The two greatest mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven

Good evening, beloved friends and brethren present here in Reynosa, in the Mexican Republic. It is a great privilege for me to be with you on this occasion, to share a few moments of fellowship around the Word of God.

For that I want to read a Scripture found in Matthew, chapter 24, verses 30 to 31, where it says:

“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”

Our subject is: “THE TWO GREATEST MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.”

Of the two greatest mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, this one that we have read on this occasion is one of them; and, let’s see, it is the mystery of the Coming of the Lord.

And the Coming of the Lord has two parts: the first part is the First Coming of Christ as the Lamb of God to take away the sin of the world, and the Second Coming of Christ is the Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah in His Reclaiming Work for the Last Day.

See the two very important parts of the Coming of the Lord. The first part was already fulfilled two thousand years ago in human flesh, in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.

The Coming of the Lord in the Old Testament is announced by the prophets of God; and the Coming of the Lord was announced without making a clear or open separation about the two parts that the Coming of the Lord would have. And that is why the Hebrew people, when they were expecting the Coming of the Lord, were expecting Him as King in their midst, to sit on the throne of David and reign over the Hebrew people, and rule over the whole world; and the hopes of the Hebrew people was the fulfillment of the Coming of the Lord, where the Hebrew people would be placed as the main people, where the Hebrew people with its territory would be placed as the Federal District of the Kingdom of the Messiah, and Jerusalem would be the capital of the world.

And you see, the hopes of the Hebrew people were based on the Scripture, but they did not understand that the Coming of the Lord had two very important parts: the first as the Lamb of God, to redeem all that is in the Lamb’s Book of Life; and then, for the Last Day, the second part of His Coming, to reclaim all that He redeemed with His precious Blood.

In the Old Testament we are told more about the Second Coming of Christ than the First Coming of Christ, when we can make the separation of these messianic prophecies, and we can see those that correspond to the First Coming of Christ, which were fulfilled, and those that correspond to the Second Coming of Christ, which for the Last Day would be fulfilled.

Now, notice how these are the two great major events of the Divine Program, and are the two major mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Now, see how it was promised that the Messiah would come through a woman. That promise was made in Genesis, chapter 3, verse 15, the seed of the woman, which would bruise the serpent in the head, the devil in the head.

And now, notice how the promise was that a woman would have a son; that seed of the woman would be the promised Messiah. See from where the Messiah is promised.

And now, for the fulfillment of that promise God was giving more and more light through the prophets of the Old Testament. For example, He said through the prophet Moses: “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me; you will hear him.” And God says [Deuteronomy 18:15-18]:

“I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee (He says to Moses), and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.”

Now, this prophecy was partially fulfilled in every prophet that God sent, but in all its fullness it was fulfilled in Jesus Christ. And also this prophecy has been fulfilled in the apostles of the Lord, and it has also been fulfilled in every angel messenger partially; but for the Last Day it will be fully fulfilled, or in all its fullness, for the fulfillment of the Coming of Christ, the Angel of the Covenant in human flesh on the Last Day, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Reclaiming Work.

Now, we can see how through the Old Testament the prophecies of the Coming of the Messiah are there, and there are those that correspond to His First Coming and those that correspond to His Second Coming.

And what is the Coming of the Messiah?, what is the Coming of Christ?, what is the Coming of the Lord? Well, the Coming of the Lord is the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord, dressed in human flesh; in other words, taking a veil of flesh born on this planet Earth; and through that veil of flesh carrying out the Work relevant to that time.

For the first part of the Coming of the Lord, of the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, the veil of flesh was Jesus, and the name of Redemption was there. And see how in a young carpenter of Nazareth that great messianic prophecy was fulfilled, where He fulfilled one of the two great mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven.

You see, that was the first of the Kingdom of Heaven, which is the first part of the Coming of the Lord; and the second part, which is the Second Coming of Christ, is the second great mystery – greatest of the Kingdom of Heaven.

And that promise is to be fulfilled in the Last Day, coming the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord —the same one that was in Jesus—, coming in human flesh in the Angel Messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ. As simple as that? As simple as you are hearing it.

Just as it was simple when the Angel of the Covenant came, the Angel of the Lord, in a young carpenter of Nazareth; see how simple was the fulfillment of the first part of the Coming of the Lord as the Lamb of God.

And for the fulfillment of the second part it would also be simple, says the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ; because when God manifests Himself, He always does it in simplicity; and so it was in His First Coming, and it is also so for His Second Coming.

And now, what if, just as He used a construction worker, a carpenter from Nazareth, simple, He uses a construction worker for the Last Day, for the fulfillment of the second part of the Coming of the Lord? The entire planet Earth would be surprised, but that would be God in simplicity; because the greatness of God, the great of God, is always manifested in simplicity; in other words, the simple is always the veil of flesh in which God manifests Himself, so that no one gives glory to the veil of flesh, to the human part, but give glory to the One who is in that veil of flesh, in other words, to God, to the Angel of the Covenant, to the Angel of the Lord.

And now, for the Second Coming of Christ, notice how the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ said that the Coming of the Lord would be. In the book of The Seals in Spanish, on page 472, it says:¹

“^[304] Notice now, for the end-of-time Message, this Seal.”

What is the Message of the time of the end? The Seventh Seal. And the Seventh Seal is 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 Message of the Second Coming of Christ revealing His Second Coming is the Message of the end time.

Notice that the Message of the end time is the revelation of the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah; that is the Message of the end time. And that Message is the Seventh Seal, the Second Coming of Christ.

“After all, He—He has revealed all the six Seals, but He don’t say nothing about the Seventh. And the end-time Seal, when It starts, will be absolutely a total secret, according to the Bible…”

You see, the Seventh Seal or the Seal of the end time, that is, the Second Coming of Christ, when it begins it will be completely secret: “will be a total secret, according to the Bible.”

“^[304] …before knowing That. And remember, Revelation 10:1-7, 1 to 7, chapter 10:1 to 7, ‘At the end of the seventh angel’s Message, all the mysteries of God would be known.’ We’re at the end time, the opening of the Seventh Seal.

³⁰⁵ Now, how did I know? The other day, last Sunday, a week ago today, when I was preaching on ‘Be humble! Be humble! Remember, God deals in little things.’ I didn’t realize what it really was talking about. And now I see it. It is in such a humble way! You would think that something like that would be revealed to the Vatican or…But It comes just like John the Baptist. It comes like the birth of our Lord, in a stable. Glory to God! So help me, the hour is at hand! Amen! We’re here. Oh, my!

³⁰⁶ Now do you see it, the Truth of God’s vision, the seven Angels bringing me from the west? They were coming from the west, coming back east, bringing here for this Message tonight. [Brother Branham knocks on pulpit two times—Ed.] Oh, my!

³⁰⁷ Now, the Voice of that great thunder, and the mission that was brought here, has been revealed, that It…and proven that It was of God. Just think now. I knew not these Seals, and they been revealed this week. Did anybody think of that, of those seven Angels being This, being the Message that was coming forth, them Angels bringing me back here for That? See?

³⁰⁸ Remember, the seventh Messenger was…The seven Messengers was…The noted One to me, the seventh Angel, It seemed more to me than any. Now, see, they were standing like this. Now, we just want you to notice. And I was standing here…”

It goes on to say… I’m reading further down, in another paragraph, it says:

“³¹⁰ I was standing right there, and this explosion left. And I was looking this way, towards the west, and They come and just picked me up, in There. I went plumb out of my knowing.”

In other words, he was out of him, out of the body; because he was caught up into that cloud, he was caught up in spirit, that is, in a theophanic body.

“I went plumb out of my knowing. And the one of Them, coming, was the One that looked so strange to me, was the One on my…Be to the left, where I entered the constellation at. But counting from the left to the right, it would have been the seventh Angel, see, coming across. Now, remember, the seven Messengers.”

And for us to know the mystery of that Angel who was different from the rest, let’s read on page 469 of the book of The Seals in Spanish, where it says:²

“²⁷⁵ And did you notice? ‘That one Angel,’ I said, ‘in there, was a strange Angel.’ He looked more to me than any of the rest of Them. You remember that? [Congregation says, ‘Amen.’—Ed.] They were in a constellation; three on a side, and one on top. And the one right next to me here, counting from the left to the right, would have been the seventh Angel. He was brighter, meant more to me than the rest of Them. You remember? I said, ‘He had His chest out, like that, and was flying eastward’ (you remember) ‘like that.’ I said, ‘It picked me up; lifted me up.’ You remember that? [‘Amen.’]

²⁷⁶ Here It is, the one with the Seventh Seal, the thing that I’ve wondered all my life. Amen! Them other Seals meant a lot to me, of course, but, oh, you don’t know what This has meant, for one time in life!”

