2742 Religious organizations.... transience....

May 16, 1943: Book 34/35/36

The complete disintegration of religious organizations will not be long in coming. People are already too far removed from spiritual aspirations for religious organizations to still mean much to them, and if the latter are to be dissolved by earthly measures they will not resist them but will support these measures by tacitly tolerating them. Only those people will rebel who, even if they can be called believers, are not yet inward enough to recognize that spiritual higher development is not dependent on human institutions. For they are still too attached to outward appearances, to traditional actions, which for them are the epitome of religious feeling. They have not yet penetrated deeply enough into spiritual knowledge, otherwise they would remain untouched by those measures that can destroy the outer shell, but never the inner core. For the latter can mature far more easily without the shell, which is in any case only the work of man and does not greatly favour higher spiritual development. The many organizations have not been able to bring about any great spiritual successes, for humanity has become more and more de-spiritualized, despite these human institutions, so even the elimination of these will not mean a decline in spiritual development. On the other hand, it will become clear to what extent the individual now takes it upon himself to strive spiritually, for only this has real value before God. People should be made to believe in a loving, wise and omnipotent creator and His expression of will, the divine commandments, should be proclaimed to them.... And this truly does not require the kind of organizations that have been created by human beings. These teachings can always and everywhere be proclaimed to people as soon as a person is knowledgeable and wants to pass on his knowledge in love to his fellow human being. However, if people are completely inaccessible to such teachings, then they will fade from their ears, just as, conversely, a willing person is receptive and will always endeavour to follow the teachings. Mankind of the present time, however, is turning away from everything spiritual, not least because these worldly-church organizations do not appeal to them, because they see in them only the work of man and the core remains closed to them, which would justify these institutions. Too much value is placed on the outward appearance, and consequently one seeks to destroy that which displeases man. Everything will fall victim to earthly measures, even the endeavours to spread the truth will be stopped, which is a sign of a de-spiritualized humanity which no longer wants to accept anything that lies outside of the earthly. And yet God allows all these human encroachments as, on the other hand, they are suitable to make people think. And this will be successful with those who were still too lukewarm and external and are now forced to take a stand. The followers are still without their own opinion, but then they have to stand up for themselves, they have to clarify their relationship to God standing outside the organization, they have to seek the connection with God themselves, and their way of life has to correspond to God's will, which is sufficiently known to every human being and which they only have to fulfil in order to also feel connected to God and to belong to His church, which is not to be understood worldly but spiritually. People will have to expect great changes because the time of decision is drawing ever closer and everything that God has proclaimed in word and writing must first be fulfilled.... "not one stone will be left upon another....", nothing that exists will remain because people created it and human work is transient....

Amen

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