The Greatest Sign on Earth: A Prophet

Good morning to everyone present and to all ministers and congregations in different nations connected to this service; and warm greetings to missionary, Dr. Miguel Bermúdez Marín, where he is on this occasion, there in Monterrey.

Let’s read… for the study for our Bible School today, Sunday, September 18, 2016; let’s read in Deuteronomy chapter 18, verses 15 to 19; and it says the following:

“The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; 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.”

And in Isaiah chapter 7, verse 14, it says:

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

And in Saint Matthew 1:20:

“But while he thought on these things (while Joseph thought on these things), behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife.”

May God bless our souls with His Word, may He open the Scriptures to us, and open our understanding so that we may understand them. In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Our subject for today, Sunday, September 18, in today’s Bible school, our subject is: “THE GREATEST SIGN ON EARTH IS A PROPHET.”

“THE GREATEST SIGN ON EARTH: A PROPHET.”

As God tells Jeremiah in chapter 1, that before he was born and before he was in his mother’s womb, God already knew him and ordained him a prophet unto the nations.

In other words, a prophet already comes elected, chosen, ordained by God, predestinated by God to be a prophet; and that is why he comes with the subconscious and conscious together; he has both consciouses together, and that is why he can see what God wants Him to see in other dimensions. A true prophet of God comes for a Divine Purpose, and he is sent to the people of God, of the Covenant that is in effect at the time in which God sends that prophet.

There are also false prophets; and we must know who the true prophets are throughout history, to realize that a true prophet of God is sent by God and was ordained by God before the foundation of the world, and he comes with the Word of God made flesh in him, to speak It to the people of God and make known God’s Program for the time in which that messenger of God is living.

Since Adam, we have [had] prophets of God. Adam was a true prophet of God; and more prophets came, like Abraham, like Seth had come too, and like Methuselah had come, like Noah had come.

There are prophets of stages of a dispensation, and there are dispensational prophets. The dispensational prophets are the greatest in the Divine Program.

There are only seven dispensational prophets, which are: Adam, Seth, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus… Moses for the Law, the Dispensation of the Law, the fifth dispensation; Jesus for the Dispensation of Grace, the sixth dispensation; and a prophet like Moses, who is promised for the Last Day, in whom the Spirit of God will be anointing him; therefore, he will be God’s Anointed One for the Dispensation of the Kingdom; therefore, his Message is the Gospel of the Kingdom for the Hebrew people, for the ushering in of the Millennial Kingdom, for the introduction of the restoration of the Kingdom and Throne of David. That is the greatest blessing there is for the Hebrew people at this end time.

Without that blessing, the Hebrew people would disappear off the face of the Earth; but with that blessing from God for the restoration of the Throne and Kingdom of David, Israel will have the capital of the Kingdom of the Anointed One, the Messiah; they will have it in the land of Israel, meaning, in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem will be the capital of the Kingdom of the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Christ; and the whole territory of Israel (plus what is yet to be added to it) will be the Federal District. And all the nations that will join Israel in that Kingdom, will live in peace together with Israel; they will be part of the Kingdom of the Anointed One of God, of the Messiah, a prophet like Moses.

That prophecy was fulfilled in Jesus Christ; and it is repeated again, it is fulfilled again at this end time in the Coming of the Anointed One, in the Coming of the Messiah, for the restoration of the Throne and Kingdom of David.

In Isaiah, chapter 9, verses 6 to 7, we have the promise that says:

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.”

It will be a Divine Work. The restoration of the Throne of David and Kingdom of David can only be carried out by God, who will do so at this end time.

And in Saint Luke chapter 1, when the Archangel Gabriel appears to the virgin Mary, he says to her [verse 28]:

“And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

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

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

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

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

Here we have the promise and reason for the birth of Jesus through the virgin Mary. Notice what it says next:

“Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy being which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.”

Here we can see these Scriptures, where we see the greatest sign that has ever been manifested by God and seen by human beings: the sign of a prophet; because the greatest sign from God on Earth is a prophet.

That is why Jesus would also say that He did nothing but what the Father showed Him.¹ In other words, He could see in the spiritual dimension, the heavenly dimension, the dimension of the angels, the dimension of the spirits; in other words, a prophet already comes designed by God to see in the dimension of the spirits.

Jesus could see both in the dimension of God and in the fifth dimension, which is the dimension where the evil spirits are; but in the sixth dimension are the good spirits, the good angels.

On one occasion, Jesus said that He saw Satan falling from Heaven, that he was coming from Heaven falling, (that is in the Gospel according to Saint Luke), He saw him falling like a comet.²

Now, throughout Biblical history, for each dispensation God had a greater prophet already designed in His Program. A dispensational prophet is a messenger sent by God for that whole dispensation, his Message; in other words, everything that will be on the move in that dispensation for which God sends that dispensational prophet to begin a new dispensation, everything will revolve around the Message of that dispensational prophet. A prophet sees where other people can’t see; therefore, he knows what he sees.

“THE GREATEST SIGN ON EARTH: A PROPHET.”

We know that the Dispensation of Grace has been coming to an end; therefore, the Dispensation of the Kingdom is getting ready to begin, after the Great Tribulation will begin the Kingdom of the Messiah, the Kingdom of the Anointed One of God, the Kingdom and Throne of the Son of David, where the Throne will be restored; and a prophet, the Son of man, will sit there to reign over all Israel and over all nations. That will be the Kingdom of the Messiah, the Kingdom of the Anointed One.

A prophet like Moses is promised, who will be the prophet of the seventh dispensation, the Dispensation of the Kingdom; that is why Israel is waiting for the coming, the arrival of a prophet, a man like Moses.

That is why we also have the prophecy of Zechariah chapter 4, verses 11 to 14: the prophecy of the Two Anointed Ones who stand before the presence of God. And in Revelation 11, they already appear in their ministry in the midst of Israel, to minister, to prophesy for three and a half years, which is the period of time that completes the seventieth week of the prophecy of Daniel chapter 9.

There are three and a half years left for Israel, to complete the seventy weeks; and that will be fulfilled with the coming and arrival of a prophet like Moses to Israel.

We find that everything is simple when the Scripture is opened and people’s understanding is opened.

Even in the days of Jesus, the disciples of Jesus Christ did not understand everything Jesus spoke. When He spoke to them about the Son of man, who would be betrayed and killed,³ they did not understand that, because they were expecting the Kingdom to be restored in those days.

In the Book of Acts, chapter 1, it says: “Will You at this time restore the Kingdom to Israel?” Jesus tells them: “It is not for you to know the times and the seasons which the Father has put in His own power.” He was already resurrected and He was already appearing to His disciples for a time period of forty days. During that time, He was speaking the Scriptures to them, teaching them, and revealing His Word to them.

Then He sent them to the upper room to Jerusalem, to wait for the Coming of the Holy Spirit, so they could then be witnesses of everything they saw and heard from Jesus in the three-and-a-half-year ministry He had.

The disciples expected the restoration of the Kingdom in those days, but it was not for those days, even though that was a Cornerstone Age. It is for our time, so that after the Dispensation of Grace, we enter into the Dispensation of the Kingdom, and the restoration of the Kingdom and Throne of David takes place.

In the prophecies, we find that Jesus resurrected, after forty days He ascended to Heaven; although once He already resurrected, He then ascended to Heaven to present the Blood of His Sacrifice as the Blood that cleanses us from all sin; and He returned, and He was with His disciples for forty days, appearing to them—mainly on Sundays—to be in meetings with Jesus and His disciples.

Sundays are very important, because Sunday is the first day of the week; and it is also the eighth day, because it is the day that comes after the seventh day of the week: Saturday.

The eighth day or Sunday also represents the Age of the Cornerstone; and in the Age of the Cornerstone is when the First Coming of Christ was fulfilled, and in the Age of the Cornerstone is when the Second Coming of Christ, of the Anointed One, will be completely fulfilled. And just as there were disciples of Jesus back then, disciples of the First Coming, there will be disciples of the Second Coming of Christ.

