Good evening, beloved friends and brethren present here in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It is a great privilege for me to be with you tonight to share with you some moments of fellowship around the Word of God and His Program relevant to this end time under the topic: “THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE AGE OF THE CORNERSTONE.”
For which I want to read in the book of prophet Daniel, chapter 2 and verses 31 and on, where it says:
“Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
May God bless His Word in our hearts and allow us to understand It.
God spoke through His prophets about the coming of this stone, and He tells us that this stone that will come is the Headstone that the builders rejected, which has come to be the head of the corner, and which is the Lord Jesus Christ in His Coming.
His First Coming, two thousand years ago, was in the midst of the Hebrew people and He was rejected in the midst of the Hebrew people. That is how it was written, that the Messiah would be rejected; because the builders, which were the priests of that time, we find that they were not able to recognize that that young carpenter of Nazareth was the fulfillment of the Coming of the Messiah in the midst of the Hebrew people, it was the fulfillment of the Coming that the builders would reject; and the prophecy of the builders of the Hebrew religion, their religious leaders was fulfilled, they refused, rejected the First Coming of Christ.
Saint Paul says in his epistle to the Ephesians, chapter 2, verses 19 to 22:
“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.”
Here we can see that now the Stone that the builders rejected has come to be the head of the corner; and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is built on that Stone, she is built on the revelation of that Stone.
And now, notice how Saint Paul also, when he speaks to us about Christ as the Cornerstone, he tells us in his first epistle, chapter 2, verse 6 to 7, and other places… Let us see First Peter, chapter 2, verse 6 to 7; it says:
“Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.”
Here we can see this Headstone again, this Cornerstone, which has been placed in Sion. And now, we find that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is the one who has received, the one who has accepted the First Coming of Christ; and the Church is established on that revelation of His Coming, the revelation of Christ given to His Church.
And now we can see how His Church has been growing from stage to stage, which is Christ Himself in the form of His Church. Just like when one plants a grain of wheat and it sprouts and we can see a little plant growing, that is the grain of wheat that was born in the form of a plant; and since it is the same grain of wheat in the form of a plant of wheat, it will produce grains of wheat just like it; and when the time of harvest comes, many grains of wheat will be gathered just like the one that was sown on land.
Christ said1: “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone,” speaking of Himself, speaking of the Son of Man.
And now, if Jesus Christ had not died, what would happen? There would only be one person living for all eternity, only Jesus Christ, and the rest of the human beings would have had to die due to sin.
The day Jesus Christ died was the day in which the entire human race had to die; but He took our sins, and therefore the divine judgment came upon Jesus; what had to come upon the human race came upon one man, and thus Christ avoided the disappearance of the human race from the Creation. And then He resurrected on resurrection Sunday, for He said2: “No man taketh it from me; but I lay it down of myself and I have power to take it again.”
By him being immortal, we find that He could not die, no one could take His life; because the person comes to be mortal due to sin, because the payment for sin is death; and since He came without sin, therefore death could not do anything against Him. But He had to die, therefore He had to take our sins, and thus He became immortal; died, but then He resurrected.
And now, we can see how Christ is the Headstone or Cornerstone that the builders rejected two thousand years ago in the midst of the Hebrew people, in His First Coming. But here prophet Daniel shows us in the interpretation he gives to king Nebuchadnezzar, showing king Nebuchadnezzar that that stone he saw, who came and smote the image in the feet of iron and clay, prophet Daniel said that that stone, which became a great mountain filled the entire Earth.
That is the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands, the Second Coming of Christ in the time of the feet of iron and clay of the kingdom of the gentiles. It is the Coming of the Lord promised by Jesus Christ Himself in Revelation, chapter 2, verse 17, when He says the following:
“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”
There we have the Second Coming of Christ as a little white Stone with a New Name; and that is a promise for the overcomer, who will be living in the end time with the group relevant to that end time; that is the promise for the group of the Age of the Cornerstone with their messenger, who will be living in the Last Day; it is the promise of the Second Coming of Christ as the Stone not cut by hands that prophet Daniel saw in the interpretation he gave to king Nebuchadnezzar.
And this promise of the Coming of this Stone is in different prophecies of the Old Testament and the New Testament, the prophecy of the Coming of the Cornerstone is given in different prophetic forms, of that Stone not cut by hands.
