The mystery of the open Book

Good morning, beloved friends and brethren present. It is a great privilege for me to be with you on this occasion, to share with you a few moments of fellowship around the Word of God and to see the Divine Program pertaining to this end time.

Our subject for this occasion is: “THE MYSTERY OF THE OPEN BOOK,” which appears in Revelation, chapter 10, verse 1 and on; and Revelation, chapter 5, verse 1 and on also.

Let’s read Revelation, chapter 5, verse 1 and on; it says:

“And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.”

And now, chapter 10, verse 1 and on, it 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:

And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.”

May God bless our hearts with His Word, and allow us to understand It.

“THE MYSTERY OF THE OPEN BOOK.”

This little Book that appears here, in the right hand of Him who sits on the Throne, in chapter 5, verse 1 onwards, of Revelation, is the same open Book that the Mighty Angel of Revelation, chapter 10, brings in His hand.

Because the one who brings that Book is Christ; and He comes with that Title Deed, that little Book already open in His hand; because He took it from the right hand of Him who sits on the Throne, and opened it in Heaven in chapter 6 of Revelation, and also in chapter 8, verse 1. In other words, chapters 6 and 8, there is the opening of that Book sealed with seven Seals; and then already, in chapter 10, He descends with that little Book open in His hand.

Now, notice, this little Book is the Title Deed to the Heavens and the Earth. Adam had it and lost his rights to it when he sinned; and all his rights were confiscated: the right to eternal life, the right to an eternal body, the right to eternal happiness, the right to eternal health, the right to eternal youth, the right to eternal government. To all those eternal rights, Adam, you see, Adam lost all those rights, they were confiscated from him, and from Adam’s offspring, consequently.

And that is why we find that he was taken out of the Garden of Eden; because if he stayed there in the Garden of Eden he could reach out his hand and take of the fruit of the Tree of Life, and eat, and live eternally. That would mean eating – taking and eating that little Book, that Title Deed.

But it was taken by God; and we find in Revelation, chapter 5, verse 1 and on, that it has been at the right hand of God.

But for the end time, this announcement comes out in Heaven that we heard in chapter 5, where it tells us:

“And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.”

Now, see that neither in Heaven nor on Earth nor under the Earth was there any person worthy to take that Book and open it, not even to look at or read that Book.

And why was the situation like this? Because every human being who was on Earth, or who had come to Earth, had come through the union of a woman; and Adam, who had come in another form, had sinned.

And now, what about Christ? Where was Christ? Jesus Christ was on the Throne of Intercession when this announcement came out, when the time came for the opening of this Book.

And now, look, it had to be a human being; because there were archangels there and there were angels also; but none of them was qualified to carry out that Work, because it had to have been a human being here on Earth.

And now, we can see that no one was found worthy to take that Book and open those Seals; but John wept a lot, because the situation before the divine Law was… the situation, very delicate; because if no one worthy to take that Book and open those Seals appeared, the whole Creation would return to what it was before the Creation.

Now, that Title Deed, in other words, that Book is the Title Deed of the Heavens and the Earth, it is the Book of the Redemption of all Creation.

So look how important is that Title, that Book; and only one person can take that Book and open those Seals: and it is Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, who is also the Lion of the tribe of Judah.

When the old man introduces Him, he presents Him as the Lion of the tribe of Judah; and when John sees Him, he sees Him as the Lamb.

And why is He seen in that form? Because the Lion comes in such a simple form that looks like a Lamb; and that is the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ Himself, who two thousand years ago was on Earth as the Lamb of God; but for the Last Day He will be the Lion of the tribe of Judah.

The same Angel of the Covenant or Angel of the Lord that was manifested in human flesh as the Lamb of God, for the Last Day will be manifested as the Lion of the tribe of Judah.

Now, see how that is God in simplicity, the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ tells us.

And now, this Book sealed with seven Seals has to be opened in the end time, it has to be opened when the gentile Church ages, the seven ages, have come to an end.

And that is why everything that would be happening in the end time was reflected in prophets, both of Old Testament and New Testament, including the seven angel messengers, and, above all, the seventh angel messenger. There are many things that were apparently being fulfilled in the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ, but they were only being reflected in him.

