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The Antichrist

Satan’s personal activity as a human being just beforethe end of this earth

A selection of Revelations from God,received through the 'Inner Word'

by Bertha Dudde

The Antichrist

is booklet contains a selection of Divine Revelations, received throughthe Inner Word by Bertha Dudde as promised by John 14.21: ``Whoeverhas My commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves Me. He who

loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I too will love him and showMyself to him.''

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e revelations are non-denominational, they do not intend to attractmembers of any Christian religious affiliation nor to recruit members into

any Christian religious affiliation.e only purpose of these revelations is to make God's Word accessible to

all people, as it is God's Will.

Only complete and unaltered messages with references may be copied andtranslated.

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Contents

Satan’s personal activity as a human being just before the endof this earth 1BD 1762 Battle against Christ's teachings .... Persecution of thosewho confess Him .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1BD 2880 Reminder to inform people of the battle of faith .... . . . . 2BD 3184 God permits the battle of faith .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3BD 6590 World event .... Natural disaster .... Battle of faith .... . . . 5BD 7023 Reason for the profound knowledge .... Battle of faith .... . 7BD 5572 He knows that he has not much time le .... . . . . . . . . 9BD 4947 Antichrist .... e faith is in danger .... . . . . . . . . . . . 11BD 6758 Battle of faith - Antichrist .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12BD 8734 Emergence of the Antichrist .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16BD 6538 Battle of faith .... Hostilities .... Antichrist .... . . . . . . . . 18BD 5621 Battle of faith .... Antichrist .... Public confession .... . . . . 20BD 6762 World event .... Chaos .... Antichrist .... . . . . . . . . . . . 21BD 4429 Antichrist .... Brutal laws .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23BD 4029 Antichrist - A saviour? .... Anti-spiritual activism .... . . . . 24BD 4728 e antichrist's scourge .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26BD 5223 e spirit of the antichrist .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27BD 5606 e antichrist's influence before the end .... . . . . . . . . 29BD 5654 Day of Salvation or Day of Judgment? .... . . . . . . . . . . 30BD 5719 Strength of faith .... Antichrist .... Counteraction . . . . . . 32BD 7068 e last disciples'ordeal at the time of the Antichrist .... . . 34BD 7778 e adversary oversteps his authori .... . . . . . . . . . . 36

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BD 4566 Don't fear those who kill the body, but are not able to killthe soul .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37BD 4635 Battle of faith .... Publicly professing Christ .... `I willshorten the days ....' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39BD 1567 Confess Jesus Christ before the world .... Divine protection.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40BD 3703 Call upon God's help is indispensable in the last days .... . 41

Who was Bertha Dudde? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Satan’s personal activity as a human beingjust before the end of this earth

BD 1762 received 02.01.1941

Battle against Christ's teachings ....Persecution of those who confess Him ....

It is indisputably better to confess before the world to belong to the churchof Christ than to be subject to the adversary's will and to deny Christ.For whoever is powerful in the world has nevertheless no power to stopwhat God will send against him. Whoever denies Christ, denies God, evenif he mentions His name as proof of his faith .... For if he is profoundlyfaithful he will also recognise the Dei of Christ, because then he has loveand love affirms Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Saviour of the world.

is insight is the result of profound faith. However, unbelief prevents thehuman being from recognising the Dei of Jesus. erefore, where JesusChrist is rejected there is evidence of the human beings'unbelief and suchpeople belong to the world which openly opposes Jesus Christ. And theworld will demand to reject Him completely, it wants His name no longermentioned, it wants to erase all memory of Him and raise subsequentgenerations in ignorance; it wants to destroy everything that refers to Himand thereby suppress the knowledge of Him and His works. And thus thebattle erupts ....

ose who follow Him will defend His name, confess Him to the world andreadily speak on His behalf and of His teachings .... ey will be pursuedand yet patiently endure persecution for His name's sake, they will receivestrength from above and the more they are attacked the more eagerly theywill proclaim His teachings. God's power will visibly be with them, his loveprotects them and the migh of the world will have to realise that theirpower is futile. ey will have to acknowledge a greater power Whose workis evident. ey become outraged and now strive to impose their will byany means and for that reason they shall be punished by God's hand ....For when human beings arrogantly want to fight against God Himself theyare completely controlled by the adversary and then God will put an endto this .... Hence the time will come when laws upon laws are endorsed

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and people will be placed into a position to choose for or against Christ ....e supporters of the world will let go of Him for mere rewards; they will

gain earthly advantages and sell their soul. And many will give up whatshould be their holiest possession .... the divine Redeemer and Saviour ofthe world .... Yet those who suffer persecution for His name's sake will beblessed a thousand-fold because He Himself will approach them and leadthem into battle and victory will be where He Himself is in command.And even if it seems as if the enemies'intentions might succeed, the battleonly lasts a short time, but those who fight for the name of Jesus will bevictorious ....

Amen

BD 2880 received 13.09.1943

Reminder to inform people of the battle of faith ....

ere will be a great desire for spiritual nourishment as soon as the earth'supheaval has taken place but it will merely be temporary; motivated by theserious hardship people are at first willing recipients and God's Word shallprovide them with comfort and strength. ey will certainly recognise itas the Word of God, they will be faithful, but only for a short period oftime. Because the world and its demands become more important againand they forget their hardship, thus they also forget Him Who allowedthis hardship to happen. eir thoughts and aspirations only seek to re-establish the old life-s le and they find it inconvenient to observe thecommandments presented to them by the Word of God. Consequentlypeople agree with the actions against the faith and its followers and onlya small group will hold on to the Word; only a few people will stand firmagainst all confrontations and remain loyal to God and the faith. And yetthe earlier desire shall be fulfilled to the utmost extent; God's Word shall beoffered to human beings wherever possible so that many people will receiveknowledge of it, since during the subsequent battle of faith everyone willonce again be divinely reminded of it. e believers will be full of strengthand accomplish extraordinary deeds, and find the strength for this entirelyin their profound faith ....

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And even disbelievers will be able to recognise the power of faith becausethey had been introduced to the teachings of Christ beforehand and muchbecomes clear to them as they witness the proof of what they had been told.God leaves no option unused, He leaves no stone unturned, and whereverpeople can yet be helped He will help them, providing they are willing.And God will instruct many servants to speak in accordance with His willwhere it concerns the spreading of His teachings and to inform peopleof the forthcoming event. e battle of faith is unavoidable and will beconducted as never before. And the stronger people adhere to their faiththe more brutal the adversary will proceed to annihilate it completely. Butthe believers have great strength too and can endure much, because GodHimself will give them strength, because He strengthens them with HisWord and because He will always be with those who defend Him and thefaith before the world. You should tell people of this in advance, you shouldinform them of the coming battle of faith, you should tell them about thestrength of faith and the strength of the believers whose leader in the battleagainst the world is Jesus Christ Himself .... And many from the opponent'sside will join, many will become faithful in view of the things which takeplace .... For God Himself will work through His servants on earth in orderto save what will not entirely oppose Him ....

Amen

BD 3184 received 09.07.1944

God permits the battle of faith ....

People will experience serious psychological conflicts as a result of worldlylaws, and this time is not far away. ey will be required to openly declaretheir faith, and God allows this to happen because it is necessary thatpeople should give serious thought to the question of their salvation whichthey had disregarded so far. He allows them to be put under pressure bythe earthly power, to experience serious difficulties due to their faith, sothat they have to make a clear decision regarding their belief. He allowsevery human being his freedom, that is, God will not force anyone toacknowledge Him if he is not warned by his inner voice to remain loyal toGod and thus feels the inner urge to confess Him before the world. God

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will indeed allow this inner voice and observer to speak where there is stilldoubt and the human being is weak-willed. He will help all those who arehitherto undecided, He will send them devout people and through themtouch their hearts, He will come close to everyone in His Word, in sufferingand in need; He will reveal Himself to them, and with the good intentionto recognise God and to fulfil His will a human being will also know howhe should decide, because then the beings of light, who care for him, willalso guide his thoughts right. But many people will discard what should betheir most precious possession .... their faith in Jesus Christ as the divineSaviour ....

ey will choose the world without hesitation and cause serious distressto their souls. And God cautions them in advance by confronting themHimself through His servants .... by teaching them to know the strengthof faith and thus giving them remarkable evidence which can result infaith if they are not entirely opposed to God. And for that reason He willallow the battle against the faith, He will allow it to assume shapes whichindicate the depravi of people because He Himself wants to speak duringthis time in order to save those people who need a convincing reason tobelieve. erefore He will not prevent the earthly power when it openlyadvances against people who confess God. And then people are forced tomake a decision, and this decision is vitally important for the souls as itwill determine the soul's fate in eterni , whether it will awaken to life orto death a er it departs from this earth. To help people make the rightdecision God will try beforehand to make them understand, He will try toinfluence them through His earthly and spiritual servants who will helpthem if they are uncertain what they should do. But He will not forcetheir will and therefore it is necessary that people are compelled by earthlymeans to make a decision in order that the freedom of their actions isguaranteed ....

Amen

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BD 6590 received 08.07.1956

World event ....Natural disaster ....Battle of faith ....

Bear everything with patience and don't allow your faith to waver .... Manya time I will still have to exclaim this to you for you will have to suffer forthe sake of your faith, although you are as yet unable to understand this.Up to now you still enjoy a certain freedom of thought; your fellow humanbeings still pay little attention to the spiritual life of those who want toremain loyal to Me. Nor are you as yet prevented by the authorities fromcarrying out your spiritual work ....