Now, what is the mystery of that Angel that was very different from the rest? The mystery of that Angel is that that is the one that has the Seventh Seal, that is the one that fulfills the Second Coming of Christ; that is the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord, which for the Last Day is promised to be manifested on Earth in human flesh, in the fulfillment of the Coming of the Son of Man, of the Coming of the Lord as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Reclaiming Work, in the fulfillment of the second part of the Coming of the Lord.

The second part of the Coming of the Lord is the Second Coming of Christ. The first part of the Coming of the Lord is the First Coming of Christ.

These are the two great mysteries contained in the Coming of the Lord: the First Coming as the Lamb of God, and the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah.

And look where that Angel that has the Seventh Seal is, which has the Second Coming of Christ, look where He is in the cloud.

And just as each of the angels of the seven ages was manifested in human flesh on Earth to fulfill his age and his ministry; the Angel who was very different from the rest, for the Last Day, according to the promise, will be on Earth also manifested in human flesh, to fulfill the ministry 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 now, let’s see also here on page 482 and 483 and 484, let’s read from the bottom, it says… Let’s read a little before, it says [482]:³

“^[398] See, Israel gathering in its own homeland. But, you notice, He omitted the revelation of this Seventh Seal.

³⁹⁹ And here, when the Seventh Seal, when He opened It, He also omitted It again, see. So we see that It is a complete mystery, therefore the hour is not yet for the mystery to be known. Therefore, we’re this far, and the rest of It will be known right around about the time that Jesus appears on earth again, for His Bride…”

When would the Seventh Seal be revealed? When Jesus appears again on Earth to take His Bride.

And look, He appeared two thousand years ago, in the fulfillment of His First Coming; but He had appeared partially manifested in each prophet of the Old Testament, but then He was manifested in all His fullness in Jesus.

Then, during the seven stages or ages of the gentile Church, Christ has been manifested in each angel messenger, in each age partially; when He finished His work or His labor through one messenger, then He passed on to another angel messenger.

And for the Last Day; as He came from age to age, He came in and through the angel messenger of each age, He came to each age, and to the territory where each age was fulfilled, and to the people who would receive Him; and now for the Last Day He comes to the Age of the Cornerstone in and through His Angel Messenger, through the Angel Messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the prophet of the Dispensation of the Kingdom and the messenger of the Age of the Cornerstone, for the Last Day, in other words, for the seventh millennium.

Now, look at the way He comes in the Last Day: He comes through His Angel Messenger. It is the Angel of the Covenant, the Lord Jesus Christ manifested in human flesh in His Angel Messenger, coming in the fulfillment of the second greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven.

We have seen how simple the mystery was, the first of the two great mysteries: the First Coming of Christ as the Lamb of God. You see, it was so, so simple that it went over the heads of the great theologians of that time: their eyes were closed and they were blind to understand the things that were happening in the Divine Program at that time.

Notice, Christ says… for example, here in Matthew, chapter 11, let’s read here what Christ tells us; verse 25 to 27, it says:

“At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent…”

Who were the wise and prudent? Well, the doctors of divinity, the doctors in religious matters, the theological doctors of that time. The great religious leaders of the Hebrew religion were the wise in religious matters, in matters of the Law given by God to the prophet Moses, and all those prophecies that spoke of the Coming of the Lord.

But you see, God hid from them the mystery of the First Coming of Christ. Although they had the prophecies, but when the veil of flesh appeared they could not see in that veil of flesh the Angel of the Lord, the Angel of the Covenant, coming in human flesh as the Lamb of God in His Work of Redemption to die on Calvary’s Cross, and thus bear our sins, and cleanse us with His Blood from all sin. It says:

“…because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.”

To the children, that is, to the people who had no theological instruction, they had not gone to seminaries or institutes to study theology. And look, those people were the ones who understood, those who obtained the knowledge of the First Coming of Christ.

Look at Nathanael when he saw Jesus Christ, and Jesus said to him: “When you were under the fig tree, I saw you”; what did Nathanael say?: “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”⁴

And yet, when the high priest says to Jesus: “If you are the Son of God, if you are the Christ, if you are the Anointed One, tell us now, and trouble not our souls.” Christ said: “I have told you, and ye believed not.” And what did the high priest do?, what did he do?, did he say: “Thou art the Messiah, Thou art the King of Israel!”? No. He said: “He has blasphemed!”⁵

That was why he wanted Jesus to say that He was the Messiah, to say that He had blasphemed; because the high priest thought that what Jesus Christ was teaching in relation to who He was, was a blasphemy to God; but you see, it was the revelation of God, the revelation of the First Coming of Christ, of the first of the great mysteries of the Kingdom of God.

