The Mystery of the Faith of the Mighty Men and Women of the Son of David

Good evening, beloved friends and brethren present. It is a great privilege to be with you on this occasion, to share some moments of fellowship around the Word of God, and thus, to see the time we are living in; and to be able to understand the life of King David and how Christ and the whole Program that Christ would carry out was reflected in him.

For this reason, I want to read in Second Samuel, chapter *23, verse 8 and on, where it says:

“These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.” (Was he a mighty man?!)

“And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.”

In other words, they went after (whom?) this mighty man of David: Eleazar the son of Dodo, who fought and whose sword even stuck to his hand (it became one with his hand); and it says that the people went—they returned after him to gather the spoil of all the people that this mighty man of David had defeated.

“And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite,” (he was the third of the mighty men, of the first three mighty men or chief mighty men).

“And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory.

And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.

And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the (mighty) men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.”

“…Howbeit he attained not unto the first three,” in other words, he did not attain the level of Josheb-Basshebeth [the one who sat in the seat]: which was Adino the Eznite, nor Eleazar the son of Dodo, nor Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite.

Our subject is: “THE MYSTERY OF THE FAITH OF THE MIGHTY MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SON OF DAVID.” 

How many mighty men did David have? How many were they, Miguel?

[Bro. Miguel: “Perhaps about six hundred.”—Ed.]

No, but the mighty men who…

[Bro. Miguel: “There were thirty-seven.”]

Thirty-seven (that is in verse 39 of this same chapter, chapter 23, of Second Samuel); and among the thirty-seven, there were three main ones.

And in addition to those three main ones, out of the other thirty-four, there were chiefs over those who were King David’s mighty men. We find that one of them was [chief] over thirty mighty men.

And now, notice how David had his army, but out of all his army, and out of all his people, there were thirty-seven mighty men.

And among the thirty-seven mighty men, there were some who stood out more than others; and the ones who stood out the most were three, the three main ones, who had a great blessing: to be fighting alongside David, arm in arm with David, recognizing the anointing of God that was in King David.

The other mighty men also recognized it. In other words, the thirty-seven mighty men recognized God’s anointing, they recognized that the Spirit of God was in King David, they knew that God had anointed him to be king over the Hebrew people.

The Prophet Samuel had gone to Jesse’s house many years ago, and he had anointed David as King over Israel. And since, notice, God was using the Prophet Samuel, through the Prophet Samuel, notice, the oil was poured, the cruse of oil was poured upon the young shepherd: David, a young man after God’s own heart.

Notice how we must know who David is and how he came on the scene to be King of Israel.

Notice, we find that when God rejected Saul from being king over Israel (although he had already been reigning for at least two years), we find that… since he carried out a work that did not pertain to him: offering a sacrifice to God (which pertained to Samuel, and he had said that he was coming to carry out that work), now we find that he was rejected by God from being king and from his kingdom being forever.

Notice what it says here. It says… in chapter 13, verse 11 and on, of First Samuel, it says:

“And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.”

And what did that mean? That in the glorious Millennial Kingdom, Christ would not be sitting on David’s Throne, but on whose throne? Saul’s throne. And Christ in His First Coming wouldn’t have come through the seed of David, but through whom? through whose seed? Saul’s. Notice all the blessings that King Saul lost because of that act.

“But now thy kingdom shall not continue.”

That is why later on the kingdom fell into the hands of David. It says:

“But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart.”

Surely, when he found out that God had sought Himself a man after His own Heart, he was eager to find him; why? To kill him, so that God could not reign through that man after God’s own heart, but have to continue using Saul. Instead of saying: “Well, I want to meet that man, to help him with everything so that he reigns and I instead become his helper;” but he did not think that way.

Because there are people who are doing a work for God, and they don’t do it correctly, and they don’t want someone to come and do it for God either, and they block someone’s work, but it shouldn’t be that way, instead, they should say: “May more people come, so that we can work together and do all of God’s Work.”

“…The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.”

Now notice how that mistake that Saul made caused him to lose—for him and for all his seed—the kingdom over the Hebrew people; and Saul’s throne would not be remembered or established, but rather, David’s Throne.

And now, notice how when the time came for God to anoint the one who would be king over the Hebrew people, notice, He sent the Prophet Samuel to anoint him with the oil of the cruse, which is a type and figure of the Holy Spirit.

[1 Samuel 16:1] “And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?”

Samuel loved Saul very much, and he mourned or cried before God, perhaps looking for an opportunity or asking God to have mercy upon Saul; but notice, God was not pleased by Samuel continuing to mourn for Saul.

Saul was a king after the people’s heart; and that is the reason, notice, for all the problems he brought upon the Hebrew people. Although God used him on many occasions; but he was not a king after God’s own heart, but after the people’s heart, like the people wanted: a tall, good-looking man, a good warrior, but, notice, he was not after God’s heart.

God tells Samuel:

“Fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.”

Now notice, Samuel had already said that God had provided Himself a man after God’s own heart, but he didn’t know which tribe or which family that man belonged to; but he already had the revelation that God had sought Himself another man. Why? Because when God is finished with one person, He has someone else, to continue with someone else; because no one ruins the Work of God.

Now, a person can lose the blessing God gives him, but that blessing will go to another person.

And now, notice how God had provided Himself another man, a son of Jesse, but notice, He doesn’t tell Samuel which of Jesse’s sons, nor does He tell him the name, nor does He tell him if it’s the oldest or the youngest.

And now, with this revelation: that he would be from Bethlehem of Judea and he would be a son of Jesse, that was enough. That is how much Light he had as to who would be the one to sit on the Throne of the Kingdom of God among the Hebrew people.

