Good evening, beloved friends and brethren present. And may God bless all of you greatly, and may God speak directly to our hearts tonight. In the Eternal Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
I want to read in Saint Matthew chapter 16, verses 24 to 28, the Scripture that says:
“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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.”
Our subject is: “THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMING IN POWER AND GLORY.”
The Coming of the Kingdom of God coming in power and glory.
Christ spoke of the Coming of the Kingdom of God on different occasions, and in the vision of Mount Transfiguration, He showed us the order of the Coming of the Kingdom of God; and there, He shows us that there is an order for the Coming of the Kingdom of God. He said:
“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 chapter 17 of Saint Matthew, verse 1 and on, says:
“And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.”
Here Christ shows us the order of the Coming of the Son of man in His Father’s Kingdom.
We find that in this passage, Moses and Elijah (these two prophets) appear speaking with Jesus Christ about Christ’s departure to Jerusalem. And this is very important given that Moses had passed away,1 and Elijah had also gone up in a chariot of fire,2 and now they appear on Mount Transfiguration.
This is something very important, because in this scene of Mount Transfiguration, since this is a vision, it is the vision of the Second Coming of Christ with His Angels in the Coming of the Kingdom of God, coming in His Kingdom with power and glory. In this vision, we have the elements relevant to the Coming of the Son of man in His Kingdom; everything is represented here, for the manifestation of the Lord in His Kingdom with power and great glory.
And now, notice how for the Coming of the Kingdom of God and the Son of man coming in His Kingdom, Moses and Elijah must be there.
And now, since this is a vision… and therefore, the Prophets Moses and Elijah appear here; and in Zechariah3 it tells us that the Two Olive Trees (which are the two olive trees and the two olive tree branches) are the Two Anointed Ones that stand before the Presence of God; and in Revelation, the ministries of the Two Olive Trees appear (Revelation chapter 11); and notice, this will be manifested at the Last Day, in the Coming of the Kingdom of God.
And now, we have seen that the ministry of Elijah was manifested in Elijah the Tishbite; it was the Spirit of Christ in Elijah the Tishbite manifesting that ministry.
Then, for the second time the ministering Spirit of Elijah, that is, the ministry of Elijah, was on Earth again; and therefore, that manifestation of the ministry of Elijah on Earth for the second time–that manifestation was called Elijah, but the veil of flesh was called Elisha, but he was the second Elijah.
Then we find that the words of the sons of the prophets testify that the Spirit of Elijah was upon Elisha, when he parted Jordan and the sons of the prophets saw Elisha parting Jordan with the mantle of Elijah and walking on dry land; they said: “The Spirit of Elijah has rested on Elisha.”4
Then, the third time the Spirit of Elijah rested on another man, that was on John the Baptist.
Notice that when the ministry of Elijah comes, when Elijah comes again, the veil of flesh in whom that ministry manifests itself is always another veil of flesh; that is how it is when God promises the coming of a prophet who already came in the past.
And now, notice how, when we get to John the Baptist, we find Elijah on Earth again and his name is John the Baptist; but he is not literally Elijah, but the ministry that is in him is Elijah, it is the ministering Spirit of Elijah; it is the ministry of Elijah being operated by the Spirit of Christ, which was in Elijah the Tishbite, then was in Elisha, and then was in John the Baptist.
And then we find Elijah forerunning the First Coming of Christ, and telling the Hebrew people: “Behold the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world.”5 But back then people said: “We are waiting for Elijah.” But notice, Elijah was on Earth, but the veil of flesh was called John; but the ministry that was in John the Baptist was the ministry of Elijah.
That is the mystery when God promises to send a prophet that He has already sent in the past, and He promises to send him again to minister: it is another prophet, with the ministry of that prophet who came in the past, and with the same Spirit of Christ that was in that prophet.
And now, in Saint Matthew chapter 17, verse 10 to 11, notice, it says:
“And his disciples asked him,” (Jesus), “saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?”
See? They were waiting for Elijah; and after Elijah, well, the Messiah, Christ, had to come.
“And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things,” (here He is telling them about an Elijah who will come in the future, but He says),
“But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.”
Christ had also told His disciples in Saint Matthew chapter 11, verse 14, He says:
“And if ye will receive it,” (referring to John the Baptist), “this is Elias, which was for to come.”
Jesus identified John the Baptist as the Elijah who would come to forerun the First Coming of Christ. And notice how everything was fulfilled in a simple way, and He appeared—after Elijah, the Messiah appeared: Jesus appeared, the Son of the virgin, the King of Israel, the One who will sit on the Throne of David; but notice, He appeared in such a humble, simple way: as a young carpenter of Nazareth.
Who would be waiting for a king and expecting that king to be a carpenter? They were waiting for a king, and the King came in the form of a Prophet and in the form of a carpenter, with the occupation of a carpenter, in a simple way; because when God promises something great, He fulfills it in a simple way.
