Experiences

with

Jacob

Part 4

Book 27

Max Seltmann

Recommended chronological reading list:

(with regard to Jesus’ life in flesh and Spirit, up to the time of the book of Revelation.  All books are written by Max Seltmann, unless otherwise indicated. The book marked with bold, is the book currently opened.)

1. Childhood years of Jesus (Jakob Lorber)

2. Book 1 – John the Baptist

3. Book 2 – John the Apostle in his youth with Jesus (Love overcomes Part 1)

4. Book 3 – Jesus’ Life

5. Book 4 – Jesus’ Life

6. Book 5 – Jesus’ Life

7. Book 6 – Jesus’ Life

8. Book 7 – Jesus’ Life

9. Book 8 – Jesus’ Life

10. Book 9 – Jesus prepares for His ministry Part 1

11. Book 10 – Jesus prepares for His ministry Part 2

12. Great Gospel of John, Volumes 1 – 10 (Jakob Lorber)

13. Great Gospel of John, Volume 11 (Leopoldt Engel)

14. Book 11 - Good Friday

15. Book 12 - Judas Iscariot in the beyond

16. Book 13 - On the road to Emmaus

17. Book 14 - The Risen One!

18. Book 15 - The New Life in man

19. Book 16 – At Bethany – story of Theophilus

20. Book 17 - Ascension

21. Book 18 - Pentecost!

22. Book 19 - Among the first Christians

23. Book 20 - Divine guidance of the first Christians

24. Book 21 - The chamberlain from the Orient

25. Book 22 - The God-spark and Saul's conversion

26. Book 23 - Awakening the Divine life

27. Book 24 - Experiences with Jacob, Part 1

28. Book 25 - Experiences with Jacob, Part 2

29. Book 26 - Experiences with Jacob, Part 3

30. Book 27 - Experiences with Jacob, Part 4

31. Book 28 - Naeme

32. Book 29 - John the Apostle as a guide (Love overcomes Part 2)

33. Book 30 - John the Apostle as a guide (Love overcomes Part 3)

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Table of Contents

PART IV 4

1. Plague in Jerusalem 4

2. Arrival in Damascus at the merchant master Dinarus 18

3. Arrival in Patmur at the innkeeper Nicolaus 28

4. Rest in a small village with a poor inn-keeper 39

5. Continued journey to Elegius' inn 46

6. Arrival in Rakka with the Priest Arius 54

7. Continued journey to Andree and Ludmilla. Arrival at Kaspar's inn. 72

8. Sabbath 95

9. Return to Jerusalem and the return of the disciple Jacob to the heavenly kingdom 100

PART IV

Plague in Jerusalem

The battle between the brothers in and around Jerusalem became ever greater. But Jacob walked through the streets with his head held high; he knew no fear. How often did the brothers fear and ask him never to return to his home unaccompanied after the meetings, but he remained silent and radiated calm. One day he met a brother who has followed him every step of the way.

He held him tightly and said, " Jacob, I pray thee, help me, everything is broken in me. What should I do, my son has been missing for a long time, all prayers are without strength, I don't know what to do, I have to leave here, I fear for my wife and my children!"

Jacob: "Jorem, now I do not understand you, it is still the same Master Jesus who has become strength, love and life in us. How can your prayer be without strength when it unites with Him from the bottom of your heart! Take up your trust, the Master has never failed."

Jorem: "Jacob forgive me if I complain, it is true. I am often more powerless after the prayer, I am close to despair."

Jacob: "Brother Jorem, precisely because you are seeking help from me, you are passing over the helper in you. Never before have I experienced that our Jesus, our Master of love, has failed, come with me to my home, for I feel that you are no longer safe with such fear. You must be helped."

The brothers at home were still awake. Brother Jorem's coming did not surprise the brothers, for their brother Jacob often brought brothers with him who sought help. Without much to say, Jorem said: "Brothers, I need help if I am not to fail, the absence of my son has taken all ground from under my feet."

Jacob said: "Brothers, let Jorem be calm now, we know that our Master Jesus is in and with us. Why complain when we have always experienced the help when we are inwardly completely united with our Jesus?"

The maid stepped up to the brothers and said: "Dear brothers, there is a knock on the door downstairs, someone is coming, shall I open it?"

Without a reply, Jacob left and opened the door for the waiting. Who stood outside? A priest. He said: "Jacob let me enter, I come as a friend." Jacob stepped aside and said: "Come in, our house is a house of peace - and peace be with you."

The brothers were amazed, a priest had not entered the house for a long time, but Mary said: "Nathan you? Be welcome, because you are coming as a friend! Nathan: "Yes, I come with a request, but forgive me for coming at night, I need help."

"Then be doubly welcome," Jacob replied, "but know whoever comes to us, comes in the Spirit of the Nazarene."

Nathan: "I know Jacob, it is in this Spirit that I come and turn only to you. We know that you advocate for the Nazarene, we know everything and know your work for Him; but you all know what it is like in the city of God, there is a plague and we cannot master the plague and we know wherever you go, you bring healing. Without knowing Jesus of Nazareth properly, I have tried to heal in your way. I partly succeeded, partly not. Now one of my best friends is ill due to the fever and everything failed. It is the high priest Asser, and his wife is trying everything to save her husband."

Jacob: "Nathan, you are one of those who are still the most reasonable, I also know that you want to be active in the Spirit of Jesus, but first you must be inwardly connected with Him, because then it is not you who heal, but Jesus in you. As far as the chief priest and his wife are concerned, it is good from your point of view, but without faith in Jesus your friend cannot be healed. What shall I do for you?"

Nathan: " Jacob, come at once with me to the sick man, I know, if you lay your hands on him, the fever will go away."

Jacob: "Nathan, you ask a lot, but not too much. I will gladly do that, but not at night, but during the day. I first have to come to terms with myself, because it could also be a trap. A hunting of the 'despicable Nazarenes'. See, Jorem is also lamenting his son, who has not returned to his wife and child for more than a week."

Nathan: "Jacob, I understand you very well, but I'm really serious about my friend, I don't want to lose him."

Jacob: "Nathan, I can't promise this yet, because I don't want to do anything to the detriment of myself or my brothers. It is still to be proved from your side that you mean it honestly. The fear for your friend drove you, but the love for my brothers drives me."

Nathan: "Jacob, how can I give you proof if you bring my imprisoned brothers into this? Is that your last word?"

Jacob: "No, Nathan, it is my first word, for I see into your heart, it is without falsehood, so go and take Jorem with you, so that you may know from him what it is like to destroy holy bonds."

Early in the morning, the wife of the chief priest Asser came and asked if Jacob is still in the house. Then Jacob stepped before the woman and said: "You come to take me to your husband, who cannot be saved if no help comes. Have you not yet considered that your husband is the greatest enemy of our friends? To heal your husband is as much as to nourish our enemies so that they can harm us even more."

Ruth: "Jacob, please, come with me, only you can save my husband!"

Jacob: "How can you come with such a request, I cannot heal or save anyone, that only Jesus the Risen One in me does, whom you all still count among the dead?"

Ruth: "No Jacob, not I, my husband yes, but not I - because Nathan convinced me that Jesus rose from the dead and works through you."

Jacob: "Woman, because you believe this, I will go with you, but while I am in your house, keep other priests away."

Ruth: "I will do this gladly, I am content, if you put only once your hands on his head, because then I know, my husband will not die and I will do everything that you advise me.”

When Jacob approached the sickbed, the limbs of the sick man shook even more powerfully. Praying, Jacob laid his hands on the head of the sick man, remained thus for a long time - the sick man became calm and as he fell asleep, his face became peaceful again.

Jacob departed without greeting, he only made a sign of the cross at the door - but the woman could not move, not a sound came from her lips. Jacob quietly went to another sick man, but in spirit, he was still with Asser.

The next day the woman was again with Jacob, but accompanied by a maid. Thanking him in a few words, she wanted instructions on how to take care of the sick. He was still feverish, but had moments when he was quite calm and reasonable.

Ruth: "But if colleagues leave him, he becomes restless again. What should I do?"

Jacob: "Let no man see him. Behold, you have experienced the power of prayer that I sent to Jesus the Risen One. What I did, you can do. Know, we have realized that Jesus was not only the Messiah, but God Himself, who only became man in the person of Jesus, and filled us all with power if we believed in Him. What I did, I did out of faith in Him, but it was my love that moved me to help your husband to the true and eternal life."

Ruth: "I can't grasp and understand that yet, if Jesus was God, how could He die?"

Jacob: "What died - but only His body, what we all saw in Him, was mortal, but what we could not see, was Divine! The Divine is immortal, but by His dying on the cross, He has also made His body "immortal"; as the tomb was empty and we saw Him, we experienced His glory and thereby something came to life in us that can no longer be killed as long as we remain in faith and love for Him."

Ruth: " Jacob, all this is still so new to me, but I believe you, give me time. Since I know that I will not lose my husband, I hope that my husband will also gain another opinion."

Jacob: "He will, but only love can make it possible, see that Nathan can convince him that this plague in Jerusalem can only be stopped by the Risen Christ and much hated Jesus."

Jacob became increasingly in demand and many had fallen victim to the plague. Word got around that the Nazarenes were really a visible help and the brothers could hardly get any rest. Nathan was so convinced that he now dared an open word to the temple as well.

With Asser things got better and better; only when his colleagues came, things got worse. There was another incident. When the priests had left the house, the woman threw herself on her knees and prayed loudly to Jesus the Risen One.

She was still praying on her knees, when the fever visibly gave way. Her husband woke up and heard his wife praying. Then he shouted: "Ruth, what are you doing? How come you call on the name of the hated Nazarene in prayer? Do you not know what crime you commit to make our common enemy your helper?"

Ruth: "Oh [my] husband, listen, you would have entered the kingdom of the dead long ago if Jesus, in whom I now believe, had not saved you. Hundreds died because they refused the help of the Nazarenes. Hundreds would still be alive if they had prayed to the Risen One.

Behold, I now have the evidence in my hands. Whenever priests visited you, your life was always in danger, even today, and only my request to Jesus the Living was able to bring you relief. Do bury at last the hatred of Jesus, who is not dead, but more alive than ever."

Asser: "Woman, be silent, I never want to hear these words from you again, rather be dead than confess Jesus the Crucified One!"

Ruth: "Then you will die, as all those who reject Jesus, have died. Behold, in all humility, I say to you as your faithful wife, I would rather die believing in Jesus the Risen One, than remain beside you in life. I want to make a suggestion to you. When your brothers come again, you will again be affected with the deadly fever, then your brothers should try to remove your fever. Yes, I will demand it. If they succeed in removing your fever, then I will belong to you forever, but if they will not succeed, then I will bring Jacob, your greatest enemy, and what happens then, will be decisive. It is now all about our salvation, not our reputation. You agree, don't you?"

Asser: "Ruth, my faithful wife, you know that I love only you and that you have always been my companion, what you dare is too much for me. I cannot easily confess Him who was and still is our enemy; but one could try. Today I am so comfortable and so free, I would like to rise from this bed, but I am so weak!"

The next day, some priests came again. As soon as a few words had been exchanged, Asser was overcome by another shower of fever. Then Asser's wife went to the priests and said, 'Whenever it is visiting time, my husband gets worse. Why don't you try to heal the sick with prayers like the Nazarenes do? There the prayers are answered and lead to recovery, why don't you want to do the same? To this day my husband has been fever-free and joyfully hoped for recovery; now that you are back, the fever is back. I ask you for help, otherwise I will be forced to seek help where me and my husband can be helped."

Says one: "What a presumption of yours, dear Ruth, you have always been the one who went all with us. It's true that Nazarenes are more successful than we are, but there may be other reasons for this."

Ruth: "Joseph, I cannot agree with you, as the wife of my sick husband, any help is good for me; you refuse - either you do not want or you cannot help. Do I do something bad when I get help where there really is help?"

At this moment, Nathan entered the room where Asser lay. He was surprised to find three priests there. He greeted them in their way while looking at Asser, who had red spots on his face again, indicating the outbreak of the dangerous fever.

Then Ruth spoke to Nathan: "I have just told your colleagues that they should try to heal the sick in the Nazarene way. But they called me presumptuous. Is it sin if I seek help from those who can bring help?"

"No, it can't be sin, since God is love too. I myself visit many sick people and have also had much success, because I prayed for the sick in the manner of the Nazarenes," said Nathan.

Then Joseph, the high priest, said: "So it is true that you too are a traitor to the temple, so we must no longer regard you."

Nathan: "You don't need to, my dear priest, because you are also marked by fever. Yes, I confess myself as a Nazarene, but not in the way you see it, but in my heart and help where love draws me to the suffering people. Today I have seen that you, Joseph, are a marked man and will soon seek help. But do not think that I will bring you help, because you called me a traitor. He who touches me punishes himself - I feel that in me - but he whom I touch in faith in the Risen One, is healed by the Spirit of the Risen One. You are in complete agreement, that is why I ask you to try to heal our friend Asser in prayer, for you now see him struggling for breath - therefore let your love prevail."

Ruth, Asser's wife, stood in front of her sick husband who hardly gets enough breath, wringing her hands - but does not manage to bend to her knees to pray to Jesus the Risen One.

Nathan again spoke: "Friends, don't you see how Ruth fears for her husband's life. Are your hearts [made] of stone that you are so unsympathetic to this situation? So I will ask the Risen One for help in your presence, but woe to anyone who is angry with me."

Then he kneeled before the sick and prayed: "Lord and God, you eternal One, we did not want to acknowledge your Son and therefore you punish us in Your righteousness! Oh forgive us our hardness and I will gladly confess my guilt and ask You, Oh Eternal One, for forgiveness of my great guilt.

You have raised up Your Son Jesus again, so that we too may be raised up in Your Son's Spirit, and in this Spirit, I ask You for the help of this sick brother, so that he too may become a raised-up man for You, You Eternal and faithful God for Your Son's sake. Amen."

He rose and put his hands on the red glowing head of the sick man and said: "Lord Jesus, You the Living One, You the Lord of life and death, do reveal Your power and glory for your love and your life's sake and have mercy on this sick person, so that he may know You and we may live with You. Amen."

The others were amazed to hear their colleague pray like that. At that moment, it got better with Asser, and Nathan said: "Have I lied when I said that the Risen One lives and is among us in the Spirit of His love when we ask Him?"

Then Asser rose up and said, "Nathan, how dare you speak of us, what I have now heard, [will] bring you before the temple court!"

Nathan: "Yes, before a judgement, but not before the temple court, because you have no more power for that, because between me and you stands Jesus the crucified and resurrected One. Jesus' power and glory has just been revealed in you, as our friends can testify, but since Joseph will not believe it and accused me of betrayal, he will become as sick as you were, no one will be able to help him, only Jesus alone!"

Asser laboriously straightened up and said: "Nathan, my best friend, what has gotten into you, how can you speak thus, how can you make the assertion that the hated Nazarene stands between you and us, how can you claim that the Nazarene was glorified in me? If I were healthy, I would advise you to leave us, for you are no longer worth our friendship."

Nathan was very calm and said: "And you are my friend and I forgive you for what you have now said, because you are still very seriously ill. I leave your house now, because it is a house of death. He who comes to you will be seized by the plague, my inner being is telling me this now. You will be abandoned and your wife will have to struggle hard, for you will not die, but you will no longer be healthy, it will only be up to you whether you want to be healthy, because only Jesus can save you from destruction!"

Before anything more could be said, Joseph bent over in pain. The other two priests stood there and said: "Nathan, have you done anything that could harm our chief priest?"

Then Nathan said: "Did I not say that he was marked and that the outbreak would come in an hour? Take him to his home and tell everyone that only the Risen One can heal him! But you, get away from him quickly, for otherwise you too will no longer be safe from the plague."

One says, "Nathan, I can't understand you, how did you come to this statement?"

Nathan: "Because my heart says it, for in me lives the Spirit of the Risen Jesus of Nazareth. I ask you to leave this house and take Joseph home. I ask you to do according to my words. But to you, faithful wife of your husband, I say: hold fast only to Jesus, for hard times lie before you, and only Jesus alone will be your and our Helper."

Ruth was alone with her husband. He asked: "Ruth tell me what this means, I am not able to understand these events. What actually got into Nathan?”

Ruth: "Did Nathan come to destroy or to help you? Because in him, the love for you has come alive and wanted to save you from death and destruction. If Joseph had not come, you would have been as good as healthy by the power of Jesus, and I could have convinced you in peace that Jesus lives and wants your salvation. But you are again seized by the fever and Joseph does not want to accept it. According to Nathan, Joseph will now become seriously ill and so severely that he can only be healed by Jesus the Risen Lord, otherwise he will have to die."

Asser: "What are you saying Ruth, shall I believe that? It whirls in my head, shall we have no more rest about Jesus the Crucified?"

Ruth: "It seems that way in reality, only I know that I have the resurrected Jesus to thank for your salvation!"

Asser: "Woman, don't do it to me and don't say the name any more! Jesus has to be dead for us, for the temple and for all the people. I will get well again and then everything will be all right again."

Ruth: "No, my dear husband, despite how you think and say now, you are to remain sick. Nathan, your best friend and helper through Jesus, said so. I will keep asking you until you ask Jesus yourself, or one of His helpers. That you can no longer command me, you have yourself to blame, for I am and remain healthy through the help of the Risen One, and you will no longer be able to leave your bed for as long as you are an enemy of the Risen One."

Asser: "We will see, I still determine my actions, but what Nathan said, our house is 'a house of death', is madness, because an anointed one is entitled to God's protection!”

It didn't take long before Asser again complained about his head and Ruth could only ask and pray again. The next day, the priests came again and told him that Joseph was also seriously afflicted. They were not able to talk to their colleague because he could not speak.

Then Ruth said, "Go away from here, you are in danger if you stay! Joseph was infected by Asser! Follow the disciples of the Risen One, who are able to bring help to all. Asser would no longer be [alive] if Nathan and Jacob had not brought him help."

Priest: "Woman, you don't know what you're saying, your husband's illness has made you lose your senses."

Ruth: "No and again no, my husband's illness has opened my eyes. Never before have I seen as clearly as now. The temple with all its servants will have a hard struggle to make up for the injustice done to the crucified and now risen Christ."

Asser: "Woman, be silent before all people, how shall we stand if we confess that we have crucified an innocent man?"

Ruth: "You will be rewarded because you have not condemned me like the others, but I beg you, leave this house in peace, for as long as Asser does not change his mind, the house will remain a house of death!"

They were so overcome with discomfort that they left, afraid of falling ill. But the woman prayed and thanked for the power to confess the help of Jesus.

It seemed to become truth. All visitors were affected by the plague, except Nathan. Nathan avoided the temple, fearing for his freedom. But it could not go on like this with him, he visited Jacob and discussed with him and urged him to visit Asser one day. "Since Asser is shunned like the plague, his loneliness is torment, but he doesn't want to see his wife any more, because she confesses Jesus."

Early in the morning, Jacob knocked and asked to enter Asser's house. He was anxiously let in by the maid, who was forbidden to let anyone in, because it was proven that Asser is the one who spreads the fever. Ruth is happy to see Jacob and rests a few moments on his chest to calm her heart.

Jacob: "Sister, I come at Nathan's request, who testified to me what you are suffering for Jesus' sake; but you shall no longer suffer, but I will strengthen you through the power and grace of Jesus, and you shall be free from the confining conditions. Now let me go to your husband."

Jacob looked at Asser for a long time, who was unable to speak a word. He puts his right hand on his head and says, "Asser, how long will you resist Jesus? You owe the fact that you are still alive to your wife, because she struggled with Jesus on your behalf. But do not think that I want to convert you to Jesus, oh no, I want to pave the way for you to true life. Yes, do not look at me so incomprehensibly, for you have long been the victim of this plague. No one is allowed to visit you anymore, your house is shunned as a leper is shunned. Everyone who came to you is marked with death, but no one will die, because Jesus the Risen One offers Himself to heal everyone who seeks His help. You too!"

Asser: " Jacob, you know that I am your greatest enemy, why do you come into my house, 'the house of death', as it is called by Nathan. What do you want from me? It will be very difficult for me to confess Jesus!"

Jacob: "Asser, allow yourself to be spoken to, for in death it will be a thousand times harder for you. Through me, Jesus of Nazareth, the Crucified and Risen One, reaches out His hand to you, because He delordes for no one to be lost and remain dead. He is truly risen, I am witness to that. He is alive and I want to prove that to you immediately."

Asser: "How will you prove this to me, but not by regaining my health? I reject this, for your Jesus may have filled you with His magic too."

Jacob: "Asser, what do you want to prove to yourself, because for your wife's sake, the living Christ is well disposed to you?”

Asser: " Jacob, please leave my house - I no longer resent you, because you want to prove to me that the crucified one has risen again to life, or do you resent me, because you cannot help me?"

Jacob: "Asser, I would resent you if I had not come, but in your presence I will bless your wife by the power and grace of Jesus, so that she may lay hands on all the sick in the name and Spirit of Jesus, and to whom she does it in this Spirit, they will be healed, except you! Come Ruth, receive the blessing from God who became man in Jesus and the power and Holy Spirit. Woe betide those who curse you, woe betide those who condemn your work, for what they delorde, will happen to them. Do you want me to do it to you by the grace of Jesus?"

Ruth: "Yes, I gladly ask you because I believe in the Living Jesus and in His blessing power!"

Ruth knelt down and Jacob laid his two hands on the head of the woman and prayed: "Jesus, You alive and eternal, You Saviour of all sick and troubled, I thank You that I may glorify You by Your strength and grace! I ask You to pour on this child also, the stream of Your Holy Spirit and let her become strong in faith, in love and in the hope that with You in the Covenant, everything will happen what their love wants. Receive my thanks, my Heart Jesus! Amen! Be blessed! Amen - Amen – Amen."

Asser did not have the courage or the strength to say anything against it. It was something so holy and consecrated to him that he had no words either. Jacob left without saying anything. Asser's wife was radiant and her eyes were shining so brightly, that it would have been a desecration to say only one word.

But Ruth said to her husband: "You have heard and seen everything; something so wonderful and beautiful has happened in me, which I cannot describe with words. But now you must not be surprised if I am no longer so worried about you, for from now on, I belong to the Living God, Who is love, life and mercy. He took pity on me and took away all my fear for you, now it is up to you, if you want to get well, I now belong also to those who need Jesus' help."

But Asser couldn't say anything either, there was something in him he didn't know yet. Was it fear, was it anxiety, where was his safety and superiority? What language did his always humble wife speak, he felt he now had lost something - but what?

Then his wife said: "So that we may be completely open to one another, know that from now on I will avoid the temple, as I confess to the Nazarenes. Now you will experience that the power of Jesus is not the power of evil, but only good and divine. You have taken the side of the temple that murdered Jesus, so I will no longer show consideration for you and follow the course of my love to the sick and the plagued."

Asser: "Ruth, what are you going to do, have you not praised me for my faithfulness and my God is also yours - you do not mean that seriously?"

Ruth: "But my holy seriousness, what you call God cannot be God, because God is and was with the Saviour Jesus - you murdered Him and whoever believes in this murdered Saviour, who rose from the dead, you murder him too. Everything is so bright and clear to me! What have you done the nights when I waited for you almost with fear and longing? You have murdered. Yes, you murdered my love, because you lied to me - you were working in the temple. Yes, you worked for the temple, you brought Nazarenes into the temple prisons. You almost let the Nazarenes perish in the dirt, you denied them the pure water, you threw hard and mouldy bread at them to eat and thus conjured up the plague. In your feverish nights you have told me all things, in your fever you have confessed shameful deeds; so you can have no more God, but a heart of stone that knows no God."

Asser was silent, he lacked the courage to say anything else!

The chief priest Asser's wife was sought and visited, and all who had her hands laid on them in silent prayers, were healed. But Asser became sicker and sicker. Ruth often stood with tears in her eyes at her husband's sick bed. "I am allowed to help so many, except my husband. Oh my Jesus, please give me the right clarity, so that I will not be mistaken about myself and You", she prayed ever more fervently.

Nathan came to take Ruth to another sick man. Then she said in tears: "Nathan, look at my husband, I can help everyone but him - am I in order or not?"

Nathan: "Oh woman, have you forgotten what Jacob said? Is it really about your husband or is it about the will of God? Behold, as a priestess of God, you may radiate His power and His love everywhere. Is it you, or the Spirit of Jesus?

Is it you? You are just as helpless as any other person, but it is He Himself who works in you - how can you be in disorder? Once you have a failure, then you are in disorder, then you are the proof that you have to find yourself again completely in Jesus. Now to Jacob, this apostle will tell you the same thing."

It did not happen, because Asser became sicker and so she could not leave his bed. So she decided to go into the temple and talk to the high priest. He was horrified when she demanded that he should take care of Asser, who was lying on his bed, and could not die. He said: "Woman, what do you want me to do, I shall bring death there, your house has long been described as the house of death, and you dare to enter into the hallowed halls of the temple? Leave the temple immediately and do not speak to anyone, for every word out of your mouth can bring death to us."

Then the woman froze, in herself she felt the cold of death. She hurried out with quick steps, she found her way to Jacob, but he was not there. She left a message that she needed him and awaited him at every hour. But some priests heard what the high priest said to Asser's wife. They could not understand why the high priest so lovelessly commanded her to leave the temple and not speak to anyone. They said they would visit Asser one day, but it would not be their death. They discussed it for the evening.

Asser was a little better. His joy was sincere when the priests came to his bed, only Ruth was afraid, but she knew that no one would get sick if she laid her hands on them in the spirit of Jesus. Now she was all helper again, and she said: "I was in the temple looking for help for my husband and what happened? Asser, listen: the high priest showed me the door. Every word from my mouth could bring death to him. You Asser, you priests, is this your service, then I can never go to your temple again, oh why did you have to murder The One who, in all of His words, always expressed 'love yourselves, love - yes, love each other?' You have trodden down many a life, but I, and many more, may give a boost to many a dying life; but it is not I, but the power of Jesus!"

One said, "Ruth, how dare you, have you forgotten that we are the representatives of God?"

Ruth: "I have not forgotten it and so I ask for the proof that you are those for whom you are claiming to be! On my knees I will ask you, give me the proof, do as the Nazarenes do, who pray to God and their prayer will be heard immediately. Please do it, I will take back every word, I will atone if you succeed in giving me the proof."

One said: "Woman, why do you try God, is what I tell you not enough for you?"

Ruth: "No, it is no longer enough, I have believed, I have done everything that was possible for me, with no thought have I deviated from what I believed to hear from you, but now I have the proof of your worship. Your God is glory, prestige, money and domination and we women have to serve you in your sensuality. We are here to have children, but it has been denied me and today I thank my God that I have no child, because he would also be condemned to become what you are. Hypocrites and servants of your senses!"

A priest: "Woman, you are raving, one more word and I will take you where you belong, to the Nazarenes who are waiting in prison for their deserved punishment."

Ruth: "You will not take me there, for he who touches me is marked by death, so experience the proof that I have told the truth."

Then the other said: "Ruth, your husband's illness and the behaviour of the high priest have somewhat disturbed you. I pray you, calm down. But I recognize that you are not so wrong, for I was so horrified by the words of the chief priest, that I decided to visit you and Asser with the chief priest.

We know how you mysteriously heal the sick, but we are bound by the oath to obey the temple, so we must not tolerate what you accuse us of in your inner conflict. Correct yourself and remain the old and faithful handmaid of your lord!”

Ruth: "I can no longer do this, unless you bring me proof of your task as servants of God, but I am convinced that the hour is coming - and it is not far away - when you will realize that my hard words are truth. Stay with my husband, I need to go to some sick people now. You are doctors and you don't need me anymore and you know that every fellowship with my husband has stopped because I can't support lies, hypocrisy, sin and crime anymore. I know my husband is not yet dying, but he will not be healed unless he confesses Jesus."

Then the chief priest said: "Woman, my patience is now at an end, leave us - otherwise you will experience what you will be in charge of for a long time. He took her upper arm and pushed her out of the sick room."

Ruth: "Well, be it done to you according to your will, my chief priest. This was your last act as chief priest, now you will have to wait until someone has mercy on you, because Jesus has ordered that whoever touches me in my love, wil be seized by the plague."

She quickly left the room, everyone looked at each other and Asser said: "I'm afraid Ruth is really right, let's wait and see what happens to you my Jonathan. Micha, you were smarter and you advised her to calm down. You have no idea what I have behind me. But I will not forget that my wife went to the temple to the high priest, and this makes up for everything for me again. I know that I am to be healed by the prayer-power of a Nazarene, but not by my wife. So I ask you, what should I do? I do not want to lose my wife, you know how I stand by my wife. Never have I ever touched another woman, never have I thought of deceiving her and her delorde is honest for the evidence that we are true servants of God!”

Micha: "But first get well again, then we'll talk on. I confess that I myself am desperately faced with the fact that instead of joining forces with the Nazarenes and working together to deal with the epidemic, we are multiplying the excessive suffering and we do not know whether we too will become victims. Jonathan, I think you've got it, your head looks like a ball of fire!”

And so it was, now there was excitement. Micah called the maid to call her mistress, but she had left the house. Micah ran out of the house and wanted to call men to bring the chief priest into his dwelling, but no one was willing to bring him - ‘this is the house of death - turn to Asser's wife who is able to help’. Micha was horrified. So the house of a chief priest was already known as the centre of an epidemic. He hurried away and did not fail to look for help. Despite the large crowd, it was as if people were avoiding him. After a longer time, he reached the temple and demanded that some servants immediately go into the house of the chief priest Asser, and bring the sick chief priest Jonathan into his dwelling.

They reluctantly gave him their promise. He met his colleague Nathan, who was leaving the temple. He quickly called Nathan to him and said: "Nathan, it looks terrible, I just came from Asser and Jonathan was my companion. Jonathan was seized by a fever in Asser's apartment and strangely, Asser's wife is the cause."

Nathan: "Why Asser's wife - I know her as one of the best women, having no fear, and does a lot of good, mainly to the sick!"

Micha: "Nathan, I know you side with the Nazarenes, I therefore do not resent you, because you are the only one who still dares to go to the sick and also has healing successes. What should I do in Jonathan's case?"

Nathan: "Believe the Nazarenes and do what I do. Unfortunately, it is bad for Jonathan, because until now he who lets himself be healed by a Nazarene has been healed and this presupposes faith in the Crucified One. As I know Jonathan, he will have to die because he is one of the worst Nazarene haters."

Micha: "Nathan, I found this out, because Asser's wife said with certainty that Asser and all others will only be healed if they seek their help from Jesus the Risen One."

Nathan: "See Micha, I have long been a follower of the Risen One and remain a priest, but my attitude is that of the Risen One and no longer that of the Temple."

Micha: "Then come with me to Jonathan, for there is really a need for help!"

Nathan: "Micha, I'd love to come with you, but whether I can get Jonathan to ask Jesus is very doubtful, and then I'm not his friend, because he threatened to bring me before the temple court because I side with the Nazarenes."

The maid was desperate, her master was sick and another priest was too much for her. But nobody came to help. So the evening came, the woman came and saw the misery, but she cared neither for her husband, nor for the chief priest Jonathan. Nathan finally came with Micha, who looked around for their chief priest; for the servants did not bring their chief priest out of fear to enter the house of death.

Nathan called the housewife and said: "We have to try to help, because Jonathan can't stay here, would you get some help?"

Ruth: "Gladly Nathan, but only Nazarenes are willing to help, but what if they as Nazarenes are captured?"

Nathan: "See how we stand in the public arena, but I will try to get help."

Then Micha said to Asser: "Brother, my mind is very confused, I am beginning to doubt. Jesus of Nazareth now worries us a thousand times more than when He was human. Oh, if only I had known Him as a human being, as the one He really was. It has become reality, the temple with it's priests are failing and secretly seeks the help of the Crucified One."

Asser: "Dear friend, you tell me nothing new. My wife swears by Jesus that she no longer feels anything for me, because I am the enemy of her God. I begin to give her justice, for all my trials no longer stand up to the facts that stand before me like a judge. What is and has been our ministry until now - only greed, no trace of love and charity. Our women suffer and must remain silent because we are their masters. Oh Micha, if my illness is still going to be of long duration, I call on Jesus for help! Where are the doctors, where are the servants of the temple, nobody comes because my house is a house of death. Not for long anymore, then it will become a house of love and life."

Micha became more and more desperate, for Asser was right. Everything he said, was true. He could not have said it in fever-madness, because he was quite calm.

Finally Nathan brought help. Some men with a sedan brought the sick man home and Nathan accompanied them. On the way, he saw Jacob and called out from afar, to exchange a few words with him. Jacob warmly greeted him, and Nathan invited him, if possible, to go to Asser today, he was waiting for him. Jacob nodded.

It was evening. Nathan and Micha were still with Asser when Jacob came, greeting everyone amicably; he held Asser's hand and said: "Friends, there are two worlds in this room, let us call the housewife - I prefer that, because there must be a reason for my coming!"

Nathan said: "We are all friends now, let's be honest and frank. Jacob, you have been my best friend for a long time and you see into my heart how it longs for the eternal truth.

Here, Asser wants to get well and can not and today, Jonathan got sick here in this house too. Is it our fault or not? What do you say, Micha? I can't say anything, dear friends, I ask myself whether I am also partly to blame for what happened?”

Jacob said, "Nathan, you say we are friends now! It is a good word! Do we really want to be? We are wondering about the question of guilt after all that happened. Guilt meets nobody and also everyone; but if we are friends, we also want to work towards a quick improvement or alleviation, perhaps also a healing, bringing us to the end of this tribulation. Behold, we represent two worlds, which is now the stronger and better one? You Asser and you, Micha, represent the world of the old faith in God, which originated from Moses and the prophets and has long since ceased to be what it once was. Nathan and I represent the world that came out of the teaching of the Messiah and is rejected by those who cling to the temple and it's statutes. Two worlds and yet only one basic life - God... The one who experienced so much, saw so much, could work so much from the Spirit of the Messiah so eagerly awaited, yet rejected, can testify to the glory of God.

As far as the temple is concerned, I can judge best, because the hostility of the temple has existed since the birth of Jesus! Think of the infanticide in Bethlehem, think of how He became a teacher to all priests at the age of 12, think of what Jesus had to endure in the time between His 12th and 30th years, and remember that Jesus knew of His task as a man and had to be crucified for it. And I, as the youngest son of my father Joseph, had experienced everything; and I will not speak of the innumerable powerful miracles that took place in silence. If you had experienced all this, you would also have been like me, for I would rather die than deny something. But now that He, our Master Jesus, patiently brought the last sacrifice, He could leave us all something that the Temple will never grasp and acknowledge, namely the power and glory of His Spirit of Love, which the Temple calls "demonic". So there are contrasts between us that cannot be bridged. Here love, there hate, here salvation, there death, here peace, there destruction! What would you choose, dear Asser?

Death or life, what would you wish for, dear Micha, love or hate? You, Nathan, have decided to live! Death is nourished in the temple, but life is nourished only in the Spirit of Jesus the Risen One."

Asser said: "Jacob, I have hated you as only a human can hate, because you can defy us so fearlessly, and now I must realize that death makes me fidget on the line like a fish that can no longer avoid it's end. Do you know that your truth is the bitterest thing I feel now! You have convinced my wife that Jesus is and will remain the victor - look at me - but even worse is the punishment for my loyalty to the temple, that I have lost my wife, who was dearest to me in this world - and so my life is already a slow death."

Micha was horrified to hear these words from Asser's mouth and said: "Asser, you are feverish, what you are saying now is hardly possible to believe - so your loyalty to the temple is your greatest guilt? I also confess that when I think of my death, I myself become afraid and anxious. Oh, Brother Asser, we have helped so many to suffer pain, sorrow and suffering, perhaps even death, which we fear. Jacob, is there a salvation for us or not?"

Then Asser's wife came closer and said: " Jacob, you representative of the Master of Love Jesus, say the redeeming word of life. You know how I asked you - heal my husband, I do not want to lose him. Say the word of redemption also to my husband, so that he may recognize the false and the wrong and confess Him who is life and love."

Jacob: "You have heard the request! You already know the word of salvation, because Jesus said it when he died on the cross: "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing!"

Micha was excited and said: "Asser is what Jacob said, true? The crucified man still had love and forgiveness for all of us? Oh, this is salvation for me, because I was not guilty of His death. Nathan, from now on I belong to you. And you, Jacob, have opened my eyes today. Oh Asser, what keeps you from believing in Jesus - your faithfulness to the temple! Oh Asser, if you had heard the high priest what he said to your wife, you would have turned your back on the high priest and said, 'now I have no more business in your halls'. Jacob, can my trespasses be forgiven, I have sinned against your brothers. Tomorrow I will try to restore freedom to the prisoners."

Jacob laid his hands on Micha's head and said: "Micha, experience my Jesus as a power in you, then your newly acquired love will also show you the way that you now have to go."

Micha: " Jacob, this love of yours is worth more than a thousand words, for a power flowed through me and warmed me up. Oh Asser, come to yourself and go with me to the Saviour Jesus, who in this hour has become so evident to us."

Jacob went to Asser's bed, laid his hands on his head and said: "Asser, the love of Jesus cannot be praised enough with words, therefore stand up in the name and Spirit of Jesus and be healthy! Redeem what you have promised to, and you will never regret it. But if you would forget your promise, then you are no longer to be saved here in your earthly life and there in the great spirit kingdom, you will have infinite difficulty. But you, my Jesus, have thanks for this hour of grace and bless us, for we belong to you for all eternity! Amen."

Asser was healthy, Ruth was beside herself with joy. She said: "My Jesus, You have heard my prayer, let us not come into the state of honour that we may forget You, for now You are our Lord and God! Let us become Your temple, instead of the temple built by human hands. Make our home of death, a home of love and life and experience the blessing of all those whom we can win for You through Your love, grace and glory."

The prayer was literally fulfilled. In Asser's home, even relatives of the sick came and sought and found help, since Nathan and Asser's wife became real pillars for Jacob. But the temple avoided the house, for to it, it remained the house of death.

The struggle to control the plague continued for a long time. Jacob was on his feet day and night with his brothers and helpers.

Finally, the power of the plague was broken. Some priests died, some would have been saved if they had sought help from the Nazarenes. Yes, the temple was closed for some time, with the exception of the forecourt, for fear of further spread of the plague made it necessary.

Jacob found the courage to testify to the glory of God in Jesus the Risen One in the forecourt, and urged all to no longer be afraid of the plague, since faith in the Risen One was already enough not to be infected.

The brothers could devote themselves to the community in peace for a long time, but then the enemy of all life became active again and the temple again gained courage to resist the new teachings of Jesus and a new wave of persecution and harassment ensued. How defenseless were the brothers; but Jacob became all the freer and more fearless. Despite all warnings, he visited the temple to testify to the life of God in the spirit of Jesus the Risen One. Then one day he received visitors - Baltasar had come. Oh what joy the brothers had in Baltasar. The joy lasted a few days. Then Baltasar expressed his wishes. He said, "Brother Jacob, I have sold all my possessions. Life on the roads no longer suits me, therefore I am here with you, my brother, to again visit the congregations, because it is necessary. The enemy is trying to sow weeds, all talking is in vain. The tares will proliferate if they are not stopped at the right time."

"Is it the Gentile priests or the Jewish priests?" Jacob asked, "for the options must be taken into account!"

Baltasar: "They are Jewish priests, we can no longer speak of Gentiles, because the work you have done was a truly blessed one in the Spirit of Jesus. So come brother, I have a good driver who will drive us and provide for us until I find a home. I suspect great things, but you know that I was and will always be natural."

Arrival in Damascus at the merchant master Dinarus

The first destination was Damascus. The merchant Dinarus was delighted to see his beloved Jacob again and greeted them warmly. He immediately called his wife to him to share his joy with her. But for Rufus, the most faithful servant of the house, the joy was even greater.

When the first joy of reunion was over and Jacob asked about the condition of the congregation, Dinarus said: "Brother, it is almost impossible to explain by what means the priests work here, above all, the Nazarenes are blamed for the plague in Jerusalem. But it is even worse, because here and there, loyal people disappear. What is fixed here in the house remains fixed, but ask Rufus in what distress he finds himself, for he was the soul of all."

The next day, Rufus gathered all his friends. Only the word " Jacob is here ", was enough for everyone to come. So this evening became an experience for everyone. The sick had also come, and they were all completely healed by the power and grace of Jesus through Jacob.

That day, a caravan came to Dinarus. It took a few days until everything was in order. The caravan owner was a good acquaintance of Baltasar - a Greek, who was surprised to meet Baltasar here because he had no business here. So Baltasar could well testify of the grace of Jesus that made him a very different person. It was now decided that he and Jacob should also spend an evening with the Greek, for all his people would also be eager to know the truth about the Nazarene; for it is at the inns that the most warnings are given against the 'soul poisoner'.

Everything was festively arranged in the inn, for the Greek was known as a noble and good man, who was friendly with all people, especially with his people. Unfortunately, there were also often hardships on the long journeys and hence, illnesses of people and animals could not be avoided.

But since it became known that Jacob also healed the sick, the Greek said to him after their first introduction and the usual courtesies: "Friend, my people say that you also heal with the power of God. Our priests do the same, but with very great sacrifices, and the greatest evil is that the help does not help. I myself and one of my faithful ones just had a serious misfortune. May I bring you the poor? Not to heal, no, but to get clarity as to what I should do, for the man will become blind if no help comes. I did plan to leave the man here, but then he is lost to me."

In response to the call, the man came, the blind eye bandaged and seeping. He got stuck in the right eye with an object and the eye was lost, but they greatly feared for his left eye.

At that moment, just when Jacob was about to say something, a priest entered the big room. He saw Jacob and hurried towards him within moments. He said: "Look there, a stray sheep, how good that I went to see if a sheep has strayed here. You were one who went with the crucified One, why are you in this inn, when there are enough Jewish ones."

Jacob: "I could ask you the same question. What are you doing here? I am with friends and you have bad intentions. Do you want to disturb peace? So I ask you, go and leave us alone!"

"You are Jacob, I have been waiting for you for a long time, for you had a good harvest here; but you will not have this harvest, I and others will take care of it!"

Jacob felt uncomfortable arguing with this priest - he said: "I ask you again, leave the inn, you have caused enough discord, because Jesus lives and will live forever, but I am His witness and stand up for Him with my entire personality! I have never tried to force anything on a man like you and all of you, for not only my words, but my deeds speak. What do you have to show in deeds? Here is a sick man who has lost one eye through an accident and he is in danger of losing the other eye as well. Here you work and invoke your God, of whom you tell wonderful things. Here are many who are pagans, and through your help to the sick, you could bring many to your God."

The priest: " Jacob, do not imagine that I will go into your case. These are traps that you set for me. Your Master could make blind people see by the power of Beelzebub, but they became blind to God. No, you will not reach me there!"

"Jonas, I will not depart from my delorde," said Jacob, "either you heal the sick and take back every word you say of my Master in your hatred, or you will have to atone for a long time until you are purified and humble."

Jonas: "I mock you, Jacob, I know that you are idolised by many, but what we know is enough to make you harmless, because we have all sworn to destroy you just like your master. This is true, this is decided in the temple's council, and it will happen, but only when God wills it!"

Jacob: "It is not yet so far, but know that God wants all men to be helped, therefore I am a servant of God in the Spirit of the Risen Jesus, who as the Son of God was only filled with the Spirit of God. So my last word: "Here is the sick one, ask God for help, because He says that He wants to help all those who earnestly ask Him."

Jonas: " Jacob, do not tempt God, for I stand here as His representative and demand that you no longer speak of it in my presence!”

Jacob: "I, Jonas, stand here as a representative of my Lord and God in Jesus and ask you, go, leave this inn, do not disturb our peace and do not prevent me from serving my God and Lord!"

Jonas answered with derisive laughter; but when Jacob took the cloth from the sick man and saw the empty eye-socket, he became quiet.

Jacob said: "Friend, I cannot heal you, but Jesus the Saviour, who truly embodied God and came out of His tomb in an immortal body after His death on the cross, promised us to help all who believe in Him and live according to His teaching! So I stand here as His representative and ask you, can you believe that He is the Living and true Son of God, then answer me with an honest heart and then we will both ask Him for His help!”

The patient: "Friend, I have heard a lot about Him, I would like to believe in Him, but I do not know Him. What I heard was often good, but what I heard from Jewish priests was always bad. So also today with the priest Jonas. But since you promised to pray with me, I trust you completely and believe your words. Jesus will not hold it against me that I will not lightly say "yes"!

Jacob: "Come, let us go to the blessed work...

Oh Jesus, You Living One, see, here is a poor helpless man, I beg You, be You the helper who said to all of us, "Behold, I am with you every day" and this brother does not know You yet, but would like to reward Your love with a living faith and a loyalty You long for!

So penetrate him with Your stream of love and reveal Yourself to him and all those who are present here! I thank You, my faithful Jesus, for Your grace! Amen.

But you, my dear friend and brother, give thanks with your love and your life - for you are healthy."

The prayer was already touching, but everyone was even more deeply touched, because the sick man had his eye again and could see like before. He said: "Oh friend, what good did you do me, a fire burned in me, it started from the heart and flowed through me so pleasantly. All the pain was gone and I felt my lost eye again. Oh tell me of the Saviour who now made me so glad, so blessed and took away all my fear of becoming blind."

Then Jacob said to Jonas, who stood there without a word, "Now friend Jonas, let me tell you how the healed friend feels. See, what Jesus, who became alive again, did, He did to all men, and what did you do? Cursed be the one who believes in the Nazarene, and you have become the executors of the curse! Jesus blessed and you have cursed, do not be surprised when the curse is fulfilled in you. It is not too late yet, so turn back, Jesus has not given you up yet. If you remain in your disposition, do not be surprised when you meet evil. No one will help you except the Risen Jesus! So go, leave us and do not disturb us in our joy. Jesus be with you!"

The priest left without saying a word. Then the seeing one said to Jacob: "Friend, why did you send the priest away, should he not hear what you want to say to me about the Saviour at my request?"

Jacob: "My dear brother, you see, the priest needs time. Every word that comes out of my mouth is like a poison or torment to him. He now needs to be alone, for it is difficult for him to confess Jesus, because he was and is his greatest enemy. Behold, God, who is omniscient, now wants to cover up His omniscience, so that He would not decisively inhibit his freedom with any delorde. Many a person is surprised that the omniscient God is silent about everything, acts as if there were no sorrow at all, and overlooks all prayers. But we who were and are witnesses of His unspeakable love, grace and mercy, see everything with the eyes of love and understanding and receive a completely different picture.

Behold, you are a Gentile, as the Jews call it - and yet not godless, because you believe in a God who was preached to you by the priests; but since the priests themselves do not know, but are only servants of a doctrine, all this is only a job to them. But the eternally true God, who wants to be experienced as you have now experienced God, now wants to be witnessed by those who have been called. So you ask yourself: how do I become a called one? So I tell you before all those who are listening now that you have just now become a called one. Your healing is a work of His omnipotence, the testimony of His love and mercy. So you owe it to the true and living eternal God to testify of Him that He healed you out of His love for you!

You would never have come to this knowledge. First, because you did not seek the true and eternal God, and second, because God needs you to become a herald of His love, His power and His life. That's why I had to come to you. But you, dear friend, who also suffered for one of your faithful, take the words which I spoke to your healed servant, the same goes for you; but the time is so short, so I must endeavour to say much in a few words. I have known Jesus since His birth and, while He was still alive, I lived almost no day without Him. He was a brother of concern to all of us because we understood Him so little, were worried about Him because He never tolerated people around Him who reproached Him for His actions, [or] for His ideas. Yes, the old man Joseph, my witness, could not understand Him. Only in the last time of his life did he recognize Him and when my father died, He was the only one who did not mourn, and we could not understand that either. Thus Jesus grew in Himself to what He manifested and became the Saviour who made unspeakable many healthy in body and soul. But to his enemies he was full of consideration, only a few experienced His hardness, which they deserved, and then [He] became the sacrifice for all of us!"

The Greek said: "Dear friend Jacob, we have heard similar things. His miracles sounded like a fairy tale to us, almost too beautiful to be true, but with His death on the cross, the fairy tale also died. Even more have our respect for the Jews also died when we heard that the followers of the Crucified were persecuted; and [we] experienced [it] again and again when priests, like Jonas who had just left, continued to seek and persecute the Savior Jesus' faithful ones. Our priests have never done this and today I am meeting a true disciple of Jesus for the first time, and I am so full of joy and gratitude, that I want to experience more. Yes, I only want to hear the pure truth, because you all have no real idea of what rumors are circulating all over the world. See Jacob, it is not a reproach, the Templars are much more zealous in their hatred than you are in your love for Jesus!”

Jacob: "Dear friend, you may be right, but we act on inner instructions, since we remain in constant contact with our Lord and Master. So today I do not know what I will do tomorrow, because I experience daily in my connection with Him what I should do!"

Now Baltasar also has a chance to speak, because the Greek was very curious and he wanted to know how he came to [know] Jacob.

Baltasar said: "Dear friend, this is a long story and yet so short, it can be told in a few words. I also met Jacob the way you did, and Jacob became a savior to me and I experienced the glory of God in him and with him, so that it would be like a crime if I would turn my back on my eternal God. What happened with your servant is something so natural to me, I do not see it as a miracle of healing, but as a proof of His power, strength and glory. What Jacob did, cannot be described in hours - you will need days - but is the healing of one of your servants not enough for you? It is not the most glorious thing for me, but the most glorious thing for me is that I have the proof: There is no death, there is life after death, there is no reward or punishment from heaven, but every man is the creator and designer of his heaven or hell, which begins in his own heart and will never have an end, depending on his life, whether it is good or bad."

The Greek: "Baltasar, friend, what things are you talking about, there is no death, no punishment or reward of the gods, oh Baltasar, I will stay another day, it is important for me to get to know the purest truth. If you, Jacob, can give me a little proof of this truth, then I will become a disciple to you. This is my inner struggle - no priest of our gods can give me clarity. It is just our misfortune to believe in the gods in which our fathers believed. Where are our fathers - do they live and how do they live?"

Jacob: "Dear friend, as long as Jesus was not yet able to fulfill His God-given task, all people lived under and became slaves to the law. And they continued to live after their physical death, but the better ones were led and taught by angels, but the worse ones remained what they were - bad - without knowing that they were punishing themselves. When God became man in Jesus, transforming His life into love, it was only revealed to us what He had been to us, after His death on the cross. As man and prophet, as our Master of love, He was only God's instrument. As the Overcomer of Death, it became apparent that He actually left us humans a whole new life as His Testament!  And what I am witnessing about and doing now, is the product of His new and glorious love and mercy."

A new disturbance began, for some Romans with their companions came and asked us to take part in our small closed society, because they had heard that a popular agitator was here and brought something rejectable.

Then the Greek said: "It is true what you said, because I and my people have been given the opportunity to recognize what is to be rejected in us, namely our faith in our gods!”

"Why, dear friend, did the gods do you any harm? I will certainly not separate myself from my gods, for what comes out of Jerusalem, is everything but divine! How is it that you are so intimate with Jews - who is this Jew? Since they let their greatest benefactor die on the cross, they have also crucified their divine."

The Greek: "Friend, this Jew is a disciple who saw his Master die, but also how He rose again to life."

"Friend, have you been one of His disciples? So it is true that He, your Master, did not remain in the grave? I am burning to know the truth, I am only here for a very short time and I am experiencing a world of the greatest delusions."

Jacob: "What you call delusion, dear friend, is inexplicable to you according to your concepts and principles. Yes, I am a Jew, also a disciple of Jesus, and my name is Jacob, of whom you will hear many things, because my brothers do little outside Judea and Galilee.

It is a fact that the temple has the greatest interest in condemning the new doctrine and seeking salvation in it’s own old doctrine; but those of us who have gone through the land with our Master are also educated by Him in such a way that we can no longer do otherwise, and if a thousand temples with their priests would fight us, we remain faithful to the new doctrine and also want to live it out, spread it out and make it a common good, also among you Gentiles."

The Roman: "But you will have no luck with me, dear disciple of Jesus, even though you are years older than I, and since I vowed to follow my emperor, it is also an oath to my gods."

Jacob: "But it cannot be valid, dear friend, because there are no "your" gods, but only dead shadows, which are glorified by your priests. There is only one true and eternal God who is life, love, strength and power. Who created heaven and earth and created us human beings, so that we all, as His human beings, may also become His witnesses!"

The Roman: "Friend Jacob, I do not want to assume that you insult my gods and that you present them as 'only shadows', even if you have presented them to me in the same way, but since you say it so firmly, you must also be able to prove it. So I ask you, can you prove that your God is a living one and a real one and not a shadow, as you call my gods?"

Jacob: "Yes, my friend Romanus, I am ready to prove it to you; but what is right for one must be fair for the other. Therefore, I ask you with the same right, are you prepared to prove to me that your gods are living and real, and not shadows?"

The Roman: "Friend Jacob, you are careful and your question is delicate, I don't know how to prove it, prove to me your God's truly divine nature and reason for existence, then I will see further."

Jacob: "Romanus, what shall my God do for you? Something you Romans wanted to be proven, but have never asked your priests to prove it. Be open and honest, what shall my God do for you?"

Romanus: "Jacob, since you are so definite, I am milder, so I have only one request, can your God tell me what my mother is doing at this moment?"

Jacob: "Romanus, it would be easy to tell you something that you cannot verify. But my God lets you know that at this moment, your mother is holding in her arms her grandson who was born an hour ago by your sister Lydia. Your brother-in-law is in Tyre and if you want you can bring him the joyful message. Do you want to know more about my God?"

Romanus: "Jacob, tell me one thing, is it really your God who revealed this to you. How can you know my name and the name of my sister. How do you know she gave birth to a son. How do you know that my brother-in-law is in Tyre?

I have to believe you because I had news from my mother that she is expecting a grandchild from Lydia. Oh Jacob, my gods cannot reveal that. Tell me another thing, is your God at all involved in the destinies of people?"

Jacob: "Romanus, God takes part in the destinies of every one of His human children, which is not evident in any doctrine of the gods. But since our friend, who I'm staying with today, is interested in the Life which was given to all of us by Jesus at His death, so my eternal God wants you to convince yourselves of the truths I was allowed to tell you. So it is the will of my God and Lord, that you may experience all His glory, which serves you unto eternal salvation."

At that moment everyone shared in his sphere and could experience what lived around himself. The Roman was with his mother, saw her joy about the new human on earth, saw his sister experiencing the joy of her mother; as if that was not enough, he also saw his father leaning over the newborn, but could not hear what he was saying, while hearing every word from his mother.

But so did the Greek. He could speak to his mother, who could not talk enough about the glorious transformation they experienced as figures of light, and brought them news of those who had accepted the grace of God, who is the eternal and living One, and the request: 'Believe in the God unknown to us, He is the living and true One'.

"It is enough of grace," said Jacob, "now we will discuss everything in such a way that not even the slightest doubt will deprive you of what you have just received. Everyone who is with you and among you has been able to experience something, therefore ask yourselves and you will experience miracles, as everyone experienced something different."

Instead of talking to each other, they all looked at Jacob questioningly. He said: "Friends, of what you have experienced is not such a great wonder, it can become even more glorious if you not only believe what I am allowed to reveal to you by the love and grace of Jesus, but make it your own life. But for this, it is necessary to forsake your gods forever, in order to occupy yourselves with Him who is, was and will be eternally. Just as your gods have no life, so you will also be without life, for what you now live, is not life in the true and divine sense. Your present life was full of and with material things, so will also your death be, because in death the material and your immortal soul has ceased to exist and has erred and seeks light, life and clarity and cannot find it. But when you enter into the teaching, which was revealed anew through Jesus, the true and eternal Son of God, light and clarity are already being nourished in you here in life on earth, and the spark of God given to every human being, is being nourished to continue searching and researching in the light until the fellowship with the eternal and true God is reached. This is God's wish, then everyone will see how God has been and will remain love, light and life since eternity - eternally! But we as His disciples experienced His glory, His love and faithfulness and experienced in ourselves His power and glory, which makes us stronger, more mature and more secure. Therefore the request to you: Strive for life in and from God, enter into the inner emotions which, besides love and light, urge you to become love and light as well - this will make you all a truth, which makes you free, joyful and ever more conscious - and urges you to become all love, just as He as Jesus was only love, truth and divine life!”

Romanus reached out his hand to Jacob and said: "Jacob, Jacob, what kind of man are you - what kind of man must Jesus have been who was filled as only a God can be filled with the awareness that His death will be the salvation of all people. I know you will have experienced many times that Jesus' death was called a weakness. I know you have often been accused of it - why did your Master not make use of His indwelling powers? It would have been easier for you to work and the enemies would have been beaten by Jesus!”

Jacob: "Friend, humanly speaking you are right, but God knows about everything and above all it was in His plan of salvation that He Himself as a man should bring this sacrifice, so that no one and nobody would get lost and a way was levelled that would lead back to God. What would have happened if He had revealed His power, strength and glory - only misfortune upon misfortune; for the enemy of all life wished it so that no redemption from death, sin and curse would come about. But thus it became the redemption of all men, if they fulfill the conditions which are written: Love one another as I have loved you! It is the most glorious solution, because it makes us free from the law, free from any bond, that prevents us from going the ways that His love and grace makes us an example for all people."

Romanus was silent, but the healed servant said: "Dear messenger of God, if only I could retain everything as you reported it so beautifully. I am and remain now the debtor before the God, whom you have described to us as The True and Living. I must believe it because I can see again, but I should love, I myself should become love, so friend, that is bitter. The exceedingly great and most loving God oppresses me, if I only think of Him, what should I do to be able to love Him?"

Jacob: "Oh friend, it is not to be taken that way, it is the easiest thing there can be; for to love God whom you do not see is difficult, but to love your neighbour is so easy, and in every human being lives the divine spark, therefore a part of God. If you love your neighbor, then you also love God; for God is love, and he who loves his fellow men, has God in him, and he is in God."

The Greek: "Friend, let me thank you for what I have experienced, it is enough to know that there is a life after death. Because Jesus really lives despite dying on the cross, it is completely enough for me. But a great "but" stands before me. How can I, as a person who has to recognize this, put everything in order? There the whole past stands up, can I accept so easily that Jesus died and brought me a life that lasts forever? Oh Jacob, I still lack something, which prevents me from rejoicing about this grace. How do I make myself worthy of this grace, how do I erase the guilt; for living a life that reminds me of the past, could become a burden to me!”

Jacob, looking him firmly in the eyes, said: "Brother, believe firmly and faithfully that Jesus also died for you and has cancelled your debt account. But your guilt is not as great as you always thought, for when you struck your brother, you were in a righteous anger. The fact that your brother left you was not your fault either, but his - for you were in your right. But through this, you have become a righteous man, who has conquered; you've proven it all along. But your brother has long since regretted having irritated you so much, and if my suspicion does not deceive me, you will soon embrace him in your arms, for he too, has recognized Jesus as his Lord and God. Therefore, be happy! The Lord is a Lord of both the past and the future!  Embrace Him completely with your heart and it will be revealed to you how you will become free from all restricting and inhibiting thoughts!"

The Greek: "Jacob, this is perfectly enough for me. Your words are full of light to me, for they cannot have been your words, how could you tell me things that I would like to forget and cannot. Now I will believe firmly, so that I too may become a free, and always joyful one."

Jacob: "You have already become one, my dear friend and brother, and so all I have to say to you is: "Stay in this joyfulness and everything will become much easier for you with Jesus, who will accompany you on all paths in the Spirit, if you walk the paths of love, which your inner spirit will reveal to you."

Baltasar said: "Friends, this evening was again a wonderful gift from God, how many times have I experienced how God led me. It delights me and makes me so happy to have persuaded Jacob to travel with me to the congregations that need him so much and I want to thank my God and Lord, my Jesus, publicly - but not with words - but with a joy that includes Him, our Jesus.

So far only teaching has been considered necessary and we are so absorbed in the problems of God, that we have forgotten to rejoice. Therefore let us rejoice. Let us drink the best wine, as the Master of Love has always done."

Soon the wine was in jars on the tables, and Jacob said: "Brothers, let me bless the wine, so that we may all experience all that is possible for the love of Jesus!  But You, my Jesus, be among us and take part in the joy that You give to all."

Then they were all amazed when they tasted the wine, for such a wine had never come on this table before.

Then the Greek said, "Jacob, have you done anything, because this wine has become heavenly wine? I believe that whoever drinks this wine, has also absorbed something from heaven. I want this little piece of ‘heaven’ to always stay with me!"

Jacob: "Brothers, I do not want to weaken these words from our brother, but only to illuminate them more deeply. There is a saying that goes: ‘God's blessing is everything’ - here you have now experienced the effect of ‘a’ blessing!

But I blessed the wine, so that none of us should become drunk with wine, for I know from experience that all the effects of divine love are destroyed by drunkenness; but since it is wine from heaven, heaven has come to us with the wine, and it will remain with us. After all, it is the need of the holy God and Father to reveal His love for us again and again, and wine always corresponds to His Spirit of Love. That is why this wine will become for us a strengthening of the Spirit in us, so that His Spirit may become the working and driving [force] in us, for those who are driven by the Spirit of God, are His children!"

Baltasar says: "Friends, again and again I am shown how God the True and Eternal, as the Father of His children, wants to [enter with] love more and more into the hearts of His children in order to have a dwelling in His children, who should reign with Him in all creation, according to His plan of salvation. You will experience it when you come to the friends who glorify their God in this Spirit through the love revealed to us today. I wish it would not remain a revelation, but a holy love-life. What makes us so full of joy - not that we may experience and enjoy something, but only that we experience - our Father Jesus is in our midst. Therefore, dear friends, I want to ask from an inner urge: Oh Father, You Eternal Love, how often have You let me experience Your love, Your presence, yes, You have become visible to us. Oh give us even for a moment this glorious grace to see You out of Your oh so dearly glorious Fatherly Love!"

Then Jesus became visible to all and Jacob said: "By the grace of Jesus I may speak to you in His place. With double love I say out of Him: "Be blessed and filled with the joy with which I am filled. My words from My brother's mouth shall thus remain for you a memorial of My love. Do not forget this hour! Let your heart in this hour become an unquenchable fire of love, that becomes a rising sun in you, and sends out rays of love, where there is still bare rock for My word and My teaching. For those of you who have known Me today, I say: remain faithful to Me in this Spirit of which today you have received only an inkling - it will become a strength for you to be able to bridge the false and the wrong to the true and eternal life out of Me!

See My hands, My feet and My side, the visible signs of My love for all men and beings. These signs about the hour when I fought for you and all men, shall remain forever. It may have been a defeat for Me out of your human perspective, but without My Death on the Cross, a path leading to My Heart, would never have been paved for My human children. Had it gone according to the wishes of so many, I could not be to you all what I am and will remain to you all - today and until all eternity. Be assured that My death did not tear breaches in the ranks of My children, but in My coming to life, I can fill all gaps in the Spirit. As man, I could truly say: All power and authority is given to Me in heaven and on earth, but for this you may experience the power of My love in you, which can accomplish the deepest to the highest and the highest to the deepest.

So I bless you visibly and let My Spirit come to life in you, so that you not only confess in all fullness in all places where you will dwell, but can live out what has made you My children, My successors as well as My substitutes. Peace with you, peace around you and peace through you, shall show you that I am with you and around you and can work through you after the love that has come alive in you in My Spirit. Amen.”

As He appeared, so He again disappeared. All were filled with an inner peace, then Jacob said: "Friends, come again to yourselves, but He always lives in me.

I converse with Him and I also get response in my heart, just as I was allowed to tell you what I heard from Him, in me. But everything can and will become the same for you, when you have matured to this degree."

Then the Roman said: "It is like a dream to me, I ask myself, is this truth, tangible truth, so says my mind, it can also be a dream, but my heart tells me: a dream soon loses it's effect. I now see with different eyes, hear with different ears, I sense what true love is, I sense my mother's bliss, I sense the truth that will become complete when the confirmation comes. Therefore friends, we experienced a Jesus from whom we would never have accepted anything as a human being, but now He is an eternal spirit-man who escaped death, who can not be hurt by any earthly power anymore. Oh Jesus, thank You for everything and also for all salvation!"

For a long time they all stayed together, but then tiredness urged them to separate.

Arrival in Patmur at the innkeeper Nicolaus

The trip with Baltasar was a wonderful one, because there were everywhere opportunities to prove that Jesus was alive. Many Roman troops of soldiers roamed the country and Baltasar was known to many, so it was not surprising that there were many an unintended short stay. It was the same with the caravans they encountered. Baltasar was a friend and brother to all, and the joy was truly real.

But the fellowship in the Spirit of Jesus was not yet possible; they did take note, had interest, but the spirit of trade and grocery was stronger.

So they came to Patmur and returned to Nicolaus. Like a wildfire it became known: 'Our Jacob is back'. But Jacob had something in reserve for the time being. With Schimba and Simon he had a long and serious discussion. But Baltasar became all the more alive, for he had much to report.

But things could not really proceed, because from the settlement came more and more, who asked for their Jacob. It was such a joyful event as they had never experienced before.

Then Simon said to everyone: "My dear and beloved sisters and brothers, come tonight at the usual hour all to our home of devotion, where our beloved brother Jacob will serve us! Brother Jacob will stay here for some time and has assured me that he will be there for each one of us."

Everyone was content with these words and it seemed as if Jacob would find some rest. But Nicolaus did not come to rest. Another caravan had arrived that had been directed there by Romans.

Then Jacob said: "Brother, do not betray me yet, for I am not yet aware of what the Master is planning. But I still feel confined in myself, so I want to go into silence."

Jacob did not get to go, because a Roman subleader came to him and said: "I should know you, if I am not mistaken, you also belong to the Nazarene sect."

Jacob: "You are not mistaken, for I am not of a sect, but I am a Nazarene, and you have let yourself be misled by your former priest, and you have forgotten the greatest benefit that the true and Living God has shown you.”

The Roman subordinate: "Is this a reproach or do you want to accuse me before your God? In my opinion, I did the right thing!”

Jacob: "You say this, but why did you not worry about the consequences which have arisen from your actions; for know that the eternal God gives you no reproach, since all actions carry the germ in themselves, to reward or to punish. The consequences of your actions, however right they may be by law, have made some people so unhappy, that it will take you a long time to do well. But if you had kept in mind the good deed which the eternal and true God did to you, your best servant would still be alive, and his parents would not have had to endure the heartache."

The Roman subleader: "What are you saying - my servant no longer lives? How can you prove this to me? Jacob, do not talk about things that seem unbelievable to me."

The Roman angrily went to his people who were waiting for him, because Nicolaus wanted to know what the Roman wanted for his caravan. So Jacob loved it when Baltasar asked, "Have you had any unpleasantness with the Roman?"

Jacob: "Yes and no my brother, but the Roman has worries, he does not know how to treat the imprisoned priests who are trafficking human beings!"

Baltasar asked, "Are they brothers or sisters or stolen people?" He also felt that Jacob was not completely free yet.

"Brother," Jacob said, "it is not yet clear to me, let all things come to us. Nicolaus will do the right thing, for he has imperial powers."

The coming and going of caravans was an almost daily occurrence for everyone, so no value was placed on this caravan at all. Everyone was accommodated. In the large inn, everything went it's usual way, but it became known that in the evening, a disciple would speak about Jesus in the oratory.

Nicolaus felt it was his duty to inform the Romans, because he wanted everyone to hear Jacob. He [the Roman] refused at first. He did not answer Nicolaus' question about why, but [then] gave his consent.

The oratory was overcrowded. For Baltasar, it was an experience to see so many. The Roman was amazed, it went beyond his concepts to call such a meeting on a working day. But even greater was his astonishment that the meeting was precisely because of the Nazarene, which puzzled him greatly.

Jacob could hardly resist showing joy, which made the Romans suspicious. He asked Nicolaus who this Nazarene was. Then Nicolaus said: "It is Jacob, the brother of the Lord and Master Jesus."

"Now a light was lighted for me" - replied the Roman - "that is why he could know everything I did not know. What do you think of the Nazarene?"

Nicolaus: "Friend, experience this disciple tonight, this settlement owes it's existence to him. Ask everyone tonight how they are dispositioned towards him and you will hear only a singular praise from everyone. Don't you see how everyone is happy to see and hear him again? Therefore, if you have anything against him, consult with him earnestly, so that you too may experience the true and eternal God who became man in Jesus Christ, and became victor over all death and the devil through His death on the cross.

Jacob walked toward the small altar, on which stood 3 candlesticks with burning lights and stroked the cross as if he wanted to make it happy, then he said, stretching out his hands: "Peace be with you. Peace for you and peace in you through the grace of Jesus who is personally with us in spirit and in all His love. My coming is not in my love, but in the love of our brother Baltasar. This brother, however, feels the need for a refresher in all the congregations of brothers, where the enemy of life is again spreading the power of priests who do not want to acknowledge Jesus and His teachings, or for it to exist. So it has been revealed again today how necessary it is not to deviate from what Jesus brought to all. It has not yet occurred to man how Jesus, the living Son of the Father, rewards faithfulness, strengthens faith and blesses the activity of love. You have all experienced His love, His mercy, how He healed all wounds and how He made unfree and unhappy people, happy and joyful again. It is not the will of our faithful and beloved Jesus that I bear witness here to His love and faithfulness, but that you, Danila, manifest what has happened to you through the love and grace of Jesus. Do not hold back what is so alive in you, in your heart."

Danila was scared. Should she speak here, where everyone only wants to hear Jacob? She rose to shout to Jacob: "I cannot speak". Then Jacob came to meet her, took her by the hand and led her to the altar, where she boldly spoke: "A few minutes ago I felt like I was tied up and now my heart is so full that I have to speak. Oh all of you, my brothers and sisters and also you who are not yet, will hardly understand me when I say to you that I can no longer imagine a life without my Jesus. When I think of the time when I was allowed to recognize Jesus - everything in me was like a blissful frenzy, I gave everything of myself, everything I had done in blindness. I was carried and driven by love; to show love also to my poor sick brothers and sisters, but it became a distress to me, because when I came to sick and miserable people, their distress became mine and I was not yet able to recognize my Saviour in that. Then I struggled and pleaded for the strength and the grace to recognize Him better and better. Then I was imprisoned together with many other by priests of the temple, and harassed to curse the Nazarene. I didn't, and neither did the others. So, like many other bad things I was faced with - and with the help of the Lord - we were saved and given a home here.

Through whom did we receive help? Through Brother Jacob, whom we have again in our midst today. Many joined us later and Nicolaus became our father and Simon and Schimba our guardians; but what Brother Jacob feared, arrived. The enemy of life has managed to divide us too. The few with whom I associate, stated that without true brotherly love, there can be no intimate union with our eternal God and Father in Jesus Christ. The others, however, held fast to the teaching that we received from the disciples in Jerusalem, but love visibly cooled off and Simon became more and more convinced that we were to seek our salvation in faith. Schimba, however, held fast to the love which so animatedly enlivened him and gave him a happy countenance, making them calling him a fanatic. So what our brother Jacob awakened in us, became less and less noticeable and inner hardships came which father Nicolaus could not prevent.

Now you, brother Jacob, have come with Baltasar, and my heart rejoices, because He Whom our heart is burningly longing for, has come with you and in you. Oh brother Jacob, be the one who makes us again living witnesses of His glorious love - there has never been a lack of words, but [a lack] in the works of the most pure love."

Jacob rose from his seat and said, "Sisters, brothers and friends, so that you may all see what the open word of your sister Danila has caused in those whom you cannot see. Joy and sorrow. Joy in those who in love and out of love in you, promoted the life of Jesus - and sorrow in those who believed that they must always remain in the law; for you are all called children of Him who became man, to loosen all the bonds of the law, to give you a life like that which was born at his death. Is it so difficult to let the old faith in the law die, to live in a life of true and holy love for God?

Brother Simon, I ask you, can you understand the longing of those whom you have bound by your word? Have you never explored your heart in such a way as to be able to become a brother to all? If you had done so, you would have understood your brother Schimba. You were a little angry, you believed that something had been taken from you and your strength was  diminished, because you doubted Schimba's face. So the same happened [here] as what happened to our fathers, without them wanting it.

But that all of you may be convinced of the truth of my words, which are born of the love of salvation, I will open your eyes by the power and grace of Jesus - only for a short time.

But you Romans, I was a mystery to you, do experience of your own accord the foolishness of the law, which priests of a doubtful nature -who know no true and eternal God - have created!

Silently immersed in themselves, everyone sat there, captivated. Then Jacob said: "Rejoice with all those around you. Discuss among yourselves, for they are all more alive than you, and want to free you from the pressure that you have created for yourselves in your love."

After a short hour, Jacob said: "Return to your awake state, so that all of you may know the grace of Jesus - and you Danila - now the way is open to the hearts of your brothers, and speak what your heart is driving you to now."

Danila said: "Oh Jesus, what have you given us all again? You are still the same Jesus who made me strong and healthy. You are still the same Jesus who destroyed all my tribulations and gave me a life that I would have loved to sacrifice if you had asked for it. Oh Jesus, now every shadow has disappeared that would have become like a mountain in me if I had not seen You as the One You really are, the Sun of life that gives us light, life and warmth. Oh Jesus, now I have the courage to say to everyone, ‘we would all have died of pain, because we have all condemned ourselves without Your love, without Your light, without Your power, without Your life.’  What was your word to us but only the seed, what were your promises - only a small door through which one could not walk and what was your pain to us? Oh Jesus, I could cry out in pain, because before, we had no sense of your and our brothers' and sisters' pain. But now may come whatsoever will, here is my heart, it shall be Yours for ever and ever. Oh forgive us our foolishness, wipe away our tears of repentance with Your gentle hand, and take away our lukewarmness and weak faith in words, because You have risen us anew from our grave-night. Hallelujah! Amen.”

After Danila's words it became quiet. Then Schimba said, " Jacob, forgive me if I say a few words. Danila was right, it was high time that we were awakened from our weakness. Not much more would go missing and Your Spirit, Lord Jesus, would have departed from here. We would have fallen deeper and deeper into the lukewarmness that Sister Danila had singled out. What was the fault?  You, Lord Jesus, were with us in the Word and in the visions. Our prayers lost more and more strength, the sick were no longer healed, despite many word-prayers. Oh Danila, come, test your love-power on our sick, and Brother Jacob may tell us what we are doing wrong - but dear Father Jesus, help us again according to our first love!"

Jacob spoke: "Brothers, sisters, friends! It is good that you recognize the faults, but do not expect the Father as eternal love to make your faults good. You'll have to do it yourself. The one who has experienced so much of the most glorious love as you did, owes it to His eternal God and Father to humbly and repentantly ask: Father, strengthen us in our weakness, do not leave us, because we have become weak, we do not want to grieve You, we wanted to reach the goal quite quickly - You, most Loving Father, and have given room to whispers from lower currents. Oh Father, You as the Eternal Love Himself, enlighten us with Your love-light, let us realize that without You, we are lost more and more, despite dead faith and much preaching!

This is my brotherly advice to all of you because the Father, as Eternal Love, waits with longing for everyone that their love becomes true, living love, as He has drawn you out of love with His all-powerful love! Now, bring your sick and experience your love united with God. Amen.”

Then a sigh of relief went through the room, a mother carried her child to Jacob - one brother led another brother, others went to fetch the sick and the Roman went to Jacob and asked if he could talk to him.

Jacob reached out his hand and said: "Friend, no formalities, we are all brothers - but will you not wait until the true living God has done His work among these brothers and sisters? What you've experienced, is just the beginning. The experience with your servant is only the result of my explanation to you and you wanted proof. Wait for the evening and you will have enough evidence."

By now, ten patients were waiting, all eyes were on Jacob, and he said: "Brother Simon, you as the priest of this congregation, see how they are waiting for help, take Schimba by the hand and let the stream of divine love work on you.”

But Simon looked at Jacob without understanding and said, "Brother Jacob, I feel only a great emptiness in me, but please forgive me, I am not yet finished with myself!"

There Danila stood next to Jacob and said: "Brother, may I give room to my love, it is urging me, I did not want to hurt Brother Simon any more, although I became more and more dissatisfied with his service. I see that my silence was wrong, I thought I was losing him and lost myself; but brother, strengthen me with a word from your love and everything will be fine again!"

Jacob: "Sister Danila, let your love guide you and arise fully in His Spirit of Love. Be blessed by His love and grace."

All saw Danila their sister, literally begin to shine; pleading, she raised her hands and said: "Jesus, you Eternal Love, You Eternal Truth and Holy Power, have mercy on our weakness and take me as the conductor of your love and life-power and fulfill our request - if it is Your holy will, then heal our sick. But to you, oh great and glorious God, You best Father of all fathers, You Darling of our hearts, I say not only with my mouth, but with all my heart: I give thanks for Your love which makes us so happy! Amen.”

Then she went from one to the other, putting her right hand on their heads and said, "The Father Jesus wants you to be well!" And all were healed in that moment!

Then Jacob said, "Well, Simon, what does your heart say to this love of God?" Simon was silent, but Schimba said: "Father, You glorious One, Your love makes our mouths silent, but our hearts all the more alive! I want to break out in jubilation, but I don't have the words. Oh my Jesus, yearning of my and all hearts, fill up the measure of Your love and let all see You, so that all that lies behind us, may be forgotten."

Then all eyes were fixed on the door, for all could see Jesus as He blessed [them] and showed His hands with the wounds to all, and Schimba spoke with a changed voice: "Peace be with you, peace be with you, peace be with you. Do not close your hearts anymore to the Spirit of My eternal Fatherly Love, for only in My Spirit of Love can I remain dwelling with and among you. No matter how true your words may be, if they do not come out of My Spirit, they will not bring forth My life in and among you; they will pass away like a breath and you will become ever poorer in love and life.

Remember: Children of My love, are called to bring back what Adam once lost, and I as Jesus - the Son of man - have paved the way that is to make you saviours, My love and My blessing be your power and strengthen your will. Amen. Amen. Amen.”

Slowly, the visible Jesus disappeared and the silence of the praying hearts was not disturbed - until the one sick person said: "Dear Jesus, now our guilt is gone, our eyes are light again and our hearts are glad again - let us not forget this holy hour!"

Then Simon said: "Brother Jacob and all of you, my brothers and sisters, it is my fault, I had forgotten what I once was to you, I had forgotten that only through true and eternal love from God did I become your servant and brother. The enemy of life had succeeded in separating me from the love to which I owe my life, which I had forfeited. With deep shame I now recognize everything and so I ask you, forgive me, because I let myself be blinded by myself and forgot the love that makes us beloveds!

Danila, thank you for having the courage to show me and us the evil we were sick with. Yes - we were sick and are now healed, but not yet rescued. Therefore, oh Holy God, You who came to us in Jesus Christ, we ask You to stay with us as it was when we recognized You and help us to recognize ourselves more and more and Your exceedingly dear and helping love. Praise be to Jesus Christ!  Forever and ever! "   “- Amen - ", all the others replied.

Now it was time for discussion. The Roman came to Jacob and said: "Friend, I believe there are enough proofs of your God, but I am not yet finished with myself. May I ask you to break up all my doubts, or clarify what was wrong with my servant. I am not aware of any guilt and yet I saw my servant in the dream-vision this evening hour among you. His face worries me greatly."

Jacob: "No wonder, dear friend, because your servant could not overcome that you had him whipped by one of your slaves and your servant was a suitor and a poor Roman son. Then he took his own life and brought his parents into the greatest distress."

The Roman: " Jacob, had I not experienced God a second time this evening, I would have to leave you and all of you immediately. I see it, it was unjust of me. But my servant knew your God better than I did. I gave him greater freedom and when he broke my house idol, something in me broke for him, too, but the priest of the gods brought me into an excitement that I cannot yet understand.

Now the question - what about my servant in the world he has to live in now?  What punishments must he accept, for his face looked very sad - or is it a deception on my part?”

Jacob: "Friend, all these questions are answered the moment when you know the true and living God, believe in Him firmly and strive to know His holy will. Do not worry about your faithful servant, for he is in a much better sphere than you. The step he took was the easier evil for him - to be beaten by a slave as a Roman - was the greater evil for him. This priest who aroused you did not want this, but he wanted to put your wavering faith back on a firm basis.

What you will now do in the future, is entirely your own business, but I will give you good advice - decide very seriously and adjust yourself completely to the spirit from which you were allowed to experience so much today!

Ask all who live here, let yourself be introduced to the lives of each individual and you will be filled with a life of peace and contentment. Do not think that what you will call a miracle is decidedly better and greater, oh no, but that which knocked at your heart, as words of eternal love. Remember, your gods owed you every proof of a true life of love, while here you experienced from a weak woman, proofs of a love that is not earthly, but heavenly. Then drink this wine with singular devotion and it will be revealed to you that it is a wine from the heavens, that heals all that is sick in you and transforms all that is dissatisfied, into inner satisfaction. But all this is the work of the true and living God, who - in the human Jesus - has paved the way for us into His heaven, into His loving Father's heart, and has carried up all our sins on the curse-wood on the hill Golgotha!”

The Roman: "Friend Jacob, what shall I say to you? I cannot say a word against it, so I will no longer bother you with questions and enjoy the conversations of your friends.

The next day - a working day - again brought a lot of excitement. Baltasar, the friend and benefactor, had trouble resisting joy and gratitude, but there was rejoicing in him. What no man could accomplish, was removed with so much finesse, and without offence. Danila had recognized a healing power within herself and her fine empathy for the spheres of others, became known to her with joy, and with Joseph, her husband, who was Nicolaus' right hand, she visibly came to life when everything was now cleansed and smoothed out. Baltasar experienced a glorious spirit in this female soul and a wish came alive in him: 'Oh if only I could also have such a helper, who was always ready to help in her motherliness'. Oh how many crowded that day in to Jacob, only Danila and Joseph did not. Baltasar felt attracted to these two people and the man who had travelled so much, experienced in his inner life, a warmth in his heart towards these two people.

Danila said, "Brother, brother, it was high time that Jacob came. Schimba, who was always on my side, was also worried inwardly, because Simon is not to be despised as a preacher, but he lacked the fire of love, which we need so much. How much did I wrestle with and implored My Jesus? But everything was in vain. The sick had lost confidence. More and more I realized how the enemy of all love-life weakened our love. And now, oh joy, this first and holy love can revive again and Nicolaus will also become happier and carefree again.

But to you, dear brother Baltasar, the delorde germinates in you, oh hold on to it, even to you such an earthly happiness will blossom, I hear it in me, but keep it to yourself."

Jacob and Baltasar stayed only a few days in Nicolaus' settlement and no incident caused any concern. The young Roman left Jacob in true peace, he had no idea what Jacob had become to him. So came the last evening - the farewell evening. Shortly before, another Roman patrol arrived and took, as always, quarters with Nicolaus; and as usual, also the soldiers staying with Nicolaus, gathered in the big inn.

Nicolaus could not be flustered - a celebration should unite all once again, therefore he could not devote himself to the arriving soldiers as usual. Unfortunately a soldier had misfortune and fell from a horse. The soldiers had trouble with their comrade. When Nicolaus greeted the captain, he was treated quite harshly and Nicolaus could not explain why - the otherwise so friendly captain was just the opposite and so he asked him about the reasons for his behavior.

Then the Roman captain said: "Friend, do not blame me - especially today, when I need you so much, you take no notice of us. You no longer need to take care of those who come to you?"

Nicolaus was amazed at these words and said: "Friend, what has happened, what have I done to deserve your harsh reproaches? You know that everyone, regardless of who he is, is a piece of My God and I grant it to all as if he is My Lord and God."

The captain: "That's what you told me, but you didn't do it. See, I have a very sick man among my people, and this day of all days we were received by a servant and not by you. Will you blame me if I once vent my concerned heart! Oh Nicolaus, in what fear have I lived for the sake of my sick comrade. Every minute was precious to me and here I perish from fear, because neither you nor Joseph came to see me."

Nicolaus: "Dear friend, everything possible shall immediately be done for the sick person, then you shall find out why I am so detained."

The sick had been put into a chamber reserved only for the Romans, and Nicolaus immediately called Jacob, who immediately went to the sick man. He was at a stage where death was to be expected at any moment.

Jacob laid his hands on him in silence, praying - and his gurgling breath became calmer and lighter. He said very quietly: "Mother, how beautiful you are, mother, would you stay with me, mother, mother, do not go away, mother - mother!  He became more and more calm - then he opened his eyes, looked around and said with quiet words: "Was my mother not here?"

Jacob said, "Your mother is still here, but you will not be able to see her until you are well again. Do you still have pain?"

The patient: "No, dear friend, no more pain, but I'm so tired, let me fall asleep and dream about my mother."

Then Jacob said to the captain: "Let him sleep, he will be in terrible pain when he awakes, now it depends on whether he will accept the help of the Lord.

You, Nicolaus, ask a nurse to watch over his sleep and let me be called when he wakes up."

"Will he live?" asked the captain, "I can't find an answer yet."

Jacob said: "Is it important to you that he stays alive?"

"A great deal," said the captain, "he was given to me for training as a young man - he is richly gifted."

Jacob: "Then we shall both pray that he may live as a healthy man. You believe in the Living and Eternal God, don't you?"

The captain: "No, I do not, my friend - and I have strayed from the gods, and your God is mystery upon mystery to me. Give me something tangible in my hands, but not something of such ilk, and I will be the most zealous."

Now everything was alive in the big guest house, there was no time at all to get involved with other things. Even Jacob and Baltasar were to come in honour of everyone, including the soldiers. But the sick man was not forgotten. Danila had taken over his care and she experienced divine love and compassion. Whenever the sick man moved, she laid her hands on his forehead, and immediately he fell asleep again.

Joseph, her husband, often came to look, but she said quietly: "Leave me here until everything is ready for the feast and let a stretcher be prepared, because this sick person should not be excluded from the love and grace that we receive today from our Saviour Jesus."

And so it was. The meal was held in the rooms of the hostel and Nicolaus was quite the father of the inn. In one hour, everything was ready. Solemnly, all entered the big building's hall, where there was enough room for everyone. The altar was again decorated with flowers and lights. There were also lights on the walls, giving clear visibility to everything.

Before the altar stood the stretcher with the still sick soldier - which had never happened before. Simon was amazed, but Schimba said, "Danila ordered it." Simon said, "I am to give orders here and not Danila.”

Schimba was silent and it was good so, but Jacob noticed it.

The hall was full, everyone had come again. Danila sat beside the stretcher. Simon began the devotion with prayer, and after a few words, he asked Jacob to serve everyone.

With a prayerful heart, Jacob came to the altar and blessed all, including the invisible ones, then said: "My brothers and sisters and friends! One part of the feast is over, but the other and better part we do not want to celebrate without Him to whom we owe all gratitude. To our beloved Lord and Master Jesus, who is among us in spirit and also personally! Then we have brothers among us who have never experienced a feast in the way we celebrate it today. Unfortunately, a joyful feast is not possible, for a sick - almost dying - person is among us.

So our first concern should be that we are all filled with a joy that remains a gift to us in all situations of our lives. Let us pray for this in unity: Oh Father of Love, Oh Father of Light, Oh Father of Power and Glory, praying we approach You, who is truly in our midst with all Your love and mercy. Allow us to glorify Your love and thank You with our mouths and with our hearts.

Danila, you called and chosen by His love, act according to the pull of your love in you, and we will support you with prayer. The Eternal Father longs for children of His love who - in voluntary love - bring proof to all who long for proofs of His love that He can and will glorify our God, our Father, Saviour and Redeemer in His weak child!"

Danila stood up and said with a loud voice: "Father, You - Eternal Love, You - Victor over all that has caused suffering, I ask You in the presence of all, fill me with Your strength and Your power and glory - yes, even more, be You in me, be You the consummator of my weak love and heal this, Your sick son, so that not only he, but all recognize Your holy power of love!

But you, my brother, arise in health and in the longing to know Him more and more, Who is Life and Eternal Love and you will become a witness for Him. Receive my thousandfold thanks, my dear Father Jesus! Amen.”

Danila reached out her hand to the sick man, who raised his head and said: "Where am I? If only you had left me there with my mother, where it is so beautiful; but a beautiful man said to me: You shall become a testimony for me - and now I am here."  Everyone was excited, the people present had never experienced anything like it before.

Then Jacob said: "Dear hearts, please calm yourselves, you will experience everything, but remember all of you the words which I told you, and now say again: A pure joy can only be the gift of a glorious heaven! Certainly, there were causes that made us grieve, but the eternal God, as pure love, is not always ready to turn all suffering into joy! We experienced grief because we had a young life before us which was [about] to be extinguished, we experienced how the love of those who loved this person, was closest to him in his misery - his deceased mother. We experienced that our young brother did not want to come back to our world because he experienced so much beauty in his mother's world. Should this not indebt us to eternal gratitude, since he died and suddenly lives again?

To you young brother, it will remain an eternal mystery, but let it be said to you that if Eternal Love had left you in the hearts of those who surrounded you, you would have died or been afflicted with infirmity in your earthly life. What happened to you, had to serve us all; what happened to you, gives you a new school of life. We want to sincerely ask you: never forget this hour in your life, because you have experienced your mother, you have experienced a life after death - and above all, you have experienced the love of Him who is the eternal life itself and does not want the death of people! Let us live, let us live a life resembling God, let us live a life in the Spirit of Jesus, who overcame death, who brought us and all people, proofs of life - a life of joy, of peace and a life of union with God, the Eternal and the Living!

But for this to be not only words that oblige you, all of you must experience Him who died that we might gain life, that we might live a life born through His death!"

All the candles were snuffed, and all saw the Lord Jesus in clear light. Some cried out, some fell on their knees, and Schimba said, "I shall also tell you what His mouth says: "Children of My heart, brothers of My love and bridal congregation of My longing! I have to speak to you through a brother, for if I were to speak directly to you, You would be obliged to believe Me, because I would speak to You from My omnipotence, but so a brother felt urged to empty himself of what he hears within himself, as My voice.

I would have much to announce to you but what would it serve you for, it would be so easy to learn everything from Me but would it then be your property? Therefore, strive to structure everything in you in such a way that I could dwell in you according to the longing of My Heart. Oh if you could only suspect My longing to work and act in you. But I am concerned, because the enemy of life again and again wants to break through the barriers.

My Simon, what praise you gave Me when you vividly felt and experienced My Love! Oh how you have changed. You demanded a sinless life, demanded a faith in Me, The eternal God; love became a nuisance to you and you were the first to experience My love in this community. Become love, pure living love - only then can again My Eye rest on you with pleasure. Do not resent your brother Schimba because he honestly said what he has received from Me!

You, Danila, always remain humble and small - and as of today, your body should also be blessed so that your longing may also be fully fulfilled. You Nicolaus, father of all your children, as substitute in My place, keep in your heart what was given to you by your brother Jacob.

But since I want to make everyone happy according to the maturity of your soul, I tell you all through your brother, that I will open your eyes for one hour to see what lives and loves in and around you, and [it will] become a truth about things that lies in Me, your eternal God and Father.

Be blessed, that you may arise to true and eternal life. My peace be and remain with you, around you and in you! Amen.”

The Lord had disappeared, but everyone's eyes were opened and everyone was caught up into a world that had it's root in themselves. Each one talked without disturbing the other - even the soldiers - and most of all the captain, who became angry - so he spoke to someone else, because the other did not hear what was spoken to him from outside. The time was over - it was quiet all around; and then it became all the more alive, because those who experienced it for the first time, thought it was a dream, but they were soon enlightened by the others.

But the captain only kept to Jacob and could not ask enough questions. He always had new questions for each answer. Sleep was out of the question, for all were so preoccupied and Baltasar became involved with the soldiers. The instantly healed one remained with Danila. She was the one who could give him everything in her motherly love. There is no need to tell any more, all hearts were so full, so enriched with joy, as never before.

Immediately after the morning meal, Baltasar and the soldiers prepared to leave - and as always, there were much tears. They had never seen Jacob say goodbye with a military escort.

Rest in a small village with a poor inn-keeper

After an hour's drive into the fresh morning, Jacob said, "Brother, we are going to Elegius' inn, for there is great need and our help is needed."

On the way there, many a crooked person and many a weak person could be strengthened; but one thing was obvious - the power of the priests was broken - only a few still had luck. The further they moved away from Jerusalem, the less hostility they experienced, but the greater the errors.

In a small village not far from the caravan road, they stopped for a break. Baltasar did not know the host, but Jacob felt attracted to the host and asked him what he could serve. The host was happy to reveal his need to a man and said: "Yes my brother in the Lord, I am not very well, I am not blessed with goods, but I am all the more in need. Since my wife died, I have to help myself together with my children, but the children go their own way, the faith in Jehovah is without strength, and the priests act like masters. My property is small, I have little interaction with people, our place is avoided, it happens that Romans come here and satisfy their hunger and thirst. The one son I have and my 4 daughters are becoming more and more unwilling because we lack the necessary means, but the priests take the tithes for themselves and leave us in our need.

Jacob said: "Friend and brother, these lamentations are heard everywhere, but you have peace in you and around you. Your children want to go to the city and that is your grief; but my friend, why do you grieve for things that the Lord can change immediately, because you are not even aware of what has happened in the world? Admittedly, in the faith of our fathers we do not come out of trouble so quickly, because our hope was in the temple with it's priests. Do you not know what a helper we have in the Saviour of Nazareth?"

The host: "Friend, do not speak of it, for it is forbidden to pronounce the name, let alone to believe in Him. I am not allowed to ever speak to a Nazarene. How I would like to know the pure and whole truth, but so far it has been in vain."

Then Baltasar said: "Friend, we have not yet had a connection with each other, I know half the world and they know me. I have spent half my life on the highway and yet I have heard the truth about the Saviour and miracle-man and made it my own. Today, salvation has come to your house, for my brother here is a disciple of the Saviour Jesus."

"You", the host said to Jacob, "you are one of the disciples - then be warmly welcome. Finally someone who brings us something that could make us happy. Tell me honestly, what is the truth about Jesus the Crucified, who after three days rose again to life and still has His being?”

Baltasar: "Friend, you will receive this answer in an hour. Get your son and daughters, soon you will have work." The innkeeper went out and called his daughter to fetch her brother and sisters, their presence was very necessary.

As soon as the landlord had returned, a carriage arrived, loaded with 3 men and two priests. They entered the parlour without greeting and demanded bread, salt and wine. The host left, brought bread and salt and said: "I have no wine in my house, I can only serve with water from my well."

"You still have wine in your house," said the priest, "for you might have even bought more than just wine."

The landlord said, "I have no more wine in my house, see for yourself if you do not believe my words. How glad I would be to be able to serve wine to strangers to make my hostel better known."

They grumpily took the bread and salt and satisfied their hunger and quenched their thirst with water. Meanwhile, the son came with his sisters and greeted the guests. Only now did the priest realize that two more guests were sitting in the guest room. He got up and said to the other priest: "Just come here, do you know the one in Jewish clothing? "Certainly," said the called one, "this is one of the twelve who went with their master."

He went to the table where Jacob and Baltasar were sitting and said: "So I see someone who has always supported the deceit of the people, what are you doing here, in Jerusalem it will be too hot for you."

Jacob, remaining in peace, said: "You call me one who supports the deceit of the people! So if I am such a man, what are you? Our Master brought peace, joy and health wherever He went. Name me only one priest who did the same, then I would humbly bow before you. But since you cannot name me one, I demand that you prove that I have deceived the people. If you cannot, I will create weather for you like you have never experienced before, for you have come to plunder the house, but you call it "collecting the tithe".

The priest turned red. In his rage, he wants to attack Jacob, but Jacob only stretched out his hand and said: "In the name of Jesus crucified and risen, be silent and remain silent, for one can have no fellowship with devils."

The priest wanted to speak, but it was impossible for him to say a word, so the other priest said: "Yes, what is the matter with you? Say it!"

But he could not pronounce a single word, it sounded like a grunt of a wounded animal.

Jacob said: "Do not trouble yourselves, it is your own angry hatred, because before the Eternally Divine, no devil can exist. But I will give you good advice: turn back and do not make this family more unhappy than you have already made them!"

Then says the other priest, "I cannot understand how you, as a Nazarene, radiate a power that my chief priest cannot withstand. Do you want to make me powerless too?"

"Oh no," said Jacob, "I certainly don't want that. What I did was necessary, for I would not be able to forgive myself if your chief priest became the most unhappy man."

"Why? Explain it to me," said the priest, "I am innocent of the whole process and how did you come to accuse my chief priest of plundering the house?"

Jacob: "Not so completely innocent, you know better than I could tell you.

Is it not so that you wanted to take the tithe, because the poor host cannot [give it]. Come here you honest host with your children. Is it not as I said?"

The landlord: "May I say something in front of a priest? For as long as they are in my house, I have no right at all. It is true and alarming that they come with 3 men, they certainly have their reason. I hardly have so much that I can get by until the harvest, because almost everything has already been taken away from me."

Jacob: "Therefore we had to come and reveal to you what had happened to you. Your children would have been taken away from you and you would have been left alone, and this inn would have become a good place for the Templars, because there is no Roman control here. Will you deny that, you priest of the Temple's Grace?"

The priest is silent - the host and his children are pale because of the revelations, but Jacob said: "Speak and tell the truth, but not before me, but before this friend Baltasar, who has Roman powers!”

The priest remained silent.

Baltasar said, "Why are you silent? Or do you want it to happen to you what happened to your chief priest? We are not your enemies, but believers - but in the spirit of the Risen Jesus.”

The priest remained silent.

Then Baltasar called the three men and asked: "Do you know what should happen here? Nothing will happen to you - but speak the truth. Even though we are not armed men, in the Risen Christ we have an insurmountable power, as you experienced in your chief priest. He's so powerless, you can do whatever you want with him. So I ask that you reveal what would have happened here."

Then one of them said to the priest, "Speak up, you are innocent and you must do what is asked of you." Then the priest said, "What will happen to our chief priest when I speak, for my oath binds me?"

Baltasar: "Then it is bad if you keep silent because of your oath, for the men will speak because they are not bound by an oath, but we are not your enemies, but ready to help everyone who is of good will. Now the priest revealed a plan that frightened the inhabitants; but then he asked for mercy for his chief priest, because he was only an instrument of the temple.

Then Baltasar said to the innkeeper: "You old, faithful Jew, what are you going to do? Stand under my Roman protection, detach yourself from the temple - which is a place of criminal activity - and become a Roman, as I have become one. You will receive the deed as soon as possible and woe to anyone who attacks you and your property.

But you, because you were open, I advise you to detach yourself from the temple, because it will no longer be possible for a priest to become a true and right priest in the sense of Jehovah. But you, you old faithful landlord, add to your property through purchase what you can, you will receive the money from me, and I will arrange that this will become a Roman settlement, it will become a homeland for the displaced."

Then the priest said, "Lord, may I stay here, I see what an abyss has opened up for me, for I have always been afraid of my chief priest."

Baltasar said: "Well, let us keep an eye on it, for here, our Jacob is the authoritative one and according to his words we will judge ourselves. So what do you say, you faithful host and innkeeper?"

The old landlord said: "Oh you dear, dear people, if you had not come now - oh what would have happened. I know the chief priest better than anyone realizes. An eternity is not enough to atone for what he has on his conscience. Oh, if he could know, we would experience something. I am willing to free myself from the temple if it is not a sin, I will gladly do everything that is required of me, because the strictest Roman regiment will be easier to bear than the regiment of the temple priests. How often have I feared for my daughters when I have seen the prisoners fed and sated by the Templars through us. Every week, transports come through here and every time, I get poorer through them."

Baltasar looked at Jacob and said, "What says your heart to all this? Isn't there a way to stop it?"

"Baltasar," said Jacob, "your driver and the innkeeper's son must try to reach a Roman patrol, for without soldiers, no pressure can be applied on the temple mob. But let us wait until the Father has spoken."

Now things calmed down. The chief priest remained calm, but he heard every word that was spoken, and while the daughters prepared a good meal, the gospel of Jesus was brought to the innkeeper and his son, the servants and Baltasar's driver, who had sat down among the servants, and listened quietly and silently.

The priest didn't try to say a word until the old innkeeper said: "Yes, friends, that sounds completely different than how we heard it. A thousand questions arise, and yet everything sounds so natural. We have heard and seen a lot and longed for the opportunity to see and speak to the miracle-man, but we were poor, could not allow ourselves the long journey and the temple readily took care of it that we could not gain any treasure."

Then the priest said, "Friend, that shall all change - I will gladly give you what you need out of my goods, I have neither wife nor child, nothing but the temple prevents me. Give me the opportunity to release myself, let me live here and help you to cultivate your land and give me time and opportunity to settle in and forget the horrors I have committed at the command of the temple. But what shall happen to the chief priest?”

Jacob said: "My friend, what would you suggest to me? For if he becomes free from this paralysis, he will become even more angry, since you have openly described crimes upon crimes - and he has listened to everything. So now he shall hear what you propose."

The priest: "My suggestion would be to deliver him to the temple, what they will do with him, he knows - he will stop being a man."

Jacob: "But this is not possible, for we are to become saviours and helpers, this is the meaning of the great love of salvation. He will perish in the temple, so he must be given the opportunity to change his mind. What do you say about this, you old faithful father-host?"

The innkeeper: "What should I say, I would prefer to keep him here until he changes, but who should take care of him? My daughters would refuse to live with this man under one roof - they have their good reasons."

Then Baltasar said to Jacob: "What now? I see that there will be little to do with this criminal. Loosen his tongue, let him speak, but do not make him free from paralysis until he has spoken."

Jacob said, "Good, but do not be afraid of what you hear. In the name of Jesus, let your tongue be loosed and say what should happen to you.”

The high priest roared like a big animal. Insults upon insults flowed over his lips. Then Jacob quietly said to him, "Blind man, stop your roaring. In our love we gave you our hand to pave the way to yourself, but you did not want it. You were one of those who scourged our Master Jesus the worst, you were one of the worst, who cried out insults upon insults over Him. You heard the words that the Master on the cross cried out: 'Father - forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing!' - Now you have judged yourself. We wanted to save you from a Roman judgement, but you did not want it.

I use the words that our Master said: 'I wanted to gather you all together, but you did not want it'. You will remain dumb and paralyzed until a Roman court gives you shelter and care. Use the time well, it should still be a time of grace for you, because we act according to the words of our Master!  Beasts and predators must be put in kennels, for you are no different."

Then the others breathed a sigh of relief - now they experienced a devil who cannot be any different. Then the son said to everyone: "Now for something pleasant - how should we thank Jesus for having saved us from this man, who is not a man, but a pure devil. Oh Jacob, you helper and servant of the love of God, give us instructions how we should act, for why should I believe in a priest anymore."

Jacob: "Brother, do not let yourself be misled by those who are only priests by appearance. What you have heard from me, how I represented our Master and His mission, [and] what you have learned from your father and mother, is perfectly sufficient to live a life which brings you closer and closer to Jesus, the Son of God. Love your eternal God as a loving Father, become a brother to all men and you will experience Him as who He is from eternity to eternity, your God and Father, your Saviour and Redeemer. Today you will learn even more out of His love, grace and mercy."

Nobody took any notice of the high priest - everyone had become quiet. After the meal, Baltasar was able to tell more about the guidance of God that he encountered on his way. Everyone was all eyes and ears for the stories.

Then a daughter asked to be told about Jesus, the Saviour and miracle-man, to which Jacob gladly obliged. The story was interrupted with the increasingly louder cluttering of hoofs, and the old landlord said: "There are still guests coming - I am not at all ready for late-night guests."

Soon, a sharp knock sounded. Two soldiers entered, but looked around in astonishment when the old innkeeper opened the door. “Have a troop of soldiers passed by here today?” One asked, “we got lost, we are looking for our troop.”

"No," - was the answer, "but where do you still want to go in the middle of the night," the old man asked - "for you won't get any further. Wait until the dawning day, then you can get the right information - just come in - my son will feed your horses and water them - you don't look too good."

Jacob said, "Don't worry about anything anymore, you're in good hands, your troops are camped half an hour from here! Then one of them said: "God be praised and thanks, this was a hard and difficult day - we had a hard time with the caravan.

We had orders to get help from a commando that can't come until tomorrow. Now our captain will wait, but we can not pitch. But how can you know, friend, that our troop is camped half an hour from here?"

Jacob: "Friend, do you believe in the true and eternal God? This, your God, is also mine, and He revealed it to me."

The soldier: "Then I am doubly pleased. Are you also a follower of the Risen One? If not, then it is high time, for all countries are full of the highest joy, although suffering also speaks a terrible language - what we experienced again today."

Baltasar said: "I rejoice over you, my brother, that you openly confess the Risen One in the presence of a priest and a chief priest."

[Soldier] "Priest or no priest, we can't be touched. No priest has ever dared to touch a Roman. What is up with him? Is he sick or does he not want to be helped?"

"Both", Baltasar replies, "because they were enemies of Jesus to this day and this one will still make work for you!  And this one has turned away from the temple."

The innkeeper now brought enough to eat and drink. Then the two asked for a bed next to their horses - they were tired and exhausted.

"What do you say now, Jacob," Baltasar asked, "Is not again the guidance of our God and Father evident?"

"But", Jacob said, "I suggest that we go to rest, for I do not yet see clearly - on the contrary - I feel restriction!"

Already very early, the old innkeeper was up on his feet and made sure that a soup was on the table, because the two soldiers wanted to leave early. Jacob, who had also left his bed early, said to the innkeeper: "Let your son ride on a horse that belongs to the temple. The soldiers don't know what happened here and your son could make the troop of soldiers bring to you all the prisoners they have made and delivered!"

So it was. The young son knew when Jacob told him where the troops were encamped. Around noon, there were 5 wagons and 20 horsemen driving into the yard of the poor innkeeper and for the leader to see Jacob, jump down from his horse and embracing him, took just a moment. Jacob was moved by the joy. "Oh, that we may see each other here again," the young Roman kept shouting, "yes, how did you get here?"

Jacob said, "I am on my way to Elegius - here comes my brother Baltasar!"

[The leader:] "Baltasar, finally I also get to know you, I have heard much about you, very much - but now all joy aside - I have serious duties to fulfill. I succeeded in taking a valuable load from the temple again, it is hard, I need help, because without help, I cannot do it."

Jacob: "Yes, my Julius, it will succeed, but I also have worries. Here is a criminal of great caliber, I feel 10 years of galleys will hardly change him. Possessed by a legion of most terrible demons!"

"I must hear this from your mouth, Jacob, you who represent the highest love?"

Jacob: "Unfortunately, my Julius - he has judged himself. Here are witnesses to confirm it."

What the old innkeeper now experienced, was something completely new to him. Bound drivers, poor men and women, deprived from all clothing, dirty and unclean - the soldiers at a measured distance, looking at the people with hard eyes. Here Baltasar became animated. Now he was in his element and asked Julius to be allowed to give instructions. The large dining room became a hospital. The daughters were ready to do anything, because in sight of this scene, the merciful love broke through. In the kitchen the fire burned on the stove to prepare water and food; but where to get so much from - for there were not enough in the house to feed everybody. But Baltasar, used to searching through everything on the wagons, found enough food - and the first need was met. But Julius was in a difficult position, for two priests were bound so that they could not move. They remained on the wagon for the time being, which was strictly guarded by a soldier.

The drivers were released when they declared that they were only forced into these services. They would like to submit to what is demanded of them. After two hours, everyone was satiated and finally everything could be considered. Jacob did not participate in the least in what Julius did with the priests; he dealt with the liberated men and women who had all come into misery for Jesus' sake. They breathed a sigh of relief in the purity of Jacob's love, they were all astonished when they experienced the divine power of Jacob's revealed love. The old faithful host and his children were like newborn in strength and serving love. In the evening, when everyone went to rest, a day's work was done for the Lord, which Baltasar joyfully witnessed. But Jacob was still with Baltasar and Julius for a long time - all the others were tired and in need of rest.

The next day, the big question arose - where to go with the liberated sisters and brothers? "To Nicolaus", - Jacob said. Baltasar thought - "stay here and provide dwellings and work, because the land was fertile and there was enough water.”  Julius approved Baltasar - he wanted to arrange for means and material to be brought in and made it a condition that everybody [staying there] would become Roman subjects.

Then Julius sent some soldiers to a command post with a report, asking for a commissar. He spoke as little as possible to the captured priests in order not to anticipate the interrogations. The two priests and the paralyzed high priest had their shackles taken off. They were guarded and fed with bread and water. So the big, poor inn became a much bigger one, because Julius had transferred so much land to the poor innkeeper that he could regard himself as a big landowner, which gave the son a great deal of pleasure. There was enough forest, enough fields and pastureland - only cattle were missing - what Baltasar wanted to provide, and therefore, he gave the necessary material to the soldiers on horseback.

Julius knew that Jacob and Baltasar wanted to go to Elegius. But he did not tell anyone that he also wanted to go. Jacob, however, was so sensitive to not ask for the reasons - but he was aware of everything. Jacob considered his mission finished, and now said that he wanted to go on to Elegius the next day. Then Julius said: "Then I'll come with you - in three days, I can be back again," and gave command over to one of his confidants.

Everybody was reluctant to see Jacob go, but their hearts were all filled with ardent thanksgiving to the holy God and Father in Jesus. Jacob promised to come back, but he had to go to Elegius, because the Master in him urged him to.

Continued journey to Elegius' inn

The journey began early in the fresh morning and Julius rode with 2 more men as companions. The day turned out to be a hot one, but Baltasar's servant made good provision for food, feed and water. In the hot midday hours, a long rest was taken in a cool forest, and again there was only one [subject of] conversation - Jesus, the Risen One - and the struggle of Jesus' human life out of His Spirit. Finally, Julius understood Jacob fully. Julius, however, was not yet free from the innate concepts of honour and justice and accused himself that he still lacked much of the love which Jacob always and consistently represented.

But Jacob looked his young brother Julius in the face and said, "The Master Jesus cannot take that away from you, you must do that yourself - but He will gladly help you!"

Julius: "Yes, brother, why isn't it possible yet? When I go after my love all is well, but when I see the injustice and the crimes against the true humanity, I want to strike and forget that I am supposed to become an example of love after all."

Jacob: "Brother, don't take it so tragically, always remember that nothing can be given to anyone, remember that the Master also had to struggle hard and remember that we human beings have to try to fulfill our task here for the sake of others. The "how" is now our own thing. He, our Master Jesus, gives the strength and also the success!"

Julius: "Jacob, my dear brother, can I also ask for something from our Father and Master Jesus?"

Jacob: "Certainly, my Julius, if it is not to the detriment of your soul, He will grant you every request - but the time and fulfillment depends on the maturity of your soul. It should be clear to you that if you ask Eternal Love for something great, He also wants to achieve something great with you, and what is the greatest? A heart full of humility and true love, which keeps you in harmony with the Master of Love at all times."

Julius said: "My dear Jacob, can one always remain in harmony with Jesus when I have to tend to human delordes, worldly commitments or unpleasant decisions? Think of the priests who have to wait for their condemnation. It is unbearable for me to settle all these things with God, our Holy Father. What do you say to that?"

Jacob: "Nothing, my dear Julius, nothing more than: 'Oh Holy Father of Love, fill me fully in Your Spirit'. You are the representative of God in this case. You have tried to help them with kindness and love, but they refused your help. Know: Salvation from God can only benefit those who are of good will. What do you do with a biting horse? You give him a bite basket and only take it off when he has to eat food. Do the same with people who are not humans, but devils, but only as long as they are such. God's love and mercy goes far, but it can also wait - patiently wait!"

Julius answered: "Oh, my Jacob, just the waiting, the patient waiting is still a great weakness!"

Julius became quieter and quieter. So Jacob could talk to Baltasar and when the sun was down, they arrived at Elegius, who greeted them with great joy and led them all into the house. Jenna was frightened when she saw Jacob and Julius and hurried to the upper floors.

Jacob wondered what the matter was, and quickly he hurried after Jenna, who was upstairs in her chamber. Jenna, leaning against Jacob, said: "Jacob, you must have been brought by the love of the Saviour Jesus, heal me from the love of Julius. I pray you, heal me, for I have married my Jesus, how can I become the wife of a man?"

Jacob: "Jenna, what must I hear, oh how poor must the love for your Jesus still be, if you regard your love for Julius as sin. Surely you have pledged yourself to Him for all eternity, but that is why you can become and be the wife of a good and honest man! Love for Jesus is a sanctuary and can radiate a thousandfold over those who are of good will. Julius did not say a word to me, he also suffers inwardly, but his lips did not speak a word about what he suffers. I pray you, come down and let true and pure joy come to life in your heart.”

Jenna: "Jacob, you my brother, I would like to. Oh, you take the pressure off my heart. Yes, I am unable to help the sick, I myself am sick out of love for Julius, to whom I so often woeed my "no - I must not". And now I may really? Oh Jacob, tell me again what makes me so free, I may belong to a man who loves me?"

Jacob: "You not only may, but you should even, because Julius is in danger of losing himself if he does not receive help!"

Both went to the guest room, where everything was already alive. Everyone from the kitchen and some strangers gathered around Jacob. But Jenna went to Julius, embraced him and said: "My Julius, from today I will be your wife, if you still will take me to your breast. It was self-love from my side; I considered my love for you a sin!"

Julius: "Jenna, how happy you make me and how happy I am that I have come here to you. I seriously asked our faithful Jesus to lead everything as it would serve both of us for salvation."

When everybody has calmed down from the joy, Julius said to Elegius: "Father, it's time! Our Jesus, our faithful God and Father, has freed our hearts from the evil of false concepts. We have vowed to serve God as a married couple - I pray you, give us your blessing too!"

Another caravan drove into the yard, but the innkeeper wasn't worried at all, he had enough people to help him organize everything. The caravan leader was also a good friend of Elegius and he said to him: "Elegius, I am in need, one of my best servants is ill, would you give him care for a fee until I come back?"

"But friend, what a question" said Elegius. "As long as it is necessary, but did I not tell you before that my God, if He became yours, would have mercy on your need?"

The caravan leader: "Elegius, don't start with that again, I can't, because the servants of your God have almost put me on the begging staff!"

"This is not true, my friend," said Elegius, "they were not servants of my God - my God is love and again love, they were lazy and bad servants - or have you not yet had lazy and bad servants [yourself]?"

The caravan leader: "If you apply it to the earthly, I must agree with you, but why doesn't your God prevent it? Behold, every day we meet such servants, if I could and had the power, they would all have to be stoned!"

Elegius: "We don't want to lose ourselves with our opinions, but bring your servant into a chamber, then we want to see further; for I am in one of the greatest joys, today a wedding is to be celebrated. The lucky ones are Jenna and her bridegroom Julius."

The caravan leader: "Elegius, how often does your daughter get married? I was told that she had pledged herself to the miracle-man who was crucified and resurrected from the dead!"

"That's right," said Elegius, "but that's why she remains the bride of her bridegroom Jesus, and Jesus allowed it, even wished her to become the wife of a man who also pledged himself to the miracle-man Jesus."

The caravan leader: "I don't understand, Elegius, my mind doesn't reach that far!"

The servant was taken to the guest room. Jenna wanted the love of her Saviour Jesus to be revealed in this servant. Everyone was ready to help in the guest room. Jacob said to Jenna: "Sister, now experience the joy of the Lord Jesus, how He has filled you again with heavenly power. Do to him as your love wills, filled with the Spirit of Jesus."

Jenna: "You give me hope, Jacob, because my prayers had become ineffective, but if you tell me - then, my Jesus, You fill me just like before with Your power!"

Jenna felt it flowing through her. There was a cheer in her heart, she said to herself: "My Jesus, You my only love, finally I experience You again - therefore, my Jesus, it shall be Your first act again to help this poor brother!"

She knelt down before the sick man's bed, laid her hands on his hot head and said: "My Jesus - let Your will be done, Your power proves to be the stronger; purify and cleanse this brother so that he may rise in health for the sake of Your love. Amen.”

A jerk went through this sick body, he rose and said, "Girl, what good did you do me! It was so dark around me, I felt so abandoned, a fire burned so hot inside me, but it did not burn me. Thank you, for it became light around me. I saw you and another man whom I have seen before, but where and when?”

He got up from the bed and looked around.

Then Jenna said: "You were very ill, but the Saviour Jesus has made you well again."

The servant: "Girl, I am only a poor servant and am still so unclean. Let me wash properly first, because with clean hands I want to thank you and ask you: 'is the Saviour Jesus still alive?'”

Jenna was sought by Julius, who knew nothing of this event. The servant withdrew when he saw the Roman. But Julius said: "Stay a moment, I must know what has happened to you?"

The servant: "Lord, ask the girl what good she has done to me. I don't know yet. - A Jesus is said to have healed me!" Jenna enlightened Julius. Then Julius was pleased and said: "Jenna, now we will no longer part with our Lord and Master Jesus - but now you will be needed."

Julius took the servant with him and informed his master, who was so amazed to see his servant so healthy. He said: "Lord, what has happened, for I have doubted that I will be healed."

[The master]: "Elegius did say that if his God would become mine, He would also take care of my need. But in this way Elegius' God acted hastily and made me guilty."

Julius said: "Dear friend, that is not how it is, because God was begged by my wife Jenna to restore his health, it is not acceptable to have a dying man among us at my wedding ceremony in the presence of the Lord and Master Jesus, who is God and Lord for all of us. Would you have been happy if he had died?"

[The master:] "No, Lord, I would have mourned him deeply, for he is one of my best and most faithful. How do you feel, Berno, do you still have a headache?"

[Berno:] "No, dear Lourdes, I am so well, but I do not know what has happened to me yet."

Julius gave him his hand and said: "Friend, you will know everything, but will you believe what you are told? That is why it is important to be patient - you shall experience everything."

But Elegius said, "Friends, prepare yourselves to celebrate with us. You will experience and witness things that will make you say not a word anymore about the healing of this friend.

Do not ask why the wedding is so hasty - so I say to you all, because tonight we have a priest among us, a representative of our God and Father - our beloved brother Jacob."

Then the Greek Lourdes jumped up and asked: "Who is Jacob, are you?" - [while] hurrying towards Jacob. "Yes, I am, my brother, now your only great wish has been fulfilled and you see me in the flesh as a human being!"

Lourdes: "Jacob, to see you only once, to speak with you once, is my silent delorde. What I heard, confused me, brought me into doubt, and I am mad about all the gods, including your God. So - you really are a person like me and everyone else?"

Jacob: "Yes, brother Lourdes, I am still a man and will remain so for all eternity, even if I have laid down my fleshly covering according to the will of my Lord and God."

Now a [rushing] back and forth ensued - also Baltasar actively participated, since he was a compatriot of Lourdes. Elegius gave the order to dress as festively as possible - then, shortly after supper, the wedding should take place - this is what the Lord and eternal God wanted!

What festive dress meant - everyone came washed and clean, only Jenna wore a white dress without any jewellery. The meal began with a short speech given by Jacob at Elegius' request, which gave meaning to the meal as a communion with the Lord.

After the meal was taken, all the tables were cleared and only one lamp burned on each table. In the background was a small altar - simple and primitive - with 7 lamps on it. - Jacob went there and the bride and groom took a seat in front of the altar.

Then, according to old custom, the housefather Elegius performed the wedding ceremony and blessed the newly married couple and all those who stood and watched the ceremony - they were the witnesses. Jacob blessed the couple once more in the name and Spirit of Jesus Christ, and spoke: "Holy peace be with all of you. It is the eternal and holy will of God that we may gather here for this Holy Feast, where two people join forever to glorify a life in God, the Creator and Sustainer of all created things. It pleased this eternal and true God to become man Himself, in order to reveal himself as a man among men, as the Eternal and True One, as the Light and the Life, as the Lord over life and death!

Although His return as a man had already been promised to all since Adam, almost no-one accepted Him for Who He really was. His life was almost only a serving and a giving, always a new witness of His inner love, which He called 'Father'.

But they didn't want Him, except for a few. But those who accepted Him, were filled with a peace, a joy and a hope that was already realized in their earthly lives. For the greatest and best thing was only this: God became man and brother to us and we experienced an eternal life in us, which survived all death and will live on forever!

This man - Jesus by name - however, in order to become a Redeemer to all, had to let the hardest and worst be done to Himself; that was the worst and most devastating for us, His disciples, His friends: He died on the cross and it seemed as if everything had been in vain. But after three days, He stood among us as the victor over all death, as the overcomer over all pain and suffering, as the helper of the oppressed and miserable, and we experienced His glory - just as His glory was experienced again today, in this one - our brother Berno!

Dear Julius and Jenna, you both have inherited a Holy Heritage, a Holy Legacy has been bestowed upon you, in other words, your life shall become a divine life! Always remain in constant communication with Him, the holy and eternal God and Father, and make sure that this life out of Him becomes your all!

Since you are ready to testify to this in front of all those who are present here as witnesses, then testify with a "Yes". When both had simultaneously answered with a "Yes", Jacob said: "Without Him it is hardly possible - therefore all of you who are here, shall experience how it is also a matter of the heart of our Lord and Master Jesus and so, do not be afraid of the great miracle of His love!"

At this moment all eyes saw Him, and He spoke through the mouth of Jacob: "Little children, rejoice with Me that I can bless you visibly! You, Julius, be and remain a fighter for My Truth and you Jenna, remain a vessel of My Love! Truth and love is equal to light and life, neither can exist without the other!

But as witnesses you now experience My love, which wants to reveal itself to everyone, but not that you are forced to believe in Me, but that you all experience My unspeakably great love and mercy! See My hands and feet, the visible signs of My love for all - all people and beings; see My clarity that I could accomplish it, that you all could see Me as He who made you love out of Me. But I must again become invisible to you because all of you are not yet ready to endure Me. But My love has taken precautions and all who remain united with Me in intimate harmony, receive the most glorious as a human.

That is why I became man - to leave all men a Spirit, which leads you all into truth and wisdom out of Me, to be able to become more like Me through it. According to your outward appearance you probably still live too much in your sensorial world, but with Me or in My Spirit, you can deify yourselves after the urge of your heart and after the maturity of your love for Me. The more intimately you remain united with Me, the richer you become in your inner world as the kingdom of God in you - and the more similar you become to Me, the more you can see Me. But for the time being, it is still only the beginning on the ladder to Me, because the more I can work in you, the more powers flow to you all the time. Oh - if only you could all have an idea about everything I put in you, in and out of My love and mercy! No human eye and no human ear has ever seen or heard, what deeply hidden glories lie within you, but which can only be awakened, nurtured and promoted in love unto Me and all your sisters and brothers. Each one of you carries more within you than your eyes can see and your heart can feel. But one thing is already happening to each one of you: a deep peace, a holy joy, is making you alive and capable of absorbing and radiating powers from Me.

You my Jenna, did you experience it when you no longer felt Me as before, that your powers had become so small, that you could hardly sustain yourself and at the moment when your love for Me came back to life, you could give life - yes - a life that wanted to extinguish, you could give new impetus out of My love and life-forces.

But from now on not only you, Jenna, but every one of you can and may - because I, out of My love, enable every one of you to take Me in, that it would not be any different than the forces which I, as the Son of Man, exhibited. As the Father worked in Me, I will work in you as I had to become one with the Father, so I long for you to become one with Me as I became one with the Father.

You Lourdes, today you are experiencing the fulfilment of your longing, you wanted to experience the true and eternal God. I stand before you now as a man in flesh and blood, please grasp My hands and place your fingers in the wound in My side, that you would remain firm in the hours of trial that are yet to come to you. It was My will that you would now be here and experience Me as the true and eternal God, who has now become your brother."

Then Lourdes said: "Oh Jesus, it is not necessary for me to touch You, my inner being tells me that it can only be You, because Your eyes cannot lie, because you can see to the foundation of my soul!"

"Berno, you too - do rise to the life that makes you My brother, for in you it was night, and now it has become day. Never let it become dark in you again, for you experienced a breath of eternity as My grace.

So hear still in this sacred hour of yours, that it would not become too difficult or too much for anyone, for I am with you when you call on Me, but always in you, when you love Me, but not in the way you see Me now, but as My image lives in you. I no longer want to be the crucified One for My children, but the Risen One and Eternally Living One. I died for all, but I am risen for all, and therefore I can come to each one as the eternally living God and Father, friend and brother, according to the image "I" am allowed to live in you. So I will again become invisible as I became visible to you, for the sake that all of you should experience and see what is around and among you. My love, My blessing and My peace I leave behind, and everything shall have an effect out of Me and from Me according to your love. Amen."

For another hour they all experienced the love and grace of the Father Jesus, then Jacob said: "Do not be afraid when your sight is closed, it shall be a lasting experience for you, it was not a dream or a dream-experience, but a look into your inner world as if it were outside of you, which of course is inhabited. We can end the feast according to order, but we can stay together as long as we feel like it. But do not think that I am only there for one or the other, I am there for all in the sense of the Father Jesus. But on one condition: we keep to the foundation of the salvation of our soul, which serves all of us, in order to soon receive the blessings that bring us maturity. I ask you all for a few minutes of silence and inner reflection.

But you, most loving Father, are still present. I thank You in the name of all, for Your so abundant grace and abundance of love. You look into our hearts and you know our longing and again you have satisfied all our longing; oh if all of us as Your children could also satisfy Your longing as You always do [ours]. Oh, Your love, Your words, want everything to become love and life in all of us, in order to please You as You always do [ours]. Let Your name be praised, let Your love send out rays from us to prove to all - You are our holy and best Father, our Lord and God for all eternity. Amen.”

Now the feast was over, but the currents of emotions lasted for still a long time and all discussions were meaningful - if only the Father would always remain visible to us.

Above all, Lourdes had had a deep conversation with Baltasar; Baltasar's experiences were repeatedly brought up, which had the effect of a soft rain on Lourdes, therefore he said: "Dear friend, I would never have thought that you of all people could depict this wonderful Spirit of the Risen One and make it so comprehensible to me. Now we have one and the same God, so we must also have one and the same love - I can believe that for the time being; but what was revealed to all of us today - a life from God; therefore we should live a life out of God? Oh Baltasar, I am seized by a longing, something I have never experienced before. A life out of God - what a life have I lived so far?"

Baltasar: "Your own life - for the gods; since they do not exist, they cannot give life. So not only you, but also I and all men have only lived their own lives, which bear the stamp of death. But God's life knows no death and decay, because it is eternal. Therefore, the eternal God became the Creator of all heavens and earth and everything that is on it, even man on our earth - and has chosen them as the first to become the germ-cell of all love and life."

Lourdes: "Brother Baltasar, that's still too high for me, but your words have a persuasive power that I can't help but believe. Already Berno's healing, then the experience with Jesus the Risen One, then the dream-visions and above all the joy, the calmness, the forgetting of all needs and worries - such no gods could cause. There - look - how harmoniously they listen to all Jacob's words, also there is not one who is not fully satisfied. So now I also continue into this peace and contemplation, and Berno will be my adviser on my journeys and ways."

Everything came to an end, even this night, which did not appear to anyone as night, for not only were the hearts cleansed, but filled anew with the most glorious gifts of the Spirit from Jesus Christ.

But Jenna was overflowing with happiness because of Jacob, and now regarded her Julius as a gift from her Jesus. She said: " Jacob, my dear brother, now my happiness is perfect, I know that our Jesus will be and remain the content of my whole life, for in Julius I see the embodied love of my God and Father and the love which I bring to Julius, is my faithful gift to Jesus."

Jacob: "Jenna, stay in this spirit and now I will bless you again. In your love, arise completely in His Spirit and believe firmly that in you, His power, His love and His life is anchored, and everything you do in and out of this faith, will be as if Jesus Himself were doing it!”

Julius had an urge to ride out, so they hastily packed up, for the priests and the prisoners laid as a burden on his soul. Therefore the farewell was short and Baltasar was prepared.

But Jacob remained silent, for before him lay unpleasant things and Julius was a compulsive man, whom he was not allowed to influence.

After a short rest, Jacob said to Julius: "My brother, duty pushes you, but duty also pushes me. You have to act according to worldly laws and so I ask you as a brother: 'remain human', because even the criminals are humans. If possible, reach out to everyone to make them feel better!  Our ways will part at the next intersection, to reach our new destination - Rakka. I see in me a mounted troop with a commissioner, we will send him to help you. Baltasar will give you full authority to arrange with the host to provide the necessary shelter and home for many."

Julius knew that it was useless to object, for Jacob knew what the Lord had in mind for him. So it was now decided, and until the separation, Julius received special instructions. Baltasar remained silent about everything, but gladly gave all powers and promises for the relief-work intended and delorded by the Lord.

Days of peace, days of silence followed; the caravan roads provided variety, where Baltasar was often a guest with his brother Jacob, who could now experience the fruit of God's life in and from Baltasar.

The closer they came to Rakka, the more people they met, but they did not stop with their wagons. Baltasar was so happy to be undisturbed with Jacob, for he knew that the peace and solitude with Jacob would soon end.

Arrival in Rakka with the Priest Arius

At their arrival in Rakka, they drove to Arius. He was full of joy, and embraced him and Baltasar. Then he said, "Brothers, we have a home, a small inn. You can stay there and there will be enough room for Baltasar and his servant."

Arius led the brothers into the home himself, which made a good impression on both of them. Downstairs was a small hall, next to the guest rooms. Upstairs were living rooms for the inhabitants, and if necessary, for guests.

Jacob and Baltasar were given a room with a view of the garden where some women were working. Jacob was looking directly at the women, and one of them said, "Look, mother, isn't that Jacob?"

Then the older woman looked and shouted, "You, Jacob - come Amelia - leave everything, it is Jacob!" Then the women hurried up to the guest room and could not say a word - both laid on his chest and wept.

Jacob said: "Amalie and Amelia, why weep when there is joy around?"

"Brother Jacob, we have longed for you, you have no idea how urgently you are needed, we would soon be back to idolatry. All talking is in vain. Good Arius does not have the strength to face all this."

Jacob said: "Not so, dear sisters, the Lord knows everything, even your need. That's why we came here. Let us allow everything to come to us, the Father has not yet spoken in me."

Everyone went downstairs. Since Baltasar didn't have to worry about anything, he also did not leave Jacob's side. Jacob said: "Brother, now I understand my confinement, we want to show even greater love, I calmly look forward to things."

Arius had arranged for a meal in the meantime. Amelia made it known that Jacob had come. But a former priest with his wife was not particularly impressed with the message that Jacob had come. He immediately rushed to the home to see for himself. Others came in a hurry and full of joy, so it didn't take long for the parlour to become full of people where Jacob and Baltasar had not yet finished their meal.

Then the former priest asked Arius: "Did you summon Jacob?"

Arius answered: "Brother, how did you come to this question, see the joy of the others - do you not want to rejoice?”

[The old priest:] "Arius, are the revelations you receive from my wife not enough for you? Are the revelations of Jacobs more important than those of my wife?"

Jacob was silent because he felt that a false guest had spread out here - then he heard Arius say: "We have brother Jacob to thank that we have departed from paganism, we have experienced the presence of Jesus; have experienced His miraculous power, if we faithfully followed the instruction - ‘serve one another’. But since Wurka, the faithful soul, has departed from us, your wife has taken the place of Wurka, the miraculous power and presence of Jesus has become less and less. That is why I am glad to see Jacob again in our community. I did not summon him, but in every prayer I have told my Jesus that I long for Jacob's presence."

[The old priest:] "So you have longed for Jacob, then we can go - but know Arius, Jacob will not always stay here, let us wait on how the community will handle all this. Do you think that the God who is revealed through my wife is different from the God who is revealed through Jacob?"

Jacob remained silent, his inner self still admonished him to keep peace. Arius was also silent, but Amelia said: "Brother Milosch, always when you are there, there is a difference of opinion; one thing is for sure, no sick person has yet become healthy through your wife, but many became ill through your wife's interventions. It has come so far among us that only your wife has become the determining one and who did not go with your wife, became sick. Do not be afraid, Helena, now it will be proved by Jacob whether I have said too much."

Then Arius said: "Jacob, it has come so far without my will, that you are dragged into the divisions, which increase here daily. It is true, there is no lack of love, but this love lacks strength. Amelia is right, no sick person will get better. There's no shortage of prayers either. My admonitions that everyone should seek the connection with our oh so loving Jesus, are not accepted. I am accused of being a fanatic, but it is my delorde to remain completely natural. Everything that you as the leader of this congregation has put to my heart, I did faithfully.

But since Helena has become the leader of our community, peace is gone. Stay calm, Helena. Jacob will know how to negotiate with you, but I am glad that I can speak openly for once, about which has long depressed me. Everybody go home. Brother Jacob will serve us tonight, all are invited - even you, Milosch with your Helena."

"We're coming" Helena said, "I will go and invite [everybody] myself, so that no one will miss out. But you, Arius, see to it that the strength that you miss in me, does not push you to the ground."

Jacob got the picture; Baltasar smiled - that was according to his heart. Jacob will clear the table, and all that is crooked will be straightened, and all that is wobbly, will be made firm.

The evening brought the usual scene, every single seat was filled, only the place at the small altar, on which a small cross and a burning candlestick stood, was still empty. Arius greeted everyone with warm words and expressed his joy at seeing Jacob here. He asked Jacob to serve the community.

Jacob went to the altar, raised his hands and blessed the assembly. He said: "Dear brothers and sisters, by the grace of our Master of Love, I was led here to you. It was a long time before I could come back to you, because behind me are hard times, but also glorious times. I will not tell you anything new, because the seed that I was able to lay in you by the grace of Jesus, the living and true God, has risen in you all. The seed is the Word, but the fruit is the life of God! What I was able to give you in my presence before, was the fruit of my love for God, which was so great and mightily revealed to me and all of us in Jesus, the Son of God. The signs that I was allowed to do by the grace of God were not I, but Jesus Christ in me. In words you are satisfied, but in works of love, you have become poorer. Where are your sick? Why didn't you bring them? Did I not reveal to you that it was the Master Jesus' most glorious way to first create contentment and tilled hearts, so that His most glorious word might unfold and manifest itself as fruit? Therefore, I beseech you, bring your sick who can come, and from tomorrow in the morning, you can bring those who cannot; for how can the glory of Jesus be better revealed than when He fills the sick and the suffering with their longing for healing and redemption from evil. Therefore, whoever has the burning delorde, go and follow the urge of his heart."

Several went, but Jacob did not feel it as a disturbance, but there was joy in his heart. A few minutes passed and a mother with her sick child came and sat down in front of the altar where a place was made for her. Some more came and some were still absent. Then Helena said to Jacob, "Brother, if you see it as the highest thing to heal the sick, how is it that God makes people sick?"

Jacob: "Helena, God does not make people sick, He only allows them to get sick. But people are almost all to blame for themselves, because their souls are sick. But basically God wants to heal the body less than the soul. But if you have to talk to me, Helena, then I ask you to postpone it until tomorrow, because I see in you an aversion against me. But one thing you should know - I want you to turn your dislike for me into a trust in me, so that nothing bad happens to you!"

Now everyone was there. Helena couldn't or did not want to return. Arius made sure that all the sick were placed at the front of the altar. Jacob said: "Brothers and sisters, do not forget one thing - God our Father wants to be known as Father and He will not fail to help any of you if you ask for it seriously, out of the humility of your heart! But only these requests will He hear, which serve to heal your soul. Mother, your child will live, but you must have double faith for the sake of another.

Amelia, you said no sick person would ever get better. You had the courage to confess this to me, you should experience the opposite.

But I ask you who long for help, can you believe that Jesus Christ is still the same as He lived as man? Can you believe that in His love for you and all people, He went to His death to give you and us all a life that lasts forever? Then we will proceed to the blessed work and ask Him, our most faithful and loving Father Jesus."

A "yes" came from all lips, when Jacob prayed: "Most loving Father, Lord and God, revealed in Jesus the Son of Man and God, praying we come to you in this evening hour.

You alone know all our longing, you alone can satisfy every longing, with an open heart I ask You, Oh Father, again reveal Your love, Your strength and power and glory and pour the stream of Your love into their hearts, so that they may be purified and cleansed for You and Your love, so that they may heal unto their salvation, but for Your joy!  So have my heartfelt thanks, only Your holy will now be done! Amen.

But you, who believe in His power, authority and glory, arise in health and do not forget thanksgiving. Amen."

"Amen" - everyone said - then all also saw a bright ray coming down from the ceiling and the sick were healthy, the child was also full of life, it snuggled up to it's mother.

Arius was shocked. He said: "Jacob and all of you, today we experienced again - like the first time - the love of our Holy Father in Jesus. Let us give thanks, let us rejoice, let us praise Him who again revealed Himself so wonderfully as the enticing holy and redeeming Love! Yes, holy Father, again You have helped us in Your love, oh a thousandfold, thousandfold thanks that we may recognize it, You are the helper and redeemer, You are the giver of these heavenly gifts. Oh how good You are, we may come as thanksgivers. Oh, open the gates of our hearts, that You may become our eternal property."

Arius could not speak any further, he was so full of joy, because again the love of God was so wonderfully glorified through Jacob. Everyone was shaken by the miracle of healing and by the words of their priest.

Then Jacob said: "Sisters and brothers, gather yourselves, become quiet, so that I may bless you and you may find peace in your hearts; for the Spirit says: "Rejoice and do not forget that all of you can do nothing without Me who will be and remain your Father. But you all must also do what I am doing for you, that is, loving and serving with all your heart and mind in all humility and devotion."

So accept His blessing and arise in the awareness that as blessed, you can also become a blessing for others. Go in peace!’

[Jacob:] Three days I will stay here - bring your sick with a heart full of love and longing, then you will all experience that He alone is the way, the truth and eternal life. Jesus be with you!"

All went quietly because Jacob withdrew, for he knew that the consecration would be lost if he would listen to the needs that troubled them all.

The next day, Amalie and Amelia were the first to come talk to Jacob and Baltasar, who was happier than ever before in his life. He wanted to say to Jacob - 'I want to stay here'. How well it pleased his heart that Amelia was so concerned for his and Jacob's sake, it was a real gift from God. But he only thanked inwardly.

But then the first visitors came to the home and brought their sick. Since they only kept to Jacob, which was understandable, Baltasar was asked to come with the two sisters Amalie and Amelia to the guestroom. Oh - how well he felt. He did not want this story to end. So they did not experience what was going on downstairs around Jacob.

The whole hall was full of people - even unbelievers, who were driven by curiosity. Jacob was required, needed and longed for, but the cause was Helena, who was filled with a spirit of wisdom and justice, but who did not want to know anything about love and humility.  Arius asked and begged Jacob to grant him the full right to serve, but in vain - Jacob was talked to death, for Helena brought many followers with her.

Then Baltasar appeared with the two sisters Amalie and Amelia. Baltasar raised his hand and said in a loud voice, "I ask you to listen for a few moments, what I am experiencing now is all but heaven, things are definitely going calmer on the country roads and in the inns when brother Jacob appears. You, sister Helena, I am a stranger to you, but I see a fire glowing in you, which looks like hatred.  I am not an apostle or a disciple, but a saved one of Jesus the Risen One, who pulled me out of a life that was hell for me.  But there is a much greater hell in you, because you know no humility, no devotion, and no self-denial; for what you are now, I will say with clear and brief words: [you are] possessed by a spirit who only wants to rule and be recognized.

But you who support this spirit will experience that even you are also possessed by this spirit. Therefore, Helena, I ask you to get down on your knees and call on Jesus, the Living and the True One, for grace and help, so that you may become free. But to you, you spirit of lies and arrogance, I recommend you to leave our midst, so that our Saviour Jesus may work out of His love and humility."

Mocking laughter was the answer - 'Ask Jesus on your knees - it will never happen, I won't go, but you and all of you will go'.

Jacob was moved inwardly, stretched out his hand and said, "Poor and lost brother, how far do you still want to make your devastating mischief and disturb the peace, which is the gift of God, in this little flock? I give you good advice, turn back, by the way you came, whereby you made yourself a ruler and controller of this sister. Turn back, in me, Jesus gives you the hand to repent."

"Never!" - the being screamed through Helena - "never, for I have never had such a wonderful place. There is light around me, all my wishes are fulfilled, what can you offer me, you yourself are only a victim of the Crucified One - so leave me alone and do not spoil my business. You..."

Jacob said: "Brothers, don't get excited! It got so far that this spirit has revealed itself through your sister. You have all heard where he stands with Jesus, his tactic is to pose as a confessor of Christ so that there may be discord, distress and tribulation among you. The guilt is unfortunately yours, because you have forgotten that humility connected in true love, is the foundation. It is not yet too late, do not give room to his teaching, you are all the property of our faithful and beloved Jesus. No other foundation can any man or being lay, who has not risen from the basic life of the Saviour, and therefore I say to you, you being from the arrogant spheres, leave this house, otherwise the return to your God and Creator will be infinitely difficult for you!"

More scornful laughter! Then Jacob tried to lay hands on his sister, but he did not succeed. Helena looked around and hurried out the door into the street. Milosch, her husband, followed, some more followed, then they saw that she ran like a madwoman down the street. She blindly hurried along and did not notice a Roman coming with his carriage with two horses and before the Roman could hold his horses, the misfortune had happened. Helena was struck by the hooves of a horse and the wagon passed over her. The Roman stopped, looked at the woman, saw the man coming, but had to reassure his trembling horses. Milosch came too late, Helena was unconscious. Even more people came, there was confusion on the street, but it was not crowded. Milosch couldn't say a word. Helena was picked up, the Roman pointed to his chariot and asked Milosch to drive his wife to his apartment. One said, "Go to Jacob," but Milosch refused it and said, "It is his fault."

And one of them said, "Milosch, are you insane? Jacob, who wanted the best, you call ‘the guilty one’ - with these words you confirmed the truth about Jacob. See to it yourself, I go back to Arius' home."

There they already knew through Jacob. Then Amelia asked: "Brother Jacob, shall we try to heal Helena - or do you have doubts?”

Jacob: "No, Amelia, but Helena cannot be healed, because the being does not want to separate from Helena, who voluntarily granted him the right to work. Jesus cannot intervene, because He will not work out of His omnipotence. If you want to do something, arrange with Milosch to bring Helena to us, but he does not want that.”

So this day passed with a back and forth, but all the sick that were brought, were healed. The other visitors were referred to the evening, and asked to bring their sick as well. Jacob was not free for one minute, there were always people seeking help and truth.

Arius was witness of everything. But what did Baltasar do? He stayed with the two women and, oh miracle, he became engaged to Amelia and wanted to make his home here with them. Amalie was overjoyed to know that her daughter was safe in the heart of a man whose love for Jesus was a guarantor of her daughter's happiness. Only Jacob should know, no one else!

Jacob could not leave the home at all, he had hard service to render.

The evening brought a full house again. Milosch was missing, because his wife, seriously wounded and talking crazily, tied him to her bed. But as the misfortune weighed on all minds, there was a depressed mood, which Jacob could not change either.

Then Amelia came to the rescue and said: "It is not me who is speaking, but your old Wurka has asked for the love to serve you."

[Wurka:] 'So I greet you all, especially you, Jacob and Baltasar. You have come at a good hour, both of you, because it was impossible for us who dwell in the kingdom of light and life, to influence you. You, my faithful Arius, have been love, thought to do your duty with gentle love - but one thing, you have failed to be a keeper and guardian of your serving brother Milosch. You knew that his wife was inspired by a high spirit, and you rejoiced, saw it as a sign of grace, and even encouraged her service. It was all good in the beginning, too, but did you ever wonder why Helena couldn't serve while I was still in the flesh? Oh all you dear ones, because I was the eldest, the weakest, as well as the poorest, but I was the most blessed and you all overlooked that. How often have you called me the "pious fanatic", I have let you talk, oh far too little have I praised the glorious love, far too little have I loved, far too little have I witnessed and why? Because I wanted to leave it to you, Arius and the serving brothers. Yes - I loved a humble silence, but inwardly, I rejoiced all the time - and now? Oh my dear sisters and brothers, no one has ever experienced what we experience all the time, only Amelia and Amalie have a clue. Now through, your sister, you hear your Wurka, which does not find the words to present everything as it really is. But now I will no longer be able to speak to you, for I see in you an even more glorious light which you, Jacob, have lit today by the grace of Jesus. Now one more message to you, my brothers and sisters. Your sister Helena will hardly be able to speak to you again, because a miracle must happen - it must come from you. As we see it, the eternal God with His power, might and glory will not prevent this priest of wisdom from his existence, for he is not an enemy of God, but a priest from the old school of law, with a wisdom-spirit who possessed only kings; but you dear brothers, united with your brother Jacob, could give it a try. Baltasar, my best wishes to you. You have chosen the smallest and lowest for yourself -  transform it into a lampstand which is always able to shine when the spirit of love pushes you, then fill the lamps of others with the oil of faith and love, so that never again such a lack of love can arise as it was here with so many. Your Wurka would fill entirely different candlesticks with the oil if only she could, for around many a heart is a layer of frost, which can only be melted with love.

But now, let the light shine so that the new life glorifies itself more and more in all of you, because out of you still much more is to arise than what the word 'love' says; because you all know how transient everything is, only love alone, and what love created, remains eternally! Do not stop, serve yourselves as I served you as the old Wurka and also start where I started: with the poorest, with the sick and the infirm, with the most despised, because they need more love - namely everything of yourselves. That is why I do not speak of the reward, because it cannot be grasped and understood. I was the poorest among you and as the richest, I entered the glorious world of love. I did not feel well when I looked into the eyes of my beloved Jesus and only seven words were enough to make me so blessed, that I can not describe it. 'Wurka, now you are home with Me', - can you imagine - to finally be home with Him who wipes away all tears, who soothes every pain, who even sweetens death and now to unite with Him for all eternity and to unite with Him to live a life of joy in the love of all wealth. Continue the work that Jacob began here - each of you [should] become a servant of this love, as I have lived it for all of you through the help of my Jesus and yours! Hallelujah. Amen.”

Jacob now said: "Loved and beloved hearts, your sister Wurka, whom you often did not understand as "the old faithful Wurka", because in the selfless urge to love, she did many things which you cannot understand, she has now given you a picture of her present life in her eternal homeland. Who of you has not often longed to hear only one word from those who preceded us? Truly, you people of Rakka had again been given many beautiful and good things. I beg you, do not forget these days and these hours. Unfortunately, Helena has mixed a drop of poison with bile into your joy. Therefore I beg you, forgive with all your heart what she did to you, driven by a false spirit! She is still struggling against death for her life; I beseech you, apply all your loving and good powers of prayer, so that her last thoughts may become thoughts of love. Brother Arius, you are thinking: 'Brother Jacob, what were you allowed to give everyone through Jesus, why not here?' I tell you and all of you, will Helena and the priest who ruled her, be helped? I say 'no', because it would be a court of law for both of them. She will not die, I hear this now in me, but she will suffer until she has become a whole, free woman again. Carry both Helena and Milosch in love and forget everything that belongs to the past. Only in this way can the spirit of love break through for you and for everyone. Amalie will serve you more often as she served you today through Wurka; and you Arius, be and remain the "Good Shepherd" in Jesus' place.

But if now your brother Baltasar takes up residence with you, then brothers, be aware that with this brother, you gain a gift worthy of support. Everything is still an idea, but a glorious one, and it's realization shall be your task. Think of Nicolaus' congregation, think of the many who have made it their life's principle to create a home for all refugees. The misery will become great because of this, because in every brother, in every sister, lives a part of our God and Father! The greater your love, the greater your strength, the more you unite, the greater the stronghold. Do not give room to false concepts, let only what the love out of God sanctifies, be holy to you!

Then Baltasar got up and said: "My dear people of Rakka, I have a holy urge to say only a few words to you. Jacob only hinted at a plan. Since Brother Jacob speaks from the Lord, I have a request for you all.

You, Arius, do serve me tomorrow at noon, I have the intention - according to the will of the Lord - to marry Amalie's daughter, your Amelia; and you, Arius, shall legally bind me with her and I cordially invite you all to this. All shall be my guests in the great inn, where I always stayed. I will then accompany Jacob with my wedded wife and her mother until his task is completely fulfilled. But do not think that it will be a feast where everyone will rejoice with joy, oh no, but joy and cheerfulness - combined with the necessary seriousness for Helena's sake - will unite us with Jesus, the giver of all gifts. Goodbye until tomorrow - at this point."

An amazement ensued. Amalie and Amelia were startled, because there were no thought about a wedding. But Baltasar said: "It's all right, don't talk so much about it, because our best Jesus wants it".

Not everybody came - duties occupied many, and the wedding took place as planned. Arius [was] in [his] priestly robe. Amelia radiated like a sun in a white dress and Amalie prayed from the bottom of her heart for grace out of Jesus' hand.

Jacob was deeply moved by the happiness that drove him to give words of love and life to the young couple. He said: "Brother Baltasar, and you Amelia, no one knew when I first came here. Amelia, my first ministry was for you; Amalie, my second ministry.

Since that hour, you lived a life of love! Now you too have become fortunate to remain united in your earthly life and continue there in eternal existence. There was no lack of well-wishes, and they all came from the heart. But this day shall always be and remain a day of the Lord for you and with it you have also opened the gates of your hearts to Him, and the access to Him is also open to you. Now I also feel the Master of Love, He alone knows how to appreciate your love, He alone is and remains the giver and the finisher of what you want, for when He gave Adam a wife, He created helpers and children for Himself. So you are now also enabled and obliged as His children to help and build in His place, so that the fruit of divine love may be revealed. Jesus be with you."

Everything in the inn was arranged according to their wishes, the afternoon was finally intended to be quiet, so the evening came and everyone arrived on time. Milosch was missing because he did not part with his sick wife, but everyone was convinced that they were partly to blame for Helena's accident. So everyone was rather serious. The wedding feast indeed created much joyful feelings and this was probably due to the wine, which was especially good. It was a wine from heaven. The merry part now gave way to the serious part; without being asked by anyone, Jacob rose, and a silence ensued.

Well over a hundred brothers and sisters turned their eyes to Jacob, who looked at everyone as if transfigured. There was none whom he had not looked into the heart, and all felt that. With his right hand he once again blessed everyone and said: "Sisters and brothers, this hour shall be and remain an hour of consecration, not because we are invited as wedding guests, but because all hearts are open to the words of Jesus' Father-heart, whose greatest joy is to make us all happy. Do not push anyone or anybody when everything looks unlikely, for He wants you all to see Him and through my mouth, He can reveal Himself. Not because He is the Lord and eternal God, but because He is allowed to move like a father among His children."

Since Baltasar, on inner urge, kept a place free for the Lord, all eyes saw Him sitting in a simple white robe on the place Baltasar had kept free between himself and Amelia. Jacob continued speaking, then his face began to shine, and he said: "Children of my love, children of light and children of a Father who rejoices to visibly dwell among you at last, as to help beautify the feast of joy and the fulfillment of the longing of the heart! You newly married couple, I am no longer a stranger to you because despite all resistance, you were able to recognize Me as the One who could pave the way for everyone to the Father's heart. In My Name, in My Spirit, you have joined together as one link of the love-chain, both ends of which flow into Me. So we are now one, and will always be one. Good advice and guidance are not necessary, but it is necessary to know "we will never separate" and as a sign that these are not just words, you shall all see the helpers who bind a glorious tendril of flowers around you."

"Oh look how they lay a very beautiful flower tendril around the bride and groom, the Lord in the middle. Oh, there are even more helpers and they are bringing a much bigger flower tendril, which they are laying all around us. Oh, a glorious angel stands behind the place where the smaller vine was laid around the couple and the Lord. Now the angel has both ends in his hands and the circle is finished. The circle grows and becomes bigger and bigger. It's like a wall of flowers is forming around us."

The Lord again spoke through Jacob: "Now the cord of love is closed, visible as a gift to those to whom you have done good. Do you also know who this glorious angel is? Take a close look at him and your hearts will tremble with the glory of love of what only I, as your Father, am capable of. But even more of the graces will be visible to you. A lovely being is now coming to you, Amalie, and put some wonderful flowers on your hair, a sign of the joy of your faithful mother who is exceedingly blessed to witness the happiness of her only grandchild; and you two who have found each other through My guided ways, are now having two bouquets of flowers placed on your breast, but connected with a ribbon. You can explain what it means to you! My children, now I will be silent and all of you shall entertain yourselves as if I were your brother and a man. Do not be afraid to grieve Me - on the contrary, try it with Me and whoever can realize the greatest love in himself will hear My Word, My answer in himself".

It was silent for only a few minutes , then Amalie said to the Lord: "Father, you Eternal Love, you have given Yourself to us directly, we want to talk to You as if You were our brother, a human being. I dare - do forgive me - it is the joy that makes me ask, may I love you like a human? Oh Father, you smile, I hear you, oh Father, I may love you as a human! Only once will I press You against my sinful breast, only once will I be one with you, then I will gladly die.”

Amalie went to the place where she saw Jesus and embraced Him, pressed Him harder and harder against herself and said: "My Jesus, my Father, You gave me my health back, you gave me healthy hands and feet again, that was a great gift of Your love, but now that I really felt You not only in me, but also outwardly, now You have made me the most blessed person. I see You like a human being. Yes, You are human, like us! Oh how blessed You have made me. Oh sisters and brothers, I do not rave, it is truth, come and be convinced, our Jesus is a real man."

Amalie cried and pressed a kiss on His lips, sank at his feet and cried of happiness.

Then a brother said, "Jacob, I see the Lord, I see Amalie acting like a fool, acting as if the Lord were a man, but this cannot be right. I really call what she said: ‘ fanaticism’."

Then Jacob said: "Brother, you see it this way, ask the others how they see it - quite differently. It will not be two who see the Lord before them. For Amalie, the Lord has really taken on flesh and blood. You doubt - do you want the proof? Then dear Father, take the cup full of wine and drink with Amelia and her husband, I ask you to do it in my heart."

Jacob brought a cup of wine, handed it to the Lord and everyone was amazed - the Lord took the cup and drank, [handed] it to Baltasar and his wife, and these tasted it according to His wishes and gave the cup back to the Lord. Then the Lord spoke to Amalie, who was still crying: "Amalie, rise and drink with Me from this cup and then let everyone drink from this cup and it shall never be empty. This cup shall remain yours, so that You may strengthen each sick person, each weak person, each one who bears a silent suffering, if they have the good will to ask Me for help."

Amalie got up and drank with her Father Jesus, then she said: "My Father, My Jesus, let it be according to Your will. But you, brother, shall have the first sip, you shall experience my infatuation as the most solid truth."

Everyone was happy, then the cup went from mouth to mouth. When everyone drank and the cup was full again, she said to everyone: "Are we still on earth or not, oh Father, I belong to you for all eternity and you will always remain a human being, even if I can no longer feel your heavenly body with my healthy hands, but I hear you in me, I only have the one most fervent wish, that all others feel and hear you as I do!"

From the sip of wine, all became so lively and full of joy, that the glorious Father could no longer stay in His place, but went from one to the other and spoke with them. All night long not a single one had returned to his home; then the Father said:

"Children, let it be enough, the enemy of life will try to rob you of everything. Do not forget these hours! But you, my brother Baltasar, take your wife and mother with you on the journey with Jacob. But it shall not be a commandment for you, only a request!"

Full of joy, they said goodbye to Jacob and with even greater joy, they entered the new day. A meeting was not arranged, but Jacob did say 'Goodbye'.

The next day brought more and more work for Jacob. Above all, Milosch came and asked Jacob: "Come to Helena - it is desperate!”

"I will come," Jacob said, "but brother Milosch, does it have to be? My heart was bleeding because I knew it would end badly. Helena is to be healed, but the healing of the spirit that uses Helena to rule all your community, is of even greater importance."

Milosch: "Jacob, I don't understand that, Helena was so sober and objective, who could have guessed that my wife was a possessed woman, why didn't Arius notice it?"

Jacob: "Brother Milosch, why did you once refuse to accept Christ, while your gods - as you know by now - are only shadows? Weren't you also possessed by such a false spirit? That is why it has always been my first priority among the Gentiles to try to prove to you that your gods do not exist. If the misfortune with Helena had not come, you would now have stood there as my opponent. Helena is not and was not my enemy, but the one who works in her is still hostile to me now.

It will be difficult - so I ask you heartily, recognize my words as truth. If you do not recognize it, then you will have a hard fate. Helena remains ill, for the unholy spirit of domination and arrogance will not leave such a good dwelling without further ado."

"Jacob, help us" Milosch said, "Help, if it is in your power, I beg you for Helena's sake!"

Jacob: "Milosch, here I cannot help, only Jesus alone can help, and you know that as well as I do, because the Master said: This kind can only be cast out with fasting and prayer. But you and Helena have always lacked this. You may have confessed Jesus, but you and Helena have kept your way as pagan priests. Arius has seriously repented. You and Helena only demanded repentance from others, but you remained even more in your arrogance. Did you draw the conclusion here what has now become apparent through me? Jesus, with His very greatest blood sacrifice on Golgotha, was only the magnet for you, but you have derived only earthly benefit from it."

Arius said: "I never thought that the effects could be so terrible. I did realize that Helena is a medium, Wurka was also a medium and Amelia is now also one, as we heard yesterday."

Jacob: "Yes, my Arius, but did you recognize yesterday the angel who wove those glorious flower wreaths, which were the love of spiritual beings and around all hearts. It was Wurka. It was Wurka who manifested herself through Amelia, but what is the difference with the communications?”

Then Arius said, "Jacob, what a mistake I have made. Jacob, what is to be done? How can I make up for the great mistake?"

Jacob: "Brother, only by trying to make Helena a free and joyful person again, and that is what we want to try today."

For Jacob, it became a difficult operation. For Arius it was much heavier, and many more accompanied the brothers. Also Baltasar felt that he should be a helper there as well. The women already hurried ahead with Milosch.

There was darkness in the sickroom, the windows were covered with linen. Helena was fully conscious. She listened calmly to what Amelia and Amelie said, but when Jacob entered with the others, Helena once again began acting out. She screamed in pain; when Jacob wanted to lay his hands on her, she screamed even more - "don't touch me, don't touch me"; but everyone felt and heard, that it was not Helena - that was a man's voice. Helena looked pitiful and writhed in pain. Milosch persuaded her. Helena - or rather the spirit - said: 'away with the others - I don't want to see or hear anyone, now away, away, out of the room.'

Then Milosch said to Jacob; "What are we going to do?"

Jacob: "Milosch, is that woman who are crying, your wife? Is that her voice?"

Milosch: "Jacob, of course - it is not her voice! Who shall it be?"

Jacob: "Then try to ask the eternal Father and lay your hands on her, but we will pray with you. You are still a priest. A brother does not take away your privilege!"

When Milosch approached Helena, he received a blow to the body, he did not get to lay his hands on her, although everyone prayed. Milosch now tried to grab Helena's hands, but he didn't succeed either. Helena screamed in pain and uttered evil words.

Jacob was deeply shaken. Is the Master going to fail here? He came to the bed with all his might and said, "In the name and Spirit of Jesus I command you to remain silent. What you do, goes far beyond your rights. It is going to be hard for you to make up for what you're doing now. In the name of Jesus be silent, in the name of Jesus leave this house immediately, in the name of Jesus, the Crucified and Risen One, I command you to return immediately to this mountaintop which was your residence before; if not, you shall then be carried to a place where it is hardly possible for you to return and repent, then only under the pain which you have inflicted on Helena.

"Never, never, cursed be your Christ!" At that moment, lightning struck the room, Helena cried out like a wild animal, then she calmed down and with a quiet voice she said: "What happened to me, oh how my body hurts."

Then Jacob said, "Helena, do you understand me and can you answer me if I ask you a question?"

"Yes, Jacob," Helena said quietly - "but don't ask me too much, I know almost nothing!"

Jacob: "Helena, do you know that you have served a false spirit?"

Helena: "No, Jacob, how could this happen, Milosch was there!"

Jacob: "Helena, you have been blind and you have loaded a lot of guilt on yourself, you have served a false spirit and you have lost many hearts for the best - do you want to acknowledge that?"

Helena: "No, Jacob, I did and I said what my heart commanded me!"

Jacob: "Helena, have you never thought that you have hurt many?"

Helena: "No, Jacob, they have caused me sorrow, because they would not believe me!"

Jacob: "Helena, now hear what I say to you in the name of my Lord and God Jesus! You have really given room to a false spirit in you, do you want to recognize and believe it, that you, by knowing better, could not give to anyone what Jesus did for all of you?

You made it this far, people believed you rather than Amelia. You were infinitely happy that Wurka had finally died and you had made her look like a "pious chatterbox"; and you knew how to dissuade everyone from serving in humility and love. Only you were to be served. Now the misfortune came and it all fell back on you. Do you want to accept and believe that?"

Helena: "Jacob, I can't say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ yet, I want to try when I'm well again - what happened to me?"

Jacob: "Helena, you have been hurt by your sins and the sins of your spirit, who wanted to take you to hell. It would have happened if it had not been for Jesus. He held you back from the worst. Will you believe this?"

Helena: "I don't know yet, give me time, but one thing I ask you for - make me well again!"

Jacob: "Helena, I can't do that, only Jesus can, and only when you bitterly regret your guilt, when you have the serious will to become a completely different person in humility and faithful devotion, so that no being succeeds in using you as an instrument against Jesus' love and mercy."

Helena: "Jacob, I am sick, I have unspeakable pain, please put your hands on me for my pain."

Jacob: "Helena it may be, but you must pray with me: My Jesus, My dear faithful Father and Saviour, according to the wish of our sister, I ask you, take away her pain, let her become such, that she can find her way back to You for the sake of Your love, Your truth. I thank You my Jesus - Amen. Dear Helena, receive the blessing of love from my love and recognize the One who has also taken away your pain and try to become healthy in body and soul. Amen."

Helena said, "Jacob, the pain has subsided - thank you!"

Milosch said, "Jacob, so it is true what you told me. From now on I will heed everything, I will be faithful and grateful. I will watch over Helena like a mother over her child, tell me only one thing, what would have happened to Helena if she had died in the accident?"

Jacob: "Milosch, Helena would have become a lost person in the sphere of this arrogant spirit, for here she served him as a human being, there she would have served him, but for an unimaginably long time. For us human beings it is hell, for these spirits it is just a time, an intoxication, but then the desolation - a torture without end".

Milosch: "Jacob, has the Lord given you enlightenment about this?"

Jacob: "Not only given, but experienced. Do not wish for it. It is a hundred times easier to see it than to have to endure it. Remember, like attracts like. If you had been a witness and observer last night, what Wurka had brought, you would have been deeply shocked; for know - whoever serves unfair spirits or feeds them, lives among them. You have had visions, but have not applied it to your and Helena's salvation; now you are in the middle of judgement and God had to allow it, so now you must do everything to come out again. Helena will need a long time before she will get well again, but not before there is inner reversal."

Milosch: "Jacob, pray for me, so that I may succeed in coming back into order with the Saviour Jesus Christ."

Jacob: "Milosch, only you yourself can do this, for the access to the eternal Father is still available to you and all, Who will become your helper if you and Helena fulfill the conditions. You know the conditions, because you demanded it sharply from the others. But God the Eternal and True One, longs for His children to come. Let us go, for I still have great tasks to fulfill, but I leave my blessing by the grace of Jesus here. Become a true priest here in your world, in your home, before you can think about working for Jesus. Peace be with you."

Jacob could not go any further, because again some sick people had come, as well as the Roman, who had the misfortune to run over Helena. He wanted to apologize, but since he heard so much about the cause, he was curious about the truth of it.

Jacob, being busy with the sick, interested him very much. But when some were healed, and the thanksgiving and prayers were so joyous and cheerful, he could no longer remain silent. He turned to Arius the priest and asked him what all this meant.

Arius, still full of emotion of what had happened, said: "Lord, already for 3 days I have been experiencing this. We are neither pagans nor Jews, but followers of the miracle-man Jesus from Nazareth, who was crucified in the Roman way, and who came to life again after 3 days. What happens here, happens everywhere. This friend, the brother of the Crucified and Risen One, does all this in the Spirit who overcomes all who live according to His teaching and seek to fulfill His will.”

Then the Roman said, "So it is true what I have heard so often. But I could not convince myself, because Jerusalem is very far away. It is our duty not to interfere with this sect, but the Jews disagree."

"Unfortunately, Lord," Arius said, "but as soon as Jacob is finished with the sick here, he will be at your disposal."

The Roman: "I have seen Baltasar, with whom I would talk until Jacob the healer is finished with his service."

Arius brought Baltasar, who had gone to his wife on the upper floor. Baltasar saw the Roman and at once hurried to him.

"Dear friend, welcome" and with open hands he hurried to the Roman who calmly said: "I thank you Baltasar for your welcome. We were not so united the last time we parted, but we want to speak like friends."

Baltasar: "Then come with me to my wife and her mother and be welcome again."

He took him by the hand and they climbed up to the living room of the two women. "Here is my wife since yesterday, and her mother.”

Then the Roman said: "Baltasar, what is going on here in Rakka - I had the misfortune not to stop my horses in time, almost killed a woman, but I heard that she was not going to die. What is going on here? I am interested in it, but not as a Commissioner, but as a human being - who is unfortunately a Roman."

Baltasar: "Dear friend Faustinus, not unfortunately a Roman, but a natural Roman, just as I am a Roman. Of course, I see it as a grace from the eternal and living God. But you will now receive a proof that there is a living God."

The Roman: "Don't start again, dear Baltasar, because you know my story. But I would like to know how you came to the true and living God, as you say. But if I am completely open to you now, I must say that none of our gods could yet show such a thing."

Baltasar: "It is a long story, dear Faustinus, I have just been convinced that what you have experienced will remain just that. Of course, you have no idea how sophisticated the Jewish priests are, therefore you have been deceived by them. What you have experienced, is of course an experience for your mind. Your honest nature has not thought it possible for priests of a living God to be so infamous. All those who gave full faith and trust to the miracle-man Jesus, experienced the same thing. Just ask Jacob, whom you saw downstairs in the hall. There is no priest among both the Gentiles and the Jews such as Jacob, Jesus works as if personally in him."

The Roman: "Baltasar, everything is all well and good, you say that what you have experienced remains experiences, but haven't you experienced many things before as well?"

Baltasar: "My dear Faustinus, no such thing. In previous experiences I had to wonder and regarded it as a coincidence, but a life out of God takes hold of my heart and kidneys. One is seized to the core by something that one does not yet know. The world around us became different and I changed. Then I recognized the true and eternal God and today, I can no longer be without my eternal God."

The Roman: "Baltasar, I know you have always been a natural man. You were never fanatical, but did the wickedness of the Jewish priests not teach you that their [version of] God, whose servants they are, cannot be worth much either?"

Baltasar: "Faustinus, it was through the wickedness of the priests that I have come to know goodness, love and mercy, and since I [came to] know that Jesus, the Son of God, had to make the sacrifice of death on the cross, I received light and clarity. No priest of our gods could ever have made such a sacrifice and why - because these gods are dead. How could life be in the priests if their gods were dead? Then I was taught better by Jacob, and experienced that Jacob does not do the works at all, but the eternal and living God who worked in the human Jesus. You have experienced everything that happened to and around Jesus, but you never believed. What you have not experienced, I have experienced. You will also experience that Jacob the human being, is also only a human being like me and you, but something lives in that human being, which does not yet live in us, but he said 'what lives in Me will also live in you, if you fulfill all that you need to do'.

The Roman: "Baltasar, I am really curious, for what I have seen among the sick, I have not yet seen with any priest."

Baltasar: "Faustinus, I will let Amalie, my mother, tell you what she experienced with Jacob, because as long as people exist, no one has yet experienced this miracle - only God can do it."

The Roman: "But I am curious, may I ask you, you radiant mother of your children?"

Amalie: "Yes dear friend, you may and shall know what great things God has done for me. Years have passed since I was a poor, deeply pitiable human child. Sick in body and soul, my hands and feet crippled.

My hands looked like this (showing her hands) and my feet were no longer able to carry me. The pain was so great, that I found no rest and no sleep and had only one wish: to die. Then my daughter Amelia brought Jacob to my little room. Arius was present and defended himself with all his might to not let a Jew fool him. Jacob said only a few words and asked if I could believe that the true and eternal God could heal me. Then he prayed and a bolt of lightning came down, which Arius also saw - and I had straight hands and feet and was healed. But that's not all. We experienced inner glories and as Wurka, the poorest and eldest mother brought 30 more lepers out of love, the glory of God was revealed, because not Jacob healed the lepers, but Amelia and Wurka; For by Jacob's command, Amelia was to provide enough water, which he blessed, and the old faithful Wurka took a bowl and offered it to my daughter. She took a cloth and, believing in the true God, washed the lepers and all became clean. Arius could declare them all pure and gave them the freedom that a thousand priests could not."

The Roman: "Baltasar, let me meet with Jacob, what I hear here goes beyond all common sense - 30 lepers by washing with water that has been blessed - what did your priests say then?"

Baltasar: "Dear lord, they have confessed to the true God and we had only one task: to make our hearts and our houses free and clean from the idols, which we also all did. Oh, the true day of joy and happiness, well over a hundred received their health and all received the true and right faith in the God of the Jews, but not as he was taught in the temple, where great sacrifices and hard penance were required, which the priests as a rule accepted, but to practice love for God and neighbour.”

"I thank you, dear Mother," said the Roman - "a brief report, but a rich experience. Baltasar, I believe that you have given me a great gift. May I be your guest today?"

Yes, he not only became a guest, but also the guest of the Lord. The Roman asked for an hour's leave to organize his time and also brought some of his people with him, for he did not want to withhold from his people what he had experienced with Jacob; for all were full of questions regarding the truth about Jesus.

Again the devotion-hall filled up, full to the brim, for Jacob said that it was the last evening - he had to go on to others. As always, everything had remained the way Arius used to do it. The Romans were at the front, at the small altar. The Roman could not yet speak to Jacob alone, when Jacob said to him: "Dear friend, I am here for you and your people today after the prayer in the guest room, but I ask you again to teach your people to wait with questions, for tonight, truth shall be revealed for all of you!"

Again strangers brought sick children, sick mothers and a paralyzed man who had to be carried. The Romans were astonished when they saw him lying in front of the altar. Faustinus was inwardly excited and amazed. He had witnessed many services in schools, temples, and synagogues, but he had never experienced anything like this.

Jacob greeted everyone with words of blessing and his speech ended with: "Only hold on to Jesus Christ, He alone is all in all". Then he bent down to the paralyzed man, who could not be straightened up, could hardly lift his head and his limbs failed completely. Everybody felt compassion, and the Romans were also captivated; then Jacob said: "My brother and all of you who have the delorde to become well, you are also aware that I cannot heal you; for only He who wants to be a Saviour to all can heal, but you must also know Him, the Saviour of all Saviours, for who He really is. Brother, you have always relied only on your gods, which are not gods. But your priests will not change their lives to the eternal and true God, because your sacrifice is their livelihood.

But the eternal and true God says: "Do not worry about what serves life, but worry about what I can be and remain in and with you! All of you have heard of the living God of the Jews, but your lukewarmness to experience the whole and living truth, kept you from getting to the bottom of what you have heard. That your priests warned you to be careful of the God of the Jews is understandable, for who would give up on a beautiful life; but now the condition, the need, the concern for your loved ones has driven you here, because you again heard of the healings. You friend, who did not refuse the paralytic's request to bring him here to Rakka, shall receive a good reward, not with gold or silver, because your priestly glory had become very small in the face of the misery of a brother. But I have only one request for you and your children: believe what I have in my heart for all of you. Basically it is not about faith, but about what is to come out of faith in God - namely a life in God!

Your gods have no life and could never have a life, because they were only meant to represent the mantle of God, that is, a God who have been completely invisible to you and filled with an elementary power. But here again I make you acquainted with the true and living God, who revealed Himself in the garment of a man with the name Jesus, as it had never been on earth before. This man Jesus, who had to penetrate all things with the help of God, was not recognized by the servants of God - yes, even more - He was shunned like the worst enemy, persecuted and had to die on the cross. But this had to happen for the sake of the salvation of all, for after 3 days He stood among us in His spiritual indestructible garment and raised us up again gloriously and gave us His glorious Spirit, out of which I may work to reveal His glory!

But my words are not to be written into your heart like a law, but you are to freely accept or reject them. But since you are all to experience Him who wants to be your eternal Father for all eternity, we all want to ask Him together to reveal Himself as the Saviour, as the Father, to whom you are all to give your trust.

Oh Father of love, Father of all Your struggling children, full of longing, we bring to You our sick and troubled and burdened ones and ask You, oh Holy God and Father - have mercy on all.

In your love, have mercy for our spiritual poverty, come to help us with Your strength, with Your light, and ignite in all of us the longing to recognize You more and more, so that we can thank You for Your love, in which You sacrificed Yourself on the cross. Oh Jesus, Saviour of all saviours, see - these poor and sick need you, need your healing powers, therefore come with your help – Amen."

Then everyone saw the vision - saw the Saviour Jesus. He said: "Children, whoever asks Me like this from the depth of his heart, there I, the Eternal Love, cannot stay away. I have come to serve you, because in serving lies the revelation of My Love. But since I want to put a monument of My love in your heart for all of you, I say to you sick people, arise in health and you mothers, who have come because of your children, do not forget this love you have received and experience from Me as Eternal Love, for your eternal life. Amen.

All be blessed from the fullness of My Love - be blessed, so that you may all

arise unto the life out of Me; be blessed, so that you may also see in My Spirit, who bears witness to your spirit that you have become My children. Amen."

The vision ended, but the joy was not over, for the paralytic said: "Oh God, I have seen You. Your hand laid on my head, a great warmth flowed through me, a jolt - and I can move - I am healthy". Another one testified the same and then others testified the same as well, and all could testify of Jesus, who had appeared to all, had made all well.

The rejoicing, the joy of having seen the Lord, was not to be dampened, for they have never yet seen Jesus visibly healing the sick. Arius was speechless about what he experienced.

Jacob asked for silence, saying, "My brothers and sisters, be quiet - I will say goodbye, for some are still waiting for me. Do not forget to give thanks, for it would be presumption if I wanted to say something about what happened. Go home quietly. The strangers may stick to Arius, but I feel the need to bless you out of my love. We will hardly see each other again, but in spirit we want to remain faithful to ourselves through the love that was revealed to you again today. If you have any questions, contact Arius, who was destined for it by Eternal Love. Be blessed so that as blessed, you may fulfill the longing of the Lord who so wonderfully revealed His love to you all. Be blessed by His Spirit of Love, so that you may all rise to the life that flows to you all from the cornucopia of His Heart."

Another wave to all, and Jacob went upstairs with Baltasar and the Romans.

When it was time and Amelia looked at everyone with satisfaction, the Roman said: "Friend Jacob, I have nothing more to say, because a game of jugglery cannot bring about healings. Where and how can one experience the teaching that Jesus spread, for there is a time to study everything."

Jacob: "You are wrong, dear friend! Love God above all things and your neighbor as yourself - is the whole doctrine. God, whom one cannot see, lives in every human being as a tiny spark of the spirit and is capable of deifying everything that lives in your soul. Everything you do to your neighbor in your love, you really do to God. If you do your neighbour an injustice in your hatred, you really do it to God as well."

The Roman: "Jacob, so does that mean that, when you are upset, the divine is as if caged in your soul, but in the man whom you have beaten, in reality you have beaten God? Jacob, how is it then with the criminals, does the divine also live in them?"

Jacob: "No, my friend, for a criminal has so to say trampled the divine in him to death. Although the spark of God cannot be destroyed in any human being. But the divine is dead. If the divine were to be destroyed in man, men would already be dead, although they were still alive. But the Lord Jesus put His life at stake and died on the cross and on the 3rd day, as a living man, again rose from the tomb and brought life to all people.

Now every person who believes in Jesus, who fulfills His commandment of love, will come to eternal life, even though he would die."

The Roman: "Jacob, speak intelligently, time is short, who can understand that? I will survive a life after death if I fulfill the condition?"

Jacob: "Yes, my Faustinus, all tombs were opened when the crucified Jesus conquered death, all are allowed to live - eternally, if the love that is life itself, fills every person.”

Faustinus: "Jacob, this is the greatest mystery. What have I heard from Jews, from priests, from scribes and wise men - but no one could testify that if I am filled with love inwardly, I will be rewarded with eternal life."

Jacob: "Faustinus, therefore God became man, that all men might live forever!"

Faustinus: "Jacob, this is too much, therefore my father, my mother and all must still live. Now where do so many people live who have preceded us and what kind of bodies do they carry?"

Jacob: "Faustinus, close your eyes and then talk with them."

His eyes were opened for a little half an hour, then Jacob said: "Now return to reality and what do you say now, dear friend? But don't give me the excuse 'that was like a dream'."

Faustinus: "Jacob, it was like a dream, because I can't imagine it any other way, but after what I have experienced today, I can no longer go along with my pagan faith, because I wish I could also have a life like my father has after his death."

Continued journey to Andree and Ludmilla. Arrival at Kaspar's inn.

Without much ado, two more wagons departed. But Baltasar stayed with Jacob. Baltasar stayed on the caravan route. It was not possible to reach the destination in one day, so accommodation had to be found in an inn. For the sake of the women, they sought rest early. It was also quiet in the inn.

Finally, the next day, they reached Kaspar's inn. When the two wagons entered the yard, Ludmilla was just leaving the house. She saw Jacob and immediately rushed to him. But Baltasar turned to Amalie and said: "Look what a joy we are experiencing here."  Ludmilla can't believe it yet. Andree and Kaspar were curious to see what was going on, for there was not much traffic here.

But when he saw Jacob, he ran quickly into the house and called everybody together. "Jacob has come, Jacob is here!"  Salome quickly ran to the other house and said to everyone, "Jacob has come!!"

When the initial exhiliration subsided, it was time to tell the story. For a long time people were talking, even during the meal there were questions and answers. Then Jacob said: "I didn't come alone, we don't want to inform anyone of our coming tonight, because the day was hot and the road wasn't good."  But Andree and Ludmilla stayed alone for a long time still, because there was so much that was not their own.

A glorious morning promised a good day - it was the Sabbath; but not a Sabbath like the Jews', but a day on which all work would rest. All came together immediately after noon. They were all amazed - word had spread that Jacob had arrived. Everyone came and the joy was truly real. There were new ones today that Jacob had not yet seen, but for Baltasar and the two women, this love, this mutual understanding, was something powerful. A small congregation where the enemy of all life had not yet broken in.

Andree and Ludmilla were again pitied, because no little child wanted to come. Andree, who had the spiritual care there as the leader with his Ludmilla, has now built a large parlour for these purposes, of course without any decoration, only a simple cross stood on the table in front of which Andree spoke every time.

Now Jacob stood before this simple altar, all were deeply moved when he said: "My beloved friends, sisters and brothers, this hour gives me again the proof of a love which offers all possibilities. Years ago, when I came here, I would not have known what happiness I would experience among you. For you have kept the teaching, your love and your service pure. This is an unparalleled miracle because the enemy of all God's life has not yet been able to do anything here. Everywhere I went there were complaints, Brother Baltasar can testify to that. Yes, it was Brother Baltasar's urge to take me wherever I could, to lay the foundation by the grace of Jesus for your faith. Oh my Andree, remember the hour when I could tell you, throw the idols before Ivan's feet and all will be well. Oh Salome, to whom do you owe your happiness to be able to work together with Ivan in the spirit of Jesus' love? Oh you all, what luck, you have water for house, yard and cattle, while everywhere, there is need in the hot summer days. As earthly as everything looks, it became a heavenly wealth for you, because your God, your Father Jesus, has become your love. Therefore I do not need to teach you 'do this or leave that', because in you lives the love which I could awaken and ignite in you, because you buried all your idols and the Father could arise in your hearts, who lives with you. Oh do not long to go forth into the wide world, there will  still be enough opportunities for you to enlarge your congregation; but there is a danger that even the enemy of all life can enter here. My friends, is it not a miracle - you have no sick, you are taught all things and you are united among yourselves. Day and night, the brothers and sisters worked on the great work of rescue - it was preciously rewarded - you lived in the greatest peace with your children and with your neighbors and helped each other in all material things.

Let us now separate, it is now enough for this afternoon, we want to come together here again tonight in the name and Spirit of the Lord. I will stay with you for a few days and serve everyone who needs my love."

The evening brought everyone together again. Andree, as always, thanked everyone and his prayer for the presence of Jesus was so heartfelt that everyone felt that they have prayed themselves. Then he asked Jacob to take over the ministry. Jacob raised his hands in blessing and then said: In the Spirit of Jesus, who is our Father and God from eternity, I will only say a few words that our Master Jesus once said: 'Love one another as I have loved you!' These few words tell us everything that is true for all people, and that is of full value for all eternities. Love each other! Love each other for love's sake, because in love He is Himself - as Eternal Love - among us, if we stand in love towards each other, He stands with us. But there is a difference between love and love. When once John and Peter went into the temple, there was a beggar just behind the gate, asking for alms. Peter said to him, "I do not have gold and silver, but I will give you what I have: Get up and walk and be well, so that you no longer need to beg. The beggar thanked and cheered - he could help himself. Behold my dear brothers and sisters - that is help! What does our Father Jesus do, He helps - less with material goods, but the more with spiritual goods. What has been our work in Jerusalem so far, only helping - and those we were allowed to help by the grace of Jesus - He has become a helper for us. The love that we feel in our hearts is a high and holy good! Hugging and kissing is not love, but only expression of love. Everything I find in my heart for you, is only a weak expression - oh if I could, I would offer you a life of love worthy of a King's son or daughter. Because everything is still in the making. Remember the time when Moses had to lead the people through the desert for 30 years. A people who knew how to eat well, live well and now live in the desert - a monotonous life. Oh the people wailed, what did God do? He fulfilled their delordes, but not as in Egypt, but in His way. If salvation from Egypt was already a miracle, miracles followed miracles. Rocks gave water, every day a man could gather his manna. Meat was given in quails, and why? Because He wanted to reveal Himself more and more to the people from whom He Himself wanted to emerge as man. Should He who did this in His unspeakable love for His people, not still do it to His children today? Oh glorious and holy Father, Whose greatest delight it is to make Your children happy. Oh make true what You have promised us, Your children, in Your longing for love and be visibly present to us, as You have made them happy in the days past.

Then again, in His white robe, He became visible to all, went from one to the other and spoke a few words to each, laying His hand on each head. Everyone heard the words loudly and did not know that others could not hear the words at all.

It was such a lively and full participation for all and yet everyone was so intimately connected with the Father. He must have spoken a lot to Andree and Ludmilla, because it took some time before He went on from the two of them.

This gift lasted more than a full hour and in all eyes shone tears of joy, especially Ludmilla's, for whom it was something especially glorious! When all had enjoyed this gift, the Father Jesus stood beside Jacob and through the mouth of Jacob, He said: "Children of My Love, children of My heart, what I gave you will remain a holy legacy forever. What I have given to all of you, however, remains an experience for your environment as well, for often My love and mercy is something that makes them unfree and unhappy. How I would like to reward your love even more, but it would be a danger for you, because then you would become sluggish in your soul - but when you increase your love towards each other, I can also increase My love to that extent. Therefore, you, My Amalie, bring the cup and let all, out of My Love in you, taste what My Love and the Power of Love are able to do. Fill the cup with pure water and everyone can drink as much as they want - it will not become empty.”

Then Amalie went and got the cup. Salome filled it with water and Amalie gave the first drink to her Father Jesus, who also took the cup immediately, and took the first drink. He said: "Drink all from it, it is My love - but it could only happen because you, My daughter, offered Me the first drink!"

Yes, that was a wine, nobody had ever drunk one like that before, but the fact that the cup did not empty, was an even greater miracle for everyone. It took some time until the cup made the round, then Jacob said: "If any of you want to drink more, do it; this wine does not make you drunk, but strengthens you in your soul and in your spirit."

Then the full cup was placed on the table where the cross stood and then everyone's eyes were opened. They could see how the spiritual friends also took a sip, which was an even greater miracle for everyone.

Then Jacob said: "Speak to them and you shall hear their answers;" but only Andree did, the others did not have the courage. Andree said: "Brother, hear me" - he nodded his head. Then he asked further: "Are you happy? Then everyone heard him say: "Not only happy, but blessed, because today I experienced the love of God for the first time, because I was always afraid of Him and feared Him."

"Brother - fear - yes why, God is love and why fear? Love Him who lets you experience such love today and you will experience even greater bliss!"

Time was up.

Jacob said: "Friends, sisters and brothers, this day shall be a day of remembrance forever, for all of you drank of His wine, experienced His love - but this shall not oblige you; but it shall be a new day of knowledge, so that all of you may know the Source from which all draw. It is His Holy Spirit - only His Spirit is to enliven, fill, drive and urge you to love out of this Spirit. What you received today, will hardly happen a second time, therefore this once, will suffice forever.

The foundation was laid when I came to you, but must glorify this God Whom you made your own through me, even more - it is the most holy delorde and His greatest longing that you should all draw from Him, live out of Him. Yes, it has to be such with you, so that you - like me - can say: Now I no longer live, but my eternal God and Saviour lives in me! So I wish you all a blessed night."

Now came happy days for Kaspar's house. The old mother Vera was overjoyed when she once had Jacob to herself. She said: "Brother, you have brought a blessing to our house that cannot be appreciated enough. Especially my daughter Ludmilla.

It must be an angel who enchanted them all with his love. But Andree is often sad, I cannot fathom his sadness. When Salome gave us a grandchild, our happiness was great, Ivan also appreciates it, but Ludmilla - is she sick because she does not give us a grandchild?"

Jacob: "Mother Vera, she is healthy, next year around this time you can carry a grandchild of your Ludmilla in your arms. Let this promise be enough for you and don't ask me for anything else - believe and hope! But I can also reveal this to you - your time on earth is coming to an end, that is why you should leave everyone behind today, for in your and your husband's future life, you must be completely detached from all earthly things. What comes next, I don't have the words for, like everyone else. You, Mother Vera, have experienced your true and living God, but God is also Father and Son at the same time. Jesus, the Son, taught it to us. He actually only did what His Father put into His heart and when He died, He entered into the divinity and rose from the tomb as an eternal God!

We too can become familiar with the thought that if I want to see God in His glory, I must also be divine first. Therefore, be patient and lean on your holy God and Father, then you will become divine in your soul, through Him. Use every day, because it is a gift of God, live only out of love and banish every secret care, then you will become living love, then one day your life will continue in the same love, when you are redeemed from all the evil in your soul!"

Andree and Ludmilla entered, they wanted to discuss something with Jacob, but Vera said: "Children, how nice that you also look after your mother. It is a lively hustle and bustle around you, especially around Jacob. Now Jacob has told me something so beautiful that inwardly, I am completely blessed."

Ludmilla: "That makes me happy, my mother, we also have every reason to be happy. Think to yourself, Baltasar wants to build himself a little house here and live here with his wife and her mother, isn't that wonderful?”

"Yes, child," Vera said, "but who's going to pay for that?"

Ludmilla: "Oh Mother, always the worries! Oh fear for nothing, for Baltasar is rich, he will bring many things here, many houses will be built, because the need of the Christians is increasing. Oh, all that we have experienced fills me with such joy - if only it would happen soon!"

Andree said: "Ludmilla, don't be so excited about this, because we know that the calmer we get, the less resistance there will be. Advice will come with time."

At this moment, the most loving Father Jesus appeared to them. "Greetings, My beloved children, even more will happen when your love has even more mercy on your neighbor. So far you have been in hiding, your Church remained small - that was what I wanted - but now my son and brother Baltasar has come to you, he will use all his knowledge, his always active love that many will find a home here with you. But do allow it all to happen and do not dampen your love.

You Andree and Ludmilla, you have faithfully persevered yourselves in your promise, you have remained pure and free from the lusts in your flesh. Now I ask you to witness a fruit, but be united with Me and remain in love, so that I too may remain among you in the same measure. You Andree, stay a priest, you Ludmilla, his priestess. As of today, you shall have visions and the power to heal. To all whom you lay hands on in My Spirit and in My Love, it shall go better with by the hour. Many will still come to you, therefore, let only Me be the worker in you so that My longing can be realized. Prepare yourselves for busy days, because it is My will that you do not become tired and weak. But you, My Jacob, we remain what we were and will continue to help everyone to salvation, to all joy and to a life out of Me."

The Lord was no longer there.

Then Vera said, "Children, Jacob, that was beautiful! Why were the others not allowed to experience it? Ludmilla: "Because it was not for the others, it was only for us, dear mother - but you were allowed to experience it! Rejoice, rejoice!"

The days went by. Jacob had not yet received the call to move on, but a group of Roman soldiers arrived, who had seized a caravan, led by Julius, who heard the urge and the call to hurry here to this destination, which Jacob had described to him.

Kaspar had not yet seen so many people, neither such misery. Soon the inhabitants of this small village were informed and asked to offer relief services; for far more than a hundred sick and infirm people were among them and all were Christians. From only one wagon did Julius not unload anyone, for they were Templars, who were heavily tied up.

Jacob was moved by the suffering, but even more moved by the grace and guidance of his brother and Master Jesus. It took hours to finally think of gathering and only now could the great misery be comprehended. Baltasar now took over the whole organisation, while Jacob took care of the sick ones. None of the liberated yet knew that Jacob was the one who gave them relief in body and soul. He wanted to leave it to Andree and Ludmilla. These, however, still leaned on Jacob.

Then Jacob said: "Andree, you are the priest here and your wife is your helper, so it is the will of the Holy Father!”

Andree wanted to contradict him, but Ludmilla said: "Andree, is the word of Jacob not the word of the Father for us, who so wonderfully honoured us? We cannot give greater joy to brother Jacob than if we act independently out of the spirit of love."

Julius was shocked. Rage and anger fought in him, but also pity. He came to Baltasar and said: "Brother, I cannot get any further, I would prefer to expose the temple brood naked to the hot sun without bread and water. I have never experienced anything like this in obduracy, arrogance and hatred. What do I do with this temple brood?”

Baltasar: "First of all, be still, Julius. Everything takes time. You have to settle everything yourself. Always remember that these were also people who were educated to hate, in order to destroy Jesus and His confessors."

It was a good thing that there was enough food brought with by the big transport, because the village had never taken care of so many people before. In the evening, everyone was accommodated in tents, with the neighbours and in the inn. The whole village was a hospital. There was no possibility for a quiet devotion yet; but Andree went from house to house to invite [all] to a meeting - whoever found it agreeable.

All the men came - the women couldn't get away. Baltasar now took over the meeting and asked all the brothers to take part in the discussion that followed.

Andree asked Baltasar, since he was the one who had enough experience to make a suggestion as to what to do, to talk to the brothers, for Julius had his misery with the Templars. Baltasar said: "Brothers, let us not rush into anything, first of all do not let any one of you take on too much trouble - one carries the other; but as a Roman I do not have so much power that things should go according to my will. Above all, we want to be brothers, because our Father, God and Lord also became our brother in Jesus. Do not let worries arise that the need of the poor and liberated will become a need for you. I am not poor in goods, I make everything available to My Father Jesus - but you are also rich, but rich in love and this is what it is all about in this hour. Since it is not yet foreseeable to unite all together to question them about their future, we must exercise patience; but you can inquire about their delordes. I plan to establish a settlement here, as has happened elsewhere. I'll take charge and ask for your trust. Are you all willing to give everything to me - with my life and service I will thank you." There was full unanimity.

Then Herminus said: "Brother take charge - we follow you wordlessly, because we are powerless in the face of this situation. Whoever does not see the greatest grace of God and the guidance here, is not worth the great love that we were allowed to experience. It seems to me that our glorious God does not only expect obedience, but more from us, namely love, true living love."

Now everything was in order in the sense of love - only Julius had not progressed, because the three Templars remained what they were - slaves of the temple.

It was Sabbath, all had gathered to celebrate the Sabbath, but in a free place, because there was no house where one could gather. Andree had only created an elevation where he could speak as the priest to all, because Jacob wanted him to. He was frightened when he saw the crowd of people, where did all those people come from? He suddenly saw Jesus, his beloved Jesus, as natural as He appeared at Rakey and received Ludmilla as his priestess. He wanted to say it loudly to all; but Jesus held His index finger to His mouth.

Then Andree said: "Brothers and sisters, it is a gift from God for me that I can speak to you all. Above all, in the name and Spirit of our Lord and God, who was revealed to us in the Risen Jesus, greetings and welcome in the Lord, all of you who have been led to us.

The love we have experienced, urges all of us to create a home for you after you have decided to stay with us. But since we cannot go on without the help of the most loving Father, we want to ask Him very much for His presence. To you who are still sick here, still in pain and worried about your future, I pray - trust us and be assured that we only want to act according to the will of the Lord.

Therefore we ask You, our Father of love, You Father of exceeding mercy, come to us, teach us what we should do out of Your love, out of Your wisdom and out of Your mercy. You see into our hearts, You know about our good will, You also know about our weakness and also about our poverty, although You have made us so abundant through Your love.

My Father - I have so often experienced Your holy, benevolent love, I ask You to, strengthen me, because I would have to despair from such misery if I did not know You are with us! Therefore, please reveal Yourself to all, that each one is strengthened with the awareness that You are among us with Your love, strength and glory. Amen.

Dear faithful sisters and brothers, we are gathered here to experience the presence of Jesus and His love. Behind you lies very difficult trials, but you are saved and protected in His love, your trouble now came to an end, but the inner trouble has not yet been eliminated, and your faith has become shaky through your sufferings and trials. If you could believe, like me and the brothers and sisters, that He can heal you, truly it would happen in a moment. Say no more: Where is Jesus, in whom we believed, say no more - we are unworthy of Him - therefore misfortune has come, but be with one accord in faith and confidence in His help! Come Ludmilla, let us pray united with our sick ones, let us manifest His will of love united, so that His love, grace and mercy may be glorified."

Ludmilla said, "Sisters and brothers! Holy is the hour, but even more holy is the gift we receive from His hand, because He wants you all to be healed if you ask Him in your hearts: O holy Love, our Father Jesus, fill us completely with Your Spirit, so that all shadows may give way and all fear and sorrow may be transformed into joy and contentment. Thank You, Holy Father Jesus, thank you! I feel the stream of Your power, I experience You as the personal Saviour of all saviours - once again, thank You for Your presence!

But you, who are afflicted, rise up, for I shall call out to you: 'Be healthy according to your faith'. Amen."

They were healthy! A shock, a rejoicing, a weeping shook even the healthy, then Jacob said, driven by the Spirit of Jesus: "Sisters and brothers, calm down, for an even greater grace is before you. Let this love, which you were all now allowed to experience, become a delorde to believe in Him. Yes, you have proved your faith. Is there still any faith in Him to speak of? Oh no - but only your faith was tested and why? Because you all have to prove your love and live it out. Many a one has let himself be misled, that is why also some mistaken concepts of faith have developed among you, namely in the main thing that you seek God outside of yourselves, you imagine God to be in heaven above and expect help, strength and happiness from there! Oh do not let it become an error, for since His visible Ascension, of which I am also a witness, all who want to be fulfilled in His Spirit of Love, have been granted the supreme grace to work, live and serve out of His Spirit! Since His Crucifixion, since His Resurrection from the fetters of death and since His Ascension into His primeval Being, all that is externally visible has ceased; but something much more glorious, something that cannot be taught - something that can only be experienced - has come to those who, as I said before, have been filled with His Spirit. How can you explain that you have all become healthy without the visible presence of the Lord - you say because you believed. Yes, you are right, but I say because He is our Lord, our Father and God personally among us. If He were visible in your healing, it would make your heart unable to love Him as He delordes. You are not yet ripe to know it as it must be known, because the enemy of life is angry that people [who are] filled with the Spirit of Jesus, have put an end to his wickedness. That is why the glorious Father, God and Lord must hide behind the love of His children. The whole space of creation is full of the glories which are inviolable to the enemy of life, but in His children, a new creation is to emerge, which is not to emerge from His omnipotence, but from childlike love and true humility. I cannot tell you more yet because a recognition, a light, has to arise only in yourselves, all out of your love and humility, because of your acting, doing and letting happen out of your complete free love. Light and knowledge do not bring you closer to the Father, it only gives you the knowledge of good and evil, of wrong and right, to completely recognize your position towards Him, our God.

Now you have experienced a love through Andree and Ludmilla, a love full of strength and glory which has made you free and full of thanksgiving; but this love was not given to the two of them today, but they had to gain it, in spite of all, they had to hold on to the teaching, to the invitations which I was allowed to reveal to them. What you experienced was fruit, seed, and the word ‘revelation’ and ‘love experienced.’

Now that everything has revealed itself as fruit or a life in God, the proof has been given that the true and eternal God lives in your hearts, who works and sanctifies everything! I also now bear witness to His life in me, and His life in me speaks to you: "Sisters and brothers, if you would have a glimpse of all the events in and around us, you would rejoice, you would have no place in yourselves for worries and sorrows any more. Your eyes would see what no eye has seen  and your ears would hear what no ear has heard. In you, a life would unfold that can no longer be limited by anything. Your inner world would become a new creation, the effects of which would be inconceivable to you. You would no longer ask for the past, nor for the future, because an everlasting presence would enliven you, whom is none other than the eternal Father. For what belongs to the Eternal Father is yours, but what you give to Him enriches you forever! He gave His heart's blood for us human beings and when He died on the Cross, this love - which was to be the life of all of us - was born. He came to earth to die for us and with His death, He erased all the guilt of men. With His death, He opened all gates to life out of God, and paved the way to His Father's heart. But He also paved the way for Himself and His children and wants to take up dwelling in the hearts of His children, wants to educate them to independence, to a joyful and free child, and to a vessel of His Holy Spirit. Fifty days after His resurrection, we have been and remain filled with this Spirit. But so that all of you may be free from all doubts, He wants you all to see Him for a moment - as He looks at you in the longing love with which His heart is filled! So, accept with these blessed moments His blessing and the certainty - He is in His Spirit, in His love, grace and mercy always with you, among you - to the degree you will be in and with Him! Be blessed and see in the Spirit of His love! Amen.”

A long silence followed, but then the joy broke through. Now they had recognized brother Jacob, of whom the world spoke so much falsehood and lies. He could hardly handle the questions that came to him. Jacob said: "I will stay with you for a while, I will help you with the brothers, so that you may rejoice and be compensated for what blind and lost brothers have done to you!"

What a work Andree and Ludmilla had when it became known, that they where the priest and priestess. A stirring and desperation rose in all of them, but when Baltasar described the settlements that had been established through community work, how they all had work and bread, everyone wanted to stay right there, gladly submitted to him, and built a Little Bethany.

So what was going on in Julius? He could not cope with the three priests. Jacob dismissed everything on the grounds that "this is a matter of worldly judgment" - because they did not want to submit. Finally, a Roman commissioner came with some companions. When he saw Jacob, he immediately approached him. Reaching out his hand to Jacob, he said: "You are one of the twelve - what drives you out of the city of God?"

Jacob: "The cause of my Master Jesus, dear friend!"

The Roman: "You acknowledge me as a friend and you do not know me - are you so sure that you are not deceived in me?"

Jacob: "My inner being has never deceived me, dear friend, you have the greatest longing for the truth about Jesus!"

The Roman: "You are not mistaken, but duty has priority now. To whom must I turn - everything here is in a state of activity, which outright amazes me!"

Jacob: "Come with me, Julius - Caesar's representative is on his way. Baltasar, a former merchant, has settled here and feels called to build a settlement here from his means, for the sake of Jesus. He wants to create a Roman Little-Bethany. Come, let us go to Kaspar, the old father of the inn."

The Roman and his companions made themselves comfortable, but the old Kaspar greeted them in his old faithful manner, which the Roman liked. The old mother Vera was anxious for food and drink, but the Roman said: "Mother, not yet - because we were hardly two hours on the way."

The horses were taken care of.

They spoke almost nothing, because they waited for Julius, who also came one hour later with his people. Now the scene changed. Julius described his experiences in a purely objective way. He did not gloss over anything; without any exaggeration, he made everything clear - also that the sick are healthy and all wounds are healed by faith and prayers to Jesus, the Risen One; "but the three priests reject all jurisdiction, and so I sought settlement in a court of law." The Roman said to Julius: "Let the three present themselves, whether they accept us as judgment or not, shall be revealed."

The three stood before the commissioner and he said: "You stand before a Roman judge who received report that you have violated Roman laws. You are priests of a God whom you call "the God of love," how is it that you commit acts that contradict the commandments of your God?"

Then one said: "We are priests and have the right to regard ourselves as "the lords"; for the earth is God's, and we are His representatives!"

The Roman: "Consider us as the deputies of our Caesar, who have the task to see to order and that all subjects have the necessary protection against those who do not submit to the imperial laws!"

"Lord, what is the Caesar to us with his laws! We are subject to the laws which the temple has received from and out of God!"

The Roman: "So this is your bad state! I give you the good advice that you keep to your God, because I keep to my powers and our laws. With the knowledge that your temple was given jurisdiction only within your temple area. Your commitments will bring you to the cross. But now I ask you, what have these Nazarenes done to you? You crucified the Founder of this sect. We do not directly prohibit this sect. Freedom of faith is granted to all citizens of the Jewish countries - and your temple, like you, has suffered no harm. It would be right from a humanitarian point of view to grant freedom to all in matters of faith. What did you do? You have treated people of other faiths as prisoners, you have been caught robbing them of their homes. It has been discovered that you sell them as slaves and what is most corrupt, is that you have mistreated them worse than stubborn cattle! Well, that would be enough to send you to the galleys all your lives. What do you say now?"

[Templars:] "Nothing but you have no right to judge, send us back to Jerusalem, the temple may judge us."

The Roman: "This is your last word. Remember, it is about your freedom, about your life! We Romans love justice and want all to be friends."

[Templars] "We do not recognize you as judges, we will appear before the temple court."

The Roman: "So open was your answer - my answer to you is also open. You will not see your temple again. Well over 100 accusers oppose you. I will no longer negotiate with you, what the Romans Julius and Baltasar reported, is enough for me. As of today, you will receive only water and bread and be kept from daylight."

Julius was astonished at the calm with which this commissioner listened to all the reports, but never spoke to Jacob. Jacob was simply not there for him while he was conversing with everyone else. Then Julius told Jacob his complaining thoughts. But Jacob smiled and said: "Brother Julius, it is dear to me that he knows the Master better than you, although he does not confess Him. I am glad that he treats me as if not present, because he pays more attention to me than you suspect, he even lets me observe, which makes me very happy.”

Julius: "But brother Jacob, I could not stand it, is he looking for something in you?"

Jacob: "Yes, he seeks the Master with and in me. He has heard many things about me - true and untrue - but his time has not yet come. As a man of justice, he calls the love of Jesus weakness and is mistaken that Jesus does nothing to put a stop to the temple."

Julius: " Jacob, now I can understand the commissioner, but he has not yet spoken to you about Jesus."

Jacob: "Brother, just wait, take all your people and ride to your wife. There is work again and I will ask the commissioner to stay with his companions until you come back; but let yourself be blessed, for the Master does not expect little from you!"

Two weeks have passed. Baltasar talked to the Roman commissioner about the enlarged village and the possibilities of cultivating the land if more settlers could be brought here - but that would require resources.

Then the Roman said: "Baltasar, I admire you. So far I have been silent about everything. But now my task is coming to an end. I did not talk to the Templars again. What can I do for you - or rather, what should I do for you in my authority from the Emperor?"

"Dear friend," Baltasar said: "wouldn't it be better if we had a larger discussion? I am so to say the leader, but everything is still in the making, although I have great resources - but everything has its limits'.

So, now a large meeting was called, all were allowed to express their wishes and almost all attended.

The old Kaspar, as the eldest, welcomed everyone warmly and asked Baltasar to begin in the name of God, "because I have no overview of what has been done and what is still to be done."

Baltasar reported in a few words on the status of the work and did not forget to say that the food would not be sufficient until the next harvest. "What is to be done?" - he asked the assembly.

Then one of the rescued said: "Brothers, isn't it strange that our brother Baltasar asks what to do? Has not our faithful God always been the one who took care of everything?”

Then Jacob intervened and said: "Brothers, sisters and friends! I have been among you for so long and have worked with you. By my instructions, your dwellings are almost ready to be occupied, but the harvest cannot begin until everything matured. Your objection "Our God cares, if we believe" is all well and good, but God is no longer He who was when He led His people through the desert with Moses. There was Moses, who took care of everything, and if he got into trouble, he negotiated with God, because he knew the people were behind him. But here it is different, because people have changed and God always meets His human children where they are. Since the Incarnation of God in Jesus Christ, He stopped revealing Himself through prophets, for He has empowered every human being to associate with Him. Through Jesus, the Son of Man and Son of God, His only holy will was revealed to all of us. Through His love and His acts of love, the will of God was expressed more and more. With Jesus, the direct revelations through prophets stopped, and the old covenant found it's fulfilment. Jesus died, and with His resurrection, a new time has dawned - the new covenant. The old God returned to His original center, to His original sanctuary, and transferred all power and glory to His Son, Jesus Christ. This is nothing new for us, because God became man in Jesus, the Son of Man, but not equipped with the perfect power of a God, but Jesus had to gain this perfect power. He managed to make the recognized will of God his own, and became one with God. We experienced this unification of Jesus with God, whom He called Father and who was His innermost Love, for well over three years. I, as the youngest son of old Joseph, experienced the whole development of Jesus. I was around Him since childhood, witnessing His struggle, His battles, His temptations, His sadness, because we did not want to understand Him; yes, I often doubted His mission. So, I became the only one of Joseph's sons to become His disciple and follower. Now listen: Jesus died, yes, but He did not die as the God-man united with God, but as a man like me and all of you. Therefore His saying: 'Oh God, why have You forsaken Me?' All of us, except John, were beaten, we did not understand our Master and a sorrow within us became an insurmountable wall. Then He rose again to life and raised us up again and gave us the right understanding of His mission, His death, His resurrection and at the same time, His ascension - with the promise that He wants to pour out His Spirit on all who believe in Him. It happened - His Spirit came upon us and filled our hearts with peace and confidence and the most glorious gift to connect with Him in our hearts.

What I am now allowed to say to all of you is not me, but Jesus the True and Living, speaks it in me and I share it with you. What I hear in me - you can also hear, but one thing has ceased: to make use of His external help, because He, our God in Jesus Christ, empowered each one of us with His love, His power. In other words, in the covenant that He has made with His human children, every human being has the opportunity to do everything that we originally asked of God in faith.

You have experienced how Ludmilla was allowed to heal you through the power and might of God, you experience the presence of God in every devotional hour and you hear His Word as I now address His Word to you. God's help, you experienced, was through man. Tomorrow around this time, you will all receive the proof that God can only reveal Himself and help through people! That is why I tell you all from His Spirit - go into your huts today and tomorrow, we shall face new tasks.

You, dear friend and brother, you who believed to have fulfilled your task, will be faced with even greater tasks tomorrow. How you will solve them, will be your task, but God has called you to it; because you have heard from my words that God is no longer an external Helper, but a Helper through the life of God in His children.

Jacob could hardly contain the brothers, as he now had lifted the veil of who he was. Especially the Roman asked him what his speech meant. Jacob said: "Dear friend, wait until tomorrow; the Lord has only told me what I had to tell you."

Jacob was suddenly the centre of attention. All through his silence at work, in his daily intercourse with everyone, he remained reserved, but his deep piety triggered everyone's confidence.

Andree and Ludmilla stayed very close to him. The next day put the whole village to the test, because nothing happened. But now, as the sun was setting, some riders came and announced the arrival of a caravan, followed by another. Immediately everything came to life. “Levi’s” caravan slowly drove into the yard.

The animals were tired, neighbours immediately rushed to help. Levi first looked around. He was surprised that he was expected. "Who told you I was coming?"

"The news came from Jacob."

"From Jacob? Where is he?"

Now he saw Andree and Ludmilla. "Where is Jacob?" he asked after the first short greeting.

Andree first welcomed him. Then he said: "Jacob is working in the new settlement, he won't be deterred from helping out, because he is the only carpenter.

Levi said: "Andree, I bring you hard work, well over 100 sick people need help. A Roman troop once again picked up a transport of people, tied up the leaders, and instructed me to come to you. Now I am here, but it may take two more hours before they are here, because in this heat, we had to rest for a long time under shady trees - we have no water, our animals are finished."

Now the Roman came. With his sharp eyes he looked at Levi, then he smiled and said, "Levi, did you come here on purpose, or are you in need?"

Levi: "You are Claudius junior, one does not prefer to meet you, but this time you will have no reason to complain against me. I had to come here because the true God wants it."

The Roman: "Why does the true God want it, you are a merchant, since when are you in covenant with God - it is a miracle to me!"

Levi: "No miracle, Claudius, only guidance; but in about two hours you will begin to recognize miracles, because you will also have to deal with the living God. Or has Jacob not yet enclosed you in his love?"

Claudius smiled and said: "Levi, whether I like it or not, I have to deal with God, but I don't yet know what to do with the servants of God and Jacob is silent."

Now Levi was without a care. There was plenty of water here in this inn. Things came to a close, slowly quieted down, and the cattle were on the pasture. It became dark. Finally, the expected caravan arrived. Everyone was worried about the many sick people. Julius, the leader, searched for, and found Jacob.

Immediately the Romans - yes the whole village, were informed. "The sick must be isolated, because there are some lepers among them. The lepers were not Nazarenes, but were taken with them, to create a sense of fear among the Nazarenes."

"And where are the priests?" asked the Roman Julius.

"In the last wagon they are tied with ropes that no man can tear apart - these beasts of men!"

There was no rest for anyone that night, everyone was so much needed. The sick laid in tents, looked after by the inhabitants, and only in the morning could everything be monitored. All were washed and sated. Ludmilla - supported by Amalie and Amelia, was the soul of the sick women and girls. Andree and Ivan looked after the men.

Oh what misery - first, all had to get very necessary rest. Julius was now released, he had dutifully handed over all and everything and laid everything on the shoulders of the Roman commissioner Claudius. Only then did Claudius begin to take care of the priests, who had become very thin due to hunger and thirst and the shackles.

When Claudius was asked where to go with the 5 priests, he said: "To the other three so that we can overhear them."

Claudius placed a steward in the vicinity with the task of eavesdropping on them, "perhaps we will learn something new from them." The lepers were kept separately in a tent and taken care of by Amelia. Baltasar and Levi had conversations that no one could hear.

Claudius and Julius and some of their confidants sat together and talked and talked. Claudius wanted to remain firm, but Julius advised moderation. "Call Jacob to your counsel," was his advice. But Claudius did not want to know anything about this.

So the day was getting darker and Baltasar again had everyone called together for a meeting. Only now everything was to be assessed and only then the misery became really obvious. Baltasar openly asked Jacob for his advice, and Jacob said: "Brothers, first the sick must get well, many have fever. As a sick person, you can't ask them to make a decision, they have to get well first."

Then Andree said, "Jacob, I have not yet dared to follow the urge within me, the misery is too great."

Jacob: "Andree, the greater the need, the more glorious the fulfillment of your longing."

Andree: "Jacob, may one give hope to a lamenting man, I am not sure, because there are so many."

Jacob: "Andree, banish your doubts, our holy God and Father puts Himself behind the love of His children. His Spirit in you is also His power, might and glory. We all also stand behind you, therefore let your love, united in God, work."

It was quite a hot day, and Baltasar said: "Brothers, when it gets cooler, we want to try to take all beds outside in front of the big tent, nobody should be forgotten - so that we can get to the right peace and inner silence."

Since some hours still passed, hope was naturally given to the sick by those who had become healthy. There was some hope among the sick, and it was also revealed that a disciple of Jesus was present.

Claudius was dissatisfied with everything. He tried to get into a conversation with the imprisoned priests. But Julius said: "Claudius, do not seek to force. The Lord has given them into our hands, I am convinced that Jesus would act differently than you are!"

Claudius: "Julius, what have I to do with Jesus, why did He not prevent these crimes, how can God still support this temple, which is nothing more than a breeding ground for the most dangerous devils! What you experienced with God, I believe, because you believe in Him. You know our gods, no one has ever experienced such clemency. Now you come and say "Jesus would act differently", did you forget the bloody judgement at Golgotha?"

Julius: "Claudius, Golgotha is my strength. From there this Love has risen and this Love is life, Divine life!”

Claudius: "Evidence, dear Julius, evidence is necessary. I am not hostile to Jesus, what I heard can be called miraculous, but it can also be something else that I cannot yet grasp.”

Julius: "Claudius, but if things happen that are a miracle for you, how do you then oppose Jesus?"

Claudius: "Julius, if it goes well, then I am yours for all time, for our gods could not satisfy me for long."

Julius: "That's a word, Claudius, so I ask you to join in this evening. How, that is up to you, because also our God leaves it to every believing child to act as His child. It is not from the law, but from the most free love that our actions should be born."

Everybody was busy trying to create enough beds for the sick and healthy. A small table was to be the altar and Claudius wanted a small place for himself and his companions to the right of the table. Everything that was possible was done, of course seats could hardly be provided for half of them. Finally it was time. Those who couldn't sit [on chairs] just sat down on the ground and many waited standing in the beginning. Andree and Jacob stood at the table and Claudius had placed himself with his people and the bound priests near the table, so that not only he, but also his companions and the priests, could overlook everything.

Another stranger came and stood next to the table, no one knew him and no-one knew where the stranger came from - only Jacob knew who the Stranger was. His heart was full enough to burst.

Andree began: "Friends, brothers and sisters, the circumstances and everything that has happened, forces us to come together so that the need that is around and within us, does not become a crisis. I do not want to point to our Lord and God who is among us in spirit, but I must point out that we will not come to a result unless we have good will. There were too much back-and-forth talking, but as long as our sick and suffering sisters and brothers are still struggling in pain and sorrow, we can't get any further. So I turn to you who are sick and above all to you who are lepers, whom we even consider as our own sick, do you want and can you believe that God, who brought us all the precious things in Jesus as the Son of Man, could heal you? We human beings cannot do it, but Christ in us. But this includes faith and trust. Please give me the answer."

Before the sick answered, the Roman Claudius stood next to Andree and said, "I ask to be heard for a few minutes. I don't want to disturb the sacred action, I know your answer. It is: ‘Yes - we believe!’ I also believe it, although I am a heathen, because I heard so much about the resurrected Jesus. But here are the priests of your Jehovah who say they are acting in God's place - they brought you great misfortune.

I must insist on the proof and I want these priests to be given the right to prove that they are the true and right priests of your God. If the God Jesus could and still can give health to all, then Jehovah, the God of the Jews, will have to do it even better.

Therefore, priests, this is about your God whom you serve, your life and your freedom. Therefore you, who claim most to act in the place of God, provide the proof, or do it together, no one shall be reserved to act in the place of God. If you refuse, then Andree or Jacob may do in the place of God what their God would put in their breast before the forum of a worldly and a divine judgement. Let It be!”

All eyes were on Claudius, but the Templars were silent, they dared not say a word. Then Claudius said: "Jacob and Andree the priests are silent, so your God cannot be the right one, although He is your God too. At this forum what I call a worldly and a divine judgment, I publicly confess your God Jesus and ask you to welcome me into your community. If you priests had only been willing, even if the healings had not been successful, I, as the youngest Nazarene, would set you free, but so you will be judged according to our laws as well as according to Moses'."

Then Jacob, taking Andree by the hand, stepped forward and said, "Brothers, sisters. In the presence of God - Who does exist, we want to proceed to the blessed work. Our brother Claudius said 'yes' on your behalf, let us thank and pray together: 'You eternally faithful God, Lord and Father! Our hearts burn for You Who can transform all misery, fear and anxiety into the opposite and thank You from the bottom of our hearts. It would be presumptuous to remind You of Your promises, to ask You to keep the word You gave to help all who come asking. Yes, we ask You from the bottom of our hearts; oh Lord help, help all sick and sad ones, but even more we ask You, open the eyes of Your enemies, that they may recognize You and see the abyss where they stand. Oh Lord, have mercy on them and do not take their blindness into account, that Your love may be revealed.

So I thank You, because You again make Your power and glory palpable to me. My heartfelt thanks. But you who are sick, arise in health; for our glorious God and Father wants all of you to be healthy, and your hearts to be filled with the gratitude that works on your sisters and brothers.

Oh my Jesus! Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever! Therefore all praise and all glory to You! Amen!”

Everyone was healthy, including the lepers. It took a long time until everyone was able to speak the same language, because there was no longer praying, there was cheering, crying, hugging, no heart remained silent, only the Templars remained silent.

Then the Roman said: "Since you are standing there like dead gods, I will not let you be bound any more, because you experienced the power and glory of God, you will no longer escape your punishment. You shall have light again, but everything else remains as it was before. Do you have anything to say to me? Then please do not fail, for as of today I am a Nazarene."

The priests were returned to their custody. But no one wanted to part with the assembly. The stranger turned to Claudius and said, "Friend, you were very quick to judge the God you had made yours. You may be a Roman, but as a Nazarene, you will have to change many things in your attitude and, above all, in your status.”

Claudius: "Yes, friend, this will certainly not be easy for me, but has the true God not helped other Romans. Were Baltasar and Andree, like all the others - when they confessed to the true and living God - people who were already filled with the Spirit of Jesus? I have no fear that my God and Lord will leave me wanting when I ask Him from my heart, or are you of a different conviction?"

"Claudius, what would you ask of the eternal God and Lord? Is it because your hard sense of righteousness, your arrogant pride of status is dwindling from you, or because He has put a love in your heart, to do good to your enemies? But I tell you, God cannot do all this for you, because you have to cleanse everything in yourself; God can only strengthen your will, but only as far as you become humble. But since you declared yourself to be the youngest Nazarene, you must also hasten in the spirit of being a Nazarene. Tomorrow, the test will come to you, because the captured priests smell the morning air."

Claudius: "Who are you dear friend, how do you come to us so unannounced, because you do not belong to this settlement?”

“My dear friend Claudius do not ask, but perceive the Spirit from which Jacob, Andree and his wife serve. I ask you to keep your eyes and ears open, so that nothing will escape you what you are experiencing with your people here. There, just look how the wife of Baltasar deals with the healed lepers, notice Ludmilla, the wife of Andree, how she deals with the healed like a mother. It must be important to you, to be and become of the same life as all of them."

Claudius was amazed at the change in all faces, he has never experienced it before. The splendour in the eyes of those who were healed, who were still crying minutes ago with joy and gratitude, and now turned to Jacob and Andree with the question: "Where is the Lord who is to be among us?"

Then Ludmilla said: "Sisters and brothers, even if you do not see Him, is your healing not the most beautiful proof that He is among us with all His love! Where are your pains, where are your worries, has He not taken them away? Therefore, give joy to the Lord and make your hearts wide, wide open, so that He may be felt and felt not only among us, but also in all of us!

Above all, you are all healthy, we leave the rest to the brothers; now, become quiet...quiet...completely quiet. See how good our Lord Jesus is, you are safe and saved from the hands of those who wanted the downfall of our Lord Jesus, therefore do not disturb the work of our Lord Jesus, for He also wants His enemies  to be saved!"

After a long argument with the Romans, it was now decided to let everyone sleep properly, in order [for the Romans] to gather; for this was a great excitement for all of them.

The beginning of the new day saw the drivers, as well as the soldiers, being up on their feet in time, and in the kitchen things got busy to give everyone their morning soup. Over all of them was a glow of joy; only Claudius was lost in deep reflection. He could not get the stranger out of his mind. The same happened to the priests, and one of them said: "Yesterday brought me a sleepless night. Inside I screamed to Jehovah and asked for clarity. Jesus, whom we persecuted, must live, for how is it possible that all the sick have become healthy?"

The one who was always the spokesman, said: "A feat where Beelzebub has his hand in the game - everything is magic."