God couldn’t give him more Light so that no one would know who he was, what the name of that person was. You know that the devil tries to destroy the instrument God has for each age or for each dispensation: he tried to destroy Moses, he tried to kill Christ too, and so on, we find that he has always tried to destroy God’s instruments.

Notice how he persecuted and killed the apostles, except for Saint John the Apostle, whom he also tried to kill by throwing him into a pot of boiling oil. That is how the devil, through instruments, through people who were used by the devil, tried to kill John the Apostle.

Now, notice what takes place here:

“And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.”

Now, notice, when Samuel says this, it’s because he knows Saul, he knows how far Saul can go. Notice how far someone who has been rejected by God can go: he can go as far as committing a crime.

Wasn’t that what happened with Cain? The sacrifice, the offering that Cain offered to God was rejected, refused, and notice, he went as far as committing a crime because Abel’s was accepted by God and Cain’s was rejected.

And now, Samuel knows how far Saul can go. Didn’t he also try to kill David?

Now, notice, it goes on to say:

“And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.”

Now, Samuel didn’t know which one was God’s chosen one. “He responded…” Let’s see:

“And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming,” (why? because they knew that if Samuel came to bring judgment or curse upon Bethlehem, it would happen). And now they ask him, “and said, Comest thou peaceably?

And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord,” (right away, the people of Bethlehem of Judea were filled with joy), “sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.”

Eliab was the oldest, and he was a tall person, who perhaps looked a bit like Saul in his height and strength; and he thought: “Well, whoever God has in store to be king is tall and strong; so, this is God’s anointed one.”

“Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.”

When a prophet doesn’t have God’s revelation on a certain matter, if he speaks about that matter, he might say something that isn’t so; but that doesn’t mean he is completely mistaken; and that also doesn’t mean someone else can criticize him, because he will get in trouble with God.

Now, Samuel was apparently mistaken here, but he didn’t have Light regarding which of the sons he would anoint, but he knew it was one of Jesse’s sons. So, we don’t criticize Samuel.

“But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature,” (it seems like he was very tall and it seems like his countenance was very attractive), “or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance,” (meaning, the outside, what is visible to the human eye), “but the Lord looketh on the heart.”

The soul in there, meaning, the inner part; not the physical body, nor the spirit, but the soul of the person. And He also judges according to the heart.¹

And God had revealed to Samuel that he would be a man, a man after (what?) God’s own heart. That man’s heart was after (what?) God’s own heart.

“Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.”

By now, Samuel says: “It seems like it’s not about what my eyes can see and think is correct, but rather, the one God has chosen. And since God doesn’t look at the outside, but instead, He looks at the heart, at the soul of the person, I will have to wait here for Him to tell me which one it is.” And now, he says: “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”

“Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. 

Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children?” (Because no one else was coming). “And he (Jesse) said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep,” (he was a shepherd). “And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.”

Now, notice how someone who wasn’t in the picture when the seven sons of Jesse were there, would be the one who would come into the picture and be anointed King of Israel.

Do you know the history of David’s seed or ancestry? Not his seed, but his ancestry. As we go up, where does David come from? Look, here it is. It says in chapter 2 of First Chronicles, [verse 1], it says:

“These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him,” (meaning, the Lord slew him).

“And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

And the sons of Zerah; Zimri,” (let’s see), “and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse…”

(And, of course, Jesse begat David among his children, as the youngest of them all.)

Now, in this passage it tells us that David was the seventh; but notice, in reality, when he was anointed by Samuel, it says that David was the eighth.

“And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

Ozem the sixth, David the seventh,” (there’s one missing here).

“Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail,” (in other words, David had two sisters). “And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three,” (these were also some of the mighty men of King David).

“And Abigail,” (the other sister), “bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.”

And Amasa was also an officer in David’s army. In other words, these officers in David’s army were also (what?) David’s nephews.

And now notice how David has come through this seed of Judah. And as we make our way up to Judah, we find that from Judah, two sons were born, who came through Tamar (his daughter-in-law): and those were Pharez and Zerah; and from the line of Pharez came the line or ancestry of David.

And now notice, this woman, Tamar, was a Gentile. And before Tamar, notice, let’s see… (or, after Tamar), in a certain passage we find that someone from this line married a woman named Rahab (from Jericho, Miguel?), from Jericho: and she was the one who married Salma [Salmon].

And notice how this line… Here it is: Saint Matthew chapter 1, verses… let’s see, verses 4 and on (if you’d like), or verse… let’s start with 1, verse 1, so that you have the whole picture; it says:

“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;

And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab…”

In other words, the mother of Boaz is Rahab, that Gentile from Jericho who didn’t have a very good reputation; but notice, she took the Hebrew people’s side,² she took care of—she hid those spies, and came into the Divine Covenant, and straightened up her life, and became part of the Hebrew people; and she became, let’s see here… let’s see whether she was David’s great-grandmother or grandmother:

“And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse.”

(Let’s see here, how we can look at this here…)

“And Jesse begat David the king…”

Let’s see… Obed was David’s grandfather, Boaz was David’s great-grandfather, and Salmon was (his great-great-grandfather, is that what you call it?) *David’s great-great-grandfather; and therefore, Rahab was King David’s great-great-grandmother.

And if we keep going up, let’s see: Tamar was his great-great-great-great-grandmother or so… or I don’t know what we would call it; we have to keep going up until we get there, and we can say, (let’s see here: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven): starting from David’s great-great-grandmother, she was about the seventh one up (more or less), and a Gentile too.

Well, if we continue searching there, we will find… Notice, let’s look here at another very important thing around here… it goes on to say:

“…And Booz begat Obed of Ruth…”

And Ruth was a Moabite, also a Gentile.

So, David’s grandmother was Obed’s wife, and David’s great-grandmother was Ruth, also a Gentile. In other words, in that line, how many grandmothers (or grandmothers, great-great grandmothers, and great-great-great-great-great-grandmothers) does he have? He has three.

And if we keep searching around, wouldn’t we find one there: the first one? Because she was from, where was she from? From Kuwait. One who lived in Kuwait, so let’s leave that alone, because Gentiles and also Hebrews come from there.

So, we can see the relationship there is between the Gentiles and the Hebrews through the line of King David.

And now, since women represent churches and they represent people, nations, and tongues, we find that these Gentile women represent the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And, therefore, we find that Christ through His Church has been having sons and daughters of God. And since Christ is the heir to the Throne of David, the House of David (meaning, the Seed of David through Jesus Christ) is the One that will rule, will reign, with Christ during the Millennial Kingdom and for all eternity.

And notice the relationship there is between Hebrews and Gentiles. Christ was born among the Hebrew people, therefore, we find that by birth He was a Hebrew (by birth); although, since He came from Heaven, He is neither a Gentile nor a Hebrew (but this is since every person who is born in a nation is a citizen of that nation). And the birth of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ comes through the seed of David.

Notice how, through the seed of King David, Christ appeared in Bethlehem of Judea, being born in Bethlehem of Judea; and we find that, thus, He obtains His position as Prince of the House of David. He is the heir, as the Archangel Gabriel says.

It doesn’t matter what other people may say against Christ, what God says is what counts.

Now what does God say through the Archangel Gabriel? In Saint Luke chapter 1, the Archangel tells Mary… verse 30 and on:

“And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.”

Whom does the Archangel Gabriel say will sit on the Throne of David? The child who would be born of the virgin Mary, He is the heir to the Throne.

And now we find that the Hebrew people have not had a king on the Throne of David for thousands of years.

But at the Last Day, Christ will be claiming His Throne: the Throne of David. Because when He died, rose, and ascended to Heaven, He sat on the Throne of the Father in Heaven; but Christ has His Throne here on Earth; and it is the Throne of David, to which He is heir as the Son of David; and that is why, Christ has to manifest Himself as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as the King of kings and Lord of lords in His Claiming Work, which includes the claim of the Throne of David.

The Hebrew people are in expectation, because they say the Messiah must be on Earth already. And there are banners they have put up among the Hebrew people, where it reads: “Welcome, Messiah.”

They have written that on many occasions, they have put it up on the streets, because they are waiting for the Coming of the Messiah, the Coming of the Anointed One; because Messiah or Christ means ‘Anointed One,’ the One anointed with the Spirit of God, with the Holy Spirit, to sit on the Throne of David.

It has been thousands of years since that Throne has been occupied; it has been unoccupied. But the Hebrew people are eager to see it occupied, and they know it’s at the end time, at the Last Day, that the Throne of David will be claimed and will be occupied; and they are waiting for that great event.

This year, or recently, a red heifer or cow was born among the Hebrew people, and for many of the Hebrews it is a sign of the Coming of the Messiah; it is a sign, it is a spiritual sign for the end time and for the establishment of the Kingdom of the Messiah among the Hebrew people. They say that ever since the temple of Jerusalem was destroyed, a red heifer had not been born among the Hebrew people.

Do you remember that a red heifer was the one that was sacrificed and burned? And then they would bring that heifer out (completely burned already), and prepare the water of separation, the water of purification.³

And now they are in expectation, waiting for something great from God.

When the heifer was sacrificed, with his finger, the high priest would sprinkle blood seven times, a type and figure of the seven ages of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, whom the Blood of Christ has been sprinkled upon.

And now, notice how the things related to that red heifer have been in fulfillment among the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, because that was a type and figure of what would be happening in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And now, notice how the Hebrew people are in expectation and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ too.

And now we have had the seven angel-messengers, which are from the seed of Jesse. And how can it be possible for them to be from the seed of Jesse? Through Christ, who is and who comes from the line of David or seed of David.

We find that all those who are born in Christ, the believers in Jesus Christ as our Savior, washed in the Blood of Jesus Christ, and who have received His Holy Spirit, come from the line of David.

And now, notice how the House of David is made up of human beings who belong to the mystical Body of the Lord Jesus Christ; because God promised that He would restore, He would raise up the House of David, the tabernacle of David, that had fallen.⁴

And now notice why we will reign with Christ a thousand years and then for all eternity: because we belong to the House of David, to the Seed of David through our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.

See the relationship there is between the Gentiles and the Hebrews?

And now, notice how at the Last Day we find that the Throne of David will be restored, and the Throne of David is promised to be eternal. And Christ is the One who claims His Throne, and He is the One who inherits the Throne of David and sits on the Throne of David.

And at the time in which that claim is made, and Christ sits on His Throne, that is when He will have the Program pertaining to the restoration of the Throne of David being carried out on Earth; and that is where the mighty men and women of the Son of David will be working and fighting for the restoration of the Throne of David; just like those mighty men fought in favor of the kingdom, of the throne of David, so that King David could reign, as overcomer of his enemies.

And now, at the Last Day is when this becomes a reality in the Divine Program. This is the time when Jesus Christ as Son of David will be manifested as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords.

And in the manifestation of Jesus Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, crying as when a lion roars and seven thunders uttering their voices, that is when He will carry out the claim of the Throne of David; just as He also claims His Church, His elect who have been washed in the Blood of Christ, of the Lamb of God. He claims everything He has redeemed with His Blood.

And just like we find that when the king who would sit there on the throne of the Hebrew people had to be anointed, to reign over the Hebrew people… because the kingdom and throne of Saul had been rejected, and Saul had been rejected from reigning; therefore, the throne of Saul would have an end, but then there would come one that would have no end.