And now, look, when God speaks to us through His forerunner for the end time, or end, or stage of the Age of the Laodicean Church, where we reach the end of the seven ages of the gentile Church; you see, he announces that Christ will change from Lamb to Lion.

How is he announcing the Second Coming of Christ? As the Lion of the tribe of Judah. How did John the Baptist announce it? As the Lamb of God, see?

Now, see how the forerunner has to announce the Coming of the Lord in the form in which He is going to be manifested. John the Baptist had to announce it as the Lamb of God; but now the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ announces it as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, in His Reclaiming Work.

Now we can see this whole Program, and we can see that for the Last Day is that this Book of the Seven Seals is taken from the right hand of Him who sits on the Throne, to be opened and be revealed to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Now, we find that from stage to stage, from age to age, of the gentile Church, pages of this Book of Seven Seals have been fulfilled.

For example, the seven stages or ages of the gentile Church we find from the First Seal to the Third Seal.

And then we find in the… let’s look over here… in the… let’s look over here… Let’s look at the Fourth Seal, to see what it tells us. In the Fourth Seal, we find that the rider that comes riding in the different ages, and that the horse changes color… In the first stage or tour we find him on a white horse.

Chapter 6 of Revelation, says:

“And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.”

That is the antichrist or the spirit of the antichrist, coming on the horse of dogmas, creeds and traditions. In other words, a horse represents a power.

“And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.”

Here, the same antichrist, see how he goes from one horse to another horse, that is, from one color to another color; it is the same antichrist, and see how the horse changes color; that is, he comes riding on the same horse that is changing color.

Then, for the Third Seal…:

“And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.”

That is, do not harm the elect, who have My Holy Spirit. For the oil represents the Holy Spirit, and the wine represents the stimulus caused by the revelation of the Word for the corresponding time.

“And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”

This Fourth Seal is fulfilled in this end time, where the devil incarnate in the antichrist, in the man of sin, which will be fulfilling what is represented here in the Fourth Seal.

And the previous seals already… You see, this horse rider that has been changing the color of his horse, notice that he is the antichrist. He has been manifesting himself on this Earth during the different ages of the gentile Church.

Now, the Fourth Seal is a predicted Seal, not yet fulfilled; the other Seals, you see, were already fulfilled. The other horse riders… In other words, it is the same horse rider, the antichrist, on his horse, changing color; on his horse of dogmas, creeds and traditions.

And now the Fifth Seal. Says:

“…I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?”

Whose blood would be avenged? Whose blood do they ask to be avenged? Of those who dwell on Earth. Who are these? These are the Hebrews who have been slain under the persecutions that have been brought upon the Hebrews during all these past times. Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and other dictators, persecuted the Hebrews and tried to extirpate the Hebrew nation from the Earth. But now they ask for revenge, being they live in another dimension.

And now:

“And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.”

There will be a number of 144,000 Hebrews who will be killed, as these Hebrews were killed during the time of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. So this is a predicted Seal, in part. The part: those who are yet to die of the Hebrew people as martyrs; but a part of that Seal has already been fulfilled, in the time of those persecutions against the Hebrew people.

“And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood…”

This Seal, notice, wherein the ministry of Moses and Elijah, of the Two Olive Trees, will be manifested for that time; notice, this Seal is opened, as to its fulfillment, it is opened as to its full fulfillment, when here comes this earthquake, this great earthquake after the opening of that Seal.

Now, the mystery of this Seal is that it is Moses and Elijah, who come to carry out their ministries during the great tribulation. But first they have to be in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; because they appear, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, they appear in the Temple of God; therefore, they appear in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is the Temple of Jesus Christ.

And that is why the Moses the prophet built two cherubim of gold upon the mercy seat, according to the ordinance of God, in the midst of which was God in that light of the Shekinah; upon the mercy seat, there was God manifest.

And then King Solomon, when he built the temple in Jerusalem, also built two cherubim of olive wood and overlaid them with gold, which represent the ministry of Moses and Elijah for the Last Day; there are the Two Olive Trees.

And now, we can see how, being that both the tabernacle built by Moses and the temple built by Solomon represent the Temple that is in Heaven; and therefore represent the spiritual Temple of Christ, which is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; therefore, those ministries would be on Earth, in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the Most Holy Place of that spiritual Temple.

And it is for the stage or age of the Most Holy Place that the things that are in the Throne in Heaven will be materializing in the spiritual Temple of Christ, in the Most Holy Place of that spiritual Temple; and therefore, the Title Deed comes from the Temple which is in Heaven, Christ takes it and brings it to Earth to His spiritual Temple, to the Most Holy Place of His spiritual Temple. In other words, it passes from the Throne that is in Heaven to the Throne that will be here on Earth in the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ. It passes to the Age of the Throne, the Age of the Most Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of Jesus Christ.

That is why when Christ takes that Title Deed and opens it in Heaven, then in Revelation, chapter 8, verse 1, it says:

“And when he had opened…”

Remember that there is a parenthesis here, after the Sixth Seal is opened there is a parenthesis from the Sixth Seal to the Seventh Seal, where also countless things happen.

And now, in chapter 8, verse 1, it says:

“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”

The opening of the Seventh Seal causes silence in Heaven for about half an hour; because the Seventh Seal is the Second Coming of Christ. And that mystery, which was not known neither in Heaven nor on Earth, nor the angels knew that mystery, then when it is opened in Heaven, by Christ, we find that everyone there in Heaven knew, knew that mystery, but kept silent; and thus the enemy of God, the devil, would not know that mystery.

Therefore, that mystery of the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Heaven, would be fulfilled on Earth according to how the other mysteries have been being fulfilled.

And you see, for the end time, in the fulfillment of that mystery, the enemy of God could not understand it; and therefore, he could not, although he would try to make imitations, he would not be able to make one or some good imitations. Therefore, he could not deceive God’s elect, although he would try to deceive them.

For the elect, you see, we find that they cannot be deceived, because they are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life since before the foundation of the world; and for every age and every dispensation God sends them a messenger, a prophet, with the Word. What for? So that they may receive the Word.

And in receiving the Word and the messenger who brings that Word, well, they cannot be deceived, because God has His Voice, His Word, for them to hear; and they will not listen to anyone else. “My sheep hear my Voice, and they follow me, and I know them,”¹ says Christ. And He says that they will not listen (what?) to the voice of strangers.²

So we can see that this mystery of the Seals, has been being fulfilled from age to age; and now we are at the time when the Seventh Seal is the one that has the appointed time by God to be fulfilled on Earth, which is the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah; because the Seventh Seal is the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. And the opening of that Seal, as to its fulfillment on Earth, is the fulfillment of the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Reclaiming Work. And the manifestation of the Seventh Seal on Earth has a beginning and an end.

And now, see how, with the fulfillment of the Seventh Seal on Earth, the blessings of God will come upon all the elect of God. It is the time for the Last Trumpet or Great Voice of Trumpet to be heard, and God’s elect to be called and gathered and prepared to be transformed and raptured in this Last Day.

Now, see how for the Last Day, Christ, who has been from age to age in His Church, manifested through every angel messenger of every age…; as shown by Reverend William Marrion Branham in this diagram³ of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in the form of a pyramid:

We find that through each angel messenger: Saint Paul, Irenaeus, Martin, Columba, Luther, Wesley and William Marrion Branham, Christ veiled and revealed Himself through them in each age, and spoke to His people, and called them and gathered them in the age pertaining to each of them.

And now for the Last Day, for the Age of the Cornerstone, the Age of Divine Love, Christ through His Angel Messenger calls and gathers His elect in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, in the territory of Latin America and the Caribbean, which is the territory of the Age of the Cornerstone, and where the Dispensation of the Kingdom opens.

Just as there was a territory for each age of the gentile Church… For example, the territory for the first age was Asia Minor, and its messenger Saint Paul; the territory for the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth ages was Europe, in different European nations, and its messengers were sent in those territories where those ages were fulfilled.

