Source: https://www.bertha-dudde.org/en/proclamation/1370

1370 Demonic activity.... self-determination.... education station....

April 4, 1940: Book 23

It is like an unbroken chain, it is an endless series of events that reveal the demonic activity and therefore also the shackled state in which humanity finds itself. Every thought, every action betrays the influence of evil, and this has a tremendous effect on souls who are unable to free themselves from such shackles. And so this demonic activity also brings about a complete disintegration of faith because the human being himself offers no resistance. It is incredibly bleak to see how everything that reminds us of God is given up, how faith in the divine saviour dwindles more and more and how all humanity's thoughts and desires are only directed towards that which is part of the dark power. The doctrines of faith are already concepts from the world of fantasy and the human being feels superior to these teachings; he lives his earthly life and everything spiritual is unwanted ballast to him. And so it is inevitable that the power of God has to oppose these demonic forces, that it puts a stop to satan's goings-on. Without divine help the spiritual decline would progress and ultimately lead to complete ruin, yet the father in heaven remembers the few whose will is still undecided, who have not yet finally surrendered to Him. And in order to save these, He allows that judgement to come upon the earth which is unimaginable in its consequences. He wants to send humanity news of His omnipotence once again, He wants to direct their thoughts towards Himself so that they will call upon Him and He can help them. He still wants to wrest those souls from satan which have not yet completely fallen prey to him so that humanity will not be completely lost.... It is a mighty event which is supposed to bring about all this, and it only depends on the human being's will as to how he allows this event to affect him. It can mean his liberation, but it can also mean his final captivity in satanic power. Once again, it is up to man to choose between good and evil.... to choose between light and darkness. And God provides him with all the means to regocnize, if only he wants to. The immutable law of self-determination cannot be overturned at will, man himself must now also determine his future fate, he must declare through his will which path he wants to take, upwards or downwards. Only the eternal deity can come to his aid in such a way that it lets him see the transience of what he has striven for so far. And thus an apparent work of destruction can be of immeasurable advantage for the human being's soul as soon as he turns away from earthly possessions at the right time and strives for spiritual possessions instead. A tremendous change of habitual life can also bring about a change of thinking, and this is the last possibility to straighten up the whole of humanity and to let it find faith in God again. The endeavour of the present time is to eradicate all faith.... since earthly life was only given to man for the purpose that man should develop himself and his soul through faith, life must also be taken from him if he does not fulfil this actual purpose. For an earthly life without faith only entails a regressive development of the being. And this is inevitably the consequence of such aberrations of the whole of humanity that God's omnipotence and rule appears in order to still save what is willing and to completely destroy what is completely under satan's control. For the earth is an educational station of the spirit.... but where it is not regocnized as such the beings should no longer be allowed to stay on it, for they deprive themselves of this grace....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers