Good morning, beloved friends and brethren present, and those of you who are in other nations. May the blessings of Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, be upon all of you and upon me as well, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ; and may He open the Scriptures to us and our understanding and in order to comprehend the Word of God and be aware of the time in which we live. In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
On this occasion, let us read in Saint Matthew chapter 6, verses 8 and on, 8 to 10:
“Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”
May God bless our souls with His Word and allow us to understand It.
“THY KINGDOM COME AND THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.”
This speaks to us about the coming of the Kingdom of God, about the coming of Christ to establish God’s Kingdom on Earth; because it is the Prince Messiah who will establish God’s Kingdom on Earth.
The promise of the second coming of Christ is the greatest promise, it is the greatest event of all the prophetic events. We find that the second coming of Christ is the mystery contained in the Seventh Seal of Revelation chapter 8, verse 1. And when the Seventh Seal was opened in Heaven, there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour: “of half an hour.”
In Revelation chapter 10, Christ the Mighty Angel, descends with the little book open in His Hand, crying out as when a lion roars and seven Thunders uttering Their Voices. It is Christ who will have completed His Work of intercession in Heaven (where He has been from the time He ascended to Heaven), as the High Priest making intercession with His own Blood for all those who are written in Heaven, in the Lamb’s Book of Life, those who would receive Him as their only and sufficient Savior in the time in which they would be living on this planet Earth, each one of them in the time they were given to live.
Those are the Father’s sheep who were given to Christ so that He could seek them and give them eternal Life. Those are the people who would hear the Voice of Christ through His Holy Spirit, through the preaching of the Gospel of Christ, the Gospel of Salvation and eternal Life for every person.
The Gospel gives good news, good tidings of Salvation and eternal Life through Jesus Christ. This is why He commanded His disciples in Saint Mark, chapter 16 verses 15 to 16, saying: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
That is how simple it is before God for every human.
God has given everyone who hears the Gospel and the faith of Christ is born in their souls the opportunity to hear the Gospel of Christ and receive Him as their Savior because “faith comes by hearing the Word of the Lord,” but “for with the heart man believes unto righteousness, but with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation.” [Romans 10:17, 10:10.]
This is why it is necessary that every person hears the preaching of the Gospel of Christ, and since the person has free will, that he choose between life and death, between salvation and condemnation.
It is important to be conscious of the great opportunity that God has given us to hear the Gospel of Christ and for the faith of Christ to be born in our soul, to believe in Christ and receive Him as our only and sufficient Savior. It is a matter of eternal Life, eternal Life for every person who receives Him as his Savior.
Therefore, of all the decisions that the human being makes, the greatest and only decision that places him in eternal life is to receive Christ as his Savior. Every other decision is very small compared to the decision of receiving Christ as Savior, because it is the only thing that places the human being in eternal life with Christ, and therefore, it places him where? If Saint Paul were here, we would ask him what happens when we receive Christ as our Savior. It says in Colossians, chapter 1 verse 12 to 14:
“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:”
He has translated us, to where? He has taken us out of, delivered us from the power of darkness, of the kingdom of the wicked one, and He has translated us to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the beloved Son of God.
Every person who receives Him as his Savior, is baptized in water in His Name, and Christ baptizes him with Holy Spirit and fire, is born again. He is born of the Water and of the Spirit, as Christ said to Nicodemus in Saint John chapter 3, verses 1 to 6: “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Here we can see how it is that we have entered into God’s Kingdom: we have been translated to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the beloved Son of God.
We are already spiritually in the Kingdom of God, in the Kingdom of Christ, and what we are missing is the physical part, which will be fulfilled when we are changed (if we remain alive until His coming), when the dead in Christ will be resurrected in immortal, incorruptible, and glorified bodies like the glorified Body of Jesus Christ.
That is what the second coming of Christ is for. He comes with all the dead believers in Him who are in Paradise, and He brings them with Him to resurrect them in eternal and glorified bodies, and those of us who are living, who are alive in those days, He will change us, and then we will all be in His image and likeness: immortal for all of eternity, and young for all of eternity.
Then we pass onto the physical stage, we will go through the rapture or catching away to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, where Christ and His Bride, His Church, will receive their investiture to then to descend to Earth and reign with Christ and His Church for one thousand years and then for all of eternity.
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb will be the reception of the Marriage of the Lamb, and it will be in Heaven, in God’s heavenly Kingdom, in the House of our heavenly Father.
During the great tribulation (which will last three and a half years) we will be with Christ in the House of our heavenly Father, and then when the great tribulation is over, which will last three and a half years, we will return to Earth with eternal and immortal bodies for the establishment of God’s Kingdom on Earth. Which is why we pray that it come soon, for He said to pray asking for God’s Kingdom to come to Earth, the Kingdom of righteousness, of peace and happiness, which the human being has so desired to have on this planet Earth (especially the sons and daughters of God, Christ’s believers), and that is very near.
Christ showed the order of the coming of the Kingdom of God on Mount Transfiguration. Therefore, the fulfilment of that prophecy for the Last Day will be indicating an important stage in the Divine Program.
In Revelation chapter 11, verses 15 to 19, it tell us.
“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.”
Christ our Lord, as the Son of man, is the Heir to the entire planet Earth, and therefore to the Global Kingdom of God on Earth. He is the coming King as the Son of man. And as the Son of David, He is the Heir to the Throne and Kingdom of David, with the Hebrew people. As the Son of Abraham, He is the Heir to everything that God promised Abraham, the entire territory that Abraham saw, which God promised him. And Christ as the Son of God is the Heir to the Heavens and Earth.
That is why the Scripture says that we are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ Jesus our Lord. Everything to which Christ is the Heir, Christ’s believers are joint-heirs, with Christ.
For that reason, by Christ being the King of kings and Lord of lords, the believers in Christ are also kings. By Christ being the High Priest according to the Order of Melchizedek of the heavenly Temple, the believers in Christ are priests as well.
Christ being the Judge of the living and of the dead, Christ’s believers are also judges, for which Saint Paul says in First Corinthians chapter 6, verses 2 to 3: “Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world, and even the angels?” Why? Because the saints are also judges, they belong to the Judiciary of Christ, and Christ is the Supreme Judge of that Divine Supreme Court; and that judicial power will be in the Messiah’s Kingdom.
Therefore, the coming of God’s Kingdom to Earth will be the greatest event that this planet Earth will have ever experienced. It is in the Messiah’s Kingdom where humanity will truly experience true peace, permanent peace, the peace through which those who will live in His Kingdom will be happy, they will have peace, love, and happiness forever.
After the Millennial Kingdom, all the believers in Christ will be in that city that Abraham was searching for, because that city, the New Jerusalem, will be established on Earth, and therefore, the planet Earth will become the center of God’s Kingdom not only on the planet Earth but in the entire universe, over all of creation. That is why the Scripture says in Revelation, chapter 21, verse 23 and on:
“And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life,” because that is the city of the King and Queen: Christ and His Church.
Then in chapter 22, verses 13 and on, it says:
“And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him…”
Notice, the Throne of God and of the Lamb will be in that City here on Earth; that is why the planet Earth will become the Government Headquarters of the Kingdom of God over all of creation.
“…and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.”
We can see what eternity will be, during which Christ and His Church will be in the eternal Kingdom of God. First comes the Millennial Kingdom of Christ on this planet Earth with His Church, then comes the final judgment, wherein all those who do not belong to the first resurrection will resurrect, they will be judged, and some will receive mercy and will enter into eternal Life, but others will not: those who did not already have their names written in the Book, or who had their names blotted out of the Book of Life, from the section where names can be blotted out.
But the members of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ were already with Christ throughout the Millennial Kingdom. Their names are in the section where they cannot be blotted out: the section of the Lamb’s Book of Life, and therefore, they are the sheep that the Father gave Him to seek and to give them eternal Life.
In that Kingdom, all those people will be represented in the sheep that the Father gave Him to seek and to give them eternal Life: “Even so it is not the will of your Father (Christ says), that one of these little ones should perish.” [Saint Matthew 18:14.] It is not the will of God that we perish, but instead that we live eternally in God’s Kingdom.
We were eternally in God, we were a Divine attribute in God’s mind, we have come from there in these mortal bodies in God’s permissive will; but the Divine purpose is that we live eternally in eternal, young, and glorified bodies like the glorified body of Jesus Christ.
That is why Saint Paul speaks to us about the predestined (the elect, the chosen ones), who are written in Heaven in the Lamb’s Book of Life. None of them will perish, because Christ came and died for us on Calvary’s cross, and He cleansed us from all sin with His Blood, and He keeps us clean from all sin with His Blood.
And now, let us continue looking at the Scripture of Revelation chapter 11. We stopped… let us read it again to continue with the reading. Chapter 11 verse 15 and on of Revelation says:
“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth (the Scripture says that God will destroy those who destroy the Earth).
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.”
Here we can see how, when God’s Temple in Heaven is opened, it becomes a Throne; God’s Throne in Heaven becomes a Judgment Throne, and that is why lightnings, voices, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail come out of Heaven, of God’s Temple.
The consequences for those who will be living on the Earth in those days (in the days of the great tribulation), are the ones that appear here in the opening of the Sixth Seal, because the Sixth Seal is opened with an earthquake.
The Sixth Seal are the ministries of the Two Olive Trees, the ministries of Moses and Elijah. Chapter 6 verse 12 and on of Revelation says:
“And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood…”
Notice the things that happen when the Sixth Seal is opened. And It is opened by Moses and Elijah, the Two Anointed Ones, the Two Olive Trees of Revelation chapter 11, verses 1 to 14, and Zechariah chapter 4, verses 10 to 14.
“…and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.” (In other words, with that earthquake, which will have a global impact, there will be a change for the planet Earth.)
“…And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
For the great day of his wrath (which is the great tribulation) is come; and who shall be able to stand?”
During the time of the great tribulation, the situation on the planet Earth will be terrible. But do not worry, we will not be left on this planet Earth. Before the great tribulation begins, Jesus Christ will resurrect the believers in Him, and He will change those who are alive and take them with Him to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb; that is the purpose of the coming of Christ to His Church.
Notice here in Chapter 5 of First Thessalonians it says:
“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.”
There will be a moment in which they will proclaim peace. When they say: “Peace and safety,” then, sudden destruction will come upon them. In other words, they are going to be searching for peace, and when the nations think they have found it, then sudden destruction will come, the great tribulation will come upon the human race.
But what does it say for the believers in Christ?
“But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day (and children of the day): we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.”
Be watchful for what? For the coming of the Lord. That is the mystery that will be opened when the Seventh Seal is opened to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ at the Last Day, which will give Her the faith to be changed and taken with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
The Voice of Christ that spoke during the seven stages or Church ages through His different messengers will be speaking at this end time, opening the mystery of the Seventh Seal, opening the mystery of the second coming of Christ, which will give us faith to be changed and taken with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
For this reason, let us be attentive for the coming of the Lord, which will be for His Bride, Church, to change Her and take Her with Him to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
After the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Christ comes to Earth with His Church, with all the saints, to establish His Kingdom, His Kingdom of peace, of prosperity, of righteousness, of love, for every human being that will live in that Kingdom.
Therefore, it is important to be prepared for God’s visit which has been promised to His Church at the Last Day, for the resurrection of the believers in Christ who died, and the transformation of those of us who are alive. Which Saint Paul speaks to us about in Philippians, chapter 3, verse 20, to 21. It says:
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.”
Here we can see what the coming of the Lord is for, we see why we are awaiting the coming of the Lord, who will change the physical body that we have, which is a vile body, so that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body: so that it be an immortal, incorruptible, glorified, and young body throughout eternity.
For that reason, let us be attentive, attentive to the coming of the Lord in this end time.
“THY KINGDOM COME AND THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.”
We all desire the establishment of God, of Christ, on Earth with His Kingdom, where there will be peace, prosperity and happiness. Which is why we pray for the coming of the Kingdom of God, we pray for the coming of the Lord, and we pray that Christ keeps us spiritually awake so that we do not overlook His coming and we are able to be changed and taken with Him to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
If there is anyone who still has not yet received Christ, you may do so right now, and we will be praying for you so that Christ receives you in His Kingdom. For which you can come to the front and we will pray for you.
Christ has many people in the State of Nuevo Leon, in Monterrey and other cities and in all the States and cities of the Republic of Mexico, and He is calling them in this end time. And He has many people in all of Latin America and the Caribbean, and He is calling them in this end time. He has many people still on Earth and He is calling them to place them in His Kingdom, to give them the blessings of the Kingdom that He has for all the believers in Him.
Christ said: “Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in Heaven.” [Saint Matthew 10:32.]
In other words, it is important to publicly confess Christ, before men, before the rest of the human beings, and to give public testimony of our faith in Christ, of the fact that we have received Him as our only and sufficient Savior.
There are still more people coming who, like you, are receiving Christ as their only and sufficient Savior, because through His Gospel Christ has spoken to their soul, to their heart, and “with the heart, man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” [Romans 10:10.]
More people are still coming. Let us stand to pray for the people who are coming to the Feet of Christ our Savior. And in other nations you may continue coming to the Feet of Christ as well, so that you may be included in the prayer that we will be doing so that Christ may receive you in His Kingdom.
We all want to enter and be in the Kingdom of Christ, which is the only eternal Kingdom. It is the only Kingdom that has everlasting peace, the only Kingdom that has the blessings of God, because it is the Kingdom of God through Christ our Savior. Christ is the Heir to and of the Kingdom of God, and we are joint-heirs with Christ to the Kingdom of God and to all of creation.
Let us now pray for the people who are coming to the Feet of Christ. With our hands raised to Christ, to Heaven, and our eyes closed:
Heavenly Father, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ I come before You with all these people who are receiving Christ as only and sufficient Savior. Receive them in Your Kingdom, forgive them, and Lord, seal them in Your Kingdom. I beg You, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Now repeat this prayer with me, those of you who have come to the Feet of Christ on this occasion:
Lord Jesus Christ, I heard the preaching of Your Gospel and Your faith was born in my heart.
I believe in You with all of my soul. I believe in Your first coming. I believe in Your death on Calvary’s cross as the Sacrifice of atonement for our sins.
I recognize that I am a sinner and I need a Savior. I give public testimony of my faith in You and of Your faith in me, and I receive You as my only and sufficient Savior.
I beg You to forgive my sins and with Your Blood cleanse me of all sin; may You baptize me with Holy Spirit and fire, and produce in me the new birth. I beg You in Your eternal and glorious Name, Lord Jesus Christ. Amen and amen.
Because Christ said: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” You may tell me: “I believed; by hearing the Gospel of Christ, I believed, and now I want to be baptized in water in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I want to do what He commanded to do in order to be saved. When can I be baptized?” That is the question from the depths of your heart.
Since you have believed with all your heart, you may be baptized, and may Christ baptize you with Holy Spirit and fire, and produce in you the new birth.
Water baptism does not take away sins, because water doesn’t have the power to take sins away; it is the Blood of Christ that cleanses us from all sin. But water baptism is a commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ, who went to where John the Baptist was baptizing in Jordan, so that John would baptize Him. And John told Him: “I have need to be baptized by You, and You come to me so that I may baptize You?” Jesus tells him: “It becometh us to fullfil all righteousness.” And then he baptized Him.
If Christ needed to be baptized, our need is much greater! It is because water baptism is typological, it is symbolic, and when the person receives Christ as Savior, he dies to the world, and when the minister immerses him in the baptismal waters, he is typologically being buried, and when he raises him out of the baptismal waters, he is resurrecting to a new life: unto eternal Life with Christ in His eternal Kingdom. There we have the symbolism, the typology of water baptism in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, the human being identifies with Christ in water baptism as Christ commanded when He said: “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” By being baptized in water in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we are identifying ourselves with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. That is the symbolism of water baptism in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, you may indeed be baptized, and may Christ baptize you with Holy Spirit and fire, and produce the new birth in you. And we will continue seeing each other for all eternity in the glorious Kingdom of Jesus Christ our Savior.
Continue having a happy evening, filled with the blessings of Christ our Savior.
I leave Reverend Epifanio Lopez with you so that he may tell you what you must do to be baptized in water in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior.
May God bless you and keep you all, and we will continue seeing each other eternally in the Kingdom of Christ, our Savior. “THY KINGDOM COME AND THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.”