And now, notice how for the Last Day it is also promised that Elijah will come forerunning the Second Coming of Christ; and Elijah will be on Earth forerunning the Second Coming of Christ; and what will be contained that coming of Elijah forerunning the Second Coming of Christ is just a prophet with the ministry of Elijah manifested in him. That is the coming of Elijah at the Last Day, so that what is promised may be fulfilled.
And do you know what is the last vindication that this prophet is truly Elijah, the Elijah who was to come forerunning the Coming of the Messiah? It is the fulfillment of the Coming of Christ, the Coming of the Son of man in His Kingdom, to also testify this way that the Elijah who was to come preparing the way for Him, already came.
If that promise is not fulfilled, what happens? Well, then Rev. William Marrion Branham wasn’t Elijah, the Elijah who was to come, the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ.
So, notice the importance of the Coming of the Son of man in His Kingdom, the Coming of the Kingdom of God coming in power and glory, where the Son of man is promised to be manifested at the Last Day.
Now, let’s see what the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ said regarding the Coming of the Kingdom of God. In our book of quotes it makes reference to the message “The Patmos Vision” [pages 46-47], where he says the following:
“227 Matthew 17, all right,” (our Brother Branham is reading here),
“…after six days Jesus take Peter, James, and John…in a high mountain apart,
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
228 He was transformed. What did He do? Passed Hisself into transformation, over into His coming day…”
“[229] They taken Jesus,” (it says here), “up on the mountain…” (but it was actually Jesus who had taken them), “or He taken them up,” (he corrects that here), “and He was transfigured before them, transformed. His raiment shined like the sun in the middle of its strength, and there appeared unto Him Moses and Elijah. What form is the Son of man coming in now? And first, will appear, will be Moses and Elijah.
230 Now, notice, before Jesus returns to the earth…Now, this is a little ahead of time, but the Spirit of Elijah will return back to the earth and turn the hearts of the children back to the father. The Bible said so. Jesus saw him here, the apostles saw him here, the order of the coming of the Son of man glorified. He’s to be glorified and coming back. The first thing, before they saw Him, was what? Elijah. Then what? Moses; Israel returning yonder, the law-keepers. And then the glorified Son of man. Hallelujah! Do you see the order of His coming?”
Now, notice how in the mystical Body of Christ, He has been working from age to age: He has sent His different messengers; and as the seventh angel-messenger for the seventh age of the Gentile Church, the Laodicean Age, Christ sends Rev. William Marrion Branham in the Spirit and power of Elijah, and as the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ.
And just as He manifested Himself in the past messengers, He manifests Himself in Rev. William Marrion Branham and speaks through him. And just as He called His elect in past ages, He calls and gathers His elect in the seventh stage or age of the Gentile Church.
And then the messenger of the seventh age of the Gentile Church, the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ, goes; and what do we have left for the Last Day? We are left with the Age of the Cornerstone; we are left with that stage which must be fulfilled at this Last Day, where Christ comes manifested in His Angel-Messenger, and where He calls and gathers His elect, and He reveals to us the mystery of His Coming, the mystery of the Seventh Seal, the mystery of His Coming to the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom. Just as the mystery in each age was the manifestation of Christ in each age through the messenger of each age. And the mystery of the First Coming of Christ was the manifestation of God in all His fullness in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth, the young carpenter.
And now, at the Last Day, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit will be manifested in His Angel-Messenger, making known to us all these things which must shortly be done; and Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit will be there manifesting the ministries of Moses for the second time, Elijah for the fifth time, and Jesus for the second time. And the order of the Coming of the Lord is fulfilled there, because the ministries of Jesus, Moses, and Elijah appear; and Christ appears there with His face as the sun.
Remember that these are the symbols that must be fulfilled. The sun represents Christ; because the sun is the king of the stars, and Christ is the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Here the sun represents the Second Coming of Christ; and His face as the sun represents Christ in His Second Coming as King of kings and Lord of lords. That is why in Malachi chapter 4, verse 2, it says:
“But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.”
Here we have the promise of the Coming of the Sun of Righteousness, the rising of the Sun of Righteousness, which is none other than the Coming of Christ, the Second Coming of Christ, as King of kings and Lord of lords, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah.
The lion also represents Christ in His Second Coming, because the lion is the king of the animals, and Christ is the King of kings and Lord of lords.
And now, notice how His face as the sun is the Second Coming of Christ being fulfilled on Earth.
Christ in His Second Coming, veiling Himself and revealing Himself at the Last Day, in the Age of the Cornerstone, in His last manifestation as King, that is seeing Christ with His face as the sun, in the ministry of the Last Day, meaning, in the ministry of the seventh millennium, which is the ministry of Jesus Christ through His Angel-Messenger, in whom He operates the ministries of Moses for the second time, Elijah for the fifth time, and Jesus for the second time. That is where we have the manifestation of the Son of man in His Kingdom, coming in His Kingdom with power and glory.
