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2737 God reveals Himself to people and is not recognized....

May 13, 1943: Book 34/35/36

Divine love reveals itself to people in order to help them, yet people do not recognize it.... spiritual darkness is too great that even the light which breaks through the darkness is no longer recognized. And so people can experience the most wondrous things, they do not recognize them. And when God reveals Himself to them in the word, they do not grasp it and turn away from Him. But God, in His love, always brings Himself close to them, for He has mercy on humanity, which has fallen into satan's trap and cannot free itself from it by its own efforts. And that is why He will make Himself known to people even more clearly. Heaven and earth will shake and His voice will resound loudly and audibly so that everyone must hear it.... And again God will reveal Himself to people through the forces of nature and His voice can no longer be ignored. And yet, even then God will still not be recognized because people are hardened and do not want to submit to a higher power. But God can no longer express Himself more clearly if He does not want to impair people's freedom of faith. His love is unchanging and He will not let His living creations fall who have emerged from it, but until they recognize God's love it cannot express itself as strength either. But so that men become aware of God's love, He shows Himself and His work obviously. He speaks to people everywhere and at all times if only they want to hear Him, and He also imparts His word to those who do not unite with Him but want to receive His word. However, people who are of good will will always recognize from this that God constantly takes care to inform them of His love, His strength and power.... He wants to reveal Himself to people as a being full of love and goodness, and He wants people to love this being and submit to Him. He wants them to recognize Him as their father and creator and to establish the relationship of a child with its father so that He can always help them if they need His help. And that is why He makes Himself known to them wherever possible and in the most diverse ways. People can no longer find their way back to Him on their own because they no longer believe in His existence, because they are so far removed from true faith that they have lost the concept of God. Consequently, He has to show Himself to them again, He has to reveal Himself to them again so that they will believe in Him and His might and strength again.... His reign and activity is no longer noticed unless it appears in an extraordinary way, and even then there are only a few who recognize Him. However, in order not to jeopardize people's freedom of faith, God does not express Himself in such a way that people are forced to believe in Him, but everything happens within the framework of naturalness, apart from a few cases where He more obviously approaches the believers, who are no longer endangered by this because they believe in Him and His power. Now fellow human beings can be pointed out to Him and they, too, can come to faith if they are willing, i.e. if they strive for the good and only need a nudge to seek God, Who will then also allow Himself to be found. In the time to come the signs God gives to people will increase so that they should recognize Him.... His reign and activity will become more obvious because the spiritual hardship of the time necessitates this and, on the other hand, people are less receptive than ever for something extraordinary and try to explain all phenomena in this respect intellectually. Consequently, such phenomena will not compel people to believe but will give the believers increased strength and faith. And that is why God reveals Himself to His own and also to those who want to return to Him, who only lacked strength and faith. He helps them to find Him, He comes to them Himself and He will also be recognized where the human being's will is not completely turned away from Him....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers