Good evening, beloved friends and brethren present. It is a great blessing for me to be with you tonight, here in Cartagena, Colombia, to share with you some moments of fellowship around the Word of God and His Program for this end time.
For which I want to read in Proverbs, chapter 10, verse 5, where it says:
“He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.”
And we read in John, chapter 4, verse 34 and on; it says:
“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.”
May God bless our souls with His Word and allow us to understand It.
Our topic for this occasion is: “HARVESTING AT THE RIGHT TIME.”
Christ spoke about the sowing, the growth of the fruit, and also the planting and then the fruit; and the harvest, where all the fruit is gathered.
And now, this brings us to the words of Jesus, of Matthew 24, verses 30 to 31, where He Himself tells us in the following way (and let’s read that Scripture): it says, chapter 24, verse 30 to 31:
“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
Now see how God speaks to us through Jesus about what is to happen in this end time.
This also goes according to Ecclesiastes, where it speaks to us in chapter 11 and verses 1 and on; let’s see what it tells us there, he says:
“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap (that is, will not harvest).”
Here it also speaks to us of the sowing, the growth of the fruit, and the Harvest for the Last Day: “Give a portion to seven (those are the seven ages or stages of the Church among the gentiles), and also to eight (that is the Age of the Cornerstone)…”
Notice that the bread is distributed; and the Bread is the Word of God, the Message of God, for every age; because “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God,” says Deuteronomy, chapter 8, verse 1 to 8, and also Matthew, chapter 4, verse 4, where Jesus used those words.
And now, the Word has been sown from age to age, so that, at the Last Day —after distributing to eight—, for the Harvest, that is, the gathering of all God’s elect, to be carried out; for which Jesus says:
“And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect.”
These Angels are the Two Olive Trees of Revelation, chapter 11, verse 3 and on, and Zechariah, chapter 4, verses 1 to 14; and through these ministries, Christ will carry out that Harvesting Work.
That is why for the Last Day we find Revelation, chapter 14, verse 14 to 20, of Revelation, where it tells us about a harvest; and it tells us in the following way: We read Revelation, chapter 14, verse 14 and on, where it says:
“And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.”
Now see how here we have the Angels that carry out the Harvest; it is Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, manifested in the Last Day operating the ministries of Moses and Elijah and Jesus.
Now, we can see that this is a mystery of the Kingdom of God to be revealed in this Last Day. That is why you find in Revelation, chapter 19, verses 14 and on, it says:
“And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.”
Here we have Christ, the white horse Rider of Revelation 19. That is Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, the Holy Spirit, coming in the Last Day to His Church in the Age of the Cornerstone to harvest the fruit, the wheat; and then He will also take care of the tares. That is why He appears in Revelation 19 and appears in Revelation, chapter 14, verse 14 to 20.
And since this Rider is Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, coming in the Last Day to His Church; Christ being the Angel of the Covenant, the Seventh Seal; that is the Angel who was different from the rest, who appeared in that cloud, in which were the seven angel messengers of the seven stages or ages of the gentile Church, and there was also an Angel who was different from the rest, the Reverend William Branham says1. He was there too, since he is the angel messenger of the seventh age of the gentile Church.
This was the cloud formed by angels, which appeared on February 28, 1963; and they are the seven angel messengers of the seven ages of the gentile Church and another Angel that was different from the rest, who has the Seventh Seal, that is, he has the Second Coming of Christ.
It is the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord, who appears there, to come at the Last Day manifested; that is the white horse Rider of Revelation 19, and that is the Mighty Angel of Revelation, chapter 10.
He is the Messenger to Israel, but He will manifest Himself in the midst of His Church in this Last Day, and will reveal Himself: He will veil and reveal Himself through a man, who is the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, of whom Christ says in Revelation 22, verse 16:
“I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.”
It is through His Angel Messenger that Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, manifests Himself in the Last Day. He has always used a human being, Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord. That is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
That is why in Malachi, chapter 3, when He spoke of the First Coming of the Messiah, He said that He would be the Angel of the Covenant, the Lord, whom the Hebrew people were looking for. And He would come where? To His Temple.
And now, we find that the Hebrew people as a nation has been the Temple of God, and also had a physical temple there in the midst of the Hebrew people. But now, you see, Christ in His First Coming came to Israel, and He was also preaching in the earthly temple. And now, for the Last Day, the Second Coming of Christ is for a spiritual Temple.
