BD.6531
April 25, 1956

DESCENT INTO HELL - OPPOSITION OF LUCIFER

It is true that I descended into hell after My death on the cross, and that I brought Redemption too for those that had not yet passed through the door to eternal Bliss, because this door could only be opened through My death on the cross. Innumerable souls waited for the hour of their Redemption, and I appeared to them as the man Jesus, and I told them of My suffering and death…. because they too had to confess ME freely as the Son of God and Redeemer of the world. But those that had led a good way of life on Earth also recognized Me; I was not rejected by all. Nevertheless, uncounted souls offered resistance and refused My gift of Mercy, My Redemption.

The influence of My opponent on those souls was so strong that they saw in ME only the man Jesus Who rebelled against earthy rulers and was condemned to die. All these souls had to be left with their freedom of will and therefore I could not appear in Might and Magnificence. I had to appear amongst them, as I had walked among men on Earth, as a man who had only tried to convince them with the Word of His mission and of the accomplished Work of Redemption.

My opponent did not want to give up these souls, but he realized for the first time the effectiveness of My Redemption-Work. He could not hold those souls who accepted ME and wanted to follow ME voluntarily through the door that I opened for them. They escaped from his power; they forced their fetters because they obtained the strength from ME - for I MYSELF untied their chains.

The more My opponent raged among his followers, and now the very fight began between darkness and light, and it has never ceased. It still rages on Earth, as well as in the spiritual realm. I went down to hell to bring Redemption to all those that had, even before I came, finished their life on Earth - all those who in spite of a right way of life, still were in the realm of Satan, who as My opponent fought against Me too, and against whom I have waged the battle on Earth for all souls kept in his bondage.

And Satan lost a great part of his adherents. I died for all those souls, and all of them could have freed themselves from him. But his fury was without limit when he saw how many of his former followers had left; when he had to recognize that I was victorious, and that I had used only My Love to conquer. He, too, could have submitted to this Love, but his power and his possessions were still great, and he resisted My Love-Force so avidly, that it had no effect on him.

But the moment had come in which he had to admit that his power was broken. He had to realize that he had found his master in the man Jesus, whose Love accomplished the unification with ME. And therefore his hate grew still stronger, because in the divine Redeemer, Jesus Christ, there now grew a mighty opponent that could wrench his followers from him, due to the force of His Love.

As the free will of each being is the one to decide, My adversary still saw in that a favorable solution for himself, and he is untiringly working to influence the will of his victims - be it on Earth or in the spiritual realm. But I descended into hell after My death on the cross, and I will do so again and again to bring Salvation to all those who desire to be free of him. And he will not be able to hinder ME; he will never be able to use force to keep back the souls who want to follow My call.

His power has been broken through My death on the cross, but his resistance could not be broken, not even through My death on the cross. His hate and his will are unbending; his actions are viciously bad, and his being is entirely without love. Therefore, he misses also the force to give life to the dead. His remaining force is used only for negative actions, and therefore positive force must more and more paralyze his endeavor - Love must win and draw to itself all that is lifeless and awake it again to life. With My descent into hell there began the return of the once fallen beings to ME: there began the awakening of the dead to life - because Love had proven that it is stronger than hate - Love paid in full at the cross the guilt that caused the death of the beings. And so it came about that life was "bought" for them, and the one who brought all those beings to the state of death was conquered.

AMEN