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1929 Purpose of the predictions of the coming catastrophe....

May 23, 1941: Book 28

A purely spiritual connection is the only way to lift the veil which God has spread over everything that lies in the future. The human being's future destiny should remain concealed so that he can shape himself according to divine will without being influenced, and it would hardly be necessary to announce a forthcoming event to him as long as the attainment of his soul's maturity is important to him. However, if too little attention is paid to the latter, the human being runs the risk of not living his life profitably and he must be warned or made aware of this danger in some way. He must be made aware of the possibility of a quick end and thus his sense of responsibility must be awakened. And at the same time the permanence of everything that is around him or fills his aspirations and thoughts must be questioned; thus the possibility of a sudden disintegration of the earthly must be presented to him so that he recognizes the wrong path on which he is walking. And thus God allows people to gain an insight into coming events.... He gives them knowledge of what He has decided in His wisdom for the sake of the salvation of such people who are idle in their souls. He lets people receive information by way of a pure-spiritual connection, as it is not possible otherwise in order not to curtail people's freedom of will. The results of a pure-spiritual connection can be believed but also rejected as implausible, whereas every other announcement, if God Himself would impart it to people in an obvious way, would cause horror and rather make people incapable of a changed way of life. The coming events must be announced to people in such a way that they are free to believe or not. People should be warned, but not forced to change their way of life. They should only consider the possibility of an extraordinary event and adjust themselves accordingly. Thus people awakened or chosen by God must receive the news of such future events by way of a pure spiritual connection and pass it on to their fellow human beings. They are now completely free to believe it and to prepare themselves accordingly or to reject it. However, God will never allow an extraordinary event to befall humanity without having warned them first. The more unbelieving people are and the more they ignore their actual task on earth, the more powerful God's announcement will be fulfilled. The necessity of divine intervention is so obviously recognizable at present, as the soul's higher development is completely disregarded and the human being only lives for his earthly task, earthly pleasures and his physical comfort. Consequently, he will also reject such spiritual proclamations and, despite warnings and admonitions, be completely unprepared when the proclamations come true because they correspond to the truth and were conveyed to humanity beforehand on God's instructions. And therefore the prediction will be fulfilled in the time to come, a powerful natural event will shake humanity out of its sluggish existence without faith, out of its spiritual sleep and unspeakable danger of the soul....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers