Good evening, kind friends and brethren present, and those who are connected through the Amazonas satellite or the internet in different nations. It is a great blessing to be with you on this occasion, to share some moments of fellowship with you around the Word of God and His Program relevant to this end time.
For this reason, let’s read a passage in Isaiah, chapter 60, verse 1 and on, where it tells us:
“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.”
May God bless our souls with His Word and allow us to understand It.
“IT’S ALREADY TIME TO BE IN THE SAFE PLACE.” That is our subject for this occasion.
It’s important to be in the safe place at all times, and especially when it is announced that darkness will come upon the Earth. This passage speaks to us in terms of the spiritual realm, but it also has its fulfillment in the literal realm.
Now, looking at this passage from the spiritual point of view, it speaks to us about a brightness for those who arise, and a Light that will shine upon them.
In the spiritual realm, we find that Christ is the Light. He said: “I am the Light of the world; he that follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life.” Saint John, chapter 8, verse 12.
Since Christ is the Light: this Light that shines, this Light that comes, is the Coming of the Lord; which was fulfilled two thousand years ago among the Hebrew people. And this is consistent with Isaiah, chapter 9, verse 1 and on, where it says:
“Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”
And now, this prophetic Scripture —whose total fulfillment would be in the Coming of the Messiah— when Jesus or Yeshua was on Earth (in chapter 4 of Saint Matthew), it was fulfilled in Galilee, where Jesus was brought up; where He went with Peter, James, and John (who were fishermen), He went on their boats, He preached from their boats; and so on, we find a very beautiful relationship between Jesus and the fishermen, which is prophetic.
Let’s see, chapter 4 of Saint Matthew, verses 12 and on, it says:
“Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.”
And now, when Jesus is preaching among the land of Galilee (that territory which consisted of a few cities), the Light was shining there. And what was It? Christ, the Light of the world, shining as He preached the Word to them in His ministry.
And now, it says:
“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
And now, notice, it’s because He is preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, announcing to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. And thus, Christ, the Light of the world, is shining as He shines through His ministry, bringing the Message, the Word, for the people.
It goes on to say:
“And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
The apostles and those who take the message, evangelizing, are fishers of men, and the people who hear are typified in fish, and those who receive Christ as their Savior are fish who have been caught in the net of the Gospel and put in the Kingdom of God.
That is also why in Saint John, in the last chapter, we find a very important passage there: Christ already resurrected, being among His disciples, and appearing on different occasions. On this occasion, when He appears to them, notice what happens there: in chapter 21, verse… verse 9 and on says:
“As soon then as they were come to land…”
Verse 5 and on says, of Saint John chapter 21:
“Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread (that is, Jesus was cooking, and it was morning: preparing breakfast).
Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have (caught).”
And of course, the fire was already prepared, they just had to put some fish on it for everyone’s breakfast.
“Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.”
One hundred and fifty-three [153] big fish weigh a lot, and a net can break. These big fish are a type and figure of the elect that God will call at this end time, it represents the elect of the Last Day, both of the Church and of the Hebrew people, which are 144,000.
Those of the Hebrew people are 144,000, 12,000 of each tribe of the children of Israel. And we don’t know how many there are of the Church; but hopefully there are many, because then our family members can come in as well.
“Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him…”
And what didn’t they dare to ask Him? Notice, they didn’t fully recognize Him, because in the glorified body a change takes place.
Once your family members, or you yourself, are transformed, if you are 50, 60, 70 or 80 years old, when you have the new body you will represent the age of 18 to 21. And your family members will say:
—“Who are you? You know a lot of things that my grandson, or my son, knew, who died at this age, or who was alive but we don’t know where he is. You’re saying a lot of things he used to say, and you know things he knew. But… who are you?”
And if you say to him: “Dad, it’s me,” or: “Mom, it’s me,” they won’t be able to believe it, unless they’re a believer who knows these things.
But notice:
“And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou?”
They themselves didn’t even know, they weren’t sure that it was Jesus, because when He died He was badly beaten, His face was disfigured… He was about 33 years old; and now, being glorified, the glorified body represents 18 to 21 years of age, it is interdimensional; and that is why He passed through… with the doors closed He went through walls and appeared where they were; and they thought it was a spirit. But He says: “A spirit does not have flesh and bones, as I have,”[1] and He could eat with them.
So, they were surprised, for forty days they couldn’t fully understand what had happened. But they knew it was the Lord, even though they couldn’t understand it: “But how is it possible that now this young man is the Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord?”
“And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.”
In other words, He did not appear to them every day, rather, for 40 days He appeared on different occasions. Let’s think that He appeared to them every Saturday, so we can then understand that He appeared to them seven to eight times during that time, or six to eight times. And He spoke with them.
He said they were not going to see Him again for now, but they were going to see Him later on; meaning, He was going to die: they were not going to see Him.
That is why He said: “You shall see Me and you shall not see Me.” The way Jesus spoke: “A little while, and you shall not see Me; and a little while… and again a little while, and you shall see Me.”[2]
“A little while, and you shall not see Me,” meaning, within a few days; “and you shall not see Me,” because He was going to die. And “a little while (three days), and then you shall see Me.”
And now, with the glorified body, Jesus didn’t have problems anymore, they couldn’t kill Him again; and they will never be able to kill Him again, because it isn’t in the Divine Program for Him to die again. That is why there is only one Sacrifice,[3] and with that one Sacrifice, He has made perfect all the believers in Him, written in Heaven, in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
And now, being among them, before His death and resurrection, Christ said to them: “I am the Light of the world; he that follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life.” Therefore, when Christ preached there in Nazareth, starting His ministry, the people which sat in darkness started to see a great Light: Christ, the Light of the world, shining, enlightening —through the preaching of the Gospel of the Kingdom— all the people who heard Him.
“The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in (darkness) and shadow of death light is sprung up.”
Likewise, in the spiritual realm, after sinning the human being was left in darkness, in shadow of death, because he died to Eternal Life; and therefore, with the risk of dying spiritually, of the person dying with the second death, which is the lake of fire.
But Christ, the Light of the world, shines upon and enlightens our soul, what for? So that there is a spiritual awakening, a spiritual resurrection of the human being, who died back in the Garden of Eden, who died to Eternal Life; and therefore, now he needs his soul to resurrect, for the human being to resurrect to Eternal Life internally, by hearing the Voice of Christ, just as Lazarus heard Him there in the grave when Jesus said: “Lazarus, come forth!”[4]
Such is the call to every person. He is called to come to the Feet of Christ, so that the human being may have Eternal Life again; Eternal Life which he lost in the Garden of Eden.
That miracle is greater than the one He performed by resurrecting Lazarus; back then it was a physical resurrection, which testifies of a physical resurrection that He is going to carry out at the Last Day for all the believers in Him who have died physically; because He says:
[John 5:24] “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
And speaking of the resurrection at the Last Day, He says the following words in Saint John, chapter 6… Verse 39 to 40, of Saint John, chapter 6, Christ says:
“And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Only the believers in Christ have the promise of a resurrection to Eternal Life at the Last Day; they will resurrect in eternal bodies, immortal bodies, glorified bodies.
It is a very great blessing for all the believers in Christ, who have first experienced a spiritual resurrection, they have resurrected to Eternal Life in the Mystical Body of Christ, and therefore, they have already confirmed their place in the Kingdom of Christ, in the Kingdom of God.
And now, we are waiting for the resurrection of the dead believers in Christ, because we have already gone into the Last Day, which is the last millennium, the seventh millennium since Adam or third millennium since Christ; and according to the Gregorian calendar, we are already eleven years into the seventh millennium (since Adam), or third millennium since Christ; because three millennia have passed since Christ.
The three last days before God are the three last millennia, which are: the fifth millennium (which began in the days of Jesus), the sixth millennium, and the seventh millennium; those are the three last days, which are called the last days in the Scripture. And of the three last days, the last one is the seventh millennium since Adam or third millennium since Christ.
That is why in the days of Jesus and of the apostles, they said that they were already in the last days and that God has spoken by Christ in the last days; Saint Paul says in Hebrews, chapter 1, verse 1 to 3.
And Saint Peter says in chapter 2 of the book of Acts that God had promised (through the prophet Joel) to pour out of His Spirit in the last days; and He was already pouring out of His Holy Spirit in those days, because the last days had already begun.
And now, for the Last Day there are great blessings promised from God for all the believers in Christ: a resurrection for all the believers in Christ who have died physically: they will resurrect in glorified bodies, eternal, immortal, and young bodies; and a transformation for those who are alive and are waiting for the Coming of the Lord and the transformation of their bodies; those will be the elect of the Last Day, of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, at this end time all the elect of God are being called and gathered; the Voice of Christ through the Gospel of Christ is calling and gathering all the elect of God at this end time.
That Trumpet of the Gospel of Christ is sounding at this end time, gathering together all the elect, along with the Trumpet of the Gospel of the Kingdom at this Last Day. Then comes the resurrection of the dead in Christ in glorified bodies, and the transformation of all the living believers, born again in the Mystical Body of Christ.
That is why it is so important to be in a safe place. And which is the safe place? Christ. And therefore, to be in Christ, in the Mystical Body of Christ, in the stage relevant to this time, is to be in the safe place, where the believers will obtain the adoption, which will be the redemption of the body, that is, the transformation of their bodies for those who are alive, and the resurrection of the dead in Christ of different past times, and some of our time who have also departed.
Each one of the believers in Christ of past ages was in the safe place of their time: in Christ, in the Mystical Body of Christ, in the Lord’s Fold.
And now, we have reached the end time, we have reached the time in which, once the rest of the Mystical Body of Christ has been gathered, the resurrection will come, and then the transformation of the living.
Therefore, let’s always be in the safe place: in the Mystical Body of Christ, in the stage relevant to our time. And that means being steadfast in Christ: with our faith always put in Christ.
Never leave Christ. No matter what problems you have: stay in Christ, believing, and serving Him all the days of your life.
Someday we will be transformed. It doesn’t matter how many days, or months, or years pass, the moment of the resurrection of the dead in Christ and the transformation of us who are alive, will come.
“IT’S ALREADY TIME TO BE IN THE SAFE PLACE.”
I am in the safe place: in Christ, in the stage relevant to our time, as a member of the Mystical Body of Christ our Savior.
“IT’S ALREADY TIME TO BE IN THE SAFE PLACE.”
May the blessings of Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, be upon all of you and also upon me.
“IT’S ALREADY TIME TO BE IN THE SAFE PLACE.”
[1] Luke 24:39
[2] John 16:16-17
[3] Hebrews 10:12
[4] John 11:38-44