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BIBLE STUDY #512 – FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2025
Cayey, Puerto Rico
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Good afternoon. Greetings to Missionary Miguel Bermudez Marin, and to all the ministers, brothers and sisters, who are gathered today, Friday, May 2nd of this year, 2025; to all those who are connected through the Amazonas satellite and the Eutelsat 8 satellite, today, Friday Bible Study day, in which we have the subject:
BE NOT AFRAID, NEITHER BE THOU DISMAYED
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Let’s read the Scripture of Joshua, in chapter 1, verse 1 and on, where it tells us:
Joshua 1:1
1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life ([JBP] he draws a Star of David on the left there): as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth ([JBP] there in between he writes): [WSS] «Rev. 10:1-11, 5:1-10»; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
[JBP] And there he writes: [WSS] «Rev. 10:8-11».
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
[JBP] And he draws a Star of David on the right.
And below he writes: [WSS] «Rev. 1:1, 7:2, 10:8-11, 11:3-6. 22:6, 22:16».
BE NOT AFRAID, NEITHER BE THOU DISMAYED
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] In the message “TIME OF TROUBLE AND DELIVERANCE,” which was preached on December 26, 1999, in Cayey, Puerto Rico, Dr. William Soto tells us:
TIME OF TROUBLE AND DELIVERANCE
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Sunday, December 26, 1999
(Second activity)
Cayey, Puerto Rico
And the devil through the antichrist, the man of sin, the beast, rising up against the Work of Christ at the Last Day, will be the present-day fulfillment of Revelation, chapter 12, of what happened in Heaven, happening on Earth in the midst of Christianity, and therefore, in the midst of the human race.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] In the book of Revelation, in chapter 12, which is the Scripture that Dr. William Soto makes reference to; in chapter 12, verse 1, it says:
Revelation 12:1
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
[JBP] There he draws a Cornerstone, the ages; and in the ages, it’s as if he circles all the ages below; and in the Cornerstone, he also circles the Cornerstone and draws rays.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now let’s go on to verse 7:
Revelation 12:7
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now notice, by the devil being cast out, where brother Branham shows us in the book of The Seals, on page 146 [p. 168 in Eng. (First Seal)] of the book of The Seals, where he says:
402 And at the same time that this devil falls out of Heaven and becomes incarnate in a man, the Holy Spirit goes up and comes down in carnate men.
[JBP] Now, in this Scripture is fulfilled…, and it has multiple fulfillments; because look, let me see if I can find it here, in the book of “THE SEALS,” the unedited one, which is has a black cover; the translation there, when you search for the original, the audio; brother Branham says there, in this version, he says:
[The Seals, “The First Seal,” p. 168, para. 402]
402 And at the same time that this devil falls out of Heaven and becomes incarnate in a man, the Holy Spirit goes up and comes down in carnate men.
[JBP] Now look, from age to age He came incarnate in the messenger of each age; and the men of God are there, the instruments of God, messengers of God; but notice that both are - both are right; because at this end time the Holy Spirit would be incarnate in all His fullness in each son and daughter of God; and there they are represented in what our brother Branham is speaking about; because the Holy Spirit comes in the messenger, which is where on page 134 [p. 154 in Eng. (First Seal)] brother Branham says [WMB] “becomes incarnate,” and there he says “we’ll crown Him King of kings and Lord of lords”*; but this same Holy Spirit becomes fully incarnate in the elect of God, and they (those of that time) become the subjects of the Lord in His Second Coming; as they told brother Branham there: [WMB] “Then we will come back to Earth and we will be your subjects,”** see?
*[The Seals, “The First Seal,” p. 154, para. 302]
**[The Ages, “The Pergamean Church Age,” pp. 209-210]
Now, just like here, in this 12th chapter, it shows us that the devil is cast out; and what we read there: when that spirit of the devil, of Satan, is cast out, notice, it becomes incarnate so that the devil can carry out the relevant work in his last move, in other words, in his final strike —before the Marriage Supper of the Lamb begins— against the Bride; because then he turns to the foolish and the 144,000.
But notice that from age to age, he has been able to enter and do harm; but not in the Age of the Cornerstone. Now, the other coup d’etat that he will try to cause will be after the Millennium.
Now look, when the devil is cast out, he becomes incarnate, as we read there [The Seals] [P. 168]:
[402] …at the same time that this devil falls out of Heaven and becomes incarnate in a man…
[JBP] Likewise, notice, the Holy Spirit comes up from age to age; because the gentile kingdom goes down from a head of gold —from that statue that king Nebuchadnezzar saw [Daniel 2:31-45], which was interpreted by the prophet Daniel—, it goes down; and then it’s worth merely a bit of iron and clay.
But notice, the Church of the Lord, which is that Kingdom, continues rising; and It reaches the last part, which is the top part, which is the one of gold. Which shows us that the kingdom of the gentiles will be destroyed.
Because, what are some legs of iron and clay worth? They’re not worth anything; some feet aren’t worth anything. That’s where the Stone cut out without hands, and It smites it, and It breaks in pieces all those - those parts that were shown in that statue, they are all broken in pieces.
And notice how, just as the devil becomes incarnate, the ones that are cast out, which are the fallen angels, also become incarnate. And there you can see the enemy’s side and God’s side; and the elect of God, [in] whom the Holy Spirit also becomes incarnate.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, here in verse 9, it says:
Revelation 12:9
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, in the book of Quotations he says that [WMB] the devil must have someone to work in; because otherwise he can’t do any harm, if he doesn’t have someone to work in. Page… let’s see if it’s 62; page 62, paragraph 547:
[62-0311 - “The Greatest Battle Ever Fought,” p. 7, paras. 35-37] [Study “The restoration to Eden,” 29/Nov/2023 (Wednesday), pp. 25-26 / Bible Study #417, 2-2/June/2024 (Sunday), pp. 48-49]
547 - “[35] So much as we have here.
36 A devil is almost harmless unless he can have something to work in ([JBP] there on top he writes): [WSS] «the devil can’t do harm if he has no one to work with». He’s got…You remember those devils that were cast out of Legion? They had…they want to do more mischievousness, so they wanted to go in the hogs. So, devils must have something to work in…”
[JBP] Here on the side he writes: [WSS] «The serpent».
In other words, where the devil worked throughout the entire past, in that time since Eden: [WSS] «The serpent, Cain, Judas, the antichrist, the beast».
And he writes several Scriptures there.
547 - “[36] … somebody to work through.
37 And that’s the way God does, too ([JBP] See? What we are speaking about). He has to have us. He’s depending on us, to work through us.”
[JBP] And above there he writes: [WSS] «The head needs a body to work».
[JBP] The devil needs a body to work in; and that is the antichrist, the beast, the man of sin. And the Head, on God’s side, well, also needs a body: a human being in whom to work.
Here in this Scripture in chapter 12, verses 7 through 10, he writes: [WSS] «The whole world is being deceived».
And he writes: [WSS] «Rev. 13:14, 9:1, 9:11».
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] We continue on verse 10 of chapter 12:
Revelation 12:10
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ ([JBP] and on top he writes there): [WSS] «Rev. 11:15»: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night ([JBP] on “day and night” he circles that).
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony ([JBP] there he writes): [WSS] «Rev. 5:9-10»; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
[JBP] And he draws a Star of David.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
[JBP] Now notice what that manifestation of the lineage of the devil is like, and what God’s is like; because a spirit has to have a tangible body to work in, to manifest itself in.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, let’s go back to the message “TIME OF TROUBLE AND DELIVERANCE,” Dr. William Soto continues to say:
[WSS] Reverend William Branham once had a dream or vision where he saw a serpent chasing one of his brother or friend, and that is none other than the old serpent, the devil, Satan, at the Last Day, bringing down that squeeze and persecuting the Anointed One of the Lord Jesus Christ ([JBP] persecuting whom? The Anointed One of the Lord Jesus Christ), the Angel Messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ…
[JBP] Now, notice how he places these Scriptures here; because this, if you turn to Revelation 22:6 and Revelation 22:16, you can see those Scriptures being fulfilled in certain stages of the Divine Program, and how they are completely fulfilled at this end time.
Because the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, at this end time, would be incarnate in that last instrument; and that is where this vision that was shown to Reverend William Branham would be completely fulfilled. Because the other messengers already left, and the devil can no longer persecute any human being whose days on this Earth have already ended and who has gone to paradise, to the sixth dimension, to rest; no one can suffer any harm there; and when they return in eternal and glorified bodies, when they are with us, none of those who have their glorified bodies in the resurrection can suffer any harm.
Therefore, in that Scriptures, that prophecy, will not be fulfilled in any of those who have already departed. It is fulfilled in those who are alive, the elect who have come up at this end time to the Age of the Cornerstone, and it was completely fulfilled in the Anointed One.
[“TIME OF TROUBLE AND DELIVERANCE”]
[WSS] … bringing down that squeeze and persecuting the Anointed One of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Angel Messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the group of the Last Day who will be with the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] See? Meaning that this attack… Let’s see there on page 60 here, so that you can see what we are speaking about here referring to that dream. Page 60, paragraph 527, it says [Quotations]:
[61-1210 - “Paradox,” pp. 8-11, paras. 57-61, 64-73, 77] [Bible Study #233, 28/Aug/2022 (Sunday), pp. 21-26 / Bible Study #428, 12/July/2024 (Friday), pp. 24-39]
527 - “57 It was about three o’clock in the morning, I suppose. I had gotten up, and I looked where, in front of me, and I was coming down to the Jordan ([JBP] above he writes): [WSS] «Jordan = death / Palestine = all the promises». Looked like I was standing on the map of Palestine, and I was coming down to the Jordan. And seemed like I could hear the song, I’m Going Down To The Jordan ([JBP] there he draws a Star of David, on the left), someone was singing it. And as I drew near the river, I looked back and seen which a way I had come, and I was two thirds of the way there, to the Jordan. And I looked across Jordan, and I said, ‘Oh, praise God, just on the other side is where all the promises lay! Every promise lays in the promised Land.’”
[JBP] There he draws a Star of David, and also a Cornerstone and another Star of David; it’s between those two paragraphs, that is, between the two parts of that page, there on the right, of what we’re reading.
Above he writes, below «Palestine = all the promises» he writes: [WSS] «narrow highway».
527 - “58 And then I came to myself. (...)
[59] Then when I come into the vision again, it seemed that I was lifted up and sitting on a—a highway, a narrow highway, with some brother. I never knew who the brother was ([JBP] there “I never knew who the brother was,” he underlines all of that; and an arrow is brought out at the end, and he draws a Star of David. Meaning, notice, that was the brother that had the ministry of Moses and Elijah). I looked around. I said, ‘Now I am sure and know this is vision, the Lord God is here.’ And seemed like everybody was afraid.”
[JBP] Now, notice what we’re speaking about:
527 - “[59] I said, ‘What’s everybody so afraid of ?’”
[JBP] He draws a Star of David on the left.
527 - “60 And a voice came and said, ‘There is such danger in these days. There’s a great hideous thing that’s death when it strikes you.’
61 And I heard the weeds mashing down, and I looked, and here come a huge monster snake crawling through the weeds. I thought, ‘Now, knowing this is vision, then I shall see what this—this animal or this beast is.’ And he crawled up on the highway. And as soon as I got sight of him, I knew it was a mamba.”
[JBP] Notice that she was crawling through the weeds and couldn’t be seen. Let’s say: when some animal is coming, when it’s in the… in a field where there are weeds, and from above you only see the weeds moving, and you see the movement as it moves, but you don’t know what it is; it could be a squirrel, or it could be a rabbit, it could even be a - a lion or a tiger; because if the weeds are tall, you can’t see; something is moving inside there. You can’t distinguish what makes that move; but it’s something, something living, something that walks.
Now, notice how from age to age the tares could not be uprooted, because it was unknown which was a tares and who was a wheat; because He said: “Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the end of time I will send the Reapers.” [Matthew 13:24-30, 13:36-43] They would actually know and be able to make that separation, that segregation between right and wrong.
And who is the One that does it? The Angel of the Lord, see? It is the Holy Spirit. That is where one recognizes who is wheat and who is tares. While it was in the weeds, among the bushes, but it kept moving, in other words, it was using people; but one couldn’t identify who was the one that (the spirit of the devil) was carrying out that work at that time, and who was the Spirit of God, who had the Spirit of God working at that time.
Because he said that they might uproot the wheat. If uproo-… if he might uproot the wheat, that’s because he didn’t know, that messenger didn’t know who was who, who is who; but when brother Branham, here in the vision, says that he managed to see, meaning, when he saw it:
527 - “[61] And as soon as I got sight of him…”
[JBP] Why? Because she reached the highway; and there on the highway, where is it going to hide? It was left exposed there. When it gets to the highway, he says:
527 - “[61] And as soon as I got sight of him, I knew it was a mamba.”
[JBP] There the spirit of Elijah in its fifth manifestation, as one of the Two Olive Trees, notice, the Reaping Angels are already there seeing it, they can already identify who is who.
527 - “[61] And the snake, of course, represents sin, death.”
[JBP] Above he writes: [WSS] «Serpent = sin, death = 666».
527 - “[64] So I looked at him. And he looked angry at me ([JBP] “angry at me” there he draws a Star of David on the left. Anybody would get mad, for being exposed or uncovered, by the one who exposes it or uncovers it), and he licked his tongue, and here he come. But when he got right close to me…He would run up fast, and then he would get slower and slower, and just quiver and stop, and then something would hold him off. He couldn’t bite me.”
[JBP] Why couldn’t it bite him? Because in the ministry of the fourth Elijah, in Reverend William Branham, by that time he is already in the sixth dimension; that’s why it couldn’t touch him; nor can it touch Dr. William Soto Santiago; because they are already there, and nothing… there’s a barrier.
What barrier is it? Remember when the rich man and Lazarus were there, where they were separated by a gulf, before the Sacrifice had been carried out yet?*
*[Luke 16:19-31] [Study “The Seven Dimensions,” 2/July/2022 (Saturday), pp. 14-16]
Notice, always, in the Divine Plan and the Divine Program, in those stages like that, where the types and figures were shown, they are showing what would be the reality later on.
There was a gulf there; the rich man couldn’t reach Lazarus, nor could Lazarus reach where the rich man was, there was something separating them; and here we see that something, at this time it is already that dimension where, unless the person dies, they can’t go there.
527 - “[64] And he would turn around on the other side, try to approach from this side. And he would get back and get a start, and swish right towards me, get slower and slower and slower, and then to a stop ([JBP] see?), and then he would shake like that and move back. He couldn’t strike me.
65 Then he turned and looked at my friend ([JBP] now, by turning, there it is again at the part where it can…), and away he went after my friend. And I seen my friend just jumping way in the air ([JBP] there he writes): [WSS] «Friend» ([JBP] on the left) (...), and the thing was striking at him.”
[JBP] Notice, brother Branham couldn’t strike it, but the friend could, he could strike it. Meaning, he was alive, he was in that human body. There in the vision those two bodies could be seen: one that could strike it, and the other that couldn’t strike it: one had already departed and the other one was on Earth.
527 - “[65] I thought, ‘Oh, if it ever hits him, it’ll be instant death. No wonder everybody is so scared, ’cause when this thing hits you it’s an instant death.’ And it was just striking at him like that…”
[JBP] Even, look, if one can see, in the First Coming of the Lord, and can put that as something somewhat tangible, visible or understandable… Remember, the devil uses his instruments, human beings.
Look, in the First Coming of the Lord, back then with those animals that the devil was using: the soldiers and all of them, what did they do to Him? They whipped Him, they put a blindfold on His face and they said: “Let’s see! Tell us!, who smote you?” Notice, tempting Him, striking Him. He was about to give Him that blow, which is death; if he smote Him, that would mean death. And notice, he smote Him, and it was death; but that was the greatest defeat the devil ever had.
Now, notice:
527 - “[65] And it was just striking at him like that, and I threw my hands up, I said, ‘O God, have mercy on my brother!’ I said, ‘If that serpent ever strikes him, it’ll kill him.’
66 And just then the serpent turned to me when I said that, and looked at me again. And a Voice came from above me, and said, ‘You have been given power to bind him, the worst, or any.’”
[JBP] Now notice, there he is speaking to the ministry of Elijah in its fifth manifestation, because the ministry of Elijah in its fourth manifestation was operated in him. And that power is the one that the fifth Elijah will have at this end time, to bind, because he has been given the power.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] On page 105 from the book of Quotations, paragraph 912, it tells us:
[63-0714M - “Why Cry? Speak!” p. 42, paras. 293-296] [Bible Study #246, 14-2/Oct/2022 (Friday), pp. 21-22]
912 - “293 It was He, that night when I was going down that road and seen that big mamba snake about to get my brother. And He said, ‘You’ve been given Power to bind him, or any of the rest of them.’”
[JBP] Meaning, the beast and also all of its armies. He says that He will stand and bind the tares, and they are cast into fire; and the wheat is placed in the Storehouse.
912 - “[293] It was He that said that.
294 To my little gray-headed wife sitting back there: It was He that morning, that woke me up there in the room, and stand in the corner, said, ‘Don’t fear to do anything, or go anywhere, or say anything, for the never-failing Presence of Jesus Christ is with you wherever you go.’”
[JBP] Oh! Those words were so beautiful to me, and motivating and encouraging; where the words that were spoken to Joshua were the same, and the same words that he said to me: [WSS] “Only be strong and of a good courage.” Notice how the Scriptures have multiple fulfillments.
912 - “295 It was He up yonder in Sabino Canyon, about three months ago, when I was praying, wondering what was going to happen. I was standing there, and a sword dropped in my hand, and said ([JBP] there he writes): [WSS] «Sword» ([JBP] on the right), ‘This is the King’s Sword.’ It was He.
296 It was He that said to me, ‘As I was with Moses, so I’ll send you.’”
[JBP] He writes above: [WSS] «My presence will go with you».
[WSS] «The friend or brother of W.M.B. that the serpent tried to bite».
[WSS] «My presence will go with you».
[WSS] «The friend or brother of ([JBP] William Marrion Branham; he abbreviated it there) W.M.B. that the serpent tried to bite».
And below he writes: [WSS] «The Sword in the King’s hand».
And below «The Sword in the King’s hand» he writes: [WSS] «That’s how it falls into the hands of the Angel of Jesus».
[JBP] Of whom? Of that last instrument, of that last messenger, [in] which the Holy Spirit would be at this end time.
Now, notice that all of that, when He says that “as I was with Moses (which He said to him), so do I command you,” and He told him [WMB] not to fear because the presence of Jesus would never fail him; all of that, notice… in the book of The Seals he says: [WMB] “You’ll have to take my word for it.”*
*[The Seals, “The Seventh Seal,” p. 543, paras. 257-258]
Now, at this time, notice, they sometimes asked: “But have him say what he said to him already.” Well, I have said it, and instead what they say is: “That’s not… he didn’t say anything to him,” or “he is making that up,” or “that is something he has there for… so that people believe him.” There he said: [WMB] “You’ll have to take my word for it.”
Now, he who doesn’t believe, that’s because he is not an elect of God. As simple as that.
The unbeliever will always look for many ways to not believe; but since the blessing that God has at this time, which is the transformation of the bodies, is not for unbelievers, well, those unbelievers must to be manifested that way: by not believing what God is carrying out; and then what they do is fight against; because that is the work of those fallen angels who become incarnate in people at this end time, to begin to sow tares and to sow hate, and all those things, so that the elect of God don’t receive the blessings. That’s the work of the devil and those fallen angels.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] On page 8-B, paragraph 77, there he gives us the account with some details, which where we were reading perhaps he didn’t - they’re not there. Let’s see here, it says [Quotations]:
[63-0127 - “An Absolute,” p. 38, paras. 329-337] [Study “A Message of Separation,” 6/Aug/2022 (Saturday), pp. 46-48]
77 - 329 About two or three months ago, I was standing in the room. I heard a voice speaking in the corner. I tried to wake my wife, to look at it there. There, it’s been going before there, was a hideous thing standing there at the bed, accusing me. After He had told me…I had seen a big mamba running. That’s an African snake, and he was trying to kill people, and was after my brother. And I screamed out, ‘O God, what can I do?’
330 He said, ‘You been given power to bind him.’”
[JBP] And he writes: [WSS] «Kill him».
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now look, on 91, page 91, paragraph 792, he says [Quotations]:
[The Seals, “The Fourth Seal,” p. 287, para. 143] [Study “In the 3rd Stage, the Same Message for All,” 27/Jan/2024 (Saturday), pp. 33-34]
792 - “143 Now remember, in the first age was a lion age. That was the Lion of the tribe of Juda, Christ. His Own influence of Life, taken that age. That’s the first Beast, which means ‘Power,’ that answered by human voice.”
[JBP] And he draws a Star of David on the right.
And he writes: [WSS] «Lion = power through human voice».
[JBP] What was the power that was given there to Reverend William Branham in that vision, which is being shown, represented, in that ministry of Elijah in its fifth manifestation along with the one of Moses? That power is the Word, it is the Title Deed, which is given and the Lion of the tribe of Judah is manifested in His Coming; because He comes in His Coming, in that Claiming Work, as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, he continues to say…; I am on 8-B, paragraph 77 [Quotations]:
77 - “330 He said, ‘You been given power to bind him’[WSS] «kill him» ([JBP] he writes on top). Said ‘Be of a good courage.’ ([JBP] see? He is encouraging him there. [WSS] “Be strong, be courageous”).
331 I spoke to him. And his tail went up in the air, and whirled around, and, just like this pitcher handle here, and choked hisself to death. Blue smoke flew out of him.”
[WSS] «After his brother», where it says [WMB] “after my brother,” there on the left upwards he had put: [WSS] «after his brother».
And on the right there he writes: [WSS] «Blue smoke».
And as if two symbols like a backwards snake, backwards S: [WSS] «ƧƧ».
77 - “332 Next morning, when I woke up, I was laying there. I said, ‘I better get up and take the children to school.’ I looked over, and there was this hideous looking thing. Looked like it was Alley Oop in the funny paper, great big horns sticking out of it. He was going, sounded like a hen cackling, or—or singing, like they’re going from the barn. I looked at it.
I said, ‘Meda, Meda, honey.’ And she didn’t wake up.
333 I thought, ‘Yeah, that’d scare her to death.’ I waited there just a minute, and stand and watch.
334 People talk about devils, and don’t even know what they are, sometime. That’s right. But you run headlong into them, every day, maybe, but you will. Notice.
335 And after while, he was accusing me. Said, ‘You have no power with God…’”
[JBP] See? There brother Branham is already showing, and is representing, typifying, that friend; because you have to see - you have to see that vision, when he speaks to the fourth Elijah and when he is speaking to the fifth Elijah.
77 - “[335] ‘...You’re just a bluff. You have no power.’”
[JBP] There below he writes: [WSS] «You must be born again».
336 I said, ‘Satan, you’re an offense to me. Get out of my way, in the Name of Jesus Christ.’ And he left.
337 I laid there a little bit, in the bed. Started to raise up, I felt a real sweet feeling come over me. I thought, ‘Wonder if the Holy Spirit now is close?’ And over in the corner…So help me, here is my Bible over my heart. The sweetest Voice I ever heard in my life, said, ‘Don’t fear to go anywhere ([JBP] Oh! I heard that sweet Voice, just as he says), and don’t fear to do anything, for the never-failing Presence of Jesus Christ is with you wherever you go.’”
[JBP] But remember that brother Branham had it there; and of that Light he says…, on one occasion when he says that he was in the room, Billy Paul and his brother was sleeping, and that Light appeared to him, he says that [WMB] that Angel came from that Light. That’s when he said: [WMB] “Can I wake them up so they can see you?” The Angel said: [WMB] “No, only wake up Billy.”*
*[Billy Paul’s video testimony on the Angel of the Lord (2018). Transcription from video (at minute 6:00): https://branham.org/en/videos/1062020_BrotherBillyPaul] • [Study “Seeing the Pillar of Fire Fulfilling the Third Pull,” 10/Jan/2024 (Wednesday), pp. 38-40] • [Study “Seeing the Angel of Revelation 10,” 28-2/Feb/2024 (Wednesday), pp. 9-10: 2003-01-05 “The mystery of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel”]
Now, over here that Angel spoke by human voice, and was in the midst of the people; and notice, there, those beautiful words telling me not to fear, that He would be with me wherever I went.
77 - “[337] ‘Don’t fear to go anywhere, and don’t fear to do anything, for the never-failing Presence of Jesus Christ is with you wherever you go.’”
[JBP] There he draws a Cornerstone and the ages.
And there he writes below: [WSS] «The presence of Jesus Christ will be with you wherever you go».
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] And look, on page 66, paragraph 576, he says [Quotations]:
[62-0401 - “Wisdom Versus Faith,” pp. 6-7, para. 47]
576 - “47 Just before I went out there, how many remembers me repeating it here, that a Voice came to me, in the room one morning after a vision, and said about, told about the serpent, and it being bound, and not to fear anything? He said, ‘Do not fear.’ Said, ‘Haven’t I proven to be with you wherever you go?’ Said, ‘Haven’t I proved to be with you on your hunting trips?’ Remember when I told about what I was going to get, ’fore I left, and all that? See? Said, ‘Haven’t I proved to be with you?’ Then a real sweet Voice came, said, ‘The never-failing Presence of Jesus Christ is with you wherever you go.’ ([JBP] and he draws a Star of David on the right) And I know, by that, we’re moving up to something. I don’t know what it is. I can’t say.”
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now notice, the paragraph that we’re reading, of page 60, paragraph 527, where we paused…., it’s about halfway down the page - the paragraph [Quotations]:
527 - “[66] …‘You have been given power to bind him, the worst, or any.’ ([JBP] There he writes): [WSS] «Rev. 13:1-18 ([JBP] on the left), 17:11-18». And I said, ‘Well, God, what must I do?’
67 He said, ‘There is one thing you must do: You must be more sincere.’ See? ‘You must be more sincere.’
68 I said, ‘Well, God, forgive me for my unsincerity, and let me have sincerity.’ And when I raised up my hands to Him again, there was a great Something came over me, just lifted me up, seemed like that my whole body was charged with Something.
69 And I looked at the serpent. And then he started towards me, and he couldn’t do it, yet. And I said, ‘Satan, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I bind you.’ And the serpent, a blue smoke flew out of him, and he curled up and made that sign like a S, capital S made backwards, an and sign ([JBP] that is, a letter “Y” [Appearing alone as a word, the letter “Y” is a grammatical conjunction in Spanish that means “and” –Ed.]). [&—Ed.] And means ‘bind this one or anything below him,’ ’cause he was the worst. Blue smoke ([JBP] there on the left he writes): [WSS] «blue» fell out of him, and his tail choked his own self to death around his head, when he made this backwards S ([JBP] there he draws a backwards [WSS] «Ƨ» and he writes the): [WSS] «And», that and sign (like a conjunction, you see) choked it to death ([JBP] further up, he drew the [WSS] «S» right, and below he draws an upside down [WSS] «Ƨ»; and below the upside down «Ƨ» he writes a letter “Y”): [WSS] «Y». And the brother was free.
70 And I went over and mashed on it. I said, ‘Now I’ve got to find out about this, because it’s vision.’”
[JBP] Now, notice, he says: “Now I’ve got to find out about this.”
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Look, on page 165, of paragraph 1468, he says there [Quotations]:
[65-1127B - “Trying To Do God A Service Without It Being God’s Will,” p. 11, paras. 86-87] [Study “The Opening of the Seventh Seal in The Great Tent Cathedral,” 28/Feb/2024 (Wednesday), pp. 68-69 / Bible Study #393, 10/Mar/2024 (Sunday), pp. 56-57]
1468 - “[86] Go to your church, what you’re supposed to do. But just don’t join up with them organizations, because one day I’ll be telling you and prove it by the Scripture, it is the mark of the beast. And you just remember, it’s the mark.
87 I’m preaching...I wouldn’t preach it in Brother Jack’s church, he’d tell me, ‘Go ahead and do it’; but I’m going to the tabernacle, it’ll be about four hours long. And my subject is, ‘The beast at the beginning ([JBP] and he writes): [WSS] «the serpent» and the beast at the end, through the trail of a serpent.’ See? Takes about four hours. I got my Scriptures all laying out. The beast from the beginning, he was the beast at the garden of Eden, he’s the beast at the end, and show that he’s a religious person ([JBP] and there he writes): [WSS] «666» and a denomination (that made the denomination); and come right through the trail of it, and prove it to you by the Scriptures that it is. I didn’t know that till the Holy Spirit give it to me the other day up there.”
[JBP] There the fourth Elijah is speaking —therefore, the ministry of the fifth Elijah—. Because remember that when he was in the car, when he had the accident, he had spoken there that he was going to preach on the serpent’s seed, on the serpent’s trail; and that in that account as well, where they speak about that conversation, there he says that people would betray him: friends.*
*[Sarah Branham’s letter: “My father had a notebook on his sermon ‘The serpent’s trail.’ My mother let me read where he had written: ‘I will be betrayed by someone very close to me.’”]
[Sarah Branham’s Letter: “I remember that my father was very troubled before we left Tucson for the Jeffersonville meetings where he was to preach ‘THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT’ and expose names of the people of this message that were doing wrong including family members.” / Study “The Adoption of the Children of God,” May/26/2022 (Thursday), p. 4-5 / Study “The Adoption,” 20/Mar/2023 (Monday), p. 4]
And notice how at this time, people that one considered friends are those who are against the fulfillment of the Tent Vision. And it’s sad to say that, because notice, it’s the time when all of that is being exposed.
Now, back then as well, when Judas, remember, when he went to kiss Him, He said to him: “Friend, why have you come?” Look, despite knowing what he was going to do, He called him “friend.”
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] When in the psalm, there David tells us the way that David… Let’s look for that part here, that says “you, my friend, we took counsel together in the house of God”; let’s search for where that part is. It should be around psalm 55; verse 12, says, look:
Psalm 55:12
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
[JBP] Notice, today all of you are hearing, the elect of God, children of God, everything that God is giving us in this Teaching under the Tent; but those who are against the Divine Program and the fulfillment of the Tent Vision are also listening.
And this Scripture, notice, here the Spirit of God is speaking through David, speaking directly to those people; therefore, those people hear; and by hearing, those Scriptures go directly to them. Because when he said “It was thou”: yes, you who hears me, who is there listening; because they have to identify themselves by receiving all that those ministries are speaking; because it’s the Word that makes the segregation, and the Word is the one that identifies them.
“And thou…,” it says:
Psalm 55:13
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
[JBP] There he speaks directly to them, directly to those; which the Scripture is fulfilled in the First Coming of the Lord, and it is also fulfilled in this end time.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, on page 167, from paragraph 1487, there he also speaks to us about this; he says [Quotations]:
[65-1128M - “God’s Only Provided Place Of Worship,” p. 9, paras. 65-66]
1487 - “65 See, because somebody that wasn’t a Methodist was going to offer prayer for a dying woman, which she was too. But because it wasn’t associated in her own organization, she didn’t even want to hear it or have nothing to do with it. If that ain’t a Pharisee, I never seen one!
66 Wait till you hear The Trail Of The Serpent.”
[JBP] And he writes there: [WSS] «The trajectory, the path».
[JBP] In other words, to identify that serpent, which comes from the beginning, to identify that trajectory at this end time; which we have already been seeing throughout all the Studies; and every time that trail of the serpent is more clear, as well as in whom the serpent works in each time, and in whom he is working in this time, and in whom he will work in all his fullness: in the beast, in the man of sin, in the antichrist.
Which, notice, by that World Council of Churches coming together (which, all of that is already well underway), it is the final war, to try to destroy the Anointed One and the group that comes with him.
Now, notice that later, look at Revelation 19, how that Scripture is fulfilled; where it is also fulfilled once Revelation 11 is fulfilled, the end of that Work that He is carrying out; after three days it says that: “the Spirit of God will return to them,” [Revelation 11:11-13] and all the things that will be happening there.
But notice that once He returns, He returns with all those of the sixth dimension who are going to resurrect; and that is the mighty Army. And they were thinking that they had already eliminated one, oh my! Those who will come are going to be there like that, plus those who are alive who will be transformed; and now, they thought by killing one they would solve everything, but that’s when really…
I don’t know if you’ve seen that sometimes an ant - a little ant is smashed; and you can see that there weren’t any, and suddenly a bunch of them appear: “Where did so many ants come from?”
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now notice, in what he goes on to say here, where we paused on page 60, he says [Quotations]:
527 - “[70] And I hit on the thing, and it turned like that, looked like a handle, on a glass handle on a pitcher ([JBP] he writes): [WSS] «it melted», and just made it solid crystal. And I said, ‘Think of that, how quick! That blue smoke was life, and everything, it left it, all the elements, and is turned to glass.’”
[JBP] And again he writes: [WSS] «It melted».
527 - “71 And just then, a Voice came again and said, ‘You can unbind him, also.’”
[JBP] There he writes on the right upwards: [WSS] «Blue smoke».
527 - “72 So I said, ‘Then, Satan, that I might know, I unbind you.’ And when it did, he started coming to life again, wiggling. And I said, ‘I bind you back, in the Name of Jesus Christ.’ And when it did, the smoke flew out of him again, and he choked hisself right back again and turned to crystal.
73 And then when he did that, that Voice said, ‘Now you must be more sincere than what you are, to do this.’”
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now notice, on page 69, paragraph 598, he says that [Quotations]:
[62-0513M - “The Way Of A True Prophet Of God,” p. 21, paras. 139-140]
598 - “139 Someone even laughed at me when the Lord came here not long ago and give me a vision. I always wanted to see about binding that serpent. I always wondered how to. I should step out like that. When, that’s what I’ve wanted, all my life. Then I begin to fast and pray. Said, ‘What’d you do that for?’ ([JBP] Meaning, that person who laughed at him)
140 I said, ‘In there, He said I was not sincere enough.’”
[JBP] There he draws a Cornerstone, the ages.
And above he writes: [WSS] «Binding serpent».
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, he continues to say here, I’m going back to 60 [Quotations]:
527 - “[73] Then it left me, (...)
[77] Years ago, when I seen the Bible come down, I got it wrote right here ([JBP] and he writes): [WSS] «Rev. 10:7», come down, and a hand came from Heaven and pointed down to Joshua and read the first nine verses, and stopped there: That’s, Joshua come to the wilderness, but never did…he was ready…”
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Let’s turn here for a moment, to page… let’s see here, of The Seals, page 394 and also 314. Let’s go to 314; look, he says… 313, we’ll have to start a bit before that [P. 360]:
323 Notice, when Elisha, when he come to fulfill his ministry in Malachi 4, see, as Malachi 4, Elijah was by himself.
324 But when he come to minister to the Jews, of Revelation 11, he has Moses with him ([JBP] he writes): [WSS] «Elijah, Moses». So, there’s no confusion, not a bit. See? Get it?
[325] But the same inspiration, that, said Elijah will come for the last part of the church age, “to restore the Faith of the children back to the original Faith of the fathers,” the apostolic Faith, which you’re supposed to go back. And the antichrist has got them all pulled out. “To restore back,” as all the rest of the Scriptures has blended together. See, he comes by himself. See?
326 But when he comes to the Church, the Bible…or comes to the hundred and forty-four thousand, the Bible plainly states that both he…There is two of them, not one of them. Two of them! ([JBP] meaning, the two ministries). And his first ministry couldn’t take the Jews and put them back to the law, becomes he…’cause he comes, preaching Christ to the hundred and forty-four thousand, amen, “There He is, that Messiah that was cut off.” Amen! That’s it, so don’t have it confused. It’s not confusion ([JBP] there on the left he writes): [WSS] «the 2nd Coming and the 1st Coming of Christ». The Scripture don’t lie, not a bit.
327 Glory! Oh, when I seen that, I was jumping up! I said, “Thank You, Lord,” when I was watching it take place out there. Seen that Elijah walk out there for that first age, by himself, and he was by himself. Then when I seen him come again ([JBP] and there he draws a Cornerstone, and an arrow towards the Cornerstone), way on over to somewhere else, there was two of them there when that took place. Said, “There it is. That, that does it, Lord. Amen! I see it now! Hallelujah!” That’s exactly.
328 If I hadn’t have mentioned it, it’d been a little confusion to somebody. But He—He told me to mention it, so I did.
329 Notice, these men are kept alive by God, from their original ministry, for future service; they served it so well. See? Just think, that spirit of Elijah ministers five times; Moses, two. What? Keep alive for farther, further service.
330 They were neither one of them dead now; don’t you believe that. They were both seen, alive, talking to Jesus on Mount Transfiguration. But, remember, they must die.
331 Now, now, Moses actually died. But he rose, ’cause he was a perfect type of Christ. See? Nobody ever knowed where he was buried. The Angels come took him. See? He had Angel pallbearers. Uh-huh. Why? No mortal man could pack him where he was going. He just went through an act, that’s all. He had Angels, pallbearers, see, ’cause They took him where he was supposed to be. No one knows.
332 Even to Satan, didn’t even know. He disputed with the Archangel ([JBP] and he writes): [WSS] «Michael». That’s right. He couldn’t understand what happened to Moses ([JBP] there on the left he writes): [WSS] «Archangel Michael». “I seen him trembling over there. And looking out over the land, and looking back to the children, and so forth ([JBP] and he writes): [WSS] «Moses» ([JBP] on the left), I seen him trembling. But he stepped up on the Rock ([JBP] and he writes): [WSS] «Christ», and that was the last time I saw him.”
[JBP] Look, in the other (red) book, there at the top, in the paragraph where he says: “It’s not confusion”; and that paragraph, where he says: “then when I seen him come again, there was two of them”; and there he writes: [WSS] «Moses and Elijah preach to Christ today».
[JBP] Now notice how in two thousand… in two thousand… around there, there is an excerpt where our brother William (which we’ve read), that he says that [WSS] they would be baptized by ministers, and that they would be baptized by the messenger of the Age of the Cornerstone; we’ve read it.* Let’s see if we can find it: [WSS] “baptized by ministers and by the messenger of the Age of the Cornerstone.” If you can find it, we can then put that excerpt in the Study.
*[Bible Study #472, 13-2/Dec/2024 (Friday), p. 58 / Study “The hour of the Coming of the Lord and the hour of the coming of the prince of darkness,” 21/Apr/2025 (Monday), pp. __-__]
Now look, on the - in the second paragraph of that page 314, where it says: “These men are kept alive by God,” above that he writes: [WSS] «in the 6th dimension».
And from there, upwards, on the right side, he writes upwards: [WSS] «Elijah returns with Moses».
And where he says: “these men are kept alive by God, from their original ministry, for future service,” above “future service” he writes: [WSS] «5th Elijah and 2nd Moses».
And also, on the left side he writes upwards, in the paragraph… this one that I’m readi-... which says - where he says “notice,” in that paragraph, in the middle, he writes there: [WSS] «The 5 Elijahs. The 2 Moseses. It’s the ministering spirit».
It’s not that they, in the bodies where the ministry of Elijah worked in its first manifestation, or in its second manifestation, or in its third manifestation or in its fourth manifestation; or the ministry of Moses is its first manifestation; none of those bodies are going to come to work and fulfill all of this, rather it’s the ministry that the Holy Spirit was operating in them.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Here is the one about… what I was telling you about: it’s from the message “THE GREAT VOICE OF THE TRUMPET IN THE EXODUS OF THE LAST DAY,” which was preached on January 9, 2000; he says:
THE GREAT VOICE OF THE TRUMPET IN THE EXODUS OF THE LAST DAY
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Sunday, January 9, 2000
(Second activity)
Cayey, Puerto Rico
I want to tell you that a stage is coming —and it seems to be starting— where you are going to be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ by - and in the Age of the Cornerstone, and by ministers of the Age of the Cornerstone, together with the messenger of the Age of the Cornerstone, thousands of people are going to be baptized…
[JBP] And notice, those baptisms were carried out then, under the Dispensation of Grace, by the ministers and also by that messenger of the Age of the Cornerstone; which, those baptisms were starting there, in 2000; and by 2002 already, when he was anointed there* to carry out that Work, notice, he began with baptisms: baptizing; that same day he carried out baptisms. See how simply God fulfills everything in His Program? To the point that If we don’t watch, we overlook all of those details.
*Dedication of the ministry of Rev. Jose Benjamin Perez. Sunday, June 16, 2002.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, he continues to say there, on page 60, where we stopped [Quotations]:
527 - “[73] Then it left me, (...)
[77] Years ago…”
[JBP] Let’s see where he paused here; but let’s read it all together there:
527 - “[77] Years ago, when I seen the Bible come down, I got it wrote right here ([JBP] that’s where he writes): [WSS] «Rev. 10:7», come down, and a hand came from Heaven and pointed down to Joshua and read the first nine verses, and stopped there: That’s, Joshua come to the wilderness, but never did…he was ready to, when he got near Jordan, God called him out, said, ‘This day I’ll begin to magnify you before the people.’ And then he took the children of Israel across Jordan, to the land where…give them, divided to them, the promise land.”
[JBP] He draws a Star of David on the left there.
And above he writes: [WSS] «Jordan».
And he also writes: [WSS] «This Day».
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, he continues to say here, where we paused, in the message “TIME OF TROUBLE AND DELIVERANCE,” Dr. WIlliam Soto continues to say:
[WSS] But the Angel of Jesus Christ, and the group that will be with the Angel of Jesus Christ…
[JBP] Well, if the group that will be with the Angel of Jesus Christ, and the Angel of Jesus Christ, would be carrying out a Work at that time, then they have to look for that instrument, and they have to look for those chosen ones, that group, on Earth.
Because if they say: “No, it’s because that Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ is in the sixth dimension carrying out a Work, he’s over there.” Ah, well then the group also has to be over there. Then he would have to come with the group to fulfill all that; and it’s not you either, see?
That ministering spirit must be on Earth, the Holy Spirit working through that instrument, and the group as well; both of them.
[WSS] But the Angel of Jesus Christ, and his… and the group that will be with the Angel of Jesus Christ, will have the Archangel Michael and the Archangel Gabriel [by] on his side; meaning that, although there will be a struggle, there will be a victory in divine love, which is promised.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Look, there’s a place here from the message “MODERN EVENTS ARE MADE CLEAR BY PROPHECY,” he tells us there:
[65-1206 - “Modern Events Are Made Clear By Prophecy,” pp. 16-18, paras. 109-118]
109 Now we find out, Balaam, of course, he couldn’t see. He went out and looked upon the people ([JBP] I am on page 18), said, “Now, just a minute! We’re a great, big people up here, you’re just a scattered bunch.” You see? “And we all—we all believe the same God.”
110 That’s true. They all believe the same God. They all worship Jehovah. Look at Balaam’s sacrifice: seven altars, God’s perfect number; the seven churches, see; seven rams, speaking of the coming of the Lord. Fundamentally, he was just as fundamental as Moses was; but, you see, there wasn’t a Divine vindication.
[JBP] They can have all the messages, they can have all the knowledge that they must have - that they can have, but if the divine vindication isn’t there: it’s of no use to them!
[110] In there, they were both prophets.
111 But under Moses’ ministry, there was a supernatural Pillar of Fire…
[JBP] Where was the Pillar of Fire seen? In a Great Tent Cathedral. Therefore, anywhere that is not under the Tent ministry: they don’t have the Pillar of Fire with them. It is as simple as that.
111 But under Moses’ ministry, there was a supernatural Pillar of Fire, a Light that hung with the camp. There was Divine healing, there was a shout of the King in the camp, great signs, Divine healing, and wonders and things performed among them. It was a sign of a living God among His people.
112 Fundamentally, they was both right. And Balaam tried to persuade the people, and bewitched them into it. When? Just before they reached the promised land. Another day or two, they’d been in the promised land.
[JBP] Did you see? That was a bit before. That is why he says that “he would deceive, if possible, the elect”*; but it isn’t possible.
*[Matthew 24:24, Mark 13:22] [The Seals, “The First Seal,” p. 153, para. 294; “The First Seal,” p. 156, paras. 312-314; “The Second Seal,” p. 179, paras. 43-46]
Now, that paragraph that I am going to read, there’s a brief portion of this paragraph in the book of Quotations, so that whoever would like to, can search for it there: on page 170, from paragraph 1522, that’s the paragraph I am going to read now:
113 But now I’m afraid…This is a hard mark to make, some of these days I’ll be shot for It.
[JBP] Here, in this version, it said [WMB] “executed.” and there are other places where he speaks about the Elijah or Elijah, in a writing, he says that the [WSS] «Elijah will be killed».*
*[63-1110M - “Souls That Are In Prison Now,” pp. 33-34. paras. 231-234] [Study “The Day of the Lord with Moses and Elijah,” 23/Mar/2024 (Saturday), pp. 43-44 / Study “Identifying the fulfillment in the Scripture,” 4-2/May/2024 (Saturday), pp. 55-57: [WSS] «explosion». [WSS] «Elijah killed by the Church, but not in the 4th manifestation, but further on, in the 5th manifestation, according to Revelation 11:3-6». [WSS] «Rev. 11:3-14. They will kill Elijah and Moses». [WSS] «The death of the 5th Elijah and 2nd Moses».]
• [Bible Study #380, 25/Jan/2024 (Friday), p. 9: 63-1110M - “Souls That Are In Prison Now,” p. 34, para. 233 - [WSS] «They will kill Elijah». [WSS] «Speaking against the beast and his image will cost Elijah his life».]
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Apart from 1000 or 1004… Let’s see here. There’s a place where he had already… on 11… - page 115, paragraph 1015, there he says that [Quotations]:
[63-1124M - “What Shall I Do With Jesus Called Christ?” pp. 1-2, para. 5] [Bible Study #385, 11-3/Feb/2024 (Sunday), pp. 43-44 / Study “The Day of the Lord with Moses and Elijah,” 23/Mar/2024 (Saturday), p. 45]
1015 - “[5] So I’ve always thought that would be my state, someday. It’s almost happened several times, as you know, of being shot in foreign nations; when they’ve had to hold their bodies over me, keep me from being shot, at a distance.”
[JBP] And above he writes: [WSS] «One day they’re going to kill me. Elijah, the 5th».
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] And here he is speaking… What we read there was at the end of ‘63, on November 24th; and in this message “MODERN EVENTS ARE MADE CLEAR BY PROPHECY” he speaks about that again, on December 6, ‘65, already on the month that he went; and notice, it was not fulfilled in him.
113 But now I’m afraid…This is a hard mark to make, some of these days I’ll be shot for It. But remember this, that, the churches are being bewitched by this Ecumenical Council, he’s taking you right into it, to say, “You’re the same group.” ([JBP] meaning, saying: “You’re all the same group,” brother Branham says) You’re not the same group! Come out from among that stuff and be separated! Certainly is, It’s true. We’re to keep away from that stuff, as far as you can from it.
[JBP] That’s the paragraph that’s in the book of Quotations. Now, I’ll continue here in the message, in the booklet:
114 Balaam said, “We’re…let’s let our children marry together because, after all, we believe the same God.”
[JBP] That’s what any person who has a young man or young woman may say: “No, but he’s a Christian too, he believes in God.” Remember: Don’t be unequally yoked.
And also, the most advisable thing, even when fixing your eyes on believers, try to have them be believers from the same country; and that way you can avoid certain things. The best thing is to have (uh) a partner from the same country. Although, notice, it has happened that couples have come together and there have been couples who have come from one country and from another, and they’ve formed a beautiful family, and they work in the Work and everything; but what is most recommended is that they be from the same country; because that way they avoid traveling, one to one place, and the other to another.
Because many ask me; and my advice is for them to be of the same country; and that way they can avoid having to come and go. And when you tell them: “No, it’s because I want to see my parents,” or “I want to see…,” or he says: “I want to see my parents too,” or “I want to take them their grandchildren,” or “I want…”; and she can’t or doesn’t want to. There are then situations and problems that arise there, apart from the ones that there usually are in a marriage.
Therefore, well, it’s best for them to be from the same country. That is a recommendation; each person has free will to do as they please.
And also because of the cultures, which are different. Because first, at first glance, wow!, everything is great; meaning, perhaps there they don’t see any of these little cultural things, because they will try to do the best (the man or the woman), to try to win them over; but then: “Oh, I didn’t know that you were like that,” or “I didn’t know that this culture was like this, or that this is his nature.” In other words, they can avoid many things.
But I’ll say it again: every person has free will, and decides what is best for them and their family.
Now, he continues to say [“MODERN EVENTS ARE MADE CLEAR BY PROPHECY”]:
115 “How can two walk together ’less they be agreed?” How can you walk with God ’less you’re agreed with His Word? How can you add creeds and so forth to It, when you’re ordained not to do it, or, commanded not to do it? You can’t do it. There’s no way of doing it, brother, sister. You can’t mix that leaven with the unleavened. Oil and water will not mix. Darkness and light will not mix. Light’s so much powerful, it just puts the darkness out.
116 And so we cannot mix it together. Neither can you mix sin and the world together. You can’t mix Church and denomination together. You can’t mix Church and creed together. You can’t mix the world and the Gospel together. It won’t mix! “Come out from among them, be ye separated,” saith God, “I’ll receive you to Myself. You’ll be My sons and daughters, I’ll be God to you.” We can never do it until these things are manifested, and the Word of God for the hour is proved to be the Truth. Follow in the footsteps.
117 Pentecost, that’s why Luther lost his message. That’s how Wesley lost his message. See, if the Wesleyan church would have went on, they’d been Pentecostals. If the Lutherans went on, they’d been Methodists. See? ([JBP] There he draws a Cornerstone on the right, and the last three ages) Now if the Pentecostals go on, it’ll be the Bride ([JBP] heh!). If you hang back and keep going back in the world like you’re going now, you’ll be lost! It’ll only be the shuck, and the stalk is to be burned. We know that. He will gather His Wheat into the garner. But the husks He’ll burn with unquenchable fire, although it was a carrier.
[JBP] Notice, even if they carried the Message and have the Message: they will be burned in the lake of fire; and the wheat would be what? Gathered. And that is done by the Angel of the Lord: the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, at this end time, and His last dispensational messenger, the Benjamin of the prophets, the one who is alive in the midst of the people; because the rest already left.
And he could say: “Oh, Lord, only I am left, and they are seeking me to kill me.” That’s what the first Elijah said [1 Kings 19:9-18]; and likewise, the fifth Elijah; notice, that is fulfilled again.
[117] It certainly carried It. But the Life left it as soon as it become a leaf, it went on out to make something else until it come to its full stature.
118 And so will the Church come through Justification, Sanctification, Baptism of the Holy Ghost (restoration of gifts), right on into the formed image of Christ. Christ is the Bridegroom, the Church is the Bride, and the Bride is a part of the Bridegroom. It’ll have to be a Word Church, not a denominational church. It’ll be the Word Church, the Word that’s made known, and, with the vindicated Word of God.
[JBP] What we had read previously: It is the group that would have the divine vindication, because they have the Pillar of Fire; which was seen in the vision that was shown to Reverend William Branham, where he saw the Pillar of Fire speaking to somebody above him.*
*[The Seals, “The Seventh Seal,” p. 548, paras. 296-299]
Where did he see the Pillar of Fire? In a Great Tent Cathedral, in the ministry under the Tent.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, Dr. William Soto goes on to say here, in “TIME OF TROUBLE AND DELIVERANCE”:
[WSS] Therefore, from one moment to the next, that squeeze will come. But remember, when that squeeze comes down: remember that it is the time for a great blessing from God to be manifested in the elect of God. It is for the adoption of all the elect of God who have worked in the Work of Christ with the Angel of Jesus Christ and will have finished the work while in mortal bodies ([JBP] Hah! Look), and therefore they will continue the work in the eternal, immortal and glorified body; and we will be working in the Work of Christ for about 30 or 40 days with the new body, and we will carry out the work relevant to those days.
[JBP] We’ve seen on this occasion, in this subject that we have - which we have been speaking about: “BE NOT AFRAID, NEITHER BE THOU DISMAYED.”
Let’s stand and let’s leave, in this subject: “BE NOT AFRAID, NEITHER BE THOU DISMAYED,” our dear brother and friend, Dr. William Soto Santiago.