Of the two great mysteries there was the first one fulfilled, the First Coming of Christ; and for the high priest and the priests of that time, that was blasphemy, but for God that was the fulfillment of the mystery of the First Coming of Christ.

And for the believers in Christ that was the greatest mystery that was being revealed at that time; and it had been hidden from the wise and prudent, and had been revealed to those simple people. And it was also revealed in human flesh in a simple man, the mystery of the First Coming of Christ. See how the mystery of the First Coming of Christ was revealed in human flesh in a simple man.

Now, what human greatness can you find in a young carpenter and from a city (not from the capital), from a city far away, from Nazareth, from the land of the Galileans? In other words, as we would say here: from a province, we would say right?, a provincial.

Now, if they say: “No, that man is from the capital, that man (we would say there in Puerto Rico), that man is of the tile.” You know that in the capital, well, you almost always walk… you don’t walk on the dirt (why?) because they have filled the city with concrete; in other words, almost always when you are walking in the capital, you are stepping on cement or on other things they put, and you are stepping on tiles in the buildings too; but when it is a province, you look at your shoes and they are almost always dusty, when you have to walk in some places of the province.

So see, no wonder when Jesus came to certain places they had to wash His feet, because He came from the countryside.

Now, see how in a simple man… Jesus Himself, you see, said: “Learn from me that I am (how?) meek and humble, meek and humble of heart.”⁶ In other words, humility is not an outward thing, it is inward, there in the heart: a person who loves God and obeys His Word, and believes it with all his heart.

Now, we can see how it was fulfilled (of these two great mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven), see how this first mystery was fulfilled: in a young carpenter of Nazareth, a provincial.

And now, see how God fulfilled the Program relevant to the First Coming of Christ, He fulfilled it perfectly, although the great religious leaders were blind and rejected the Messiah; but all that worked for good, because all things work together for good in the Divine Program.

And see how, by being blind, they rejected Him and asked for His death; and He died bearing our sins. Everything worked together for good, thanks to the fact that the Hebrew people and their leaders were blind, so that the death of Christ would be possible and then the Gospel would pass to the gentiles; and God call His children among the gentiles, His elect, and form His Church with the elect from among the gentiles, and with some Hebrews who as individuals would receive Christ as their Savior.

Now, we are already at the end of that Program, we are at the end of the Program of the calling of the elect of God, which has been done from age to age; and now we are in the Age of the Cornerstone, where the final call is made, where for the final call the Last Trumpet sounds, in other words, the Final Message, which is the Gospel of the Kingdom.

And with that Message, which contains the divine revelation of the second great mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven, which contains the divine revelation of the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah; with that Message, revealing the mystery of His Second Coming, all the elect of God are called and gathered in this Last Day, and they are placed (where?) in the Age of the Cornerstone; in other words, they are placed in the Mystical Body of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the most important age: the Age of the Cornerstone; in order to be prepared to be transformed and raptured in this Last Day, and go to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb; and thus be in the image and likeness of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.

Now see the great benefits that we will be receiving in this Last Day with the fulfillment of the second great mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven.

What are these greater mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven spoken of in Matthew 11:25 to 27? Here we have the mystery of the Coming of the Lord, there was the First Coming and for this time it is His Second Coming; mystery that for the Last Day would also be hidden from the eyes of the wise and prudent, of the great religious leaders, theologians, doctors of divinity, who could not understand this mystery for the Last Day being fulfilled in simplicity.

And now, the question is: Are the two greatest mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven already in fulfillment?

The first was already fulfilled two thousand years ago; and the second would be fulfilled in this Last Day: and it would be the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, the Coming of the Angel of the Lord, which is the same Lord of the Old Testament, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, coming in a veil of flesh, in that veil of flesh which is the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And what does it say that Christ will do in the Last Day? It says: “Come up hither, and I will show thee things which shall be hereafter.”⁷ In other words, He will be revealing the things that will come to pass. And wherever He is fulfilling His Coming, and whoever is the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the one that makes known these things, Christ through that Angel will be making known all these things that must shortly be done, and thus He will be testifying that He is fulfilling the second great mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Now, the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ is not the Lord Jesus Christ; he is only His veil of flesh, he is only His prophet, through whom Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, in the Last Day would be manifested in the fulfillment of the second great mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven.

That is why John the apostle wanted to worship the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ and he prevented him; he wanted to worship the veil of flesh, but the Angel said to him: “Look, do not do it; I am fellow servant with you and your brethren who keep the words of this book.” In other words, let’s read it here: Revelation, chapter 19, verse 9 to 10, it says:

“And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

And in Revelation, chapter 22, verses 8 and on (8 to 9), it says:

“And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.”

How did John see and hear these things that he wrote in the book of Revelation? He saw and heard them through the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ; he was the one that showed him all these things.

“Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.”

Why? Because true worshipers must worship the Father in Spirit and in truth; for such worshipers the Father seeks to worship Him.⁸

Now, we have seen this great mystery which in the Last Day is promised to be fulfilled in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And now, see how it says:

“^[399] Therefore, we’re this far (says the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ), and the rest of It will be known right around about the time that Jesus appears on earth again, for His Bride (What for? To take His Bride)…”

Without the Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, there is neither transformation of the living, nor resurrection of the dead in Christ, nor rapture to go to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

And now, see how he tells us; he continues to tell us below, he says:

“⁴⁰⁵ Another thing, I want you to notice what taken place. And if you’re listening to the tape, of the What Time Is It, Sir?, you will notice that one Angel was very notable to me. The rest of Them just was seemed ordinarily. But this Angel was a noted Angel. He was to my left, in the constellation in the form of a pyramid.

⁴⁰⁶ And, remember, it was in the pyramid, where the mysterious white Rock was not written on. And the Angels took me into that pyramid of Themselves, the mysteries of God known only to Them.”

And the Angel that has the Seventh Seal… You see, who knows the Seventh Seal? Well, the Angel that has the Seventh Seal.

And for the Seventh Seal to be known, how must it be revealed? Well, through the Angel that has the Seventh Seal, being manifested in human flesh in His Angel Messenger; and through His Angel Messenger to reveal to His people the mystery of His Coming, of His Coming to His Mystical Body of believers in human flesh in His Angel Messenger; just as He came to His Church in each age through the angel messenger of each age; and just as He came in the midst of the Hebrew people through each prophet messenger, and then He came in all His fullness through Jesus of Nazareth, this young carpenter of Nazareth.

Now, notice how He goes on to say:

“…the mysteries of God known only to Them. And, now, Them was the Messengers had come to interpret that pyramid…”

In other words, that pyramid is not formed without the manifestation of those messengers in human flesh having their ministries relevant to the age in which they live. And as those messengers have come, the pyramid has been interpreted, in other words, the part of that pyramid that corresponds to the Coming of the Spirit of Christ in that angel messenger for that age has been fulfilled and formed.

And how is the Age of the Cornerstone interpreted in its fulfillment? With the Coming of the Angel who was different from the rest coming in human flesh and having His ministry in the midst of His Church; and thus forming the Age of the Cornerstone (with what?) with human beings, just as the other ages were formed with human beings in different territories where God sent His angel messengers of the seven ages.

And now the Age of the Cornerstone is formed with human beings also, in the territory where the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, is manifested in human flesh in the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ; He is manifested in human flesh in the prophet messenger of the Dispensation of the Kingdom, which is sent with the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom, making known all these things that must happen soon; because that is the Message that Christ places in the mouth of His Angel Messenger.

And with that Message He reveals what? He reveals the second greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven. He reveals the mystery of the Coming of the Mighty Angel, the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel that was very different from the rest, manifested in the Angel Messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ in the midst of His Church, in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom.

That is the mystery of the Angel that was very different from the rest being manifested on Earth in the Last Day, in the fulfillment of the second greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Let’s continue reading here, it says… we read:

“^[406] …Them was the Messengers had come to interpret that pyramid, or that Message of the secret of these Seven Seals which lays withinside the pyramid.

⁴⁰⁷ Now, the Angel, was to my left, would really be the last, or seventh Angel, if we would count Them from left to right. Because, He was on my left; me looking to Him, towards the west…”

In other words, the Angel was coming, and our brother Branham was looking to the West; in other words, he was standing with his back to the East, looking to the West (the west is the occident). And the Angel was flying from the occident to the orient, that is, from the west to the east; because His Message is a Message that begins in the west and flies towards the east, that is, towards the orient, towards the land of Israel.

And just as the Hebrews brought the Message to the gentiles (through the manifestation of the Spirit of Christ in Saint Peter, and then in Saint Paul), the gentiles will bring it to the Hebrews.

And who are the ones who bring the Message to the Hebrews, the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom? Moses and Elijah, the Two Olive Trees. Where do they come from? From among the gentiles, from the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Does it not represent the temple that Moses made and the temple that Solomon made: The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ? And where were the two olive trees? Where were the two olive trees covered with gold, which Solomon built? Well, they were in the Most Holy Place, they were 10 cubits high. In other words, they were at a height that reached higher than this ceiling, this drop ceiling (we would say).

And notice, where is the ministry of the Second Coming of Christ in the midst of His Church? In the Most Holy Place of His spiritual Temple; that is where Christ, coming in His Angel Messenger, fulfills the second greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Now, we continue reading. It says… (let’s see where we were around here):

“^[407] …would be on the left side (in other words, that Angel). So, that would be the last angel’s Message…”

You see, he would be the Message of the last Angel. He, that is, the Angel who was very different from the rest, is the Message of the last Angel. And what does that mean? Well, the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom is the Message of the Coming of that Angel, it is the Message of the Second Coming of Christ, it is the Message of the second greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven.

And just as the Message of the first greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven is Jesus, because the Message of the Gospel of Grace what it reveals is the First Coming of Christ, the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant in human flesh in the person of Jesus as the Lamb of God.

And now, we continue reading, it says:

“^[407] …would be on the left side. So, that would be the last angel’s Message, very notable. Remember how I said He had His, got His head back; and His great, sharp wings; and how He flew right to me. Now, that is this Seventh Seal.”

What is this Seventh Seal? Well, that Angel who was very different from the rest; and His Coming in human flesh is the fulfillment of the Seventh Seal, it is the fulfillment of the Second Coming of Christ, it is the fulfillment of the second greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven, that is this Seventh Seal.

What is this Seventh Seal? The Angel who was very different from the rest. His Coming is the fulfillment of the Seventh Seal.

Now:

“It still is a notable thing. And we are…We don’t know what It is, as yet, because It’s not permitted to be broken (says in 1963, our brother Branham).”

But we already know what it is. How many know what it is? It is the second mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven: the Second Coming of Christ as Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, veiled and revealed in His Angel Messenger, in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom.

On page 277 we will read, from the book of Seals, our brother Branham says, praying:⁹

“^[391] …may the Holy Spirit come down now, the white-horse Rider, while His Spirit, Spirit of Christ, in the face of antichrist, and call His Own.”

Who is the white horse Rider of Revelation 19? It is the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit.

And now, how will the white horse Rider of Revelation come? How will the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit come in the Last Day? Let’s see how He will come. On page 256 of the book of The Seals in Spanish, it says:¹⁰

“^[196] But when our Lord appears here on earth, He’ll be riding on a snow-white horse. And He’ll be completely, fully, the Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate in a Man.”

The Word of God incarnate in a man, the Word incarnate in a man; in other words, the Word coming, the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit, coming in a veil of flesh, which is the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Coming in His Angel Messenger is fulfilled the Coming of the white horse Rider in the Last Day in the midst of His Church.

And now, notice how the Angel who was very different from the rest comes: He comes in human flesh in the midst of His Church on the Last Day, in the fulfillment of the second greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven.

And notice that on the page, here… let’s see here where we were reading. While we find that page we are going to read over here one: 474 and 475 where it says:¹¹

“^[326] I don’t know who is going to (that is, it will be a person)…what’s going to take place. I do not know. I just know that those Seven Thunders holds that mystery. The Heavens was quiet. Everybody understand?”

In other words, the Seven Thunders contain the mystery of the Seventh Seal, and the Seven Thunders are the Voice of Christ in the Last Day, crying as when a lion roars and the seven thunders uttering their voices. That Message that Christ gives with that Voice like a lion, crying out, is the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom, with which He reveals the Seventh Seal, with which He reveals His Second Coming. He continues saying:

“^[326] It may be time, it may be the hour now, that this great person that we’re expecting to rise on the scene may arise on the scene. 

³²⁷ Maybe this ministry, that I have tried to take people back to the Word, has laid a foundation; and if it has, I’ll be leaving you, for good. There won’t be two of us here the same time.”

In other words, he is speaking of another person; just like John the Baptist when he said: “After me comes a man, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to untie; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and Fire.”¹² Who was he talking about? Of another man, another prophet who would come after him, in whom the First Coming of Christ as the Lamb of God would be fulfilled. That is why when he saw Him, he said: “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”¹³ And when he pointed to that Lamb, that Lamb was (what?) a man: our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.

And now, he goes on to say:

“If it is (that is, if they are both at the same time), he’ll increase; I’ll decrease.”

As John the Baptist said when they told him about Jesus: “Look, the one to whom you bore witness, now more people follow Him than you, and He baptizes more people than you.” John says: “It is good for Him to increase, but it is good for me to decrease.”¹⁴ For John was announcing One who would come greater than he. And it is expedient for the greater to increase, and it is expedient for the lesser to decrease.

And now, you see, when John and Andrew heard John say: “Behold the Lamb of God”, they went (with whom?) with Jesus, they went with the greater, they went with the one who was going to increase¹⁵; and those who did not understand, stayed with the one who was going to decrease.

Look, he was decreasing: and John the Baptist was taken prisoner, he was killed, beheaded, and his group was decreasing; and his Work, you see, his ministry and all his work, you see, did not have the magnitude that Christ’s work had. And notice how the work of Christ has continued to increase from age to age, and has covered the whole world; but nevertheless, the work of John, where did it stay? It remained there in the land of Israel.

Now, those who followed John and then did not follow the one foreran: they did not receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit; for John the Baptist said: “I baptize you with water.”¹⁶ What did they receive then? Baptism in water, baptism of repentance; but the baptism of the Holy Spirit was for those who would follow whom? The one foreran.

And now, see how those who follow the forerunner, receive water baptism; but those who receive the foreran have the promise of receiving the Holy Spirit in all His fullness on the Last Day. It says:

“(But) If it is, he’ll increase; I’ll decrease. I don’t know.

³²⁸ But I have been privileged, by God, to look and see what It was, see, see unfold to that much.”

Then further down, on this same page 475, it tells us:

“^[336] One of the mystery of that Seal, the reason It wasn’t revealed, It was Seven Thunders that uttered Their voices. And there It is, perfectly. Because, nothing knows anything about It. It wasn’t even written. So, we’re at the end time.”

That is why the Angel who was very different from the rest has to come, who is the one who knows, who knows that mystery; and He knows what corresponds to the Age of the Cornerstone, to reveal it to His Church in the Last Day.

And now, look here. We read:

“…when our Lord appears here on earth, He’ll be riding (how?) on a snow-white horse. And He’ll be (how?) completely, fully, the Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate (where?) in a Man.”

And now, it says on page 482 and 483 that I had read to you some time ago, it says:

“^[399] Therefore, we’re this far, and the rest of It will be known right around about the time that Jesus appears on earth again, for His Bride…”

And how does it say He will come? The Word will come, the Word incarnate (where?) in a man. It will be the Coming of the Angel that was very different from the rest, the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant in human flesh in His Angel Messenger in the Last Day.

And now, on page 57 of the book of The Seals, it thus says:¹⁷

“‘…I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow…upon his head,…’

³⁰ If you notice, that’s Christ, see. Cause, He, in the Old Testament, was called the Angel of the Covenant. And He is directly coming to the Jews now, for the Church is finished. See? All right.

‘…and his face…as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:’

³¹ You remember that Angel in Revelation 1? Same thing. Angel is a ‘messenger.’ And He’s the Messenger (to whom?) to Israel.”

There we have the Messenger to Israel. How does Christ come, the Angel who was very different from the rest, the Angel of the Covenant? He comes as the Messenger to whom? To Israel. Christ comes, the Word, comes in human flesh in His Angel Messenger as the Messenger to Israel.

“See? The Church has been raptured, see, now, or fixing to be raptured. He comes for His Church.”

Because His Church is about to be raptured, then He has to come (before going to the Hebrew people), He has to come to His Church, to the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, with the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom, which is the Message that revolves around 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.

That is the Message that the Hebrew people will receive: the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom, where Christ comes as the Lion of the tribe of Judah in His Reclaiming Work, to reclaim all that He redeemed with His precious Blood, and to take His Church for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb; and also to reclaim His Throne: the Throne of David there in Israel; and to sit upon the Throne of David and reign for a thousand years after the great tribulation; to reign after the great tribulation, which begins the glorious Millennial Kingdom; but all His Reclaiming Work He does before the beginning of the glorious Millennial Kingdom, and that He does in the seventh millennium.

Now, we have seen the mystery of the Angel that was very different from the rest. We have seen the second greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven.

What effect does it have on the person to know these mysteries? That his understanding is opened, and the person is called and gathered to be transformed at the Last Day, and to be in the image and likeness of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ, and to be raptured and go to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb with our beloved Lord Jesus Christ; because it gives us the faith to be changed and raptured.

And to whom will these mysteries be revealed and what will they produce to those who know them? They are revealed to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the Age of the Cornerstone, in Latin America and the Caribbean, where the Age of the Cornerstone is fulfilled and where the Dispensation of the Kingdom is opened. And the benefit will be: to be changed and raptured in the Last Day; because they are the elect of the Last Day who will be hearing and obtaining the knowledge of these mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven.

And who is the one who makes known these mysteries? It is the Mighty Angel, the Angel who was very different from the rest, through His Angel Messenger. That is why in Revelation, chapter 4, verse 1, it says: “Come up hither, and I will show you the things which shall be hereafter.”

It is the Voice of Christ, that Voice of Trumpet calling and gathering His elect, telling them: “Come up here.” Where to? To the Age of the Cornerstone, where He calls us to come up and where He —manifested through His Angel Messenger— makes known to us all these things that must shortly be done. That is why Revelation 22, verse 6, says:

“And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to (manifest) shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.”

Whom has He sent? His Angel Messenger; because in His Angel Messenger is that the Mighty Angel comes, the Angel that was very different from the rest; Christ comes manifested, making known to us all these things that must happen soon. That is why Revelation 22, verse 16, says:

“I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.”

We have seen who it is that makes known these mysteries in the Last Day.

And will there be a specific time when these mysteries must be made known? Of course there is: in the seventh millennium. If we add to the calendar the years it is behind, we are already in the seventh millennium; that is, in the millennium in which these mysteries must be made known: The great mystery of the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, which is the second mystery of the two great major mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven.

And in what age? In the Age of the Cornerstone.

And in what territory? In the territory of Latin America and the Caribbean.

So notice that there is a specific time, and there is also a specific territory, and a specific age, and a specific dispensation, and a specific messenger, with a specific Message.

And that Message is the Gospel of the Kingdom. And that Angel that comes with that Message is the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, the prophet messenger of the Dispensation of the Kingdom. And that territory where all this happens is Latin America and the Caribbean. And the people who receive it are the Latin American and Caribbean people. And the age is the Age of the Cornerstone. And the dispensation that opens is the Dispensation of the Kingdom. And the time in which all this occurs is the Last Day, which is the seventh millennium.

Now, we have seen all these mysteries that revolve around the Second Coming of Christ, around the second greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven. And the first was the First Coming of Christ.

The mystery of the Coming of Christ, notice, it has two parts: the First Coming as the Lamb of God, and His Second Coming as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. His First Coming in that veil of flesh called Jesus, that young carpenter of Nazareth, His First Coming was like this; and His Second Coming in His Angel Messenger in the Last Day, as Lion of the tribe of Judah.

Did you see how simple everything is? Did you see how simple the greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven has two parts? The first part: The First Coming of Christ in that young carpenter from Nazareth, Jesus; and His Second Coming in whom? In the Angel Messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ.

His First Coming in the Middle East as the lightning that comes out of the East; and His Second Coming in the West, where the Son of Man says He would shine: “as the lightning that comes out of the east and shines, shines (where?), in the west”¹⁸; that is, in the American continent; in which part of the American continent? In the part of Latin America and the Caribbean.

It has been a great privilege for me to be with you tonight, giving testimony of: “THE TWO GREATEST MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.”

Did you see how simple these two great mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven are? And God hid these things from the wise and prudent, and has revealed them to the children in the first part of the Coming of Christ, which was the first greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven; and in the second part of the Coming of Christ, which is the second greatest mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven, which is the Second Coming of Christ.

May the blessings of Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, in His Coming in this Last Day, be upon each one of you and upon me also; and may we all soon be transformed and raptured, and go to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. In the Eternal Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen and amen.

May you all have a very good evening, and with us again, Miguel Bermudez Marin.

“THE TWO GREATEST MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.”