The Hebrew people no longer have a temple; and now who has a temple? Jesus Christ has a Temple, called the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is completed in this end time, in the Age of the Cornerstone, which is the Eighth Day or Eighth Year of the years of rest; for every 7 years, the seventh year was a sabbatical year, a year of rest for the whole earth2</sup>; and after those 49 years, where there were 7 festive years, the 50th year comes, which is the 8th festive year, the year of Pentecost; which was also represented on the 50th day, the Day of Pentecost, where they received the first fruits of the Spirit.
And now, for the Last Day, those who will be in the 50th Year, which is the Eighth Year of the different stages of the Church of Jesus Christ, will receive the new body, they will be freed; because in that year, freedom was proclaimed in all the land of Israel, and the servants, the slaves returned to their family and their inheritance, and thus a restoration took place in the midst of the Hebrew people.
And now, the restoration for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ see where it is: in the Jubilee Year, which is the festive Eighth Year; and that is where Christ will be in this end time manifested through His Angel Messenger, operating the ministries of His Angels: The ministries of Moses, Elijah and Jesus, to carry out the Harvest and to all be placed in the Age of the Cornerstone (which is the Year of Jubilee), and thus be physically redeemed; that is our transformation, the redemption of the physical body, as Romans says, chapter 8, verse 14 and on.
And now, we can see that that is the redemption for all the sons and daughters of God; that is the Day of Redemption: The Year of Jubilee, the 50th Year, which will be updated in the Age of the Cornerstone, in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ
And there He will have the instrument through which Christ will be manifested in this end time; and He will give him His Word, His revealed Word; and that is the Sword that comes from the mouth of the messenger, because every messenger is the mouth of God.
And the messenger of the Last Day is the mouth of God, from where the two-edged Sword will be coming out, that is, the Word of God relevant for this end time; and His eyes as a flame of fire, which represents the ministries of the Angels of the Son of Man, the ministries of Moses and Elijah. It is through these ministries that Christ calls and gathers all His elect in the Great Harvest or gathering in this end time; the elect from among the gentiles first and then the elect of the Hebrew people.
Now we can see where we are in the Divine Program, so we can be HARVESTING AT THE RIGHT TIME.
The right time for the Harvest is the Age of the Cornerstone, and the ministry is the ministry of the Angels of the Son of Man: The ministries of Moses and Elijah; ministries that Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, the white horse Rider of Revelation 19, will be manifesting through His Angel Messenger in this end time; because the manifestation of Christ for the Last Day, for the updated Year of Jubilee, is, that ministry is in His Angel Messenger, where the ministries of Moses, Elijah and Jesus will be.
Now we can see that this mystery relevant to the Last Day, for the Harvest at the right time, corresponds to the Age of the Cornerstone (which is the updated Year of Jubilee), it corresponds to the Church of Jesus Christ at that stage, in that age; and since each age of the Church of Jesus Christ was fulfilled in different territories, the Age of the Cornerstone is fulfilled in a new territory: In the West, which is Latin America and the Caribbean; that is where Christ carries out His Work relevant to this end time.
Now we can see that all this is a mystery hidden in God’s mind under the Seventh Seal, which covers all things pertaining to this end time.
And now, we can see that for this end time in the Divine Program the greatest thing of God’s Program will be happening; but it will be in such a simple way that if we don’t watch, it will pass over us, the Reverend William Branham said3.
“HARVESTING AT THE RIGHT TIME.” We have seen that harvesting at the right time is required.
And now, just as Jesus spoke of the Harvest at that time, and said that the fields were white for harvest, and sent His disciples out to reap… You see, they were sent out to reap all the fruit, to reap the fruit that was in the Dispensation of the Law, and place them (where?) in the Dispensation of Grace.
And for this end time, Christ sends His Angel Messenger to carry out the Great Harvest of the Last Day, where He will manifest the ministries of His Angels, the ministries of the Two Olive Trees, the ministries of Moses and Elijah; and He will carry out the Great Harvest. Christianity is the one that has all the fruit that will be harvested and placed in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom.
And now, we have been sent to harvest, to place all the fruit gathered in a new age and in a new dispensation; to gather all the fruit corresponding to this time, at the time of the Harvest.
We have seen what the Harvest is like for this end time.
And now see what the Reverend William Branham said on page 142 and verse 1274 of the book of Quotations4:
“Now, when Jesus came to the earth, He came in the name of three Sons. Son of man, which is a prophet; Son of God; and Son of David. Now, He lived here on earth. He never did say He was the Son of God. He said, ‘I’m the Son of man.’ Jehovah Himself called Ezekiel and the prophets, ‘Son of man.’ Because, He had to come to fulfill Scripture as a prophet. Moses said, ‘The Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet likened unto me.’ That’s the reason… the Son of man. ‘The Word came to the prophets.’ And He was the Word in Its fullness. Not the major prophet, but the God-Prophet, ‘The fullness of the Godhead bodily was in Him.’ Therefore, He was the Son of man. Now, for two thousand years, He’s been known to us as Son of God, Spirit. And in the Millennium, He’ll be Son of David, upon the Throne.”
And now let’s see something else in these passages from the quotations of Reverend William Branham, which were placed in this book of Quotations, which contains excerpts from different messages.
In this end time, the great mystery of Christ, the Son of Man, is the manifestation of Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, in His Angel Messenger, to call and gather all the elect of God.
On page 141 it says, verse 12605:
“Notice in verse 41[Matthew chapter 13] the two also very close, so close in the last days till He didn’t do… He could not depend on some certain church to separate them, say, the Methodist or the Baptist, or the Pentecostals, to separate them (that is, to separate the wheat and the tares) 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, but angels at the last time (that is, not angels in the seven Church ages, but the Angels of the Last Day, of the Age of the Cornerstone), 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.”
Now, the gathering will not be through the seven ages, but it will be in this end time, in the Age of the Cornerstone; where the Angel of the Covenant will send His Angels, operating the ministries of Moses and Elijah, because He is the one who has ministries.
That is why God spoke through the prophets; it was the Angel of the Lord, the Angel of the Covenant, the Holy Spirit, speaking through the prophets. And He spoke this way in the Old Testament, and then He spoke in all His fullness through Jesus; and then He spoke through His apostles, and then He spoke through His seven angel messengers. And in this Last Day He will be speaking through His Angel Messenger, the Angel of Jesus Christ, all these things that must happen soon; and with that Message, which revolves around the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels: It revolves around the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, He will call and gather all the elect of God.
Now we can see this mystery of the right time for the Harvest, and we can see how it is that Christ prophesied that the Harvest would be carried out in the Last Day, which is the seventh millennium; in the Age of the Cornerstone, which is the age that pertains to the Most Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of Christ; and it is the age that pertains to the 50th Year, which is also the eighth Year, the Year of Redemption for the Church of Jesus Christ and for the Hebrew people.
“HARVESTING AT THE RIGHT TIME.”
And us being in the Age of the Cornerstone, we are working at the right time, carrying out the Work of this Last Day’s gathering in the Age of the Cornerstone. And thus the blessing of Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, has been, is and will be with us in that right time, which is the Age of the Cornerstone, and it is the updated 50th Year of Jubilee in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ to be restored to eternal life.
“HARVESTING AT THE RIGHT TIME.”
It has been a great privilege for me to be with you tonight, testifying to you of this Great Harvest promised for the Last Day and how to harvest in this end time.
We must be HARVESTING AT THE RIGHT TIME, which is the Age of the Cornerstone, in the Dispensation of the Kingdom, which is the Most Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ. Notice that the Harvest is carried out, where? In the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
May the blessings of Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, be upon all of you and upon me also; and may soon the number of God’s elect be completed; and may soon all the dead in Christ be resurrected in eternal bodies and we who are alive be transformed, and taken with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in Heaven. In the Eternal Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen and amen.
Thank you very much for your kind attention, beloved friends and brethren present, and ministers present from different places of the Republic of Colombia and also from other nations.
May God bless you all, and may you all continue to spend a night filled with the blessings of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
With us again the Reverend Miguel Bermudez Marin
“HARVESTING AT THE RIGHT TIME.”
1 The Seals in English, page 576, paragraph 405
2 Leviticus 25:4
3 [The Seals: “God hiding Himself in simplicity…,” pages 19-20, paragraphs 113-114; “The First Seal,” page 130, paragraph 109; “The Second Seal,” page 180, paragraph 27; “The Third Seal,” page 234, paragraph 51; page 236, paragraph 61; “The Fourth Seal,” page 312, paragraph 269; “Questions and Answers,” page 492, paragraph 265; “The Seventh Seal,” page 535, paragraph 88; page 562, paragraph 305].
4 This day this Scripture is fulfilled – February 19, 1965
5 The seed of discrepancy – January 18, 1965