And now, we find that over the Hebrew people, kings who were part of the Roman Empire have been reigning, and nations have also been reigning, and governors, presidents, and so on, have been reigning; but that is a type of kingdom that will have an end, and it will make way for the glorious Kingdom of David, it will make way for the Throne of David, for Christ to reign over It.

And for that to happen, notice, a spirit cannot be crowned. The forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ tells us that a spirit cannot be crowned.⁵

In order for Christ to be crowned as King over the Hebrew people, something important has to happen in the Divine Program; and what has to happen… Let’s see if we can find it here quickly, let’s look up page 97 of the Book The Revelation Of The Seven Seals, preached by William Marrion Branham, it says:

“222 Now watch. Then it is He, the Lamb, that takes His Kingly position, when His saints come to crown Him, ‘Lord of lord, and King of kings.’ See?

223 See, ‘Time has run out.’ Revelation 10:6, ‘There is no more time.’”

On page 154 of the Book The Revelation Of The Seven Seals, it says:

“302 Glory! Notice! And when this Holy Spirit that we have becomes incarnate to us, the One that’s in our midst now in the form of the Holy Ghost, becomes incarnate to us, in the Person of Jesus Christ, we’ll crown Him King of kings,” (and Lord of lords).

In other words, in order to be crowned as King of kings and Lord of lords, the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit, must be manifested in human flesh; He must come manifested in human flesh.

In the Book The Revelation Of The Seven Seals, pages 151 to 152, it says:

“283 And, Jesus, His Name on earth was ‘Redeemer,’ Jesus. When He was on earth, He was the Redeemer, that’s true. But when He conquered death and hell, and overcome them, and ascended on High, He received a new Name. That’s the reason you holler the way they do, and they don’t get nothing.

284 It’ll be revealed in the Thunders.”

In other words, no one can know that mystery of the new Name of the Lord unless it’s through the Thunders of Revelation chapter 10, which is the Voice of Christ crying as when a lion roars and Seven Thunders uttering their Voices.

“[284] Notice the mysteries. He is coming, riding…There’s got to be Something to change this Church. You know that. There’s got to be Something. Notice, ‘No man knowed, but Himself.’ Now, notice, ‘No man knowed, but Hisself.’

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name was called The Word of God,” (in other words, it’s the Coming of the Word to Earth again).

“And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he tread the winepress of the fierceness and the wrath of Almighty God.

And he had on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

(Revelation 19:13-16)

“285 There comes the Messiah. There He is.”

In other words, the Messiah is ‘the Anointed One.’

And now, on page 318 [The Revelation Of The Seven Seals], Rev. William Branham says while he is praying, he says:

“[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? The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, in other words, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit.

He came in each age manifested in each angel-messenger; but at no point did He come as King of kings and Lord of lords. He came in His Work of Redemption in each of the ages of the Gentile Church.

And at the Last Day is when something very important will be happening, where the white-horse Rider of Revelation—which is the Holy Spirit—will come incarnate, in other words, manifested in human flesh as King of kings and Lord of lords.

And in the Book The Revelation Of The Seven Seals, page 295, Rev. William Branham says:

“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.”

What will Revelation chapter 19, verses 11 to 21, be? The Coming of the Holy Spirit in human flesh. The Coming of the Word, in a Man; the Word incarnate in a Man, in a Man of the Last Day.

Because it can’t be in a man of an age that already passed, because that doesn’t work for our time; it must be in a man of the time in which He comes as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords in His Claiming Work.

And just as He has had prophet-messengers in the Old Testament, in each dispensation and each age of the past; and He has had seven angel-messengers in the Dispensation of Grace, in whom Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit has manifested Himself; but in none of them did Christ present Himself as Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, and as Son of man and Son of David, because that is the manifestation pertaining to the Last Day.

And just as the seven sons of Jesse passed and none of them was the anointed one, the one chosen by God, neither were the seven angel-messengers; none of them was the one chosen to occupy the position of being the instrument of Christ in His manifestation as Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, so that the white-horse Rider of Revelation 19 may come, the Holy Spirit incarnate in a Man.

The seventh angel-messenger once thought it was him; because he probably read in First Chronicles, chapter 2, and there, he saw that it said David was the seventh.

And well, what anyone seeks is God’s blessing. And if there is something in the Scripture to hold on to in order to receive God’s blessing, wouldn’t you hold on to it? Well, likewise, the men of God in the past held on: Didn’t Jacob hold on to the Birthright Blessing in order to receive God’s blessing?

Well, our Brother Branham was a very good, very humble, very simple man; but he was a person who understood God’s blessings very well, and what this means for the person who receives those blessings of God (which have to be in the Scripture); but that blessing wasn’t for him.

Do you know that he tried to hold on to that blessing, like all the messengers? Saint Paul also tried to hold on to that blessing, when he tried to turn the Hebrew people to Christ.

The Hebrew people can only be turned to Christ in the manifestation of Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit through human flesh at the Last Day; where He manifests Himself as Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, and as Son of man and Son of David.

And now, notice, none of the seven angel-messengers was the instrument for that manifestation of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit through human flesh, through a messenger in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The diagram that Rev. William Branham used for the preaching of the message “The Stature Of A Perfect Man,”⁶ shows us the seven ages of the Church of the Lord among the Gentiles during the Dispensation of Grace.

And here are the seven angel-messengers that were represented in the seven sons that Jesse had, who passed before the Prophet Samuel, of whom the Prophet Samuel said: “God has not chosen any of these.”

God has not chosen any of these (for what?) to sit on the Throne, there among the Hebrew people, or the Throne of the Kingdom of God among the Hebrew people. But then the eighth one came; and only the eighth one falls in the eighth age, he cannot be put in the seventh age.

And there is only one Prophet promised for once the seven stages or ages of the Gentile Church and the ministry of the seven angel-messengers end; and he is a Prophet for a new dispensation: for the seventh dispensation, which is the Dispensation of the Kingdom.

He is a dispensational prophet, which is seven times or eight times greater than a prophet of an age; and that’s to avoid exaggerating, because we would have to say: “He is fourteen times greater than a prophet of an age.”

Why? Because notice, during the seven Gentile Church ages, and during the ministry of the seven angel-messengers, there was only one color of the rainbow, and not the whole circle, but only half. Seven manifestations of the Holy Spirit, but without the whole circle.

And then for the Age of the Cornerstone there is the manifestation of the Divine Covenant, of the rainbow, of the whole circle with all seven colors. Therefore, it is a manifestation that is fourteen times greater than there was in each age; and therefore, the ministry is fourteen times greater than the ministry there was in each age.

And now, notice how at the Last Day is when the Age of the Cornerstone comes, the Eighth Age. And the number eight speaks of infinity [∞] and eternity; therefore, it is an age for all eternity. And the Millennial Kingdom and all eternity is in that age.

So, in that age, there is the ministry pertaining to the Dispensation of the Kingdom, which is the ministry of the Prophet of the Dispensation of the Kingdom, who is sent with the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom; a Message that the Hebrew people will receive.

Because the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom is the Message for the seventh millennium, and therefore, for the glorious Millennial Kingdom of Christ. It is the Message for the Dispensation of the Kingdom.

And a Message for a dispensation cannot be brought by a messenger of an age, but a dispensation; and with that messenger, a new dispensation is opened.

And although some may think he is wrong, he will be aware that he is not wrong, but that what is happening is a change of dispensation: an overlap between one dispensation and another. And in overlaps between ages, there were always problems, there were misunderstandings, and especially in overlaps between dispensations.

When there was the overlap between the Dispensation of Grace and the Dispensation of Law, Jesus appeared, the Messenger of the Dispensation of Grace.

In that overlap between the Dispensation of Grace and the Dispensation of Law, notice how there were great problems: they criticized Christ, they said that He was Beelzebub,⁷ that He had devils; that He was a friend of publicans and harlots and all those kinds of people⁸: that He would go eat with them, and drink with them; and they said He was a sinner.

They said all those things; but He continued moving forward. And He said to them: “I have not come to seek the righteous, but sinners to repentance, that they may receive God’s blessings.”⁹

And now, notice how Christ didn’t even pay attention to them; and when He did something, He said to them: “You cannot hear My Word, My Voice, because you are not of My sheep.”¹⁰ Those people were people of the Dispensation of Law.

But now those of the Dispensation of Grace were being called and gathered: with that call starting back then through the manifestation of Jesus Christ; through the manifestation of the Angel of the Covenant, of the Angel of the Lord, of the Holy Spirit in human flesh in the Person of Jesus, that young carpenter of Nazareth.

Who would have imagined that the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant—who is the Lord Himself, the Angel of the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—would be in a young carpenter from Nazareth, in such a simple veil of flesh? But that is how it was. They thought it would be in a very important man; and notice, it was in a carpenter from Nazareth, a Man with an ordinary profession or an ordinary trade.

Who would have imagined that? In the mind of the theologians and doctors of divinity of the Hebrew people, at no stage did they imagine that the fulfillment of the Coming of Christ, His First Coming, would be in a young carpenter from Nazareth, a simple Man; but that is how it was. Because when God promises something great in His Program, He fulfills it in a simple way.

And will the theological interpretations of Christianity include that the Second Coming of Christ will be the Coming of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit manifested in human flesh in a Man? That doesn’t even cross the minds of the doctors of divinity and the doctors of theology; but notice, that is how it was two thousand years ago.

But, what does the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ say?

“[196]…When our Lord appears here on earth, He’ll be riding on a snow-white horse. And He’ll be completely, fully, the Emmanuel,” (Emmanuel means: God with us), “the Word of God incarnate in a Man,” (meaning, the Word coming again in human flesh at the Last Day).¹¹

Everyone who wants to see the Coming of Jesus Christ at the Last Day: will be seeing the Coming of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit manifested in human flesh in a Man of the end time, of the Last Day, in which we are living. That is the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

But the veil of flesh, the instrument, will not be the Lord Jesus Christ, rather, it will be the Prophet of the Dispensation of the Kingdom, with the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom. In him will be the Angel of the Lord, the Angel of the Covenant—which is Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit manifested in human flesh—giving us His Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom; and thus, proclaiming the Year of the… the Day of Vengeance of our God, and proclaiming the Year of Jubilee being fulfilled at the Last Day.

Because the first part of the Year of Jubilee was fulfilled in the First Coming of Christ, and the second part is fulfilled in the Second Coming of Christ.

What was the First Coming of Christ? Well, the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, veiled in human flesh; that is to say: the Word, the Angel of the Covenant, made flesh. God in His theophanic Body manifested Himself in human flesh in the veil of flesh called Jesus of Nazareth; that was the First Coming of Christ.

And now, at the Last Day, what will the Coming of Christ be? It will be the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord.

[John 1:1-2] “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God.” (Who? The Word.)

In other words, when reference is made to the Word, that is referring to the Shekinah, the Pillar of Fire, which is the Theophany, God’s theophanic body; and which, being in the sixth dimension, the person would see a Man from the sixth dimension.

That is why from that Pillar of Fire God spoke to Moses, and He spoke to other prophets on different occasions; and we find that on some occasions He appeared to him in the form of a Man; and some didn’t even know it was the Angel of the Lord.

