Good evening, fellow ministers present, and those who are connected through the internet in different nations; it is a great blessing to be with you on this occasion, to share some moments of fellowship with you around the Word of God and His Program relevant to this end time.
Let’s read in Second Kings, chapter 2, verses 1 to 15, the passage where the prophet Elijah was caught up to Heaven in a chariot of fire. It says:
“And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.
And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.”
May God bless our souls with His Word and allow us to understand It.
Our subject is: “WHERE IS THE GOD OF ELIJAH?” Because that is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that is the God who has been worshiped since Adam by all those who have served God. That is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that is the God of the Jews and that is the God of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; who was made flesh according to Isaiah chapter 7, verse 14 and Saint John chapter 1, verse 14. In Isaiah chapter 7, verse 14, it says:
“… and shall call his name Immanuel,” (which being interpreted is: God with us).[1]
And in Saint John, it says:
“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.” (Chapter 1, verse 1, of Saint John.)
And chapter 1, verse 14, says [John]:
“And the Word was made flesh (in other words, It became flesh), and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father)…”
And therefore, the Word —which was with God— was made flesh, and therefore, It was made man in this earthly dimension of human beings. And that is how:
“… the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
And then verse 18, says:
“No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”
“WHERE IS THE GOD OF ELIJAH?”
And may God bless our souls with His Word, open the Scriptures to us, and allow us to see and understand; and to see and understand where the God of Elijah is.
The God of Elijah is the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, who and from whom came the Word, the Word came forth from Him; and the Word is none other than the heavenly body of God, which is —therefore— Christ in His heavenly body; also called the Angel of the Covenant or Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament.
And through that heavenly body, the Word, which is also called the Son of God, we find that God has been manifested. And through Him, He carried out all things in the Old Testament; it was through the Word that God created all things.
The Voice of God, the Word of God for each age and for each dispensation, is heard and received by a prophet, by a messenger.
“Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” That is Amos, chapter 3, verse 7.
And Deuteronomy, chapter 29, verse 29, let’s see what it tells us there, to then continue:
“The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.”
And now, these things that have been revealed, how were they revealed? To God – to a prophet, and then: from a prophet to the people. The Law and the statutes that God gave to the Hebrew people were given to Moses, and Moses revealed them, gave them to the Hebrew people.
Where does God put His Word?
[Deuteronomy 18:18] “… and will put my words in his mouth (in the mouth of a prophet is where the Word of God is); “and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.”
The Message, the Word of God for each age or dispensation is put in the mouth of a prophet; meaning, it comes out of the mouth of a prophet, a prophet anointed by the Holy Spirit, speaking that Word which is placed in his heart and in his mouth to be spoken to the people.
“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever…”
It says:
“… and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.”
He will have to deal with God afterwards, give an account to God; for God will judge him because he didn’t want to listen to the Voice of God the way that God was speaking.
That is why Saint Paul says, in Hebrews chapter 3, verse 7 and chapter 4, verse 7: “Today if you hear his voice, harden not your heart.”
And now, we have seen that in the same way as God spoke to His people in the Old Testament, now in the New Testament we find God speaking by His Holy Spirit through His different messengers relevant to each stage of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He spoke through Saint Peter and the other apostles of that time; He spoke through Saint Paul as the Messenger of the first Church age; and through each messenger relevant to each age.
And that is the God of Elijah in His trajectory; who, in the midst of the human race, has a trajectory from Genesis to Revelation; He has a trajectory from the first prophet that was placed on Earth in human flesh, which was (who?) Adam, to the last prophet-messenger that He will have on Earth at the Last Day, which will be the promised Elijah in his fifth manifestation, through whom the God of Elijah will be manifested at the Last Day.
And now, where was the God of Elijah found? In the time of Adam: Manifested in Adam; then in Abel, then in Seth; and so on, down that line of men of God sent from stage to stage.
He was manifested in Enoch, He was manifested in Methuselah, He was manifested in Lamech, He was manifested in Noah, and we also saw Him manifested in Shem, we also saw Him manifested in Abraham, we also saw Him manifested in Moses, we saw Him manifested in Joshua, we saw Him manifested in the judges…
We find one of the judges, who was gathering wheat to hide it; that was… [Bro. Miguel: Gideon] Gideon; and God spoke to him, the God of Elijah. That is in Judges… [Bro. Miguel: Judges 13] Judges 13 is about Samson. Let’s look it up here so that we have a clear picture of… [Bro. Miguel: Judges 6] Judges 6, from verse 11 and on, says:
“And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.
And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face.
And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.”
And now, notice Gideon is seeing a Man but in a heavenly body. Just like Moses. Just like Jacob: he met a Man and wrestled with Him; and it was the Angel of the Lord, the Angel of God. That is why Jacob said: “I saw God face to face, and my life was preserved; and he called the name of the place Peniel, which means “Face of God.”[2]
And now, given that this man of God, Gideon, also saw… face to face, because he says here – he says so here:
“(And he) said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face.”
Then we find that Jesus Christ Himself on another occasion, there in Saint John chapter 8, verse 56, says… 56 to 58:
“Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”
How was Jesus Christ before Abraham? He was the Angel of the Lord, the Angel of the Covenant.
And now, we find that the Angel of the Lord, the Angel of the Covenant, in whom God was, is, and will be eternally —because that is the heavenly body of God— was made flesh and dwelt in the midst of the human race.
And who was in that Man called Jesus? The God of Elijah, who is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of Adam, God the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth; and God was there (in Jesus) in soul, spirit, and body. And there we have the trinity of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; and that is God in soul, spirit, and body.
God, the Eternal One, the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth: the soul. In Spirit: the heavenly body of God, the Angel of the Lord, the Christ, Christ in His heavenly body, which is the image of God. And in flesh: the physical body of Jesus (see?), in a physical body. And that is God in soul, spirit, and body; there we have the trinity of God.
That is why the human being, who was created in the image and likeness of God, is soul, spirit, and body too.
If God created the human being in His image, then, if the human being is soul, spirit, and body, then God must also be soul, spirit, and body. We must find God and know God in soul, spirit, and body, to thus know our heavenly Father.
Just like, physically, we have a father; and when you are looking for your father… or when you were a little boy and they would tell you: “Your father is on his way,” what are you expecting to see – or what were you expecting to see? You were not expecting to see a little horse, or an ox, or an animal, you were expecting to see a person who looked like you, a person with a soul, spirit, and body.
And when they have left their body, and if we see them before the resurrection, well, then we expect to see our relatives in soul and spirit: soul and a heavenly body. See how simple everything is?
Therefore, the God of Abraham is none other than the Father, but He has a heavenly body called the Angel of the Covenant or Angel of the Lord.
And that is why when He appeared to different men of God in a physical form, we find that He appeared in the form of a pillar of fire, of a light; and God was in that light. And if He let Himself be seen, the next step was seeing a Man called the Angel of the Covenant or Angel of the Lord, in whom God was.
Therefore, when this Angel appeared, the prophets themselves and different men of God (like the judges), said that they had seen God; they recognized that it was God who was there, although they were seeing a Man, an Angel, but they were seeing the heavenly body of God, through whom God was speaking; in other words, they were seeing God in a heavenly form.
And when people received a prophet, and that prophet spoke the Word of God, people were seeing God in a borrowed, temporary body, because they were seeing the veil of flesh in which God was temporarily; but they recognized that that veil of flesh was not God, but rather, the One who was inside that veil of flesh, who was in soul and spirit.
In other words, in soul and heavenly body, He had gone inside a man, inside a prophet, and He spoke through that prophet; that prophet spoke anointed by the Holy Spirit. That is why they could say: “Thus saith the Lord.” It was the Lord, not the Word of a man.
And when the Word was made flesh, people who saw Jesus were seeing Emmanuel which being interpreted is: God with us. God in soul, spirit and body; God the Father, in His heavenly body —called the Angel of the Covenant— inside a body of flesh.
And that body which died and was resurrected: was glorified, and He is in Heaven sitting at the right hand of God; and He turned God’s Throne into a Throne of Intercession, into a Mercy Seat; and He is interceding, as High Priest, with His own Blood, in Heaven, in God’s Temple, in the Most Holy Place.
And one day He will finish His Work of Intercession, His Work as High Priest; and then He will be the Judge and King of all the Earth; He will take the Title Deed, the Book of the Seven Seals, He will open It in Heaven and carry out His Claiming Work. That is for this end time, when the very last elect of God comes in.
Perhaps some people throughout the history of Christianity, throughout the last two thousand years, have said that Christianity, the apostles, and all the other messengers, preachers, have been announcing the Second Coming of Christ and it has not been fulfilled; and some think that it will never be fulfilled.
Why wasn’t the Second Coming of Christ fulfilled a thousand years ago or a thousand five hundred years ago or in the 20th century? Because He can’t leave the Throne of Intercession until He completes His Church, until He has called the very last elect of God, until He has redeemed him; in other words, until He has redeemed the very last person written in Heaven in the Lamb’s Book of Life. That is why the Second Coming of Christ has not been fulfilled during those two thousand years.
It has been God’s patience with the elect; not with the world, but with the elect. Just like in Noah’s time, after God told Noah that He was going to destroy the human race, about 100 or 120 years passed, and the Scripture says that period of time was none other than the time of God’s longsuffering.
Now, let’s see here… because it’s the same thing; in other words, the same reason why God had patience back then, is the same reason why God would have patience. It says: First Peter, chapter 3, verse 18 and on, it says… 18 to 22:
“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison…”
In other words, Christ went to hell in His heavenly body and preached to the spirits in prison, meaning, to the people who lived in Noah’s time and were disobedient at that time, who died by the flood, and went to hell in soul and in spirit.
And, given that He went to preach to the spirits in prison who were there in hell, those people were in spiritual bodies, bodies of the fifth dimension. And Jesus Christ went in a heavenly body; in other words, He went as the Angel of the Covenant who had appeared to the prophets; now He appears there in hell to those people who were over there.
“Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”
And now, it says: “which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah.”
Notice, if in the first ten years after God told Noah that He was going to destroy the human race, He had sent the flood: not even Noah would have been saved.
Why? Because a person may know how to swim, but to swim forty days without resting (!), and then another number of days while the flood passed, that was not possible.
Therefore, He commanded him to build an ark so that he and his family could enter into the ark, as well as a number of animals that were going to start a new stage of life, with which a new civilization would begin.
And now, it was because of Noah that the longsuffering of God waited; and that was a long time.
But now, in the New Testament, two thousand years have already passed since the death of Christ, and Christ is still waiting in Heaven as High Priest: waiting for His Church to be completed, waiting for all those who will be saved to enter into the Ark of Salvation (which is Christ); just as the ark had to be built and all those who would be saved from the judgment of the flood had to go into the ark.
And now, in the construction of the Church of Jesus Christ, God has been waiting for His Church to be completed; it has been God’s patience because of God’s elect.
And now we are waiting for 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; we are waiting for Him to complete His Church and rise up from the Throne and take the Title Deed, and bring It to Earth and give It to a man to eat; so that he, that person, is adopted, is transformed, and so that all the elect of this time are transformed too, and restored to physical Eternal Life.
Without the Title Deed: physically there will be no restoration to Eternal Life, of any person.
Therefore, every last elect of God must come in; and for that to happen, the God of Elijah is the One who has been carrying out the Work of calling and gathering all the elect of God written in Heaven, in the Lamb’s Book of Life. And He has been doing this through Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, through His Holy Spirit; who was in the prophets, He was in Moses, He was in Elijah, He was in Elisha, He was in John the Baptist, and then He was in Jesus made flesh, and then He was in Saint Peter; He came on the day of Pentecost, He came down on the day of Pentecost, and sealed 120; and then He continued to do that Work.
It is the Work of God through His Holy Spirit, through the Angel of the Covenant, through the heavenly body of Jesus Christ; through the Holy Spirit in the midst of the Church.
And that is the God of Elijah in the midst of the Church of Jesus Christ, in Saint Peter and the rest of the apostles (except Judas Iscariot), in Saint Paul, and in each angel-messenger of each age.
We have located the God of Elijah in all those men of God.
And when He was in Reverend William Branham, He was clearly identified by some people; not by all of Christianity, but He was identified by many people.
And after the departure of the veil of flesh in which He was, where did the God of Elijah go? Where did the Holy Spirit whirl away to? That is the mystery that every person must discover, by obtaining the Divine revelation of where the God of Elijah is at this end time.
And wherever the God of Elijah is: He will be operating the ministry of Elijah for the fifth time, and He will be doing the Work promised for this end time.
And everything that God promised to do at this end time, such as the Third Pull for the Bride (the Bride-Church of Jesus Christ), for the foolish virgins, for the world, and for the Hebrew people, the God of Elijah will be doing all of that through His Holy Spirit in the place —in the veil of flesh— in which He manifests Himself at this end time; and He will fulfill all that has been promised.
Therefore, we will be seeing the Third Pull in Its different phases. Some will see It when It is already in Its total fulfillment, where there will be a giant Tent, and there will be preaching and altar calls, and there will be great wonders, great miracles.
Reverend William Branham says that the great miracles will be for that stage, and that what was seen partially… That’s on page 119 of the book of Quotations, but we are not going to read there; we are going to read page 136. Let’s see under which ministry the great miracles will take place. Page 136, paragraph 1208,[3] says… he is asked:
1208 – “[186] [Question 253] Will the Bride—will the Bride before Jesus comes, will She have all power of Holy Ghost to perform miracles, raise dead, and so on as in the latter rain—or is this the latter rain for the hundred and forty-four thousand Jews? Will all ministers have this, are we, or, are we just waiting for the coming?”
The answer:
“Now, latter rain, a hundred and forty-four thousand Jews, no, that isn’t…that…they won’t…that’s—that’s when Elijah and Moses…There’s where the miracles take place.”
Where are we going to see the miracles? He says that’s when Elijah and Moses; that will be with Elijah and Moses. It says:
“…There’s where the miracles take place. The things that the people’s been looking for, the Pentecostals, for miracles, that’s where that’ll take place in that, under them. See, that’s Elijah’s and Moses’. (…)
198 We’re just to wait on the Coming of the Lord.”
And let’s see here on page 138, paragraph 1236 [Quotations][4]:
1236 – “[261] And then shall he send his angels, and…gather together his elect from the four winds, and shall…and the utmost parts of the earth to be…and to the utmost parts of heaven. (…)
262 That’s talking of the resurrection, the translation, going up. He’ll send forth His angels to gather. Did you ever think what the angels are? Huh? Messengers. He’ll gather them together, congregate them together (see?), bringing them, bind them together from the utmost parts of the earth to the utmost parts of Heaven, the Word that was, been made manifest on earth. See? Get it? The Word’s been spoken; here It’s manifested.”
And it also says on page 141, paragraph 1260;[5] it says… let’s read a portion here [Quotations]:
1260 – “[19] He said, ‘He sends His angels to separate them.’ An angel is coming to bring the separation, the segregation between the right and the wrong. And no one can do that but the Angel of the Lord. He’s the One that is going to tell which is right and which is wrong. God said He will send His angels at the last times. Not angels down through here (meaning, not angels in the Church ages, in the seven ages), but angels at the last time, and would gather together. We know that this is the coming harvest time now. Now, an angel is actually interpreted a ‘messenger.’ And we see that there is seven angels of the seven churches, and now…no, through the church ages.”
See? “Not angels down through here;” not angels of the seven ages.
There is another place, it says [Quotations, p. 146][6]:
1303 – “[94] Therefore, in the great Millennium when the resurrection comes, we will not have to be reborn again by our fathers and mothers, but God like He did in the beginning will call man from the dust of the earth, and his helpmate with him. That’s right. That’s the way He did it at the beginning.”
And now, look here:
“…in the great Millennium when the resurrection comes…”
And the Millennium, that is the Seventh millennium since Adam; and that is the Last Day. The resurrection is set to take place at the Last Day, which is the seventh millennium since Adam, or third millennium since Christ; that is the Last Day before God; and to human beings: the Last millennium.
And now, notice, the resurrection of the Old Testament saints, who resurrected with Christ, they rose in the last days.[7]
Why? Because they were living in the fifth millennium which is the first of the three last millennia, which before God is the first of the three last days.
That is why Saint Peter and Saint Paul speak to us about the last days; and Peter says: “For one day before the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” Second Peter chapter 3, verse 8; and Psalm 90, verse 4.
And also in the reading we had in Hebrews chapter 1, verses 1 to 3, it says: “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, and by whom He also made all things (or created all things)…”
Let’s see how it says this here, so that you have it… [Bro. Miguel: “He made the worlds”] “He made the worlds:” “…by whom also he made the worlds.”
“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hath 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;
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person (see? The express image of God; who is the image of God? Christ), and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.”
And now, we have seen here the way in which God created the entire universe: through Christ, who is the image of the living God.
In Colossians it also tells us… chapter 1, verse 14; says:
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.”
Who is the image of the invisible God? Jesus Christ, He is the image of the invisible God in His heavenly body and He is the physical likeness of the invisible God in His body of flesh, a body that is already glorified.
And the physical likeness of all the children of God will also be glorified: we are going to have a glorified body. The new body is the glorified body.
In spiritual terms, the spiritual body is already the glorified spirit because it is an eternal spirit, for all eternity, for each one of God’s sons and daughters.
And now, we have seen that the Almighty God said: “Behold, I make all things new.”[8] And He is making all things new for His children, who are souls of God: He gives them a new heavenly body and He gives them a new physical body; in the resurrection: for the dead in Christ; and the transformation: for those who will be alive in those days.
And now, WHERE IS THE GOD OF ELIJAH?
He is still in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, manifesting Himself and working. Because where is He and what is He doing? For God cannot stand by doing nothing.
He is working in that work in the Age of the Cornerstone, which is the Age of Adoption, preparing all those who are going to be adopted, transformed, those who are going to receive the redemption of the body, which is the transformation of our bodies.
He is calling and gathering the very last of the elect; and when the very last elect comes in: the time of redemption has ended, the time of intercession has ended, time has ended; and therefore, the resurrection of the dead in Christ and the transformation of us who are alive will come.
Some of us say – or some people say: “I have been patient waiting for the Coming of the Lord.” You haven’t been patient at all; the One who has been patient is God. Your patience hasn’t been patience; when a person says he has been patient, what he has been is impatient.
Therefore, God is the One who has been patient. And notice, He has waited two thousand years, and He is still waiting; because no elect can be lost, no child of God can…- none can be lost; and if he is not redeemed by the Blood of Christ, if he doesn’t receive Christ, then he can’t be transformed if he is alive. Therefore, God has been patient for that reason.
It is like parents with their children: parents are patient with their children, because those are their children. And sometimes, the father is even patient waiting for his wife to become pregnant, because sometimes the wife or the husband have health issues, and they wait patiently for God to work. Just like Abraham was patient and didn’t despair; and he remained steadfast, hope against hope,[9] in other words, waiting for something that couldn’t be hoped for.
And sometimes, some people think: “How can there be people who are waiting to have a young body, when what is actually happening is that they are getting older?” Because we don’t see the physical part with our own eyes, but rather we see what is promised with our spiritual eyes (and with our physical ones); and that is why we are waiting for an eternal, immortal, incorruptible, and glorified physical body.
And if a believer in Christ died in the past, or dies in our time, he will be resurrected in the new and eternal body; and he will have what he was waiting for. And we who are alive, well, we all desire to continue living until He gives us the new body.
We wouldn’t want people to cry over our departure, because sometimes people don’t understand what a believer’s departure is, and some say: “He died.” He did not die; he is alive in spirit and soul, and he is in a better place: in Paradise, where there are no more problems. And while family members are crying over here, he is laughing over there, happy and joyful.
And sometimes we may think: “When he came to Earth, he came crying,” as if saying: “I don’t want to go there;” but when he leaves, he leaves joyfully, because he did want to go there, to Paradise.
And now, we are here with a Divine purpose, and we want God’s purpose to be fulfilled in us; and we want to keep our eyes wide open to see where Elijah is at this end time.
When he went to Mount Sinai he went inside a cave, he hid in a cave. That mountain is called “the Mountain (of whom?) of God.”
But now Saint Paul says, in Hebrews, chapter 12, that there is another Mountain. Hebrews, chapter 12, verse… (I’ll give you the verse…), he is speaking about Mount Sinai; verse 18 and on; but let’s start with verse 22 and on here:
“But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem…”
And now we have come to another mountain: Mount Zion, which is the Mountain of God.
“… the heavenly Jerusalem (now, this is a heavenly Mountain), and to an innumerable company of angels,
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven…”
And now, that Mountain, the heavenly Jerusalem, Mount Zion, contains what? The firstborn who are written in Heaven, in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
“… and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.”
We have come to the Mountain [in] which all of this is. That is Mount Zion; typified in Mount Sinai, and also typified in the earthly Mount Zion; typified in the earthly Jerusalem, because the earthly Jerusalem typifies the heavenly Jerusalem.
And now, on that Mountain… notice, it says:
“To God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect.”
We have come to the Mountain where we find the God who is the Judge of all; we have come to Mount Zion, which is the people of God, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, the heavenly Israel.
And to the earthly Mount Zion, the earthly Jerusalem, and therefore, the Spirit of God will also go to the Hebrew people (who are the children of Zion), God will be in their midst; the Spirit of God will be called to go into that army of Ezekiel, chapter 37, verses 1 to 14, and chapter 37, verses 15 to 28.
And therefore, the God of Elijah, who was in the midst of the Hebrew people and has then been in the midst of the Church of Jesus Christ, will return to the Hebrew people. Where will He return from? From the Mountain of God, from the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
“Just as the Hebrews brought the Gospel to the Gentiles, the Gentiles will take It to the Hebrews, and the Rapture will come,” Reverend William Branham said; there around page 30 of the book of The Seven Church Ages in Spanish [The Ages, “The Revelation Of Jesus Christ,” p. 36], around there you will find that. And he says that will be according to Revelation 11; in other words, Revelation 11 is the One who will take the Gospel to the Hebrews; Moses and Elijah, the Two Anointed Ones.
That is why when he wanted to go to Jerusalem he was forbidden,[10] because he is not Revelation 11; he is not the fifth Elijah, who comes with Moses, and that is why he was forbidden to go, because that work is for Elijah in his fifth manifestation.
And the manifestation of the God of Elijah will be present there in the midst of the Hebrew people; but before that, the God of Elijah has been in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And at this end time we can see the history of the Church, and see the God of Elijah from stage to stage in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the midst of Christianity.
We saw Him in the days of the apostles, we saw Him in the days of Saint Paul in the first stage or age of the Church among the Gentiles, and so on, from age to age manifested through the messenger relevant to each age, and manifested in the midst of His Church anointing His different messengers.
We saw Him in the manifestation of the fourth Elijah: in Reverend William Branham, forerunning the Second Coming of the Lord for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, for Christianity. And He will be seen in the fifth Elijah in the midst of the Church, and then in the midst of the Hebrew people.
And there is a mystery there, which we won’t speak about at this time; but so that you have an idea, he says: “The Seventh Trumpet and the Seventh Seal will be the Coming of the Lord.” And he says: “The Seventh Seal is the Coming of the Lord; and the Seventh Trumpet is two prophets: Moses and Elijah.” And he says: “What the Seventh Seal is to the Church, will be the Seventh Trumpet to Israel.” That is around page 128 and 129 and 130 and 149 of the book of Quotations.[11] Now that is your assignment, so that you search and are able to see where the God of Elijah is promised to be at this end time.
When you see Israel coming closer to a ministry, to a messenger, to a preacher, to a speaker from Christianity: open your eyes, because the Spirit of God, the God of Elijah, can go to the Hebrews, without the Gentiles realizing it. Just as He left from among the Hebrews to the Gentiles and they didn’t even realize it; He went to call from among the Gentiles a people for His Name, to call people; because He deals with the Gentiles as individuals, but He deals with the Hebrews as a nation.
And He will turn to the Hebrews to call 144,000 Hebrews. See? Always to call the elect; and thus to gather them together and fulfill His purpose.
The Hebrew people will ask: “Where is the God of Elijah?” They want to see Him, to see Him manifested, so that He restores them, as it has been promised; because they have been going through these stages in which a restoration has already begun, but the total restoration will come at this end time; which is why God will send the prophet Elijah to them, who will restore all things, and will introduce the Messiah to the Hebrew people.
Therefore, the God of Elijah will be with the Hebrew people. But before that, where will we find Him? In the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
In which stage of the Church? The first age of the Church among the Gentiles? That is already in the past. The second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh age or stage of the Church? That is already in the past. In the gap between the seventh age and the Age of the Cornerstone? Not there either, that is already in the past.
It will be in the Age of the Cornerstone, the Age of Adoption, to obtain the faith to be transformed and taken with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. That is where the God of Elijah would be manifested, to give us the faith to be transformed and raptured; and that is where He will be manifesting the ministry of Elijah for the fifth time; to reveal Himself, from there, to the Hebrew people later on. That is where He will be veiled and revealed, giving us the faith, the revelation, to be transformed and raptured: the revelation of the Seventh Seal, the revelation that pertains to the end time.
Therefore, we are living in the time when we can all find the God of Elijah in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the stage of the Age of the Adoption, the Age of the Cornerstone.
“WHERE IS THE GOD OF ELIJAH?” We have already seen where He has to be: in the Church, in which age of the Church.
And just as each age of the Church had a territory where it began, and from there it spread to other territories, so we have to see where the Age of the Cornerstone begins and from where it spreads to other places.
The God of Elijah is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, He is our God. Because there is no other God; there is only one God, the one true God: the God of Elijah, who is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth.
The way Elijah spoke, and the way Elijah took the mantle and opened the Jordan —the Jordan represents death— now notice, Elisha did the same thing and also opened the Jordan.
Elijah was leaving Jericho with Elisha, crossing the Jordan and crossing over to the other side of the Jordan, but Elisha took Elijah’s mantle and crossed into the promised land by opening the Jordan.
That is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ who will be alive and will go into the promised land of the new body alive; and She will also go into the Millennium or Last Day alive; and it also represents the ministry of Elijah in his fifth manifestation; the mantle of Elijah: the Word.
Notice, Elisha had asked for a double portion of the spirit that was in Elijah. And the only one in whom there will be a double portion at the Last Day will be the fifth Elijah, he will have a double ministerial portion.
There, in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, and then in the midst of the Hebrew people, there will be a double ministerial portion, which will be the portion of the ministry of Elijah and of the ministry of Moses: the fifth manifestation of the ministry of Elijah and the second manifestation of the ministry of Moses; and through those two manifestations, God will work with the Hebrew people.
Elijah will know what and how he will have to speak to the Hebrew people; no one else will know how to speak to the Hebrew people, nor what must be spoken to them. Although they may try to come up with…; no one will know how to speak to the Hebrew people, because everything is already programmed, and it is appointed to be under the ministry of the Two Olive Trees.
And no one can take someone else’s ministerial place. Not even the fourth Elijah was able to take the place of the ministry of the fifth Elijah; when he tried, wholeheartedly, with good intentions, thinking that the ministry of one of the Two Olive Trees would be fulfilled in him, he was told not to go to Jerusalem, to Israel; and it was also revealed to him that the fourth Elijah is not the fifth Elijah.
Notice, if he had gone and been successful there, and the prophecy of the call of 144,000 Hebrews had been fulfilled, then the prophecy would have been altered; but it cannot be altered.
That is why he later says that the fifth Elijah is not the fourth Elijah, and that the fourth Elijah is not the fifth Elijah;[12] and if he says so, then that is how it is. Even if he returned, he would still be the fourth Elijah.
But he said: “Someday God will send a prophet there; that will be the great thing that will happen there.” Notice, the great thing that he says will happen there is the appearing of a prophet there in Israel. He says: “One who will be a prophet.” Let’s see where that is, we’re about to conclude. On page 41 of the book of Quotations, paragraph 333,[13] he says:
333 – “301 Now, when is the Gospel returning to the Jews? When the day of the Gentile (or, of the Gentiles) is finished (that is when that dispensation ends), the Gospel is ready, go to the Jews. Oh, I could, if I could just foretell you a little something that’s fixing to happen right here, see, right in this day. You see? It’s fixing to happen. We get it in the Church Age. And this great thing is fixing to happen, will carry over to Revelation 11 and pick up those two prophets, Elijah and the Moses returning back again for the Jews. We’re ready for it. Everything is setting in order, just ready. This Gentile Message, as the Jews brought it to the Gentiles, the Gentiles will take it right back to the Jews again. And the Rapture will come.”
Here he puts the Rapture after that connection with the Jews.
There is another place; let’s see if Benjie has it ready there, where he says: “The great thing that will happen…” I don’t remember where… He says: “The great thing that will happen will be (he says) a holy…” (Which one?) We don’t have it here… He says that “it will be a man, a prophet, whom He will send, the great thing that will happen.” Therefore, that will be something great that is promised for Israel; and that is what will shake the Hebrew people at this end time.
So, we already know about all this. Search in your books of Quotations, and there you will find out about all this that I have spoken to you; and that way you will be able to have a clearer picture of everything that has been happening.
There is an established Hour; that is why the Angel told him: “The hour is not yet, to go to Israel.” We don’t have this handy here just yet, to give it to you here, but we can find it later so that you have it as well. Let’s leave this alone here, for the time being, since…
In plain words, that will be the Rider or a white-horse Rider who will come from the West; and then Elijah says: “We’ll ride this trail once more – again.”[14]
From the West, the God of Elijah will appear manifested in the Elijah of the Last Day, who will be the fifth Elijah promised to the Hebrew people and also to the Church. There will be a mystery that will be fulfilled there, which we can’t speak much about now; but remember that it has to do with the Seventh Trumpet and the Seventh Seal.
We are already quite far along in the Divine Program, where we have to see the God of Elijah, promised to be manifested at this end time.
In the fourth manifestation, he said: “In the Third Pull, I come for them,” in other words, for the elect, for the big fish, in plain words.
If we continue speaking here, we would also have to say that that will be “White Eagle;” what was written on the rock, which said: “White Eagle.”[15] And that was when he also saw, and he speaks of, an Indian chief with his Indian chief garments, and he was a westerner; and he was riding a white horse;[16] and that was “White Eagle.”
Remember that the Indians used to have names like that, “White Eagle” and names of birds or animals like that sometimes. Notice how far the prophetic typology goes for God to show or put in symbols everything that He is going to carry out. And all of that was in the rock.
So we hope that God… [A brother says: 54] Let’s search for 54; 54, paragraph what? [Bro: Paragraph 54.] Oh, paragraph 54? [Bro: Yes.] So, that should be around… [Bro: Page 7.] Page 7 [Quotations][17]:
54 – “278 Them hundred and forty-four thousand will stand yonder. And one of these days, some Divine, holy, anointed prophet of God will go over there with signs and wonders. Those Jews will say, ‘That’s what I’m looking for.’ [Brother Branham knocks on the pulpit four times—Ed.] Yes, sir. And God will baptize a hundred and forty-four thousand Jews.
279 And the Rapture will come; the Gentile age will cease. The atomic bomb will explode and take the world. And the Gentile Church will be raptured up, to stand there in the Presence of God.”
Now, notice everything that is spoken, and —therefore— everything that will be happening at this end time.
[Bro: On 2-A…]
See? This was already the part that you were supposed to do. Your assignment, well, you wanted to… Page 2? [Bro: 2-A.] 2-A [Bro: Paragraph 15, at the end] [Quotations][18]:
15 – “[233] ‘The same Holy Ghost that fell on the Day of Pentecost is right here for you.’”
And therefore, wherever the Spirit of God is (which is the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord, the heavenly body of God), God is there; because God is in His heavenly body.
15 – “234 Then the Gospel goes back to the Jews right there at that time. Then there’ll be a revival amongst those Jews right there that’ll carry thousands and tens of thousands and…a hundred and forty-four thousand, into the Kingdom of God, will be sealed by the sealing Angel. (…)
236 And right there, as soon as that sealing Angel begins (or starts) to seal that hundred and forty-four thousand, the Gentile Church door is closed, and the Jews takes the Holy Ghost to the Jews. And they’ll have a revival that’ll sweep the entire world. Hallelujah! And the power of God will be manifested amongst the Jews.”
We see the promises that there are for the Hebrew people, and we see the ministry that is appointed for the Hebrew people; and we see that that ministry will come forth from the – that ministry will come forth to Israel from the Mountain of God, which is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. And they will recognize him, because they are waiting for whom? Elijah.
See, right here, in the book The Religion of Israel,[19] it says, page 73:
“When the time comes for the kingdom of Israelite faith, God will send His prophet Elijah, who ‘will unite the hearts of the fathers to the hearts of their children, and the hearts of the children to the hearts of their fathers,’ and thus proclaim universal everlasting peace.”
It goes on to say in this book… We don’t have the full quote here, right? The most important part about what he will be forerunning is missing. Let’s search for it here:
“‘… and the hearts of the children to the hearts of their fathers,’ and thus proclaim universal everlasting peace. That is the true forerunner of the Jewish Messiah, the angel of unity and harmony in the world.”
See what Israel is waiting for? It’s not a lot of… they’re not waiting for a lot of appearances; what they’re waiting for is a man. And Israel will recognize him. And soon you will see that all of that will be simpler than you can imagine.
When you see Israel interacting a lot with a man, a preacher from Christianity, open your eyes, because something is about to happen.
Let’s be alert, because things are closer than we can imagine.
Israel is hungry, and it’s not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the Word of God; and Israel knows that God always puts the Word of God in the mouth of a prophet. Therefore, they are waiting for a prophet to appear on the scene. That will be simple for God, because God is the One who designs and sends His prophets.
He told Jeremiah that He knew him from his mother’s womb, or before… (What does it say, Miguel?) Jeremiah, chapter 1, around there.
So, God is the One who will be doing things and showing…
[Bro. Miguel: Before, before… “Before I formed thee in the belly.”]
[Jeremiah 1:5] “Before I formed thee in the belly…”
See? So, Jeremiah was already known by God before being born, and before being formed in his mother’s belly. Therefore, Jeremiah could say: “Before my father conceived me in my mother’s belly, God already knew me;” just like Christ also said: “Before Abraham was, I am.”[20] So, Jeremiah knew what he was speaking about.
Remember that God is the God of the holy prophets.
“WHERE IS THE GOD OF ELIJAH?”
I think that from what we have spoken we all already know that He is in His Church, in the Age of the Cornerstone; and soon He will go and fulfill what He has promised to Israel. But he will fulfill everything that He has promised to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ at this end time, just as He fulfilled what He promised to His Church in each age.
God cannot lie. His Word cannot go unfulfilled; It will do that for which God sent His Word. Everything God promised will be materialized; what He promised cannot fall to the ground, what He has promised cannot go unfulfilled.
At this time, He will have His Church in a Golden Stage or Age; where He will also have many ministers who will see the God of Elijah, and will stand hand in hand with the manifestation of the God of Elijah at the Last Day. Just like those sons of the prophets saw the manifestation of the God of Elijah through Elijah; and then, when Elijah left, they saw the manifestation of Elijah – or of the God of Elijah, in Elisha, and they said: “The Spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha;” and It had come in a double portion, to do something great.
That is why the number of miracles that Elisha performed, we find that there were more… (if we count them, right Miguel? Let’s count them one of these days). And he was a quiet man; and (it seems) he was someone who kind of liked staying home: he had his cabin, his home, and he only moved from one place to another when God commanded him to.
Well, “WHERE IS THE GOD OF ELIJAH?” Wherever He is, He will fulfill the Tent Vision. Wherever He is, He will fulfill everything He has promised for our time, and He will perform the miracles He has promised, when the time comes.
But there are some who will already know where the God of Elijah is before those things happen; and they will see the God of Elijah preparing everything for that total manifestation that He will have in His Church in the stage of the Age of the Cornerstone; and they will be hand in hand with the Work of the God of Elijah relevant to this end time, in the preparation stage for that great manifestation.
And I am one of those who will be hand in hand with that work, where everything will be prepared for that great manifestation there will be, in which the entire world will be shaken by the power of God; and the Hebrew people will say: “That is what we are waiting for!”
That is why we labor in the Work of evangelization, so that the Church of Jesus Christ is completed; we (also) labor in the work of obtaining everything that is needed, everything that is still required for the work that is being done and for the work that will come later on.
And since there are promises of a great manifestation later on, well, we acquire all the land we can acquire; and we say to God: “If it is according to Your plans for us to have part of that manifestation here with us, well, we have land.”
And we will also have for Him… We think like David, who, although he had a house and he had all sorts of things, there was no temple for God, except a… the tabernacle; and he wanted to build a place for God in Jerusalem.
God had said that He would choose the city, the place where He would put His Name, the dwelling place.[21]
And for our time we have promises: that there will be a great manifestation in a Tent or a Cathedral. If he says: “A big Tent,” and he says: “It was something like… a Cathedral,”[22] well then, it might have the appearance of both. And if it can have the appearance of both…
It’s like (let’s say) a person who is five feet, seven to nine inches tall [5’7” to 5’9”],[23] here in Puerto Rico we say: “That person is tall;” but if you go to Germany or to North America, they will consider him short. See? He is short and tall: it depends from where and how they are looking at him.
And similarly there are many things that seem one way to some people and another way to other people, but it is the same thing; it depends on how the person looks at it.
Well, there are great promises for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And we want to have a place for Him in Puerto Rico, so that He may do whatever He desires to do in Puerto Rico, in favor of all Puerto Rico, all mankind, all Christianity, and especially, all the elect of God.
That promise of the Third Pull and the Tent Vision can be fulfilled not only in one country, but in more than one country.
The only thing that happened when he saw what was shown to him, is that he saw in the place that it was taking place that night or that day; but to have an activity of thousands of people, and a preaching and an altar call, well, that must have been going on for a while to get to that level; because things start small and they grow.
He saw when it was at its peak, when it was (how would we say?) at its climax, its maximum expression, its full manifestation; but it had to have started in a simple way until it came to have all that was seen there.
So, someone is going to be adopted; and therefore, God is going to fulfill all those promises through that person. And that will be the God of Elijah. And then everyone will be able to say: “We have found where the God of Elijah is.”
What the Hebrew people are waiting for is to see the God of Elijah manifested, to say: “This is what, and this is who, we were waiting for!”
So, we are waiting for that full manifestation of the God of Elijah. In the meantime, we will continue to work, and also to prepare ourselves for what is to come; and also in every country they are preparing for the fulfillment of what God has promised. We will be working hand in hand on the preparations for what is to come in the manifestation of the God of Elijah.
I appreciate and I am very grateful for all the support that you have been giving all this work, and your “part” in the purchase of the land: the down payment, and also the monthly payments that are being made. And I hope that we all continue, together, not only here in Puerto Rico, but in all countries, to support this Work, this labor, until we pay off that land, and also have a place prepared; because we are waiting for part or for all of the fulfillment of the Tent Vision to be carried out, and we want to have a place for the Lord, so that He may manifest Himself and fulfill that Vision.
And they are preparing themselves in other countries as well: there are some ministers who wholeheartedly, with their congregations, want the God of Elijah to visit them in that Third Pull, in His final manifestation of the Third Pull, and to manifest Himself in their midst. They are doing a good thing. And we say: “And even if it’s by internet, or by satellite, they will be seeing it,” they will be seeing that manifestation.
And despite how great that promise is, and despite that place that was seen being so big, nearly everyone will see on screen what God will be doing; because they will not fit in a small place to see the miracles that will be happening, it has to be on a big screen.
And that is why God is also providing in different countries, and also here in Puerto Rico, screens of… (what kind? Of… What do they call those screens?). Those digital, projector screens; videos, DVDs are projected, and also whatever the camera is filming is projected on the screen; and that is how many people, thousands of people, can be seeing what will be happening in that stage.
Reverend William Branham said that we shouldn’t be looking for the miracles; it is the Word; and the Word will be followed by the miracles; because the miracles are to testify that that is the Word of God.[24]
In other words, the miracles will be the fruit of that Word. First the Word has to come, and the people have to receive the Word; and then, automatically, the miracles will come.
Therefore, we expect to have the visit of the ministries that will do great miracles and wonders in the fulfillment of the Tent Vision.
And Reverend William Branham says that the great miracles and wonders, miracles internationally, will be under the Two Olive Trees: under Moses and Elijah, under Revelation, chapter 11.
Therefore, we hope to have the visit of the Two Olive Trees in our time, our age; and also in our country, and other countries that will be receiving the Word of God for the Last Day.
And then everyone will say: “We already know the answer to: ‘Where is the God of Elijah?’”
When the sons of the prophets saw Elisha doing the same as Elijah had done, they said: “The Spirit of God has come…” – or: “The spirit of Elijah has come upon Elisha,” that ministering spirit, the Spirit of Christ, the Holy Spirit. They knew where the God of Elijah was: He was in Elisha, after He had been in Elijah.
And the God of Elijah, who was in the Old Testament prophets, in Jesus, in Saint Peter and other apostles, in Saint Paul, and in every angel messenger, and in Reverend William Branham, then where are we going to find Him at the Last Day? We are going to find Him in and with the Two Anointed Ones, with Moses and Elijah; in the midst of the Church, and then in the midst of the Hebrew people.
“WHERE IS THE GOD OF ELIJAH?” That has been our subject for this occasion.
And may the God of Elijah bless you greatly and use you greatly in His Work at this end time.
Well, I will leave Reverend Miguel Bermúdez Marín with you again, for him to continue.
We will also continue the part of the preparations for the land and what we are going to do there. We trust that you will pray a lot so that God directs all things, and everything is done according to how He has it in His Program. We don’t want to do anything of our own will.
Many years ago, when Julio told me: “Here in the first land, it’s too small now, not even the cars fit anymore;” and I said to him: “Well, if we need more land, God will give us more land,” and I pointed to the nearest one; and God gave us that land.
And if more was needed: “God will give us more land;” and He gave us the other land.
And if more was needed, He would give us more land; and He gave us a bigger one.
And if even more is needed, for the Program that He has: He will give us more land as well.
And He will also give us, provide us with the money to pay, so that we are always in good standing and always have good credit, without failing at any moment, without falling behind on the payments; because it is not good for one to fall behind.
They don’t speak very well of those who fall behind on payments, right? What do they call them? Morosos or morones.[25] We don’t want to be called something like that, we don’t want to be a deadbeat client or a moron of a client (haha), well, the term moroso comes from… hehe, they got it from somewhere. So, we always want to end on a good note, as we always have, so that our credit is always good; and we want to stay in good standing with the people as well, and with God.
Well, we can say that in Puerto Rico God can count on a people who loves Him, and who have been and will always be working hand in hand with Him in His Program; all of us together, and the ministers and all the people, we work hand in hand with God and His Program relevant to this end time.
We are doing what we are doing based on what is promised for this end time. That is why, notice, when God promises something great and shows that something great will be done, and that there will be a big place, well, we prepare a big place; and when He says that it will be in a little place, well, we also prepare the little place, and we put it inside the big place; that’s no problem. There we have both things. See? So, anyone who knows sees the big thing, the great physical part that was promised, but he also looks and sees the little place.
And the one who is to do and prepare all of that with the people will not be afraid of others saying: “he is trying to do something,” instead he “will be doing it;” not “trying to,” but “doing it.” And therefore, it will not be an imitation; it will be the reality. The rest are the ones who will be impersonating. But whoever is to do it, along with all the people of God in all the countries where he has to do it, will be making it a reality.
Well, may God bless you, may He continue to use you greatly in His Work; and let’s continue working hand in hand spiritually and materially as well, both you who are here in Puerto Rico, ministers along with your congregations, and you who are in other nations.
And may God bless you greatly, and use you greatly in His Work; and may He prosper you greatly, and reward you abundantly, may He multiply everything you are doing for Puerto Rico and this land, and the payments that are being made; and even the building that we will be building, which we trust will fulfill the requirements of God’s Program.
We want to see the God of Elijah manifested in all His power in the fulfillment of the Tent Vision, in the fulfillment of the Third Pull. And we will see Him! In other words, I’m referring to that full manifestation, where there will be great signs and wonders.
We are following Him throughout history: from the time of Adam to Revelation, from the Old Testament to the New Testament, we are following the trajectory of the God of Elijah. And we already know about what the God of Elijah is promised to carry out, and is carrying out at this time as well.
Well, let’s leave Miguel here because otherwise, there is nowhere to stop. And it is already a good time for Miguel to come up here, so that he can continue with the ministers’ meeting.
And here, from what I can tell, tomorrow’s subject: “THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST” – or “THE CHRIST RESURRECTED AT THE LAST DAY TODAY;” let’s see if we can focus on it… from which point of view we will focus on it, because this is like a… But perhaps we will talk about both, how in the… the physical resurrection and the spiritual resurrection; and what is related to the spiritual resurrection for the Church, the resurrection of the Church, and the resurrection of Christ or of the Christ, the Christ resurrected at the Last Day.
But we’ll see how God helps us or how God helps me there; because I know that in these subjects… who is the one that picks them? Benjie? Well, Miguel is looking to hear something, and so is Benjie; they are looking for something that is there, which will someday be spoken and will open… it will completely open the Seventh Seal to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
But we are still, well, waiting for certain things from God, and perhaps waiting for Christ to complete His Church; and from then on, the adoption comes already, and from there, already adopted, well, things will be already spoken openly for all the people.
Well, may God con-… Miguel already escaped back there again… but we already have him here again.
May God bless you and keep you; and let’s leave Miguel here to continue.
God bless you and keep you all.
Regarding the land (I don’t know if we had told you), on one occasion we had been around where Wiso currently lives, and Adalberto was there, and I pointed to where we would put… have a place down below, and a tent; and… from there, from that… from that place you could see everything; and it seems that, instead of keeping my hand still, I moved it a lot; and now, well, we have to get everything that my hand indicated.
Just as God said to Abraham: “Everything the soles of your feet shall tread on;” and also to the Hebrew people, to Jacob as well: “Everything the soles of your feet shall tread on will be yours.”[26]
Imagine now…! We travel by airplane throughout Latin America and throughout North America, and even Africa! In other words, there are a lot of blessings. And everything that has been tread on by the messenger and the elect of each time: that has already become our property. So, we can already see that we have a great heritage here.
The planet Earth is an inheritance of the children of God. Therefore: “All things are ours,” Saint Paul said; because “we are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ Jesus, our Lord.”[27] And the promise is that the Messiah will be the heir of the world, and we are joint-heirs with him. Everything is ours.
It’s like… Remember that the Church is the Wife, the Bride; but once we are physically transformed, we will already be united with Christ. And I don’t know if you… Remember that the wife is a joint-heir with the husband; and the wife always says, more often than the husband: “I own a house here, I own such-and-such a thing, I own…” The wife is the one who most often says: “I own” (haha); even though she is a joint-heir, she is the one who says she owns everything. The husband almost never says: “I own such-and-such a thing,” but the wife does.
And notice, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ… Paul said: “All things are ours,” see? The Church is the one… saying what She owns. It’s because we are joint-heirs with Christ, but we recognize that the One who owns things is Christ, and we are joint-heirs with Him. Everything He has, He shares with us, He shares with His Church.
But notice, through His Church, Christ puts that Word; and the Church takes it for Herself as well. If all things belong to Christ, then all things are – the Church says: “All things are ours;” because Christ and His Wife (His Church) are One.
Well, may God continue to bless you all.
Well, Miguel, it’s time…
[Bro. Miguel: Glory to God! Amen and Amen. It seems like there’s still something left there.]
If there is something left, He will provide… God will work so that… If we missed something, well…
[Bro. Miguel: I know there is something, it seems like there is still something left.]
I don’t know, but if… we won’t be left lacking any of what…
Well, may God bless you and keep you all.
“WHERE IS THE GOD OF ELIJAH?”
[1] Matthew 1:23
[2] Genesis 32:30
[3] Quotation 1208: 64-0823M – “Questions And Answers #1” p. 40-42, paras. 186, 197-198
[4] Quotation 1236: 64-0830M – “Questions And Answers #3,” p. 52, paras. 261-262
[5] Quotation 1260: 65-0118 – “The Seed Of Discrepancy,” p. 5, para. 19
[6] Quotation 1303: 65-0418E – “Does God Ever Change His Mind About His Word?” p. 19, para. 94
[7] Matthew 27:51-53
[8] Revelation 21:5
[9] Romans 4:16-22
[10] The Seventy Weeks Of Daniel, “Gabriel’s Instructions To Daniel,” pp. 30-32, paras. 152-157
[11] Quotations, p. 128, para. 1143: 64-0719M – “The Feast Of The Trumpets,” p. 20, para. 155; Quotations, p. 129, para. 1150: 64-0719M – “The Feast Of The Trumpets,” p. 35, para. 270; Quotations, p. 130, para. 1164 / Quotations, p. 149, para. 1333: 64-0726 – “Broken Cisterns,” p. 30, para. 158
[12] The Seals, “Questions And Answers On The Seals,” p. 471, paras. 203-205
[13] Quotation 333: 60-1204M – “The Revelation Of Jesus Christ,” p. 41, para. 301
[14] Quotations, p. 166, para. 1485: 65-1128M – “God’s Only Provided Place Of Worship,” p. 1, para. 6
[15] Quotations, p. 167, para. 1494: 65-1128E – “On The Wings Of A Snow-White Dove,” pp. 26-27, paras. 209-212
[16] Quotations, p. 157, para. 1410: 65-0815 – “And Knoweth It Not,” pp. 32-33, 33-35, paras. 257-266, 268-278
[17] Quotations 54: 54-0514 – “The Seal Of God,” p. 38, paras. 278-279
[18] Quotation 15, p. 2-A: 54-0103M – “Questions And Answers #1” pp. 36-37, paras. 233-234, 236
[19] The Religion of Israel – Hebrew book published in Mexico, 1953. Author and Editor: S. Blösch
[20] John 8:58
[21] Deuteronomy 12:5
[22] The Seals, “The Seventh Seal,” p. 548, paras. 296-299
[23] About 1.70 to 1.75 m
[24] 62-0318 – “The Spoken Word Is The Original Seed,” p. 111, para. 375
[25] Dr. Soto is using a play on words between morosos, which means “deadbeats”, and morones, which means “morons” in Spanish —Ed.
[26] Genesis 13:14-17, Deuteronomy 11:24
[27] Romans 8:17