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4524 The world lay in bands.... (Christmas announcement)

December 26, 1948: Book 52

Peace be to you humans on earth if you are of good will.... And therefore I Myself came to earth as a human being in order to bring you peace, that is, to show you the path on which you can attain peace of heart. For the world lay in the bonds of satan and had to be delivered from him. And so a man surrendered himself to his wickedness by granting him all power and fighting against him. He faced him for battle; not that he sought to escape from him, but that he should unfold all power against him, and he wanted to resist him, he wanted to emerge victorious from this battle in order to redeem people, in order to snatch them from satan. For the world lay in bonds.... And so you also lie in bonds again, and the saviour Jesus Christ has brought His work of redemption in vain for the people who now walk the earth and do not believe in Him. Again the adversity is immense, again satan rages and exerts great power, again people are distant from Me and need help. Again I fight against him from above by guiding the truth where lies and error are represented as satan’s weapons.... The world lies in bonds.... Like a fetter the darkness of spirit lies over humanity, it cannot free itself because it does not want the light of eternal truth to break through the darkness.... It lies under the spell of the one who is the ruler of darkness. And therefore I have to be its redeemer again, but in a different way.... I must wrest power from the adversary, I must imprison him so that the spell is broken, so that peace reigns again amongst people, the peace in Me which is granted to all those who want to live with Me and for Me.... I bring them peace, for I break the shackles and give freedom to all who are of good will.... I come to earth again, in the clouds I appear to all who believe in Me and fetch them home into the kingdom of peace before I cast a spell on the one who is their enemy and wants to destroy them. And so the saviour will also arise again in greatest distress.... A child was once born to you.... He descended from above to earth, and so too He dwells on earth today in the spirit of those who let themselves be redeemed by Him, and I will go with them into battle against satan, I will bring peace to those who are of good will....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers