Good afternoon, kind friends present, municipal authorities, and the public present here, radio listeners, television viewers, and those who are connected by telephone. May the blessings of Jesus Christ, our beloved Savior, be upon each one of you and also upon me.
On this occasion, we want to see the mystery of the Eighth Star; and for that, we are going to read in the Book of Revelation, chapter 1, verse 10 and on, where the Scripture tells us about the stars, so that we can have a clear picture of this mystery of the Eighth Star, since this has to do with the Work of Christ. Let’s read Revelation, chapter 1, verses 10 to 20, where it says:
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day,” (this is what John the Apostle says), “and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.”
Our subject [is]: “THE MYSTERY OF THE EIGHTH STAR THAT IS NOT SEEN IN REVELATION, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 20”; because only seven stars and seven candlesticks are seen here.
These seven stars are the seven messengers or seven angels of the seven ages of the Gentile Church during the seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church.
In order to understand this mystery of the stars as messengers of God, we need to understand that this is all symbolism, which God also used with Abraham.
For example, we have Abraham, whom God was speaking to on different occasions; and let’s see how God speaks with Abraham.
Remember that the things God will do on Earth, He shows them in heaven; they are represented in heaven.
Notice here, in Genesis, chapter 15, God speaking to Abraham tells him the following… In chapter 15, verse 5, it says… let’s see… it tells us about… Chapter 15, verse 5, says (referring to Abraham)… Let’s read a bit of this 15th chapter, it says [verse1]:
“After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.”
Here, notice, God is establishing a covenant with Abraham; that is why he needed this heifer of three years old, this goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon; because notice that every covenant is made with blood, for which a sacrifice must be made.
In past times, when a covenant was made between two people, a small animal was taken, it was split in half: one part was put on one side and the other on the other side; and the people who were going to make the covenant would stand in the middle of the two halves, and they would make the covenant before God there.
And now, here, God is making a covenant with Abraham; and notice how God said that Abraham’s seed would be like the stars of heaven; in other words, Abraham’s seed is represented in the stars of heaven.
Now, we have Abraham’s seed according to the flesh, which is the Hebrew people, and we have Abraham’s seed which is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, the heavenly Seed; we have the earthly Israel and the heavenly Israel.
And now we can see how Abraham’s seed is represented, not only in the sand on the seashore, it is also represented in the stars of heaven; and “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork,” as it says in Psalm 19, verse 1.
And now, notice, among the seed of Abraham, since it is represented in the stars of heaven, all of God’s sons and daughters of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ are represented in the stars. And we find that at night we can see that among the stars, there are bright stars, which shine brighter and look bigger than the rest of the stars.
We find that, here, in the Book of Revelation, God is representing the angel-messengers of the seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church in stars, for they are descendants of Abraham, of the heavenly Israel; therefore, they are stars; and since they are messengers, they are great stars; in other words they are represented in stars.
And now, notice how also, when the Scripture speaks to us about the birth of Christ, about the Coming of Christ, It tells us in the Book of Numbers, chapter 24, verse 17: “A Star shall come out of Jacob” or “there shall come a Star out of Jacob;” that is speaking to us about what? About the Coming of the Messiah. And that is why when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in chapter 2 of Saint Matthew it tells us:
“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.”
Now, notice how here the wise men arrive in Jerusalem asking: “Where is He that is born King of the Jews?” Why? Because they had seen His Star in the East.
These magi, these wise men, lived in the land of Babylon and had come from Babylon, because all the way from Babylon they had looked (there in Babylon, there in the East) and seen that Star in the sky; they had looked to the land of Israel, which was the territory that had the promise of the Coming of the Messiah, of that Star that would come (out of where?) out of Jacob, meaning, out of the Hebrew people.
And now, as they looked from Babylon to the land of Israel, they saw that sign in heaven: the sign of the First Coming of the Son of man; they saw that Star in heaven as a sign.
And when they arrived in Jerusalem… Notice, looking from East to West, they saw the Star over the land of Israel. In other words, for them (who lived there in the East), looking West, they saw the Star of Bethlehem in the West; but when they were in the East, there in Babylon: in the East was where they were and where they saw that Star over the Hebrew people, over the territory of Israel; in other words, looking from East to West.
That is why when they were in the East, they said: “Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His Star in the East;” in other words, looking from the East, looking to the land of Israel, they saw that Star; and that is why they set out to the land of Israel, and asked where the King of the Jews was: because they knew, by the appearance of that sign in heaven, that the Messiah was already on Earth; because the Bible said there would come a Star out of Jacob.
And now, notice how when God is going to do something on Earth, He also shows it in heaven: because “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.”
That is why when Christ spoke prophetically, He also spoke of signs (where?) in heaven; because those signs in heaven speak of things that must be happening on Earth. Like, for example, when He speaks to us about the sign of the Son of man in heaven, well, He is speaking to us about a sign in Heaven that will be testifying—at the Last Day—of the Coming of the Son of man.
And now, notice how these wise men saw this sign in heaven, this Star in heaven, and knew the Messiah was already on Earth; because that Star in heaven represented the Messiah; because the Messiah is the Chief Star, He is the Bright and Morning Star.
And now, notice how Christ also represents Himself in a Star: in the Morning Star or Bright and Morning Star, according to Revelation chapter 2, verse 28, and Revelation chapter 22, verse 16.
Now, notice how we also find that the Hebrew people (the earthly Israel) and heavenly Israel, the Hebrew people and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, are also represented in the stars of heaven. And that is why when God wants to speak symbolically about events, He can take the stars, the sun, the moon, and all these things, and speak to His people through those symbolisms.
For example, we have the case of Joseph, who had a dream where he saw the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowing before him; this is in chapter 37 of the Book of Genesis. Let’s see what this dream was like, so that we can have a clear picture of this great event. Let’s see here… chapter 37, verse 8 and on, says… This passage also has a previous one, which is also about dreams. It says:
“And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?” (Meaning, Joseph’s brothers say this to Joseph, who is the one that had these dreams). “And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.”
Remember that Joseph was only seventeen years old. It says:
“And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.”
Now notice how Joseph has this dream, perhaps a strange dream to some people, but it wasn’t so strange, it was a dream given by God; and since it was a dream given by God, this dream had to be fulfilled; and in order for this dream to be fulfilled, Joseph had to reach the position of prince in a kingdom; and upon reaching that position of prince—he had to be in that position and his brothers had to come before him.
And now, let’s see how this dream is fulfilled. In [Genesis] chapter 45, verse 1 and on, it says:
“Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.”
Here Joseph is already prince, second-in-command in the kingdom, in the empire of the Pharaoh of Egypt; and his brothers (who come to Egypt to buy food) don’t know, they aren’t aware that this young man, that this man who is there as second in line to Pharaoh’s throne, is Joseph, their brother.
Joseph had received a new name when he was made second in the kingdom or to the throne of Pharaoh, as it tells us in Genesis chapter 41, verse 45. It says:
“And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Notice, at thirty years old… Meaning, when he was seventeen years old, he had the dream that his brothers would bow down before him, and his father, and his mother; everyone would bow down before him. And now, at the age of thirty, he rises to the position of prince and second in line to Pharaoh’s throne; and then, later on, a few years later, there is going to be the fulfillment—before he reaches the age of forty, the dream that Joseph had would be fulfilled. And now, notice here:
“And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
For these two years hath the famine been in the land…” [Genesis 45:1]
There were seven years of plenty, which began when Joseph was thirty years old, and then came the seven years of famine; and on this occasion, two years of famine had already passed; therefore, Joseph was already thirty-nine years old. At the age of thirty-nine, notice here, at almost forty, he reveals himself to his brothers. He says:
“…And yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest,” (meaning that they couldn’t plow, nor sow, nor harvest, because there was a time of famine on Earth).
“And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.”
Now, we can see how Joseph’s brothers had bowed before him when they had come to buy food; and now, notice, Joseph reveals himself to them, and now they realize that this prince in Egypt is Joseph, although he had a new name.
Now, notice how Joseph represents Christ here: Christ is the One that the Hebrew people sold, they asked for His death on Calvary’s Cross, and He was crucified; Christ was sold by Judas Iscariot for some pieces of silver, and so was Joseph.
And now, notice that when Christ died, rose, and ascended to Heaven, He sat at the right hand of God in Heaven; just like Joseph: when he came out of prison, he sat on Pharaoh’s throne over there, as second in line to Pharaoh’s throne, he received Pharaoh’s seal, and Joseph ruled over all Egypt; only Pharaoh was greater than Joseph, no one else.
And now, notice how Christ sat on the Throne of God in Heaven, and He has been given power, might, and dominion over all Creation, and He received a new Name when He ascended to Heaven.
He received a new Name? Of course He did. Notice, in Revelation chapter 2, verse… let’s see here, chapter 3, verse 12, Christ tells us:
“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.”
Some people don’t know that Jesus Christ has a new Name, but He says so Himself here.
And in Revelation chapter 2, verse 17, speaking to us about the Coming of the Lord as the Stone that the Prophet Daniel saw in chapter 2 of his Book, when he interpreted Nebuchadnezzar’s dream… that Stone cut out without hands that Nebuchadnezzar saw and the Prophet Daniel saw, which is the Second Coming of Christ, notice, that Stone appears here again. It says:
“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”
Now, here it shows us a white Stone with a new Name; it says:
“…And will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written.”
That is the new Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now, notice that here, the white Stone, which is the Coming of Christ, in His First Coming, came with the Name Jesus. And now, the Coming of Christ at the Last Day comes with a new Name; that is the new Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, which He received when He ascended to Heaven; just as Joseph received a new name when he ascended to the throne, and he became the ruling prince of all Egypt.
And now, notice, Christ received a new Name; He Himself says that He has a new Name. And now, where is that new Name? In the white Stone; that is the Eternal Name of God, and that is the Name of the City of our God, of the new Jerusalem, which has a Name; the Name It has is the Eternal Name of God; and that is the new Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And now, notice, if the Second Coming was a mystery, how much more so with a new Name? Because the white Stone comes with a new Name.
And now, notice, this is how it is. Just like when Joseph revealed himself to his brothers: he had a new name; and when Christ reveals Himself to the Hebrew people, He will have a new Name.
The Second Coming of Christ will have a new Name, and with that new Name, Jesus Christ will reveal Himself to the Hebrew people; and what was fulfilled here with Joseph will be fulfilled with the Hebrew people: that his brothers came to him searching for food, and they bowed down before him; likewise, the Hebrew people will bow down before Christ, searching for spiritual Food for the soul; and that is for the Last Day.
And now, notice how these things are represented like this, in a simple way.
We find that those eleven stars that would bow down before Joseph represent the eleven patriarchs; and at the end time, they are the tribes of Israel with their representatives, who will bow down before the Second Coming of Christ, and receive the blessing of Christ.
He will speak to them with Love Divine, He will reveal Himself to them, and bless them; and one hundred and forty-four thousand Hebrews, twelve thousand of each tribe, will be called and gathered. And that is why Christ sends His Angel with the Seal of the living God, in Revelation chapter 7: to call and gather one hundred and forty-four thousand Hebrews.
Now, notice how in the Divine Program we have the symbols of stars, the sun, and the moon, and we have these symbols being fulfilled on Earth in human beings. Notice how these eleven stars represented the eleven patriarchs: Joseph’s brothers, and the sun represented Jacob, and the moon represented *Joseph’s mother.
And now, notice how the Book of Revelation here uses these symbols that were also used in the Old Testament.
In order to understand these symbols of the sun, moon, stars, and so forth, of the Book of Revelation, we must have an understanding of these symbols being used in the Old Testament.
And now, notice how stars represent (what?) men of God here on Earth; and when we speak of great stars (like bright stars and things like that), those are messengers of God.
And here, these seven stars that appear in Revelation chapter 1, in the right hand of the Son of man, are the seven angel-messengers of the seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church; these seven messengers are sent by Christ from age to age.
The first of them was Saint Paul; he was the first star, the first messenger for the first Gentile Church age, which was fulfilled in Asia Minor. The second angel-messenger for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, represented in the second star, was Irenaeus.