He comes with the Title Deed, which is what gives Him all the power and authority, since it is the Title Deed of the Heavens and the Earth. And He paid the price of redemption for all of creation; therefore, He is the Owner of all creation. Therefore, He will establish His Kingdom, His glorious Millennial Kingdom, on this Earth, among the Hebrew people, and from there He will rule over the whole Earth.
As Son of David, He is the heir to the Throne of David; as Son of Abraham, He is the heir to all the territory of the land of Israel; as Son of man, He is the heir to the kingdom of the whole world; He is the King of the whole world, as the Son of man. In other words, Christ as Son of man, as Prophet, the manifestation of Christ in human flesh at the Last Day, notice, will be the manifestation for the claim over the Kingdom, not only over the Hebrew people, but over the whole world.
And the whole world will be at the feet of iron and clay, where the antichrist will be ruling that kingdom at the end time; but Christ will make His Claim and obtain the entire kingdom of the whole world; and the kingdom of the world or the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our Lord. Revelation chapter 11, verse 15 and on, says so. It says:
“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.”
Now, we can see here, in the Coming of the Kingdom of God in power and glory, all the things that must be fulfilled; because the Coming of the Kingdom of God in glory, where the Son of man comes, we find that It’s for the establishment of the Kingdom of God here on Earth.
That is why Christ asked His disciples, and every believer in Him, to pray and always ask for the Coming of the Kingdom of God: “Thy Kingdom Come. Thy will be done here on Earth, as it is in Heaven.”6
And now, here in this passage we have the promise of the Coming of the Kingdom of God. And for the establishment of the Kingdom of God, in the vision of Mount Transfiguration, we find that Moses and Elijah appeared speaking with the Lord; and the Lord was changed there, glorified, with His face as the sun.
That is also why in Revelation chapter 1, we find the Son of man with His face as the sun. Chapter 1, 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.”
Now notice, here in this vision, John sees the Son of man as Judge of all the Earth; he sees Him here, in this passage, with power and glory; and here, all these attributes that are seen in the Son of man will be manifested, fulfilled, here on Earth.
To have a clear picture of what these things represent in the fulfillment at the Last Day, let’s see what Rev. William Marrion Branham says regarding the Son of man, and the Son of man being seen here in this passage. Let’s see… Let’s see in the Book An Exposition Of The Seven [Gentile] Church Ages, let’s see what he explains here about the Son of man with these attributes that are seen in Him. Page 55 says (of the Book An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages):
“Yes, there He stands as Judge with flaming eyes to mete out judgment. The day of mercy is over.”
And we find in other passages where the Son of man appears here to judge.
Notice, John saw this last day, John saw it in the vision of Revelation, he saw everything that would come; and when he saw Him, he fell at His feet as dead; he saw the Lord’s Day, he was transported to the Lord’s Day, in which he heard the Voice of Christ as a Great Voice as of a Trumpet; and thus, John the Apostle obtained the vision, all these symbols of what would be happening at the Last Day.
Now, notice here. Page 54 of the Book An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages, says:
“There it is. Daniel saw Him with that white hair. He was the Judge opening the books and judging out of them. Daniel saw Him coming in clouds. That is exactly what John saw. They both saw Him exactly the same. They saw the Judge with His judgment girdle over His shoulders, standing pure and holy, full of wisdom, fully qualified to judge the world in righteousness. Hallelujah.
Even the world understands this symbology, for in ancient times the judge would appear and convene court, dressed in a white wig and a long robe that signified his complete authority (head to foot robe) to mete out justice.”
Now, notice how all the things that are seen in the Son of man are symbolisms of things that will be fulfilled, manifested, at the Last Day, in the Coming of the Son of man.
In Saint Matthew chapter 24, verses 30 to 31, notice, it also shows us the Coming of the Son of man. Christ tells us:
“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
The same thing is seen by Saint John the Apostle in Revelation chapter 10, verse 1 and on, when he 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.”
It is the Coming of the Son of man, it is the Coming of the Lord, it is the Coming of Christ at the Last Day; and the sign of the Son of man would appear in Heaven.
And on February 28, 1963, a mysterious cloud appeared in the sky,7 which can only have one explanation, which is given by Rev. William Marrion Branham in the Book The Revelation Of The Seven Seals, page 546; he says:
“275. And did you notice? ‘That one Angel,’ I said, ‘in there, was a strange Angel.’ He looked more to me than any of the rest of Them. You remember that? [Congregation says, ‘Amen.’—Ed.] They were in a constellation; three on a side, and one on top. And the one right next to me here, counting from the left to the right, would have been the seventh Angel. He was brighter, meant more to me than the rest of Them. You remember? I said, ‘He had His chest out, like that, and was flying eastward’ (you remember) ‘like that.’ I said, ‘It picked me up; lifted me up.’ You remember that? [‘Amen.’]
276. Here It is, the one with the Seventh Seal, the thing that I’ve wondered all my life. Amen! Them other Seals meant a lot to me, of course, but, oh, you don’t know what This has meant.”
Now, this Angel who was very different from the rest, Rev. William Marrion Branham says that He was the One with the Seventh Seal; and the Seventh Seal is the Second Coming of Christ. And just as each of those angels who were there in that cloud, came… which were the seven angel-messengers of the seven Gentile Church ages, and in addition, another Angel who was very different from the rest.
In order for these angel-messengers to have their ministries here on Earth, they had to be manifested in human flesh; and after finishing their ministry, their body of flesh died, and they went to the sixth dimension, and they gathered with God’s elect, to whom they gave the Word, in the age in which they were given to live.
And now, in order for that Angel who was very different from the rest to have the ministry of the Second Coming of Christ, fulfilling the Second Coming of Christ, He must come manifested in human flesh at the Last Day; and that is the ministry pertaining to the Age of the Cornerstone, the ministry of Christ, just as He was in each angel-messenger in each age, in the portion pertaining to each age, because Christ was the One who ministered through each messenger: here at the end time, in the Age of the Cornerstone, it’s Christ ministering again through His Angel-Messenger at the Last Day.
And that is the Angel who was very different from the rest: Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, coming at the Last Day, who—in His Coming—will be manifesting, fulfilling the mystery of the Seventh Seal; and He will be manifesting Himself through human flesh, through His Angel-Messenger.
And since the Son of man comes with His Angels, and His Angels are the ministries of Moses and Elijah, the ministries of Moses and Elijah will be manifested in the ministry of the Angel who was very different from the rest.
There, Jesus Christ, the Son of man, the Angel who was very different from the rest, comes manifested in human flesh at the Last Day, and He manifests the ministries of Moses for the second time, Jesus for the second time, and Elijah for the fifth time.
These three great ministries will be operated by the Angel who was very different from the rest; He will be operating them through human flesh at the Last Day in His Angel-Messenger.
And the Son of man, Jesus Christ, the Mighty Angel, will be there, manifested at the Last Day, coming with power and glory in His Church, in His Kingdom, to carry out the Work pertaining to the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom; to carry out His Claiming Work at the Last Day, in order to call and gather His elect; and then to raise the New Testament saints who have believed in Christ as their Savior and received His Holy Spirit.
And then, to change the elect who will be living at this Last Day and who will see the resurrection of the dead in Christ; they will be living on Earth at this Last Day and they will be seeing the Coming of the Mighty Angel who was very different from the rest; they will be seeing the Coming of the Mighty Angel who was very different from the rest, coming, veiling Himself and revealing Himself through human flesh through His Angel-Messenger. And what will they be seeing there? They will be seeing the Coming of the Kingdom of God coming in power and glory.
When our Lord Jesus Christ was here on Earth two thousand years ago, they asked Him when the Kingdom of God would come, and He told them: “The Kingdom of God is within you.”8 Why? Because the Son of man was there.
And with the Coming of Son of man at the Last Day, manifested in human flesh in His Angel-Messenger, where will the Kingdom of God be? When will It come? “It is within you.” The words of Christ are repeated again at the Last Day: the Kingdom of God is within you.
And now, Christ is carrying out the Work pertaining to the Last Day for the establishment of His Kingdom; because the Seventh Seal, which is the Second Coming of Christ, carries out the ushering in of the Millennium.
Notice, here on page 541 of the Book The Revelation Of The Seven Seals, God says through Rev. William Marrion Branham… it says:
“[233] At the end of this Seventh Seal. Notice. It’s the end of the church age. It’s the—the end of the Seventh Seal. It’s the end of the Trumpets. It’s the end of the Vials, and even end the ushering in of the Millennium. That’s on the Seventh Seal.”
Notice all the things that the Seventh Seal contains.
And in the manifestation of the Seventh Seal, the whole Divine Program pertaining to the Seventh Seal is carried out. In other words, the fulfillment or manifestation of the Seventh Seal, which is the Coming of the Son of man in His Kingdom, will have countless manifestations in which He will be fulfilling different promises that have been made through the prophets.
And now, notice what the forerunner of the Second Coming says here on page 552 of the Book The Revelation Of The Seven Seals, he says:
“[326] I don’t know who is going to…what’s going to take place,” (what is he referring to? The Seventh Seal). “I do not know. I just know that those Seven Thunders holds that mystery. The Heavens was quiet. Everybody understand? [Congregation says, ‘Amen.’—Ed.] It may be time, it may be the hour now, that this great person that we’re expecting to rise on the scene may arise on the scene.
327 Maybe this ministry, that I have tried to take people back to the Word, has laid a foundation; and if it has, I’ll be leaving you, for good. There won’t be two of us here the same time.” (What is he talking about? Someone else). “See? If it is, he’ll increase; I’ll decrease. I don’t know.
328 But I have been privileged, by God, to look and see what It was, see, see unfold to that much.”
Now, notice how he uses the same words as John the Baptist did when they told him about Jesus: “Look, the One to whom you bore witness, now more people follow Him than you, and He baptizes more people than you.” He says: “He must increase, and I must decrease.”9
John, notice, was the evening light of the Dispensation of the Law; but now we have Jesus as the Light of the world,10 the Light of a new dispensation, of a new dispensational Day that was beginning there.
And as the Light of a new dispensational Day that was beginning there, we find that, just as a day’s evening light must decrease—but the morning light, the morning sun, must (what?) increase, rise; likewise, this was being fulfilled spiritually in John the Baptist and in Jesus.
And now, here, since Rev. William Marrion Branham is the manifestation of Christ for the seventh Gentile Church age, in whom Christ is shining, enlightening, as the evening light: the evening light must decrease, just like it did with John.
And then, notice, the forerunner was decreasing, but the One forerun was increasing; because the One forerun is the Light of a new dispensational Day, and the forerunner is the light of an age, not of a dispensation, but of an age that is fading out and ending.
And the Light of Christ manifested through the forerunner starts decreasing, starts disappearing. Why? So that the Light of the One forerun may increase, for the fulfillment of what the forerunner said would come after him.
And that is how it was with the forerunner John the Baptist two thousand years ago, who was decreasing, and the One forerun (Jesus) was increasing.
And the *forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ, Rev. William Marrion Branham, says that he was decreasing (why?) to make way for the Light of a new dispensational Day that would increase; It would increase from stage to stage, It would increase until becoming the perfect Light of a new dispensational Day, until enlightening all that It has to enlighten on that new dispensational Day.
And that is the Second Coming of Christ, the Coming of Christ, the Coming of the Son of man with power and glory in His Kingdom.
The Coming of the Son of man with power and glory in His Kingdom is the Coming of the One forerun; It is the Coming of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit, coming at the Last Day and veiling Himself and revealing Himself again, in human flesh.
In the Book The Revelation Of The Seven Seals, on page 318, the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ says, while he is praying, in part of the prayer he says:
“[391] …May the Holy Spirit come down now, the white-horse Rider, while His Spirit, Spirit of Christ, in the face of antichrist, and call His Own.”
Who is the white-horse Rider of Revelation? The Holy Spirit.
And now, what will the Coming of that white-horse Rider of Revelation be for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ? And what did It mean to the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ? On page 295, let’s see what the Coming of the *white-horse Rider of Revelation chapter 19 means, and let’s see what It also means to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. It says, on page 295 of the Book The Revelation Of The Seven Seals:
“196 But when our Lord appears here on earth, He’ll be riding on a snow-white horse. And He’ll be completely, fully, the Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate in a Man.”
That is Revelation chapter 19, verses 11 to 21, to be fulfilled here on Earth at the Last Day.
And now, notice how the mystery of the Coming of the Kingdom of God in power is the Coming of the Son of man with His Angels at the Last Day, coming in and to His Church at the Last Day. And that is the Word, the Holy Spirit, coming in human flesh and manifesting Himself among His Church. And when God promises something great, He fulfills it in a simple way.
After the seven manifestations in the seven angel-messengers of the seven Gentile Church ages, we find the next promised manifestation of Christ, through human flesh, in the fulfillment of the ministry of the Two Olive Trees, of the Two Anointed Ones, in the time of the fulfillment of Moses and Elijah; it says that the Word incarnate comes there.
Now, before the Great Tribulation is fulfilled, before that, the Word, Christ, the Word will be here on Earth manifested in human flesh among His Gentile Church. On page 70 of the Book The Revelation Of The Seven Seals, it says:
“[29]…I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow…upon his head…”
(He is quoting Revelation chapter 10).
“30 If you notice, that’s Christ, see. Cause, He, in the Old Testament, was called the Angel of the Covenant. And He is directly coming to the Jews now, for the Church is finished,” (the Angel of the Covenant is coming to the Jews, He comes to the Jews). “See? All right.
…and his face…as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire.”
Now, notice that He is coming… He is the Messenger to Israel. Now:
“31 You remember that Angel in Revelation 1? Same thing. Angel is a ‘messenger.’ And He’s the Messenger to Israel. See? The Church has been raptured, see, now, or fixing to be raptured. He comes for His Church.”
Who comes for His Church? The Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord.
This Angel in Revelation chapter 10, clothed or surrounded by a cloud, or clothed with a cloud, comes for His Church; and He is the Messenger to Israel. And in order for Him to come to His Church, and to then come to the Hebrew people or then go to the Hebrew people, He must come manifested at the Last Day in human flesh, He must veil Himself in human flesh, and reveal Himself through human flesh through the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, in order to fulfill this promise, and to be among the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, manifested through His Angel-Messenger, fulfilling His promises for this end time.
Now, notice how also in the Book The Revelation Of The Seven Seals, on page 151, Rev. William Marrion Branham tells us:
“283 And, Jesus, His Name on earth was ‘Redeemer,’ Jesus. When He was on earth, He was the Redeemer, that’s true. But when He conquered death and hell, and overcome them, and ascended on High, He received a new Name. That’s the reason you holler the way they do, and they don’t get nothing.
284 It’ll be revealed in the Thunders. Uh-huh. See? Notice the mysteries. He is coming, riding…There’s got to be Something to change this Church. You know that. There’s got to be Something. Notice, ‘No man knowed, but Himself.’ Now, notice, ‘No man knowed, but Hisself.’”
And what will change this Church? The Coming of the white-horse Rider of Revelation 19. And He comes with what kind of name? A new Name.
“[284] And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name was called The Word of God.
Oh, my! Notice!
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he tread the winepress of the fierceness and the wrath of Almighty God.
And he had on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
(Revelation 19:13-16)
“285 There comes the Messiah. There He is.”
Now, we have seen what will bring the change of the Church of the Lord, what will bring forth the resurrection of the dead in Christ and the change of us who are alive.
We have seen that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, at the Last Day, will receive Christ in His Second Coming with His Angels, and She will receive the faith to be changed and raptured; in other words, the revelation of the Second Coming of Christ with His Angels; She will receive the revelation of the Coming of the Mighty Angel coming to Earth; She will receive the revelation of the white-horse Rider coming to Earth, Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate in a Man, as the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ said.
And thus, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom will have the revelation of the Second Coming of Christ, the Coming of the Son of man in His Kingdom, according to the promises pertaining to the Last Day.
But all of that will be so very simple that some people will say: “But we are waiting for something great.” But whenever God has promised something great for His people, He fulfills it in a simple way; and we will always find that the great part is God’s manifestation, in other words, it is God being manifested; and the simple part is always the veil of flesh through which God manifests Himself.
Notice, the First Coming of Christ, an event as great as what had been promised, was fulfilled in a simple veil of flesh, a young carpenter there in Nazareth; and in the theological interpretations, they had nothing about the First Coming of Christ being fulfilled in a young carpenter. No one even imagined that the Messiah would be a young carpenter from Nazareth, in whom the promise of the First Coming of the Messiah would be fulfilled. In a construction worker, to the honor of construction workers, the First Coming of the Messiah was fulfilled.
So, notice the simple way in which the First Coming of the Messiah was fulfilled.
And what if God decides to fulfill the Second Coming of Christ, the Coming of the Son of man at the Last Day, in human flesh, in a veil of flesh that is also a construction worker? It would really surprise all the theologians, it would blind them; because that isn’t even on the mind of the great theologians neither of Christianity nor Judaism.
In other words, they would miss it; they would be ignorant of the fact that the Coming of the Messiah, the Coming of Christ, would be fulfilled at the Last Day. Because Christ will be on this Earth, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit will be on this Earth, manifested in human flesh and through human flesh at the Last Day, making all these things known to us so that we don’t miss His Coming, His Coming to His Church; because His Coming is for His Church and in His Church at the Last Day.
It’s not the world that has the promise, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is the One that has the promise of the Second Coming of Christ. Christ said of the world: “The world seeth me no more; but ye see me.”11
Now, the world didn’t see Him in His First Coming either. Although He was here on Earth in His First Coming, the Hebrew religion didn’t see Him either, nor did the high priest see Him; although they were seeing Him, they were seeing the veil of flesh, but they didn’t see God fulfilling His First Coming in the Person of Jesus.
And the world won’t see His Second Coming either, although It will be here on Earth, being fulfilled through human flesh, through the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ; but the Angel is not the Lord Jesus Christ, rather, he is the instrument of Christ, the veil of flesh through which Christ will be manifested in the fulfillment of His Coming to His Church as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Claiming Work.
And He comes with the little Book open; and He gives His Church to eat of that open little Book, giving Her the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom. And by the Church of Jesus Christ eating that Message, She will be eating the little Book that was opened in Heaven by our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
Now, notice how God always fulfills His promises in a simple way; and the people who can’t understand stumble over the simplicity in which God fulfills these promises; because they stumble over the veil of flesh that God uses in the fulfillment of what He promised.
So, notice why Christ said on one occasion: “And blessed is he who shall not be offended in Me,”12 because people always look for and find a reason to stumble in the veil of flesh in which God fulfills what He promised.
Tonight we have seen: “THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMING IN POWER AND GLORY.”
It is the Coming of Christ, the Mighty Angel, the Angel of the Covenant, at the Last Day, among His Gentile Church, veiling Himself and revealing Himself through His Angel-Messenger and making known to us all these things which must shortly be done; and that is when some people will stumble.
But he that is of God, hears God’s Voice.13 In other words, this is a blessing promised to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; not to the world, but to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is a blessing promised for God’s elect to be called and gathered into a new age and a new dispensation, and to be prepared to be changed and raptured at this Last Day.
Therefore, the One that must know the mystery of the Second Coming of Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, veiling Himself and revealing Himself through human flesh at the Last Day, through His Angel-Messenger, is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s elect. In which age? In the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom.
Outside of that age, one cannot understand the mystery of the Coming of Christ with His Angels, as Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in His Claiming Work.
It’s because people don’t understand that when God promises that a prophet who has already come in the past is going to come, what comes is the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, in another man operating the ministry that was in that prophet of the past. And that is how it is at this Last Day, in the Coming of the Son of man with His Angels, manifesting Himself among His Church and revealing to His Church the mystery of His Coming.
If it’s a mystery, then not even the theologians had discovered it, they didn’t know what the fulfillment of that promise would be like. And the one who was the closest to the fulfillment of that promise, Rev. William Marrion Branham, when he had to speak about the fulfillment of that promise, he said it would be the Coming of the Holy Spirit, of the white-horse Rider of Revelation chapter 19; and that would be the Coming of the white-horse Rider of Revelation, the Coming of Jesus would be the Word incarnate in a Man; and that would be Emmanuel.
And now, when he had to explain a bit more about the Seventh Seal, which is the Second Coming of Christ, when he had to explain a bit more about the Seventh Seal to be fulfilled, he said: “I don’t know who it’s going to be…”
Just as it could have been said by… just as John the Baptist said: “I knew Him not.”14 In other words, before Jesus came forward to be baptized by John the Baptist, John said, when he spoke of the Messiah who would come, and they asked him: “And who is He? Where is He?” — “I don’t know who it’s going to be.”
But when he saw Him and saw the Spirit of God upon Him, he said: “This is He of whom I said that after me would come a Man whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.”15 “I knew Him not,” in other words, “I didn’t know who He was going to be. I don’t know who He would be, or rather, I didn’t know who He would be; but now I do know who He is.”
And now, Rev. William Marrion Branham says: “I don’t know who it’s going to be;” because although in his visions he saw what was related to the Seventh Seal, he didn’t personally know what the fulfillment of the Coming of Christ in human flesh manifested at the Last Day in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, would be.
He didn’t know that part, he didn’t know the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, although he may have seen him, although he saw him, he didn’t know him—as we would say: “I know So-and-so, he lives in such place, his name is So-and-so, this is his full name, he is this tall, he weighs this many pounds, his hair is this color, his eyes are this color. I know him, he is a friend of mine.” See? He didn’t know him like that, he did not know who he was.
He couldn’t say: “This manifestation of the white-horse Rider, which is the Word in human flesh, the Word made flesh…” “I don’t know this, I don’t know that veil of flesh, I don’t know who it’s going to be;” but this promise had to be fulfilled. Notice:
“196 But when our Lord appears here on earth, He’ll be riding on a snow-white horse. And He’ll be completely, fully, the Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate in a Man.”
If you find that Man, well, you will find the white-horse Rider of Revelation chapter 19; you will find Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit manifested in human flesh in His Angel-Messenger.
So the secret to be able to see, to be able to find the Coming of the white-horse Rider of Revelation 19, that requires finding the veil of flesh, knowing who is the veil of flesh where that promise is fulfilled. And if you find that veil of flesh, then you will be able to say: “I know who it would be, I know who the flesh would be, the veil of flesh where the Word would be manifested, where the white-horse Rider would be, where the Holy Spirit would be manifested at the Last Day, in the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, in the fulfillment of the Coming of the Kingdom of God coming in power and glory.”
And anyone may say, as people may have said in past times, they might see a prophet and say: “That prophet has no power. If there is a… (let’s say) a giant stone, that prophet can’t lift it up, he doesn’t have enough strength.”
It’s because the power is not the power of man, it’s the power of God. He is the One who has power: God, not man. And He is the One who comes with power and glory.
If man does something, well, then it’s man; but if God is the One who does it, we have the power of God there. And God’s power is manifested when who wants to manifest it? God. It’s not the veil of flesh that has power, God is the One who has the power; and He is the One who works as He wishes to.
