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4391 Great need.... divorce.... grace period....

July 31, 1948: Book 51

Take note of the fact that a new time is beginning, a time of privations and hardships such as the world has never experienced before.... And you will be at a crossroads, for you can take two paths, the aim of one is a new, improved earthly world which you desire and therefore also believe you can create.... The aim of the other is the kingdom outside of earth which promises you a better life after the death of the body. And only a few will take this path, the aim of which, however, is certain, while the masses flow onto the earthly path which leads to certain ruin. Believe My words that the time has come and prepare yourselves already now to give up everything and to be satisfied with the simplest way of life, for you still possess much compared to the coming time when only a few will keep their possessions but will not be able to enjoy them because fellow human beings will take away what I leave to them. No-one wants to hear that an ascent is only illusory, that you will only live in bearable circumstances for a short time, that a great change lies ahead of you which will rob you of all joy of life and present you with a hard challenge. But it will certainly come because the time is fulfilled. And if My grace already points it out to you beforehand, it is only for the purpose that you should free yourselves from earthly desire, that you should not make plans for the future but strive with increased eagerness for spiritual possessions which alone will make the difficult coming time bearable for you and be of use to you. For you can work with them when the adversity is great and people are in despair. But I cannot turn them away from you, after all, you humans completely forget your God in your pursuit of earthly possessions. You only think of your body and let the soul go hungry, and thus I take from you what you intended for the body and offer you, however, delicious good for the soul as compensation. If you accept it you will be saved for eternity, if you reject it your body and soul will be lost, for you cannot maintain your body with your own strength. But I have decided to put an end to this and only give you one last period of grace in which you should become aware of the seriousness of your situation. And therefore I constantly point this out to you until the day will have come which will change everything.... For what I have proclaimed will come true, and I only send seers and prophets to you humans so that you will wake up and seriously think of your soul, which is in greatest danger....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers