2835 Increased level of suffering and hardship....

August 3, 1943: Book 37

The world will still have to go through boundless misery because the time is coming to an end which is given to people for their final redemption. They still have to endure much suffering and fight unspeakably, for it is a struggle with the forces of the underworld from whose influence they are to free themselves. This liberation can only be possible with the support of good forces, with the help of God, Who therefore has to be called upon because His strength and help cannot be given to people unsolicited as long as they do not acknowledge God and His working of love. However, humanity is very stubborn and cannot find the path to God on its own, therefore suffering and adversity approach them to such an extent that they are, as it were, forced onto the path which leads to God.... that they have to turn to Him in prayer because they have no other earthly way out. And yet the majority of people pass Him by and thus increase the extent of their suffering and hardship. And God's mercy now resorts to the last resort in order to win over the few who have not yet made up their minds.... He allows a calamity to befall the earth which was not caused by human will, although human will, because it is turned away from God, is the indirect cause of the event.... He determines the elements of nature to extraordinary activity.... He expresses Himself in such a way that people are now once again forced to take a stand towards God, that they can now easily establish the right relationship with Him if their souls are not completely hardened. divine will determines the time, and His power expresses itself when a low point has been reached on earth which necessitates divine intervention. The hard trials beforehand are likewise an opportunity to establish the right relationship with God, and blessed is he who does so, even if he loses his earthly life as a result. He is then protected from complete darkness as soon as he enters the spiritual kingdom. Earthly suffering is not as agonizing as a state of complete darkness in the beyond. But the suffering on earth takes on forms which would have to shake the entire human race in its thinking, for it is faced with changes in living conditions which seem unbearable to it.... Yet even then the eternal deity will still not be recognized, indeed, the great suffering will still contribute towards denying Him completely. But these people are already so far away from God that there is no salvation for them in this period of redemption. They have to cover the path on earth once more and start it again in the most solid matter, which is unimaginably agonizing.... yet their will itself determines and entails the consequences, for if the human will is not yet broken in a time of greatest hardship and earthly tribulations, if it does not yet submit itself to the eternal deity, then God's merciful love has to resort to other means in order to still change this will.... He has to bind it again in such a way that it longs for freedom.... And this is a new period of redemption which will soon begin and thus signifies the end of the old earth, which is imminent....

amen

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