The veil of flesh has no power, therefore, the veil of flesh doesn’t have to do anything, only let himself be used by God, who is the powerful One, so that the power of God is what’s manifested on Earth.
That is how it has been from age to age and from dispensation to dispensation, through each prophet-messenger whom God has sent; and that is how it is for this Last Day.
We are at the most important stage.
And why are we at the most important stage if miracles are not seen?
I am seeing miracles greater than physical miracles.
Anyone may say: “I don’t see the blind being healed.” God used our Brother Branham and the blind were healed; but there is a greater healing, of spiritual eyes, to be able to see spiritual things; and a miracle in the spiritual realm is greater than a physical miracle.
A person who is blind and whose eyes are opened, well, he sees other people, he sees this world, and he sees all the physical things, visible things; but if a person is spiritually blind, and his spiritual eyes are opened, he sees God’s Program, he sees where we are in God’s Program, and that is a greater blessing.
In Haiti, there is a blind pastor, and his congregation is also a group of blind people; and yet, those blind people see God’s Message pertaining to this Last Day. In other words, those blind people are seeing more than millions of people who have eyes and don’t see what God is doing in His Program at this Last Day.
So, the most important thing is having spiritual sight, having spiritual eyes to see the things that God is doing at this Last Day, and having spiritual ears to hear the things that God is speaking at this Last Day, the things that He has promised for this end time.
Now, are the blind seeing or not? They are seeing God’s Program, and they are seeing the Coming of the Son of man in His Kingdom; they are seeing the Coming of the Kingdom of God coming in power and glory, even if their physical eyes are visually impaired.
Now, we have come to the end time, where, he who has ears to hear (those are spiritual ears to hear the Voice of God), let him hear what the Spirit, Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit, says to His Church at this Last Day.
It is a Message for all churches, it is a Message for the whole mystical Body of Christ, it is a Message for all of Christianity; because He speaks to all kinds of people in each stage, in each age; and at this time, He speaks to the whole human race.
We have come to the time of the Coming of the Kingdom of God with power, and in power and glory.
We have seen: “the mystery of the Kingdom of God coming in power and glory,” as it has been promised for this Last Day; where Moses, Elijah, and Jesus would be present; their ministries would be present at this Last Day, in the Coming of the Kingdom of God in power and glory.
“THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMING IN POWER AND GLORY.”
It has been a great privilege to be with you this evening, testifying to you about: “the mystery of the Kingdom of God coming in power and glory.”
Notice, this blessing of seeing that mystery, of understanding that mystery, would be opened in Latin America and the Caribbean to all of God’s sons and daughters; because the stage we are in at this Last Day in the mystical Body of Christ, pertains to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Just like the stage of the first age pertains to Asia Minor; the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth ages or stages pertain to Europe; and the seventh stage or age pertains to North America; and the Age of the Cornerstone, the eighth age, or [the age] represented in the number eight—because the number eight represents infinity [∞] and eternity—pertains to Latin America and the Caribbean.
So, Latin America and the Caribbean has the blessing at the Last Day of seeing the mystery of the Kingdom of God coming in power and glory, and thus, having a clear understanding, a clear revelation of the Coming of the Kingdom of God with power and glory, in the Coming of the Son of man with His Angels at the Last Day.
May the blessings of Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, in the Coming of the Kingdom of God with power and glory, be upon each one of you and also upon me. And soon may the very last elect appear and be gathered, and may the dead in Christ be raised, and may we who are alive be changed and have the new body, and may we go to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb with our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
But first: May God shake this world like He never has before, and as He has promised to do at this Last Day! And may everyone see the power of the Son of man manifested among His Church as Christ has promised through His prophets; and thus, may this world be shaken as it has never been shaken before.
And may God have mercy on Latin America and the Caribbean, and may He allow it to go into the glorious Millennial Kingdom of Christ along with its inhabitants. In the Eternal Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
May God continue to bless you all, may God keep you. And I will leave Rev. Miguel Bermúdez Marín with you again, to continue and conclude our participation tonight by thanking Christ for making known to us THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMING IN POWER AND GLORY.
With us again, Miguel Bermúdez Marín.
May God continue to bless you all, and have a good evening everyone.
“THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMING IN POWER AND GLORY.”
1 Deuteronomy 34:5
2 2 Kings 2:11-12
3 Zechariah 4:11-14
4 2 Kings 2:14-15
5 John 1:29, 1:36
6 Matthew 6:10
7 Life magazine: published 17 May 1963. Article title: “…And a High Cloud – Ring of Mystery”
Science magazine: published 19 April 1963, Vol 140, Issue 3564. Author: James E. McDonald
8 Luke 17:21
9 John 3:26-30
10 John 8:12
11 John 14:19
12 Matthew 11:6
13 John 8:47
14 John 1:31-33
15 John 1:27