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Maria Valtorta (Itália, ano 1897-1961) - Obra: "Notebooks 1944" John
[the apostle] says: "Instructed as I was, penetrated by and made one with the Master, in my Gospel there lives the Word just as it was spoken, for, on account of my union, I was able to repeat it without modifications. It is Christ who speaks. John is nothing but the instrument who writes. Just like you
[John reports to Maria Valtorta].
[...] "He tells you over and over again: "I will raise you up." Could He say an improper word-He, Perfect in Knowledge and Intelligence?
He says, "I will raise you up"; He does not say, "I will reincarnate you." And He specifies "on the last day" and further states, "As the Father raises the dead and restores them to life, so, too, the Son gives life to whoever He wills... Whoever listens to my word and believes in the One who sent me has eternal life and does not undergo condemnation, but passes from death to life... The time is coming when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and whoever has heard it will live. The time is coming when all those in the tombs will hear the voice of the Son of God and come out-those who did good, to the resurrection of life; those who did evil, to the resurrection of death."
"Therefore, He who is Truth and Knowledge states, repeats, insists, and
swears regarding one life, one alone, of the flesh, and one life, one alone, of the spirit. This life is led in our one day
[only once] as man and then, only on the last day, at the command of the God Jesus, the flesh rises again to clothe the spirit whose robe it was. This eternal life is obtained only by means of our one day
[a single life], and if during it we have slain the spirit once,
never again can it become reincarnated to pass from death to life through successive stages.
"No. The power of God the Father, of God the Son, Jesus, and of God the Spirit Paraclete can give you the resurrection of the spirit on earth through a miracle of grace, or through the intercession of a "saint," on earth
[like the resurrection of Lazarus] or in Heaven, or through your desire to rise again as well. But this happens here, on Earth, in your one day. Once dusk has come for you and you have entered into the sleep of the human night,
there is no longer a possible resurrection through new stages of life. If you are among the spiritually dead, there is only death.
"I, a disciple of Christ, I, who have seen the future life beyond life and the final resurrection, swear to you that this is true.
"Get free from these chains. They are the most dangerous ones which Satan hurls at you. Take the first step to say to Christ, "I am coming to You," and to Satan, "Back, in the name of Jesus." Receive the first truth.
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The truth is in his Gospel. The Gospel is the one spoken by Him to his disciples and the one He continues to confirm and explain, through his benignity as the Savior. Always the same after so many centuries. There is no other.
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If there were a second life, or several others, He would have said so.

 

 
Vide também Vida e Obra de Maria Valtorta
Nota sobre a fonte: Maria Valtorta foi uma mística católica italiana. Durante sua vida, ela foi agraciada com revelações de Jesus Cristo sobre o Evangelho, e também de Nossa Senhora, do Espírito Santo e de vários santos e anjos.