Good evening, beloved friends and brethren present here in Santiago de Chile. It is a great blessing for me to be with you tonight to share with you some moments of fellowship around the Word of God and His Program relevant to this end time.
Our topic for tonight is: “THE LIGHT OF THE SEVENTH SEAL,” for which I would like to read in John, chapter 1, verses 1 and on, and Revelation, chapter 8, verse 1 and on as well. John, chapter 1, verse 1 to 18, 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.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
And 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.
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”
And in chapter 8, verse 1 and on, of Revelation, says:
“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.”
May God bless our souls with His Word and allow us to comprehend It. Our topic is: “THE LIGHT OF THE SEVENTH SEAL.”
In order to comprehend what the Light of the Seventh Seal is we must comprehend that the Seventh Seal is the Second Coming of Christ.
When the Seventh Seal was opened in Heaven there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour, for this mystery of the Second Coming of Christ was opened in Heaven.
Now, in order to comprehend this mystery and the Light of the Seventh Seal shining in the midst of His Church, we must comprehend how it happened two thousand years ago when the Light of the First Coming of Christ was manifested.
The scripture says that the Word was with God and the Word was God, and it says that all things were made by Him, in other words, created, all things. He was the creator of all things. And without Him nothing that was created or made was made. All things were made for Him and without Him nothing that was made was made.
And then in verse 9 to 10 of this same chapter 1 of John, says:
“That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”
How did that Light come to this world? That Light came veiled in human flesh; that same Light that appeared to prophet Moses in the Pillar of Fire and said to him: “I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” He identified Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, He identified Himself as the Angel of the Covenant or Angel of the Lord. And now, notice, later on He came in human flesh and was identified by the name of Jesus</em>; for the scripture says:
“And 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 when the Light is made flesh, when the Light was made flesh, the Word, we find Him here on chapter 8 of John, verse 12, speaking to the people and saying to them:
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
Here we find Jesus identifying Himself with the Light of the world.
Speaking of John the Baptist, Jesus said that John was a burning light, in other words, a lamp that was lit, because he was the Light of the seventh age of the Hebrew Church under the Law.
And now, notice what the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ says on page 120 of the book of Quotations</em>; here we have verse 1065, which is an excerpt taken from the message “His unfailing words of promise.” It says1:
“He was the a-vindicated Light of that day. See? But there’s more Word to be a-vindicated. He’s got to vindicate more Word. And when the last Word is vindicated, is vindicated, rather, then death is swallowed up in victory, and the dead in Christ shall rise, the Millennium will set in.”
Now notice how the Word, the Light, was vindicated two thousand years ago; and that was the Light made flesh, the Word made flesh in that time. And He said: “I am the Light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life.”
There is no Light except through the Word vindicated by God. The Word promised for that time, made a reality, made flesh, is that Light of that age or that dispensation.
For example, Moses was the manifestation of the Light, the Word made flesh in that time; and there was no other Light to shine the Hebrew people in the soul, but rather that Light manifested through prophet Moses for this new Dispensation of the Law.
Then when Jesus appeared we find Him as the Light of the world. John had also appeared, before Jesus, and he had been a Light for the seventh stage or age of the Hebrew Church under the Law.
Each angel messenger has been the Word of God promised for that age, that Word manifested in human flesh, in the messenger of each age, and that was the Light of Christ for each age.
That is how God shined His children in each age: Christ through the messenger manifesting Himself was the Light of each age.
That is why when He told Paul that He had placed him as the Light for the gentiles it was because Christ would be in Saint Paul, shining through Saint Paul and shining the gentiles in that first age of the gentile Church.
And that is why the Light has been manifested in each age through human flesh in the messenger of each age.
And now our brother Branham says: “There is more light (in other words, more Word) to be vindicated.” There is more Word.
For example, for each age of the gentile Church: first age, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh age, there was Light to be vindicated, to be fulfilled, Word to be fulfilled; and that was the Light for each age.
It was Christ manifested in the messenger of each age, shining and lighting the soul and the understanding of all the sons and daughters of God in each age of the gentile Church.
And now for this end time, there is more Light to be vindicated. He says:
“And when the last Word is vindicated, is vindicated, rather, then death is swallowed up in victory, and the dead in Christ shall rise, the Millennium will set in.”
That Word is required, that last Word, which is the Second Coming of Christ with His Angels, to be vindicated, to be fulfilled, to be confirmed to His Church; and that is the Light promised to be manifested at this end time.
Notice here, on page 160 of the book of Quotations in Spanish, paragraph or verse 1428. This excerpt was taken from the message “Christ is revealed in His own Word.” It says2:
“And this evening Light… Of course, the great Light (that) will come when Jesus Himself will be manifested here on earth, or up in the Heavens, taking away His Bride, and then the Millennium will set in.”
Now, notice, each angel messenger was the Light of God, Christ manifested in each age of the gentile Church through human flesh; and He shone His children in each age.
But now the great Light that will come he says it will be… he says: “The great Light will come when Jesus Himself will be manifested here on Earth.” That is “the great Light that will come”: the Second Coming of Christ with His Angels.
And that is the Great Light that will be manifested here on Earth, which will be vindicated to the Church of Jesus Christ in order for the resurrection of the dead in Christ to come and the transformation of us who are alive.
In other words that the Church of Lord Jesus Christ will be completely shined upon in the Age of the Cornerstone, no longer by the Moon but by the Sun; because we are no longer in the seven stages or ages of the gentile Church, where the Church was represented in the moon, but rather we are already in the Age of the Cornerstone, where the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is shined upon by the Light of Christ as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, and as the Sun of Righteousness rising.
For Malachi says, chapter 4, verse 2: “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings (or health).”
Now notice the way how Christ will shine on us in this end time will be through the fulfillment of His promise of the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels; and that is the Light of the Word made flesh for this end time.
The Word vindicated, that is, confirmed or fulfilled to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ: that is the Light of the Seventh Seal for this end time, for the people of God, for the Church of Jesus Christ.
And that Light will be manifested as the light of the Sun: “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.”
That is why in chapter 60 of Isaiah, verse 1 and on, says: “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.”
And now we can also see in the Psalms, where Psalm 89 tells us, verse 15, the following way, and I want to read in the Psalms too, where there is prophetic Word to be fulfilled in this end time. It says: Psalm 89, verse 15, in the following way:
“Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.”
We will leave this passage there and let us see Psalm 90 and verse 17, what it says. It says:
“And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.”
And Psalm 97, verse 11, it says:
“Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.”
Now, Psalm 89, which we read a moment ago, that is, in the beginning, it said… Psalm 89, verse 15, it said:
“Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.”
And now, on Mount Transfiguration, we find that Christ showed in vision there the Coming of the Son of Man in His Kingdom with His Angels; and He transfigured Himself before His disciples and His face shone like the sun, showing the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels, coming as King of kings and Lord of lords, shining His face upon His Church, upon those who fear the Name of the Lord.
He had spoken in the previous chapter of Matthew, chapter 16, verses 27 to 28, telling us about he Coming of the Son of Man, He told us:
“For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.”
And six days later (you know the story) he took Peter, James and John his brother, and took them aside to a high mountain, and He transfigured before them and His face shone like the sun; and Moses and Elijah appeared speaking with Him.
In Luke, it tells us something very important, in chapter 9 of Luke, Jesus tells us or this scripture tells us: verse 26 and on, it says:
“For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.”
What would the disciples of Jesus Christ see on Mount Transfiguration? They would see the Kingdom of God.
Now let us see here how the Kingdom of God was seen. It says:
“And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.”
Now, notice here how, in this passage, they saw Jesus with His face changed; it says: “the fashion of his countenance was altered.” Matthew says that His face shone like the sun. And they also saw Moses and Elijah there surrounded by glory.
And now, in Revelation, chapter 1, we find in verse 16 the Son of Man in the Last Day, how do we find Him? It says:
“And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.”
In other words, everything He spoke in the Old Testament, that those who fear God would walk in the light of His face, which are blessed; and in the New Testament where Christ had spoken about the Coming of the Kingdom of God, where the Son of Man was seen, Jesus Christ, on Mount Transfiguration with His face like the sun; now in Revelation we see the Son of Man with His face like the sun.
In Revelation, chapter 10, we also see Him with His face like the sun. It says:
“And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.”
Now notice, the Coming of the Son of Man, represented here as the Mighty Angel that descends from Heaven with His face like the sun, is Christ in His Second Coming as the Mighty Angel, shining like the sun, the one who will shine upon us in the Last Day; and we will walk to the light of His face, with His face like the sun, which represents Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords, because the sun is the king star and it represents or typifies Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords, just like the lion is the king of the animals and it typifies Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords, as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
And now we can see how the people of God will walk, the Church of Jesus Christ, in the Last Day: they will walk to the light of His face, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ will walk to the light of the Seventh Seal, the light of the Second Coming of Christ His face shining like the sun, that is, shining like the King of kings and Lord of lords at this end time; that is how the elect of God will walk at this end time; because they will be under the Light of the face of the Lord shining.
That is the Light for the sons and daughters of God in the Age of the Cornerstone, that is the Light of the manifested, vindicated, fulfilled promised Word to His Church in this end time. That is the Light that the Church of the Jesus Christ will have manifested, shining her understanding and soul in this end time.
And both the Church and humanity will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, that is, humanity will be filled with the knowledge of the manifestation of Christ in the Most Holy Place of His spiritual Temple, just like the glory of the Lord was in the most holy place of the tabernacle Moses built and the tabernacle or temple Solomon built.
And now in the spiritual Temple of Christ, in the Most Holy Place, is where the glory of Jesus Christ will be manifested and His face will be shining like the sun in the fulfillment of the Word promised for His Church, for the Age of the Cornerstone, which is the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels, His face shining like the sun.
This is the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels as King of kings and Lord of lords, as the Son of Man and Son of David at this end time.
And Christ says3: “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”
He can speak that way because He comes in the Last Day as the Sun of Righteousness, shining and lighting our soul and our entire being, our entire understanding, in this Last Day, to be able to see Him shining His face like the sun, to be able to see Him in His Coming as King of kings and Lord of lords, to reclaim His Church and also to reclaim His Throne: The Throne of David, upon which Christ will sit in the glorious Millennial Kingdom.
That is the Light of the Seventh Seal, that is the Light of His Coming, that is the Great Light promised to be manifested at this end time; because the Great Light that will be manifested in this end time, the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ says it is His Coming. He says:
“The great Light will come when Jesus Himself will be manifested here on earth, or up in the Heavens, taking away His Bride, and then the Millennium will set in.”
Now notice what the Great Light that is promised to be manifested here on Earth is, to the Church of Jesus Christ and in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
What was the Light in John, chapter 1? The Word: “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. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.” Let us see how it says it here: Chapter 1 of John:
“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.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”
And then in verse 9 to 10, it says:
“That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.”
Now, we also find that the apostle John in First John tells us that God is Light. And by saying that God is Light he is showing us that God being the Light will be manifested on Earth in human flesh, and that is how the Light will be shining and lighting the human beings.
In Matthew, chapter 4, notice what it tells us here. Chapter 4, verse 12 and on, says:
“Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Now, how was it that the people that sat in darkness saw a great Light? Because the Light was manifested in human flesh, there in the person of Jesus. He was the true Light that shines unto every man, manifested in human flesh; and when it is manifested through human flesh and in human flesh, then that is when He shines with His Message, shines the soul and understanding of the human beings; and that is what the Light was doing there. And it was a promise that the people of Zabulon and Nephthalim would be shined upon, those people that were living in a territory of death. It says:
“The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.”
How did the Light shine on them? It shone on them through His manifestation in human flesh.
And now notice how for the Hebrew people we have the same promise in the book of Amos. In Amos, God tells us… Hosea, chapter 6, let us see what it tells us here:
“Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.”
Now notice how it says His coming is prepared. It says:
“Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning…”
How is the sunrise prepared? With the sun shining in the morning.
It begins with a clarity and no one sees the sun, but one sees clarity from the East, it is that the sun is already rising.
And the sunrise, where the sun begins to shine, speaks to us about the time of the Second Coming of Christ as the Sun of Righteousness shining.
That is also where the bright and morning star is seen; that star is seen very big in the east, in that part, and it testifies that the sun is already coming; and when dawn is already breaking the star is there shining giving testimony, giving its message that the sun is already beginning to come out.
And Christ is represented in the morning star, for He says: “I am the bright and Morning Star,” Revelation 22, verse 16.
And chapter 2, verse 28, says: “He that overcometh, I will give him the Morning Star.”
It is that Christ is identified with each angel messenger in each age. It is with the messenger of each age that Jesus Christ is identified; and for the Last Day, when the Sun of Righteousness has to come out, for Christ is identified with the messenger that will be living in that time, which is the messenger of the Age of the Cornerstone, which is the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And that is why, by identifying Himself with and in His messenger, He is identifies Himself as the Morning Star. In the manifestation that Christ carries out through His Angel Messenger after the seven ages of the gentile Church, He is identified with the manifestation of the bright and Morning Star, and then with the manifestation of the rising Sun.
And that is why the Hebrew people is waiting for the Coming of the Messiah; and it says there: “His going forth is prepared as the morning.” Hosea, chapter 6, verse 1 to 3. And in Malachi, chapter 4, verse 2, says: “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.”
And since Christ identifies Himself through His messenger in each age and in each dispensation, in the end time, in His manifestation as the bright and Morning Star and as the Sun of Righteousness rising, He identifies Himself with His messenger of the Age of the Cornerstone, with His Angel Messenger; and that is why in that manifestation of Christ we will find Christ in Holy Spirit manifested as the bright and Morning Star and as the rising Sun; we will see Christ identified and manifested in His Angel Messenger at this end time.
That is how we will be seeing the bright and Morning Star shining and giving His Message, for He said: “He that overcometh, I will give him the Morning Star,” and Christ says: “I am the bright and Morning Star.”
Christ will be where? In the overcomer, manifested as the bright and Morning Star giving us His Message; and He will also be as the Sun of Righteousness shining in this end time.
Now, we have seen the way in which He would be manifested in this end time, and we would be seeing Him as the bright and Morning Star giving us His Message that a new Day is rising, a new dispensational day and a new millennial day is beginning; and announcing to us the Coming of the Sun, the morning of a new dispensational day already rising.
That is the Message that announces the Second Coming of Christ and that announces the Light of Christ shining our soul and our entire being.
Dawn is breaking, just as dawn was breaking when the Angel of the Lord was fighting with Jacob, and Jacob would not let Him go.
It is like this for the spiritual Israel in this end time: she will be with the Angel of Jesus Christ and she will not let go of him until she receives the blessing of the transformation; and the Hebrew people will also see him, the earthly Israel, and will hold on to that Angel, and will not let go of him until they receive the blessing from behalf of the Angel of Jesus, through whom Jesus will be manifested.
The Hebrew people will say: “This is the One we have been waiting for!” Just as Jacob was waiting for the Angel of the Lord, and when he saw Him, he held on tight to Him.
Now we can see what that means for all of us and for the Hebrew people. That means, for us and for the Hebrew people, the Light of the Seventh Seal, the Light of His Coming, the Light of the opening, of the manifestation of the Seventh Seal in the midst of His Church, and then in the midst of the Hebrew people.
That is the Light of the Mighty Angel that descends from Heaven in Revelation, chapter 10 and Revelation, chapter 19.
That is the Light of the Sun of Righteousness, of Jesus Christ in His Coming with His Angels in this end time, under the opening of the Seventh Seal, under the fulfillment of the Seventh Seal in the midst of His Church in this end time. And that is the Light of the Seventh Seal shining and lighting our soul, understanding and our entire being.
It has been a great privilege for me to be with you on this occasion, testifying to you of THE LIGHT OF THE SEVENTH SEAL.
May the blessings of Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, be upon each one of you and upon me as well, and may His face shine upon us and shine our soul and understanding and our entire being, and thus may He open all the scriptures and shed all His blessings over all of us, and may we soon be changed and raptured in this end time. 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 I leave with us once again Reverend Miguel Bermudez Marin to continue and conclude our part tonight.
May God bless you and keep you all.
“THE LIGHT OF THE SEVENTH SEAL.”
1 His unfailing words of promise – January 20, 1964 – www.branham.org
2 Christ is revealed in His own Word – August 22, 1965M – www.branham.org
3 Revelation 3:21