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God or Satan

and more corrupt. She began her visits in 1830; polit-
ical visits I might add, in the true sense of the word –
visits to change the state the world is in; to try to bring
the world back on track.
No longer do we hear, in our churches on Sunday,
priests who remind us of our final end: death, judge-
ment, heaven and hell. “We must no longer speak of
these things. These topics scare people! They could
be traumatized!”
We surely need to be traumatized a little bit.
People should be a little afraid, for they know no fear.
The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. We must
fear God to love Him. We must believe in Him. And
belief no longer exists. Of course, they will say: “We
believe in God.”
What did you just say: “I believe in God.” — You
believe in God, yet you live like an animal! You be-
lieve in God but you do not act like an intelligent be-
ing, as a person governed by reason!
I do not wish to insist on the topic. This only goes
to show how, today, the Kingdom of God is not yet
established upon earth. It was earned, but it is not
established because men are opposed to it and they
serve the enemy instead. They serve the devil. We
must choose: God or Satan. If we choose Satan, we
choose hell for eternity. Better that we should choose
God and Heaven.
You will die! After death comes your judgment!
After the judgment, there are only two places to go The Final Judgment
for eternity. Some may go to purgatory, the ante- taken from the Illustrated Catechism
room to Heaven, a small prison where we complete that the hymn “We want God” be sung, it is because I
our sanctification. In the end, there is only Heaven or know that you want God. If people outside do not want
hell. After the end of the world, there are only two God, you want Him. You want Him; you want all things
destinations for eternity. And those who enter either to belong to Him: families, schools, homes, earth, cot-
of the two will never leave. tages, mountains, large and small rivers. The whole
Some people say: “God could not have created world belongs to the Lord. We sang these words ear-
an eternal hell!” They who speak thus have no idea lier, “Earth belongs to the Lord.” Therefore, no part of
of God’s nature. God, the great eternal Being created the earth must remain for Satan. We are taking part in
all things for the good of the spirits created in His im- a battle against Satan since we are in a battle for God.
age, in order that they be with Him in Heaven, so that Moses’ prayer
they might lead a divine life for eternity. They turn their
back on Him, go against His will, and this should not The Hebrews were busy fighting against an enemy,
be serious? Those who go to hell go there because the Amalekites. The enemy was greater in number but
they have chosen to do so, since they have chosen the Hebrews had their little country to defend. And
hell over God. They have chosen Satan over God. so Moses walked to the mountain top. He went there
to pray to the Lord. He prayed that the Hebrews be
You might say that they have not written the fol-
lowing on a piece of paper: “I choose Satan.” — No, saved. He knelt and raised his hands toward Heaven
they listened to Satan’s inspirations, to the concupis- asking God’s mercy in helping the Hebrews.
cence of the flesh, and they fell into hell. And there The moment he raised his hands, the Hebrews
they will be forever! That is terrible. While on earth, advanced. When tired, his arms would fall. The Heb-
we can confess, we can change, we can improve our- rews would retreat and the enemy would advance.
selves. But when we die, it is over. When we die, when The Hebrews soon realized that it was Moses’ prayer
our soul leaves our body, it is over. Our body returns that would lead them to victory, more so than their
to the ground while our soul goes to the place where weapons. They were not to drop their weapons, for
it will live for all of eternity. they played a part. But the greater part, the victory,
All of these truths must be taught! People need to would come from God. So that Moses could keep his
be taught. We have a major role to play. When I asked hands raised toward Heaven, Aaron and Hur joined u

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