Remember that in the temple, they also had—in the holy place—a candlestick or lampstand with seven lamps, and those lamps were burning; and those burning lamps represent the seven ages of the Gentile Church with His seven messengers, His seven angel-messengers, on Fire with the Spirit of God. And notice how the Fire of the Spirit of God was shining in each age through the messenger of each age. And each of those lights on each lamp, notice, is the star of each age, the messenger of each age.
The second angel-messenger was Irenaeus, and he was put in France.
Because the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ has gone from stage to stage, from age to age, with each stage, each age, being manifested, appearing, and having His elect of each age, and His messenger of each age in the territory pertaining to each age.
The first age was in Asia Minor; the second was in France, where Irenaeus was its messenger; the third age was in France and Hungary, and its messenger was Martin; the fourth age, we find that it was also fulfilled in Europe, and its messenger was Columba (it was fulfilled in a European territory); the fifth age was also fulfilled in a European territory: there in Germany, its messenger was Luther; the sixth age was also fulfilled in a European territory: there in England, and its messenger was John Wesley; the seventh age was fulfilled on North American territory: the Spirit of Christ flew from Europe, He flew to North America and fulfilled the seventh stage or age in North America, and He sent His seventh angel-messenger, His seventh star, to North America.
Each one of those messengers were the stars of each age in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, which was going through the seven stages or ages, which pertain to the nighttime; because the Dispensation of Grace, with its ages, pertains to the nighttime, because it pertains to the time in which the Gentile kingdom is ruling on Earth; and that represents night for this Earth. But in the middle of the night there were seven stars, one in each age: seven messengers of Christ, one in each age and in each territory, giving Light—the Light of Christ—and bringing us the Message of Christ in each stage.
Each messenger was in each age of the Church of the Lord; in other words, the messenger of each age was in his age, shining with the Light of Christ in the midst of the Church of Jesus Christ; and the Church of Jesus Christ gave Light on Earth, just as the moon shines upon the Earth; but the moon has different stages: it has the full moon stage, but it also has the stage where it starts to wane until it disappears.
And now, at the end time, we find that the moon disappears because the time comes for it to disappear; and when that time comes, we find that we reach the Divine Cycle of the morning, when the Day is breaking; for which, a new dawn is coming to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; so it’s no longer a messenger of the seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church who comes… which were the seven spirits of God that run to and fro through the whole Earth.
In Revelation chapter 1… Revelation chapter 1, verse 4, tells us:
“John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne.”
Now, let’s see those seven spirits which are before the Throne. In Revelation chapter 4, verse 5, it says:
“And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.”
Notice, those seven lamps are the seven ages of the Gentile Church along with the seven angel-messengers of the Lord Jesus Christ; and notice, these seven lamps are the seven spirits of God.
And in Revelation chapter 5, verse 6, it says:
“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.”
Now, notice how those seven eyes that are on the seven horns which are on the Lamb, those seven eyes are the seven spirits of God which run to and fro through the whole Earth; it is the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, manifested in each of the angel-messengers of the seven ages of the Gentile Church.
And that is why they (those messengers) are the seven stars that appear in the right hand of Christ, and they are also the seven spirits of God which run to and fro through the whole Earth; because, in them, the Spirit of Christ was running to and fro through the whole Earth, manifested in human flesh in each angel-messenger of each age.
And where does all this symbolism of the seven stars, the seven angels, the seven spirits of God, and so on, come from? In Zechariah chapter 3, verse 9, it says:
“For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.”
And in Zechariah chapter 4, verse 10 and on, it says:
“For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.”
See? The eyes of the Lord which run to and fro through the whole Earth are the seven eyes that are on the seven horns that the Lamb has in Revelation chapter 5, verse 6; those are the seven angel-messengers of the seven ages, where the Spirit of Christ was manifested. And we can see how those seven angel-messengers had their ministries; the last of those seven angel-messengers was Rev. William Branham, where the Spirit of Christ was manifested.
When it speaks about seven eyes, those are seven seers, because God’s seers or prophets are represented in eyes, because they are seers: they see, they see visions, and they see the things that God shows them, because they are sent for that purpose.
And now, after those seven eyes and seven stars, which are the seven spirits of God that run to and fro through the whole Earth in those seven great manifestations of the Spirit of Christ during these two thousand years that have passed, in seven men, seven messengers of Christ, what else do we have in the Divine Program? Have the stars finished?
Stars shine at night; although they are up there during the day, but we can’t see them, except for one, which is the morning star, and even when the day is breaking and daylight begins (and it is already daylight), it is still visible.
And once the seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church have passed, and the ministries of the seven angel-messengers have ended, we need a messenger of Christ, a messenger of God, to give us the Light of the Divine Word and to make known to us all these things which must shortly come to pass at this Last Day, and thus, to reveal to us His entire Program pertaining to this end time.
And the seven stars of the seven ages have already finished their work; and it is already morning, when the dawn of a new dispensational Day and a new millennial Day is breaking.
And, will God give us another star? If He gives us another star, what would it be? An Eighth Star.
And now, let’s see if we have the promise of an Eighth Star; it says (Revelation chapter 2, verse 28, says):
“And I will give him the morning star.”
The Morning Star isn’t the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh star, but an Eighth Star; because that is the Star that is seen when the day is already breaking, although it was seen at night; but it is seen in the morning, at dawn.
When that star is being seen, around that time you will be seeing that the day is getting brighter; and it is the light of the sun that is rising. The day is breaking when you see the bright and morning star manifested; and the promise is: “To him that overcomes, I will give the Morning Star.”1
And now, let’s see who the Morning Star is. In Revelation chapter 22, verse 16, it says:
“I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.”
Who is the Bright and Morning Star? It is our beloved Lord Jesus Christ; It is the Second Coming of Christ manifested at the Last Day, in the morning.
When the dawn is breaking, the Morning Star is shining, giving us His Message that a new Day is breaking; and a new dispensational Day is starting for all of God’s sons and daughters, who are present at the Last Day and see that Bright and Morning Star enlightening our way on a new dispensational Day, and testifying to us of a new dispensational Day and a new millennial Day that is beginning; and this opens our understanding so that we can understand that we are in a new dispensational Day.
The new Day of the Dispensation of the Kingdom is breaking, and the new Day of the seventh millennium is also breaking, it’s starting.
And what is the seventh millennium? One day before the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day, Second Peter chapter 3, verse 8, tells us, and Psalm 90, verse 3. And when it speaks to us about the Last Days before God, those are the last millenniums to human beings.
When our Lord was preaching here on Earth two thousand years ago, Saint Paul the Apostle says, in his Letter to the Hebrews, in chapter 1, verse 1 to 2, that they were already living in the Last Days. He says:
“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hath in these last days,” (when does he say it is? In these Last Days), “spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.”
Notice, Saint Paul says that God spoke through His Son (when?) in the Last Days; and approximately two thousand years have already passed; and he told us those were the Last Days. Because the Last Days are the fifth millennium, sixth millennium, and seventh millennium; and when Jesus was four to seven years old, the fifth millennium began, and therefore, the Last Days began.
See the mystery of the Last Days? They are the last millenniums to human beings, which are: the fifth, sixth, and seventh millenniums.
And if we add to the calendar the years it is behind, we are already (where?) in the seventh millennium, at the Last Day before God. And we are in a new dawn of a new millennial Day; the dawn is already breaking: the morning of a new millennial Day and also of a new dispensational Day: the new Day of the Dispensation of the Kingdom, where Christ will establish His Kingdom on this Earth. All of that is promised for the seventh millennium.
Now, in which year of the seventh millennium? Let’s wait for everything to be fulfilled, and then we will see in which year the glorious Millennium of Christ would begin, which will begin after the Great Tribulation.
But before the Great Tribulation, all of God’s elect are called and gathered by the Great Voice of Trumpet or Last Trumpet, which is the Voice of Christ, the Voice of the Eighth Star, manifested at the Last Day, calling and gathering all His elect. And then the dead in Christ will be raised, and we who are alive will be changed; and then we will be here for thirty to forty days, in the eternal body, and then we will go from here to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb with our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
We will go in a new body, because we can’t leave this place to go to the heavenly Kingdom with this body; “for flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption;”2 in other words, we can’t continue to live for all eternity with this mortal, corruptible, and temporary body; we need a new body. And Christ has promised it for each one of you and also for me.
We will have a new body, as He has promised; we will all be changed, we will have the new body, and we will be in the image and likeness of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ; First Corinthians, chapter 15, verses 49 to 55, testifies of this Divine Truth. And when will it be? At the Last Trumpet, as Saint Paul says: “For the Trumpet shall sound, and the dead in Christ shall be raised first, and then we who are alive will be changed.”
That is the promise for each one of God’s sons and daughters, whose names have been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life before the foundation of the world; in other words, it’s not that you have your name written in Heaven since this year, but rather, before the foundation of the world.
So notice why He comes calling and gathering all His elect, because their names are written (where?) in the Lamb’s Book of Life in Heaven.
That is why Christ said: “My sheep hear My Voice, and they follow Me,3 and I call them by name.”4 How can He call them by name if He doesn’t have their names written in Heaven, in the Lamb’s Book of Life? Well, of course He has them [written there]; and that is why He calls them by name, and they come. And Christ said: “Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear My Voice; and there shall be one Fold, and one Shepherd,” (Saint John chapter 10, verses 14 to 16).
And through each one of those angel-messengers that we mentioned for the seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church, Christ was calling and gathering His sheep from age to age.
And now, for the Last Day, for the Age of the Cornerstone… notice, for the Age of the Cornerstone, up here, where a new dispensation is opened (and the territory where that Age of the Cornerstone is fulfilled is Latin America and the Caribbean), that is where Christ will be manifested; not in one of these angel-messengers anymore, rather, He will be manifested in His Angel-Messenger as the Bright and Morning Star.
Christ, the Bright and Morning Star, manifested through His Angel-Messenger in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, in Latin America and the Caribbean, on a new dispensational Day and on a new millennial Day; where the dawn is breaking, where the Bright and Morning Star is seen: Jesus Christ manifested in human flesh in His Angel-Messenger.
Didn’t Christ say: “To him that overcomes, I will give the Morning Star”? And who is the Overcomer for the Last Day? It is the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ; and therefore, through His Angel-Messenger, Christ, the Bright and Morning Star, manifests Himself and shines, and gives us His Message of a new dispensational Day and of a new millennial Day; and He enlightens our understanding with His Light, so that we can understand that we have reached the Last Day, the seventh millennium.
And we have reached the seventh dispensation: the Dispensation of the Kingdom, to receive the Light of Christ, the Light of the Bright and Morning Star, which is also the Sun of Righteousness: our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
Around the same place, the bright and morning star is seen, and then the sun is seen rising and shining on a new Day.
And on a new dispensational Day (the seventh millennium and the Dispensation of the Kingdom), Christ enlightens our understanding and our soul with His Word, and He reveals to us all the mysteries pertaining to the seventh millennium and to the Dispensation of the Kingdom, and He fills us with the knowledge of His Program, to thus, live in the seventh millennium, meaning, at the Last Day, and in the Dispensation of the Kingdom, and to receive the blessings of Christ; to be prepared to be changed at this Last Day, and thus, obtain the new body that Christ has promised for each one of you and also for me.
Because, just as you will receive a new body like the body of the Lord Jesus Christ, to be in the image and likeness of Christ, I will also receive mine; and we will all be in the new body, the eternal body, living for all eternity with our beloved Lord Jesus Christ as kings and priests in His glorious Millennial Kingdom, and then for all eternity.
See the great blessings Jesus Christ has for each one of you at the end time and for the end time, where He will be manifested as the Bright and Morning Star through His Angel-Messenger?
We have seen “THE MYSTERY OF THE EIGHTH STAR.”
Notice that when the Son of man has the seven stars in His right hand… Through the Scripture, we see that He has seven stars; but if you look closely, you will see seven stars (which are the seven angel-messengers), and you will see one more Star: the Eighth Star. Because the Eighth Star is Christ, the Eighth Star is the Son of man; and the Chief Star has the other seven stars in His right hand.
We have seen “THE MYSTERY OF THE EIGHTH STAR.” That is the mystery of the Second Coming of Christ, the mystery of the Coming of Christ manifested through His Angel-Messenger at the Last Day, as the Bright and Morning Star, giving us His Light, enlightening our understanding and our soul with His Word, and revealing to us all these things which must shortly come to pass at this Last Day.
We have seen the mystery of these heavenly symbols of stars, of the sun, and of the moon, and so on.
When God speaks to us prophetically with these symbols, we have to understand that these symbols have to be fulfilled in someone.
All of God’s sons and daughters are represented in stars: they are sons and daughters of God.
And now, Christ is the Bright and Morning Star, and He is also the Sun of Righteousness; and He manifests Himself at this Last Day, first as the Bright and Morning Star through His Angel-Messenger, and He enlightens our understanding, making known to us all these things which must shortly come to pass, at this Last Day, in this seventh millennium and in this new dispensation: the Dispensation of the Kingdom, which is opening up at this end time.
“THE MYSTERY OF THE EIGHTH STAR THAT DOES NOT APPEAR IN REVELATION CHAPTER 1, VERSE 20.” Let’s see… “THE MYSTERY OF THE EIGHTH STAR THAT IS NOT SEEN IN REVELATION 1:20;” but It is seen in Revelation 1:28, and It is seen in Revelation 22:16.
And notice, It isn’t seen in the seven Gentile Church ages, but It is seen in the Age of the Cornerstone. That is the Star that isn’t seen in the seven ages, but that Star is seen in the Age of the Cornerstone, manifested through His Angel-Messenger (where?) in Latin America and the Caribbean.
That is the territory for the manifestation of the Eighth Star, just like the territory for the manifestation of the first star (which was the Holy Spirit manifested in Saint Paul, and Saint Paul was the first star), that star was seen (where?) in Asia Minor; the second was seen in Europe, there in France; the third was seen in France and Hungary; and so on. Each time one of these messengers was seen, one of the seven stars was seen in the territory where God sent him.
And when Rev. William Branham appeared in North America, the seventh of the seven stars of the seven Gentile Church ages was seen.
And then, would any more stars be seen? Yes, the greatest One would be seen: the Bright and Morning Star would be seen in the Latin American and Caribbean territory. And that is the manifestation of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit in His Angel-Messenger, enlightening our understanding and our soul with His Word, and thus, making known to us all these things which must shortly come to pass at this Last Day.
It has been a great privilege to be with you this evening, testifying to you about: “THE EIGHTH STAR THAT IS NOT SEEN IN REVELATION CHAPTER 1, VERSE 20,” and therefore, It is not seen in Asia Minor, nor in Europe, nor in North America; because It would be seen at the Last Day and in the Dispensation of the Kingdom, in the Age of the Cornerstone; up here, in the Age of the Cornerstone, in the territory where the Age of the Cornerstone would be fulfilled.
And which is that territory? And who are the people who would see that Star shining on a new dispensational Day? Here we are: in Latin America and the Caribbean, where the Eighth Star would be seen.
“THE MYSTERY OF THE EIGHTH STAR.” That is the mystery of the manifestation of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit through His Angel-Messenger.
By seeing Jesus Christ manifested in His Angel-Messenger at the Last Day, in Latin America and the Caribbean, what would we be seeing? The Eighth Star; which was not seen in the seven Gentile Church ages, because It wasn’t for the seven ages, but for the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, and for the people and among the people of Latin America and the Caribbean.
May the blessings of Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, the Bright and Morning Star, be upon each one of you and also upon me. And soon, may we all be changed and raptured at this Last Day.
Thank you very much for your kind attention, and have a good evening everyone.
I will leave the minister with us again, the reverend in charge here, to continue and conclude as already planned.
And may God continue enlightening our path with the Bright and Morning Star, enlightening our way of Eternal Life.
Thank you very much.
“THE MYSTERY OF THE EIGHTH STAR THAT IS NOT SEEN IN REVELATION 1:20.”
1 Revelation 2:26-28
2 1 Corinthians 15:50
3 John 10:27
4 John 10:3