"No, I'm not coming with you anymore", one replied, "There is more here than Jehovah, for otherwise I would have been answered. I feel the great injustice in me. We not only destroyed people and their happiness in life, we also murdered, indeed murdered, namely the good in ourselves! Today I will ask the Romans for forgiveness and mercy, he should give me options to atone for and make amends."

"You won't do that" the other said, "we are in our right."

"Right or wrong, I will make amends to the Crucified One, for He lives!"

Then the door opened and a soldier said, "Who is he who will do good to the Crucified One? Come with me." Without thinking, the priest walks with the soldier, who told him to wait until he is called. Then he went into the room where Claudius was, and spoke to him:

"One of the priests want to become a Nazarene. I separated him from the others, so that he will not be otherwise convinced."

"It is good my friend", Claudius said, "bring him here." Claudius was pacing about in the guest room, thinking. The priest was brought there.

Claudius spoke: "My friend, one of my guards told me you have a change of opinion, is it so?"

"It is so Lord, be patient with me, I must come to terms with myself. Your words hit like hammer blows on my soul, then the miracle with the sick was too great. I pronounce myself guilty and ask you not to hand me over to the courts, but to determine the punishment. I will atone and meanwhile ask the Risen One to let me know Him - and then accept the deserved death on the cross."

Claudius was calm, but his inner being worked hard; then he said: "Friend, here - you have my hand, you want to accept the death of our Master? But he said: ‘He who believes in Me will live with Me forever.’

Friend, you make my office easy for me, but I cannot believe you without further ado, because you priests are also clever. So come in the clear with me first, according to your wishes. You are free - but do not flee, but always be ready to hear from me."

Claudius was deeply impressed and the words of the stranger came to life again. And now the repentant priest, who wanted to die the death of the Master Jesus, shook him, and slowly he said to himself: "My hard sense of justice, my pride of status must die, yes, but how?

That is the most important question. Am I not just as sick as the healed were sick, or even as sick as the priests? Oh, Jesus, now I come to You, asking: help me out of my misery! I am to judge and I myself am guilty of Your commandments of love. Julius is right, Jacob is right, I resign my office and go with Jacob."

Just then there was a knock on the door, then another knock. Claudius went and opened and who entered? - The stranger!

"I wanted to say hello to you, My dear friend, or am I interrupting because you didn't hear My knocking?"

Claudius: "Oh, no, you don't bother, it's even very dear to me that you came, because your words from yesterday were hammer-blows in me. Think about it: a captive priest said to me the same words as you said to me - I must come clean with myself like the priest. Can you help me how I can quickly eliminate my hard sense of righteousness and my pride in my status?!"

"Claudius," said the stranger, "only you yourself can do it, God can only strengthen your will according to the degree of your love and humility. You confessed yourself yesterday as a Nazarene, today you will be given ample opportunity to act according to the Nazarene's attitude; I cannot tell you anything else.”

Claudius: "Dear friend, stay by my side today, I believe that if I have you with me I cannot fall into the old evil, will you promise me that?"

The stranger: "Yes, my Claudius, I will stay with you!"

The morning meal was over, with the help of many sisters, Ludmilla managed to satisfy everyone. The men talked about how everyone would get accommodation. They all promised to do their best to get everything in order. Again Jacob and Baltasar were the center [of attention], because their instructions were the best. But Claudius had Julius and the priests fetched, he finally wanted to clear the air with everyone. Either way. Even the priest who had already been released, had to be present.

Claudius began: "Today is the last session that I hold with you, if we reach the goal it is good, if we do not reach the goal, it will be very, very difficult for you. But let me tell you, I am not your enemy. I ask you, since you have pleaded guilty, are you keeping what you promised me? Do you recognize me as the court?"

"Yes, lord, I plead guilty, but I beg your indulgence! I acted in a blind faith and accept every punishment.”

Claudius said: "It is good if you want to stay here, or leave, but I ask you to keep your promise."

To the others: "You have heard what your colleague said, he confesses guilt, now I ask you, do you recognize me as the court to which the emperor has committed me? If not, the negotiation is finished - then you have to be aware, I let you lie in iron. If you want to acknowledge me, you can be saved, physically and spiritually."

Only one refused, [the one] who was always the spokesman. Then Claudius stood up and ordered a soldier to lead him away, but not to tie him up. Then he said to the willing: "The accused: I repeat - I am not your enemy. You made yourselves guilty, that is proven, but the Nazarene went to the cross for the sins of all, therefore "He" did not remain in death. What punishment will you suffer? It is not I who will judge you, but you will judge yourselves. You will understand that I do not give you freedom so easily, for I must have the certainty that you are serious; so what do you want me to do with you?"

One sad: "lord, lord, I accept every punishment, but do not demand that I become a Nazarene. Give me time, I will accept everything, for according to Moses, I deserve death."

Another said: "Lord, we spoke and we take all things upon ourselves, not according to our crimes, but according to your heart, for we knew that we were educated to hate, that we acted in hatred."

Claudius said: "Well, submit yourselves to all judgment, and send for the chief Baltasar and the priest Andree." Then he asked one of the priests to bring the two and it became quiet in the guest-room. Astonished, the two came.

Then Claudius said: "Listen, you are now also in court, since this place has become genuinely Roman, so you have been appointed lawyers, according to imperial authority. Now, I first determined that you will pronounce judgment on these criminals who acted in blind hatred and blind faith, and who will accept every punishment that you now pronounce. Baltasar, you as ruler; you Andree as priest. You Baltasar, as representative of the Emperor, you Andree, as representative of our Master Jesus. Let it be!"

Baltasar raised his hand, greeted like a Roman and spoke: "In the name of the emperor, 10 years of forced labor here in this settlement, mainly among those who they tortured. They may take a wife and submit to the commands I give. I have spoken!"

Andree stood next to Baltasar and raised his hand and said: "Blessed be in the name of Jesus Christ, that this punishment may not become a punishment for you, but a school, and I beseech that you would become brothers to us and all, in the spirit of forgiving and merciful love! But Lord Jesus, stay with us in Your love and mercy! Amen!"

Claudius now reached out his hand to everyone and said: "Friends, do you now recognize the love of the Nazarene you hate, your lot will become a sweet one and your punishment a gift."

The session was closed.

Baltasar said to the condemned: "We want to become friends, because Jesus wants everyone to be saved. You will have to build and fix a dwelling place for yourselves. You can get food from Andrees' kitchen.

Make an effort to not remain convicts for long, and seek forgiveness for your misdeeds from those you harmed. I assign a man to you who will always be and work with you, does that suit you?"

"Yes, this we seriously want, a burden is taken from our hearts, we want this!"

Everyone left, Claudius remained alone with the stranger. "Are you satisfied with me, my dear unknown friend?"

"Of course, dear Claudius, but what of the one?"

Claudius: "Let me think, dear friend, what would you advise me?"

"Claudius, how would your Master Jesus act? The one who wrote the adulteress's guilt in the sand, who cried out to almost everyone who was healed: "Do not sin any more! Do you not want to give your Jesus joy and pave a way for a lost brother that leads to life?"

Claudius: "Dear friend, you embarrass me, what should I do, please give me some advice?"

"Above all, dear Claudius, no longer see this man as a criminal, but as a sick man, a leper, who is basically your brother too."

Claudius: "Friend! Stop it, stop it, I still have to learn to regard a criminal as my erring brother, that is so much to ask, but yet not too much. Let yourself be embraced only once, my unknown friend, you drive me into a corner, but a strength emanates from you, come let yourself be embraced!"

Then he embraced the unknown friend and said: "What a wonderful feeling comes from you, let me kiss you once, oh friend, you are more than a man, you are Jesus! Forgive me for not having recognized You, now I will not let You go. Jesus, forgive me my hardness, forgive me that I did not recognize you immediately."

"Claudius, do not tell anyone that you recognized Me as The One who wants the salvation of all; know one thing, I dared much to dwell among you as a person, but if you consider all that is at stake, you would understand My boundless Love. I will now leave you, we will remain united in spirit, but keep this in mind that the enemy of life will also cause you all kinds of trouble. Now, experience My Love once more and come to My breast, so that you will be able to love My enemy too!"

Now, in an intimate embrace, Claudius experienced a new world, still unknown to him. Then Jesus broke away from him, saying: "Never forget this hour, but be silent until you become ripe to represent Me as love."

Another heartfelt kiss, and Claudius was alone.

For a long, long time he remained alone, the event was burned into his soul, he said very quietly to himself: "Yes, my Jesus, I want to be like you!"

Claudius went over to Andree's house, he heard his name from the outside, so he entered the house and found Jakob, Andree and Ludmilla in active conversation.

Claudius said: "Am I disturbing you?"

Ludmilla: "Brother, come and stay with us, we need you. Think to yourself, the condemned are still very constrained and do not know how to behave towards the others. Would you believe us, one of them said, "We were like wild animals."

Claudius: "It is not a matter for Andree; he is a priest and you are his priestess. Tomorrow I will once again speak to all, and make it clear to everyone how I came to act as a disciple of Jesus, so that the day after tomorrow, on the Sabbath, everything will be cleared up; for frankly, I have not yet experienced such a proper service as a Christian.”

Claudius went to the imprisoned priest and said: "Hear you stubborn man, I demand of you that you accompany me everywhere, guarded by a soldier, but with an iron weight on your right foot. I won't bother you with a word, but you can ask. You have to experience everything, how Nazarenes live among each other, you have to take part in every service, but you have to be silent. If you behave like everyone else, no suffering will happen to you. If you are stubborn, you will receive half the food and the night's lodging will be taken away from you. If that is not enough, you will be treated as you have treated your prisoners."

Things were very busy, there was no time for meetings, Jacob worked like all the others, no hand was idle. Baltasar announced that everybody should gather for a great discussion, followed by a devotional celebration. Everyone took part, because it was about the future.

Baltasar opened the meeting with the word: "Each one should see in the other the image of Jesus! With this word I come to all of you, in this way we advance towards our goal, which is: ‘A community in the Spirit of Jesus Christ!’

Whoever of you has any wishes, speak up. The one priest asked to speak, it was allowed. He said: "I have been received into your community, but as a bound one. I would ask you all to understand me, for it is my punishment to remain and work among you. I have a serious will to atone for what I've done to everyone. But I cannot; for between me and all of you stands Jesus. I did not know him as a man. I came to Jerusalem and they gave me an image of Him - your Saviour - which was repulsive. I believed all that was described to me by the commissioners of the high priest - and I believed.

His death on the cross confirmed what a crime He committed against all the people and how He desecrated the temple. I believed it, and the hatred that was preached to me, lead to more hatred. I experienced what love He must have been, because instead of punishment, a way was paved for me where I can do good, atone for myself and become a different person. I deeply regret what I did to all of you, I want to ask each one individually, let me make it up to you, but give me the opportunity, to thank everyone!

There is only one thing I humbly ask, believe my words! Since I am the heir of a great fortune, of which the temple has no idea, I ask you, Baltasar, as the leader of this church to accept it. It is enough to build a permanent dwelling for everyone and to maintain a large herd of cattle as common property.

Now one more request, if you would graciously grant me - grant it also to my colleagues, for they are blind and bound people, just as I am, and hatred has made them criminals. I asked for the punishment which was imposed on your Master Jesus, I was pardoned by the Roman Claudius, who also became a Christian; but to become a Christian, my repentance is not enough, be patient with me and forgive me."

Everyone was quiet. Baltasar asked: "Who has something to say, or who else has wishes?"

A sister, who saw the man to be still suffering, rose up and stepped up to Baltasar, saying: "Sisters and brothers, I did not want to hear what the poor and still unsaved brother just said to all of us. But I heard something else in myself: Put up a great cross, not to kill other guilty ones, but to ask all of us, can you forgive? How I wanted to die during my time of suffering, then my suffering would end. I would willingly go to my death, through the cross. Brother, you tormented me almost to death, I alone would have the right to pronounce you guilty - here you have my hand, thank you; for you give me the opportunity to publicly forgive you. Sisters, we complained, we asked for help and salvation, we suffered and comforted ourselves, here is more, here we find the greatest, here is a different guilt on us! I ask the generous Roman for mercy for our brothers who are still bound, [anyone] who will not answer me in the affirmative, raise your arm!"

No arm was raised, then she said: "Sisters and brothers, we now became a community and now I ask in the name of all, give the prisoners full freedom; let them live among us as free men, free brothers. But you brother, who wants to give your wealth to all of us, keep it; because true love cannot be bought! What you do, you shall and may do as a free man. I have spoken!"

Claudius spoke, he said: "Friends, I have not yet experienced such a word, it shocks me to experience such a love. You suffered, your appearance shows that to us all, but your greatness of heart shows us what a lovely image you carry in your heart of Jesus, your and our Master of Love, Whom you experienced as a sister. I also experienced Him, I may say nothing else; therefore Baltasar, would you be ready to withdraw your judgement and show mercy in the face of justice?"

Baltasar rose up and said: "Claudius, and you dear brothers and sisters, the law demands atonement, but since Jesus' life was revealed in you, I listen to your request and withdraw the sentence. But to you who received full forgiveness through the love of Jesus, I ask you to join our community, but what shall become of your brother? He who does not want true and eternal love."

Then a brother, full of blessed joy, said: "Brothers, we will erect a cross, in front of the cross we build a very small house, set it up for sitting and sleeping and make a ring around the house so that he cannot move away and leave him only as much freedom as the chain on his foot allows and then he may rumble about our Master Jesus as long as he wants, until he has recognized what His love has brought him."

Said Claudius: "Brothers, if no one opposes it, it shall happen, since he has not yet been condemned. Prisoner, do you accept the sentence?"

"No and no again, I want to be brought before a temple court!"

Claudius: "Prisoner, do not disdain the sympathy of this community, what I experienced, obliges me to regard you as a sick and leper and so this people's court is God's court for me, with the only difference that - for the first time - you may not speak to anyone.

You are regarded as a leper and you shall receive food from those who bring you something in their free love. Just as you Templars treated the lepers. Once you become healthy, your shackles will be loosened and you can go wherever you want. But I guarantee you that no temple will help you, because as of today, everything here is Roman, only you leper not. So be it!"

Andree stood up and said: "The worldly part is finished, please dear Claudius, let the prisoner be brought to his custody, so that we can finish our celebration in devotion.” It happened.

Then Andree said: "Brother Jacob, please give all of us the right word, that rest and peace may return to our hearts."

Jacob got up, raised up his hands and said, "Sisters and brothers, I will speak only a few words to you today; for tomorrow is the Sabbath for all of us. Everything is cleansed on the outside and what we are to do and become in our love, we are given the strength to do it.

First of all I thank you all because you willingly submitted yourselves to the demands; only a few more days and then it will be calmer around us. A heavy burden laid on my heart, and it is no longer there, because it was the captive priests that were very heavy on my heart.

Oh You Eternal Love, how can we thank You because You made it possible for us to prove to the outside world that we as Your children do not judge, but raise up and give the opportunity to live a love with a promising effect.

You brothers, who through merciful love became free men again, erect the cross this night so that tomorrow, on the Sabbath day, the cross may receive it's consecration as a symbol.

You, brother Amram, are and remain the keeper, for you voluntarily chose death on the cross as your punishment, and it will be to your greatest good fortune that you wanted to make atonement on the cross. Do atonement under the cross, and you will become a living priest of His love revealed on the cross.

But you other brothers, help your brother Amram, so that you too can help to glorify Him who today could reveal Himself so gloriously in the Spirit of His unspeakable glorious love.

Be content with these few words and go to your campsites. But do not forget thanksgiving, and so be blessed and arise in this Spirit of Jesus, so that your faith in Jesus may become - a life with Jesus! Be blessed, all who are blessed, so that you also may all become blessed! Amen! Amen! Amen!”

Sabbath

Only in the kitchen was work done, and in the stables, the livestock was taken care of. On an open square, on an artificial elevation, a cross had been erected where it could be seen by all, rough and unplained.

Many brothers helped the new brothers with the not-so-easy work. The soldiers were amazed at the miracle which manifested itself early in the morning, for Julius had also returned overnight with his men, who had been on the road for almost two days. Since there were no more sick people, a small chair was placed at the bottom of the cross so that everyone could rest, if one needed it, and now this chair became a speaker's place.

Silently and solemnly all came to the cross and quietly the arrivals talked and waited for things to come. The local inhabitants there were the last, and many of them gathered before the cross, including the mysterious stranger. Andree and Jakob were the last ones, but on purpose, they did not want to give anyone a chance to approach them, because Jacob could not split himself up.

Andree, as the priest, asked all the brothers and sisters for an apology, because there were no benches and seats yet, since the request for a cross to be made, came only yesterday. "Now you see a cross as the symbol of shame, feared by all who has a guilty conscience. Each one trembled when he was dragged to the cross. Now Jacob, please give us your best on this Sabbath morning."

Jacob blessed the congregation and said: "Our brother Andree called the cross the symbol of shame, but I will for all of you, call it from the depths of my heart, the symbol of supreme love! Our beloved Jesus, our Saviour and Redeemer, was condemned on such a cross, surrounded by mockery and derision, to give His life. He died, because it was His only holy will. I am His witness from His birth, until His death on the Cross.

He often spoke with us, His faithful, of His death, but when we asked Him to refrain from doing so, He said: "Only in this way can I take away the power of death, because it is God's will, with Whom I must become one! But he did not die like a criminal, but like a man worthy of death. His words were, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." And His last words were: "Father into Thy hands I command My Spirit."

Brothers, consider the first words and the last words on the cross, what a spirit was revealed to all the blind and hateful, and full of terror they all left the hill of Golgotha, because the earth trembled and all believed the end of the world had come. But now I will consecrate the cross before all eyes, and I ask you, bless my words. Amen!

Oh simple wooden cross, made by men who are full of longing to receive the recognition of God, be consecrated in the name and Spirit of Jesus, and all who lean on this cross full of hope, or seek refuge under this cross, shall experience the Spirit that was born on such a cross.

You cross, as a symbol of a love that takes all guilt upon itself, the love that helps all those who have broken hearts; that gives rest and peace to a love that strengthens itself in the most heated struggle and to a love that assures every repentant sinner full forgiveness!

This love will be experienced inwardly by everyone who believes fully in His Saviour and Redeemer, and will become a free and joyful person.

You simple and yet holy cross, as you are seen with your longitudinal beam represents the eternal and glorious God and Saviour and Redeemer, who stretches out His two arms yearning as if He wanted to embrace all. Defy all storms, wind and weather and become the blessing of all those who gather among you, as we gather here.

My sisters and brothers: The hour has come when a whole new life has come to break through in us. The hour has come, in which we can and may glorify His unspeakable love. The hour is here, when all fear, need and worry must vanish like snow in the hot sun. The time is now, when God has transformed His curse on the first people into a blessing. And why is that?

Because the cross on which Jesus died, shows us and all people the way to His Father's heart. He, our holy God, suffered even greater pain than His Son Jesus, because He, as God, was not allowed to give any help, any strength, to the struggling and dying Son of Man Jesus, and did not want to set any barriers to this glorious Redeemer-Spirit through Jesus' love.

That is why He has succeeded in putting an end to death and sin; for he who believes and strives in this Spirit to become a helper and redeemer of all bound, becomes a child of His glorious love, Who experienced the hour of birth at the Cross. With these words we shall end this celebration. Go in peace, and blessed be all your deeds for time and eternity. Amen!”

Never before has any person heard such words. Everyone remained silent for a few minutes, then Amalie stepped up to the cross and said: "Sisters and brothers, this hour is holy! Hold fast all that is heard and seen within yourselves. In our hearts, the cross visible here, shall shine like a monument and all the words heard, shall crown it and why?

Because our glorious Father Jesus, visible as if in the flesh, is among us. Ask no-one where He is, ask your heart and it will draw you to Him who longs to be known by your love. This is not the glorious thing to press your hands on Him, or to hear Him, because the word given to us from Jacob's mouth is the same word if He would speak it to us personally.

Oh dear and glorious Father, Your personal presence is to us all the greatest gift of Your love and the proof of Your longing for us, Your children. I must keep myself not to betray You.

Oh, my sisters and brothers, the joy of recognizing Him by yourself, shall increase your bliss; therefore do not tarry, for this hour, my heart tells me, will not return and why? Because He wants to be received in each one of us, in the heart!

Oh my dear, faithful and beloved Father! On the cross, You enabled us to love You as You loved us for ages. That what was Your hottest battle and Your greatest pain, we shall return to You as joy, delight and bliss. And you, oh dearest Father, must come to us like a stranger, must use the mouth of one of Your sons, only because You do not want to force anyone to recognize You and not to obligate any of Your children to the gratitude of a child. Thank you, my holy and eternal Father! My mouth may be silent, but my heart will urge me all the more to love You more and more!"

Amalie cried quietly, but the others looked around, as if each one wanted to ask the other: "Have you recognized Him who should be among us personally?"

Then Claudius stepped forward and spoke: "Dear friends, is the personal presence of the Lord more important than in the Spirit? The personal presence and the recognition of Him, impose duties on me, and our Saviour and Redeemer Jesus does not want that. Until these days I was a man of justice and duties, I recognized Him in His love in the Spirit and experienced Him in me and was convinced that He gives me what I need so much: the recognition of my own self.

It doesn't go off without a fight and He became my helper, but a personal one. He came as a stranger and touched just that which prevented me from recognizing Him. Friends, I associate myself with the words the sister spoke to us: ‘He is worth recognizing!’

Because suddenly, everything has become so easy for me to take for granted, for now no power on earth can stop the relationship any more - my eyes saw Him, I rested on His breast and that, oh my friends, remains for me as long as I live, the most glorious and holy experience. What are the feelings of the heart, compared to the bodily physical experience - like moon and sun. And today I recognized the Love that could die for us on the cross. Therefore, friends, seek - seek to come into contact with Him! He is among us!"

Ludmilla said: "Amalie and Claudius, you lit a fire and I thank you, He is truly among us, we also experienced Him personally and He brought me the greatest gift of all. But be joyful and full of the most holy expectation, for where the longing for Him is greatest, there He reveals Himself. Everything in me is so bright and clear. Our little village has become a big congregation, through the guidance of His love, we came under worldly protection.

Wise men, filled and pervaded by His Spirit of Love, guarantee that a false spirit can not easily surround us and now comes the greatest happiness that can bless us humans: He Himself, like a human being among us! [He] seals His love for us like a Father who makes his will and his children, happy heirs.

You, Claudius, became and remain for us the model of duty and order, you Amalie, the model of love. Let us not forget the brothers who leave again, but let the Father Jesus remain among us and also in us. In this way, we shall go our separate ways and wish you all a blessed rest. But You, You eternal Love, let Yourself be found and stay with us and also in us for Your love's sake. Amen!”

Now the way was clear for open discussion, all inhibitions were gone, the men gathered around Jacob, and the women around Amalie.

Ludmilla said to the women: "We do not want to celebrate the Sabbath in the Jewish way, but we want to strive to sanctify the day in serving love. By the grace of Jesus, there are no sick people, there is time enough to visit each other and openly try together to eliminate all the shortcomings that daily life brings with it. Serve one another, none more or [none] less. I, as the one called by the Lord, ask you: make my service easy for me; for in service, I glorify my and your Jesus."

The brothers listened to Jacob as he said: "Brothers do not make a law out of the Sabbath, because every day is a day of the Lord, but it is dedicated to rest and the day when we find time to discuss, where we can help and facilitate the things that often worry us.

Baltasar and Andree, you are aware of the great responsibility, for the Lord's personal presence is the best proof. It cannot be prevented that there will be attempts to create disagreements, therefore watch out and pray, so that you remain firm. My presence has now shown that the will of the Lord is not to be made a law.

But you brothers, watch over your two brothers, for they are called to stop all the storms to come. Let no-one say: 'I am not needed', you are not yet conscious of the task which you must perform of faithfully watching over the Spirit, which has been revealed in these days.

With great joy I can tell you - and brother Baltasar is a witness - how the enemy has ravaged all life in every church terribly and it is so difficult to remove the weeds in the Lord's vineyards, but we succeeded with the help of the Lord to restore the necessary order.

There must be much at stake for the Lord when He descends so far and leaves His heavens with a longing heart to come in an even more intimate union with His developing children. Oh the holy love and humility of the Lord, how must His loving heart fear that His longing might not be fulfilled? Do not only look with reverence at the cross, but grasp the Spirit who urged Jesus, the Son of Man, to bring the sacrifice. And through this sacrifice, the way is paved for Him to come to His children; and for all of us, the gate is open and the way is paved to come to Him - to the Holy Father's Heart!

Let us reach out our hands, let us make a covenant: "Only to become one in the Spirit of His glorious love and no enemy can succeed in sowing discord..."

The evening brought all together again, as always every Sabbath, but that evening Jacob, Andree, and Ludmilla had nothing to say, for the stranger was no stranger to many any more; it was Amalie who now invited the stranger to speak a few words.

He said: "Children of My Love, Children of My Heart, is it so hard to recognize Me? Why do you, who have not yet recognized Me, not give your hearts the fulfillment that it needs? Let not anyone or anybody think that I would come to you with a reproach. You now see the marks on My hands and feet, but you have not yet experienced the most glorious thing. Because when I personally am no longer present, it can and will become obvious what actually happened in My presence. At what time were we together My Claudius? What time with you My Baltasar? At what time with you, Andree? And at what time did I sit with you under the cross, my sister Hannah?  Oh the great grace that you experienced, that I was simultaneously with those first mentioned in the conversation.

But now you all see Me, but see Me more with the eyes of love, so that My picture in you all becomes more and more alive and shining. Your faith is rewarded as well as your loyalty, but it is not to remain with the reward, since I, in My longing for love with My children, have much greater and more powerful plans in mind. But for this, you first have to become more mature and My spirit in you will reveal many things to you. Only one request I still announce, and it is: Let every one of My spoken words become to you the bread of life which you will always have in abundance if you remain united in My love.

Just as still many foreign men will come to you, so also temptations will come; therefore, always think of this hour and in this thought, I will always be present with you.

The more you grow and increase in this Spirit of My love, the greater the streams of uplifting and strengthening power and blessings out of you, will also become. And every wave of power and blessing will be carried far out by many of your spiritual helpers where longing prayers for power and help ascend to Me.

Stay in peace, in helping and redeeming love, in true humility and devotion and I will be able to serve you more and more lovingly as I am doing now.

I could tell you many more things, but they would weaken the life of God that is emerging in you. Be and remain representatives of My Love and My Word, as the Son of God becomes your Word for all people: ‘Come to Me, you who are troubled and burdened!’

In your incarnate divine life, [I,] the Savior and Redeemer, come to meet you all.

Reach out your hands to each other, exclude no-one, we want to form a chain. You, Andree -take My right hand and you Ludmilla, take My left hand and now we are connected as one and want to remain thus for all eternities! And now, take out of My heart the stream of love-power, which will remain with you as long as you remain loyal to Me in this love-Spirit. Close your eyes for a few moments, so that you experience what is possible for My love...

… It is enough: Be blessed out of My Father-Spirit. Be blessed and arise as My beloved sons and daughters. Be blessed as My true followers, so that I, your Father and God, may have a permanent dwelling in you. Amen!"

Another handshake, and slowly He became invisible. The gleam of joy was still shining in all eyes.

Then Jacob said, "Sisters and brothers, I experienced many glories, but never such an hour. I say goodbye to all of you, my love remains here - but this hour will remain alive in me and will sweeten my death someday. So we will quietly part, that what was given to us in this hour, will not be blurred. Be also blessed by me from the Spirit of this love that could give us all so much. Stay in this peace. Amen!"

But the departure was not yet complete, for Claudius occupied Jacob, making it impossible to leave. Questions regarding law, questions regarding marriage and child-rearing, questions of a social nature, stormed over Jacob and Baltasar, Andree and Ivan learned many more things that were so important in earthly life, and for still some hours, they all experienced the Love that became visible.

Claudius had a wagon with escort set up for Jacob, for he himself could not travel with him to the coast. It was difficult for everyone to say goodbye, all hoped to see him again.

Return to Jerusalem and the return of the disciple Jacob to the heavenly kingdom

Jacob came home without any danger, expected by many to whom the Lord revealed it.

Now when the brothers came together, Jacob could always glorify the [Divine] guidance. The planted congregations remained, in the Spirit he visited many a won heart and the experiences became more and more glorious, and so he experienced blessings of which no-one had any idea.

Was it surprising when Jacob, in his love, enraptured everyone? The congregations had only one wish: that this apostle be their shepherd. He remained, and for many years he could hold the office until he also fell victim to the enemy.

It was a sunny day, and the visitors of the temple were startled. Jacob the beloved - and hated by the temple - was in the temple, surrounded by a hateful mob; the priests pulled him up onto the [temple's] pinnacle.

Jacob knew what was going to happen to him, but carried by the love that enlivened him, he stood high above their hatred. And up there, he was to deny his beloved Master. "I'd rather be thrown down", were his words, when the minions of the temple seized him and threw him down.

The spectators retreated in horror, but when they noticed life in the fallen Jacob, many, many - forgetting all caution, hurried to the dying man. Some brave men lifted him up, put him in a comfortable position, and wanted to bring him relief.

The women cried loudly, as did the men, for all their suffering and misfortune.

Then Jacob opened his eyes, and his face began to glow, and he said in a low voice, "Weep not, you faithful and healed of our God and Father. I am at the end of my earthly journey. I see the gates leading to the Holy City open and hear the rejoicing of many thousands. They all came to lead me home to the eternal Father's house! But the Lord is in the lead!

I see the glorious streets, the glorious buildings, the glorious meadows with their glorious inhabitants, which are gloriously decorated and their eyes show the greatest delights.

Oh earth, with your even poorer inhabitants, how blind are your people who inhabit you, that they will not embrace the love and mercy revealed to them. How joyful you would be in your life, you would not know the suffering, and the love that has become powerful, would be visible to all of you.

What I am experiencing now is great happiness, because Jesus, our most glorious Master, has not only invited the obliging, but has also adorned them gloriously and made them the Bride-Church. Oh [if] you could only take a look into the glorious dwellings which He, the Lord Himself, created in His infinite love for His faithful.

Yes, the greatest sorrow disappears before this supernatural beauty and before the sight of these exceedingly blessed inhabitants.

They all prepare a table for those who fell victim to the spirit of the world and sealed their loyalty with death. Their hands, however, are filled with forces born of their love that strengthen and consolidate people.

Prepare yourselves to receive my final blessing, for when the murderer comes, I will already have gone hand in hand with the Lord, our beloved Jesus and Father, through the gate of eternal life.

Receive the blessing which Holy Love gives you through me, that your hearts may be strengthened until the last trial, that all sins may be atoned for.

Take the blessing which my heart finally gives you, that nothing may separate us for ever!

And accept thanks for your faithfulness, for you are mine and I carry you in my heart to where Holy Love built the monument of His Fatherly Love."

Silently Jacob leaned back, he gave the sign of the cross and with a last look into the circle [of friends], he closed his eyes.

He was no longer - then a man came and smashed his skull with his club.

Horrified, the people retreated. But then they praised the Lord, for Jacob was already in the lap of the most holy love of the Father.

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THE END

Table of Contents

PART IV

PART IV 4

1. Plague in Jerusalem 4

2. Arrival in Damascus at the merchant master Dinarus 18

3. Arrival in Patmur at the innkeeper Nicolaus 28

4. Rest in a small village with a poor inn-keeper 39

5. Continued journey to Elegius' inn 46

6. Arrival in Rakka with the Priest Arius 54

7. Continued journey to Andree and Ludmilla. Arrival at Kaspar's inn. 72

8. Sabbath 95

9. Return to Jerusalem and the return of the disciple Jacob to the heavenly kingdom 100