For example, we have the promise of His Coming as the Mighty Angel who descends from Heaven in Revelation, chapter 10, verse 1 and on; and that promise, according to what the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ says, Reverend William Branham, will be fulfilled in the following way. Notice, page 57 of the book of The Seals in Spanish, Reverend William Branham says3:
“‘…I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow… upon his head, …’
If you notice, that’s Christ, see. Cause, He, in the Old Testament, was called the Angel of the Covenant. And He is directly coming to the Jews now, for the Church is finished. See? All right.
‘…and his face… as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire…’
You remember that Angel in Revelation 1? Same thing. Angel is a ‘messenger.’ And He’s the Messenger to Israel.”
How does he come? He comes as the messenger to Israel.
“See? The Church has been raptured, see, now, or fixing to be raptured. He comes for His Church.”
Now, notice, He also comes for His Church in the end time, in the Last Day; because His Church has reached the end time, wherein the dead in Christ must to resurrect first and then us who are alive must be changed, for all to go to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb with a young and eternal body, a glorified body, an immortal body and young body that will represent 18 to 21 years old for all eternity.
That body is promised for all the sons and daughters of God; whether they are senile, whether they are young, whether they are children, all those written in the Lamb’s Book of Life will have that new body that Christ has promised for His elect.
And now, the Coming of this Mighty Angel of Revelation, chapter 10, is the Coming of the messenger to Israel, and He also comes for His gentile Church. So the messenger to Israel will be first in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; and the promise of the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands will be fulfilled there, which is the Coming of the Angels of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord, the Coming of Jesus Christ at the end time as the Stone not cut by hands and also as the Mighty Angel that descends from Heaven.
He is also promised as the white horse Rider of Revelation 19, because that prophecy that speaks of a Rider coming on a white horse is the prophecy of the Second Coming of Christ; and that white horse Rider of Revelation is the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit coming at the Last Day.
But let us see how the Holy Spirit will be manifested, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit, at the Last Day: On page 277 [The Seals] in Spanish, the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ says, William Branham, praying says4:
“…may the Holy Spirit come down now, the white-horse Rider, while His Spirit, Spirit of Christ, in the face of antichrist, and call His Own.”
The Coming of the Holy Spirit, which is the Coming of the white horse Rider of Revelation 19.
And now, on page 134 of the book of The Seals in Spanish, it says5:
“Notice! And when this Holy Spirit that we have becomes incarnate to us, the One that’s in our midst now in the form of the Holy Ghost, becomes incarnate to us, in the Person of Jesus Christ, we’ll crown Him King of kings.”
And on page 131 of The Seals it says:
“And, Jesus, His Name on earth was ‘Redeemer,’ Jesus. When He was on earth, He was the Redeemer, that’s true. But when He conquered death and hell, and overcome them, and ascended on High, He received a new Name. That’s the reason you holler the way they do, and they don’t get nothing. It’ll be revealed in the Thunders. Uh-huh. See?
Notice the mysteries. He is coming, riding… There’s got to be Something to change this Church. You know that. There’s got to be Something. Notice, ‘No man knowed, but Himself.’ Now, notice, ‘No man knowed, but Hisself.’”
He is speaking about the white horse Rider of Revelation 19 and His Coming. He says:
“And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name was called The Word of God.”
In other words, it is the Coming of the Word of God, the Word coming in the Last Day as He came two thousand years ago. When the Word came in the midst of the Hebrew people, the Scripture says: “In the beginning he was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God,” and it also says: “And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”6
Who became flesh? The Word, the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord was made flesh and dwelt in the midst of the Hebrew people, in that veil of flesh called Jesus, a young simple carpenter of Nazareth; and in that veil of flesh He fulfilled the Coming of the King of Israel, the Coming of the Messiah, as His Coming was promised. The Coming of that Cornerstone was fulfilled there in the midst of the Hebrew people, in the midst of the earthly Israel, in the midst of the seed of Abraham according to the flesh.
And now, for the end time we have the promise of the Second Coming of this Angel of the Covenant, of this Angel of the Lord coming in human flesh in the Last Day as the Stone not cut by hands, who will come in the time of the feet of iron and clay of the kingdom of the gentiles.
And now, that Stone not cut by hands coming in the end time will be the fulfillment of the Coming of the Lord in the midst of the heavenly Israel; and the heavenly Israel is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, for all of those who are of the faith in Christ are children of Abraham.
And now, notice how in the children of Abraham according to the faith in Christ ⏤which is the heavenly Israel⏤ the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands will become a reality when the kingdom of the gentiles is in the stage of the feet of iron and clay.