Notice, the Angel of the Covenant appeared to Moses in the Pillar of Fire, in the form of a flame of fire. But also on another occasion, when Moses wanted to see God, when he wanted to see God’s glory, God said to him: “There shall no man see Me, and live.”¹² He said to him: “I will pass by, proclaiming the Name of the Lord; and you will be… I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and I will pass by and proclaim the Name of the Lord; the glory of the Lord will pass before you. I will put My hand over your face, and when I have passed, you will see My back or My back parts.”

And all of that happened. And when Moses was there in the cleft of the rock—which is a type and figure of the stripes or wounds of Christ—we find that God’s glory passed by, God proclaiming the Name of the Lord; and then Moses saw the back or back parts of God, like a man’s back.

And then we find that Abraham had also seen God manifested in a visible form, in the form of a Man, when He appeared to him as Melchizedek on one occasion;¹³ and then when He appeared to him as Elohim, before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and ate with Abraham.¹⁴

And at the Last Day, just as the Angel of the Lord, the Angel of the Covenant, appeared on those occasions in a visible form, veiled in His theophanic Body, and then He appeared in human flesh in the veil of flesh called Jesus (and He was the Word, the Word in human flesh: “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,” Saint John chapter 1, verse 14 says); likewise, at the Last Day, the Word will dwell in human flesh among His Church again “and He’ll be completely, fully, the Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate in a Man.”

And that will be the Coming of the Angel of the Lord, the Angel of the Covenant, the Coming of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit, the Coming of the Holy Spirit in human flesh in the Angel-Messenger, in the Prophet-Messenger of the Dispensation of the Kingdom and the Age of the Cornerstone. That is the David, Jesse’s eighth son, who is represented in David (Jesse’s eighth son); and that will be the eighth son of Christ, the eighth son of Christ as a messenger.

Each angel-messenger is a son of Jesus Christ, by believing in Christ and washing away his sins in the Blood of Christ, and receiving His Holy Spirit. And through that new birth, we are children of God through the Second Adam, through Jesus Christ; we are children of God manifested here on Earth.

And now, notice, the eighth son of Christ as a messenger is the one who will be the Messenger of the Age of the Cornerstone and also the Messenger of the Dispensation of the Kingdom.

And notice what Christ promises here. In Revelation chapter 3, verse 21, He says:

“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”

Just like when Christ overcame and ascended to Heaven, He sat on the Throne of God which is in Heaven. And now Christ promises the Overcomer that he will sit with Him on His Throne; not on the Throne of the Father in Heaven, but on the Throne of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is the Throne of David among the Hebrew people.

Notice that the promises made to the Overcomer will all be fulfilled to the Overcomer who is typified in Jesse’s eighth son: in David. And all these promises that Christ makes here, notice, are the same promises that God made Jesus, and they were fulfilled to Jesus. Notice, He says:

“…Even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”

Just as Jesus sat with the Father on His Throne, now He promises to have the Overcomer sit on His Throne here on Earth, meaning, on the Throne of David.

And in Revelation chapter 2, verses 26 to 27, it says:

“And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end,” (it’s for the One who overcomes and keeps His works until the end, meaning, until the Last Day), “to him will I give power over the nations…”

None of the seven angel-messengers of the seven ages had power over the nations, but there will be One who will have power over all the nations.

“And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.”

Notice, the same power that He received of the Father, now He says that He will give it to the Overcomer; and that is why at the Last Day, at the end of time, is when this promise will be fulfilled in all its fullness. It was partially fulfilled in the seven angel-messengers, but it will be fulfilled in all its fullness in the Overcomer who is present at the end of time, at the Last Day.

“And I will give him the morning star.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”

This is a promise from Jesus Christ: “I will give him,” (what?) “the Morning Star.” And who is the Morning Star? It says:

[Revelation 22:16] “I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches,” (whom has He sent? Well, His Angel-Messenger, to testify these things in the churches). “I am the root and the offspring of David,” (that is why He is the heir to the Throne of David. And it goes on to say), “and the bright and morning star.”

Who is the Bright and Morning Star? Our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.

In each of the ages of the Gentile Church, we find that Christ was manifested in Holy Spirit in each angel-messenger, but in none of them do we find that the Coming of the Bright and Morning Star was fulfilled.

The seventh angel-messenger lived in the evening time, not in the morning time, in the evening time of the Dispensation of Grace and in the evening time of the seventh age of the Gentile Church.

But in the morning time of a new dispensational Day, in the morning time of the Dispensation of the Kingdom, and in the morning time of the seventh millennium, comes the Bright and Morning Star, and then the Sun of Righteousness rising.

And now, both things: the Bright and Morning Star and the Sun of Righteousness rising, are the same thing: they are both the Second Coming of Christ.

And like the Bright and Morning Star: Jesus Christ first appears in Holy Spirit in His Angel-Messenger when the dawn is breaking, when the dawn of a new dispensational Day and a new millennial Day is breaking; in other words, when the dawn of the seventh millennium is breaking and when the dawn of the Dispensation of the Kingdom is breaking.

And then, as the minutes pass before God (which are years to human beings), the Light of the Sun starts rising. And people look, in the morning (starting after about five o’clock in the morning), when they see the bright and morning star, and in the East they start to see the light of the East; they start to see a light, a glow; and whoever understands and knows that he is looking towards the East, says: “That is the light of the East, it is the light of the sun that rises in the East.” “It is the Light of the Messenger of the East, it is the Light of the Messenger of Israel.”

And the Light of the East, which is the Light of the Sun of Righteousness rising and shining, is the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom shining, and enlightening our understanding and our soul so that we can understand the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, of the Kingdom of God, promised in the Scripture, and especially the mysteries of the Kingdom of God pertaining to the Last Day; and to see the Bright and Morning Star shining, and then seeing the Sun of Righteousness rising on a new dispensational Day.