And just like back then, in the upper room they received the firstfruits of the Spirit on the tenth day of everyone being gathered there in the upper room (they received the firstfruits on the tenth day), at this end time, all those who will be in the Upper Room of the Age of the Cornerstone will receive the double portion: they will receive the spiritual portion, they receive the Holy Spirit to be there; and they will receive the second portion, which is the redemption of the body, our physical adoption, which will be our transformation, to have a young, eternal, immortal, incorruptible, and glorified body like the glorified body that Jesus Christ has and in which He is sitting on the Throne of God in Heaven.

That is the promise for the believers in Christ who would be living at this end time. Philippians chapter 3, tells us the following [verse 20]:

“For our conversation is in heaven…” [The Bible in Spanish reads: “For our citizenship is in Heaven…”—Translator]

Why is our citizenship in Heaven? Because the new birth is not earthly, but from 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.”

With that working or power of which He said: “All power is given unto Me in Heaven and on Earth…”⁴ with that power… because the one who sits on the throne is the one who has the power; with that creative power, in His Coming, He is going to change our mortal bodies, so that they are fashioned like unto His glorious body; and then, we will always be with Him physically in His Kingdom.

The blessing we have been given is great, especially the blessing for this end time. The transformation—the resurrection and transformation did not take place in the days of Saint Paul, only the spiritual one. In the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh ages the transformation of the believers who were alive and the resurrection of the dead in Christ didn’t take place either, because that is for the Age of the Cornerstone, just like for the Age of the Cornerstone was the resurrection of Christ and the resurrection of the Old Testament saints, who rose in chapter 27 of Saint Matthew when He rose, and they appeared to many of their family members in Jerusalem.

When the dead in Christ rise, they will also appear to the believers who are alive at the end time, to the believers who are waiting for the Coming of the Lord; and when we see them, we will be changed. And we will be here on Earth for about thirty to forty days, just like Christ when He resurrected and the Old Testament saints resurrected with Him: Christ was with them for about forty days, appearing to them and teaching them about the Word of God.

And now, we are waiting for everything that has been promised to be sounded, to be preached, to be revealed at the Last Trumpet. “For the Trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and the dead in Christ will be raised incorruptible, and we who are alive shall be changed,” Saint Paul tells us in First Corinthians chapter 15, verses 49 to 58.

In other words, there is a Voice of Trumpet, a Great Voice of Trumpet, which is a Message, the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom, a dispensational Message sounding, being heard at this end time; and therefore, there will be a great sign. The greatest sign of the end time will be the sign of a prophet with the Great Voice of Trumpet, with the Last Trumpet sounding the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom, the Message for the Dispensation of the Kingdom, the seventh dispensation.

And that is also what Israel will hear; but first the Great Voice of Trumpet is heard by the believers in Christ of the Last Day, who will be in the Age of the Cornerstone. As simple as that.

“THE GREATEST SIGN ON EARTH: A PROPHET.”

We were with Him the whole time. And even when He was creating the universe, we were with Him, we were in Him. Just like we were physically in our earthly father, and before that we were in our grandfather, and before that we were in our great-grandfather.

Like Levi: when Abraham tithed to Melchizedek, it says that Levi tithed when Abraham tithed,⁵ and Levi’s father had not been born yet; Jacob, Levi’s father, had not been born yet either; neither Jacob nor Isaac had been born.

In other words, we were in Abraham, the father of faith. All of Levi’s descendants (Levi as the head of the tribe) were in Abraham; just like we were in our earthly father, before that in our grandfather, and before that in our great-grandfather. Four generations back, life appeared in us; and then in the fourth generation (of a person), that is when he or she appears as a person through earthly parents.

It has been a great privilege to be here with you on this occasion, in our Bible School for today, Sunday, September 18, 2016 at the Great Tent Cathedral in Cayey, Puerto Rico.

May God bless everyone greatly, those who are here and those who are in other nations. And we will see each other next Friday and Sunday, when I will be with all of you who are in different countries, the same way I’m with you on this occasion: through the satellite and internet.

Have a good afternoon, everyone. May God be with you, keep you, and always use you greatly in His Work at this end time.

I will leave Rev. José Benjamín Pérez with you here, and in each country I will leave the relevant minister.

May God bless you and keep you; and continue having a joyful day, filled with the blessings of Christ our Savior.

“THE GREATEST SIGN ON EARTH: A PROPHET.”