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6267 Beginning and end of the redemption period far lying....

May 27, 1955: Book 67

The individual redemption periods take place at long intervals so that the beginning of one is hardly proven at the end, because this is also necessary for people to remain free in their faith. For an end which can certainly be expected would be decisive for people's will. Nevertheless, the knowledge about the end of the previous period has not been lost so that everyone can accept it if he wants to. And no-one will be able to prove that that end of the past epoch did not exist.... This is why the forthcoming end of this earth remains a matter of faith, and this is why the spiritual hardship is so immense, because the end is imminent and people so little expect it and prepare themselves.... And it is like the time before every end.... Prophets and seers arise who, driven by their spirit, point to what is coming.... but, as always, find no faith because people are infinitely distant from everything spiritual and their earthly thinking and striving does not allow for an 'end of the earth', because they simply do not want to believe it and it cannot and must not be proven to them either.... No one knows the exact day and hour, but many know that they are no longer far away. Even these only believe it and yet are inwardly firmly convinced of it because their spiritual knowledge, the degree of their realization, is also able to read God's plan of salvation and they can trace cause and effect and therefore also know that the end is inevitable because it is not just about the people of this earth but about the upward development of everything that is bound in the works of creation.... The knowing, cognizant human being observes everything with different eyes and only realizes that everything takes place according to divine law. But he cannot transfer his knowledge to people whose degree of realization is so low that they are still blind in spirit.... who only believe what they can see and prove and have no sense for the spiritual. He cannot transfer his thinking and knowledge to his fellow human beings but he can admonish and warn them because he can point to the forthcoming end with full conviction, as it is, however, to be expected.... The conclusion of a redemption period is something so powerful and not yet experienced by people that it is difficult to believe it is possible and therefore also appears implausible to people. And no matter how clear the signs are given beforehand, they will not be respected by faithless humanity either.... But the greater will be the horror when what seers and prophets announced long before comes true. And yet, nothing can be done to prepare people for this but to constantly inform them of God's word, Who therefore only conveys it to earth in order to find faith, because people no longer believe. For this reason God addresses people but also in such a way that they are not forced to believe but can believe if they are willing to do so. And this is the last opportunity to bring knowledge to people which could determine them to change and still seek the path of ascent alone.... a knowledge which would give them the right explanation and thus be of help to them and mean salvation from the downfall.... But God's word is also not recognized and therefore not accepted.... And humanity is heading towards ruin, it only continues to strive for matter, and matter will become its abode when the end has come, when a new era of redemption begins, as it has been intended since eternity in the divine plan of salvation, so that everything that still remains in wretchedness will attain beatitude....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers