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2420 Distance from God.... powerlessness.... downfall....

July 22, 1942: Book 33

God's commandments are disregarded and humanity only pays homage to the world and thus to the one who rules the world. And because it does not recognize the creator of heaven and earth, because it does not fulfil His will and subordinates itself to His adversary, it is heading for destruction, for it distances itself more and more from God and can therefore be given less and less of His strength.... But powerlessness is downfall.... lack of strength is unspeakably painful for the spiritual, which cannot continue its course of development but remains bound because it cannot free itself without the supply of strength from God. But the distance from God is synonymous with the withdrawal of strength and therefore a lifeless state, which the being only realizes after the end of earthly life. It is an unspeakably sad time for the spiritual, which the wrong will of man lets remain in the bound state, and cause of this spiritual trouble is the lack of love.... the acting of men against the divine commandments.... Too little love is practiced for the neighbour, yet the love of self is increased and therefore also the love for the world is strengthened, and therefore things cannot get better on earth, people cannot be spared suffering because they themselves want it that way. And such a time of unkindness necessitates God's intervention because His commandments are no longer obeyed. God demands that people love their neighbour, and He also sees love for Himself in this.... "Whatever you do to the least of My brothers, you have done to Me...." He Himself calls all people His brothers.... And He wants people on earth to act like brothers towards one another. He wants to measure their love for Him by this. And people do not listen to His voice, they pay no attention to His word and ignore their fellow human being's hardship with a lack of love. And thus they shall feel the same hardship, they shall have to bear the same fate, suffering shall shape everyone if he is still capable of change, and they shall learn to regard their neighbour as a brother and serve each other. But this can only bring about great earthly hardship and therefore God has to let such happen on earth so that love is awakened in people and spiritual decay is prevented where the possibility of a change of will is still possible. And this is what the coming time is supposed to bring about, which will still bring infinite suffering because otherwise humanity can no longer be led to love and without love it will be completely lost. And this is to be expected in a short time.... For humanity is moving further and further away from God and can only be led back to God by way of great suffering if it has not yet completely fallen prey to God's adversary and continues to persist in unkindness. But then the hour of judgement is not far away, the day when there will be a final separation between good and evil.... between those who live in love, who recognize God as their lord, and the followers of the world, who are devoid of all love....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers