Good evening, beloved brethren and friends present here in Estación Juárez, Chiapas, Mexico. It is a great blessing to be with you on this occasion.
Tonight, I want to read a passage in Revelation chapter 1, verses 10 to 20, where it 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: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
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 when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death,” (that is to say, the keys of hell and death).
“Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.”
Our subject for this occasion is: “THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS AND THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS.”
Excuse me. I have had a sore throat this whole trip, but God has been helping me; and I hope that you will also be patient and understanding about this.
May God bless our hearts with His Word and allow us to understand It.
“THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS AND THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS.”
Here, in this passage that we have read, we find the seven churches, these seven churches of Asia Minor that are mentioned; although there were more churches there in Asia Minor, but these seven churches were chosen as a type and figure of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ going through Her seven stages or ages. These seven churches in Asia Minor had the characteristics that would be manifested in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ going through Her seven stages.
And these seven churches cover both the elect of Christ as well as the rest of Christianity, in other words, these seven churches (each of them) represent all of Christianity.
And among Christianity would be God’s elect, and the tares would also be there; notice, both groups: the wheat and the tares, would be together. And that is why Christ in Holy Spirit in each age, through the angel-messenger of each age, speaks to the wheat and also speaks to the tares.
We find that the way Christ would speak during these seven stages would be through the angel-messenger of each age.
These seven stages or ages would be fulfilled in different territories: the first age was fulfilled in Asia Minor; the second in France; the third in Hungary and France; the fourth in Scotland and Ireland; the fifth in Germany; the sixth in England; and the seventh in North America.
The messengers of these ages were: Saint Paul, Irenaeus, Martin, Columba, Luther, Wesley and William Marrion Branham. And these angel-messengers were represented in these seven stars that the Son of man has in His hand, in His right hand, here in Revelation chapter 1, verses 10 to 20.
The seven stars are the seven angel-messengers. Notice, it says… here it says:
“The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.”
Now, notice how these seven stars represent these seven angel-messengers of the seven Gentile Church ages; and the seven candlesticks represent the seven Gentile Church ages, which were typified in those seven churches of Asia Minor.
And now, notice how Christ has been among His Church in these seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church: He has been veiled and revealed through each one of these angel-messengers. And the Voice of Christ, notice, came out of the mouth of the messenger of each age; they were the mouth of Christ in each age.
And notice how Christ carried out His Work pertaining to each age; and He was building His spiritual Temple, His Church, His mystical Body of believers from age to age, using an angel-messenger, which is a star in the right hand of Christ. Seven stars: seven angel-messengers.
And now notice how Christ has been building His Church from age to age.
We have seen that the candlestick or lampstand was in the holy place, and the seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church pertain to the Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ; and those seven stars, which are the seven angel-messengers, which are also the seven lights of the seven lamps, we find that they also pertain to the Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ. Those seven stages have already been fulfilled.
After those seven stages, Christ must build the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple; and therefore, He must go on to the territory where He has put those living stones, those elect, whom He must call at the Last Day to gather them, and to form out of that group of elect the Age of the Cornerstone, which is the Age of the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ.
Now, we have seen how Christ worked in past ages, in the seven ages; we have seen what the seven stars are; and we have seen what the seven candlesticks are, or the seven lamps that were on the candlestick or lampstand there in the temple, in the holy place of the temple that Moses built and also the temple that King Solomon built.
Now notice, in Zechariah chapter 4, God tells us through the Prophet Zechariah… Chapter 4, verse 1 and on, it says:
“And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.
For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.”
So, these are the seven angel-messengers of the seven ages, in whom the Spirit of Christ has been manifested. Eyes represent prophets sent by God, in other words, seers.
“Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”
Now notice, here God is showing the Prophet Zechariah the temple here, which is a type and figure of the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ, which is a type and figure of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
That is why here Prince Zerubbabel and the Priest – the High Priest Joshua represent Christ: Christ as King and Christ as High Priest.
And that is why in [Zechariah] chapter 6, verse 12, speaking of Zerubbabel as a type and figure of Christ, it says:
“And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord.”
Zerubbabel came from the line of King David,1 and that is why he is a type and figure of the Messiah, of Christ, who would build a Temple for God; and It would be an eternal Temple which the Messiah would build for God. And the temple that Zerubbabel would be building would be a type and figure of the Temple that would be built by the Messiah, by Jesus Christ.
And notice how in the Temple which is in Heaven… like in the temple King Solomon built and the temple Moses built, we find that there was an outer court, a holy place, and a holy of holies, a type and figure of what there is in Heaven.
And now, we find that in the construction of the spiritual Temple of Christ, we find that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ going through Her seven ages belongs to [the Holy Place] of that spiritual Temple; and that is why She has seven candles lit, which are the seven angel-messengers of the seven Gentile Church ages.
And we find that the candlestick or lampstand is there with its seven lamps on fire. The seven lamps or bowls are the seven ages of the Gentile Church, with its seven angel-messengers on fire with the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
But once that Work during the seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church is finished, we must go on to the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ, for the materialization in that Temple of what is in the Holy of Holies of the Temple that is in Heaven, which was reflected in the holy of holies of the temple that Moses built, and the temple that Solomon built.
And now, after going through Asia Minor, Europe, and North America in the Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of Christ, we go on to Latin America and the Caribbean. And by Christ going on to Latin America and the Caribbean, we find Christ in Latin America and the Caribbean building the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple.
And that is why all the things that were in the holy of holies of the temple Moses built and the one Solomon built, will be found in the spiritual Temple of Christ, being materialized in human beings; just like what happened in the seven Gentile Church ages, in the Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of Christ, where Christ materialized with human beings the things of the Holy Place of the Temple which is in Heaven, and the temple that Moses built and the one Solomon built.
And now, notice the great blessing that has been given to Latin America and the Caribbean: to be the territory where Christ would build the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple.
And that is why He would have His elect for the Last Day, for the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom: so that with those elect (mostly put in Latin America and the Caribbean), upon calling them and gathering them, He would put them in the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple; and He builds that Holy of Holies out of them, so that everything that is in Heaven, in the Holy of Holies, may be reflected in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Christ, and produce what God has promised in His Program for this Last Day.
And now, that is why the Two Anointed Ones that stand before the Presence of God in Heaven must be materialized on Earth, in the spiritual Temple of Christ, in the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple. And those are the ministries of Moses and Elijah here on Earth, in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ; just like in Heaven there are the ministries in the Temple that is in Heaven: whose ministries? The ministries of Michael and Gabriel, those two mighty Archangels of God.
Now notice everything that must be materialized on Earth.
And once all of that is materialized on Earth, in the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Christ, everything Christ speaks there in the Holy of Holies of the Temple which is in Heaven, will be manifested, fulfilled, here in the Holy of Holies of the Temple which is here on Earth, the Temple of Christ; and from there, all those things that God speaks from His Throne there in Heaven, in the Holy of Holies, will be known, because those things are communicated to the spiritual Temple of Christ here on Earth. And that is why the Voice of Christ will come out of the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple at this Last Day.
The Voice of Christ, notice, which was in each age of the Gentile Church, is no longer in any of these ages; because they are already history, the seven stages or ages have already passed.
And where is the Voice of Christ currently? It is here in the Age of the Cornerstone, which is the Age of the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ. And the elect at the Last Day would be hearing the Voice of Christ, where? In the Holy of Holies and from the Holy of Holies of His spiritual Temple.
And in which territory would the Holy of Holies part of the spiritual Temple of Christ be fulfilled? Well, in Latin America and the Caribbean.
And who would be hearing the Voice of Christ at this Last Day? Well, us, here in Mexico, and in all the Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Now we have seen this mystery that has been moving from age to age.
We have seen who the seven stars in the hand of Christ are, and we have also seen who or what the seven golden candlesticks are: the seven candlesticks are the seven Gentile Church ages, and the seven stars in the hand of Christ are the seven angel-messengers of the seven ages of the Gentile Church. Notice how each was manifested in his time and in his territory or in the territory where God sent them, and where God fulfilled each of those ages.
But look, Latin American and Caribbean people have been given the best part in the Divine Program, because they have been given the stage of the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Christ.
Notice, in the first age Christ sent a ministry, Christ operated a ministry through Saint Paul; He sent that ministry, and Christ in Holy Spirit was manifested in Saint Paul, operating that ministry. And that is how it was from age to age.
But notice, for the Age of the Cornerstone we have the promise of the ministry of Elijah for the fifth time, and we have the promise of the ministry of Moses for the second time, and we have the promise of the ministry of Jesus for the second time.
Notice, for the seven ages He sent seven ministries, and for the Age of the Cornerstone He sends three powerful ministries.
And now, notice how the Age of the Cornerstone is the only stage where the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ will have a dispensational ministry, will have a dispensational messenger, and that is why these three great ministries will be manifested in him: the ministry of Jesus, a dispensational ministry; the ministry of Moses, a dispensational ministry; and the ministry of Elijah, who came from the Outer Court to the Holy Place and from the Holy Place where it was…
Notice, it was in the Outer Court in Elijah the Tishbite, in Elisha, and in John the Baptist; then it went to the Holy Place of the Temple of Jesus Christ in the seventh angel-messenger; and then it goes on to the Holy of Holies in the fulfillment of one of the Two Anointed Ones, of one of the Two Olive Trees of Revelation chapter 11, verse 3 and on.
Now notice how the ministry of Elijah has gone from stage to stage.
The ministry of Moses also went from the Outer Court, and after going from the Outer Court, where does it go? It goes on to the Holy of Holies.
And notice how the ministry of Christ has moved: from the Outer Court it went to the Holy Place, and from the Holy Place it went to the Holy of Holies at this end time.
Because He was in the Outer Court in the Old Testament; and His death, notice, was in the Outer Court too. But then He goes on to the seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church, He goes on to the Dispensation of Grace, where we find Him inside the Holy Place of His spiritual Temple speaking through each angel-messenger. And then, at the Last Day, He would go on to the Holy of Holies, to the Age of the Cornerstone, to speak through His Angel-Messenger.
And now notice how the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, notice how She was in the Holy Place and then how the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in the stage of the Last Day would go on to the Holy of Holies, with people of the end time, of the Last Day.
And with the people who were in the Holy Place, that’s with the people who received the messenger of their age and stayed with the messenger of their age; but now, at the Last Day, we go on to the Holy of Holies in the Work of Christ of the Last Day, among the Latin American and Caribbean people.
So, notice, the great blessing of the Divine Program for this Last Day in the spiritual Temple of Christ pertains to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Now, by knowing the story of the seven stars and the seven candlesticks, we can see how God worked in the seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church, and how that later becomes a type and figure of the way Christ would work at the Last Day, in the Age of the Cornerstone; and how Christ would manifest Himself in the Age of the Cornerstone through His Angel-Messenger, making known to us all these things which must shortly come to pass, in the Age of the Cornerstone; and thus preparing us, calling us, gathering us in the Age of the Cornerstone; and preparing us to be changed and raptured at this Last Day.
It has been a great privilege to be with you tonight, testifying to you about: “THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS AND THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS” that are in the Holy Place; and here Christ, the Son of man, appears among the seven golden candlesticks, with the seven stars in His hand, in His right hand.
Those seven stars, as we have seen, are the seven spirits of God which run to and fro through the whole Earth; they are the seven eyes of God, of the Lord; and so on. Why? Because it is the Spirit of Christ manifested in each angel-messenger, carrying out the Work pertaining to each age, in the mystical Body of Christ, during the seven stages of the Gentile Church, in the Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of Christ.
And now we have gone on to the stage of the Holy of Holies with the Latin American and Caribbean people.
May the blessings of Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, pertaining to the Holy of Holies and for those who would be in the Holy of Holies, be upon each one of you and also upon me. And may He completely open our understanding so that we understand His entire Program pertaining to this Last Day. And soon may He change us, and thus give us the new body that He has promised for each one of us. And may He take us to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb soon, at this Last Day. In the Eternal Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen and amen.
May God continue to bless you all, may God keep you.
And I will leave Rev. Miguel Bermúdez Marín with you again to continue and conclude our participation tonight by thanking Jesus Christ for His seven stars, for the seven stars: the seven angel-messengers of the seven ages, and for the seven golden candlesticks, the seven golden lamps that are on the candlestick; and also for the Age of the Cornerstone, for the Age of the Holy of Holies of the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ.
May God bless you. And have a good evening, everyone. Thank you very much for your kind attention.
“THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS AND THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS.”
1 Matthew 1:6-12