“After this battle was over, new conditions were set up which are reigning since that time after Christ’s life and death on earth and His battle with Lucifer afterwards… These new conditions were that every human being had the possibility to turn to God during his development on earth, going from one life to the other. Lucifer had all the rights to tempt man to succumb to him by succumbing to his own lower nature, but should man resist, he would not be a subject anymore of the luciferic world, but the doors were now open so that he could unite with his Creator and inhabit the divine worlds once more. Even the traps and temptations that Lucifer could use were from that time on limited to remain in accordance with divine law. God’s spirit world now has the right to interfere so that these divine laws are observed in exactitude, so that the activities of the powers of darkness are limited and stand ultimately under the jurisdiction of God. That Lucifer still has a certain amount of freedom is necessary not only for the now so often explained reason that he must always recognize divine justice, but also as a necessary means for development. For evil has to be tasted to the brim in many cases before it can be overcome out of free will and the being’s own initiative.”

“This desire to overcome must grow through ever mounting enlightenment in each individual’s soul, and this, alas, is often only possible after going through darkness. That such enlightenment cannot come in one lifetime, goes without saying! To accomplish the perfection that is needed to enter into the kingdom of God — this perfection that was lost during the fall — to shed all the darkness that has come upon a soul, this can never be done in one lifetime. So many, many lives or incarnations are indeed necessary. This life on earth is like a school where from one class to the other you develop. Sometimes you may stay for a while in one class, and then you may have one or several incarnations in succession where you accomplish a great deal.”

“Anyone really declaring and deciding and remaining in this decision to follow this path to God, since the salvation of Christ, cannot remain a subject of the luciferic world. And Lucifer will have no power over such a being, whether on earth or whether in the spirit world. This is the way Christ has opened the door. And by this, you may also understand why it was said that Christ has saved you from your sins. This is right only if it is understood in the way that your great sin of falling, of not remaining faithful to God, of becoming part of this world of darkness at one time, this sin of the fall, has not the eternal exclusion of the divine worlds as a consequence. From this, Christ has indeed saved you, and for this you certainly have all the reason in the world to be grateful to Him. Through Him you now have the possibility, by your own efforts and development, to cross the threshold. In that sense it is correct. But if it is interpreted that Christ has died for all your sins and all your faults, then it is very wrong.” (PL#22