But in what stage will the Kingdom of God be? Because just as the kingdom of the gentiles has those different stages…: the head of gold, which was the Babylonian empire by king Nebuchadnezzar; the breast and arms of silver, which was the Medo-Persian empire; the belly and thighs of bronze, which was the Greek empire; the legs of iron, which was the Roman empire; and the feet of iron and clay, which is the same Roman empire with the ten kings who will give their power and authority to the beast in Revelation, chapter 17, verse 11 to 17.
And now, the beast will also persecute Christ in this stage of the feet of iron and clay, he will persecute the Stone not cut by hands. But what will happen for that time? Revelation, chapter 17, verses 13 and on, says:
“These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast (these ten kings will turn give their power and authority to the beast).
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings…”
In His Second Coming He comes as King of kings and Lord of lords. He comes as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
“…and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”
Here we can see the confrontation there will be between the empire of the beast, the antichrist, with Christ in His Second Coming, with the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands, which will be in the midst of His gentile Church; because He comes for His Church before He reveals Himself to the Hebrew people.
We also find this confrontation in Revelation, chapter 19. Chapter 19, verse 19, says:
“And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.”
Fight against who? Against the white horse Rider of Revelation 19. And the white horse Rider of Revelation 19 is the Coming of the Cornerstone, the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands, the Coming of the Lord as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords in His Reclaiming Work. But all of this will be in simplicity, as it also was in the First Coming of Christ; as it was in the First Coming of Christ, the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord coming in the midst of the Hebrew people in human flesh as the Lamb of God to take away the sin of the world.
Now let us see what the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ said concerning the white horse Rider of Revelation 19. He says7:
“But when our Lord appears here on earth, He’ll be riding on a snow-white horse. And He’ll be completely, fully, the Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate in a Man.”
That will be the Coming of the white horse Rider of Revelation 19, that will be the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands for this end time in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And if we find the veil of flesh where the Word will be, the Angel of the Covenant, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit manifested in human flesh in the Last Day, well we will find the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands, we will find the Coming of the Mighty Angel that descends from Heaven, we will find the Coming of the white horse Rider of Revelation 19, coming in the midst of His Church in simplicity.
Something so great like the Coming of the Lord, the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands, in its fulfillment according to the divine promise, it will be in simplicity; because what is great is what God does, but the human part in which the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands will be manifested, that human part will be simple. Just like the human part wherein the First Coming of the Messiah, the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands two thousand years ago was fulfilled, the human part was simple: He was a young carpenter from Nazareth; He was a construction worker where God was fulfilling the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands in His First Coming; the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord, was being fulfilled in that such simple veil of flesh.
Now we can see how when God promises something great, He fulfills it in simplicity, that is, in a simple veil of flesh.
And the people from the time of Jesus stumbled on that simple veil of flesh, they stumbled (where?) on the Stone that the builders rejected.
And now, for His Second Coming, the statue that king Nebuchadnezzar saw (with the head of gold, the breast and arms of silver, the belly and thighs of bronze, the legs of iron and the feet of iron and clay) will also stumble, will stumble with the Stone not cut by hands; and just as it happens with children, since they like to be barefoot, running through the field, they sometimes run through places where there are stones or trees, and they stumble with a stone or with the sprout of a tree and they hit a toenail.
But here, the image, this image that king Nebuchadnezzar saw, will stumble and all ten toes will come off, the feet will be completely destroyed. So what a great stumble: they will stumble with the Stone not cut by hands in His Second Coming. And that is why Revelation, chapter 17 and verse 14 and on, says:
“These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings…”
So they will not smite Him with the feet, they will not do as they did two thousand years ago.
During that time, the Stone did not destroy the kingdom, the Roman empire, why? Because it was not the time yet; it was in the stage of the feet of iron and clay (not in the stage of the legs of iron) that the destruction of the empire of the gentiles would come. Because the empire of the gentiles will be changed; and Christ will take the kingdoms of this world, and they will be of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ. This is in Revelation, chapter 11, verse 15 and on, where it says:
“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.”
Now we can see everything that is pointed out here to happen at this end time, wherein Christ will take the kingdoms of this world; in other words, “the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.”
This is what prophet Daniel saw in the interpretation that God showed him of this dream that God had given to king Nebuchadnezzar. It says:
“And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
In other words, it became a great kingdom, that glorious Millennial Kingdom will fill the entire Earth. “For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea,” says Habakkuk, chapter 2, verse 14 and Isaiah, chapter 11 and verse 9.
And now notice, in chapter 2, verse 44 to 45 of Daniel, it says:
“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.”
Also in chapter 7 of Daniel, verse 17, it says:
“These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.”
And verse 18 says:
“But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.”
Now we can see how it is that the Kingdom of God will be established on Earth and we can see what the Second Coming of Christ is for. In chapter 7, verse 26 and on, it says:
“But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end (the dominion will be taken away from the beast).
And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.”
We also find on this same chapter 7, verse 13 to 14, it says:
“I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.”
That is the glorious Kingdom of God, which Christ will establish on this planet Earth. That is what the Coming of the Stone not but by hands is for, that is what the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels in the Last Day is for, as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords in His Reclaiming Work; because He comes to reclaim everything He has redeemed with His precious Blood.
And now, being that the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels… His First Coming was in the land of Israel, in the midst of the Hebrew people; for the Last Day, His Second Coming will be in the midst of the heavenly Israel, which is His Church, where the Son of Man will be, Jesus Christ manifested with His Angels in the fulfillment of His Coming, which is the Coming of the Word incarnated in a man, it is the Coming of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit manifested in human flesh in a man of this end time, through whom He will fulfill His promise; but that man is not the Lord Jesus Christ.
Also, the promise of the Angels of the Son of Man, which are the ministries of Moses and Elijah, they will also be manifested in human flesh, in a man of this end time; but that man will not be Moses nor will he be Elijah, but the ministries of Moses and Elijah will be in that man manifested by the Holy Spirit; in other words, by Jesus Christ coming in Holy Spirit in human flesh, in a man of this end time.
Reverend William Branham was asked about the Elijah who would preach to the Hebrew people, and in “Questions and Answers,” here in the book of The Seals, we find on page 399 the 11th question, which says8:
“Is the Elijah, who comes to preach to the Jews (oh, yes), the real man who lived on earth, or will he be spirit of Elijah in some other man?
(The answer was):
I’m inclined to believe that it will be anointed men, of their spirit. Because, see, he says, ‘Does not… on Elisha? Does not the spirit of Elijah rest on Elisha?’ See, ‘the spirit of Elijah.’ And he done just like Elijah did, see.”
Now notice what the coming of the Elijah who will preach to the Hebrew people will be.
The manifestation of the coming of the fifth Elijah will be in a man of this end time anointed with that ministerial spirit, in whom the Spirit of God will be, the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit anointing that man and operating the ministry of Elijah for a fifth occasion in him.
Just as He has operated the ministry of Elijah in Elijah the Tishbite the first occasion. The second occasion in which that ministry of Elijah was manifested on Earth was in Elisha, he was the second Elijah. And the third occasion in which the ministry of Elijah was manifested was in John the Baptist, he was the third Elijah; and that is why Jesus said in Matthew, chapter 11, verse 14: “And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.”
And also in chapter 17 of Matthew, verse 10 to 13, He said that John…, He said: “That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spoke unto them of John the Baptist.”
And the Archangel Gabriel also testified about John the Baptist, saying to the priest Zechariah that he would have a child through his wife Elisabeth and he would be a prophet of God, he would be great, a great man, a prophet of God; and that he would be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb, and he would come in the power of Elijah, he would come in the spirit and virtue of Elijah, preparing or to prepare a well aware people for the Lord, to thus fulfill the promise of Malachi where it says9: “Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me.”
Now, notice how that prophecy was fulfilled in John the Baptist. The Archangel Gabriel Himself testified about John the Baptist.10
“And he shall go before him (in other words, before the Lord) in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children…”
In other words, to turn the faith of those who lived in the Old Testament, turn the heart to the Christian faith; and John prepared the people, announcing to the people that after him, one more powerful than him would come, which would be the Messiah.
And now, notice how the Archangel Gabriel says that John will come, how?:
“… (he will come) in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Now, notice how Jesus and also the Archangel Gabriel testified of who would be the Elijah who had to come in that time preparing the way for the Lord; it was John the Baptist, in whom the Holy Spirit was operating the ministry of Elijah for a third occasion, he was the Elijah that had to come in that time; and yet he was not the prophet Elijah; but the Holy Spirit was in him operating the ministry of Elijah for a third occasion.
It is because when God promises to send a new prophet who already came in the past, it is the ministry of that prophet coming in another prophet, in a new man, who has a new name; but the ministry is the ministry of that prophet from the past.
Then, the fourth occasion in which Elijah came was William Marrion Branham, in whom the ministry of Elijah was manifested for a fourth occasion, forerunning the Second Coming of Christ in the midst of the gentile Church.
And now, we have the promise that Elijah will come for a fifth occasion as one of the Two Olive Trees of Revelation, chapter 11, verse 3 and on, and Zechariah, chapter 4.
And the coming of Elijah in his fifth manifestation, the coming of the fifth Elijah will be according to how it is promised, to how it is prophesied by the Reverend William Branham, where it says:
“I’m inclined to believe that it will be anointed men, of their spirit.”
A man of this end time anointed with that ministerial spirit of Elijah, which will be operated by the Holy Spirit in that man of this end time. That also concurs with Revelation, chapter 7, this Angel who comes with the Seal of the living God.
The Seal of the living God is the Holy Spirit, Saint Paul said in Ephesians, chapter 4, verse 30: “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
And now this Angel comes with the Seal of the living God, this Angel comes with the Holy Spirit manifested in him; and that is why this Angel is the one who is sent to call, gather together and seal 144,000 Hebrews from the midst of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel, 12,000 from each tribe.
Then in Revelation, chapter 14, verse 1, we find the 144,000 Hebrews already brought together, that is, gathered together and sealed in their foreheads. It says:
“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having (the name) his Father’s name written in their foreheads.”
These have the revelation of the Name of the Lamb and the Eternal Name of God, because this Angel who comes with the Seal of the living God calls them and gathers them and seals them in the Last Day; and that is the Holy Spirit manifested in His Angel Messenger operating the ministries of Moses and Elijah, the ministries of the Two Olive Trees, who with a Great Voice of Trumpet will be calling and gathering together the elect of God from the midst of the Hebrew people, after they have called and gathered together the elect of God in the midst of the gentile Church.
Now, we can see this divine mystery that will be manifested at this end time for the blessing of the Hebrew people as well as the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Those same ministries of Moses for a second time, Elijah for a fifth time and Jesus for a second time are the ones who call and gather together the elect of God with the Great Voice of Trumpet. That is the mystery of the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands that king Nebuchadnezzar saw and prophet Daniel interpreted.
That is the Coming of that Stone, of which Christ said11: “To him that overcometh will I will give him a white Stone, and in the Stone a New Name written (or a New Name), which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”
Now, we can see that that is the Cornerstone, the Stone not cut by hands, who comes in this Last Day in the fulfillment of the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels.
Now, He will come first to His Church and then to the Hebrew people. And in order to comprehend this mystery of His Coming to His Church, we must comprehend that, just as a building has a blueprint…; and if you can obtain the blueprint, or you can obtain someone who has the blueprint and explain the blueprint to you, you will understand how that building was built.
Saint Paul speaks to us about the Church of Jesus Christ as a building that is being built, and he tells us:
“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
In whom all the building (the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, notice, is a building, it is a house, it is a temple) fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord…”
Therefore, it has a blueprint; like when Moses was going to build the tabernacle or temple for God, it had a design, a blueprint; and also when Solomon was going to build the temple, it had a blueprint.
And now, notice, Christ is building a Temple for God, called His Church, and it says:
“In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.”
Because God will dwell in each one of His children in all His fullness; and He will dwell in His Church as Mystical Body of believers in all His fullness in His Coming, in His manifestation in the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels.
And now notice, Saint Paul also tells us that he, as a wise master builder, has placed the foundation; and then he says that he who builds ⏤in other words, those who come after, both in that time that he lives or in ages that will come later⏤ will know how he builds.
Each angel messenger of each age must know how he builds in that construction of the spiritual Temple of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ; because he cannot build whatever he wishes to build, but rather he must build according to the Divine Blueprint.
Paul, having… being like an architect…; architects are the ones who make the blueprints, therefore he had the blueprint of that construction of the Temple of God. And each angel messenger is given a part that he must work on, build, in the age he is given to live in.
And now notice how the construction of the spiritual Temple grows. Saint Paul in Hebrews, chapter 3, speaks to us about this Temple, verse 5 to 6:
“And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.”
Now, just like Moses built a temple or tabernacle for God, and Solomon built a temple for God, Christ is building a spiritual Temple for God, for God to dwell in all His fullness in that spiritual Temple (which is His Church) and in each member of that spiritual Temple (in other words, in each person who is also a temple of God as an individual).
And just as the spiritual Temple grows, the Church of Jesus Christ, each person grows spiritually, until we become a perfect temple, wherein God dwells in us in all His fullness; because we will reach perfection, to the stature of a perfect man, to the stature of Jesus Christ, and then God will dwell in us in all His fullness. We will have an eternal body, along with the eternal theophanic spirit, and that is where we will live; and God will dwell in us in all His fullness. We start with the first fruits, but when we reach perfection, God will be in us in all His fullness.
And now, notice how Christ has been building that Temple. Let us see the diagram that the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ showed us, Reverend William Branham.
Let us see that design, which it is the same one He gave prophet Moses to build a temple or tabernacle with skins and with the rest of the things the tabernacle contained; and then Solomon built a temple with stones and wood and different materials such as gold and silver and so forth.
And now Christ is building a new Temple for God with the design or blueprint used in that time; but everything that was used then are updated in this Temple that Christ is building.
Now, notice, Saint Peter tells us that just as Christ is a living Stone we have also come to be living stones. Being that we are living stones, according to First Peter, chapter 2, verse 4 to 5, says:
“To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”
Now, notice, just as Christ is the living Stone, the Cornerstone that the builders rejected, now Christ has also made us living stones, and now we have been placed as living stones in the construction of this new Temple. Christ is building a new Temple with living stones, with human beings, from stage to stage.
And here in the diagram we find the seven ages of the gentile Church, and then the Age of the Cornerstone. Here we have the seven ages of the gentile Church, as well as the territories where these seven ages were fulfilled and the messengers of these seven ages.
Saint Paul was the first messenger, and the territory was Asia Minor, the first age of the gentile Church was fulfilled there, which was represented in the Ephesian church, one of these ages that existed in Asia Minor; since many churches existed in Asia Minor, but God chose seven of them to represent His Church going through seven ages among the gentiles.
Then the second age was fulfilled in France, and its messenger was Irenaeus, and it was represented in the Smyrnaean church of Asia Minor.
Then the third age was fulfilled in France and Hungary, and its messenger was Martin, and that age was represented in the Pergamean church.
Those churches chosen by God, those seven churches, had the characteristics that would be manifested in the Church of Jesus Christ going through those seven stages or ages.
And now, the fourth age was fulfilled in Ireland and Scotland, and its messenger was Columba, and it was represented in the Thyatirean church.
The fifth age was fulfilled in Germany, its messenger was Luther, and that stage was represented in the Sardisean church.
The sixth age was fulfilled in England, and its messenger was Wesley, and that age was represented in the Philadelphian church.
The seventh age was fulfilled in North America, its messenger was Reverend William Branham, and that age was represented in the Laodicean Church.
These seven churches that existed in Asia Minor had the characteristics of the Church going through the seven ages or stages.
And then we go on to the Age of the Cornerstone, which is fulfilled in Latin America and the Caribbean, and its messenger is the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ; and this is the most glorious age of all ages because it is where the spiritual Temple of Christ reaches perfection, because it reaches its complete construction, because that is where the number of the elect of God is completed.
Now, the seven stages or ages of the gentile Church correspond to the Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of Christ; and then, the Age of the Cornerstone corresponds to the Most Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ. Because there cannot be a temple ⏤and even more for God⏤ without a most holy place, because then it would not have a place for God to come and fulfill His Coming and dwell in that place; that place must always be the Most Holy Place of the House of God.
And now Christ is building the Most Holy Place of His House with living stones, with Latin American and Caribbean living stones; and soon the construction of that Most Holy Place will be complete, called the Age of the Cornerstone; place that is being built in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the Mystical Body of the Lord Jesus Christ. And from there, the Message extends to other nations as well, just like in each age: from the territory in which each age was fulfilled, the Message was extended for other nations and continents as well.
Now we are in the most important stage of the construction of the spiritual Temple of Christ, because the most important part is always the Most Holy Place. That is where the Ark of the Covenant is, where the Mercy Seat is and where the Cherubim are, and where the presence of God is manifested in the light of the Shekinah.
When Moses finished the construction and dedicated the temple to God, God in the light of the Pillar of Fire entered into the temple and went on to the most holy place, and placed Himself upon the ark of the covenant in the midst of the two golden cherubim; it was the Coming of the Lord to His temple, to His tabernacle built by Moses, type and figure of the Temple that is in Heaven.
Then, when Solomon built the temple and dedicated it to God, God entered in the Pillar of Fire, in that Cloud, and went through the temple until reaching the most holy place, and there He dwelt.
And now, notice how for the end time in the spiritual Temple of God, which is the Church of Jesus Christ, God will be manifested in all His fullness, at this end time.
