This book was complied directly from words spoken by spiritual messengers of God -- who spoke through a man, Ray Elkins, who lovingly gave up his body for the messengers of God to come and speak to you from 1970 to 1989. Their messages were recorded, and selected teachings and spiritual guidance were placed in this book, A Rose without Thorns, that you may read their words, just as they were spoken.

"We come, not to place fear in front of you, but glad tidings. For we have come but for one purpose, the preparation of the coming of the Messiah. He is born upon your earth and now we shall prepare a way for him." Spiritual messengers of God, January 4, 1974

"We come as the peacemakers. Fear not that thy should feel our presence. Open thy hearts that we may enter, and thy days of anguish shall be over, for we shall fill thy cup, and therefore, a Rose shall grow without thorns." Spoken by spiritual messengers of God on May 4, 1973

Although they are words on pages, they are also more than this -- for as all things that come from God, they come in spirit and in truth. The hope is that you will read and receive their purpose in being spoken, and prepare a way within yourself for the coming of the Messiah. And receive this beautiful gift of love from God offered unto your soul -- a Rose without thorns!

"Now, once again, your Lord has seen fit to offer unto the earth a Rose without thorns for all to share, for all to see....For the bilnd shall see, and the deaf shall hear, for nothing shall be left uncovered, and nothing shall be hidden.Yet, there will be those who cannot see, though they can see with their eyes, and yet, those who cannot hear, though they can hear with their ears.

"But we say unto thee, hark! For those who may hear, we say unto you, we are here but for one purpose, the preparation for the coming of the Messiah....."

"This choice has been given to the earth this day, this time. If man shuns these words, this Rose without thorns, then man shall perish in a polluted land, and no Rose at all shall grow...."

"We say also unto you of that that came forth upon the earth -- we hand upon the earth at this time The Rose without Thorns. If it is grasped, then your earth shall grow into a paradise of peace..."

"We come forth with the love of our Father, with the Rose without thorns for your earth. Pick it up. Be as a mirror. Show it to your brother. Judge not his skin, of the color...." Spoken by spiritual messengers of God, July 8, 1974

"In the beginning, we spoke unto you of a Rose without thorns. We come forth that you should know the word you use so often, yet know not the meaning of, your word, love." Spoken by spiritual messengrs of God on June 26, 1974

"You cannot give it unless it is done freely, for in giving this, each step that thy take, thy grow closer unto our Father." March 3, 1972

"This word of your, this simple little word, love, is but like a flower. Each petal is different and separate, yet part of the same. If nourished, the rose should blossom forth into a beautiful thing for the world to behold...." Spoken by spiritual messengers of God, December 15, 1972

"But love comes...by giving love day by day. And of those fields we have told you about, if love is added to the toil. Love is the giving unselfishlessly. Love is giving and never expecting anything in return. Love is like a flower as it blossoms and comes into full bloom. Each petal is a separate part, and yet again, it comes from the same plant. Love is that which dwells in the many hearts. Love is that that comes from the earth that should feed the many souls. Love is that that comes from the heavens to bring your heart warmth. Love is laughter. Love is tears. Love is morning. Love is evening. Love is all. Love is looking in the heavens and seeing a star, and even loving the star knowing that by the time you see it, the star is gone out. Love is that that you can see, and that that you cannot see. Love is that that you can hear, and that that you cannot hear. But most of all, love is faith. And faith brings wisdom, for if our Father did not have love, how could He have had the faith in His children to know that they would return to His many mansions? For love is God. And God is love." Spiritual messengers of God, December 22, 1972

"Have faith. Walk on the water with us. And thy faith shall blossom as thy have never seen a rose blossom before..." Spiritual messengers of God, August 24, 1970

"And the promises our Father has brought forth shall come as roses in the desert. Mountains shall grow, and the kingdom of God shall be born forth into men's hearts, and souls and immortal bodies." Messengers of God, September 7, 1973