BD.8465
April 12, 1963

WHY DOES MANKIND AT LARGE NOT KNOW GOD'S SALVATION PLAN? THE IMMINENT END CALLS FOR EXPLANATIONS

If only you would approach Me always, then you would be helped in every need and distress, whether spiritual or material, - you would be provided as will best benefit your soul, provided as will best benefit your soul, because only the pure Truth blesses. I have set you no limits, and if you desire to widen your spiritual knowledge, I shall always be prepared to instruct you.

You ask why now knowledge is being revealed to you of which hitherto you had known very little, if anything. And I give you the reason: there have been people time and again whose spiritual level permitted them to be introduced into the deepest secrets of Creation, and who therefore were acquainted with primeval beginnings to all Creation: about the apostasy from Me, and My Salvation plan from eternity. Such knowledge however could not be passed onto fellowmen when these found themselves at a level of development lower than those who had received it from Me.

It would have never been comprehended at its depth, and had men taken it over only literally, their intellect would have caused them to dismiss same as delusions of dreamers, since an unawakened spirit could not grasp it. And during My earth-walk too, people found themselves at a very low spiritual level because they were still dominated by My adversary, who was the cause of the great spiritual darkness.

And hence there were only very few men whom I could instruct about such Creation secrets as well, and even these had difficulty grasping same, because they were still encumbered by original sin, and this signified deficient cognition. They did question Me time and again indeed but I could only keep referring them to the illumination of their spirit after My death on the cross, following the works of salvation, which lifted the heavy darkness from those who were devoted to Me in love.

Therefore it was these who came to gradually comprehend what I had taught them, but they would not have been able to pass on the knowledge for the above reason - their fellowmen of unawakened spirit would have been incapable of grasping it. - Since yonder teaching the outcome of an awakened spirit - was only the consequence of a correct life-style - the result of fulfilling the Commandments of love which I taught mankind above everything else, men had to first be stimulated towards fulfilment of these My Commandments of love. And you need to know, moreover, that My disciples wrote down for posterity what I Myself directed them to.

Because even they could not yet grasp the deepest wisdom and hence adhered to My instructions to only proclaim what I had spoken to those who followed Me and regard Me as a prophet, expecting miracles of all kinds and healing of all their afflictions; who drew comfort and strength from My words and whose faith in the One and Only God I could strengthen because they were of good will. But of those who wanted to penetrate more deeply there were only a few, and these were moved more by their intellect than their heart, asking Me about things only I could answer.

These indeed accepted My explanations, but without a deeper perception, except for a few whose hearts were love-prone and who recognised Me as their God and Creator. That these were initiated and very happy about such teaching goes without saying, but it simply remained as a pleasing spiritual treasure, which I Myself had taught them, without being passed on to their fellowmen or their descendants; because these were not capable of understanding, and such discussions were therefore not mentioned by My disciples.

And furthermore, such knowledge about primordial beginnings and ultimate purpose of all Creation was not essential for mankind and indeed often not beneficial, because had it been given them as dogma, it could have under certain circumstances acted coercively upon man's free will; where if held to be true, may have evoked horror at man's pre-development stage; and men would not have felt free, or not have generated love for a God Whose plan was completely incomprehensible.

But where I was able to convey divine Revelations to earth, such knowledge was also imparted to mankind. And the proximity of the end explains why a clear account is constantly being given, because man's responsibility cannot be set forth too vividly, concerning as it does the process of re-banning, which takes place only at the end of a salvation period and is extremely portentous for all souls in their upward-development. Prior to this, the souls who failed to ripen on earth still had the opportunity to do so in the beyond. But at the end of a salvation period this opportunity ceases; then something horrendous becomes the soul's lot - a renewed dissolving and the banning of the individual particles inside solid matter.

What could be more natural therefore than My informing you men about what awaits you if you fail? You would be able to pass your earth-test without such knowledge, provided you were to live within love. But where love has turned cold and failure becomes inevitable, and the soul's fate sealed by re-banning, there I apply all means for rousing mankind; then also ensuring that men can obtain clarification about the great plan of Creation, even though the result is hardly more than men's hearkening to such knowledge with incredulity, rejecting more than accepting it.

I am however also acquainted with the individual's will, and know therefore those who do not shut themselves off to yonder knowledge and who therefore derive the necessary benefit there from; and to these I verily convey same, just as I have always led all those into Truth, - into the deepest spiritual knowledge, who were in their hearts yearning for enlightenment and were also receptive to such through a life of love. Because you are to acknowledge a God of Love, Wisdom and Power in all happenings, and you should trust Me and always avail yourselves of My power, because the affliction shall still be great before the end; but whoever endures to the end shall be blessed.

AMEN