BD.8141
April 1, 1962

AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH

"And the WORD was made flesh and lived among us." I MYSELF, the Eternal Word, came down to Earth and was made flesh. It was an act of overwhelming Love and Mercy that moved ME to get in touch with men who had withdrawn so endlessly far away from ME that they could no longer hear My voice, could not hear My Word in themselves, and did not have any tie with the Word of Eternity.

They themselves caused this great distance from ME, and it would never have been possible for them to bridge this gap by their own force. They would nevermore have been able to hear My Word in such a way as it was in the beginning when I could communicate through My Word with all those beings created by ME.

Therefore My Love alone spans this vast distance. I MY- SELF came down to Earth and became flesh and tried to get in communication with My beings; to speak to them again, and to build a bridge for them that would lead them back to ME, into the realm of Light and Bliss. I MYSELF Am the Word of Eternity, but obviously I could not have addressed man from the height without producing a compulsory state in them, who had started out from Me in the beginning as free beings.

They should use this bridge to Me in all freedom of will, and this I could only accomplish by an address from Me that should not sound unusual, but rather appear as a spoken word from man to man. And therefore I became flesh; I clothed Myself in human form as Jesus and spoke to man in that cover. - But it was MY Word that now sounded to them, and I could show the way to mankind by this Word. I could teach them and let them know My will. I could give them the Gospel, God's teaching of Love that should put their souls back into such a condition that every human being could hear in itself My Word, if this was its earnest will. But prior to that, man had to be redeemed from sin and death, the guilt that was caused by the apostasy from ME had to be cancelled so that the connection with ME could be crowned with the pouring out of My Spirit, in order that man himself could hear My voice again as it was from the beginning.

"And the Word was made flesh and lived among us!" Very few people understand the meaning of these words. The eternal Word itself came down to Earth because mankind was in the greatest need - it did not know about its miserable situation, nor about the lack of Light - about the spiritual darkness in which it lived. It stood far away from ME and did nothing to decrease this wide distance. And man kind could only be helped by teaching them the Truth. They had to hear of the Will of their God and Creator and this Will had to be announced to them by MYSELF.

I MYSELF had to speak to them and could only do it through a human being. Therefore I embodied MYSELF in this man; only thus was it possible to instruct humanity in all Truth and to call their attention to the falsity of their way of living; to announce to them My Will and to show them a life that had to be followed in order to come out from spiritual darkness and walk the path which I had shown humanity, to enable them to come again to eternal life.

Influenced by My opponent, who stimulated them constantly to a loveless way of life in which they were weak and remained so, and could not win anything for their way upward - I Myself gave them proof that Love works as Force. I have healed the sick and shown them other miracles too that were only possible through the Force of Love. I also informed them about the consequences of a loveless way of life - for I had first to explain to humanity why they found themselves in bodily and spiritual misery. I had to make them aware that their condition as human beings could not be called happy, and tell them what they had to do to reach Blissfulness.

And all this they had to hear from the mouth of God. They had to be able to hear My Word, and therefore the Word itself came down to Earth and became flesh. In the ur-state the Word sounded in every being and was the cause of unspeakable Bliss. And they gave this Bliss away when they freely removed themselves from ME and therefore could not hear My Word anymore - for this Word was a direct impact of Love-rays from Me - which was now refused by the beings.

The immense misery of mankind on Earth moved My Love and Mercy to come closer to them, and, in spite of their rejection, to meet them with My Word. And he who lit only a little spark of love within himself - that one recognized the GODHEAD in ME and he followed ME. But most of the time people saw in ME only the human being and therefore valued My Word as that of a man, I was right in the midst of them and they did not recognize ME. But despite this, I could spread the Gospel of Love; I could present the divine teaching of Love again and again, and I could mould My disciples and send them into the world with the order to preach My Gospel and bear witness of ME.

The Word Itself came down to Earth and was made flesh for the blessing of mankind. And each time that My Word sounds, My endless Love and Mercy bows again to man- kind and sends the rays of Love into the hearts of those men that are willing to receive My Word and listen to it and recognize it as the voice of their FATHER, and are thankful to Me for this great gift of Grace. Because I MYSELF am the Word of Eternity, and he who listens to ME is very close to ME and he will also reach his last aim on Earth. He will find the total union with Me, his GOD and FATHER, to WHOM he finally returns, and will be eternally blessed.

AMEN