But the time will come when you will no longer be free regarding spiritualmatters, the time will come when fellow human beings as well as earthlypowers will be hostile especially towards those who think correctly, whotake their psychological development seriously, who speak truthfully andwant to help their fellow human beings'souls to salvation .... And it isprecisely them who will be put under extraordinary pressure while theadvocates of misguided teachings will still be tolerated and even supportedrather than hindered in their work. And then you will also o en askyourselves why I allow this to happen, slight doubts will arise in you andyou will weaken because you have to suffer .... And therefore I keep callingout to you: Endure everything and remain strong in faith, for you will walkaway with the crown of victory .... Precisely these Words are still barelybelievable to you, for so far there are no signs at all of this difficult time.

Yet suddenly a change will occur, because a worldly event causing peoplea tremendous shock will provoke open rebellion against the One Who, asGod and Creator, lets something happen that has devastating effects onpeople .... And therefore they will deny this God and Creator all acknowl-edgment, every belief in Him will be discarded as unfounded, and all whodefend the belief in Me contrary to this opinion, all who confess Me andalso want to inform their fellow human beings for the better, will be treatedwith hostili .

Time and again I have announced that I will express Myself through theforces of nature in order to awaken the sleepers and the lethargic .... And

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a few of them will indeed wake up but, in contrast, many more will losetheir still feeble faith in the face of the widespread destruction and thegreat human cost of this event. And then the most diverse opinions willbe voiced, and many people will hatefully deny a God and Creator and behostile towards anyone who doesn't share their point of view. And thenMy adversary will work with great cunning to incite this hatred, and hewill be successful, for the earthly loss suffered by people as a result of thisnatural event will embitter them and impel them to make unfair demandsand to exploit defenceless fellow human beings. People's heartlessness isincreasing and whatever they embark on clearly betrays the adversary, theAntichrist, on whom they depend. And laws and decrees will be issuedwhich will severely affect especially My Own who have to suffer on accountof their faith and are barely able to comprehend the severi of their fate.And then I will shorten the days for the sake of My Own .... so that theywill not lose heart, so that they will not fall by the wayside .... so that theywill become blessed ....

Just hold on to My Word that you will be delivered from utmost adversi ,and await the fulfilment of this Word, for I will come Myself and rescueyou, I will also manifest Myself extraordinarily beforehand in order tostrengthen you if you are in danger of weakening .... You don't have to beafraid as long as you put your trust in Me, as long as you make contactwith Me in prayer, for then you will also always receive the strength to offerresistance .... And always remember that the enemies might well be able tokill your body but not your soul .... remember the reali of eternal life andthat every human being's life on this earth will soon come to an end ....

en your fear will vanish, then you will be filled by the strength of faithand you will persevere and only ever bear witness for Me and My name....

Firmly commit these, My Words, to your memory and they will comfortand strengthen you in the forthcoming time .... Secure your strength inadvance, accumulate it, for there will still be some time before I will expressMyself through the natural event .... And if you use this time well in orderto strengthen your faith then the subsequent battle of faith will not frightenyou, it will find you armed, and the earthly adversi will hardly touch you,because then you will expect My coming with certain , because your faith

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will have grown so strong that neither threats nor proceedings against youwill be able to shake it .... en you will be good fighters for Me and Myname and all the powers of hell will not be able to conquer you, for I Myselfwill fight with you and I will truly lead you to victory ....

Amen

BD 7023 received 23.01.1958

Reason for the profound knowledge ....Battle of faith ....

e deeper I guide you into My eternal plan of Salvation the more valuablework you can accomplish, for you will only be capable of serving your fellowhuman beings as a teacher if you possess much knowledge yourselves. Ieducated My first disciples Myself and will also teach My last disciplessuch that they will be able stand up for Me and My kingdom when it isdemanded of them .... so that they then will be able to step forward whenthe faith in teachings which cannot be verified has to be defended. For thetime will come when every religious doctrine will be come under attack;the time will come when war will be declared on all spirituali , when noexisting spiritual movement will be spared being attacked and slandered.And neither will it be difficult for My opponents to destroy the foundation,for many are only built on sand, that is, their teachings cannot stand up tocontradictions, they can be pulled to pieces, and their adherents themselveswill start to doubt and very easily let go of them .... unless they fanaticallyhold on to their school of thought but without being able to endorse itwith inner conviction .... And then the truth, too, will be fought againstand action will also be taken against those of you who were chosen andtaught by Me as representatives of the truth which is conveyed to you byMyself. You will also be drawn into this battle but your opponents willfind it difficult to bring you down because you will be able to defend thetruth in line with your realisation and refute every objection, since youwill be able to logically substantiate the more profound correlations. isis why I guide you into My eternal plan of Salvation and thus grant you theknowledge that entitles you to pit yourselves against your enemies. Andthen you shall fight with the sword of your tongue ....

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Do you now understand why I keep transmitting the information fromabove to you, why I let you have an insight into spiritual knowledgewhich is not denied to anyone providing he only shapes himself such thathe can be enlightened by My spirit? People's thinking has truly becomeconfused; they are ensnared by a net of errors and lies and can't find theirway through because they don't have the will to do so. And precisely thisdarkness will demonstrate itself when they seriously have to state theirposition in regards to their faith, to their relationship to Me and to the actof Salvation. en everything will collapse like a house of cards, for theadversary will relentlessly pick every single teaching to pieces or mock andridicule everything which had been sacred to people so far. My disciples,however, will not be afraid, they will courageously enter the battle bygiving full explanations, and this truly with substantial authori , becausethen they will not be speaking, instead I Myself will speak. But these truefighters of Mine must nevertheless have been educated by Me Myself, theymust speak of their own accord and use their own Words so as not to forcepeople to believe. But even from the adversary's ranks they will be joinedby fighters too who are impressed by their words and unable to deny theirvalidi . And thus one day the time will come when you will be able to useall your knowledge, and for this time I Am educating you and supply youwith teaching material which not everyone can show and which .... since itoriginates from Me .... will not remain ineffective either. For I still want tohelp many people .... However, whether they will accept this is up to theirown free will, since I certainly allow unusual things to happen but alwaysin a way that it will not compel them to believe .... I will still pour out manyblessings yet they must voluntarily be used ....

Amen

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BD 5572 received 09.01.1953

He knows that he has not much time le ....

e present time is very much influenced by My adversary, although itdoesn't mean that I withhold My might, My love and mercy. Yet peoplethemselves grant him more right through their will, their attitude, theiractions and words. Hence they distance themselves ever more from Me andare unable to feel My emanation of love, which could release them fromMy adversary's influence. It is the time of the end, the time of which it iswritten: he knoweth that he hath but a short time .... And this is why herages particularly conspicuously and yet will not be recognised by people.And My adversary fights especially vehemently where people quite clearlystrive for Me .... is should always be an explanation for you when thespiritual aspirants come into conflict with themselves or their environment.Spiritual aspiration, that is, looking towards Me, is an abomination to Myadversary, it fills him with hatred and a fury of annihilation, it inspireshim to carry out the most shameful plans and the consequences can clearlybe felt amongst My Own, amongst those who loyally want to serve Me,amongst those who receive light and shall spread it throughout the world.For he will interfere with his deceptive light, the light from above irritateshim and he tries to extinguish it. He fights for every soul he is at risk oflosing, and since the majori of people follow him voluntarily every soulwhich recognises and detaches itself from him makes him very angry.

is sign of the times is understandable to the person who knows thereason and purpose for bringing this earthly period to an end, who knowsabout the battle between light and darkness and the approaching end. Andthe closer it gets to it the more vehemently will he rage and cause confusionamongst My Own, for he uses every trick, every lie, he makes unscrupuloususe of all weapons even if they result in the death of the soul he fights for.He will appear wearing a mask and will o en be difficult to detect, hewill also turn up in the midst of My Own and deceive all those who allowthemselves to be deceived by his disguise .... And I will not stop him, for hehas power and strength until the end of this world and can put it to the test,yet to the same extent I, too, Am on hand with My gi s of grace which, ifthey are used, will ensure victory over him on the day of Judgment. What

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has been proclaimed to you humans long in advance has to come true ....And this includes the raging of Satan in the last days before the end .... Butthere is always a path for all of you which will lead out of the confusion,there will always be a refuge for you to which you can hasten whenever youare in peril .... Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and Iwill give you rest .... Bring all your suffering, your anxious questions, yourfears and problems, your considerations to Me. I Am always available toyou, I want to help you and give you strength if you are weak, I want tolead you out of the tribulation of your souls .... Anyone who seriously seeksMe need not be afraid to fall into My adversary's hands, since I Am alreadypresent to someone who desires Me.

Just a little time longer and the flame ignited by My adversary in order toconceal himself in this blaze will flare-up high; his time is not over quiteyet, thus he will still work to the utmost extent, and he will make gooduse of this time. All the same, it will come to an end when it is My will.For I truly reign over heaven and earth, over the good and the bad worldof the spirit and nothing can happen without My will or My permission.And it is My will that he shall be bound for a thousand years .... that hispower and control over the human race will be taken away from him fora period of time; it is My will that people shall live in peace one day, thatthose who have proven themselves to be My Own will be released fromhis domination; it is My will that My Own shall be victorious over him,thus I will not abandon them even in times of fiercest battle, I will alwaysbe present and not allow you to be pressed by him above and beyondyour strength. I only ever want to be allowed to be present to you, that is,you should always continue to love despite all temptations from his side,because then I Myself can be with you and he will have to retreat from you,whom he then will have lost to Me for good ....

Amen

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BD 4947 received 06.08.1950

Antichrist ....e faith is in danger ....

e Antichrist will irresponsibly proceed against all who still believe in aGod of heaven and earth. For he will force people to deny their faith which,on My part, is entirely a matter of the human being's free will. He willforce them by threatening measures which appear intolerable to people,hence they will be too weak to resist. e faith is in danger .... is shouldmake everyone think who is approached by Me through My messengerson earth, who receives My Word which I have conveyed to My messengers.

e faith is in danger .... Do you know what it means having to make apublic declaration and at the same time heading towards extreme earthlyhardship? .... Do you know how people will pull every single religiousdoctrine apart with the intention to demonstrate its uselessness to you andhow little you will be able to answer? Do you know how difficult theywill make it for you to stand firm in faith of Me, your God and Father ofeterni ? How they will take and destroy everything that hitherto seemedirrefutable to you?

Everyone who determinedly rejects their demand of denying Me will betreated brutally, and in the face of this many will weaken and betray Mewithout resistance, for they lack the strength of faith which arises fromthe pure truth. I want to draw your attention to this time and enlightenyou in advance, because I know every individual person's character andthe spiritual adversi you will experience resulting from My adversary'sactivi , who can be distinctly recognised by the Antichrist's measures. AndI want to inform you of his success .... since he will fight with much cunningand force he will find many followers .... He will succeed in doing whatmany before him had failed to do, he will shake the faith which seemedunshakable .... He will overturn religious doctrines with the greatest of easefor he will be an effective speaker and will show people the error of theirthinking, and those who don't carry Me in their heart will cheer him onand agree with him, considerably strengthening his power even more.

He will achieve what no-one else has achieved before .... he will overthrowa power which was deemed insurmountable. But there is one wall he will

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not be able to pull down, he will meet with one resistance, namely whereverMy fighters are under My guidance .... ere he will fight in vain, for Myfighters will be invincible since they will be protected by the shield of faithwhich is so alive that it is strength in itself and cannot be shaken. esefighters of Mine will draw the strength directly from Me, for they will beable to hear and even see Me and not succumb to any temptation .... theywill be enlightened and therefore will also recognise what hour has tolledand how close it is to the end .... e right knowledge will provide My Ownwith the strength to persevere to the end; but the majori of people willlack the right knowledge, and when it is given to them they will not acceptit.

But I know what will happen and want to help you, and Am only able to doit such that you will be informed about the battle of light against darknessin the last days before the end, about My adversary's great power andyour heavenly Father's even greater love and grace for everyone wantingto remain His Own, who thus have the sincere will to belong to the smallflock whose shepherd I Am and whom I therefore will not abandon duringthe worst battle of faith which the people of this earth will still experiencebefore their end ....

Amen

BD 6758 received 08.02.1957

Battle of faith - Antichrist ....

e closer the end, the fiercer will the battle between light and darknessrage .... However, you will not experience the full horror of the battle untilit turns against My followers, when it is planned to banish the faith inMe in Jesus Christ, when the act of Salvation will become My adversary'starget .... when people will be demanded to openly confess their faith andbrutally forced to renounce it. Only then will the hardship and adversistart, the time I have promised My Own I will shorten .... And then Myadversary's fury will become obvious, for people will lose their inhibitions,nothing will hold them back because they will be incited by Satan andshall completely submit to his will. Let it be said that there is not muchtime until this battle of faith, but that it will be preceded by an immense

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crisis on earth which, however, will come from a different source .... It isMy will that it shall fall upon people so that they can already prove oreven strengthen their faith. Precisely this crisis, which will be inflicted onhumani through a natural disaster of huge proportions, will be used bymany people as a reason to already take action against the faith, becausenow more than ever they will doubt a God and Creator Who Himselfdestroys what He has created. However, anyone who knows the truth willalso have a correct explanation for everything, and then he can inform hisfellow human beings of this truth too. en the ensuing battle of faith caneven result in a strong faith in them, which subsequently will withstand allthe threats the believers will be exposed to.

However, the fact that most people will no longer have a living faithis My adversary's doing, who therefore will not cease to work againstMe and the truth, and he will be far more successful with people thanthe representatives of the pure truth, the true representatives of Christ'steaching .... For they rarely will be believed, but My adversary can offerpeople what he wants .... it will be accepted. And that is why it will alreadyhave to be clarified in advance, everyone will have to openly and freelydeclare whether they are for or against Me .... Everyone will have to makethis decision within himself during the coming time of need which comesupon earth due to My will, for when I speak through the forces of natureeveryone will have to choose: to call upon Me for help or to entirely isolatehimself from Me .... which is the same as turning to My adversary ....Following this, however, the decision has to be taken again publicly: whenit will be demanded of you humans in the last battle of faith on this earthto testi of Me in Jesus Christ or to deny Me ....

But then you, who were instructed in the truth by Me Myself, will knowthat the end has come .... en you will know that I will shorten the daysfor the sake of My Own, that I will come Myself to help them and releasethem from their suffering .... that I will gather them from this earth andtake them to a place of peace, before I carry out the work of destruction,which will mean the end of all created beings on this earth ....

If only you would believe what I have announced to you time and again ....the conditions on earth should prove My adversary's rage to you already,because he knows that he is running out of time. And the fact that he is

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raging and the earth is populated by his own kind can be recognised by allof you and should make you think. Every day is still a blessing for people,for even the most depraved person still has the opportuni to change andgain faith in Me before the end .... because I will try everything to stillsnatch souls from My adversary before the end. And anyone with faithin Me will be blessed, but the unbelievers will have to share the fate ofhim whom they followed voluntarily .... And you will not go short, evenif everything you need to live will be taken away from you .... As soon asyou believe that I Myself will take care of you, who are persecuted for Myname's sake, My adversary's measures need not frighten you .... For whatthey take away from you, you will receive from Me again, although in adifferent form, but you will not need to starve for I Myself will satis yourhunger .... For `behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do theyreap, nor gather into barns; yet your Heavenly Father feedeth them ....'

Remember these Words, remember that He Who created everything willtruly also be able to maintain what He has created .... and that He willsurely do so when His Own suffer adversi . But the time will come whenpeople will try to force you with most brutal measures to forsake your faith.... and anyone of weak faith will not be able to endure these measures ....Severe tests of faith will be imposed on you, but I want to prepare youprecisely for this time, then you will be able to be a shining example toyour fellow human beings, you will be able to demonstrate to them what afirm faith can accomplish: that you live despite the fact that everything youneed to live will have been taken away from you ....

Seek always only the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and every-thing else will be added to you. And this promise will then be visiblyfulfilled on My Own, on those who stand up for Me and My name beforethe world, who do not fear the earthly power because they feel safe underMy protection. And only then will it become evident who has a living faith,and there will only be few. en the structures which were built on sand.... which were not built on the rock of faith on which I built My church,will collapse too .... It will be a difficult time which no-one would be ableto survive had I not conveyed the truth to earth in advance, which is anexplanation of everything and which alone can result in a strong faith ....But error will not give anyone the strength to persevere, and only where

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there is love, can strength of faith also be found.

An extraordinary person will offer himself as a visible cover to My ad-versary, and this person will then instigate the last conflict on earth. Payattention to this and you will know that the hour of the end is very near.... But also pay attention to My messengers from above who will appearat the same time in order to guide you with their light, which you shouldfollow .... Pay attention to all of those who spiritedly announce My Wordand join them, so that the small flock will stay together, so that they canconstantly get light and their faith can steadily grow stronger .... But to allthese I promise My protection, My Fatherly care and My blessing ....

ey need not fear to fall prey to this brutal power, for I Myself will cometo get them as soon as My adversary goes too far, as soon as even My Ownare threatened by grave danger .... For this reason I will shorten the days, sothat My Own will be able to endure and not weaken in view of the measuresof persecution. But since I can still see a possibili to save individual soulsI will also hold My hands protectively over those who represent Me beforethe world, so that the former can gain strength from them, so that a Powerwill be recognised which is stronger than earthly power .... And therefore Iwill also take extraordinary care of My Own, and despite adverse measuresthey will survive physically and spiritually .... And all this will happen soon.... What you cannot suspect today will happen then, but that is why alreadyI draw your attention to it, and you, who are taught by Me, also know whyit will happen ....

e spiritual hardship on earth is evident to you as well, and by the signsof the time you will be able to identi the time on the world's clock .... Butonce this battle of faith flares up you need only expect a very short time,because everything will take place especially fast .... For the man chosenby My adversary as cover will not have a long life-span, and his regimeon earth will not last long. He will be recognisable by his supernaturalabilities, for he will be exceptionally endowed by My adversary, and that iswhy he will work for him and his plans. And even if the whole world payshomage to him, you will recognise and see through him.

But then you will have to be very careful and should not deliberatelyendanger yourselves due to excessive zeal .... en you will have to be ascunning as serpents and as gentle as doves .... But when the decision is

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demanded of you, then you must stand your ground and firmly trust in Meand My help .... for no matter how powerful people are, they cannot matchMy might and a wisp of breath from Me would suffice to destroy them ....And thus I will also call a stop to it when the hour has come. I will bringthose to Me who are in utmost earthly distress but place the oppressorsthemselves into chains, for the time will be up, a period of redemption willcome to an end and a new era will start so that the deliverance of all spiritscan continue ....

Amen

BD 8734 received 24.01.1964

Emergence of the Antichrist ....

