Season’s greetings, and have a happy and prosperous New Year 2017. Merry Christmas to everyone, to everyone here present and to all those who are in different nations.
Just as we have had great blessings in 2016, there will be great blessings next year, God willing.
Greetings to all the visitors, ministers, co-workers, ministers’ wives as well, and other visitors on this occasion. May God bless you greatly and may He always use all of you in His Program throughout your entire lives. Also, warmest greetings to Missionary and Dr. Miguel Bermudez Marin.
On this occasion, let’s read in Saint Matthew chapter 2, verse 1 and on, where it says:
“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.”
May God bless our souls with His Word and allow us to comprehend It.
Let’s take verse 2 for our subject, which says: “Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.”
“Where is the King of the Jews?” I have the subject here: “THE KING IS BORN.”
And the question is: “Where is the King of the Jews?” He was born in Bethlehem of Judea, according to the Biblical promises relevant to His Coming as the Lamb of God to carry out the Sacrifice for sin, which had been typified in the sacrifice for the firstborn that took place in Egypt, when all the firstborn in Egypt were going to die on the night of Passover. And the only thing that would prevent the death of the firstborn children was the sacrifice of a paschal lamb, which every household head had to carry out. The blood of that paschal lamb had to be placed on the lentils, on the door posts of the Hebrew doors, on the doorframes of the Hebrew homes, so that the angel of death would not enter that home; if he entered, the firstborn of that house would die.
Then, in memory, in commemoration or in remembrance, as a memorial, every year Israel would observe the Feast of Passover on that day, in remembrance, in memory, of that Passover carried out in Egypt among a Gentile people who had the Hebrew people enslaved.
Remember that the Hebrew or Jewish feasts which are commemorated by Divine Commandment, by Divine Order, made to the Hebrew people through Moses, have a past fulfillment, and the present fulfillment has been its commemoration throughout history, and for this end time, the mysteries contained in those Hebrew feasts must be revealed.
The first four feasts have been crystallized, have been fulfilled, and we are living in the fourth feast, which is the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Pentecost. And now, there are three feasts left to be fulfilled: the Feast of Trumpets (of Leviticus chapter 23, verses 24 to 25); the Feast of Atonement (of Leviticus chapter 23, verses 26 to 29); and the Feast of the Booths or Feast of the Tabernacles (of Leviticus chapter 23, verse 30 and on). Those three feasts will be fulfilled with the Hebrew people in this end time.
The first thing that Israel (the Jews) will see is Elijah: the ministry of Elijah sounding the Trumpet of the Feast of Trumpets to call Israel. They will hear Him proclaiming everlasting peace for Israel, and for all the nations that will join Israel in the Kingdom of the Son of David, the Heir to the Throne of David and the heir to the Kingdom of David.
Then come the other two feasts: the Feast of Atonement will come, and then the Feast of the Trumpets, which corresponds to the Kingdom of the Messiah. This corresponds to the Millennial Kingdom of the Son of David, the King of Israel, with Israel, reigning over Israel and over all nations, with a throne in Jerusalem (David’s Throne), and the territory of Israel as Federal District. Therefore, Israel will become the Federal District of the Kingdom of the Son of David, and this will happen very soon.
For this the King of Israel must appear, the one who will sit on the Throne of David at the Last Day (which is the Seventh Millennium: the Last Day), during which the Kingdom of David will be restored to and with the Hebrew people, and peace will come forth from Jerusalem for all of Israel and for all nations.
Happiness will fill the hearts, the souls of the human beings, and prosperity will be very great in that Kingdom. And all nations will come to Jerusalem to deliver their tributes, their offerings, their tithes, and to give and offer worship to the King of Israel; the King of Israel: the Heir to the Throne of David. Therefore, a descendant of David will sit on David’s Throne.
When the Deliverer of the Hebrew people appeared in Egypt when they were in bondage, no one knew who he was. On the contrary, he lived as a Gentile there in the House of Pharaoh. No one knew that the hope for Israel of the deliverance that was promised in Genesis chapter 15, would be carried out by Moses who was a prince in the kingdom of Egypt in the House of Pharaoh. He was an important person in Egypt, but neither the Jews nor the Egyptians knew that he was the Deliverer God would send to deliver the Hebrew people from bondage in Egypt.
We also find on a previous occasion, there was a prince in Egypt who was in charge of the administration of the kingdom, whose name was Joseph; he was a descendant of Jacob. And he was mindful of his father and his brothers, who lived in the Land of Canaan, or the Land of Israel. And when they went to buy wheat, he saw them, he recognized them, and he helped them without them realizing he was Joseph. And they were seeing that prince dressed with Gentile clothing: his hair, his clothes, completely like an Egyptian, like a Gentile, but he was a Hebrew, a son of Jacob, a son of Abraham.
Also, in the case when Joseph appeared to his brothers, revealing himself and saying: “I am Joseph, I am your brother.” [Genesis 45:3] This was at an important time for Joseph’s brothers.
Where did they find their brother? Among the Gentiles. And with Moses, where was Moses, the deliverer of the Hebrew people from the bondage in Egypt? Among the Gentiles.
Notice how God has always protected the instrument He has for a given time.
God saved Egypt through Joseph; He saved the Egyptians from dying from a famine that would last seven years.
Later on, we find that God saved Israel from bondage in Egypt. He [Moses] was living in Egypt, but because they did not recognize him the first time he tried to deliver them (when he was 40 years old), he had to flee because Pharaoh wanted to kill him, since Moses had killed a person to defend a Hebrew.
Then a cycle of 40 years passed, and God sent him again for Israel’s deliverance.
The training he first received among the Gentiles as a prince did not help him to deliver Israel. Later, as a sheep herder, he was prepared by God, and then he came at the age of 80 years old, and through Moses God freed the Hebrew people from bondage in Egypt.
If Moses had been discovered when he was born, they would have killed him, because there was a death sentence for all the male children born of the Hebrews. Notice, how those instruments of God have been persecuted by God’s enemy, who has inspired kings and people to prevent the fulfillment of the Work that God has to do through that instrument.
In the days when Jesus was born, Herod also wanted to kill Him. He sent all the children who were two old and under to be killed, because the child was to be about two years old. And he sent all the children of that age to be killed, thinking that Jesus had to be among those children. But God sent His Angel in Joseph’s dreams, and told him to leave to Egypt because Herod would look for the child to kill him.
He was a king who does not seem to have been very brave, because if he was looking for a child to kill him, that means he was afraid of a child who had been born. But it was the enemy through Herod, trying to prevent the child from living and carrying out the Work God had to fulfill through that child.
And in this end time, we see throughout history that all the people that God has placed as messengers have been persecuted to death by the enemy, using different instruments.
Simply because the wise men said: “Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east,” King Herod already thought about how to kill that child, which is why he had to find the child. If he had never read the Scriptures, on that occasion he did, when he asked the scribes, the doctors of the religious field to tell him where Christ, the Messiah was to be born. They told him: “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet.” [Matthew 2:5.]
For the Coming of the Lord in this end time, everything was kept a secret, because if that mystery is revealed, the enemy will try to prevent the fulfilling of the Coming of the Lord.
That mystery is the mystery of the Seventh Seal, which will be opened in the fulfillment of the Tent Vision, of the Great Tent-Cathedral, to grant the faith, the perfect faith, the faith to be changed and taken with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
The question for this time will be: “Where is the King of the Jews?” That is the key question for this end time.
The group of believers in Christ that will be changed will know this, because they will receive the faith, the revelation of the Second Coming of Christ, the revelation to be changed and taken with Him to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
That is the greatest mystery of the entire Bible: the mystery of the Coming of the Lord for this end time. That is why when the Seventh Seal was opened in Heaven (in Revelation chapter 8), there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour, so that the mystery would not be known until the time came for It to be revealed in public and to the public, the mystery of the Coming of the Lord at the Last Day.
When the Jews see that mystery open, when they see the Lord, when they see the King of Israel, the Heir to the Throne of David, the Son of David coming in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, they will say: “Why is He with them?” It’s because, since the Day of Pentecost, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ has entered into the New Covenant, and God has been dealing with the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ for about two thousand years. And He will deal with the Hebrew people again very soon according to the Divine Program.
The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is under the New Covenant. That is why the Coming of the Lord to His Church is promised, for the resurrection of the believers in Christ who have died, and the transformation of the believers in Christ at the Last Day, who have been born again into the mystical Body of Christ.
Remember that the believers in Christ are kings, priests and judges. In other words, they belong to a heavenly Order: the Order of Melchizedek, who is King, Priest and Judge. Therefore, the born-again believers in Christ who make up the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ belong to a heavenly Order: the Order of Melchizedek.
Therefore, there is no problem between the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Jews. One has the earthly blessings (Israel), and the Church has the heavenly blessings.
Now, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, the believers in Christ, are kings; and Christ is the King of kings, He, Christ, is the King of all those kings. He is the High Priest of the heavenly Temple according to the Order of Melchizedek, and all of the believers in Christ who make up the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, which are the ones who have been born again, belong to that Order. They are born in the mystical Body of Christ.
Remember that on one occasion Christ said to Nicodemus: “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.” (Saint John chapter 3, verse 1 to 6.)
