Good morning, beloved brethren and friends present here in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It is a great blessing to be with you, to have some moments of spiritual fellowship around the Word of God pertaining to this end time.
And we will be having fellowship around the subject: “THE MYSTERY OF THE CHERUBIMS OF GOLD AND THE CHERUBIMS OF OLIVE TREE,” that is, the two cherubims of gold upon the mercy seat, and the two cherubims of olive wood overlaid with gold that were in the holy of holies of the temple Solomon built.
For this reason, we want to read in Hebrews chapter 9, verse 1 to 5, where Saint Paul says:
“Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.”
May God bless our souls with His Word, open His Word to us, and open our heart to receive that revealed Word for this Last Day. In the Eternal Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen and amen.
“THE MYSTERY OF THE CHERUBIMS OF GOLD AND THE CHERUBIMS OF OLIVE TREE.”
Let’s see what and how Saint Paul tells us that this temple and what this temple contained was a type and figure of the heavenly things. Saint Paul tells us that Moses sprinkled the tabernacle and the things in it with blood. In this same 9th chapter, verse 16 and on, of his Letter to the Hebrews, Saint Paul says:
“For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these,” (the patterns of things in the heavens are these things that are here in the temple; both the temple and everything that is in the temple are a type and figure of heavenly things), “but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.”
Now, notice that what Moses did there in the tabernacle, upon building the tabernacle, and sprinkling the blood of the goats and the heifers that had been killed (sacrificed), these calves and these goats… and then Moses sprinkled the blood upon the people, upon the tabernacle, and upon the things that were in it.
Now, this tabernacle here, along with everything it contains, is a type and figure of the heavenly things, it is a type and figure of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; because, notice, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is the Tabernacle of God for a habitation of God in all His fullness, we find that It is sprinkled with the Blood of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ as High Priest carries out that work. There on the Throne of Intercession in Heaven, Christ has been making intercession with His own Blood for all the members of His mystical Body of believers, meaning, for that whole Tabernacle which Christ has been building or is building for God; and notice, all the members of that mystical Body, of that Tabernacle of God, are sprinkled with the Blood of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
And notice how each part of this temple or tabernacle represents human beings who will be in different stages of that spiritual Temple, made by Jesus Christ for a habitation of God through the Holy Spirit.
Notice what Saint Paul tells us about this Temple in Ephesians chapter 2, verse 19 and on. 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 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 this Temple of God that is being built is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is sprinkled with the Blood of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ as High Priest, notice, is sprinkling the members of the mystical Body of Christ with His precious Blood, just as Moses sprinkled the tabernacle and everything that was in that tabernacle, he also sprinkled the people with the blood of those calves and goats that were offered as a sin offering to God.
And now notice how the type and figure worked back in the Old Testament and why it worked: it worked because it represented the Temple which is in Heaven, and it represents the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; and it also represents Christ, because Christ is the human Temple of God who came two thousand years ago here on Earth, where God was manifested in all His fullness. And the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, as the mystical Body of Christ, is also represented in that tabernacle that Moses built and in the temple that Solomon built.
Now, we find that the holy place of the temple Moses built and the temple Solomon built represent the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Her seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church, also including the stage of the apostles there in Jerusalem, who received the Spirit of Christ on the day of Pentecost. All of that represents or is represented in the holy place of the temple Moses built and the temple King Solomon built.
And now, notice how Christ in Holy Spirit has been walking in the midst of His Church from age to age, manifested through each angel-messenger of each age. And notice the territories Christ has covered, where He has carried out the Work pertaining to each age: Asia Minor, Europe, and North America.
And now, we find that the Holy Place has been built, and all that’s left is the Holy of Holies; and for that, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit has gone from North America to Latin America and the Caribbean: to build His Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple, which is represented in the holy of holies of the temple Moses built and the temple Solomon built.
Now, remember that the things that were inside that temple represent people inside the spiritual Temple of Christ. Notice how the candlestick in the holy place, the candlestick with its seven lamps and seven lights there, represented human beings, it represented the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ going through Her seven stages with Her seven angel-messengers on fire with the Spirit of Christ.
And now, notice how for the stage of the Holy of Holies, we find that we have the Ark of the Covenant; and before reaching the Ark of the Covenant we have a veil there; and two thousand years ago, the veil represented Christ in His First Coming, and the veil of the spiritual Temple of Christ represents Christ in His Second Coming.
We have to look beyond the veil in order to see who is behind the veil. Who was behind the veil? God. God was behind the veil, above the mercy seat, between the two cherubims of gold, inside the holy of holies. No one can come into the Holy of Holies unless it’s through the Door where that veil is.
And now, Christ is always the Door, and the Veil too.
And now, notice how at the end time we have reached the time of the Age of the Cornerstone, which is the Age of the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ, where a Door is opened: that is the Door of the Holy of Holies, where the veil is, so that one can go beyond the veil, enter into the Holy of Holies, and become part of that Holy of Holies, and see everything God will be doing there in the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple.
We find that the ark of the covenant that Moses built, which was put in the holies of holies, represents Christ in His First Coming and Christ in His Second Coming.
And now, notice that all these blessings contained in the Ark of the Covenant are in Christ. And the mercy seat is upon the ark of the covenant, the mercy seat is made of pure gold, and along with the mercy seat, there are two cherubims made of one piece; in other words, it is a monolithic work, the two cherubims are made of the same piece. And those two cherubims on the mercy seat, notice, in the temple Moses built, are the cherubims of glory, and between them, God was in that Cloud, the Pillar of Fire, the Shekinah, as God promised that He would be.
In Leviticus chapter 16, God tells us the following… God tells the Prophet Moses, regarding the holy of holies, He says the following… Leviticus chapter 16, verse 1 and on, says:
“And the Lord spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the Lord, and died.”
In other words, the two sons of Aaron entered with strange fire and with censers with strange fire, and they went into the holy of holies; and it says the Lord killed them. It says:
“…They offered before the Lord, and died;
And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail.”
They also entered at the wrong time; and they were not the ones who had to enter, it was the high priest. It says:
“…The Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.”
In that same Cloud of Fire that appeared to the Prophet Moses and that delivered the Hebrew people, and accompanied the Hebrew people through the wilderness until they reached the promised land. It says:
“Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.”
And here He goes on to list all the things he had to do; God even established the way he had to be dressed. It says:
“He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord’s lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.
But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail.”
See why Saint Paul the Apostle said there was a censer there in the holy of holies? It’s this censer, which the high priest had to take and fill with burning coals, and bring… bring this censer within the veil.
“…His hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not.”
Now notice everything the high priest had to do there in the holy of holies, on the mercy seat, where he also had to put the blood of the sin offering. And this is what Christ does there in the Holy of Holies of the Temple which is in Heaven, on the Throne of Atonement, or on the Mercy Seat.
And now, notice that Christ is building a Temple for God, where everything that was seen in the temple Moses built and the temple Solomon built (which is a type and figure of what is up in the Temple which is in Heaven, in the Temple of God), all of that is put here on Earth in the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ.
And now, notice how in the spiritual Temple of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ at this end time, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ would be where? She would be in the Holy of Holies of that spiritual Temple; and there, in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Christ, would be all the things that were there in the tabernacle Moses built and the temple Solomon built; and therefore, all the things that are in the Holy of Holies of the Temple which is in Heaven will be manifested in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Christ.
And now, the two cherubims of gold, notice, are a type and figure, they represent the Archangels Gabriel and Michael in the Temple which is in Heaven; they are the Angels who stand before the Presence of God: one on each side.
And now, notice how in Saint Luke chapter 1, the Archangel Gabriel Himself tells us… He says to Zacharias the Priest, after giving him the good news that he (Zacharias) would have a son through his wife, and he would be called John, and he would be a prophet of God, and he would come with the Spirit and power of Elijah… the prophet—the Priest Zacharias did not believe the good news that the Archangel was giving him, and he asks a question to the Angel that God was sending. He said, let’s see [verse 17]:
“And he shall go before him 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.
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
And the angel answering…”
Notice, he asked this question with unbelief; in other words: “How will I know that this is the truth (what You are telling me)? I am an old man and my wife is well stricken in age.” In other words, she was also very elderly, and to make matters worse, she was barren.
It seems like Zacharias didn’t remember that Abraham had the promised son through Sarah, despite Abraham and Sarah being older than Zacharias the Priest and his wife Elisabeth; “for Abraham believed in God, hope against hope.”1
What is “hope against hope”? Well, hoping for something that couldn’t be hoped for. Could one expect…? Could you expect an old man who is seventy-five to one hundred years old to have a son—to have a son through an old woman who is eighty years old or ninety years old, and who is barren, on top of that? That cannot be hoped for.
But Abraham did hope for it, because God had told him it would be that way; and Abraham was hoping for it because he believed in God, hope against hope: he was hoping for something that couldn’t be hoped for; because Abraham knew and believed that nothing was impossible for God. “For the things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”2
And here Zacharias the Priest should have remembered that a case like Abraham’s was going be repeated, and he should have thanked God for that great blessing of having the good news that even past the time, past the normal time for him and his wife to have children, he was going to have a son; and when God gives a son, He gives a good one: he would be a prophet of God.
Zacharias and his wife had prayed for a child, and look, their request had reached the Presence of God, and God was going to give them that son. But remember that a person makes the request to God, and God determines the moment when He fulfills the desire of the person’s heart, his request.
“And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God…”
And what is the name of the other Angel who stands in the Presence of God? Michael. Gabriel and Michael are the Archangels who stand in the Presence of God.
How many of you know what Gabriel means? What does the name Gabriel mean? It means “Man of God.”
“I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.”
See? It was such good news, but he didn’t believe it.
There is good news being given to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; and the unbelievers won’t be able to believe it; but he that is of God hears God’s Voice.3
And hope against hope, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ has been expecting the fulfillment of what Christ has promised for this Last Day; things that would be fulfilled (where?) in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Christ.
Now, after approximately two thousand years of announcing the Second Coming of Christ, the Coming of the promised Son, perhaps there are people who say: “For hundreds or thousands of years they have been announcing that Jesus Christ is coming;” but notice, the Coming of Christ is to His Church, in other words, to His spiritual Temple, and It is to be seen by those who will be in His Temple, in the stage pertaining to the Coming of Christ, to receive the blessings of Christ there, and to see the things that are in the holy of holies of the temple Moses built and the temple Solomon built being made flesh.
Now, notice how Gabriel introduces Himself to Zacharias the Priest here, and tells him: “I am Gabriel.” He had not identified Himself until that moment.
“I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.”
In the First Coming of Christ, we find the presence of Gabriel on Earth, this Man of God, (called by similar terms in other translations, but meaning: this Man of God).
Remember that when He appeared to the Prophet Daniel on different occasions, Daniel said He was One with the appearance or likeness of a man. Let’s see here, in the prophecies of Daniel, we find the Archangel Gabriel appearing. The Archangel Gabriel had to do with the changes of the Gentile kingdom, from one stage to another stage. Notice, let’s see a passage where the Archangel Gabriel appears here. We have chapter 8, verse 15, here where it says:
“And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.”
Who was that Archangel with the appearance of a man, who appeared to the Prophet Daniel? It was the Archangel Gabriel. It says:
“So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.”
Let’s see another passage right here, where this Archangel explains certain things. In chapter 9, it tells us, verse 20 and on, says:
“And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved…”
Those are very beautiful words, when an Archangel like Gabriel tells Daniel: “You are greatly beloved, you are greatly beloved in Heaven.”
“…For thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.”
Because visions are meant to be understood, but only from Heaven can they be made known to human beings; and that is why these ministries are sent by God.
And He begins to explain to him all these things about the seventy weeks, and that in the seventieth week, in the midst of the week, the Messiah would be cut off; and that is how it was fulfilled. And there are only three and a half years left of the seventieth week, for those three and a half years to be fulfilled during the time of the Great Tribulation, when God will be dealing with the Hebrew people, and the Divine Judgments will be falling upon the Gentile kingdom.
And now, the Archangel Gabriel also appears in chapter 10. Notice, let’s see a passage here where we can read… let’s read in chapter 10, verse 4 and on, it says:
“And in the four and twentieth day of the first month,” (Daniel was fasting), “as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision…”
And why didn’t the men who were with him see it—only Daniel? Because Daniel, as a prophet, had both consciouses together, and he is seeing all of this in another dimension; and the others who were with him, since they didn’t have both consciouses together, they are not seeing this great vision; although they could be hearing a noise and things like that, but not seeing the vision; they can even see a light or whatever it may be, but the vision, the characters who are part of what is taking place, were only seen by Daniel.
“And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.”
So they heard noise, surely they saw a brightness and things like that, thunders, lightnings, and things like that; perhaps they thought it was a storm; but notice who it was, notice here who was there:
“Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground,” (meaning, he fell down as if he were dead).
“And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved,” (here very loving words are spoken to the Prophet Daniel again), “understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words,” (the Prophet Daniel made Him come, because he chastened himself before God and prayed to God).
“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days…”
This was the prince of this Medo-Persian Empire here, who withstood the Archangel Gabriel for twenty-one days, who was working, although He was not seen, but the work He was carrying out was to bring about the change that had to take place in that Gentile kingdom. It says:
“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael,” (this is another Archangel, the other Archangel who stands before the Presence of God), “one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.”
Remember that this was for the change from the Medo-Persian Empire to the Greek Empire; and notice the intervention here of these two powerful Archangels: Gabriel and Michael.
And for these changes of these kingdoms, for example, for the change from the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar to the Medo-Persians, and for the change from the Medo-Persian Empire to the Greek Empire, if these Archangels were here, and for the change from the Greek Empire to the Roman Empire, if these Archangels were here, won’t they be present at the Last Day for the change from the Gentile empire to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ? Of course they will!
And now, they will be here on Earth.
Is that written somewhere? Let’s see around here… This is the Revelation of the Old Testament: the Book of the Prophet Daniel. In the Book of the Prophet Daniel, chapter 12, it says (verse 1 and on, says):
“And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.”
Will the Archangel Michael come, stand up, at this end time? That is what it says here, who stands for the Hebrew people.
Now, notice that for this end time in which we are living, there will be a powerful manifestation of the Archangels Gabriel and Michael here on Earth with Their Armies; and everything will be in favor of both the Hebrew people and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, for this change that must take place: the change from the Gentile kingdom to the Kingdom of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
As the Book of Revelation says, in chapter 11, verses 15 and on, where it says the following:
“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, notice the things that are appointed to happen at this end time. What for? This is for the change from the Gentile kingdom to the Kingdom of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ. And notice how this takes place under chapter 11 of Revelation; and in chapter 11 of Revelation is where the ministries of the Two Anointed Ones appear, the ministries of the Two Olive Trees, which are the ministries of Moses and Elijah.
These are the ministries that in Heaven are the ministries of Gabriel and Michael, and in the mystical Body of the Lord Jesus Christ they are the ministries of Moses and Elijah, which will be manifested at the Last Day, in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ; and in the midst of those ministries, Jesus Christ will be manifested in all His fullness at the Last Day.
Christ, in Saint Matthew chapter 16, verse 27 to 28, told us that the Son of man would come, and how did He say the Son of man would come? He 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.”
Here we have the Coming of the Son of man with His Angels; because His Angels are the ministries of Moses and Elijah, the ministries of the Two Olive Trees, the ministries of the Two Cherubims that are on the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies.
And now, notice how these two cherubims of gold represent the two Archangels Gabriel and Michael in Heaven, and they represent the ministries of Moses and Elijah in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; and Christ speaks to us about the end time, telling us that the Son of man is coming with His Angels.
And now, here in the Book of Kings, First Kings chapter 6, let’s see what happened here in the construction of the temple there in Jerusalem; when King Solomon carried out the construction of that temple, notice what happened. Chapter 6, verse 16 and on, says:
“And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof,” (meaning, it was squared), “and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.”
In other words, the altar here where the… let’s see, this altar where the censer was or from which they took the coals of the censer, this golden altar that was in front of the holy of holies, meaning, in the part outside the holy of holies. And it says:
“And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.”
And what was the size of the house? The house was twenty cubits high. And the cherubims of wood were ten cubits high; ten cubits are four and a half meters, and in inches that would be: (about four times three) a little over twelve feet, and it is about fourteen feet and four inches; in other words, they were giant cherubims of olive tree. This is already testifying that in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Christ will be the Two Olive Trees of Revelation chapter 11, and of Zechariah chapter 4; the Two Olive Trees, which are the Two Anointed Ones that stand before the Presence of God.
And where is the Presence of God? Well, in the Holy of Holies; and there we have these two cherubims of gold, overlaid with gold, but made of olive wood. Those are the Two Olive Trees, the Two Anointed Ones, overlaid with gold, which represent the ministries of Moses and Elijah; and the ministries of Moses and Elijah are the ministries that Christ will be manifesting at the Last Day; because all ministries belong to whom? To our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
And the two cherubims of gold that are on the mercy seat, which are smaller in size, also represent the Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Heaven, and they also represent the ministries of Moses and Elijah in the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ, in the Holy of Holies of that spiritual Temple.
That is why the Scripture speaks to us about the Two Olive Trees, the Two Anointed Ones, which are also the Two Candlesticks standing before the Presence of God; and by standing before the Presence of God, they stand before the Presence of God like Gabriel and Michael in Heaven, who stand before the Presence of God.
Now, notice how at the Last Day, the Archangels Gabriel and Michael will be manifested here on Earth in favor of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Age of the Cornerstone, and in favor of the Hebrew people; because all the Work that Christ will be carrying out will be in the stage of the Cornerstone Age, which is the stage of the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Christ, in favor of His Church and in favor of the Hebrew people.
And there will be an intervention from Heaven, directly from the Throne of God, sending His Archangels Gabriel and Michael, who will be working on this Earth, although people won’t be able to see them, but they will be here.
Doesn’t the Scripture say that Michael will stand up at this end time?4 Of course It does.
And now, notice how at this end time, through the ministries that Christ will have here on Earth, all these revelations from Heaven will come to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; just as the revelations from Heaven came to the Prophet Daniel, which were brought by the Archangel Gabriel; and just as the revelations from Heaven came to Saint John the Apostle through the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
At the Last Day, the revelations from Heaven contained in these prophecies of the Old Testament and the New Testament will be opened through the ministry of the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ here on Earth; and the Archangels Gabriel and Michael will be with Him and in favor of Him, sent from Heaven for the Work of the Last Day.
In other words there will be an intervention from Heaven; and although many people won’t be able to understand why all the work that is carried out is successful: it is because there is an intervention from Heaven in favor of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom; just as there always was and always will be, at this end time, an intervention from Heaven for the change of government from the Gentiles to the Kingdom of Christ.
There was an intervention from Heaven for the change from the empire of King Nebuchadnezzar, from the Babylonian kingdom or empire, to change the Gentile kingdom to the Medo-Persian Empire.
And then, to change the Medo-Persian Empire or the Gentile kingdom of the Medo-Persian Empire to the Greek Empire, there was also an intervention of the Archangels Gabriel and Michael.
And for the Gentile kingdom to be changed from the Greek Empire to the Roman Empire, there was also an intervention from Heaven. And for the Roman Empire to be changed to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, there will also be an intervention from Heaven.
The Gentile kingdom is in the feet of iron and clay, and with the intervention from Heaven that will take place: the Gentile kingdom will go on to become the Kingdom of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ, and the Kingdom of Israel too; that is to say, the kingdom of this world will go on to the hands of Jesus Christ our Savior, and we will reign with Him a thousand years and then for all eternity.
And the ministries of the Archangels Gabriel and Michael will be there intervening at this Last Day; and the ministries of Moses and Elijah, the ministries of the Two Olive Trees, will be among the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ and then among the Hebrew people, here on Earth, with the support of Heaven, with the support of God sending the Archangels Gabriel and Michael and Their Armies.
Didn’t Christ say on one occasion: “My Kingdom is not of this world.”5 “If My Kingdom were of this world, then I could pray to My Father and He would send Me more than,” (how many legions? Twelve), “more than twelve legions of angels.”6
And a legion has up to how many? Up to six thousand angels or soldiers. Back in that time in which Christ was speaking, a legion of the Roman Empire had about six thousand soldiers.
And notice, a legion of angels with six thousand angel warriors… and Christ says: “More than twelve legions,” (twelve times six is how much? Twelve times six is about seventy-two? Seventy-two thousand). It’s about seventy-two thousand, right? More or less. More than seventy-two thousand angels. It says: “More than twelve legions,” so, more than seventy-two thousand angels and their captains, their generals.
Doesn’t the Scripture say that God’s chariots are how many? Thousands.7 And the heavenly Hosts are thousands. And the Lord, Lord of Hosts, He is the Captain of all those Hosts, or the General of all those Armies.
Since the Kingdom of Christ wasn’t supposed to begin at that time, He couldn’t be asking for twelve legions or more than twelve legions to finish the Roman Empire back then, because that wasn’t the time for the Gentile kingdom to go on to the hands of Christ, so that the glorious Kingdom of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ could begin; because first He had to die on Calvary’s Cross and pay the price of redemption in order to have a redeemed Kingdom, meaning, to have a Kingdom of people redeemed with the Blood of Jesus Christ.
And that is what Christ has been doing: carrying out His Work in favor of us all, cleansing us from all sin with His precious Blood, so that at the Last Day He may complete His Kingdom, complete His mystical Body of believers, complete His Cabinet, which are His elect, which are the kings and priests that will reign with Christ during the Millennial Kingdom and for all eternity.
Notice how before the foundation of the world Christ chose His Cabinet for that glorious Millennial Kingdom and for all eternity.
Notice, politicians choose their cabinet and prepare their cabinet, and present their political program, to govern with that whole cabinet they have (and some also choose them after they win).
But notice how Christ has been preparing His Cabinet, with whom He will reign for a thousand years and then for all eternity. We will have eternal bodies, we will be kings and priests in that glorious Millennial Kingdom of Christ. And since the number of God’s elect, the number of the Cabinet of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, is completed at the Last Day, the heavenly hosts will be on Earth intervening for that change of kingdom on this Earth.
And the antichrist along with his kingdom will be removed, and the glorious Kingdom of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ will be established, where there will be peace, where there will be happiness, where there will be Love Divine, and where there will be total knowledge of God and His Program that He will be carrying out at this Last Day.
“And the Earth and its inhabitants will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea,” the Prophet Habakkuk tells us in chapter 2, verse 14, and also Isaiah, in chapter 11, verse 9; because the Earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords in His Claiming Work, coming to His Temple, to His Church, at the Last Day; to the Age of the Cornerstone, which is the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple; and that is where the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ will be seeing the Coming of the Ark of the Covenant, the Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is the Ark of the Covenant.
And the ark of the covenant has the mercy seat, and on the mercy seat it has the two cherubims of gold and the Presence of God in the Pillar of Fire. And that is what will have its present-day fulfillment in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ at this Last Day, in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Christ, where the Ark of the Covenant, which is Christ in His Coming to His Temple at the Last Day, with His Angels: the ministries of Moses and Elijah, the ministries of the Two Olive Trees, these ministries will be seen manifested here on Earth, in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ will be seen manifested in His Church, in the Holy of Holies. And we will be seeing the Second Coming of Christ with His Angels, we will be seeing these ministries being manifested, and the glory of Jesus Christ being manifested in His Church.
And that is what it means to be seeing the Ark of the Covenant with the Two Cherubims of Gold on the Mercy Seat, and the glory of God manifested among the Two Cherubims of Gold. All of that is what would be seen at the Last Day, in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Christ.
And right there, in the spiritual Temple of Christ, we will be seeing what was represented in those two cherubims of olive wood overlaid with gold. Why were they made of olive tree? Because that represents the Two Olive Trees, the Two Anointed Ones, who stand before the Presence of God, which are the ministries that will be manifested on this Earth at the Last Day.
We have seen: “THE MYSTERY OF THE TWO CHERUBIMS OF GOLD AND THE TWO CHERUBIMS OF OLIVE TREE” that were in the holy of holies of the temple that King Solomon built; a type and figure of what Christ would have in the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple.
We are at the greatest and most glorious time of all times; and we are in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Christ, to see everything that is in the holy of holies of the temple Solomon built and the temple Moses built, being materialized here on Earth in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And when the Hebrew people were going to enter into the promised land with Joshua, the command that the people were given was that they should follow the ark of the covenant so that they could enter into the promised land, because they didn’t know the way, they hadn’t walked it before, and they were told to follow the ark of the covenant. That is in Joshua chapter 3. Let’s see what Joshua says here, chapter 3 (we will be finishing soon); it says:
“And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.”
And the ark represents Christ, both in His First Coming and in His Second Coming as well.
And at this Last Day: When you see the Ark: Go after It! When you see the Second Coming of Christ: Go after It, because It will lead us to the promised land of the new body and the promised land of the glorious Millennial Kingdom!
It says:
“Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.”
Joshua was the successor of Moses.
And now, Joshua represents the Holy Spirit: He is the One who will lead us to the promised land of the Millennial Kingdom and to the promised land of the new body. And Joshua, who represents the Holy Spirit, will be manifested at the Last Day in His last ministry, through His Angel-Messenger, and will lead us to the promised land of the glorious Millennial Kingdom, and also to the promised land of the new body.
And God will begin to magnify the ministry of our Joshua, of the Holy Spirit, of Jesus Christ, relevant to this Last Day, through His manifestation in human flesh in His Angel-Messenger.
“And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God.
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off…”
Let’s read it again, it says:
“…And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off,” (meaning, when the feet of the priests touch the water of Jordan, the waters will be divided), “from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest),
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.”
Just as it happened when, what? When God opened up the Red Sea under the ministry of Moses.8 And now the successor of Moses, who was Joshua, notice, God through Joshua did the same thing to the Jordan.
And at this end time, the Jordan of death will open up, the dead in Christ will rise, and we who are alive will be changed; and we will pass over to the promised land on dry ground! We who are alive will pass over without seeing death at this end time, when we see the dead in Christ risen.
So, take care of your bodies so that no one goes ahead of time; so that when the dead in Christ rise, each one of you is still here on Earth, and you see the dead in Christ risen and you are changed.
As God said to Joshua: “Sanctify yourselves.” Sanctify yourselves and be prepared to pass from this mortal body to the immortal body, and thus, to pass over Jordan clean or on dry ground (meaning, without seeing death) at this Last Day.
Now we can see who is the One that guides us and will lead us to the promised land of the new body and to the promised land of the glorious Millennial Kingdom: it is our Joseph, it is the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit manifested at the Last Day, according to His promise; and He will be manifesting Himself at the Last Day through His Angel-Messenger, making known to us all these things which must shortly come to pass.
Just as they were made known to the Prophet Daniel, and to the Prophet and Apostle Saint John, in this form of visions and symbols, and the meaning of all those symbols that are there in the Old Testament and in the New Testament will be made known to us; because the content or revelation of those symbols is what will be fulfilled at this end time. And God will be opening all those Scriptures to us, so that we can understand all those things that God has promised for this end time.
And we will have all these things that were seen in the holy of holies manifested in the spiritual Temple of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ (where?) in the Holy of Holies.
We will be seeing there—everything that is in Heaven, in the Holy of Holies, we will be seeing it manifested there, we will be seeing it in its present-day fulfillment there; in other words, everything that is in Heaven, in the Holy of Holies, will be represented in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ; and we will leave that there.
We have already seen what the cherubims of gold and the two cherubims of olive wood are.
In the afternoon we will be seeing, under the subject for this afternoon, we will be seeing… let’s see, Miguel, it should be around here: “THE MYSTERIES THAT HAVE BEEN REVEALED AT THE LAST DAY,” those are the ones we will be seeing: “THE MYSTERIES THAT HAVE BEEN REVEALED AT THE LAST DAY.”
We only have the subject here, but God will help us from now until the time of the service; He will give us not only enough to fill what is needed here, but to fill a few of these notecards, and He will allow us to see the mysteries revealed at the Last Day, and the ones that have been fulfilled.
May God bless all of you greatly. May God keep you, may Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, our Lord, keep you; and fill you with the knowledge of the Program pertaining to our time; and may He continue opening the Scriptures to us, and opening our mind and our soul, so that we can understand all these things that would be happening at this end time.
How many of you understood what and who the Two Cherubims of God and the Two Cherubims of Olive Tree are? We have already understood it. Those are the ministries of whom? Of Moses and Elijah. And who operates those ministries? It’s Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit at the Last Day, manifested in human flesh in His Angel-Messenger.
Because God doesn’t have two major prophets at the same time, but He does have and He can have two major ministries at the same time, but in one veil of flesh. And He can also have three major ministries for one age, and for one dispensation, but in one veil of flesh.
And we have the promise of the three great ministries, of the major ministries, which are the ministries of Moses for the second time, Elijah for the fifth time, and Jesus for the second time, to be manifested at the Last Day by Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit through His veil of flesh, His Angel-Messenger, at the end time; and to have there the manifestation of all these things that are in the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple.
It has been a great blessing to be with you on this occasion, testifying to you about the Two… about: “THE MYSTERY OF THE TWO CHERUBIMS OF GOLD AND THE TWO CHERUBIMS OF OLIVE WOOD.”
See how simple everything is? When things are revealed by God, they are simple, when God reveals them to us and opens our understanding so that we can understand them; and even children can understand them, and they can sing the wonders of God being fulfilled as He promised; even children [can do that]. And those are things that cannot be obtained with human knowledge, earthly knowledge, but through the revelation of Heaven they are made known to all of God’s sons and daughters.
Thank you very much for your kind attention, beloved friends and brethren present, radio listeners and television viewers, and continue having a day filled with the blessings of Jesus Christ.
I will leave Rev. Miguel Bermúdez Marín with you again, to continue and conclude our participation on this occasion; and we will see each other again at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, “chapina time,” (is that what you call it?)
[Brother Miguel says: “No, 2:00 o’clock sharp.”—Ed.]
In Guatemala they say “chapina time;” and when they say “chapina time,” 2:00 in the afternoon means about 2:59, more or less.
But Miguel says that the time Miguel is giving you or will give you, that’s the exact time; and that… And we are going to make the most of it, because then in the evening there is also a service there for…? It’s not for everyone.
[Brother Miguel says: “Yes, it’s for everyone, in the yard; but it’s outside, in the yard, outdoors.”—Ed.]
Well, so, we have, we will have two more services left, in which we hope that God will open many Scriptures to us and allow us to understand the blessings He has for each one of you and also for me.
Each person must work on knowing the blessings that God has for each one of you, and receiving each of those blessings, because He is pouring out of His blessings, where? Where? In Latin America and the Caribbean, in the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple.
May God continue to bless you all, and may God keep you. And I will leave Miguel Bermúdez Marín with us.
God bless you.
“THE MYSTERY OF THE TWO CHERUBIMS OF GOLD AND THE TWO CHERUBIMS OF OLIVE TREE.”
1 Romans 4:18
2 Luke 18:27
3 John 8:47
4 Daniel 12:1
5 John 18:36
6 Matthew 26:53
7 Psalm 68:17
8 Exodus 14:1-29