Not much time will pass before My adversary assumes his last dominion onthis earth. But prior to this I will still speak with a voice of thunder, so that afew may still find their way to Me in utmost adversi , who then will remainfaithful to Me because My obvious help enabled them to recognise Me andwho therefore will not let go of their faith in Me again. Yet there will only bea few and therefore My adversary will wield great power, for the extensivenatural disaster will cause people such severe hardship that they will joinanyone who promises his help to end their misery. And one person willdo so, he will win everyone over for himself who has not handed himselfover to Me, for My Own will keep away from him, being mindful of Myadmonitions and warnings that the great battle of faith is about to happen,which will be incited by My adversary. Worldly people, however, will cheerhim, for he will know how to dazzle them, and he will accomplish thingswhich will make them inclined to believe in a supernatural power .... Andprecisely the fact that all unbelievers accept him as ruler and saviour fromtheir earthly hardship proves that My adversary himself is involved, thathe, as My adversary, avails himself of an earthly shell in order to be able tohave a free hand. And you, who belong to My Own, will ask yourselves whyI put up with this dominion of his and won't bring him down .... It is hislast great campaign on this earth which will also bring about the ultimateend, he will instigate the flare up of the last battle in which you will have

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to prove yourselves, because it is the last decision before I come Myself tosave My Own.

e earlier natural disaster had evoked a greater will to live in people, andanyone who had survived will try to acquire worldly goods again by anymeans, to attain earthly prosperi , and this striving will be supported by Myadversary, who thus will find a huge number of followers. And he indeedknows how to deceive people about his true nature, they will see in himsomeone endowed with extraordinary strength, whom they unreservedlytrust and give the right to issue instructions which they blindly obey .... Andhe will have so many supporters that the small flock of devout people, whorecognise him and his true colours, will be unable to defend themselvesfrom his attacks, but precisely because of this they will recognise him, thathe wants to eradicate people's faith in Jesus Christ, that he wants to occupythe highest throne himself and have people worship him .... And so theywill, because he will achieve true works of wonder with his remainingpower. And you will know him when he appears, but first the world will beplunged into fear by the magnitude of a natural disaster .... through whichI will reveal Myself to people ....

And directly a erwards he will appear and promise help and improvementfrom this enormous chaos. He will find many followers because people areready for their downfall or they would recognise him and appeal to Mefor protection from him and his machinations .... Not much time will passbefore he appears, who at first will emerge under the cover of pie and yetvery soon divulge his true nature. People, however, will be easily deludedand he will have a simple game with them .... ey effortlessly relinquishtheir faith in a God because they were hard hit by the natural event and arewilling to place My greatest enemy and opponent onto the highest throne,who embodies himself and his characteristics in a human being in order toset the final course of action on this earth in motion: to wage open battleagainst Me and My Own, against all faith and all justice .... For only hissupporters will be provided by him with the means to live, whilst My Ownwill be threatened with death .... yet he shall find His Lord in Me as soonas his time is up, and for the sake of My Own I will shorten this time ....I Myself will come to save them from greatest adversi and his dominionwill end; he, together with his followers, will be bound again for a long time

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.... And a new era of peace and harmony will start again .... where love shallreign and My adversary's activi will be prevented .... as it is proclaimed inWord and Scripture ....

Amen

BD 6538 received 03.05.1956

Battle of faith ....Hostilities ....Antichrist ....

I want to bless you so that you will be My firm supporters when the edificeof faith which, for My Own, is the essence of the church of Christ, isbeing shaken .... when they shake what I have erected Myself and whatI keep teaching people time and again through My Word. e time isapproaching when not only the representatives of misguided teachings willtreat you with hostili , but when all faith per se is intended to be rootedout, regardless of whether it is misguided or corresponds to the truth,because then My adversary will be determined to use his sharpest weapon:to displace all knowledge and belief in Me and My act of Salvation andreplace it with materialistic points of view and plans. And this will be thedawning of a period which you as yet consider impossible, for My adversarywill embody himself within a worldly ruler and start his work so cunninglythat at first he will only be recognised by few people as to who he really is....

And so he will win many over who will subsequently follow and obey himblindly as he inconspicuously changes his plans .... For in the beginning hewill only proceed against individual denominations and will be supportedin this by others who will be only too willing to help him when it concernsremoving their opponents. And this is why you will at first believe thatyou are only subject to hostilities by those who only fight the pure truthbecause they are representatives of errors and lies themselves. And thenyou will have to be careful as not to endanger yourselves deliberately. Notlong a erwards they will be treated with the same hostili , and then theAntichrist's activi becomes obvious .... And even then he will still befollowed by many, because they will already be under his control and he

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will have an easy game with them. Not much time will pass anymore beforethe first signs become apparent .... e battle of faith will not start with anact of violence, for My adversary will proceed cunningly and even deceivemany believers, who will consequently follow him and, at a later time,become his welcome servants. Yet he will be unable to deceive you, whoare spiritually awake, for I will open your eyes and guide your thoughtsinto the right direction .... For then it will be time to arm yourselves forthe final battle, which will be waged with inconceivable brutali . But Iwill bless you .... I will be with you Myself and leave no one defending Meand My name without protection. For this battle will be decisive since itwill, a er all, separate the sheep from the goats and be the work of Myadversary which will condemn him .... As soon as he fights Me Myself, assoon as he wants to stop the distribution of knowledge about Me and Myact of Salvation he will have passed his own judgment, he will be boundand deprived of his every power without fail.

But a clear separation must nevertheless take place, because far too manypeople are still neither fish nor fowl .... because far too many deem them-selves devout and first have to pass this test and regretfully fail becausethey are not living in truth, because they have little love and therefore canneither receive nor recognise the truth for what it is .... is is why you, Myservants, still have to be incredibly active, for then many opportunities willstill present themselves where you can enlighten those who then .... besetby doubts .... will be incapable of discernment and desire advice. And youwill indeed succeed in helping those who are weak of faith into becomingstrong believers; you will succeed in drawing a few over into your camp,you will be able to give them clear and intelligible information and presentMe as a loving God and Father Who only requires firm faith in order to alsobe able to help them in utmost adversi and to grant them the strength topersevere until the end ....

Amen

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BD 5621 received 11.03.1953

Battle of faith ....Antichrist ....Public confession ....

A tough test will be imposed on you in the last days before the end.Something will happen that you don't believe possible: every faith willcome under attack with the result that people will mutually renounceeach other, that no-one will admit their conviction anymore and that eachperson will be the other person's enemy. And then I will require of you, Myrepresentatives on earth, an open confession, for this is the time of whichit is written: Anyone who confesses Me before the world, him I shall alsoconfess before My Father .... For this confession can still strengthen manyothers, so that they will not hide and fear their earthly enemies. It will bea difficult time and yet, you need not fear it as long as you mentally uniteyourselves with Me, for then I Myself will be with you and guide your steps,your words and your thoughts. Don't fear those who kill the body, but arenot able to kill the soul .... As soon as it relates to your faith you will alsoknow that the time I proclaimed has come and that the final end is not faraway. e battle of faith beforehand is the last phase on this earth, and withthe same certain as this will erupt so, too, will the end come, which you,My servants and loyal followers on earth, can only yearn for, since it willdeliver you from all adversi . Yet the time prior to that needs to happenin order to provide people with the opportuni to make a decision. Onlythen will the decision be made who belongs to Me and who belongs toMy adversary, who loves the world more than Me and who therefore hashanded himself over to him, for he is the one who will deny Me, and themost shameful actions against My Own testifies to My adversary's activi ,who will embody himself in the Antichrist and take action against MyOwn and thus against Me Myself. Your strength, however, your courageof conviction and your will to love will increase, and I shall support youso obviously that you will recognise Me and profess My name before theworld ever more loudly. Yet for the sake of My chosen few I will shortenthe days .... the end will come very quickly, for I Myself will come to helpMy Own and will take them away, so that they will be spared the work ofdestruction of earth, so that they will find peace a er this difficult time of

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trial. Yet all others will be met by the Judgment, for it will come to pass asit is proclaimed in Word and Scripture ....

Amen

BD 6762 received 15.02.1957

World event ....Chaos ....Antichrist ....

ere will be indescribable chaos a er I have spoken through the forcesof nature, since for as long as the earth has existed nothing of this kindhas ever been experienced by humani . Fear and terror will render peopleincapable of thinking and doing anything, for their fear that this happeningwill repeat itself will leave them unable to give a hand in order to help andto rescue where it is still possible to help. Only a few will realise what hashappened because it will have been revealed to them before and the truthof My Words will be evident to them .... Hence they will also enlightentheir fellow human beings with complete conviction but, once again, onlybe listened to by a few, because people will accept anything but not thata divine plan of Salvation would be carried out in this way. Nevertheless,this time must be used well and at the same time people should also beinformed of the forthcoming end .... at which has taken place cosmicallycannot be denied by them and the fact that it had been announced inadvance may still make individual people thoughtful. However, the will tolive, the personal instinct for preservation, will nevertheless prevail, andpeople will do whatever it takes to get the earthly adversi , which wastriggered by the natural disaster, under control. And again, the degree oflove will be the crucial factor, people's willingness to help their neighbour,whether or how their own circumstances will improve, for I will help allthose who care for their fellow human beings'hardship too .... Yet manywill have to struggle hard if they trust in their own strength .... or theywill clearly be helped from below if they rigorously proceed at the expenseof their fellow human beings. Earthly hardship will be as immense as thechaos that was caused by inconceivable destruction .....

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en countless people will forfeit their faith in a God and Creator becausethey were sorely affected .... But their faith was a mere formali , it did notstand firm to a serious test .... However, I proclaim this event in advance sothat you humans persevere, so that you know that it is My plan, that I Amalso Lord over natural forces and that it therefore will also be an easy matterfor Me to help those people again who appeal to Me for help .... I wouldn'thave to announce anything to you in advance, I could suddenly interveneand surprise all people. Yet then no-one would want to believe in Me either.But I want you to recognise Me, and you will be able to recognise Me ifeverything comes to pass such as it has been proclaimed. en you willknow that nothing can happen on this earth without My will, and then youwill be able to incline My will towards you by handing yourselves over toMe with complete faith and pray to Me for protection .... Hence this is whyI transmit to you the information of what is to come, this is why I initiateyou into My plan of Salvation, and this is why I constantly ask you, Myservants, to pass your knowledge on to your fellow human beings as well,for your bond with Me will be your most assured protection, regardless ofwhat happens ....

And then the one will become evident who will be My opponent in thelast days, who will seize the reins because the immense hardship will makeit easy for him and he will subsequently also issue instructions which willclearly prove that he belongs to Satan. And he will find many followersand give unscrupulous orders, he will also want to snatch those of littlefaith from Me, yet he will meet with resistance from My side too, for Ifurnish My Own with great strength and the worse the adversi will seemto get the stronger will be My Own, because they will feel Me and Mypresence and thus will fearlessly communicate what My spirit instructsthem to say .... However, all this will have to precede the end, just as it hasbeen proclaimed, because every single soul will still have to be fought forand the great adversi will still push those people towards Me who stillcall upon Me at the last moment and thereby escape the fate of a renewedbanishment ....

Amen

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BD 4429 received 07.09.1948

Antichrist ....Brutal laws ....

A visible power will control you which will refuse to acknowledge aninvisible Power .... And this power will provoke your last test of faith, for itwill be fighting against Me and will also want to educate you into becomingMy adversaries. And this is why you will require your entire strength offaith in order to resist it. Many will bow down under the sceptre of theruler promising them golden mountains but will demand the surrenderof all faith in return, of all spiritual knowledge, the acknowledgement ofhis power and sovereign and the denial of an eternal Creator, of a lovingand righteous God, Who will call people to account one day for their will,thoughts and actions. And thus he will oppose Me, and although the lastbattle will not last long it will be very difficult for My believers becausethey will be placed under inhuman pressure which will make professingChrist incredibly difficult for them. Yet the knowledge of the pure truth, Myobvious help and the hope of My coming and life in paradise on the newearth will give you the strength to persevere and to de every onslaughton part of the worldly authori . You have My Word that I will not letyou remain in adversi , you can be firmly convinced of that. I know MyOwn and will support every one of them if only they rely on Me, if onlythey believe in Me. But the one who will come will dazzle people withhis intellectual sharpness, his comprehensive knowledge, with his easy-going conduct towards other rulers, and they all will grant him the rightof organisational activities with the ultimate goal of displacing all spiritualschools of thought.

For he will try to portray spiritual striving as the wrongly applied energyof life, which should be used for the construction and improvement ofearthly requirements. And he will find followers everywhere, who willacknowledge him and likewise proceed against all spiritual work. And thusMy servants on earth will have a difficult time. At first the intention will beto take all means which enable you to be spiritually active away from you,but you will also be individually persecuted and will have to give account tothe earthly authorities about your convictions and activities. Furthermore,

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you will also be plunged into earthly hardship as a result of laws whichseem, and indeed are, extraordinarily hard and brutal for the believer ifI was not going to manifestly stand by you and sustain you by spiritualmeans. And you will feel My obvious help, you will sense that I Am withyou and know the hardship of every individual person which I will remedywhen the time is right. e Antichrist will come and with him all the signsof the approaching end. For as soon as the battle of faith commences youcan be certain that the end will not be long in coming, because the battle offaith will be waged with such severi and so brutally that I Myself will haveto come in order to rescue My Own from deepest distress and li them upinto the realm of peace .... And then the last Judgment will happen and Myadversary's power will be broken for a long time ....

Amen

BD 4029 received 23.04.1947

Antichrist - A saviour? ....Anti-spiritual activism ....

e spirit of the Antichrist is such that he will approach people in thedisguise of a saviour although his will utterly opposes God in as much ashe does not acknowledge a God of love, just as he, in fact, will reject allspirituali as supernatural and therefore unverifiable, thus non-existent.Even the nature of Christ will be so unfamiliar to him that he will be unableto believe in His act of Salvation and His mission on earth, and thus hewill try to portray Him as a mere figment of imagination, making everyeffort to displace this illusion from people's hearts. His own nature is notthe same as Christ's, and therefore it is understandable that he will regardand fight Him as a spiritual enemy.

e forthcoming Antichrist's personali will exceed the natural frame-work; he will be an extraordinarily gi ed human being whose particularstrength rests in his worldly self-confidence, in his conduct with those whoare responsible for the well-being of the nation. And therefore he will besuccessful, he will be granted his aspired supreme control, it will be as-sumed that extensive reforms for the benefit of the general public can be

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expected through him. Everyone will accept him; he will exploit this su-periori for all kinds of measures. But he will especially intervene againstthe supernatural spirit, against all religious groups as well as churches orspiritual movements which are based on Jesus Christ and His teaching, be-cause he will depict neighbourly love as a state of weakness which has to befought at all costs. And anyone who joins his endeavours is also regarded asan antichrist, he is considered God-opposing and will prove to be unkind tohis neighbour and thus also live in spiritual blindness, since he belongs toSatan's realm. But as ruler over many the Antichrist will cause tremendouschaos with his measures, which will be devoid of all human kindness andonly designed to bring hatred and discord amongst humani , to stifle loveand to descend it into utmost spiritual hardship. And then God's counter-measures will become of utmost importance, which will be explained byGod's obvious activi through His servants on earth, because He, too, hasto be recognisable on earth to those who belong to His side. He has tomanifest Himself equally extraordinarily so that He cannot be rejected buthas to be acknowledged by people who are willing to walk the right path,who either consciously or unconsciously approach the Creator of heavenand earth by asking for His help in times of spiritual suffering. And thenthe struggle between good and evil will become particularly intense, sincethe last hour is moving ever closer and the parting of the spirits has to takeplace by Judgment Day ....

is separation can only occur when people are seriously confronted by thechoice to either acknowledge or deny God. is question will force theirdecision, and in order to bring it about, the adversary will emerge openlyby influencing his representatives on earth to take and enforce measureswhich exhibit hostile thinking towards God. And thus the last battle onearth will begin .... the battle of faith, the battle against Christ, with theresult that people will finally decide for or against Him. And then comesthe Judgment .... because they will turn for or against God of their own freewill, and this free will they have to answer for. is conflict is inevitableas it distinctly highlights the Antichrist's nature, and all of humani willthen be able to assess the thoughts and actions of the one who appearsin the disguise of a saviour in order to realise his shameful plans; whoopenly fights against God and therefore will be banished into the earth

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again for a long time, from where he cannot release himself until he isonce again helped by people whose wrong love for matter will loosenSatan's chains. But it will never be possible to displace Jesus Christ, He willremain victorious on Judgment Day, and His teaching will fill all hearts.His followers will take it along at their rapture, and thus it will also beheld in high esteem as spiritual knowledge on the new earth, it will beexemplified and people will live in utmost realisation and become aglowwith the most profound love for God. And God's adversary will never beable to displace it because all power will have been taken from him for along time ....

Amen

BD 4728 received 29.08.1949

e antichrist's scourge ....

e Antichrist's scourge will be wielded harshly over all who profess Me,just as it was wielded over Me before My crucifixion as a human being.Yet I will repel it from My Own, I will seize it Myself and instead let itaffect those who are enslaved by Satan. His raging will certainly be sorelyfelt in the ranks of My Own, yet as long as they are covered by the shieldof faith he will be unable to cause them much harm, for once again I willsafeguard them against anything that is done to My Own. However, theyrecognise the reign of the Antichrist and that the end and with it their hourof deliverance will soon have come, and this knowledge gives them thestrength which lets them endure anything. You will not have a peacefultime for much longer, hour a er hour and day a er day trickle away and thetime My spirit has announced to you comes ever closer .... Earth is facing apowerful tremor with indescribable consequences. And even if you doubt.... you cannot stop it anymore and soon will have to make a decision for oragainst Me .... is decision will be demanded by the one who opposes Meand who will continue to oppose Me for an endless time to come.

He will arrive prior to Me and appear on this earth, and he will takepossession of someone who wholeheartedly belongs to him, i.e., he willexpress himself in all his power and strength through the latter. People willjoin him in droves, they will admire him and voluntarily submit themselves

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to him .... they will be dependent on him because he exerts his influenceon them as a human being and impresses them with his words and actions.He will be successful because they will all surrender to him of their ownaccord, and thus he will wield great power and use it against Me .... againstall of those who believe in Me and profess Me .... He will fight againstMe and thus also wage the battle against My Own, who will neverthelessremain loyal to Me until the end .... e time of the Antichrist has comeand accordingly he will soon make an appearance, and then you will knowthat the end is near .... For he will only reign for a short time, and becausehe knows that he won't have much time le anymore he will open hell andrelease all that is evil which will cooperate with him in a shocking manner.... Yet the hour of his fall into the abyss has been determined since the start,and so it will come to pass as is proclaimed in Word and Scripture ....

