how the game will end. Without doubt there will be phases during the game that can give doubters and fearful people the impression that Black may perhaps retain the upper hand after all. Humanity is presently in a phase that can give rise to such confusion.
But it is like a pregnancy: Whoever during labor looks only at the discomforts of the moment has his vision clouded and cannot look forward to what is coming. Labor pains are necessary to initiate the long-awaited event of birth.
My time, however, is different from yours.
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I would not be the loving Father and almighty God if I limited Myself to pointing out the dangers and warning you about the snares of darkness. I would not be the One who holds His hand protectively over all who are of good will. I would not be the highest intelligence of infinity and eternity if I did not stand above events—whatever their kind—and place in the hands of My own very practical help that will guide them safely through the coming time.
For this I use the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Both groups were informed of the bridegroom’s coming arrival. The one group took the warning seriously; the other did not. The former were prepared and were able to receive the bridegroom; the latter were not and could not enter the wedding hall.
Parables always remain figurative comparisons, but their meaning becomes clear to the one who is ready to look at his own behavior and life in the light of the parable. The wise virgins, first, believed the announcement, and second, made the necessary preparations—preparations that were easy to put into practice by having the required lamp oil ready.
If you wish, replace the announcement of the bridegroom with the information about the time that lies ahead of you, and replace the provision of oil with your endeavor to put My teaching of love into practice in your lives. Just as the oil was important for being able to go out to meet the bridegroom at midnight, so your endeavor is necessary in order to grow into the intimate connection with Me that will be your protection.
In a time of unrest, in which uncertainties and fears are increasing worldwide because of prevailing ignorance, it is indispensable—at least for the one who wants to entrust himself to Me—to have an orientation, a guideline that gives him certainty that he is on the right path.
With the commandment of love for God and neighbor and with the Sermon on the Mount I have placed in your hands a standard that, if you measure your conduct against it and correct that conduct where necessary, will move you forward on your way to Me. Countless explanations have been given in the past about how My words are to be put into practice, what they mean, and how they can change the actions and omissions of the individual. What often stood against an honest effort to apply them was human weakness and inertia; moreover, the human being failed to recognize what a treasure and at the same time what protection was being offered to him there.
And so today I want to bring another point of approach close to you, an orientation of which I have already spoken repeatedly. It is meant to be a guideline and safeguard for you, My promise that in the coming time I am at your side and guide you as provided for in My law, which is governed by My love and mercy.
Therefore listen, and let this fall deeply into you so that it becomes firmly anchored there: Whoever serves the law, the law serves him! And whoever is served by the law is taken under its guidance.
You may already have heard or read this statement several times without its full truth having immediately opened itself to everyone. The law of which I speak is My law of love! Therefore, whoever endeavors to fulfill this law is served by the law—not because it does not want to serve everyone, but because it can become fully effective only where the human being, by free decision, places himself under the law of love.
Whoever strives to unfold again the capacity for love dwelling within him must carry peace within. Without inner peace there is no real love. And whoever carries peace within has first looked at his inner world and put it in order. That means he has recognized the difficulties, problems, and adversities that life has placed before him as learning tasks—and will certainly continue to place before him—questioned them as well as he could, and with My help worked through and mastered them, at least for the most part. In other words: He is at peace with himself; he is up to date. That in turn means: He is serious about his endeavor to become love again step by step. He has entrusted himself and his life to the law of love and, in accordance with his sincere effort, lives My commandment of love for God and neighbor, which also includes rightly understood love for himself.
If you want to know how far you have already come on this path, ask yourselves the following questions:
Is the life I now lead the life I imagined in the depths of my heart, the life I desire? Am I happy and content in it? Or are there still unfulfilled, pressing desires that make me restless and stand in the way of the balance and harmony I seek? Are there old faults and wrong patterns of behavior, long recognized but still not worked through and mastered, that keep catching up with me? Or can I—as far as this is already possible for me at present within the limits of my possibilities—say: “It is good as it is, Father. I am on the way to You and know that with Your help I will also master the rest of the journey”?
