fr-Chapter 57 - Repentance and Transformation in all Areas

New and Deeper Insights

1. The time is approaching when spiritual revelations will unveil the path of light to humanity, so that they may come to know the mysteries hidden in the bosom of creation.

2. The light of My Spirit will reveal to you the way to acquire true science, which enables man to be recognized by the creatures surrounding him and by the natural forces of creation, and to gain their obedience, thereby fulfilling My will that man should subdue the earth. But this will only come to pass when the human soul, enlightened by the Spirit, has imposed its power and light upon the weaknesses of the body. (22, 19)

3. The day is already near when people will grasp the significance of the soul, for many who imagine themselves to be believers do not believe, and others who think they see do not see. But once they grasp the truth, they will realize that it would be childish, unjust, and unreasonable to continue nourishing a being that belongs to another life with the fruits of this world.

4. Then they will seek the light in the religions, and in their anguish of soul and their agonizing desire to find the truth, they will abolish the falsehoods of the teachings and eradicate all that is superficial and external which they find in the various cults, until they discover the divine core of being. (103, 42)

5. Humanity will certainly grow weary of continuing to sow hatred, violence, and selfishness. Every seed of hatred they sow will multiply in such a way that their strength will not suffice to bring in their harvest.

6. This unforeseen outcome, which is beyond their human power, will halt them in their breathtaking and mad rush. Afterward, I will perform a miracle in all hearts by causing love for one's neighbor to blossom where there was only selfishness.

7. People will once again acknowledge in Me all perfection, omniscience, and supreme justice. They will remember that Jesus said, "Not a leaf on the tree moves without the Father's will." For today, in the world's view, the leaves on the tree, living beings, and the stars move by chance. (71, 30)

8. When My voice is heard spiritually within humanity, people will feel a vibration that has always been within them, even though it could not express itself freely. It will be the spirit that—encouraged by the voice of its Lord—rises up and responds to My call.

9. Then a new age will begin on Earth, for you will no longer view life from below, but will observe, recognize, and enjoy it from the heights of your spiritual elevation. (321, 38-39)

10. Only when it is no longer the mind that prompts the spirit to observe and delve into science, but rather the spirit that elevates and guides the mind, will man discover what currently seems unfathomable to him, and yet is destined to be revealed to him as soon as he has spiritualized his intelligence. (295, 37)

11. I have told you that the time will come when the light will appear in all places, in all countries, on all continents. That light will shine in accordance with humanity's spiritual training. Yet through it, a new and more accurate conception of creation will take shape, a new understanding of spirituality. In this way, a new stage of spiritual and mental development will begin. (200, 41)

12. When people come to think universally in love, everyone will strive to perfect themselves, to do greater justice to others, and to serve them. All fear of punishment will be superfluous; people will obey the laws not out of fear, but out of conviction. Only then will humanity have developed spiritually and intellectually. (291, 25)

13. When this seed of Mine has sprouted in the hearts of the peoples who make up humanity, there will be a complete transformation in people's lives. How great will be the difference they demonstrate, both in their human lives and in their spiritual worship of God, when one compares the way of living, believing, worshiping, "fighting," and thinking of people of earlier times with those who live spirituality.

14. From that era of fanaticism, idolatry, materialism, and absurd religious dogmas, not a single stone will be left standing. All the errors that your ancestors and you yourselves bequeath to those coming generations will be eliminated. Anything that does not carry within itself the essence of the good and the true will not endure. But all the good that you have inherited, they will preserve.

15. This teaching, presented in a more spiritual form than in times past, will have to struggle among people, nations, churches, and sects to prevail and take root. Yet as soon as the brief period of confusion has passed, peace will come to humanity, and they will rejoice when they discern the true meaning of My Word, which it has always contained.

16. The conceptions regarding My divinity, spiritual life, and the purpose of your existence will be set on the right course, for every person will be a good interpreter of all that has been told to you by your Master, His messengers, and prophets in parables and symbols.

17. That mode of expression was understood by people only in part. It was the instruction intended for them, commensurate with their growing spiritual and intellectual capacity. But since they wanted to know everything at once, they became entangled in ever more contradictions and false notions, because they gave material interpretations to what could only be interpreted spiritually. (329, 22-26)

Enlightenment through God-sent people

18. I have promised to send you spirits of great light to live among you. They are only waiting for the right moment to approach the earth, incarnate, and fulfill a great mission of restoration.

19. When those spiritual beings then live in this world—what will you have to teach them? Truly, I tell you: Nothing! For they will come to teach, not to learn.

20. You will be amazed to hear them speak of profound matters from childhood onward, to see them engage in discussions with scientists and theologians, astonishing the adults with their experience and impressing upon the hearts of children and youth the right path.

21. Blessed is the home that receives one of these spiritual beings into its bosom. How heavy will be the burdens of atonement incurred by those who seek to prevent My messengers from fulfilling their mission! (238, 30-31)

22. I tell you once again that you will not lack people in the world who are endowed with great light, who will illuminate your path and sow love in your lives.

23. Humanity has always had the presence of such people on earth, yet there will come times when great legions of high spirits of light will be born into the world to eliminate the false world you have created, in order to establish a new one where peace is breathed and truth reigns.

24. They will suffer greatly under the wickedness of men. Yet this is nothing new, for none of God's messengers has escaped persecution, mockery, and hostility. They must come into the world and dwell upon it, for their presence on earth is necessary.

25. They will come and speak lovingly to the hearts of men. Their word, imbued with the Father's justice, will strike the arrogance and pride of all those who have replaced the garment of humility of their soul with the splendid robe of vanity, arrogance, false power, and false glory.

26. These will be the first to rise up and point at My messengers with a finger trembling with anger. But this will serve so that My servants, in every trial to which they are subjected, may bear great witness to the truth they have brought into the world.

27. You do not yet know in what paths of human life they will appear. Yet I tell you that some will appear within the bosom of the great religious communities. These will strive for the unity and spiritual harmony of all people.

28. Others will rise among the scientists and, through the fruit of their inspiration, demonstrate that the true ultimate purpose of science is the spiritual perfection of humanity—and not its degradation and destruction.

29. Thus, in all spheres of life, My servants will come to the fore, carrying My Law in their hearts and confirming through word and deed all that I have spoken to you in this time. (255, 43-47)

The Transformation of Humanity

30. I prophetically announce to you a new world and a spiritualized humanity, yet when this word becomes known, it will once again not be believed.

31. Generation after generation will pass; the arrogance of humankind will unleash storms and floods, epidemics and plagues, and the cries of humanity will shake the cosmos.

32. Yet after all this, the new inhabitants of the earth will begin a life of self-reflection and spiritualization, drawing upon the immeasurable treasure of experience bequeathed to them by past generations, and the divine seed will begin to sprout.

33. The divine seed exists in every soul, for it has come forth from Me, and just as your children inherit the features or character of their parents, so will souls eventually reveal what they have inherited from their Heavenly Father: love. (320, 9-11)

34. After the new Flood, the rainbow will shine as a symbol of peace and of the new covenant that humanity will make spiritually with its Lord.

35. You must prepare yourselves for a difficult struggle, for you will all have to fight against the dragon of evil, whose weapons are the lust for glory, hatred, earthly power, licentiousness, vanity, selfishness, lies, idolatry, and fanaticism—all powers of evil born of the human heart, against which you will have to fight with great courage and faith until you have defeated them.

36. When the dragon of your passions has been slain by your weapons of light, a new world will appear before the eyes of humanity—a new world, though it is the same; yet it will appear more beautiful. For then people will use it for their well-being and progress, infusing all their actions with an ideal of spiritualization.

37. Hearts will be ennobled, the minds of men will be enlightened, the spirit will be able to bear witness to its existence. All that is good will flourish; all that is uplifting will serve as seed for human works. (352, 61–64)

38. Man has sunk into the abyss, and his conscience has accompanied him there, awaiting the right moment to be heard. Soon this voice will make itself heard in the world with a power so great that you cannot yet imagine it.