Amen

BD 5223 received 30.09.1951

e spirit of the antichrist ....

e spirit of the Antichrist reigns wherever I Am not recognised. atis where he has already caused his work of confusion, he has weakenedpeople's power of realisation, he obscured everything, he has displaced thetruth and deluded people with his deceptive light, having used his power asMy adversary and thus worked against Me. His favourite weapon is to tearthe image of the divine Redeemer Jesus Christ from people's hearts andthus he works against Christ, and this to an ever increasing extent the closerit gets to the end. It is his achievement that people distanced themselvesfrom Me, that they no longer believe in Jesus Christ and therefore don't findthe way to Me anymore; and yet his activi is only possible because peopledo not resist his onslaughts and the beginnings of his activi . For theycan defend themselves if they want to .... ey live on earth as completelyindependent beings and have absolute free will. ey are far away from Mebut at the start of their embodiment as a human being also so far away fromMy adversary that he cannot force them to become subject to him. I gavepeople the means to absorb the impressions surrounding them with heartand mind and to think them through in their heart and with their intellect,

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for I did not create automatons who must carry out their activi accordingto the Master's law; I externalised you as free beings, gave you intellect andreason and constantly influence you through all events in a helpful sense....

However, he, too, will not let his power go to waste. He will likewise try toinfluence your will but the final decision rests with you humans yourselves.... Nevertheless, you only need to use the means at your disposal .... youonly need to ensure that you receive My spirit of love, My strength, whichwill enable you to resist all your enemy's onslaughts. You can always gainthis strength by merely practising love yourselves, thus by acquiring Mystrength of love, which you can use without limits but which can only begained through activi of love. My adversary is an enemy of love and youwill always be able to conquer him if you stand up to him with the weaponof love. en you will take the path of Christ, you will take the path oflove which He travelled too, then you will follow Him and He will be yourpatron, your leader, He will have become your Redeemer as a result of yourwill which has joined Him through love .... However, as long as humanilacks love it will not recognise Him, and this is caused by My adversarywho believes he can increase his power by reducing the power of Jesus.He conspicuously directs his activi against Him, and every person whoturns away from Jesus Christ, who renounces Him, who rejects Him whenHe confronts Him in the Word is controlled by the Antichrist; he is anantichrist himself who willingly carries out what Satan impels him to do.... Beware of these antiChrist's, even if they pretend to strive for the samenoble goals .... ey are in his power and are therefore also My adversariesand will have to pay for their antagonism on the day of Judgment, which isvery close ....

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BD 5606 received 19.02.1953

e antichrist's influence before the end ....

e influence of the Antichrist will also hasten the end, for then thehardship of My Own will reach its highest peak and necessitates My comingin order to put an end to this adversi . My adversary's only objective isto dethrone Me and put himself onto the throne, that is, to completelydestroy people's faith in a God and Creator of eterni in order to beesteemed higher himself, in order to be venerated and feared like God ....He does not want to own people's love, only their submission, he wants tocontrol everything and thus be supreme ruler. As long as people still havefaith, as long as they acknowledge a Power above themselves to Whichthey will have to give account one day they will not yield to the one whodemands something from them that is God-opposing .... And therefore theadversary will proceed against this Power by trying to eradicate the beliefin Me, and this by brutal means which will make it difficult for My Own toremain faithful to Me .... Yet the strength to persevere will be provided tothem by Me in abundance. I will so visibly reveal Myself to them that theirfaith will become increasingly stronger, that they will accept all detrimentin the realisation that I alone can give and take and will truly repay what isinflicted upon them on earth.

e Antichrist's endeavour is to stamp out the Christian teaching .... toprevent all knowledge about Jesus Christ as Son of God and Redeemer ofthe world .... He openly declares war on Me .... And that is his end .... Myadversary will embody himself in a person who is totally enslaved by him,i.e., he completely owns his soul and at first deceives people with all kindsof proceedings and favours which will guarantee him the support of largecrowds .... And his speeches and activities will be a mask which concealsthe most evil frame of mind .... He will be a master in knowing how to hidearrogance, lies and greed for profit, yet his lack of love will soon exposehim, that is, only in the eyes of My Own, for towards his followers he feignssympathy for all suffering which he, however, does not try to alleviatebut only contributes towards increasing these afflictions. e believer willrecognise him, for he badly has to suffer under his rule, yet anyone whocomplies with him, who openly renounces Me, will be treated by him like

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a friend and be worldly honoured and respected. And so there will soonemerge two parties .... the majori will follow him and only a small flockwill remain faithful to Me in their attitude and actions. And these willconstantly be at risk, because My adversary urges people to cause themharm wherever possible. e Antichrist will reward such actions againstMy Own in order to even make the last believers, who still offer resistanceto him, desert Me.

is will be the start of a time of bitter distress for My Own and yet it will bebearable because they will be allowed to receive an exceptional gi of grace.... because I will show Myself where people are in danger of weakening ....I know each individual person's will and attitude towards Me, and I willtruly not let My adversary gain the upper hand over his soul. Besides, theend is near and My believers are faithfully devoted to Me in their hearts,therefore I can show Myself to them beyond the law in order to grant themstrength. And many people will get to see Me, and then no power on earthwill be able to destroy their faith in Me .... en they will also joyfully giveup their life if I require it. But I will put an end to My adversary's cruel game.... When he believes himself to have won I will come in the clouds andjudge the living and the dead .... I will fetch My Own before I accomplishthe act of destruction of the earth and all its inhabitants. Prior to this theadversi will be immense, yet My love will save you and My might willplace into chains the one who opposes Me, because his time is complete....

Amen

BD 5654 received 18.04.1953

Day of Salvation or Day of Judgment? ....

e day of Salvation is not far away anymore, but will it mean salvation forall human beings? Will it not be a day of Judgment when, instead of beingreleased, they will be banished again in the solid form? And therefore theday can be yearned for but also be dreaded, yet those who would haveto fear it don't believe in it and are therefore irretrievably lost becausethey don't do anything in order to avert this renewed banishment fromthemselves. is day will only be a true salvation for a few people, but they

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have suffered prior to it already, whereas the others don't know sufferingand therefore do not long for a Redeemer either. And yet He will come andredeem those who believe in Him .... A very difficult time is approachingall believers, but then they should not forget the promise that `I will comeagain to judge the living and the dead ....' e time of hardship shall alsobe evidence of the truth of My Word to them and they shall believe evenmore firmly in My coming on the last day, in their deliverance from utmostadversi . It will truly be a day of Salvation for My Own who are temptedto doubt the truth of My Word in view of the disbelievers'good livingstandards .... Yet for the sake of the chosen few the days shall be shortened.... I will forti My Own until the day has come, and it will come soonerthan expected ....

e state of the world will seem so peaceful that no-one will believe inan end; for under the authori of the Antichrist the waves of unrestapparently calm down and an earthly progress can be recognised whichmakes people become ever more ungodly, ever more heartless, and onlyMy Own recognise thereby the hour on the world clock. For only theywill have to go hungry and suffer while the rest of humani will indulgeitself and try to find satisfaction in the euphoria of the world. No-one willsuspect how close the end is when the Antichrist starts his world dominion.He will instigate the end, he will achieve spiritual chaos, he will cause thebattle of faith to erupt and will more or less cause the separation of thespirits, for under his regime the confession will be demanded for Me andMy name and thus the final decision will also be made, which still hasto take place before the end .... However, as soon as this decision of faithis demanded of you, My faithful followers, you can also brace yourselvesfor My second coming, for with the ever increasing adversi you will alsoexperience the fulfilment of My predictions concerning the end .... You canexpect the end every day and yet, it will come suddenly and unexpected ....But then those for whom this day will bring redemption will be blissfullyhappy, and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth by those who willbe devoured by the earth, who will be engendered into solid matter again.... You, who believe in Me, trust My Words that you will be delivered fromhours of extreme tribulation, that I will come and fetch you and that youtherefore should fear nothing on earth, for Mine is the strength and the

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power and the glory ....Amen

BD 5719 received 09.07.1953

Strength of faith ....Antichrist ....Counteraction

Intensive counteractions will have to be carried out when the Antichriststarts his last work of curtailing all spiritual aspirations, when he visiblyworks against God by trying to eradicate every Christian belief and thus hisanti-Christian attitude becomes clearly evident. en all forces of heavenand earth will have to be mobilised, for this will be the start of the mostdifficult battle the Christian communi has ever experienced .... en thelast battle of faith will commence, which is the beginning of the end andwhich will be waged with ruthlessness and brutali , because Satan himselfwill rise against God in order to bring Him down and elevate himselfto His throne. But then all servants of God on earth will also be greatlysupported by the world of light, for then diligent work has to be done inorder to refute the enemy's offensives, in order to proclaim Jesus Christ andto confess Him before the world .... en the secrecy will be over and itwill be revealed who believes in and loves God, who is strong enough toacknowledge Jesus Christ as his only Lord and does not fear the orders ofthe opposing power .... en every proclaimer of the divine teaching of lovewill be blessed twice over, for then his work will be urgently required ....he will proclaim God with conviction, Who is supposed to be renounced,he will fight on His behalf and not fear those who threaten him withdeath .... Such work can only be carried out by someone who has gainedrealisation, who knows about everything including the signs of the endand who therefore cannot help but speak up on behalf of Jesus Christ andHis act of Salvation, because he has been seized by His love and grace andfeels His activi and because this provides him with the strength to achieveanything, including openly confessing his faith, which will result in a mostbitter earthly fate. He disregards the difficulties because he has become

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knowledgeable and no longer fears anything in this world .... because hehas recognised the right Lord and also gladly gives up his life for him.

e counterwork demanded of God's fighters is to offer clarification wheredoubts exist, to persuade the souls to hand themselves over to Jesus Christ,Who is every soul's Redeemer and Saviour and Who will also deliver themfrom the earthly adversi and distress when the end has come .... eirwork consists of spreading the recognised truth and of courageously con-fronting slanderers and blasphemers, representatives of misguided teach-ings and all those who are hostile-minded towards Christ's teaching ....

eir task consists of spreading light because people are enshrouded by thedarkest spiritual night. And even then there will still be people who areundecided which way to turn, and to present the true nature of God to themis likewise part of the work for the kingdom of God, for the pure truth canand will not fail to have an effect on a truth-desiring heart, and this appliesto the few who are undecided, who will have to be treated particularlykindly in order to come over into your camp and to become your friendsinstead of your enemies .... e weapons used by the Antichrist in the lastbattle of faith will be devoid of all love, however, you, too, shall eagerlyfight, but with the weapon of love .... you should try to impart to them thatwhich you possess yourself, which you received from God .... His Word,which will affect everyone according to his will. Anyone who truly desireslight will become enlightened, and anyone who possesses light will alsoknow how to conduct himself in the days when God's adversary rages andtries to seize all souls for himself. e battle will indeed be very unfair, foryou will only be a small flock but your enemies will be large crowds .... Yetyou will truly have more strength, for you receive it from God directly, andthis strength can defeat your worst enemies. With your strong faith youwill also be able to give evidence of Me and My might to the enemy .... andcan thereby ruin the finely laid plans of God's adversary, for the strengthof faith obviously testifies to God, the strength of faith can still defeat yourenemies before the end so that they voluntarily let themselves be takenprisoners by you. ey can come over into your camp and be saved forever....

Amen

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BD 7068 received 19.03.1958

e last disciples'ordeal at the time of the Antichrist ....

And once again, like in the past, My Own will be persecuted for the sakeof My name. As yet you are still at liber to proclaim the Gospel, as yetyou can still stand up for Me and My name without being restricted .... asyet you are not opposed by any authori prohibiting your speeches andactivities. But the time will come when you will no longer be able to workin freedom, instead you will only be able to work secretly for Me and Mykingdom. Hence you should use the time well and thus work and be activeas long as it is still day .... You don't know what it means for you to be ableto speak with complete freedom and not have to fear that your work for Mewill be impeded. And therefore you should fight with the sword of yourtongue, you should seize every opportuni to bring My Word and thusthe eternal truth close to people, and you should also work through thestrength of My name. You should mention Jesus Christ's act of Salvationand proclaim Him everywhere, for wherever people exist without faith inthe divine Redeemer there is barren land .... And you shall bring themlife, you shall eagerly proclaim My Word, because you will not have muchtime le to work so freely amongst your fellow human beings. Once theAntichrist appears you, too, My servants, will be deprived of this freedom,although your activi should not end you should nevertheless carry outyour vineyard work with greatest caution and wisdom, which you certainlywill be able to do with My strength. at which seems questionable to youtoday will become reali at the time when he comes to power .... Yet eventhen I will need courageous confessors of My name who will not fear theworld and its rulers and openly take responsibili for their actions whenthey are being held to account. What once happened to My disciples willalso happen to you, whom I have chosen as My last disciples in order tospread My Gospel, but I also assure you of My protection and again I say toyou `take no thought beforehand what you shall speak, for I shall put thewords into your mouth.'And so you need not fear the earthly authori aslong as you call Me Myself to your side, for then I Myself will answer themand they will not find any reason to take action against you .... until youmission is fulfilled, which is entirely decided by Me alone and not by thoseruling powers who are also subject to Me and My will.

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Consequently, you will also understand that the work that has been carriedout for Me in advance will contribute towards strengthening the faith ofpeople who are still weak and that therefore not enough groundwork canbe done by you, so that people will then stand up to the pressures of theAntichrist, who indeed wants to prevent them from their spiritual strivingbut will never achieve it with those who have already found living faith inMe. For they will form a wall against which he will fight in vain, whichhe will be unable to sway. But he will have an easy game with those whomerely possess conventional faith, which they will renounce without a fightin view of My adversary's brutal measures. For these people are weak andalso without light .... ey don't know about the strength of My name,about the strength of a living faith and about the strength and might ofa God Who is Lord over life and death .... However, as long as you havethe opportuni of free speech and free activi you should proclaim Meand My love and might to fellow human beings, you should preach Myteaching of love to them and inform them of the forthcoming time duringwhich they can only survive in profound faith in Me in Jesus Christ; whichwill result in victory for all those who loyally stand by Me and also openlyprofess Me and My name before the world when this avowal is demandedof them. But you should also warn them of the near end so that they willknow how worthless it is to yield to the enemy's pressure, to the adversary'sdemands, for the sake of material possessions .... For no-one may takepleasure in his supposed possessions for long because the Antichrist's timewill be limited and therefore also that of his followers, since for the sake ofMy chosen few I will shorten the days and bring his activi to an end ....And therefore you, who eagerly serve Me in these last days, can no longerlose anything but only gain indescribably much, for if you are persecutedfor the sake of My name you, as My true disciples, will nevertheless stillsave souls which take refuge in your camp, and the fate of you all will trulybe a far more glorious one than you can ever be offered in an earthly wayby those who try to force you into betraying Me .... For I Myself Am witheveryone who fights for Me, and I will truly lead you to victory ....

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BD 7778 received 21.12.1960

e adversary oversteps his authori ....

e adversary's activi will be stopped once the hour has come when Iwill judge the living and the dead .... One day this Judgment has to takeplace again, a er all, everything has le its order and therefore the spiritualbeings'higher development is no longer guaranteed. Humani no longerresists My adversary's activi , it is completely enslaved by his will, and heabuses his will such that even My followers will find it difficult to remainwith Me .... He oversteps his authori by trying to completely displaceMe from people's memory and thus he will find many followers whoimplement his will: to wage open battle against faith. And you humans liveon earth in order to choose between two lords, hence you must also knowabout both lords .... He, however, aims to prevent the knowledge aboutyour God and Creator, he tries to deprive you of all faith and his methodof force is to impel the earthly authorities to rigorously fight against faithand thus against My Own who profess My name before the world. Andtherefore he will not have much time le , for he will be bound on the Dayof Judgment. If you humans are thus able to observe this beginning, ifyou see how the battle against faith will openly erupt then you can alsoconsider with certain that the last days of the end have come, for then hewill overstep his authori and will inevitably be doomed to be judged. Forhe has great power and he misuses it .... But I will put a stop to him so thatnot all people will succumb to him, so that My Own will be able to remainfaithful to Me until the very end. As yet you can still observe his activiand keep away from those who follow him; you, who want to be My Own,can still come together and strengthen and comfort each other, but once Myadversary enters into the last battle on this earth you will have to withdraw,you will no longer be able to speak openly, because then you will be treatedwith hostili by the world and those who belong to the world ....

But then it will be important that you profess Me openly .... And you neednot be frightened either, for My strength will flow to you so that you willbe able to remain faithful to Me, so that you will cheerfully profess Me andmanifest your strength even more .... I predicted this time to you and itwill come to pass as it is proclaimed; you will find that you will encounter

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ever more opponents, that the hatred against those of you who proclaimMy Word will become greater, and then you will be well advised to avoidthe enemy, so that you will not deliberately expose yourselves to danger.... en you should be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves ....but you should not betray Me .... But who else but Me would be able togive you strength, who else but Me could protect you and lead you outof all adversities again? My adversary will also be bound by Me when thetime is fulfilled, and his activi will come to an end .... And you can relyon the fact that I Myself will take care of you when the time of the endhas arrived, when you have to make your decision which lord you wantto acknowledge. For he will be unable to topple those who want to be MyOwn, because I Myself will fight by their side and he is truly no match forMy power. And he will be bound for an infinitely long time again alongwith his followers, so that an era of peace will start again for people whocan no longer be harassed by him. However, this time of peace will onbe on the new earth, because first order will have to be established again,first the spiritual beings will have to be `judged'.... Only then will higherdevelopment continue, only then will there be peace again in heaven andon earth ....

Amen

BD 4566 received 14.02.1949

Don't fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul ....

Don't fear those who can physically harm you but only the one who triesto pull your souls into the abyss. Yet you can even face him with courage ifyou call Me to your side, in which case he will not be able to do anythingto you because then you have a shield that makes you invincible, thusyour soul will be protected from all danger. e world, however, will badlyoppress you and the authorities will try to destroy you, because they willrise up against anyone loyal to Me since they don't want to acknowledgeMe as Lord and therefore demand all power and veneration for themselvesalone. You will be badly oppressed and can nevertheless face every battleundauntedly and without worry, because I will go into battle with you asyour commander-in-chief and fight on your behalf just as you fight on My

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behalf and for My name. And victory will be yours .... Do all you can toattain an ever deeper and steadfast faith, then you will also lose all fear ofthose who can only kill the body. If you pay more attention to the life ofyour soul you will also remain completely unaffected by everything of aworldly nature, enticements and threats .... you will only live according toMy will, and if the demands of the worldly powers oppose My will, youwill recognise them as Satan's emissaries and stop being afraid of them, foryour faith will give you the strength to resist them; then you will no longerdread the world and its advocates but increasingly more side with Me asthe One, Whom you fear and love at the same time.