And now, to him that overcomes, Christ said: “I will give him the Bright and Morning Star.” In other words, Christ in His coming, comes in and to his Messenger, the Overcomer who will be living at the Last Day; who obtains the victory, who obtains the Bright and Morning Star: Christ shining in His Second Coming through His Messenger at the Last Day as the Bright and Morning Star; and then as the Sun of Righteousness shining through His Angel-Messenger, the Prophet-Messenger of the Dispensation of the Kingdom and of the Age of the Cornerstone, represented in Jesse’s eighth son, who will sit with Christ on His Throne, according to the promise of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.

And that is why he will have a ministry, both among the Gentiles, among the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, just as he will also have his ministry among the Hebrew people. That is the only ministry that deals with the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ and then with the Hebrew people.

All the other ministries of the seven Gentile Church ages tried to turn the Hebrew people to Christ but they couldn’t, because those ministries would be for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Gentiles.

And the only ministry to minister among the Gentile Church and then among the Hebrew people is the ministry of the seventh dispensational prophet, who is the Prophet of the Dispensation of the Kingdom and of the Age of the Cornerstone.

That is the ministry of Jesus Christ through His Angel-Messenger, through whom He manifests Himself and makes known to us all these things which must shortly come to pass at this Last Day; where Christ will be manifested as the Son of man and Son of David, manifested in human flesh in His Angel-Messenger.

And the mighty men and women of the Son of David will be with Him, working in the Kingdom of God, in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, for the restoration of all things: for the restoration of the children of God to Eternal Life, and for the restoration of the Kingdom of David, of the Throne of David among the Hebrew people; thus, for the restoration of the Kingdom of God among the Hebrew people and upon all the nations, in fulfillment of the prayer that Christ taught, saying that when they prayed they should say: “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done here on Earth, as it is in Heaven.”¹⁵

And with the Coming of the Kingdom of God and Its establishment in the midst of the Hebrew people and over all the nations, God’s will, which is done in Heaven, will also be done here on Earth.

Because the Hebrew people and all the nations will be ruled by Christ; and the Overcomer will be with Him, who will sit with Him on His Throne; and we will all be with Him, as kings and priests, reigning in the glorious Kingdom of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ, as the House of David, the Seed of David through Jesus Christ, the Son of David, who is the heir to the Throne, He is the heir to the Kingdom of God over the Hebrew people and over all the nations; and we will reign with Him a thousand years and then for all eternity.

That is why we have believed in Christ, we have washed away our sins in the Blood of Christ, and we have received His Holy Spirit from age to age (all the members of the mystical Body of Christ during the seven ages, and in this last age: the Age of the Cornerstone, as an eternal age).

And, notice, we will reign with Him because we are kings and priests, and those of past ages too. And the messengers of the seven ages will have a very important position in the glorious Kingdom of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ; and so will the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom. That will be the chief group of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, with our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.

So, we can see this whole Divine Program which is under Jesus Christ as Son of man and Son of David. We can also see the mighty men and women of the Son of David, of Jesus Christ as Son of man and Son of David, who at this Last Day, will be manifested in the seventh millennium, the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom.

And now, where are the mighty men and women of each age? Well, they are in the age in which they were given to live, the mighty men and women of Jesus Christ of each age, together with the messenger of each age, in whom Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit was; and they are in the territory—they were in the territory where each age was fulfilled.

And now, where are the mighty men and women of the Son of David of the Last Day? Here we are, in Latin America and the Caribbean, where the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom is being fulfilled; it has opened up to welcome all the children of God from among the Gentiles and all those among the Hebrew people, all the servants of the Hebrew people (both the one hundred and forty-four thousand Hebrews and the rest of the Hebrews who want to enter into the Dispensation of the Kingdom).

Now, they are given the opportunity a bit later on; when they come in, we will all be changed already, and God will finish His work among the Gentiles already.

Now, let’s look at the privilege we have in Latin America and the Caribbean: of being mighty men and women of the Son of David, in the manifestation of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit as Son of David, as Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords in His Claiming Work.

We have a greater privilege than the one those thirty-seven mighty men of the Son of David had; because now, notice, all of you are mighty men and women of the Son of David; and in all of Latin America and the Caribbean there are more mighty men and women of the Son of David than there were in the time of King David. And this is for the restoration of the Throne of David and Kingdom of David among the Hebrew people and over all the nations.

We are in the most glorious time of all times. We are at the time in which God is pouring out great blessings upon His Church, in the stage of the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, in Latin America and the Caribbean; where Jesus Christ is in Holy Spirit manifesting Himself as Son of man and Son of David, and as Son of man and Son of Abraham, and so on. With each of these titles of Christ, there is an inheritance that He obtains.

So notice where we stand in the Divine Program. We are in the most glorious time of all times.

We are in the time when the ministries of the seven angel-messengers have already passed, who appear here, in this cloud,¹⁶ which was formed by angels: the angel-messengers of the seven Gentile Church ages, and by one Angel who was very different from the rest, who is the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord, Jesus Christ in His theophanic body, who has the Seventh Seal, which is the Second Coming of Christ; and who, in order to fulfill His work, must come at the Last Day manifested in human flesh, to thus carry out His Work pertaining to the Lion of the tribe of Judah, to the King of kings and Lord of lords, to the Son of man and Son of David.

We have reached the most glorious time of all times; the time, not of the manifestation of the seven angel-messengers, but the time of the manifestation of the Angel who was very different from the rest, in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom.

We have reached the most glorious time of all times, where Christ is manifested in Holy Spirit through His Angel-Messenger of the Dispensation of the Kingdom and of the Age of the Cornerstone; where He would be speaking to us, and through whom He would be speaking to us all these things which must shortly come to pass; and thus, He would be opening up to us the mysteries pertaining to the Last Day, to the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom.

Notice how simple everything would be among the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

When God promises something for His Church, we have to see which age that promise pertains to. And the promises pertaining to these ages were already fulfilled; and all that is left is the resurrection of the dead in Christ for those of these ages, and for some of the Age of the Cornerstone who have gone because their time here on Earth has ended.

But all the promises, notice, that still need to be fulfilled, and the ones that are currently being fulfilled, pertain to the Age of the Cornerstone.

And that is why He calls His elect, His children, His Church, to come up to the Age of the Cornerstone; to come up to where He is speaking to His Church with that Great Voice of Trumpet and making known to Her all these things which must shortly be done, through His Angel-Messenger.

In Revelation chapter 22, verse 6, He tells us that He makes known all these things which must be done. 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 shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.”

Whom has He sent? His Angel. What for? To make known all these things which must shortly be done. Because all revelation must come through a prophet-messenger.

That Angel-Messenger is the Prophet-Messenger of the Dispensation of the Kingdom; that is why he comes making known the things which must shortly be done. That is what God’s prophets always do: they prophesy the things that will happen. And here He comes, making known the things that will happen, and He comes identifying the things that have already happened.

We have come to the end time, the Last Day, where Christ said we would come and receive the blessings promised for the Last Day; and where the mighty men and women of the Son of David would have a living faith in Jesus Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords in His Claiming Work, seeing Him manifested and hearing Him making known to us all these things which must shortly be done.

And thus, THE MYSTERY OF THE FAITH OF THE MIGHTY MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SON OF DAVID, at the Last Day, would be hidden in the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Claiming Work.

They would be seeing Him manifested as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Claiming Work; they would be seeing Him manifested in human flesh in His Angel-Messenger, in the Prophet of the Dispensation of the Kingdom.

But this Angel-Messenger is not the Lord Jesus Christ; he is only the instrument, the veil of flesh, where Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit manifests Himself at the Last Day as Son of man and Son of David, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords in His Claiming Work, and as the white-horse Rider of Revelation 19, which is the Word incarnate in a Man.

And that Man must be a prophet, because the Word comes (to whom?) to God’s prophets. “Surely the Lord will do nothing without first revealing His secrets to His servants, the prophets.” Amos chapter 3, verse 7.

And the revelation of the Seven Seals of Revelation, of course, must come through a prophet. All revelation must come through a prophet, because they are the ones who have both consciouses together.

“THE MYSTERY OF THE FAITH OF THE MIGHTY MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SON OF DAVID.”

Where are the mighty men and women of the Son of David of the Last Day? Here we are, in Latin America and the Caribbean, receiving the blessings of Christ, the blessings of Jesus Christ, the Son of David at this Last Day.

It has been a great privilege to be with you tonight, testifying to you about: “THE MYSTERY OF THE FAITH OF THE MIGHTY MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SON OF DAVID.”

They saw that David was anointed to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Israel. And that is what the mighty men and women of the Son of David will see at the Last Day: they will see that anointing manifested in human flesh, they will see the One anointed with the Holy Spirit at the Last Day, the One who will sit with Christ on His Throne.

There we have the mystery of the faith of the mighty men and women of the Son of David, in the time of King David, and the faith of the mighty… The faith, the mystery of the faith of the mighty men of David back in the time of King David; and now, the faith of the mighty men and women of the Son of David.

It has been a great privilege to be with you, testifying to you about this mystery in this series: “THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN OR KINGDOM OF GOD.”

In this series: “THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN OR KINGDOM OF GOD,” how many messages, conferences, do we have so far, Miguel? Here… How many? One hundred and fifteen? We already have one hundred and fifteen conferences in this series.

We started… Where was it? In Mexico or in Austin? We started in Monterrey. How long ago was that? Was it about two or three months ago? We started on August 5th; and we already have one hundred and fifteen conferences, with sub-topics that talk about the mysteries of the Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven.

And when we finish on December 31, 1997, how many will we have? Over two hundred messages, two hundred conferences, about: “THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD OR KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.”

And notice that all these mysteries are the things that must happen, which are opened to all of us at this Last Day.

So, on this occasion we have seen: “THE MYSTERY OF THE FAITH OF THE MIGHTY MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SON OF DAVID.”

Whose faith? Our faith! And that is the rapturing faith. That is the faith to be changed and raptured, which the Seven Thunders of Revelation chapter 10, verse 1 to 11, give us.

That is the faith, the revelation of the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Claiming Work.

Well, let’s have Miguel come right away; otherwise, we would start with another subject of the mysteries of God or of the Kingdom of Heaven.

And by tomorrow, we will have… And what will be the subject for tomorrow, Miguel? Well, we are going to… it’s in the ministers’ meeting, and that’s for the ministers. Let’s see what we will have with the ministers tomorrow: “THE MYSTERIES REVEALED AT THE LAST DAY.”

Later, well, on that same subject, Miguel, we can have a service with all the brethren in some country, to speak not at a minister level but at a congregation level; to also… and so that you have within reach “THE MYSTERIES REVEALED AT THE LAST DAY;” and to see all those mysteries that have been revealed at the Last Day, in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, and the ones that still have to be revealed.

Well, may God bless you, may God keep you. And continue having an evening filled with the blessings of Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord. And soon, may the very last elect arrive, may he or she be called and gathered; and may we all be changed and raptured, and go to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. In the Eternal Name of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ. Amen and amen.

I will leave Miguel Bermúdez Marín with us. God bless you.

“THE MYSTERY OF THE FAITH OF THE MIGHTY MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SON OF DAVID.”