If you, My beloved son, and you, My beloved daughter, can say the latter with an honest heart, then you have placed yourself under the protection of My law. Then the coming time will not trouble you, for then you know: Jesus Christ, the love within the Father, is at my side! Come what may! Though “protection” does not at the same time mean that in future you will be spared every adversity and hardship. A soul that goes into incarnation with understanding knows that it enters the domain of darkness; that the earthly life before it will not be a bed of roses. But whoever accepts Me as his guide, whoever gives Me his yes, has the strongest and most faithful friend at his side. This makes it possible for Me to keep away or lessen much that otherwise, under certain circumstances, would lead to severe physical and emotional burdens.
Because of inadequate instruction, this path—the only one of lasting effectiveness—is scarcely known. Certainly it is not wrong to send brief urgent prayers toward heaven, to wrap oneself in light in difficult situations, or to meet stressful situations through meditation, but in this way you, My child, will not find your way into the joyful and lasting sense of safety that everyone who seeks Me and believes in Me desires. Praying to Me in unpleasant situations is one way of receiving help. But does this replace the fundamental decision I desire from you? Do you not want more than a noncommittal relationship with Me? Do you not want the security of My constant guidance?
This will arise “automatically” in your life if you are serious in your endeavor to follow Me. Here too, an image:
A father or mother crosses a heavily traveled street with a small child by the hand; not without danger for a small child if it tried, in self-will, to cross the street alone. But if it remains at the caring hand and listens to the warnings and guidance, crossing even a very busy street is no problem. If, however, it tears itself free and tries to go its own way, it steps out of parental protection and possible complications are inevitable.
This is how My protection “works” as well, though it leaves everyone the free will to let go of My guiding hand too, which means: for a time to go his own way as he sees fit.
If you are not yet clear about what it means to “serve the law,” then reflect on what the law of love includes. It has many facets that will gradually open to you when you are ready to go within more often and more deeply. I see in many hearts the intention to love Me and the neighbor. I rejoice in this and support every endeavor. But far too few know that many of their scarcely noticed patterns of behavior stand in the way of the commandment to love their neighbor and themselves. They too represent blockages that make it more difficult to grow step by step into the law of love. Among them are:
Being unable to forgive, being unable to ask forgiveness, repeatedly bringing up the past, dependence on people and things, bad habits long since recognized, expectations, lack of consistency, inability to decide and to let go, feelings of guilt, inability to say “no.” All this and much, much more are obstacles that make it difficult for you to become the love that already lies in your soul and wants to express itself in you and through you.
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I have gone into a little detail in order to show you what can make it difficult for a human being, despite all good will, to take further steps toward Me—steps that both soul and human being fundamentally long for.
Whoever begins, in his daily endeavor, also to look at the areas he has not previously regarded as “brake blocks,” that did not seem so important to him, and gradually includes them in his inner work with Me, will take a mighty step forward. It will follow naturally that he grows into an—into his!—inner freedom, so that in the end he can say: “Yes, the way I live, in an intimate relationship with my God who stands by me in all things, corresponds to my desire.”
Then peace has entered within, the peace that is the foundation for being able to love God and one’s neighbor in freedom. Then the Father-child connection has been established, the connection I desire so deeply. Then the protection has been activated that offers the only security there is: security in Me, your God!
Then finally you become the examples your time so urgently needs. You will be like islands in a storm-tossed sea, places of refuge, comfort, and help for those who still have to develop this inner strength. No matter how violently the raging sea may rise up, you have gained the trust that has proved to be the sum of the experiences made with Me. Through your yes and My support you have become able to say: “Father, everything is good.”
At the beginning I said that My revealed word would be truly good news for all those who not only believe My message but also follow it. Now you know what I meant by that; for a message that promises guidance and support in a difficult time to those who receive and put that message into practice is truly one of the greatest joys that can befall a human being.
Blessing you, I spread out My arms and embrace My creation with everything that was created through Me and lives through Me. My blessing applies to all, whether they fight Me, are indifferent toward Me, or love Me. At the proper time it will be strength and healing for all: for the one group, to move them to realization and turning back; for the other, to strengthen them on their way to the Father’s house, which they are already consciously taking.
Amen.