39. Yet this will lead humanity to rise from its abyss of pride, materialism, and sin, to wash itself in the streams of tears of its repentance, and to begin to develop upward along the path of spiritualization.

40. I will stand by all My children, for I am the Resurrection and the Life that raises the "dead" from their graves.

41. In that life which I offer to humanity today, people will do My will and, out of love, renounce their free will, convinced that whoever does the Father's will is neither a servant nor a slave, but a true child of God. Then you will come to know true happiness and perfect peace, which are the fruit of love and wisdom. (79, 32)

42. I tell you, in this "Third Era"—even if it seems impossible to you—the renewal and salvation of humanity will not be difficult, for the work of redemption is a divine work.

43. It will be My love that brings people back to the path of light and truth. My love, which secretly penetrates every heart, caresses every soul, and manifests itself through every conscience, will transform hard rocks into sensitive hearts; it will turn materialistic people into spiritual beings and hardened sinners into people of goodness, peace, and goodwill.

44. I speak to you thus because no one knows the development of your soul better than I, and I know that despite today's man's great materialism, his love for the world, and his passions developed to the point of the greatest sin, he lives only seemingly enslaved to the "flesh" and material life. I know: as soon as he feels the loving touch of My love in his soul, he will quickly come to Me to cast off his burden and follow Me on the path of truth, which he unconsciously longs so much to walk. (305, 34-36)

45. Be watchful, and you will witness the conversion of those who had denied Me, just as you will experience the return of those who had strayed from the true path.

46. Scientists who have dedicated their lives to the search for elements and forces of destruction will, when they sense that their judgment is drawing near, return to the path of truth to devote their final days to the moral and material reconstruction of the world.

47. Others who, in their arrogance, have tried to take My place in the souls will descend from their thrones to emulate Me in humility. And even those who once incited the peoples and unleashed wars will recognize their crimes and, filled with fear, strive for the peace of humanity. (108, 39)

48. When My light has penetrated all hearts, and the people who lead the nations, who instruct them, and all who have the most important tasks to fulfill allow themselves to be guided and inspired by that higher light, which is the conscience, then you may trust one another; then you may trust your brothers, for My light will be in all, and in My light My presence and My justice of love will reign. (358, 29)

49. My teaching will be heard anew by humanity, yet not because My Law has returned to people, for it has always been written in their souls. It will be people themselves who return to the path of the Law.

50. This world will be a likeness of the prodigal son in My parable. Like him, it will likewise find the Father waiting for it in His place, ready to embrace it with love and seat it at His table to eat.

51. The hour of this humanity's return to Me has not yet come, nor has a portion of its inheritance remained for it, which it will squander in feasts and pleasures until it is naked, hungry, and sick, and then lift its gaze toward its Father.

52. It is necessary to grant those who chase after the goods of the world a few more "moments," so that their disappointment may then be complete; so that they may finally convince themselves that gold, power, titles, and the pleasures of the flesh will never give them the peace and well-being of their soul.

53. The hour of self-examination in the light of conscience is approaching for all humanity. Then the scholars, theologians, scientists, rulers, the wealthy, and the judges will ask themselves what the spiritual, moral, or material fruit was that they have reaped and that they can offer to people to eat.

54. After this time, many will return to Me because they will realize that, despite the prestige they enjoyed on earth, something was missing to fill the void into which their soul had fallen—a soul that can be nourished only by the fruits of spiritual life. (173, 19–20, 57–58)

55. From the people of today, who lack spirituality and love, I will bring forth the generations so often prophesied through My Word. But first, I will work upon these peoples who today misunderstand one another, wage war against one another, and destroy one another.

56. When the execution of My judgment has passed over all, and the weeds have been uprooted, a new humanity will begin to emerge, one that no longer carries in its "blood" the seed of discord, hatred, or envy, because the "blood" of their parents has been purified in the crucible of pain and repentance.