And the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels is for the Most Holy Place of His spiritual Temple. That is why two golden cherubim were placed in the most holy place there in the tabernacle that Moses built and the temple that Solomon built. And in addition, Solomon built two cherubim of olive wood covered in gold; in other words, the two olive trees covered in gold were there, wherein the presence of God would be there dwelling upon the mercy seat.
And that is why Jesus Christ places the Two Golden Cherubim and the Two Cherubim of olive wood in the construction of the spiritual Temple of Christ, which are the ministries of Moses and Elijah; because He comes with His Angels: He comes with the Golden Cherubim and the Cherubim of olive wood.
And now, notice where Christ places the Two Olive Trees in the construction, notice where Christ places the ministries of Moses and Elijah (Moses for a second occasion and Elijah for a fifth occasion): He places them where? He places them in His Temple. But in what part of His Temple? In the Most Holy Place, for the manifestation of God in all His fullness to be from the Most Holy Place, in the House of God, in the Church of Jesus Christ, from among the Two Olive Trees and from among the Two Golden Cherubim, which represent the ministries of Moses and Elijah, the ministries of the Angels of the Son of Man in His Coming.
How was the Son of Man seen on Mount Transfiguration, when His face shone like the sun? He was seen between the Two Cherubim, He was seen in between the Two Olive Trees, because He was seen in between Moses and Elijah. Jesus Christ is seen in the midst of Moses and Elijah in His Second Coming with His face like the sun.
The sun is the king star and it typifies Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords; because He is the King of kings and Lord of lords, and that is how He is promised to come in this end time: “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings,” says Malachi, chapter 4, verse 3; and Matthew, chapter 17, verse 1 and on, also speaks to us about this in the vision of the Coming of the Son of Man in the Kingdom of His Father with His Angels; and also in Matthew, chapter 16, verse 27 and on, it says: “For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.”
It is from the Most Holy Place where God will pay the price to all the human beings. He will give the wheat the payment of the resurrection of those who have departed, they will resurrect in eternal bodies, and us who are alive will be changed; and He will give the tares the payment of being cast into the oven of fire, which is the great tribulation, where it will be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.
In Revelation we find the Coming of the Son of Man with His face like the sun, in chapter 1, verse 12 to 18; and we can read a little part here of this chapter (just a little part). Let us see; in verse 16 it says:
“And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.”
And then, in Revelation, chapter 10, verse 1 and on, says:
“And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire.”
Here we can see the Coming of Christ with His face like the sun, because He comes as King of kings and Lord of lords.
And now we can see this mystery of the Seventh Seal, which is the Coming of the Lord, this mystery of the Seventh Seal, which is the Coming of the white horse Rider of Revelation 19, which the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ says12:
“But when our Lord appears here on earth, He’ll be riding on a snow-white horse. And He’ll be completely, fully, the Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate in a Man.”
That is the Seventh Seal being fulfilled, that is the opening of the Seventh Seal in terms of its fulfillment in the Age of the Cornerstone, in the Golden Age, which corresponds to the territory of Latin America and the Caribbean; wherein Christ would be calling and gathering together His Latin American and Caribbean elect, placing them in His spiritual Temple, in His Church, in the Age of the Cornerstone; which is composed of sons and daughters of God in this end time, written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, who would be hearing the Voice of Christ through His manifestation in human flesh; the elect of God will be hearing the Voice of Christ through the Word incarnated in a man; but that veil of flesh where Christ will be manifested, that veil of flesh is not Jesus Christ; that veil of flesh is the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
That is why in Revelation, chapter 1, verse 10 to 11, John says:
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.”
Who is the Alpha and Omega? Who is the first and the last? Our beloved Lord Jesus Christ. And the Day of the Lord is the Last Day, that is, the seventh millennium.
It is in the Last Day, in the seventh millennium, where the elect of God will be hearing the Voice of Christ as a great voice of trumpet. It is the Great Voice of Trumpet of the Gospel of the Kingdom making known to us all these things that must soon take place, it is the Voice of Christ through His Angel Messenger speaking to us at this end time, in the Age of the Cornerstone, in Latin America and the Caribbean; just as it was the Voice of Christ in each age through the messenger of each age calling and gathering together His sheep in the Fold of God, which is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Christ said: “I am the Good Shepherd,” and He also said: “I have other sheep which are not of this fold, which I must also bring, and they shall hear my Voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.”13
How would they hear the Voice of Christ, the Good Shepherd? Well through each angel messenger through whom Christ would be manifested and would be speaking to His people, and calling His sheep in each age, and placing them in His Fold, which is His House, His Church.