Through the new birth, the individual has been born to a new creation: he belongs to the heavenly Kingdom of Christ, because he was born into the Kingdom of Christ; and therefore, he belongs to the Order of Melchizedek.
Jesus says that every time a sinner repents there is joy in Heaven [Luke 15:7]. This is because a king is born in the Kingdom of God; and therefore, there is joy in Heaven. Just as it was when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea: heavenly hosts of angels came singing, rejoicing and singing that in Bethlehem of Judea a Savior was born, who was Christ the Lord. [Luke 2:13.] And when an individual is born again in the mystical Body of Christ, a king or queen has been born in the Kingdom of God, according to the Order of Melchisedec.
There is a question that I will answer one day.
Remember that since it is a heavenly order of kings, priests and judges, they will reign on Earth with the anointed One, the Son of David, in David’s Kingdom, which will be being ruled from Israel.
There are great promises for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, and also for the Hebrew people, so the two must maintain a good friendship and help one another, because both have promises of great blessings in God’s Kingdom.
The question that will arise one day will be: “Where is the King of the Jews?” And it will be answered with the correct answer, because both Jews and Christians are waiting for and seeking the One who will sit on David’s Throne and inherit David’s Kingdom. That will be one of the things that will be revealed to the public in the fulfillment of the Tent Vision.
There are great promises of great blessings for the believers in Christ, and for the Jews as well.
The Jews are under expectation, because they are waiting for the King, Heir to the Throne of David, a descendant of King David. And this year, we have seen through the internet that they are very concerned. And next year they will be even more concerned and more interested in learning about the subject of the One who will sit on the Throne of David as the Son of David.
Therefore, let’s pray for Israel, because they have that earthly promise that the Throne and Kingdom… and the King who will establish God’s World Kingdom on Earth will sit on David’s Throne in Jerusalem. Therefore, we must also be watchful, because God has something great for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ under the New Covenant.
And some day, the believers in Christ and the Jews will say: “The King is born. The King of the Jews.” But the question before that one is: “Where is He?” And that question will be answered biblically in the fulfillment of the Tent Vision.
Therefore, let’s be prepared, because that is the mystery of the Seventh Seal, and once It is opened, It will give us the faith to be changed and taken with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
Everything is going very well in God’s Program. Every promise is being fulfilled in due time; and the ones that remain will also be fulfilled at the exact time for their manifestation or fulfillment.
It is a privilege to live at this time, although we have a very big responsibility, but it’s the most glorious time of all times.
I have always called this end time the “Golden Age,” because it is the Golden Age of the mystical Body of Christ, the Age of the Most Holy Place of the spiritual Temple of Christ. It is the Golden Age of the Cornerstone; and therefore, it is a time for God to grant great blessings to all the believers.
The Jews will first see Elijah proclaiming everlasting peace, and the Gentiles will also be seeing Him proclaiming everlasting peace in the context of the Kingdom of David and Throne of David. And at that time, many will say: “It’s Elijah!”
Remember that when Jesus appeared, some said: “He is John the Baptist who has risen,” others said: “He is Elijah,” and others said: “He is Jeremiah.” [Matthew 16:14; Luke 9:19.] In other words, they will relate Him to one of the prophets of the past, as it was in the days of Jesus. It is because the Spirit of God worked in Jesus the way it worked in John the Baptist, in Elijah the Tishbite, in Jeremiah and other prophets.
When the Third Pull is being fulfilled as it was shown to Reverend William Branham, in a Great Tent-Cathedral, when we see what he saw, that is when the Scripture will be opened to us. And our spiritual eyes and our mind will be opened in order to see that what was promised in the promises made for the believers in Christ and for the Jews is what will be taking place.
In other words, a very glorious time is coming for all the believers in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. There are more blessings from God for me, and for whom else? For each one of you, too.
Therefore, let’s hold on tighter and tighter to the Lord every day, in order to receive His blessings, just as Jacob held on tightly to the Angel of God, and did not let Him go. The Angel told him: “Let me go (I have to go), for the day breaketh.” And Jacob said: “I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.” [Genesis 32:26.]
The Angel hurt the hollow of his thigh, his hip, but He blessed him by changing his name. After that, he was able to meet with his brother, Esau, who was waiting for him, and who was always thinking and had always said that when his father Isaac died, he would kill Jacob, because Jacob had stolen the blessing of the birthright from him.
It is because the blessing of the birthright contains the inheritance of the Kingdom of God on Earth. Without the birthright blessing, Esau did not have a right to inherit the Throne of God on Earth. That is why Jacob, who received the blessing of the birthright, is heir to the Kingdom of God on Earth.
And now, we have the blessing that the Kingdom of God will be established on Earth, and we will live in that Kingdom of God, in which the King, the Son of David, will sit upon David’s Throne and reign over all of mankind. It will be a Jewish Kingdom of great blessing to all the nations that will enter that Kingdom.
Therefore, we pray for Israel, so that God blesses them and fulfills the promise of the Coming of the Son of David soon, the Coming of the King of Israel for the restoration of David’s Kingdom, the restoration of that Empire of the King of Israel promised in the Scripture.
It is important to be aware of these Divine Promises in order to be prepared to physically enter into God’s earthly Kingdom, which will be established very soon, in the Seventh Millennium (which has already begun). And Jews and Christians alike are waiting for the Coming of the King of Israel.
And since the Christians and Jews are waiting for Him, seeking Him… And the question is: “Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East.”
Remember that the Lord says in Revelation chapter 22, verse 16:
“I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.”
We are in a prophetic cycle in which many prophecies relevant to the end time will be fulfilled, and if we are not awake, we will overlook the entire Divine Program. But we hope to be spiritually wide awake, to see even the smallest detail of the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Kingdom of God that will be established on this planet Earth, in which God will pour out His blessings of love, peace, and prosperity for all of Israel, and for all the nations that will join Israel in that Kingdom.
“Where is the King of Israel?” That question will be answered in the fulfillment of the Tent Vision during the Third Pull. And “The King is born,” will be included in the answer.
The good news will be that the King will have been born, and the question will be: “Where is He?” The two questions that automatically arise are: “Is He born?” “If He is born, where is He?”
For now, [the answer] is closed; sealed in the Seventh Seal of Revelation chapter 8, verse 1. It will be opened to all of us in the Third Pull which will be fulfilled in the Tent Vision. And it will be a reason of joy and gladness for Christianity, and also for the Jews. That is why the two should maintain a good friendship, because both peoples believe in the same God.
Christianity has inherited everything which has come from Israel. In other words, Christianity is grateful for the blessing that has come from God, from the Jews, to Christianity, which also believes in the same God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ began, or was born, in Jerusalem. Thousands of people started to be born in the Kingdom of God on the Day of Pentecost, and it has continued and continues to be this way around the world, from age to age.
When the number of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is completed, the Dispensation of Grace will be closed, and the dead in Christ will rise first and those in the mystical Body of Christ who are alive will be changed. [1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.] That is the promise for the believers in Christ.
If there is someone who has yet to enter into the mystical Body of Christ, the Dispensation of Grace is still open. Therefore, you may come to the front (those who have not yet received Christ, but the faith of Christ was born in their soul). Thus, in each country, and here in Puerto Rico, you may come to the front so that we may pray for you, and so that you may receive Christ as your only and sufficient Savior.
Let’s wait a few minutes while those here and in other nations are given the opportunity to receive Christ as their only and sufficient Savior.
Let’s stand to pray for the people who have been coming to the Feet of Christ in different nations.
With our heads bowed and our eyes closed:
Heavenly Father, I come to You with all these people who are receiving Christ as their only as sufficient Savior. Receive them in Your Kingdom, I pray to You. In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Repeat this prayer after me that we will be making for each one of you who are receiving Christ as their only and sufficient Savior:
Lord Jesus Christ, I heard the preaching of Your Gospel, and Your Faith was born in me.
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 pray You; forgive my sins, and with Your Blood, may You cleanse me from all sin, and baptize me with the Holy Spirit and fire after I am baptized in water in Your Name, and may You bring forth the new birth in me.
I want to be born in Your Kingdom, I want to live eternally in Your Kingdom. Make a reality the salvation You purchased for me on Calvary’s Cross. I pray to You in Your Eternal and glorious Name, Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Now, those who today have come to the Feet of Christ in different nations may ask: “When can I be baptized? For 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.’” [Mark 16:15-16.] Therefore, the question is: “When can you baptize me?”
Since you have believed in Christ as your Savior, you may be baptized, and may Christ baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire, and bring forth the new birth in you. We will continue to see one another eternally in God’s Kingdom, in the Kingdom of the Son of David.
May God bless you richly,
Again, have a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2017.
We will continue to see one another in the services that will be held during this Christmas holiday, in which we expect great blessings from the God of Israel.
May God bless all of you, and I leave Reverend Jose Benjamin Perez with you to continue here, and in each country I leave each minister to continue.
We will meet next Friday and next Sunday, God willing. And if there is another service on another day, Reverend Jose Benjamin Perez will inform you when he speaks to you on this occasion.
May God bless you and keep you all.
“THE KING IS BORN.”