57. I will receive them and say to them: "Ask, ask, and it will be given to you," just as I told you in the "Second Era." But today I add: learn to ask. (333, 54)

Changes and Upheavals in All Areas of Life

58. The material world, the planet, is not near its dissolution, but the end of this world of errors and sins, of darkness and false science, is being brought about by the light of My teaching, and upon its ruins I will build a new world of progress and peace. (135, 5)

59. Great will be the transformation that humanity will undergo within a short time. Social organizations, principles, creeds, doctrines, customs, laws, and all the orders of human life will be shaken to their foundations. (73, 3)

60. People, nations, races, and peoples—all of them will have to heed the divine call when the human spirit, weary of its captivity on earth, rises up, breaks the chains of materialism, and utters the cry of joy at spiritual liberation. (297, 66)

61. The time will come when people will arise who truly love My Law, who are capable of uniting the Spiritual Law with that of the world—that is, eternal power with temporal power.

62. This will not happen to enslave souls as in times past, but to show them the path to the Light, which is the true freedom of the spirit.

63. Then morality will return to the bosom of families; there will be true centers of education and spirituality in your customs and traditions. It will be the time when conscience will make its voice heard, and when my children will communicate with my Divinity from spirit to spirit, and when the races will merge with one another.

64. All of this will be decisive for the disappearance of many differences and conflicts; for—though your world is so small—you have not yet understood how to live together as a single family; you have not been able to offer Me a unified form of worship.

65. The ancient Babel has condemned you to this separation of peoples and races, but the establishment of My spiritual temple in the hearts of men will free you from that atonement and lead you to truly love one another. (87, 10)

66. A time will come when man's desire to elevate his soul will be so burning that he will employ every means at his disposal to transform this vale of tears into a world where harmony reigns, that he will accomplish the "impossible," that he will go so far as to make sacrifices and exert superhuman effort to prevent wars.

67. It will be those people who will raise this world up, who will remove the cup of suffering from human life, who will rebuild everything that past generations have destroyed in their blind pursuit of power, in their materialism and recklessness.

68. They will be the ones who watch over true worship of Me—that veneration without fanaticism or external and useless ritual acts. They will strive to make humanity understand that harmony between human laws and spiritual ones, and their fulfillment, is the best worship that people can offer to God. (297, 68-69)

69. The era of rituals, altars, and church bells is now coming to an end among humanity. Idolatry and religious fanaticism will give their last gasps. That time of strife and chaos which I have continually foretold to you will come.

70. When, after the storm, peace has returned to all souls, people will no longer build royal palaces in My honor, nor will the multitudes be summoned by the ringing of bells, nor will those who feel great exercise power over the masses. The time of humility, brotherhood, and spirituality will come, bringing with it the equality of spiritual gifts for humanity. (302, 37)

71. In these times, the Reaper is present, charged with the task of cutting down every tree that bears no good fruit. In this great struggle, only justice and truth will prevail.

72. Many churches will disappear; some will remain. In some, the truth will shine forth; in others, only deception will be offered. Yet the sickle of justice will continue to cut until every seed that exists on earth has been sifted. (200, 11)

73. This is the continuation of My teachings, but not the end of time, as humanity interprets it. The world will continue to orbit in space; souls will continue to come to Earth and incarnate to fulfill their destiny. People will continue to populate this planet in the future, and only the way of life among people will change.

74. The changes that human life will undergo will be great, so immense that it will seem to you as if one world were perishing and another were being reborn. (117, 14)

75. You are all moving toward that life of joy and peace, not toward the abyss and "death," as your heart believes it senses.

76. It is true that you must still experience much bitterness before the time of your spiritualization arrives. Yet neither death nor war, nor plague, nor famine will halt the course of life and the spiritual development of this humanity. I am stronger than death, and therefore I will restore you to life should you perish, and I will allow you to return to Earth whenever it is necessary.

77. I still have much to reveal to you, beloved humanity; My Book of Divine Wisdom still holds many surprises in store. (326, 54)