And here in the Age of the Cornerstone, we find that Christ calls and gathers together His sheep with a Great Voice of Trumpet in His Fold, in His Church; and it is in the Latin American and Caribbean territory where He calls and gathers together His sheep with that Great Voice of Trumpet, just as He did in each territory through the messenger of each age.
And it is through that Messenger in the Last Day, in the Age of the Cornerstone, that this Voice of Trumpet of Revelation, chapter 4, verse 1, which says: “Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter”, we find that through His Angel Messenger is that He makes known to us all these things that must soon take place; as Revelation, chapter 22 and verse 6 tells us:
“And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.”
How are all these things that must soon take place made known? Through the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, who comes testifying of these things that must happen soon; because Jesus Christ comes in Him in Holy Spirit speaking to His children, speaking to His Church with that Great Voice of Trumpet of the Gospel of the Kingdom, revealing all these mysteries that must be fulfilled at this end time; and making known to us the mystery of the Coming of the Stone not cut by hands, of the Coming of the Cornerstone, which is the Coming of the Lord for this Last Day, and it is the Coming of the Mighty Angel that descends from Heaven, and it is the Coming of the white horse Rider of Revelation 19. It is the Coming of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit manifested in His Angel Messenger making known to us all these things that must soon take place.
That is why Revelation, chapter 22, verse 16, says: “I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.”
Who has He sent? His Angel Messenger. And the sons and daughters of God in this end time would be waiting for this Angel Messenger, because they would be waiting to know all these things that must happen soon; and that is why Jesus Christ sends His Angel Messenger to them, through whom Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit manifests Himself, and speaks through His Angel Messenger all these things that must soon take place; and thus He gives us the faith, the revelation to be changed and raptured at this end time. And all of this is in the Age of the Cornerstone, the Golden Stage, the Golden Age of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, which will be fulfilled in Latin America and the Caribbean.
That is the great blessing God has given to Latin America and the Caribbean. That is the great blessing we have been given in this end time to all of us so that we may be able to understand these things that must happen soon, and thus all the elect of God hearing the Voice of the Good Shepherd, the Voice of Jesus Christ through His Angel Messenger making known to us all these things that must soon take place be called and gathered together.
And thus be called and gathered together in the Fold of the Lord, in the Mystical Body of Christ, in the Church of Jesus Christ, in the Age of the Cornerstone, for the dead in Christ to soon be resurrected in eternal bodies and us who are alive be changed, and then all to be taken to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in Heaven, in the eternal body we will receive.
We have seen the mystery of the Seventh Seal and the Age of the Cornerstone.
It has been a great privilege for me to be with you tonight testifying about THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE AGE OF THE CORNERSTONE.
May the blessings of Jesus Christ in and for the Age of the Cornerstone, for His children at this end time, be upon each one of you and upon me as well; and may soon the number of the elect of God be complete, and soon the dead in Christ resurrect in eternal bodies and us who are alive be changed and taken to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in Heaven. In the Eternal Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen and amen.
Thank you very much for your kind attention, beloved friends and brethren present, and those who are through the internet, and those who will see this conference and will hear it through the television.
May God bless you and keep you, and may we all soon be transformed.
I leave with you Miguel Bermudez Marin again to continue and conclude tonight. Let us ask Miguel to come here to give thanks to God for this great blessing that He is giving us at this end time.
And where are those who would see the Seventh Seal manifested in the Age of the Cornerstone? Well here we are, in the territory where the Age of the Cornerstone would be fulfilled; here we are, in Latin America and the Caribbean, seeing the Seventh Seal and living in the Age of the Cornerstone and hearing all these things that must happen soon, in this end time.
May God bless you and keep you all, and may you all have a good evening.
“THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE AGE OF THE CORNERSTONE.”
1 John 12:24
2 John 10:18
3 The Breach between the Seven Church Ages and the Seven Seals – March 17, 1963E – www.branham.org
4 The Fourth Seal – March 21, 1963 – www.branham.org
5 The First Seal – March 18, 1963 – www.branham.org
6 John 1:1, 1:14
7 The Fourth Seal – March 21, 1963 – www.branham.org
8 Questions and Answers on the Seals – March 24, 1963M – www.branham.org
9 Malachi 3:1
10 Luke 1:17
11 Revelation 2:17
12 The Fourth Seal – March 21, 1963 – www.branham.org
13 John 10:14