Good evening, beloved friends and brethren present and those connected via the Amazon Satellite or the internet; and in Puerto Rico, Reverend Jose Benjamin Perez and the church there: receive my wholehearted greetings, also to Missionary Miguel Bermudez, wherever he is, with the brethren at church.
On this occasion, we read in Revelation chapter 2, verses 28 to 29, and the Scripture says the following:
“And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
And I will give him the morning star.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”
“THE MORNING STAR.” That is our subject for next Sunday, for the Bible Study of next Sunday morning. Today, we have the introduction to that subject, to see beforehand what this subject about the Morning Star is.
This Scripture of Revelation tells us, for instance in chapter 1, verse 16 and verse 20… verse 16 says:
“And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.”
Here we find Jesus Christ in the midst of the Church, Christ in Holy Spirit, with the seven stars in His right Hand, and verse 20 tells us what the seven stars are. It says… verse 19 and 20 of Revelation chapter 1, where we are reading:
“Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.”
Now, here the Holy Spirit, Christ in Holy Spirit in the midst of His Church, sheds more light on this, saying that He would have seven stars which are seven messengers, seven angels. Remember that angel means “messenger”; seven messengers for the trajectory of the Church among the Gentiles.
Therefore, those seven stars are the seven angels of the seven churches; the seven messengers of the seven churches that initially began with Saint Paul and then continued with other messengers later on, such as Luther, Wesley, and the seventh Messenger: Reverend William Branham, forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ.
Now, the Second Coming of Christ is the greatest event promised in the history of Christianity and Judaism. Christ’s Second Coming is as King and Judge over all the Earth. His First Coming was as a Lamb, and He is as a High Priest in Heaven, interceding for everyone who receives Him as his Savior.
The First Coming of Christ was God in Christ manifesting Himself in all His fullness; and that was Emmanuel, “God with us,” in a Body of flesh called Jesus. It was God with His heavenly, theophanic Body, called the Angel of the Covenant, inside the Body of Jesus, which was the veil of flesh, the human temple, according to what Christ had said in Saint John chapter 2. He said: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” They thought He was speaking about the temple of stones in Jerusalem, but He was speaking about His physical Body as a Temple of God.
Remember that the greatest promise for the human being is that God will dwell in human beings in Holy Spirit; and there, He was dwelling in Christ in all His fullness.
Now, let’s see what the Scripture tells us in Malachi chapter 3, which will be the First Coming of the Messiah. Malachi chapter 3, verse 1 says:
“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.”
Who would come? The Angel of the Covenant. Who would come? The Lord, God, the Father; and the Angel of the Covenant, which is the heavenly, theophanic Body of God, the Angel that had appeared to Moses and said to him: “I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
The Angel is the heavenly Body of God, wherein God dwelt to deliver the Hebrew people, and He needed to have a veil of flesh through which to speak the creative Word, to make a reality the promise of the deliverance of the Hebrew people from bondage in Egypt.
And for the deliverance of all the ones written in Heaven in the Lamb’s Book of Life, God was made flesh in that Body created by the Holy Spirit, God through the Holy Spirit in Mary’s womb. And He manifested Himself in all His fullness through that Body, and He died in His physical Body, which He then resurrected. He died for the redemption of all the sons and daughters of God written in Heaven in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Now, let’s see what the Second Coming of Christ will be. Malachi chapter 4… Remember that Christ said in Saint John chapter 8, verse 12: “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
If He is the Light of the world, He is the promised Sun of Righteousness.
And now, as the Light of the world, just like the sun is the light of the world that shines on the Earth every day, Christ is the Spiritual Light of the world to shine upon the soul and spirit of every person, and for them to be able to walk in spiritual light in the Divine Program through the Word that Christ in Holy Spirit brings to His Church, and thus, what the Scripture says in Psalms: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” [Psalm 119:15.]
That’s the Light that shines the way to eternal Life for us. It is Christ, the Light of the world, manifested in human flesh.
Now, what does that have to do with our time? In Malachi 4, verse 1 to 2, it says:
“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up,”
(In other words, it will consume them.)
“…Saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.”
Here, “for those who fear, the Sun of Righteousness will arise,” meaning the Second Coming of Christ, because in Revelation chapter 22, in verse 16, He tells us:
“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.”
Now, we find that the Bright and Morning Star is the Angel of the Covenant that appears in Revelation chapter 10, verse 1 and on:
“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.
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.”
The Mighty Angel that descends from Heaven is Christ with the Title Deed which contains the names written of all those who would make up the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is the Lamb’s Book of Life, it is the Title Deed to eternal Life, it is the Title Deed to all Creation. And He comes to reclaim, to claim back everything He has redeemed with His precious Blood, to resurrect the believers in Him who have died in glorified bodies, and change His believers who will be alive, so that they may all be in the physical likeness of Christ, in other words, with glorified, eternal, immortal and young bodies for all eternity.
And now, notice, His face was like the Sun, the face of this Mighty Angel that descends from Heaven, because Christ is the Bright and Morning star: the Sun. Remember that the sun is the greater star in our solar system. And the moon is the lesser light.
The moon represents the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the sun represents Christ. And in Malachi chapter 4, verses 2 it says: “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.”
Therefore, when Christ is presented in the midst of His Church, in the midst of the stars and candlesticks, and the stars on His right Hand, which are the messengers of each stage, of each age; the greater Star, which is Christ, has the messenger-stars of each age in His hand.
Just as in the hands of the sun are all the planets that make up our solar system; it gives light reflects the light through the moon at night and in the day it gives them sunlight directly.
During the different ages of the Church, Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, the Holy Spirit was reflected through the messengers. And for the Last Day, in His Second Coming, He Himself will be present in all His fullness with the seven angel-messengers when they come and are resurrected; and there, we will have the Lord with His face as the Sun, with His seven stars in His Hand, which have been in His Hand from age to age, each one manifested in its relevant time, and Christ has reflected Himself through them from age to age.
At the Last Day, Christ, the Sun of Righteousness will manifest Himself in all His fullness to give us the faith to be changed and raptured with Him, and taken to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
The star…We have seen the seven stars, which are the seven angel-messengers aligned: Paul and the other messengers until Reverend William Branham. And we have also seen the last three stars aligned: Luther, Wesley and Reverend William Branham, coming from age to age, and then the greater Star will come, the Morning Star, the Sun of Righteousness, Christ in His last manifestation in His Church in all His fullness.
Therefore, let’s be prepared, because the greatest thing in the Mystical Body of Christ has been prepared for this end time, and that will be the revelation of the Seventh Seal, the revelation of the Coming of the Lord to His Church at the Last Day to be manifested in all His fullness. This will be fulfilled in the Tent Vision that was shown to Reverend William Branham, where Christ was seen in Holy Spirit, the Pillar of Fire, entering and manifesting Himself in that service which Reverend William Branham saw in a vision, in the Great Tent-Cathedral shown to him. That is where the full manifestation of Christ in His Church on the Last Day will take place. That will be the manifestation of the Bright and Morning Star.
And there will be a spiritual awakening, a powerful revival that will impact the entire world; and that will fulfill the Third Pull, which will be for the Bride-Church, for the foolish virgins and for the world. That is how simple the Divine Program is for this end time, in which we have an important share, in order to receive God’s blessing, receive the faith to be changed and taken with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
Therefore, let’s be prepared and praying so that the materialization of the Great Tent-Cathedral seen by Reverend William Branham may soon happen; and he wanted to make that a reality, but it was not for his time, it is for our time.
Now it is the time for the Age of the Cornerstone, the Golden Age of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, just as the First Coming of Christ was for the Age of the Cornerstone of that time, because Christ is the Cornerstone, and His Coming to His people of Israel 2000 years ago was the Coming of the Cornerstone for the Age of the Cornerstone. That is why the first part of Isaiah chapter 61, verse 1, was fulfilled then, in Jesus.
And the second part pertains to His Second Coming, to the people of the New Covenant, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, and then He will reveal Himself to Israel. Israel will see the revelation of Christ at the Last Day, and they will say: “That’s the One we’ve waited on.” But He comes for His Bride-Church, to take us with Him to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
He is coming…Who? The Morning Star. Christ in His Coming will shine upon our soul and spirit with His Word revealed, because “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” [Psalm 119:105.]
“THE MORNING STAR.”
We already know that Christ is the Morning Star, and that the rest of the stars are the messengers of each age. And Christ in Holy Spirit, appearing to Moses, was the Morning Star there, the Star, Christ the Messenger, the Angel of the Covenant appearing in a flame of fire, because He is Light. He said: “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Therefore, let’s be watchful, because that is the promise for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ at the Last Day: The Coming of the Bright and Morning Star.
We are approaching the time of Easter or Passover, in which we expect God to give us great revelations in the subjects we will be having during these days until Easter, when we await great blessings from God.
We all want to be changed, we all want to go with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb; and therefore, we must be prepared. Just like Joshua and the people: in order to cross over to the Promised Land, he had to prepare himself with the people for about three days; and they crossed over to the Promised Land.
In order for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ to receive the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, they stayed about ten days after Christ was raptured to Heaven. First, they had been with Jesus for about forty days, He was appearing to them on some days, mainly on Sundays; and after He left, forty days after His resurrection, they were together in one accord in the upper room in Jerusalem, waiting for the Coming of Christ in Holy Spirit, to baptize them with the Holy Spirit and fire and bring forth the new birth in them, in order to cross from the Jordan of death to eternal Life.
And crossing from the Jordan of death to physical eternal Life pertains to this end time: passing from mortality to immortality, passing from the mortal body to the immortal body; into a physical body with eternal Life, just as the spiritual body has also received eternal Life.
In other words, it has been a new spiritual birth; and it will be like a new physical birth, when we have the new body. And we will ask ourselves: How did this happen? It was promised here, and therefore, it is a Work that God has prepared to take place in this end time.
We will all be seeing the Bright and Morning Star, which will give us His Light, the revelation, the faith to be changed and raptured in this end time. “THE MORNING STAR”: Christ in Holy Spirit in the midst of His Church.
It has been a privilege for me to be with you here in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, and with each one of you, ministers and your congregations in different countries, and with Missionary Miguel Bermudez Marin there, where he is right now.
May God bless all of you, and we will see each other tomorrow at the ministers’ meeting, and on Sunday at the general service we will have here in the morning.
May God bless you and continue having a happy evening. And pray a lot for the ministers’ meeting of tomorrow, and for the Sunday morning service. And may God open the Scriptures to us and our understanding and our hearts in order to comprehend them.
Have a great evening.
And bring your guests next Sunday, so that God may call those who still need to come in to complete His Church.
If there is anyone who hasn’t received Christ, you may do so at this time, and we will be praying for you. Therefore, you can come to the front if God has spoken to your heart.
God has many people in Villahermosa, and in the entire Republic of Mexico, and all of Latin America and North America and in all nations, and He is calling them to complete His Church and bring the Title Deed to His Church.
Let’s stand up to pray for the people who are coming to the Feet of Christ on this occasion.
Eternal Life is the most important thing, and we can’t leave this planet without receiving eternal Life, because we cannot abandon this planet without receiving eternal Life, because eternal Life is obtained only by Christ our Savior. He is the way to the Father, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Therefore, there is no other way to reach God but through Christ our Savior.
With our heads bowed to pray for the people who have come to Christ our Savior. We close our eyes:
Our Father which art in Heaven, blessed be Your Name for ever. I come to You in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, bringing unto Your presence all these people who are receiving Christ as their Savior, here and in other cities and countries. Receive them in Your Kingdom, I pray in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now repeat this prayer after me:
Lord Jesus Christ, I have heard the preaching of Your Gospel and Your Faith was born in my heart. I believe in You with all my soul. I believe in Your First Coming. I believe in Your death on Calvary’s Cross as the Sacrifice of Atonement for our sins. I believe in Your Name as the only Name under Heaven given unto man whereby we must be saved.
Lord Jesus Christ, I give public testimony of Your faith in me and I receive You as my only as sufficient Savior. I pray You forgive my sins and with Your Blood 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 pray to You in Your glorious and eternal Name, Lord Jesus Christ. Amen and Amen.
Now I leave Reverend Andres Cruz Gallegos with us, and in every country I leave each minister to inform you what you must do to be baptized in water in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Christ said in Saint Mark chapter 16, verses 15 to 16: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” That is how simple it is to receive Christ and receive the Salvation and eternal Life.
Water baptism is typological. Water does not take away sins. It is the Blood of Christ that cleanses us from all sin, but water baptism is a commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ, in which the individual is identified with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection.
Therefore, you may be baptized and may Christ baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire and bring forth the new birth in you.
God bless you and keep you, and I leave with you Reverend Andres Cruz Gallegos here in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. And in each country I leave each minister to do the same, and inform you what to do to be baptized in water in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
God bless you and good evening to all.
Until next Sunday, God willing, in the service we will have here; and tomorrow with the ministers with whom I will gather.
God bless you and keep you; and with us Reverend Andres Cruz Gallegos.
“THE MORNING STAR.”