Anyone of weak faith will be anxious and also observe earthly proceedingswith worry; I Am not constantly present to anyone of weak will. He stillpays too much attention to the world, albeit he does not desire it he willnevertheless not remain unimpressed, it will still occupy his mind, it willstill hold him back from spiritual striving. And he will be afraid and hardpressed by the earthly powers. I would like to help him dispose of his fear,I would like to call to Him: You will always find a Saviour in Me if only youhave complete faith in My love and My power. I can achieve everything,and I want whatever is beneficial for you. Believe this and know that I willalways stand by your side when you are threatened by Satan's advocateswho want to push you away from Me. And once you have become awareof My presence you will lose all fear and courageously confront the enemy.You will be strong due to your faith in Me and will no longer fear yourphysical death because you will know that death does not exist for thosewho believe in Me .... that therefore your body can be killed but never yoursoul, but that I will also protect your physical life as long as your hour hasnot yet come ....

Amen

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BD 4635 received 11.05.1949

Battle of faith ....Publicly professing Christ ....`I will shorten the days ....'

You will still have to endure a harsh battle when you have to confess Mebefore the world. You will be expected to renounce all earthly possessionscompletely, you will be dispossessed and have to do the kind of work thatseems to go beyond your strength, you will be prevented from doing whatis important to you, you will be pursued and pressured without reason andwill find no peace from the pursuits of your enemies who are likewise Myenemies and thus fear no avenging hand above themselves. And you willwonder why I allow all this to happen without calling them to account, butyou will also be surprised that you are not as deeply affected as it seemsto the world, so that you will nevertheless remain cheerful and bright andfull of confidence and hope that the hour of retribution will come for youas well, and that even these pursuits will come to an end one day. And thusyou will speak out ever more convinced on behalf of My name and confessMe before the world. And I will shorten the days so that you will becomeblessed .... Always remember My promise that it will only last a short timebefore you will be delivered from the hands of your tormentors, rememberthat you belong to My chosen ones a er all, whose every suffering willbe rewarded for their loyal 's sake; and remember that through yourconfession lost souls shall still be won and saved for Me and My kingdomjust before the destruction of earth. And for the sake of these souls takethe cross upon yourselves which, admittedly, will weigh you down but itwill nevertheless be bearable since I will also provide you with exceptionalstrength. e battle of faith will be difficult and therefore you already haveto prepare yourselves in advance by strengthening your souls with the rightnourishment, by accepting My Word and with it the strength with whichI have blessed My Word. For when you accept My Word you unite withMe and therefore have to be permeated by strength and thus will be andremain resistant against your enemies until the end .... until I will comeand deliver you from all adversi ....

Amen

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BD 1567 received 14.08.1940

Confess Jesus Christ before the world ....Divine protection ....

Whoever declares his faith in Jesus Christ puts his life into God's hands,even if the world and its power threaten him with a most bitter battleindeed, since the mere articulation of the divine name emits strength. eSaviour's love blesses all who give themselves to Him, i.e. who believein Him and keep His commandments. Jesus'life serves only a few peopleas a guiding principle of their life. However, anyone who tries to followthe Lord in all things will soon become enlightened and will not wantto renounce the divine Saviour and Redeemer because His love expressesitself so comprehensively that it perpetually increases the human being'slonging for the Father in Heaven. It is like an unceasing rain which soaksthe parched soil with His indispensable Word that comes from above to thepeople on earth and forever urges them to acknowledge Him, Whom theworld wants to deny. And the human being who so obviously feels God'sstrength should support this Word, he should speak frankly and freelyabout everything the Lord has taught on earth Himself.

First the person should do everything to prepare the human heart to receivethe truth, which is mentally conveyed to the person from above. e LordHimself says `Whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confessbefore My Father ....' us Christ gave people the du to defend His nameso that anyone who does may likewise receive divine protection when herequests help from the Heavenly Father. Whoever upholds the divine namewill be involved in the fight against Him, and the world will attempt toremove every memory of His activi on earth from people. People will bethreatened with harsh penalties which are intended to undermine the faithin Jesus Christ as Saviour of the world .... And the human being will haveto struggle considerably in order to stand firm against all suggestions ofevil minded influences. Only that person will be strong and free enough tospeak on behalf of Jesus Christ who, in faithful prayer to the Lord, conveyshis distress and worry and asks for protection and strength. Because theLord grants this to all of His defenders when they confess Him as the divineLord and Redeemer to the people.

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Here the divine might will provide visible proof that it is stronger thanworldly power, it will guard each earthly child irrespective how it confessesthe Lord and Saviour. Consequently the human being need not worry thathe could be harmed by the earthly power if he is a supporter of the trueChristiani . Jesus Christ can never be eradicated from the world of hatredand heartlessness even when the fight is openly conducted. Anyone wholoves his earthly life will find his heart beating anxiously and will observethe worldly power's law and hence betray his Lord and Saviour for the sakeof earthly success. However, anyone who does not fear death will openlyconfess the name of Him, Who has redeemed the world from its sins.And worldly power wants him to do penance for this .... But the Fatherin Heaven shields the earthly child with His hands and to the adversaryit now appears as if superhuman forces are fighting against him, and bythe unmistakable calm in spite of threats he recognises the strength of thedivine Word and the loving care of the Heavenly Father Who protects HisOwn if they confess Him before the world ....

Amen

BD 3703 received 03.03.1946

Call upon God's help is indispensable in the last days ....

Henceforth you shall always have to request My help in earthly as wellas in spiritual hardship if you don't want to succumb in your struggle forexistence. Admittedly, you can also emerge victoriously without appealingfor My help, but in that case you are already under the influence of Myadversary who is giving you strength to overcome but claims your souls inexchange for payment. To be fortified by this strength in future will causeyou immense damage since you will lose yourselves in the kingdom ofdarkness for an eterni , you will trade this short time of strength with aneterni of weakness during which you will have to suffer enormously dueto your failure not to have asked for My help. e approaching time is onlyendurable with My support, with My contribution of strength and thuswithout danger for your souls. And yet it is up to you whether you want tocall upon Me. e severe hardship should prompt you but I Myself won'tcompel you to do so, by way of hardship I only want to encourage you to

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contact Me, since otherwise I cannot transmit strength to you. Life will bedifficult and painful for each and everyone who does not carry Me in hisheart ....

But you will find relief when you turn to Me for help. My love shall helpyou endure, it helps every person who faithfully trusts in Me, because thesevere hardship has to affect humani for its own sake, as the last resortto win them over to Me and My kingdom. I want to make their heartsreceptive to My Word, and thus the severe hardship will still accomplishMy aim, namely that they hunger for a Word of comfort, for an explanationof their adversi , and that they then seriously consider My Word in theirhearts and with good will can recognise Me. For there are many misguidedsouls who have missed the right path, who shall be led back by My Word,which reveals to them the truth in its fullness. Although the suffering willalso close many hearts to My Word and they cannot be opened by force,but blessed be the one who endures without approaching My adversary forhelp in terms of unkindness towards other people and bad thoughts andspeech, because he will be apparently helped by him and provided withall manner of support to win him over completely. Don't try to improveyour earthly life with renewed unkindness, accept your fate patiently andhumbly, and come to Me .... I shall always help you if only you request Myhelp, if only you find the way to Me and humbly bow before Me and entrustyourselves to My mercy.

I will never send a sincerely pleading person away without help, you allhave to acquire this trust if the severe hardship is to be endurable for you.You can always be certain of My loving care when you deliver yourselvesto Me, when you acknowledge Me and thus do not exclude Me from yourthoughts .... But anyone who fails to do so is in dire psychological difficulwhich only his own will can lessen. Time is short and shall become evermore apparent as the end time because Satan works visibly, he impelshuman beings into actions of most blatant cruel , which always results inearthly hardship and suffering, and he poisons people's thoughts where hedoes not meet resistance with a will that is turned towards Me. And humanbeings should beware because now the last test of earthly life needs to bewon; they should open their eyes to the signs of the time, to the conductof human beings who are clearly ruled from below, and also observe the

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work from above .... they should listen to My Word's messengers who cangive comprehensive clarification about meaning and purpose of the finalsevere hardship and about the eternal plan of Salvation, which has to takeits course as it is destined and My wisdom has deemed appropriate sinceeterni .... ey should pay heed to their warnings and reminders, and thearduous time will pass by everyone endurably who is of good will and callsupon Me in need ....

Amen

Who was Bertha Dudde?

Bertha Dudde was born on 1. April 1891, as the second oldest daughterof a painter, in Liegnitz, Silesia. She became a dressmaker and began toreceive pronouncements from God through the `Inner Word'on 15. June1937.

“In a clear dream I was moved to write down my thoughts a er devoutprayer. Understandably this o en gave way to doubt and inner conflictsuntil I was convinced that I was, myself, by no means the initiator of theseexquisitely gracious words; but instead it was the spirit within me, in otherwords, the love of the Heavenly Father was obviously responsible for themand introduced me to the truth”.

“I was given knowledge of the spiritual world which far exceeded myelementary school education. I received and receive this knowledge as adictation in a state of complete consciousness; I write down everything I amtold in shorthand, in order to then transfer it word for word to clean copy.

e procedure does not take place in a state of compulsion, for example ina state of trance or ecstasy, but in an absolutely level-headed frame of mind.However, I have to want it to happen and then I can receive these dictationsvoluntarily; they are neither bound by time nor place.

“Now I only have one wish, which is to be able to make these gi s of graceaccessible to many more people and in accordance with the will of GodHimself to be allowed to do much more work in His vineyard.”

(Quotations from an autobiography from 1959).

Bertha Dudde died on 18. September 1965 in Leverkusen, Germany.

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