Then, the territory for the seventh age of the gentile Church is North America, where He sent the Reverend William Marrion Branham, and where the seventh stage or age of the gentile Church was fulfilled; and where Christ was manifested in His angel messenger, the Reverend William Marrion Branham, the angel messenger for the seventh age of the gentile Church; and through whom He was speaking and was calling and gathering His elect into the Mystical Body of Christ in the seventh stage or age of the gentile Church.

And then He was also manifested in this gap between the seventh age and the Age of the Cornerstone, where the Spirit of Christ was also manifested, but they had already cast out the Spirit of Christ manifested in our brother Branham, they had cast Him out of the seventh age of the gentile Church, they had cast Him out of Laodicea.

But you see, the promise is that a new age would come; and he prophesied of that new age, and of that new manifestation of Christ in a new age and in a new dispensation, and he was announcing that it would come. That is why he is the forerunner of a new dispensational messenger, of a new age and of a new Message, and of a new territory where Christ would be manifested.

That is why he said: “The Message will go to another nation and another people”⁴; and that is also why the Seven Thunders of Revelation, chapter 10, utter their voices in another language which is not the language of any of the seven angel messengers; because it is in a language they did not know:⁵ It is in the language where He will be fulfilling the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, and that will be the language of the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, of which Christ says:

“I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches…” (Revelation 22, verse 16).

And Revelation, chapter 4, verse 1, says:

“Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.”

Where is Christ going to show us the things that are to happen in this Last Day? In the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom. And the territory for the fulfillment of that age is Latin America and the Caribbean.

And now, notice how, as He ascends to the Age of the Cornerstone, the Age of the Most Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of Christ, He shows us all these things that must shortly be done; because He in Holy Spirit, in the Last Day, would be in His Angel Messenger, making known to us all these things that must shortly be done; because the Angel of Jesus Christ is His sent one, His dispensational prophet for the Dispensation of the Kingdom and for the Age of the Cornerstone; that is the Anointed One of the Spirit of God for the Last Day.

And now, see in Revelation, chapter 22, verse 6, how it 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.”

Now notice how we have the promise that He will show us all these things which must shortly be done; we have it in Revelation, chapter 4, verse 1. And now, it is through His Angel Messenger that all these things that must shortly be done are made known; because, in His Angel Messenger, Christ would be in the Last Day manifested, making known to us through His Angel Messenger all these things that must happen.

And now, notice how, for the Last Day, the Book of the Seven Seals, the Title Deed of Heaven and Earth, the Book of the Redemption of all Creation, for the Last Day has to be taken from the right hand of Him that sits on the Throne; Christ has to take it, He has to (then) open it in Heaven, and bring it open to Earth to be revealed to His Church; and thus His Church can be restored to eternal life.

And now, for that, you see, in the Last Day there will be a group of human beings with their names written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, that will be called and gathered; and with that group the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ will be completed.

And the Title Deed will return to the human race, to the sons and daughters of God, in order to be restored to eternal life with an eternal body; and thus be restored, to God’s elect, all that Adam and Eve lost in the fall.

Now, notice why Christ brings that Book of the Seven Seals to Earth: He brings it for His Church; and that is why He has to deliver it to His Church. And in His Church there must be a prophet, a messenger, because the Word comes to the prophets of God.

And the Word being this Title Deed, there has to be a prophet here on Earth in the end time, in the Last Day; and he has to be the messenger of the Last Day in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, so that the Word comes to him, and so that he eats that Word and it becomes flesh in him; and he also gives us that Word in the form of Message; and we all eat that Word and it becomes flesh in all of us.

“For man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.”⁶

So being the Word… You see, in Revelation, chapter 10, we find that in verse… Let’s continue reading chapter 10:

“And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.”

The content of those Seven Thunders is the revelation of the Second Coming of Christ.

“And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices…”

You see, what did they speak? What did they reveal? They revealed the mystery of the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Reclaiming Work. But John was forbidden to write what was spoken.

And now, you see it is the Voice of Christ speaking with that Voice of Thunder, and Seven Thunders uttering their voices.

It goes on saying:

“And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.”

Now, see how the prophetic Message to all nations, peoples and tongues will come through the one who eats that open little Book that Christ brings from Heaven; and, therefore, all that Adam lost in the fall is restored to him. He obtains a restoration, both he and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, for the Last Day, the Great Voice of Trumpet or Last Trumpet sounds, which is the preaching of the Gospel of the Kingdom. And who sounds it? The Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, making known all these things that must happen soon, with and through the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom.

And then, we find that the elect are called and gathered, gathered into the Age of the Cornerstone; and then will come the resurrection of the dead in Christ and the transformation of us who are alive. And thus we shall obtain the eternal body.

Because the Title Deed will be on Earth, in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect of God will have eaten it; for that is the Word, the Message, the spiritual food, for all the elect of God, for the restoration of every son and daughter of God to eternal life, to the inheritance of God; for we are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ Jesus our Lord.⁷

That is why the Mighty Angel gives this Title Deed to a man. Here in the vision it is John [the beloved disciple], who represents the Mystical Body of Christ from age to age, with the angel messengers of each age.

And for the Last Day, there when he takes the Book and eats it, he is representing the Mystical Body of Christ headed in the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, in which Jesus Christ will be manifested in Holy Spirit; and therefore, he is the one who receives that Title Deed and eats it in the Last Day; and gives us of that Word to eat; and we all eat of that Word in order to also be transformed and have the new body, in order to be restored to all that Adam and Eve lost in the fall.

All that was also typified when God delivered the Hebrew people from Egypt through the prophet Moses; there He is restoring them to the land of Israel.

Also the restoration of the Hebrew people, who had been taken captive to Babylon, after the 70 years (the 70 years fulfilled), we find that the restoration of the Hebrew people to their land Israel came. And now, all this represents the restoration of the sons and daughters of God in the Last Day to eternal life.

Notice, in the time of Babylon letters were even written for the restoration of the Hebrew people to their land. Also when Jeremiah the prophet, in chapter 32, bought his cousin’s inheritance, which had been his cousin’s father’s, and before that it had been his cousin’s grandfather’s, and so on and so forth; for it passes from father to son, from son to grandson, and so on and so forth. And now, Jeremiah’s cousin needed to sell that property, and he came to Jeremiah. Why? Because Jeremiah had the right to buy that property, because he was related to him.

And now, this is type of the Christ figure, which is being reflected in the prophet Jeremiah. And we find that the property he buys is the inheritance, it represents the inheritance of the sons and daughters of God.

And now, Christ, the Kinsman Redeemer: The Kinsman Redeemer bought that Property by paying the price of death there on Calvary’s Cross; He bought the inheritance of the sons and daughters of God. The inheritance that Adam lost, you see, was bought by Jesus Christ, the second Adam. And now, everything belongs (to whom?) to the one who bought that inheritance.

We find that the title deed of the purchase that Jeremiah made, was sealed and placed inside a clay vessel, a clay pot, to be kept there; and so that, at the time of restoration, Jeremiah would make claim to that property that he purchased from his kinsman.

And for the Last Day, our Kinsman Redeemer makes the claim of the Property that He purchased, which Adam had, but Adam lost the rights to that Property; and Christ had the right to purchase that Property, and thus redeem the inheritance that Adam was losing; but Christ was redeeming that inheritance, for whom? For all the sons and daughters of God; because it is the inheritance of God given to the sons and daughters of God.

Therefore, the enemy, who took the inheritance of the children of God, because of the fall in the Garden of Eden, we find that he does not have the Title Deed. Although he took this planet Earth, which is an inheritance from God to His children; he took the kingdom of the nations, which is an inheritance also from God to His children; he has taken the riches of this world and all things, which is an inheritance from God to His children. But Christ, for the Last Day, will be making claim to all that He redeemed.

And just as in the year of jubilee everything returned to its original owner: at the Last Day (in the seventh millennium), everything will return to its original owner, everything will return to Christ and all the sons and daughters of God, who have been born by believing in Christ and receiving His Holy Spirit, have received the new birth.

And now, see how for the end time we have the promise of the Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Reclaiming Work; so (the claim of Christ, which Christ makes, because we have the right to all the inheritance) to be restored to our inheritance and all that entails the restoration of the children of God to the inheritance of God.

It entails a new body, which is eternal; and it entails the position of kings and priests in the glorious Kingdom of Christ; and it entails countless privileges:

For example, eternal youth, which you have been seeking through science, you see, eternal youth will be restored to the sons and daughters of God. And how? By Christ giving them an eternal body.

Look at the simple way in which the problem of the human being’s situation is solved, that as the years go by he gets older and older, and then he gets sick or dies of old age. But that will be cut off when we have the new body; because it will be eternal.

And now, see “THE MYSTERY OF THE OPEN BOOK.”

That is the Book of the redemption of Heaven and Earth, it is the Title Deed of Heaven and Earth, which Christ redeemed with His precious Blood; and that is why, being our names written there, we find that Christ there has been making Intercession in Heaven, in the Most Holy Place; and He has been calling and seeking His elect who are written in that Title Deed. That Book is the Lamb’s Book of Life.

And now, notice how the content of that Book is being fulfilled here on Earth, until we reach this end time, where the Seventh Seal, which is the Second Coming of Christ, is promised to be fulfilled in this Last Day, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Reclaiming Work; so that the children of God may be restored to eternal life with an eternal body.

The Second Coming of Christ gives His Church the faith, the revelation, to be transformed and raptured, which is the revelation of the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, and His Reclaiming Work.

And thus the elect of God will be seeing the Second Coming of Christ fulfilled, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Reclaiming Work; and they will be called and gathered, and prepared to be changed and raptured; that is, to be restored to the inheritance of God that Adam and Eve lost in the fall, but that inheritance will be restored to all the sons and daughters of God.

We have seen this mysterious Book that is in the right hand of God, in chapter 5. Then we have seen it in chapter 10 in the hand of Christ, that Book opened. And then we have seen it passing from the hand of Christ to the hand of a man, who receives the order to eat it, in order to make flesh in him that Title Deed; and thus come the restoration of all things, for all the rights of the sons and daughters of God to be restored in the Last Day.

We have seen that this Book that no one could open or even look at in Heaven, is brought to Earth, and then it is given to a man; and the man eats it, because he receives the order to eat it, to then prophesy over many peoples, nations and tongues.

In other words, it happens as it happened with the prophet Ezekiel, in chapter 1, where the Scripture tells us… Notice, it tells us… Let’s see here: Chapter 2, let’s read… Chapter 2, verse 1 and on, it says:

“And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.

And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.

And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.

For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God.

And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee (now, God, here will give something to eat to the prophet).

And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.”

Chapter 3, goes on to say:

“Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

Now, see that this man who ate this Book is a prophet; for the Word comes to the prophets of God.

“For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.”

Now, see how God here gives him the Word in a written scroll, because at that time the Word of God was written in scrolls, in rolls; not like today, in the form in which we have it.

And now, this being a vision, Ezekiel could eat that Word that was in the sixth dimension, and then, with the content of those words written in that scroll, in that book, he could prophesy to the Hebrew people.

And now, notice how also in Revelation, chapter 10, it is said to the one to whom the Book is delivered, it is said to him to eat it, it is said to him [verse 8]:

“And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.”

In the belly it is bitter, because due to the Word many sufferings and bitternesses come, which causes it to be bitter there in the depths of the person. But in the mouth it is sweet as honey, for there is nothing sweeter than the Word of God being preached; and in the mouth of the preacher who eats this Book, you see, the Word is sweet when he preaches it, for him it is sweet to speak the Word of God.

“And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.”

See how the prophet comes – the prophetic ministry of the Last Day, see how he comes bringing a prophetic Message to many peoples, nations and tongues.

That Message, you see, comes from the one who eats the little Book sealed with seven Seals, which is opened by our beloved Lord Jesus Christ, and delivered to His last prophet messenger that He sends to Earth in the Last Day. And He comes revealing to His Church these things that God has revealed to Him; and He also comes prophesying the things that are to come to pass, both the good and the bad, both the blessings of God and the judgments of God.

So we can see that he comes prophesying the divine judgments coming upon the Earth: the day of vengeance of our God. But he also comes prophesying of the resurrection of the dead in Christ and of the transformation of us who live, to be fulfilled that promise (when?) in the Last Day. And he is opening the mystery of what the Last Day is, which is the seventh millennium; and showing that if we add to the calendar the years it is behind, we are already in the Last Day.

And so on and so forth he comes revealing all these mysteries that pertain to the Last Day, which could not be revealed by any of the seven angel messengers of the seven ages of the gentile Church; but of which the messengers of the seven ages prophesied, and also the prophets of the Old Testament prophesied of these things that would come in the Last Day.

And now, this Angel comes bearing witness of all these things, and showing the fulfillment of these things, as they are being fulfilled on this Earth in the midst of the human beings.

And now, notice how all these things would be fulfilled in the Last Day. And we are living in the Last Day, in the time appointed by God for the mysterious Book of the Seven Seals to be open and to be in a prophet who has eaten that Book.

• Who is the Mighty Angel descending from Heaven with the little Book open?

It is Jesus Christ in His Coming, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah.

• What is contained in that open little Book?

That open little Book, which is the Title Deed, is the Book of Redemption, and it contains written everything that would be redeemed by our beloved Lord Jesus Christ. There are written the names of all the elect of God, of all the members of the Mystical Body of the Lord Jesus Christ.

• Does it have to…? Was it ever closed? And where was it?

Well, it was closed in Heaven, in the right hand of Him that is sitting in Heaven, Revelation, chapter 5 and verse 1 tells us.

• Does it have to do with the one that was in the hand of Him who sat on the Throne? Let’s see how it is that… (Miguel, don’t you have one over there? I have this one marked here, and it’s blocking this part here, I cannot read it well).

Does it have to do with the one that the One sitting on the Throne had in His hand?

In other words, that little Book, or open Book, that Christ brings in His right hand in Revelation, chapter 10, does it have to do with the one that was in the right hand of Him who sits on the Throne?

Of course it does, it is the same Book. There it was closed; and when Christ takes it and opens it, then He descends to Earth with it, and that Book, that Title Deed, is already opened.

• Why when John asked for the Book, the Angel told him to eat it?

John represents there the Angel Messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Last Day, which will be in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; and therefore, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ will be ministerially represented in the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, where Jesus Christ will be manifested. And that is why John has to eat that Book, in representation, in type and figure, of what the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ will do in the Last Day.

• Why was it sweet in his mouth and bitter in his belly when he ate it?

Because eating it produces bitterness, as was the case with the prophets of the Old Testament, who because they received the Word of God, they received many persecutions and troubles; but when they spoke it, it was sweet in their mouth.⁸ For there is nothing sweeter in the mouth than the Word of God being preached.

• Was it only for John, or will others eat that Book? And what benefit will it do for them to eat it?

It is to be eaten by the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Last Day. And he, because he is the faithful and wise servant, will be giving to the whole House of God, to all the sons and daughters of God, that spiritual food contained in that Book. And he will be giving it to them through the preaching of the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom; because that Message is the spiritual food for all the sons and daughters of God in the Last Day, in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom.

And in that way is that He will give them, to all the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, to eat of that Book that He receives open. And because the Word comes to the prophets, that Angel —represented there in John the apostle— is the prophet of the Dispensation of the Kingdom; which for the Last Day will be prophesying over many peoples, nations and tongues. And it will be, the ministry of Moses and Elijah, which is the ministry of the Two Olive Trees, will be manifested in the Angel of Jesus Christ.

And that is why the ministry of Moses and Elijah, of Revelation, chapter 11, that prophetic ministry (notice that it comes to prophesy), is fulfilled in the Last Day, in the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ; because in him will be the ministries of Moses for the second time, and of Elijah for the fifth time, and of Jesus for the second time. Because when God promises the coming of a prophet that was in the past, that is the coming of the ministerial spirit, of the ministry of that prophet, coming in another prophet; that is the ministry of Elijah.

Notice, Elijah the Tishbite was on Earth and had that powerful ministry in the midst of the Hebrew people and among the gentiles also; he ministered to Hebrews and gentiles; but then, when he left in a chariot of fire (or flying saucer, as we call it at this time, or people call it at this time), we enter that the ministry of Elijah came upon Elisha. And when Elisha parted the Jordan with Elijah’s mantle, as Elijah the prophet had done, the sons of the prophets saw this and said: “The Spirit of Elijah has rested upon Elisha.”⁹ That was the second occasion in which the ministry of Elijah was manifested on Earth in another man.

Then, the third occasion in which the ministry of Elijah was on Earth, was in John the Baptist, of whom the Archangel Gabriel told the priest Zechariah that he would have a son, who would come with the spirit and power of Elijah, and would convert the hearts of the fathers to the children (that is, to the faith of the children, to the Christian faith, he would convert them).¹⁰

And then the fourth occasion in which the ministerial spirit of Elijah was manifested, was in the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ.

Now, let’s see…, let’s see the parallelism of the fourth… of the third and fourth manifestation of Elijah.

You see, when Elijah’s ministry came for the third time, the veil of flesh was called John the Baptist. Jesus, speaking of John the Baptist, said in chapter 11 of [Matthew]: “If you will receive him, he is that Elijah who was to come.”

And in chapter 17 of John – of Matthew (I correct), Christ said…

Let’s correctly quote the two quotations I gave you (something needs to be corrected):

In Matthew, chapter 11, is where He tells us:

“…this is Elias, which was for to come.”

Verse… (let’s give you the verse also, so that you have it clear). It tells us like this in verse 14.

“And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.”

And in Luke, chapter 1, is where the Archangel Gabriel tells the father of John the Baptist, in chapter 1, 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 in Matthew, chapter 17, verse 11 to 12 says… verse 10 to 12, it says:

“And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

But I say unto you, 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 spake unto them of John the Baptist.”

Now, here we have the third occasion in which the spirit and power of Elijah was manifested on Earth in a man.

And notice how that ministry of Elijah has gone from Elijah the Tishbite to Elisha; from Elisha to John the Baptist; and from John the Baptist to the Reverend William Marrion Branham in his fourth manifestation, where he appeared forerunning the Second Coming of Christ, just as he had forerun the First Coming of Christ in John the Baptist.

And now, for the Last Day we have the promise of the coming of the ministry of Elijah as one of the Two Olive Trees of Revelation, chapter 11, and Zechariah, chapter 4.

And now, notice that we also have the promise of the ministry of Moses. And these are the ministries of Moses and Elijah being repeated in the Last Day, in the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ. And also the ministry of Jesus being repeated in the Last Day in the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

That is why the things that will soon happen, which Jesus said He would reveal, that He would make known to His children when He ascended to where He was, notice, through His Angel is that Jesus Christ reveals them, makes them known to His Church in the Last Day; because in the Angel of Jesus Christ will be the ministry of Elijah for the fifth time, of Jesus for the second time and of Moses for the second time.

We have seen: “THE MYSTERY OF THE OPEN BOOK,” of Revelation, chapter 10, verse 1 to 3.

And the content of that Book, you see, for the sons and daughters of God, is the spiritual food, it is the Message for us at this time. And the Seventh Seal is the Second Coming of Christ (which we will talk about on another occasion).

I will be with you again in the afternoon, on the subject: “THE MYSTERY OF THE NEW NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST”; and there we are going to see in detail that mystery of the New Name.

May the blessings of Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, be upon each one of you and upon me also; and may He help us, in this Last Day, to be seeing the little Book open, and seeing the content of that little Book, and eating that little Book in the form of Message in this Last Day. By eating the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom, we are eating what? The open little Book.

May God bless you and keep you; and help us in this Last Day; where the sons and daughters of God, in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, would be eating the open little Book, the contents of that open little Book.

And where are they, those elect who would eat it? Here we are, in Latin America and the Caribbean, receiving the revelation contained in that open little Book; and eating that revelation.

May God bless you and keep you; and with us again Miguel Bermudez Marin to continue. Until tonight, God willing.

“THE MYSTERY OF THE OPEN BOOK.”